The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1879.

Dunstan Times, Issue 878, 14 February 1879, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1879.

Beneath the rule of men ext(rklv just the fES is MIGHTIER than the SWORD.

The appointment nf Mr Jas. Rivers, Mayor nf Alexandra, to he a Justice of the Peace, is notified in the Gazette. Mr Conyers has so far recovered from his late serious accident that he will he en. ahled to he removed home to Christchurch in a day or two. The attention of Carriers is directed to the advei isement in another column, inviting tenders for the cartage of 501) bait* of wool from Galloway Station. Mr Fache notifies, by advertisement, that he will sell, by public auction, at 2 p.m., this day (Friday, February 14th), the household furniture and effects belonging to Mr Stock, of Sunderland street, Clyde. Intending objectors to the Valuation Lists, whether for the County or any of the Boroughs, are reminded that their oh. j.'c'ions must he lodged at the Resident. Magistrate’s Court on or 1 whore to morrow the 15' hj instant. The grand entertainment, the programme of which appeared in our last issue, takes place at Alexandra this evening. Wc shall hope to 3--e a large attendanoe from Clyde, as well as from the immediate locality of ' Alexandra A imeting of the members nf the Din • stan District Cricket Club is convened for to morrow (Saturday) on the ground, to arrange for p'aying a match between an e'even of Vincent County, and an eleven of ' Lakes County, the game to be played at Cromwell, on Saturday the 22nd instant. What with building and fncing, and other works in the district for which tenders are called, there is no cause to complain of the want of wank, tlie main drawback we are afraid will be the want of labor. However, there- is plenty of work, and we hope plenty of labor will be found available tor it. ■ The cricket match betwetn the Lawrence and-Bruce Clubs took place on the latter’s grounds, at Milton, yesterday. A good ' deal of interest was manifested in the match, •'though the display of cricket on either side was not by any means first-class. Tho Bruce Club -n their first inning totted together 53 -mis—Pettit (10), Giant (13), and' Mathesnn (13), being the only players who troubled the scorers with double "figures. The Lawrence team succeeded in putting together a total of 52—one run behind their' opponents. Towsey and Downes were the highest scorers, with nine runs each to their credit, Taylor following with eight. In their second innings, the Bruce team scored 29 runs, of which number seven were contributed by Feid, and six by Pettit. Singular to relate, the Lawience team just managed to tot the same number logethe as theloe.il team. Baumber, on this occasion, was the highest scorer, with thirteen runs to hi* credit; Niehol, with four, coming next.— From the foregoing it will be seen that the Bruce team were victorious hy one run, wh : ch was obtained in the first innings.— Tuapeka Times. Holloway.s Pills,—Though good health is preferable to high honor, how regardles* people often are of the former—how covetous of the latter! Many suffer their strength to drain away ere maturity is reached, through ignorance of the facility afforded by these incomparable Pills of checking the first untoward systems of derangement, and reintating order without interfering in the least with their pleasures or pursuits. To the young especially j 8 it important to maintain the highest digestive efficiency, without which £ growth is stunted, the muscles become lax. the fiame feeble, and the mind s’oth'ul. The removal of indigestion by these Pills is soeasy, that none save the most thoughtless would permit it to sap the springs of life. Valuable Discovery for hie Hath.— If your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off. use the Mexican Hair Renewer," for it wil positively restove. in every case Grey or White hair to its original color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most “ 80. storers.” 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 tor “The Mexican Hair Benewer,” pr P . pared by Henry C Gallup, 423 Oxford- : street, London, and sold by Chemists and | smjwtws, st 3s W per but tit.

Tt is notified in the Gazette that the lime for completing Valuations under the Laud Tax Act is extended to the 28th instant. The buildings of the National Bank of Zealand, Milton, at being whitewashed. The process is being watched with painful interest by the number of local gentlemen who have been subjected to a similar treatment by the Bank. - Bruce Herald. The man Patterson, arrested the other day for getting in front of a train, and for going into the sea in a state of nudity, turns out to have been sub-editor of the Melbourne Argus. He was shipped by his people from Melbourne, they knowing him to be insane. A special Daily Times telegram from Gisborne, dated Feb. 11th says “ A terrible fire is raging here. Betts’, the grocer, and Nasmith’s jewellery establishments are burned. The Albion hotel is now inflames, and possibly Adair’s store, with a vast stuck of merchandise. Probably the whole tovnwillgo.” Tha Daily Times says, in a telegram from Queenstown, dated February 11th:— The steamer Jane Williams brought down a lame number of persona to witness the launch of the new steamer. The train also brought visitors. The weather was magnificent. The Ministers (Messrs Stout and Balla’-ce) lunched on board. The new steamer is much admired. A special telegram under date Melbourne, February 23th, says—A bush fire, eigh miles from Colao. rushed towards a homestead and destroyed it. The parents and five children were surrounded by tbe fire, and struggled towards a water dam. A tree fell and killed one child and desperately injured the father The mother and two children were burnt to death.—Another telegram reports that “ Turnbull, the victim of the Colac fire, is dead.’’ The Clutha Trader says—“ Railways induce traffic." So it would seem. Since the ope dug of the through line Dunedin to Invercargill, the passenger trains passing heie have been packed full. As to goods—special trains have had to be sent, some of them with as many as. twenty waggons drawn by two engines in order to keep tl e stations clear. The railway officials have had a busy time of it. They are working night and day. A smart stroke ef financing was accomplished by a Wellington gentleman a shot time since. He had more than a thonsai d pou ids worth of bills, which his banker refused to discount. He had a few hundreds t > his credit, and these he drew from the obdurate bank that refused to accommodate him, and dividing it into three equal ports, opened accounts in three other banks. He then got a third of the bills db counted at each of these banks without ditliculty. We have beard that one of our Mongolian friends a few days ago dropped across a Incky find of of a patch of gold, weighing somewhat about lOUoz.. He discovered it while fossicking along the banka of tbe river some short distance from Clyde. As it, was all in a heap, and round it was what appeared to have been a bag, it was evidently a forgotten plant, or may be, the owner is to be numbered amongst the many who have suddenly disappeared, aud whose «nd, whether fair or foul, only He, in whose hands our lives lay, can only tel). The Hon. Mr Ballance, Colonial Treasurer, aud the Hon. Mr Stout, Atlomey General. accompanied by Mr M'Kerrow, Chief Surveyor, visited Cly e on Saturday morning last. After a short stay for breakfast, Mr Stout aud Mr M’Kerrow pushed on for Roxburgh, whete th y arrived that evening. After inspecting the blocks of land now under survey on Cargill and Anderiion.’s nil’, they stai ted early thefolb wig morning (Sunday) and retraced their steps reaching Clyde about 11 a.m , fica whence after lunch, they then, with Mr Ballance and Mr Pyko, Comity Chairman, visited the Hock under survey on Mmttere run, returning again to Clyde in the even, jug. On the following morning, between 7 and 8 they started lor Queenstown, where they arrived that right. On tbe Friday pievioua, it must be understood the gentlemen went from Cromwell to Wanaka and back, a distance of over 70 miles. The Timarn Herald is “ sorry to learn that what giv-s promise of pro vine a very destructive pest has of late made its appear ance in a number of pntatoe fields in this district. It is a sort of half-worm, half, caterpillar looking insect, about half aninch long, and with a dirty-white colored body and Hack head. From all we can gather, it attacks the tuber of the potatoe jnst at the foot of the stalk, and Gradually eating its way into the bulb, at last causes it to rot. One farmer, who was in town on Saturday, assured us that fully one-third of his entire cron of abontfive acres have been all tnt destroyed by this pest. It seems to be the same insect which one frequently no tices in peaches and plums, and which gerurally covers the hole it bores with a sort of web similar to a spider’s. If what we hear about the ravages it. is committing amongst tbe potatoe crons is true— and we certainly have not tbe slightest, grounds for believing anvthing to the contrary—this pest now should be looked after as carefully as the Colorado beetle. We sbad be Jmd of any further information farmers can 6 ire ns in this matter.” Advice TO Mothers: -Are yon broken in your res’ 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 relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, hy relieving the child from pain, and the. little cherub awakes “ as bright as a button.” It soothes the child, it softens the an ns. allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy tor dysentery and diarrhoea whether arising from teething or other causes. Mir Winslow's Soothing Syrup is ■old by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is, lid per bottle. Manufactured 493 Ox-ford-itmt, Loudco*