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Dunstan Times, Issue 908, 12 September 1879, Page 2

Parliament has been prorogue,! till the 24th hist. Mr Vincent Pyke, M.H.ft., announces that, owing to illness, his address to the electors in the Town Hall, Cly<le, is postponed till 8 p.ra. on Monday evening, the 22ud inst. We again remind our readers that the Alexandra Quadrille Assembly Ball C"ines off to-night. Mr James Hazlett has been elected VicePresident of the Dunedin Jockey Club We have to record the very sudden death of Mrs M'Donalil, wife of Mr D. M‘Donald, of the Chattu Creek hotel, Blacks and Clyde road, which occurred on Monday morning last the Bth instant An inquest was held on the body before W, G Bees, E-q., on the following Tuesday, when a verdict on

the evidence of Dr Leahy, Resilient Surgeon of the Dunstan District Hospital, who made a post mortem, examination of *he

body was given “ That deceased died from fatty degeneration of the heart.” By a Daily Times telegram we find that Mr A. D. Harvey has been appointed clerk of the Alexandra District Court. We have since been officially intimated that Mr Harvey has received his commission of the appointment.

We would lemind intendi-g settlers that applications for the agricultural sections in blocks IV and VI, Leaning Rock district on Moutere run, are to he made at the District Land Office, Clyde, on Monday the 22.id instant. Each section contains from 240 to 320 acres each, and from the wellknown quality of the land we anticipate there will be considerable competition for some of the best sections.

The annual meeting of the Dunstan Cricket Club will be held at Airs <George’s Dunstan Hotel, to-morrow (Saturday) at 8 p.m., when all who take an interest in the game are requested to be present. We have to acknowledge with thanks, the receipt of a hatch of parliamentary papeis laul before the last Parliament. We have had the pleasure of inspecting a large number (125) of large sized photodithographs of New Zealand scenerv, a present by Vincent Pyke, Esq., AT H R. to the Vincent County museum. We are informed they are conies of a lot selected ami sent by the New Zealand Government to the Sydney Exhibition. The scenes represented are varied, bring lake and mountain scenery ; a number of bridges, public buildings, Ac. They need only to he seen to lie admired, and we cannot but think will do more to make onr Australian neighbors, and the visitors to the Exhibition more acquainted with us than any other thing that will leave onr shores The only fault we find with them is that they are too few in number.

The strike referred to in our Alexandra corespondent's letter in another column we are happy to say has been settled, the men having agreed to resume work again, hut we do not hear if the contractor has discharged the objectionable Chinamm.

We desire to draw attention to a notice in another column of a temperance meeting which is appointed to he held in the Town Hall, Clyde, on Friday evening, September 2oth. The Revs T E. Ash and John Lothian and others will address the meeting. The District Deputy Brother Beattie will afterwards institute a Lodge of the I.OJi.T. Free admission.

The usual four-weekly crushing of the Cromwell Quartz Mining t'ompany was 405 ounces of gold from 475 tons of stone.

In another column will he seen the programme of the Alexandra Race Meeting which is fixed for Friday, the l"th October, nr six days before the Dunatan meeting. The programme comprises a Maiden Plate of 10 sova. District Handicap of 20 sovs, Hack Selling Race of 10 sovs Alexandra Handicap of 15 sovs, Consolation Handicap of 5 sovs, and Hospital Race. The fact of the dates of these two meetings being fixed so close together should be an inducement to owners, and we shall be surprised if good Helds do not turn out at both meetin s.

We draw the attention of owners of '’rood mares to the advertisement in another column that the Clydesdale horse ‘ Sam ” will stand during the coming season at Hawks' aim Station. We are informed that “ Sam ”is a compact symmetric 1 animal, carrying a good strain of blood. As only a limited number of mares will he taken, an early application for his services is necessary .

At the late meeting of the Bake County Council, a letter from the Bank of New Zealand was read, stating that in future auv overdraft would be charged at the rate of 10 tree cent., instead of S per cent, as previously.

Archdeacon Edwards has received a letter from Bishop Nevill informing him that he has taken his passage by the Kot.no iliana, so be in i.y he expected in Dunedin early next mouth.

Detective Neil, who has for a long time occupied the position of senior detective in the Pobee Force in Dunedin, has been transferred to Christchurch.

We uuderstaand that tlie trotting E itire *■ Mercury ■’ will travel the district during tit-.! coming season. “ Mercury " has changed hands lately at a high figure ; his pi esent owner being a no m;a i of a good horse, it is only 10 be expected will bring him out in lip top condition. The exact route of bis travel is not yet decided on, we are authorised to slate, however, that full particulars will appear in next issue. A remarkable instance of the recovery of money h.is arisen out of tne recent Octagon tire. A man who slept on the second door in his haste to escape from the dames, left behind him a sum of money, iu coin and notes. During the search, on Tuesday, the notes (of which there were two) were actually found again. They were mueh discolored, but not sufficiently so to prevent their circulation.—Morning Herald. At the lv. M. Court, Wellington, last Friday, a farmer named Cornelius Fisher was committed for trial for stealing a cow. Two of the defendant’s sons, aged 18 and Id years, were called, but their evidence was inadmissible, neither understanding the nature of an oath. They had never heard of their Maker. The following inci lent (says the Bruce Herald) happened at an hotel not many miles from Waihola a day or two ago, and deserves to be kept for posterity. A partycalled for a glass of spirits, and the jolly landlord, as is his wont, placed the bottle and a glass before his customer, in order to allow him to help himself. After Living filled the tumbler with part of the contents of the bottle, our friend put down (id in

liquidation of the debt, but was astonished at receiving back one penny. In reply to an enquiry, the landlord informed him that he alwavs allowed discount in wholesale transactions.

The writer of London Town Talk in the Melbourne Argus says "Sixty thousand Poles have been performing a pilgrimage to a miracle-working picture of the Virgin at Crinstoken. A flash of lightning struck 15 Poles, besides the pole on which the picture (which seems to have been of the signtioard order of art) was hung. One would think that the kind of people who believed in a picture-miracle would a'so believe in what Protestants term a ‘ judgment,’ and if so, here is surely a staggerer. But they won’t.”

An English paper say* ;—“ A school for hangmen has been established recently at St- Petersburg, the plan of organisation, drawn up by General Grenteln; having received the signature of the Emancipator, Alexander 11, himself. The object of the founders is to provide an efficient staff of hangmen for the wholesale executions that are likely to take place all over Russia. The pupils for the School of Hangmen are to he selected from the ranks of ‘ intelligent and deserving men ’ in the army, and for the present the number is not to exceed a dozen."

Dr Kenealy asked the Home Secretary in the House of Commons why he objected to see Captain Barry, a person of position in New Zealand, three times Mayor, who having well known Arthur Orton and De Cas’ro, was prepared to prove that they were two distinct individuals. The Home Secretary replied that Captain Barry made a sra ement in writing which had been re ferred to the law officers in usual course.

Mr C. Boyes writes to Mr Bayley, chief sheep inspector, respecting the result of his experiments on the new rabbit destroyer as follows:—“I promised to tell you the result of my rabbit poisoning. It has surpassed my highest expectations. I laid it down last week, and I do not believe there are a dozen live rabbits left in the paddocks, while the ground where the poison was laid was covered with dead rabbits two days afterwards. I shall have no fear of the rabbits after this, and were the poison more used I am sure the evil would be lessened. I mix the poison myself according to your instructions ; it took about two hours. I found the necessity of dissolving the phosphorus in boiling water first. It is the omission of this that has put so many people against using it, I believe I also believe there is a good deal in tbe covering it up so long before using it. Now is the time, when food is scarce. I have written down for more, and will use another dose as soon as it comes.” This is

what the Daily Times says “ This is highly satisfactory testimony. We think the runholders interested should present Mr Bavley and Mr Fraser each with a handsome coat of rabbits’ fur, as a testimonial for making the remedy known, when once they have cleared off the pests. We suppose it will not soon come to a rabbit being never seen ; we must be content with “ ‘ hardly ever.’ ” Our contemporary appears to have a verv ridiculous idea of the number of rabbits in this island when he contemplates their utter extermination. It will be a long time before rahbits are “hardly ever” seen up this way ; at the same time we are glad to hear that the new rabbit destroyer has proved such a succcad.