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Dunstan Times, Issue 869, 13 December 1878, Page 2

We have to acknowledge the icceiit from the Government Printer of No. 27 of Hansard. The Timaru Herald says:—“ Two other vacancies may shortly bt look oil for, as we hj ve reason to believe that Mr Dignan, member for Anckbn 1 City West, and Mr Woo l, member for Mataura, are to be elevated to the Upper House.” Mr H. Manders, M.H. R. for the Lakis has addressed his constituents at Queenstown and Arrow town. At Queenstown ho received a combine 1 vote of thanks and confidence ; at Arrnwtown, a vote of th 'iiks was unanimously carried.

The We'lington Chronicle affirms that the next Session of Parliament will not be held at Christchurch, saying, no vote having been taken the Government decline to take the responsibility of the expenditure on their own shoulders.

The programme issued hy the Blachs Rices Committee of events to he eomneted for on Mon-1 By anil Tuesday the 30th and 31st instant is a very liberal one, and should draw good fields of horses. The course is pleasantly situated on the Western hank of the Manuherikia river immed-ately opposite the Town of Ophir, anl should the weather be favorable two good days sport may he exncctc 1. Mr M, Oavan, of the dhamrock Hotel, Ophir, will he the holder of the refreshment booth on the course, he having purchased at auction the right, for the sura of L 7 10s.

The agitators for land in this district will not have much longer to wait for their wants to be satisfied. One party of surveyors is busy sectionising tire 10,000 ar-e block on Moutbre run ; another is ou Ida Valiev, and throe other parties are on the lame block on Cargill and A-'derson’s station ; ore of these latter pirties are laying off thft portion of the block to the south of and adjoining the Bald Hill Flat settlement.

We are informed, on the best authority, that Messrs. Craig and Co., are the successful tenderers for carrying the mails by the following routes, viz., Dunedin to Clyde via Palmerston ; Lawrence to Queenstown via C ydo ; and Lawrence to Tapanui. The only contract hold by Messrs Craig and Co. —Lawrence to Qocenstown— in spite of the many difficulties they had to contend against, contingent on the late floods, was carrie 1 cut in an eminently satisfactory manner. Do they hut p-rform the combined services in a like manner, wo feel assured there will be no room for complaint. Wo here take advantage of the opportunity of expressing our regret at the severance of (he cannection between Mr Chaplin and the district. During the years Mr Chaplin carried the mails he performed his work faithfully, giving satisfaction alike to the Government and the public, consequcutly is deserving a passing word of praise

Holloway’s Pills and Ointment.— Diseases of Worn"!!. —Medical science in all ages has been directed to alleviateihe many mala lies incidental to females ; hut Professor Holloway, by di'igent study and attentive observation, was induced to believe that nature had provided a remedy for those special diseases. He has. after vast research, succeeded in comp: unding his celebrated Pills a"d Ointment, which embody the nrincipal naturally designed for the relief and cure of disorders peculiar to women of all ages and constitutions, whether residing in warm or co d climates. They have repeatedly corrected disordered functions which have defied the usual drugs prescribed for such cases ;an I still more satisfactory is it tha he ma’ady is relieved completely and permanently.

The English Cricketers, owing to other engagements, will not play in New Zealand. Sixty grocers at Auckland have given in their adhesion to the early closing movement on Saturdays. At Timaru, lately, a little girl named Collett died from eating Inciter ina'chea, which her mother had given to her to play with.

The Tuapeka County has »P'died for an advance of 1.5000 out of the L 111,000 to ha lent to the County for the purpose of repairing the damages done by the ncent floods.

The Kennedy family gave “A n : cht wi’ the Jacobites ”in Dingwall, Idoss-shiio on the 16th August, and the hall was crowded in every part.

Co-operative stores appear to have been meeting with success in England and Scotland. One of the London eo-operati ve associations has turned over LG-10,000 during the past 12 months. The police have receive 1 information of che arrest in Sydney of a young man whose sudden retirement from his business a couple of months since caused consideraVda comment at the time, and who is wanted for forgery. Detective Bain was despatched to Sydney by the Biugarooma on her last trip. A Sdney telegram ot the 9th instant says that Sir Hercules Hohiuson has been offered and will accept the Governorship of New Zealand.

It is rumoured tliat Sir J. Fitzherhert will be made Speaker of the Legislative Council, and Mr O’Rorke Speaker of the House of Representatives. A merchant in Wellington has received a telegram informing him that Cameron’s tobacco factory at Petersburgh, Virginia, U.S., has been destroyed by lire. Perkins, the Sydney wire-rope walker, attempted the feat of walking twelve miles on a wire rope in ten horns at Bathurst, and accomplished eleven miles in that time. His feet were severely Idisterel. A movement, arising out of the Chinese difficulty at Sydney, has been set on font at Wellington, and a petition is in the course of signature, praying the Government to have an Act parsed imposing a poll tax upon all Chinese arriving in New Zealand as sailors or labourers, and making captains of vessels responsible for the introduction of Chin :se.

In Denmark there is a special school, where girls are instructed in all the duties of dairy management and accounts. The fee is 35f per month, and a diploma for a pupil is tantamount to a fortune. A paper carpet is now made in England designed to imitate parquet flooring, the paper being printed in patterns to lesemble different woods from photographs The crcvicoi are tillol with plaster of Paris, and the whole coated with durable varnish.

The wrestling match betwe.n J. Tyson and J. Thomas Ins been fixed to come off on the Caledonian Grounds on Saturday next, 14th inst., instead of the 18th. The final deposits have been paid. Prince Albert William Henry of Germany, t ie second son of Prince Frederick William, heir-apparent to the German throne, will be one of the visitors to the Melbourne International Exhibition. Prince Henry is the second son of the Prim; ss Royal of England, and is therefore a grandson of Her Maj s'y the Queen. He is serving in the Impeiial Navy, and will visit the port with his vessel.

A series of interesting experiments were made in Sydney harbour with a new explosive compound, the invention of Captain Wagemann, of the German Imperial Engineers. He intends placing it before the Colonial Governments. The compound will not explode by concussion, but only by a fuse made by the inventor. It is claimed to be much more powerful than either gun cotton or dynamite. The experiments were successful.

Tenders for the first section of the Strath* Taieri Railway, viz , from the Mosgiel Junction to Mullocky Gully, a-e shortly to ho called. The survey is complete we understand. the whole distance to Hyde ; from there to Lander Creek Gorge it is in progress ; and from the Gorge it is completed to the junction of the Chatto Creek with the

Manuherikia. The party are still busily encaged on the work, it will, therefore, not he long before the survey will he completed t > the hanks of the Molyneux. By latest Australian advices wo learn that at Back Crei k, a butcher’s hoy, whi'o driving some sheep, saw something glittering in the centre of the street, which on examination turned out to he a quantity of

nuggetty gold. The boy at once began to gather up the treasure, but whilst doing so his sheep strayed away, and he went after them, but before leaving he managed to secure as much gold as would fill his two hands hel l together. Some other hoys were attracted to the spot, and two of them sesecured over Db weight of gold before they left ; whilst 9 or 10 more hoys participated in the find. The gold had probably been in the ground upwards of 20 years, and planted there by some digger in the old times, as close to the hole from which the gold was obtained is another hole, which has ad the appearance of having boon used f or the pst of a tent. The boys cleaned the hole—which is only about twelve inches in circumference -out to about a depth "f nine inch s, and it is estimated that at least 41h weight of gold was obtained from it. No doubt tho recent rains have washed the loose soil from the top, and thus disclosed the bidden treasure.

Throat Affections and Hoarseness. - All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will he agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” these famous “lozenges” are now sold by most respectable chemists in this country at Is lid per box. 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 Bronchia! Troches ” are on the Government Stamp around each box. —Manufactured by John I. Brown k Sons, Boston, United State*. Depot, -193, Oxfoi d-stae-t, London