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Dunstan Times, Issue 844, 21 June 1878, Page 2

■Mr G. Lumsdcn, Memlier for Invercargill, has resigned bis seat. For particulars of sales to tako place in July, see abstract' of sales and advertisements. Tbe flour mill at Spnttis Creek, by all accounts, will be completed in four or five weeks, when gristing will bo commenced.

Mr G. Fache will sell, this-day (Friday), 21st inst., a two-roomed cottage lately used by the Clyde Bridge toll-keeper. (See advertisement.)

We arc informed that Mr Davidson, of Matakanui S’aHon. is about intake his departure for the Home Country, and that Mr Donald Stronacb will succeed him as manager.

Messrs Grant and MacKcllar, contractors for the traffic bridge across the Manuherikia, at Alexandra, commenced work on Tuesday last, the 18th instant, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, ergo—Waterloo Bridge would not bo an inappropriate name for the structure.

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We are informed by the driver of the Queenstown coach that a most destructive fire occurred on Wednesday night last, at Arrowtown, resulting in the total destruction of the Wilkinson’s and Graham’s hotels. The actual damage done or the cause of tiro fire we were unable to ascertain. The Children’s Fete, which is to take place in the Town Hall, on Wednesday next, promises to be a great success, as many are taking a lively interest therein. What with all the niceties, games, dances, sweet music, and last, but not least ‘ ‘ The grand Transformation Scene,' 1 the children will have a merry time of it. Particulars will be seen in advertisement. Mr Horace Bastings, M.H.E., is about to join Mr E. H. Leary, Mayor of Dunedin in business, Tho new firm propose erecting premises in a central position. During tho recent floods tho station-

master at Clarksville Junction had to leave his house in a hurry. Had he moved with deliberation he would have been drowned’ so he sacrificed appearances to personal comfort.—Bruce Herald. Cases of missing men are becoming frequent in Canterbury. A night watchman at Lyttelton, who was last seen on board the ship Himalaya, is supposed to have been drowned, and a man named Gilchrist, a resident of Oxford, has mysteriously disappeared.

Mr James Taylor, contractor for tho new County Offices, Clyde, is busily at work with a gang of men. The foundations are out out, and a large quantity of capital stone is on the ground, and we understand that the building of the walls commences on Monday next. Tho site is one of the most commanding in Clyde,, and the building when erected will be a most noticeable addition to an already large number of substantial buildings in Clyde.

A meeting of those interested in forming a mounted rifle corps, was held at the Dunstan Hotel, on Saturday afternoon last. About a dozen gentlemen were present. After the usual preliminary business it was resolved—“ That a Corps be formed of ivhich those present constitute the nucleus, and that it be considered ad* visablo to adjourn the meeting until Saturday, the 29th inst., at 8 p.m., at the County Council Chambers, Clyde, with the view of ascertaining what other persons would be willing to enrol their names.”

The proposed new Court-house at Alexandra is not yet under weigh. From what we can understand there is some slight dif. ference in the amount of the lowest tender and the sum voted, and the Government feel disinclined to authorise the expenditure in the work of a few extra pounds. If the Minister of Public Works were compelled to transact busines in such a miserable shanty we scarcely think a few pounds would stand in the way of erecting proper offices, wherein not alone business could be transacted with some degree of comfort, but that the many valuable documents of title that are daily accumulating would be secure.

A woman named Mary Corston, wife of John Corston. a labouring man working with a threshing mill at Mount Stewart, died at Milton, under very peculiar and distressing circumstances. Early on Sunday morning last, between 2 and 3 o’clock, she gave birth to a child. There was no one in the house to render any assistance whatever. She managed, however, to call the eldest of her children, about 13 years of age —there being ten sleeping in an adjoining apartment—to run and bring a neighbor, who arrived soon after, and found that Mrs Corston was suffering from want of sufficient

food and proper covering upon her bed. There was a very small fire burning in an adjoining room, but nothing to give any warmth to any one sitting before it, let alone being in another room. The covering upon the bed was of the slightest description, being a ragged counterpane and some old clothes. The children were, if anything, worse off. Upon proceeding to search fer some kind of nourishment suitable for the women, it was found that there was literally nothing in the house, not even as much as a handful of oatmeal. Mrs Simmons, the ncighboi who was called in, then sent one of the children for a little stimulant in the shape of sixpence worth of brandy but the child returned without it, having applied to a publican in the township, who refused to give any without the money. Mrs Simmons then ran to her house, which is some

distance away, and got some money, and again sent the child with a similar result, although the child had knocked for nearly an hour, calling out that it was a case of sickness, and that her mother was dying. Dr Peter Stewart was soon after sent for, and came at once, but arrived too late, Mrs Corston being dead. The hu'band, Mr Corston, had been away all the week, and was expected home by bis wife and family the uight previous, but did not come. As

far as can be ascertained, no steps had been taken by Mr or Mrs Corston to procure medical assistance for the expected birth. As soon as the sad affair became known the neighbours and residents in the township did all they possibly could to relievo the immediate and pressing v. ants of the unfortunate children, and food, clothing, and bedding were provided, the Rev, Mr Chisholm being most prominent in this good work. The affair has cast quite a gloom over the township, as no one knew that there was a family in the place literally starving to death. | Throat Affections and Hoarseness. - All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.’’ these famous “lozenges’’ arc now sold by most respectable chemists in this country P er l’°*- People troubled with a ‘ hacking cough,” a “slight cold,” or bronchial affections, cannot try them too soon as similar troubles, if allowed to progress result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affections. See that the words •' Brown’s j Bronchial Troches ” pro on the Government *S,.ainp around eacli box.—Manufactured by John I. Brown ft Sons, Boston, United States, Depot, 49.'!, Oxford-street, London

The German residents at Wellington, through their Consul, will send a letter of sympathy to the Emperor William, expressing hopes of his speedy recovery. The Spectator learns from a private letter that tho telephone has been adopted by tho Chinese, the telegraph Wing useless, as they have no alphabet. Five hundred miles have already been spoken over in China. jEgles in the Australasian says:—“At Balranald races a short time ago a jockey got an apparently severe fall from his horse, and be ; ng slightly stunned did not at once get up. Presently he found himself quite conscious, and being unhurt he commenced to rise. At this juncture another jockey, with much presqpco of mind, came running up, and, stooping down, said in a stago whisper 1 Lie still you fool, they’re raising a subscription for you !’ ”

A writer in the Whitehall Review says ; —"lt is not only probable that Raker Pasha will be reinstated in the army, but also extremely likely that he will, in case of a war, be appointed to the command of the cavalry. Of course the Duke of Sutherland’s dinner was a feeler as to the popularity of his re-instatement; but I have reason to believe that, notwithstanding contrary assertions, Her Majesty is by no means opposed to the step. She, like her meanest subject, knows that gallantry is not tarnished by an expiated fault. By the way, it is not true

that General Baker has refused to be re-ad-mitted to the * Rag,* On the contraiy, I think I am correct in saying that in a very short time the name of ‘ Valentine Baker ’ will be found on the list of the members of the gallant establishment in question, where, by tho way, on se butte toujoura.” It is pleasant in connection with the game season to notice that there are sportsmen and sportsmen. Last week we recorded the doings of two gentlemen with dog and guns, of an unsatisfactory character. This week we may mention that Mr George Stanbrook, son of Mr Stanbrook, of the Royal Hotel, went out ono afternoon for a couple of hours, and brought homo six cock pheasants, having brought down three others which fell among supple-jacks, whence axes and crowbars could not retrieve them. But Mr Stanbrook is tho fortunate owner of a dog possessed of a preternatural sagacity in tho way of helping a man to shoot, and is also a very excellent

shot. In connection with this it may be mentioned that Mr Stanbrook entertained a number of his friends at a dinner on Wednesday evening last, when, in addition to other trifles, there were hare-soup, roast hare, and roast pheasants, with sauces and condiments of a celestial nature, and undeniable liquids. Need it ho said that the healths of Mr and Mrs Stanbrook and Mr George Stanbrook were drunk with something more than enthusiasm,—Bruce Herald. Last week (says the Charleston Herald) while proceeding to the Karamea model settlement, beachwise, and on foot Mr Eugene Joseph O’Conor met with an accident which for its dangerous nature, and the novelty of rescue, has no parallel. As he and a Mr Dolphin were travelling together along tho rocky shore chatting and innocently speculating on the future of the settlement, and

oblivious of any impending danger, tho Dread-storm-King sent a deputation of his vengeance-breathing-brand, on white-cap. pers to salute the founder of the settlement, and no sooner than they struck the beach, and saluted, had they grabbed up like a

shuttlecock the body of Eugene, and for upwards of an hour played tricks (equal to Hennicke) with him, now dashing him high up against tho rocks only to be again withdrawn from his exalted position by the next mountain wave. This, all continuing with unabated energy during the time above state t and in view of his companion, was a most gigantically terrible spectacle under harassing circumstances which every moment heightened into the belief that the evil hour had come, until finally his gravity, through want of buoyancy, left him like a

segregated string of sea weed, half-way between high and low water, when with the instinct of noble nature, his companion Mi Dolphin took in the situation, rushed in and drew out the half killed, half frightened, and wholly drowned body of Mr O’Conor from tho ravages of the angry deep. A little attention, much washing, and the administration of mild stimulants, soon restored him sufficiently to go on his way rejoicing that things were not worse. It is with pleasure that we are called upon to say that beyond a few scratches on the faca and a slight curvature of tho spinal column, no great injury is sustained. Although not being a subject to treat lightly yet wo cannot avoid indulging our appetite for amusing ridicule, in saying tint Mr O’Conor owes his rescue from death to a happy ichthyological coincidence :—A serene and placid looking dolphin dragging from the grasp of the angry Sea King the elongated body of a mighty saurian. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills, —Dur ing the late autumn when the atmospheric changes are alike sudden and extreme, it is a subject for grave and serious consideration how tho health can be liest preserved. An occasional alterative, like these Pills, will be the surest preventative of disease because it overcomes all derangement of the system purifies and regulates the circulation, and gives that needful energy to the nervous structures which carries the frame trium-

nhantly through trials to which the weak and sickly would succumb. Neuralgic pains and rheumatic agonies derive present and permanent relief from diligent friction with Holloway’s Ointment which acting ns a derivative releases the gorged and irritated blood vessels from congestion, and the nerves from pressure. Valuable Discovery for the Hair.— If your hair is grey or white, or falling off, nse the Mexican Hair Renewcr,* or it wi/l positively restore in every cose Grey nr White hnir to its original color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most “ Restorers.” It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask your Chemist for “The Mexican Hair Renewer." prepared by Henry C Gallup, 4!)3 Oxfordstreet, London, and sold by Clu mists and Perfumers everywhere, at bsCJ per bottle.

) Tho Goro correspondent of tbe Southland i Times says —“ A scheme is on foot to form a company for the construction ef' a maI chine to ho called a punt sledge, combining the properties of both, to be used for the conveyance of goods from Gore to Knapdale, it having become painfuly apparent that drays can no longer be used in that part of tne district during the winter. It is thought that a machine of this kind would float on the mud, and could be more readily dragged by the horses, where the road was any way firm enough for the animals to pass over. It certainly would bo an improvement on a dray with its wheels sinking from six to eighteen inches, and sometimes even more, in the mud. I give prominence to this suggestion in order that our County Councillors may form some idea of the state of our roads, and in the hope that they may eb able to devise some means of improving them.

Advice to Mothers .'--Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It will relievo the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “as bright as a button.” It soothes the child, it softens the guns, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dyssentcry and diarrhma whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is old by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is. per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Oxl ord-atrcet, London.