The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1878.

Dunstan Times, Issue 855, 6 September 1878, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1878.

Beneath the rule of men entirely just the PEN is MIGHTIER than the sword.

We have to acknowledge receipt from the Government printer of No. of Hansard, a batch of hills, the Public Works Statement, ami a lot of other papers. The next meeting of the Vincent County Council will bo on Wednesday, 25th September, when tenders'for road works onroad Clyde to Cromwell ; construction of Suspension Foot Bridge over the Kawaran at Cromwell ; and for maintenance of road Nevis to Upper Nevis will ho opened. At iho last meeting of the Education Board the memorial By the residents of Wia Keri Kcri for a school was referred to the Inspector for his report.. In a communication received from the Board the opinion appears to be that as the number of children in the district is small the Board does not fed that the case is one pressing for immediate demands;

We received the following telegram from Wellington last nivht, which will, there is no donbt, he received hy onr Cromwell friends with satisfaction The Post Office authorities agree to extend the Mail Service to the Upper Nevis, and to provide for a bi-weekly Service to Alhertown, and for a weekly Service to the neck of Lake Wanaka.”

A correspondent telegraphs :—" On (lit theio is a great split in the .Ministerial rank? on the financial policy, and that Messrs Woolcock, Barfr, and Wakefield have gone over. Other desertions are impending.” ■ -

, The through line of railway from Dunedin to Invercargill is expected to be finish- ' ed in six weeks. The Duke of Northumberland, at the .Paris Exhibition, said that colonial wines must eventually displace Continental, and sent a cheque for LSOO worth. It is stated that in the Cape Colony there are over 800 miles of railroad now in progress at an estimated cost L7OOO per mile.

The recommendation of the Minister of Lands to reserve lands in the vicinity of proposed Railways is being given effect to in the Canterbury Province, as also is it in district.

A married woman named Arnold was recently convicted at Timaru of stealing a ring, and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. It is reported that she is the only daughter of a wealthy squatter in Western Australia.

The Post says ;—“ We believe the triennial Parliaments Bill will pass the House, of Representatives by a very large majority, if, indeed, it may not pass without a division. With very few exceptions the members are greatly in favour of the measure. A Wellington telegram in the Lyttelton Times states that there is sumo talk of abolishing the Land Hoards as they now exist, and substituting Land Commissioners in each of the Provincial districts, merely as officers connected with the central staff.of the Land Department. Owners of brood mares will be gratified to learn that the celebrated thorough-bred sire Architect will again this year take his usual beat through the district. We have notice, also, of a fresh claimant for public attention in Young Pacific, another thoroughbred who will travel the Blacks district. We understand that the sale of merchandise and horses at Alexandra, last week, on account of the firm of Finlay and Morris, and which was rendered necessary by the death of Mr Morris, was in every way satisfactory, fair average prices being realised, the horses specially bringing good prices ; the freeholds and buildings, however, did not come up to expectations.

One of the latest imported thorougbred horses (Ringleader) has, we learn, fallen into the hands of onr old friend Mr Ked Devine, for the sura of L4OO. Eingleader was lately brought over from Tasmania by Mr’Alfred Page, and is spoken of as being a superb animal, shewing plenty of quality. We understand that the Palmerston and Wakouaitl districts will be honored with his presence.

A paragraph has appeared in one of the papers giving a new liquid measure table according to the beer-selling practices, and it is put something in this wise—three glasses 1 pint, 2 pints 1 quart, 4 quarts or 2-i glasses 1 gallon, and it argues that at 3d per glass this gives 6s per gallon, to say nothing of the sixpenny glasses sold in the private bar and bar parlour. Seeing, then, that with the new duty the wholesale pi ice is onfy 2s Id, which should leave a fair margin of profit, the writer asks, “What is ail this publicans’ noth about ?”

Before the Echuoa Land Commission a selector complained of excessive railway carriage on wheat to Moiborne. And then as follows :—Mr Andrew, M.L.A.—What .is the carriage ? Selector.- -Seven pence per bushel. Mr Andrew.—ls that per mile? At which, roars of pardonable laughter from assembled selectors. For if yon consider that Melbourne is 156 miles from Echnca, 7d. per mile would be 91s. per bushel for carriage of wheat worh ss. at its destination. Clover Mr Andrew ! Ton may bo Commissioner of Railways yet,—Aides. Mr Handyside, of ilanclyside and Roberts waited on the Colonial Secretary at Wellington with reference to the removal of disabilities connected with the importation of cattle from England. Ho was introduced by the hon. number for Bruce. After some conversation, the Hon. Colonel Whitmore stated the intentions of the Government, which were that' unless forced to do so by resolution of the Assembly the Government did not intend to renew the prohibition after the 15th April, 1879, to which date the prohibition at present extended.—Daily Times. The valuable Clydesdale stallion Lord Salisbury, imported hereby Mr J. F. Hitching, of Moa Flat, in the barque Inglewood, was landed at Port Chalmers on Saturday. Lord Salisbury is three years of ago. has won many first-class prizes at Home, and Mr Hitching paid L 1,500 for him. With the loss of the mare that"was slopped with him, Lord Salisbury will stand Mr Hitching in over 1,2,000. It was hoped that he would have been located in Dunedin for a few days, but we learn that he was sent, to Moa Flat this morning, bis owner not wishing to run any unnecessary risk, so that those who wished to interview him will be disappointed.—Evening Star. A shocliing accident occurred on Tuesday at RainsolifT, about twenty' miles west of Pleasant Point and near Timaru. A man named Edwards, a farmer, with his wife, aged nineteen years, were engaged in burning some tussocks on his land, when the wind began to blow strongly', and the fire spread so rapidly that, although Mrs Edwards made every elfort to get out of the way, she was enveloped in flames. Nearly all her clothes wore burnt oft' her, and she was fearfully burnt. Edwards himself was frightfully scorched, but his injuries are net expected to terminate fatally. Mrs Edwards died before the arrival of a doctor. Edwards was not long married, and had just settled on Ins land.

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At Tiiriam pa. tha Ist instant between 10 and 2 v'clodt three vessels were wrecked —a barque, a brigantine and a ketch—qnly one life was lost, though many of the crew of the barque had narrow escapes. Hundreds of people witnessed the sad scene from the cliffs.

Rabbiting has now become a permanent industry, on many stations, especially on the Southland runs. The men who have joined the noble army of rabbiters, are of tho most nondescript class. In some cases ex-gamekeepers and poachers, whose sight was early trained to the use of the gun, are to be found ; whilst on the other hand men are to be seen who, until recently, never saw a white tail gleam among the bushes. Men of letters, bank clerks, (many of these), and all and sundry seem to take naturally to a calling in which there is so little restraint and plenty of sport. The rabbitors, of course, have to work hard if they desire to make good wages, but thereare many of the non-working classes amongst them. Men who have failed at every other hind of employment but this, through dissipation or neglect, do not, as a rule devriope into hard 'workers, but they nevertheless walk a good many miles during the week, gun in hand and short pipe in mouth, destroying the furry pests. The dogs to be found rabbiting are almost as nondescript as their owners. Good hounds there are to be found at-the work certainly, but the majority are mongrels. It is astonishing how soon the dogs, no matter how ill bred, take to the work, and develope into good hunters. “Killing” is a favorite pastime, and the rabbiters and their dogs seem to thoroughly enjoy their work.

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