The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1879.

Dunstan Times, Issue 907, 5 September 1879, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1879.

Benea'li the rule of men EN’Tir.KI.Y just the rr)N- i* MinilTIKR Ihnn tin Swnnii,

In the last issue of the Wakntip Mail and the Arrow Observer appears a paragraph stating that •“ Voters whose names, bv a printer’s error, have been omitted in the printed copies of the Electoral Roll for the Wak.atip District, but wbos-> qualifications appear on the Returning Officer’s list, will he permitted to vote with the numbers appended to t.heir names as follows 20b, John Barlow ; 192n Thomas Craig ; 427u, Andrew Jaspersen ; 59-’b, John Trunipp ; 902b. John Tyler ” Now, being the printers of die Roll referred to, it will surprise nobody to learn that we wish to have a word to say ou the subject. The paragraph referred to is evidently official, and comes from head-quarters, for who else could have furnished the particulars? We have very carefu ly referred to the manuscript copy of the roll, and not one of the nam s mention d in the paragraph are on it. And tills being the case, wo most emphatically decline to have the faults of others foisted on to our shoulders. The Press has quite sufficient, to answer for without becoming responsible for the incapacities of others In accepting the contract to print the Roll, one of '.he conditions was that the Registration Officer should see the proofs. These he had, and we have them carefully preserved. Even had the names above quoted been on the manuscript copy, we should have declined the responsibility after the a'oresai 1 condition of contract had been complied with. This system of saying “ By a printer's error, Ac ,” is becoming fir tco common, but when it tin ns out, a i iu this instance, and ought really to read “Through the carelessness ot the Registration Officer or his sunordinates, Ac,” we think a very ample apology should be forthcoming. This we shall look forward to with anxiety iu our contemporaries’ t.ext issues. We are extremely sorry these remarks have been called forth, and ir. is solely iu just,ice to ourselves ‘hat we make them. Honour to whom honour is due—and blame to whom blame is due. We may have to refer again to this subject

Yesterday morning as the river was scon to be rising quickly at Clyde, there was considerable speculation ns to the effect it would have on the works in progress for the new bri Igo at Alexandra. Shortly | after 10 a in., however, news was received that on account of the flood, the coach c u'il not cross at. Ab xan ;v.a, an! that it would come up fo C.yde, via the west bank

of the rive*. On its arrival we interviewed the driver (Mr Cook) who informed us that the Molyneux was not so much in flood, hut that the large body of water in the Manuherikia hud backed up the Molyneux nearly twenty feet, and that as a consequence all the bridge works were completely flooded. This is particularly to be regretted, as had the flood kept hack but a few days longer, the works would hare been so far progressed, that no flood would have effected them.

Witii no small amount of ratisfaction do we draw attention to the announcement in another column that, .Monday the 22nd day of September is the day fixed for making applications for land in blocks IV and VI, Leaning Ruck district these are all Agricultural Lease sections, hut why the Pastoral sections in block V are still held back we are unable to explain, excepting, that the rumor we heard some short time ago that our liberal Government had promise! the owners of the run that they would not be disturbed till after the next shearing. Most liberal Government indeed !

A slight error crept into the programme of the Dunstan Spring Race meeting. For the Hark Novel Race, it should have read “No weight under 9st 71h5.,” instead of 10st.

Tenders for the Queenstown Gaol contract must be bulged by noon this day. Tenders will he received at the Resident Magistrate’s Office, Clyde. We are informed that during (he stay of the Rev T. E. Ash iu Christchurch he was much sought after for Sunday duty, and that endeavours are being made to entice him to settle there,(but with what result we have not heard. On Sunday night last he preached at the pro-Cathedral Church, and ou Monday he had au audience with the Bishop.

We regret having to record an accident to Dr Stacpoole. of Cromwell, last week.

Me was endeavouring to mount a young hoise, which became restive and threw him heavily to the ground, dislocating the right elbow. Dr Leahy, of Clyde, was iu attendance as soon as possible, and set the injured limb.

Wo desire to call the attention of members of the Dunstan Cricket Club to the advertisement in another cdumn. The annual meeting will take place at Mrs George’s Hotel on Saturday evening, September RKh, at S o’clock. All geutlem n who take an interest in the game are invited to be present. We believe it is in contemplation to net sufficient funds raised for the purchase of a trophy, to be competed for annually ny 'he Counties of Lake, Vincent, Maniototo, and Tuapeka, upon such conditions as may he mutually agreed ou by the respective Comity Clubs. The idea is a good one, and we wish success to Ihe initiators.

We beg to acknowiedw, with thanks, receipt of an invitation to the Cromwell Volunteer Ball, which takes place in the Athenaeum Hall on Friday next, the 12th inst.

The return of gold from the Keep-it-Dark mine, Reciton, for the month of August was 4t!5 >z ISdwts. The Alexau Ira Quadrille Assembly will close the season with a ball at the. Town Hall ou Friday evening next, 12.U inst. Tlie Alexandra Brass Bind will supply the mude. and as the proceeds go to the Band Fund, it is to be hope I the (Tall will be crowded, thus showing that the efforts of the Band to provide amusement are appreciated. An attractive programme has been pee pared.

Intending tenderers are notified that tomorrow (thU-ur’ay) is the last day for receiving tenders for fencing called for by Mr Ewing, of St. Balkans. There are five jobs to be let (labour only), varying from one to two miles in length.

The following was amongst the business transacted at a recent sitting of the \Vas‘e Lands Board : “ Reporting upon ihe peri' inn of miners ami .settles at Cairn Hill and Earnscleugh, that th" mining reserve passing through block 1, Cairn Hill, be extended to take in the whole watershed of the Obelisk Creek, it being considered auriferous, the District ' and Officer recommended the ground to be reserved from sale for selection as depasturing land on deferred payments. It was resolved to reeommend the Government, in the event of the remainder of the land within Run 399 being offered for sale, to include section 1. block If, with the view of carrying out the suggestion of the Warden.”

We have before us a number of a monthly published iu Albany, New Yotk, entitled “ Tlie Voice,” and if any criterion is to be formed upon its contents, we cm readily imigiue that where it is known it will have

a large circulation : it containing useful,

and well written articles on the voice The number before us embraces a paper lead licfor the Albany institute on Stuttering, an article on Singing, and tins defects of instruction, and other articles on the cure of stuttering. It would appear that railway bridges at Home have to undergo severe tests 1 efore they are open for traffic, as the following extract will show:—“ The new bridge con st.ructed by the Caledonian Railway Company across the Clyde, a little below the

Broomiedaw, Glasgow, was officially tested on June 17h by 2l) of the Company’s largest- locomotives, weighing about 70 tons each, being placed on ir, at one time. The bridge stood the test well, the deflection being only 1 jj inch, which was recovered when the piessure was removed. The bridge has five spans, and the foundations of its piers are 100 feet below the bottom < f the river.” Tire total weight placed on the bridge must have amounted to 1400 tons or 3.700,000, lbs. In response to a request of Mr O. Swanson, Mr C -eightnn lias furnished him with the following memo, on the Chines.. fr.;n a San Francisco view pun" :IT ferruig *a> the Chinese question, I u.-vu simply to s.iy

that I have examined it minutely and dispassionately. I have seen it illustrated industrially, socially, morality, and intel . leclnally, and I can conceive no greater curse to any Anglo-Saxon community than a swarm of Chinese coolies. It is worse than the dry-rot. You cannot conceive

anythingso utterly destuctiveof onreivih'sation. There are more adult male Chinese in California than there are American citizens on the gr»at register of the State, and they are coming at the rate of 1200 to 2000 a month, while white immigration has stopped. That means the rapid absorption of ihs coast by the Chinese, who preserve their own customs, observe their own laws, practise their rites, and have 50 per cent more felons in prison in proportion to the population than any othe race. This is not a pleasant state of things to contemplate. Keep it out of Yew Z inland. ” Captain Barry still hankers after notoriety. Now that the Goverment repudiate his appointment as an emigration agent he has taken to thrusting himself upon the notice of the Secretary of State as an acquantance of the imprisoned “ Claimant; ” ami his worthy coadjutor, Dr Kmeally, had the audacity to address a letter to that gentleman in which he asserted that Captain Bar.iy had been ‘‘a person of position ” in New Z aland, “having been three times mayor.” Tin l London special correspondent of the Globe gives the following ve.sionof his storv - “ There has been a renewed demand this summer for the liberation of ’ the Claimant, ’ as he used to be cubed, with whom I thought the lion, member for Stoke-upon-Trent had ceased to have anything to do, hut I find I was mistaken, f or in the House of Commons a few days ago Dr Keneally asked the ’Secretary of State for the Home Department if he would state to the House why he objected to see Captain Burry, of New Zealand, who was a person of position there, having been three times mayor, ami who, having well-known Arthur Orton and De Castro, was prepared to prove that they were two distinct individuals. Mr Cross replied that, having received a written statement from the gentleman referred to, he bunk the usual course on such occasions—namely, of sending the document ; n question to the Solicitor of the Treasury. I may aid iliat, a long circular on this subject has been printed and circuj tateii, hut the Loud m newspapers have | ceased to show any interest iu this subi ject,