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Dunstan Times, Issue 847, 12 July 1878, Page 2

The Country Council arc inviting tenders for two pieces* of work of some magnitude, one in close proximity to Blacks, on thn main road, thne other between Clyde., and Cromwell, We were i nforraed at a late hour last night that a t3_isustrous accident had occurred at Alexandria during the evening to the family of Msrr C. Nciper, through playing with gunpow - dcr. Several of the youngsters are severely t=>urnt, one to the extent that it is scarcely believed it will reccver. By some a.c=:cident, which we did not notice, till after — we had gone to press, the Treasurer’s r-«*!port'is![oniitted from the proceedings of Committee of Management. We regret the more as the array of figures we £»_-ro sure would have afforded great pleasrt ro to the supporters of that noble'lnatitnr tion. It, 'however, shall appear in our n.«ext week’s issue. At the haIS-yearly meeting of Court Star of the Ko. 4537, A.O. R, tho following Bret r~iren were elected to fill the offices Bro •. (Leo Clark, C. R.; Bro. T. H. Bell, S.C.R. Bro. J. E. Thompson, C.T.; Bro. D. C. SSock, C.S.;Bro. J. T. Williams. S.W.; Bro. T. Mackay, J.W.; Bro. C. Hueston, S. t—s.; and Bro. Wells, J. B. oince our Leader was in type we received the telegram published in another column and to we refer our’lfreadera that Messrs Greerm and Clarke (Mr Bastings having .apparently thrown up the sponge) will make their r: —inch dreaded visit of inspection of the blocks of lank asked for settlement in the Duns-cSan and St. Bathans, and that probably will visit Earnsclcugh on Saturday, M esmtere on Monday, and St. Bathans on Tuesday. Our correspondent innst have been wrongly informed ns to dates, it not it most assuredly would have been better f «or them to have remained in Dunedin, ancrl saved themselves the {infliction of anvttx_ing but a pleasant journey at this time of —year and the country tho cost. Wc are recrq nested specially to direct attention to til —e Programme of the Concert to be given this. Friday evening in tho Town Hall, Akxan dra in aid of the funds of the School, and grp veil under the auspices of the Brethren of trho local Lodge of Good Templars. So gr —re.at a combination of talent has, (wc may bo excused in saying) never appeared bef*=ore an Alexandra audience on any previoivs occasion; the management has sought fesar and near to provide an evening’s amusettsaent, and we shall he sorely disappointed, if that, from both far and near, everyone who cau possibly leave their homes do not put ii —i an appearance and support the efforts of the management in behalf of so desirable =an institution as the School. As, by reftorcnce to the published programme, tho entertainment will comprise both vocal a.—nd instrumental music, interspersed with, readings, the taste of everyone has been considered. Though not specially rtateie'l, we understand tho concert terminating -fcrhe hall bo cleared for a dance, which may li =1 an extra inducement for some to be present— The Daily Time? says :—We are informed that the case Charles Edward Hanghton v. Reed and Fe~nwick, for libel, set down for Monday, wilS not bn tried then, as a Commission has been issued by tho Supreme Court,, at the: suit.of the defendants, for the examination —of tho following persons, viz.■ .Admiral Augxrustus Leopold Kuper, K.C. R.t now residing: in England, formerly Rear-Ad' miral on boaizrd H.M. ship Euryalns ; Flis Royal the Duke of Edinburgh, formerly nav —al erdot on board the Euryalus Commander “Horace W. Rochefort, of the Coast Guard Service, now stationed at Carrickfergus, im the north of Ireland, formerly Lieutenant «m board the Euryalns ; Captain Henry "P - '. Stephenson, formerly lieutenant on boarcL tho Euryalns ; Richard R. A. Richards. p~=iymastcr on the St. Vincent training ship- , at Portsmouth, formerly clerk to the score-tary on hoard tho Euryalus ; Richard Wil tniams. paymaster on tho Thunderer, turret ship, of the Channel Squadron, stationed at formerly assistantpaymaster c —m board the Euryalus ; Commander M. f il. M. Griffith, formerly lieutenant on boarct. the Euryalus ; and Ilehnsley H, Shanks, secretary on the Duncan flag ship, stationed at Sheerness, formerly secretary on boar-f—l the Euryalus. The Commission is returr —lahlo on the Ist January, 1379.

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Mrs Major Croker haa been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment' for obtaining goods under false pretences, at Auckland. The Portland Guardian says i—“ Singularly enough one of the passengers by the Cuzco is Mr Bates, godfather to Mr Thomas Pearce, the hero of the Loch Ard disaster. Mr Bates lust saw Pearce in Glasgow soma months ago, and his delight at hearing of his godson’s almost miraculous escape may well be itnaginaj. Now that the papers throughout the Colony are teeming with accounts of the total wreck of the Loch Ard, and the heroic conduct of Tom Pearce in rescuing Miss Eva Carmichael, it may be interesting (observes the Kilmore Free Press) to supply a link with reference to the history of the young gentleman named which we have noticed wanting. In the first place, then, we are in a position to state that the name of the surviving hero of the Loch Ard is not Tom Pearce, but Tom Millet, the son of the late Richard Millet, C.E., who was engaged in effecting surveys in this district under the Land Act, 18C2, about fifteen yearn ago, and graudson of the late Thomas Millet, Esq,, proprietor of an estate called Millbrook, near Coppawhite, county Tipperary, Ireland, where the gallant rescuer of Miss Carmichael was also born, having been brought to the colony when about three or four years of age. Soon after Mr Richard Millet concluded his professional duties here he proceeded to New Zealand, leaving behind him in one of the Melbourne suburbs a wife and family, including the hero Tom, now called Pearce. Mr Millet had not been long in New Zealand, when he took ill and died, and his widow soon after married Captain Pearce, commander of the ill-fated Gothenburg. The step-children of the latter, including Toni,' evidently adopted the name of Pearce, whilst the real name was what we have stated, a name honored and held in high esteem where it was best known. The strict accuracy of the circumstances related we can vouch for, and we think it well to mention these facts, in order that many friends in the old country who knew and esteemed the Millets, will he in a position to know exactly who the hero is that this Colony, and indeed the group of Colonies, and indeed the group of Colonies, now delight to honour.” Holloway,s Pills.—All diseases springing from bad blood, malarious districts, or over heated atmosnhere, can be cured by those noble remedies. Fever, ague, influenza, bronchitis, diptheria, stomach complaints, and bilious disorders are easily met and readily conquered by theso unrivalled medicaments. Both act harmoniously in preserving the pure and beat materials of the body, and in expelling all that is redundant effete or corrupt. Thus the cure is not slight and ephemeral, but complete and permanent, a« thousands who have personally tested their power have gratefully testified. Invalids in all quarters of the globe whose listlessness of mind and sallownesa of complexion warned them and their friends of some undermining disease, have been thoroughly renovated by Holloway,s remedies. . > i Throat Affections and Hoarseness. -

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