The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879.

Dunstan Times, Issue 872, 3 January 1879, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879.

Beneath the rule of men entirely JUST the pen is mightier than the SWORD.

• Mr Fnohe reports having so'd, during he week, a quarter-acre section, in Clyde, vfith :• small cottage on it for L 75. On Monday evening last, at Tapanui, a purse of 500 sovereigns was presented to Mr H B stings, M H. R. The successful tenderer for the Tuapeka Hospital is Mr J. R. Grant, of Dunedin. . The amount is L 2193. p The Bazaar held recently at Cromwell, on behalf of the Cromwell Hospital was a ’ great success, something over L3OO being realised. The usual monthly and the last meeting of the Committee of the Dunstan District Hospital will he held in the Committee Room, Clyde, on Monday evening next. A traveller, writes us in reference to the very dangerous state of the crossing of the Mannherikia at Duncan Robertson’s. We 3 note the fact, and trust the County autfio. ritief will take the hint and see to having it repaired. The brethren of the Cromwell Kilwilling Lodge give an invitation Ball to night, in 1 the Athena’um Hall, Cromwell. A large number of invitations have been issued, and it is expected to be a very grand affair. We are requested by the Collector of the Dnnstan District Hospital to intimate that a, all overdue subscriptions to the funds of the Institution should be paid to him hes fore Monday evening next to enable him to ( close h'S accounts for the year. The County authorities invite tenders for the construction of a Suspension bridge acmes the Mannherikia at Blacks ; also, for road works in the same locality. We draw the attention of contrac’ms to the advertisements under the heading “ Vincent County Notices.” It is a practice on some New Zealand railways to allow clergyman to ride half fare, and one of the cloth the other day wrote to the Manager—not Conyers, of course—asking “ if he could embrace his wife also." The manager rep’iel that he * thought he could, but he did not want to say positively until he had seen his wife, as he was a littl« fastidious in his tastes.— Evening Star. We have received from the publisher, a copy of Mills, Dick ami Go’s Almanack and Di recto' y for the year 1879. If we were to . say alone that the volume before us was 3 . equal to tho-e for previous years we should be saying a great ileal in i s favor, hut we can safely say it is a great improvement, it containing a deal of informal ion not previ--1 ously embodied in previous isrues. It is a most useful publication, and should find a place in every household. Work is being carried on and every effort is being made by the Comity authorities at ~ the vaiious parts of the Molyneux and Kawarau to again open up communication by means of punts and bridges between the two sides. Mr Drumtny, the contractor V for the Macandrew Bridge, Kawarau river, 1 is making good headway, and he anticipates having it comple ed in the course of a few weeks. Mr Hedditch, has the Contract f.r putting on a punt at the Lindis Junction, while the County authorities have the work in hand of erecting one at C'yde. By Daily TimesTelegramfrom Melbourne dated December 24, we find the following : l_ There is no intelligence of the Kelly gang, and no trace of their movements. Theie are all sor! s of rumors daily, hut few have any foundation in fact.— Maitin Wiberg, u the late carpenter of the Avoca, under re5, mand for stealing five thousand sovereigns from that vessel, has escape 1 from the cosl’ tody of the police. He had been taken by ’ detectives to a lonely part of the Gippsl md district to point out the plant of sovereigns e aid although three officers were present he s contrived to put I hem off I hc*ir guard and escaped into the hush. He has not vet been found.—The Emb c sy Commissioners have started for England.—The Argus is sending a special Commissioner Home by the mail to accompany the embassy...Th“ weathei h.s been very hot, with no rain. The crops in many districts are very much burnt up. 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