THE TRUE GENTLEMAN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 977, 7 January 1881, Page 2

THE TRUE GENTLEMAN.

We are compelled from want of space to omit our Lakes correspondent’s letter. We regret this the more as besides a good resumd of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, it contained a succinct account of the opening ceremony of the Kawarau Bridge. Wn understand that the Commissioner of Telegraphs declines to consider the reduction of the tariff at Alexandra Station by itself, but intimates that the whole qtieSti'iii is being carefully considered; and that returns are being prepared which will determine whether the tai iff should he retained or abolished in the future. The following correspondence has been handed to Us for publication “ Wallace County Council Chambers, Riverton, Dec. 22, 1889. Sir, —I have the honor, by direction of the Wa'lace County Council, to forward the subjoined copy of two resolutions passed by the Council at a meeitng held on the 21st instant, namely—l. * That this Conned protests in the most emphatic manner against any Government system of local finance which involves the generalization of the 20 per cent, of Land Fund hitherto granted to counties, and that a copy of this r solution be forwarded to the Colonial Treasurer.’ 2 ‘That a copy of the foregoing resolution regarding the restoration of the 20 per cent, of Land Fund to the counties he forwarded to the various counties in Otago and Canterbury which have hitherto henefltted thereby, and their co-operation invited in memorializing the Government on the sul ject.’— I have, Ac , Wm, G. Fox, County Cleik and Treasurer. To the Chairman, County Council of Vin cent, Clyde, Otago." Mr James Simmon Is, the newly elcrtol Mayor of Alexandra is gazetted a Justice of the P.-ace. Mr Jis. Beighton, Mayor of Roxburgh, Mr Robert Pritchard, Mayor of Arrowtown, and 13 other civil dignitaries have the same honor conferred on them. We are requested to draw the atten'ion of carpenters and builders to the Unreserved sale of timber and other articles at Clyde to-morrow. See advertisement. Mr Faobe particularly requests the attention of capitalists, fanners, and others to the sale by auction on Monday next, the 10th inat., of the freehold farm, stock, and agricultural implements, at Ida Valley ; and desires us to draw speeiaal attention to the fact that the sale is unreserved. The concert and hall given at Blacks on Tuesday evening last, the 4‘h inst., from a pecuniary point of view was a grand success, the large seheol-ronm being inconveitiiently crowded both at the concert and at the dance. The proceeds were in ai l of the budding fund of the Roman Catholic Chapp'e at Blacks, and, from the hearty response given on Tries lay last, we do not think the Committee will need to make another call on the public. The late rains have had a gratifying effect upon the crops throughout the dis t.rict, and nothing now ran prevent a more than average harvest All through Blacks district, wi'h but. very few exceptions, the oats and wheat, look snlendid ; ns a’so does the one gclitarv naddock of barley we no*i -»d. The farmers accer bo-1 v are igood heart " * silk purse cannot he ma V out, of a sow’s ear” is a trite saving ; and where the crops are poor they are on gravelley ridges, or they were put in ton late. This is how the Dime Bn Evening Star commences a review of White Tfood and Bine Gap” Pressure of matter has hitherto prevented our reviewing the “ Christmas. Bvrloh with T 'O Branches and it mi'dit rrve'blv have remained unnoticed had it not been for mm sagacious contemporaries—the Morning Herald and Daily Times. But when we saw the vul var sneers that were fo’stpd by wav of criticism on the readers of the He-ald, and perused the column of scnrnlens abuse issued in the Times in resneet of the above annual, we were convinced that there mnst'be something in it worth reading, nnd me were no l disappointed ” Of " White Hmd ” the reviewer savs “Vincent Pyke can draw a digger ot the early days well, and has given us a fine specimen in the hero ot his tale. . . . The story is life-like, well worked ont, and fairly up to the average Christmas story of a Home Magazine." Andof " Blue Cap”— "There can be no question of its power, and it Contains moat brilliant and humourous ske'ches," Lovers of a good evening’s entertainment are reminded that on Wednesday and Thursday next Miss Jenny Nye and Mr Fisher, with their ta'cnted Company, will make thrir bow to a Clvde audience in the Town Hall. A novel feature in the entertainment is a pantomime, the which to youngsters, at least, will prove an attraction.

Ho never inflicts pain, hut careful’y avoids whatever might cause a jir nr a j.itfc in the minds of those with whom ho Iris Cast; of o ashing >.£ opinions nr clashing of feeling, o' reatrant, or suspicion, or glqnm, or resentment, his great concern being to make everyone at ease and at home. Ho h'S eyes on all his company ; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, Snd merciful toward the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking ; he guards against unreasonable alltfsiofis or topics which Way irritate ; he is seldom prominent in couverstion, and never wearisome He makes light, of favors, while ha does them, and seems to he .receiving when h■ is offering He never spents of hmiself except when compelled, and never defends hi nisei f by a more re’ort; he has no cars for slander or gossip ; is sorufralous in imparling motives to thosn who interfere with him, and interprets everything for the heat.