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Dunstan Times, Issue 984, 25 February 1881, Page 2

The Counties It ml way Commission may be exp«et.,d to arrive at (J.ytle on Thursday tUo Hth March, inspecting BaUi-htll Jb.at ana Conroys, and tlie Eai uscleUgh block uu their way. Hence they will proceed to Cromwell aud Wanaka ou Friday, aud retu.u hy way of Hawea aud Liuuis next day. Oa Monday they will inspect the Spottis Hundred, Lauder, aud lua Valley, returning to Blacks, wliere they will be met by the Cliairmau of Mamototo County. After visiting that part of the Country they will go by way of Hyde to Strath T’aien, wnure the CUairmau of that County will receive them, aud on the following Saturday they will return to Dunedin.

The ili-advised parsimony—mis-called economy—Of the Government in the judicial department is just beginning to mike itself felt. Recently a case at St. Batdaus had to be sent to the District Court at Lawrence, whither prosecutor, defendant aud witnesses had to proceed via Dunedin. Tue Morning Herald, in com-

menting on the case says that this case has cost the country LiiUO, aud throws the blame on the committing Magistrate remarking—somewhat ungraciously, seeing that the present Resident Magistrate oi Duncdtu won uis spur as “an up-couutry m.igistiate —“ thau the ways of up country magistrates are inscrutable.” Our Dunedin contemporary seems not to bo aware of LUC fact that there was no other course open fur the magistrate than that wuich he adopted. The blame is not with him hut with the Government which h.s deprived t.j ter. a District Court. Wo shall hive more to say upon this hereafter.

A series of sketches from thu pert of Mr Violent Pyke, under the stylo of “ Recreations of a Comity Chairman," will shoi tly ho commenced in lira Saturday Advesctser.

Jackson Koldoll Esq. is appointed JdWge o! the Assessment Court under the *• Rating Act 1870" for Lake County, aiid Borough’s of Arrowtown and Q leenstowm The appointment of Frederick TJiomad buke Ji-fftry as Registrar of Electois inrf the Electoral District of Dnnrttan is also notified in the General Government Curette of the 18th inst.

Mr George I*aoho Returning Officer, notifies by advertisement that the nomination of candidates for the offices of Trustees under the “ Rabbit tfu'sance Act” for the Vincent Rabbit District, skill take place to-day, at noon at the Town Hall C'yde, and the poll ( f aoy) on Monlayjthe 7MI of March at booths* in various parts of the district.

The Cromwell Argus, referring to an artio'o wh'ch is said to have appeared in .an obscure Christchurch paper respecting Vincent County affairs, remarks : - Our contemporary fails to see of what service a loan of 1-10,000 will be while the liabilities are over 1 94,000, and considers it is only * prolonging the agony,’ an Opinion with which marik ratepayers will agree.” Does the editor Of the Argus nbt Uribiy that, the liabilities of the County are on'y L 14.010, instead of L 24.000 T And if he d .8s know tllis. lie should do, why did he te print the incorrect statement, arid en lotse it? We fear the Christchrireh paper his been misled by, the garbled reports of our local contemporary ! Evil bifds always edriie home to roost.

Work in dorttiedMdn with the bridges .1-1039 the Mrtlynenx at A'exandra and Clyde is being pushed ahead most vigorously, the contractors evidently being bent on making up for lost time. The mairi Strhotnre of the Clyde bridge is all but complete, the finishing touches only being required. These done, the contractors for the approaches will at ones start, and as they have the better part of the material all ready prepared an 1 ready for putting in position, a few weeks should see the whole structure complete and open for traffic.

At the sitting of the Lind Board, on the 16‘h inst., Mr Dalrymple, on behalf of Messrs Hall and Co., app'ied for the issue of a license over 16 acres of section 5. block 11.. Bannockburn, first agreed to he issued in October, 1873, and in regard to which applicant agreed to pair all rent accruing from that dale!. Mr fTilrvmp'e explained that when the Original licehse was taken out the value Of antimony was so small Snd the cost of production so great that mining did not pay, and consequently the license never Was take* oat, although the Board agreed to its issue. Now, however, antimony ha 9 risen in pace, and labor Was cheaper, so that Mr Hall wished to proceed With Work on the lease. It was explained that no license having been taken out. the Board bad under the new Act no power to grant such an application as was made, and the applicant would therefore have to npp'y under the Mines Act to the Warden for a lease. At Lawrence on the 22 id iristarit, the Mayoral election was closely contested. The result was as fo'lows :—Walker, 78; lolcher, 82. Several Councillors threat m to resign, as their candidate was defeated.

Mr Fache sells to-morrow at his rooms Clyde, a lot of iron bedsteads, looking and dressing glasses and other goods -see advertisement.

Harvesting is drawing to a close in this district, in faost places the reaper and binder doing the work by al! acc Hints most satisfactory. Tlio season having been highly favorable for Cereal growing* the c ops are beyond the aversgo. Doctor James Corse, a resident in Cr on well for the last 16 or 17 years, was (s ys the Cromwell Argus) found lying dea-' in the roadway of Melmore street at an early hour on Friday morning the 18th inftt From the aopearance of ileoeas id, whoso hands were itt hia ttnttser pockets, death would appear to have be n Instantaneous. Dr Corse was a man of very fill! habit, and his sudden death can hardly be raid to have' canssd surprise,- although the conditions under which he departed life rather shocked hie large number of acquaintances. He was an early riser as a rule, and most have been out on the meriting of h ; s death before anyone was astir, as the first seen of him was his dead body. Major Keddell held an inquest on the Saturday following, (Mr Marshall foreman) when a verdict of death from fatty degeneration of the heart was returned, in accordance with medical testimony.

The eighth and the twenty-second days of March are the days appointed for the payment of the two installments of the Property Tax It will be well fir those who come within scope of the Act to bear in mind that, unless payment is made within 14 days after the days abovementioned, 10 per cent, is added to the amount of the tax. Mr Richard Bowden Marlin is the Receiver appointed for the Provincial District of Otago. We believe, however, that all Postmasters are empowered to receive payment of the tax, and to issue temporary receipts tor same. The nomination of Candidates for the Offices of Trnstees for Vincent County under the ‘‘Rabbit Nuisance Act” takes place to day, at the Town Hall, Clyde.

The Board of Reviewer tinder the Property Tax Act—Messrs W. Fraser ami WG. Rees—hold at Court on Tuose.iy last, the 22ud instant- The proceedings were secret. However, from the fact of but, few people be.ug about, and the sitting being very brief, we infer there were not many appeals against the assessment. Mr Watt, R.M., Duuediri, has given it as his opinion that all bodies that were accepting U6 l for the registration of dogs were doing so illegally. The Daily Tithes sajs the question will soon l>e settled. Some of the suburban borough's where hot bldg less than 10s is accepted, intends suing some persona who have rogistorol iu Dunedin for 7» W.

Mr C. Colclough, Mayor of Cromwell; convenes a public meeting for Saturday bvening, the 26 hj inst., *■ to discuss the detirability of releasing of the tuns in the district in the present largo areas." We collate the following particulars of rin g id the district for the information of timid interested :-I!un No 354, W. J. Harris, n; leasee, 40,0U0 flCres, expiry of lease, February 20 H, 1884; 325 a and 330, N. Z. and A. Land Company, 89,600, do j 240, Howell, Lotighntin, 47,000 September oth, 1882; 243, do. 70 000. do ; JHU, do; 80.000. September 26th. 1884 ; 239, Campbell aad M 'Lean, 17,920, Sup ten. tier sth; 1882; 338, do, 6 >,OOO, September 2d li, 1884 ; 336 B and o, Archibald Fraser, 92.000, do ; 433, J. Dove, 7300, October, 1889 ; 43'U, R. M ‘Gregor, 951)0, October Ist, 1889; 338b, C. Colqiihoun, 25,01.0, February 26th, 1884 ; 438b, do, 6300, October Ist, 1890 ; 429, Thomas Coke Hill, (1,400, do; 325 a, do, 48.000, February 26 hj, 1884 ; 235 ; Dalgetty and Go., 64,240, Septeiu er 6.h, 1882 ; 236, do, 101,120, do ; 5!37, do, 108,800. do ; 335 a. do, 10,450, Felmiary 26.b. 1884 ; 238, do, 1.(1,120, Septmiber stb 1882 The above runs aie in the northern division of the \ lucent Comity. The following are in the southern division :-221, M-Daren and Turnbull. 33,000, Sopiember, 1881 ; 223, G.as-ford Bros., 80,000; September; 1 882 j 233, do, 14.80 do; 220, Hun. Robert Complied; 44,80), do; 244. do, 46,080, do ; 266 i.o. 42,900. December, 1882 ; 262, do, 70,400. do ; 249, Slro-te and Fraser; 33,280, do; 325b, do, 15,400, Fcbiuary, 1884 ; 339, Graham uud Waltou, 80,000; do.

The Morning Herald of the 16 ;h inst. has the following sarcastic paragiaph: fhe muiager of our morning contemporary wioie the West Harbor Council, suggesting ill it they should save liouble and expense by inserting all their adveitisein one newspaper. The Council hive accepted this suggestion, and appointed not our contemporary, sad to say—nut the Morning Heiald its ‘official organ’ for the enSuihg 12 months.”

The D lily rimes’ special c rrrespou lent writing from Wellington, says “ I have reason to believe the Governor will m.ike a special effort to Visit (Jh-istchnrcU and Duen liu before tha session, liis ra >vemoutßilepentledmainiyi.it he news from fjady Gordon, but it ij believed i»y those conversant with his Ext! lleucy’s intentions that he Will contrive to pay a flying visit to the chief Southern toWos during the autuiriil 1 shall most likely he able to advise you more definitely in the cou as of a few dajrs."

The Walrarapa Standard has the fo'lowina extraordinary paragraph In tha New Zealand letter of the Banking Bcoord for January will he found the following singular assertions ; ‘So many of the London papers have taken to evil pr-pln cy, that the standing leader of the New Zealand local newspaper is oh the errors of its financial contemporary. I fcl almost inclined to follow the example of the chief commoner of EiigiaU I, and name 'he p-itoh who inspires the hostility of the London Times Ho is perfectly well known here, having hefen for many years a partner iri vatious runs in Southland and Otago with a gentlemen still rcsi lent in Norheru Otauo; but I will refrain. . . . The animmdty of the prophet of the Jupiter of London is to he largely ascribed to personal feeling against one of the agent* for fl siting the last loan. So well is this known that the New Zealand wise raeh are likely to place almost too Hide confidence in the sad di nnnci.itio ■ of the Tones. Olher papers have taken iheir tone ffonu the Times, hence tb-se tears in London ’ It is to he hoped that some man will write more plainly than this, and ted us who ‘ inspires the hostility’ we deprecate. Was there not a air Hankev, an English hanker, who was mixed up in tuns with Robert Campbell in Southland and Otagi some yeais since ’ And is this the gentleman hinted at ? Some rtf our contemporaries Will per Japs clear the matter up.”

The Glutha Loader says “ For sCma time pasta paragraph lias b en gang the round of the papers to the effect that the gravel upon our streets has been found to contain gold, an I thit consequently there is likely to be a rush ”to the river bank whence the gravel was taken. T.iis "goak” has now travelled quite far enough. It is well known we have all plenty of gold in Balclutha Our debts are all paid ; our banks are overflowing ; our safes a e ditto ; our pockets are full; but we have not yet commenced to g'avel our footpaths with the precious metal.”

Of course “ bunny f ’ has been a pest,and of course tho Southland settlers have a right to carry oh a war of ex tormina ion against bis race, but for all that (says the Mataura Ensign) no one is Justified in subjecting the unfortunate animals to treatment revoltingly cruel in its nature. On Wednesday we noticed a box at the Gore railway station, on its way from Kingston to a well-known Dunedin fishmonger, which as literally packed with live rabbits. When the box left Kingston it was closely covered, not a single hole or slit being left for the purpose of ventilation. Dining tbe journey, before it reached Gb're, the box wasa'ci-' dentally discovered to' contain live stock, and a Couple of sir coles were made in the lid. Wlnio lying 6n the platfoim at Gore several humane pet.sOws made mo>e openings, and it was then seert that the middle Were ns numerous and as closely packed as possible. Thus those p'or bruits were gout on Ihtih lung jounuy from Kingston to Dunedin so closely jammed together ns to be u’naMe to move, in a box from which fresh air was wholly excluded. I’nlortunately we have lieen unable to asce. the consignor’s najuw.

In the death of Dr James Coras which took place at Cromwell suddenly on Friday looming last, the ISth inst., the district lias lost one rtf Its oldest resident and Cromwell one rif its bestci'iz ms. Dr Corse was amoncSt the early pioneers of this part of the cmlntry and for many years was the only medical man in the Cromwell division, and hard was 'he life he had in j uitniejdng Over mountain and dale arid at rill seasons to minister to the medical anil Sri'-ioal Wants of a widely scattered prfpnl vtion ; lie Was a kindly hearted arid clever physician, and many will reg-et his Sadden death He interfered hut little in puMio affairs, though when anpliel to for advice or pecuniary assistance he was no niggar 1 with either. He leaves a widow without f imily to mourn his loss.

Amongst the funny devices for the extermination of rabbits (says the B.illrtrat Star) is one hv Mr Thnrrie'l, who hrts snbbniitted it plan to G ivernmerit for approval. It is d* sobbed to be the coa'ing of some of the animals with a “stinking” sp ciflo, an I then sending them into the wild rabbits’ burrow. The latter will then he driven out, netted, kiPed, aril their skins sent to market. The Minister has requested to scheme to he submitted in writing. What guarantee does the inventor give that the rabbits are not, like a go d many of the other species, regardless of Stinks, Hdwrtver horrible t The Echuca correspondent of the Australasian wri'e>:—“A lortal sawmillirig firm has j ast ciranVe 1 art order for 4rt .000 blocks for the Melbourne Corporation for street naving. Trie blocks are of the best nature 1 redgrim timber, are (Jim in length by 9in. by 4in. Most of the streets of Echuca are paved with woolen blocks, soma being round and some sqriare. The wood has been lad Mr many years, and has been foun 1 to out’ast maca larii. requiring no renairs. Less dust is created, and lhe tires of wheels and shrtes of horses receive hss vear and tear. The blocks have been a comulete success at E-huca, an 1 every shower of rain rtr wind storm Washes the roadway quite clean.”

The Inspector of Nuisances (Sejm the Southland Tories) charged Robt. Dawsnft, a local market gardener, with an offence against the bye-lawi in that he hid hawked vegetables in the Streets of the town, not hiving a license so to dd Mr Finn, for Dawson, admitted the fattS. but denied that his action constituted bawkitig. and that even if it did the clause of the by laws could not be enforced till a mirket was established in the town. The definition of a hawker was one who sold goo 1s by ‘‘e ying” them in a public place, Which Daws oi had not dnrie. His Worship took a similar view of the code and dismissed the information.

In the I) ihliii Evening Jit.ail, iff Dec. 1, there appears I a des latch from Waterford, stating that the ci‘y and county weie in a drca'ful state ■ that the whole county was armed to the. teeth ; that arms Were hieing sold in Wa'erford to an extraordinary extern ;aidih it on Tuesday ,- 17 ■if! s were bought, together wth araun l ion.” The Mayor, of Waterford, speaking with all the authority of his offic'a l position, pledges Limself that not alone is this statement false, but that it has no a shadow of foundation. That so far from 17 rifles being sol I in a single lay that week in Waterfont. not o ie rifle hid been sold in the ptat twelve m mths.

So ne of Mr Parnell’s sympathisers in Victoria are ardent teetotallers. But for all that f ilo not think that they would use the iirguoi nt fdr abstinence ri'ged by i parish priest, according td an tr'sh newspaper. The reverend gdiiileiften is thus reported :— *■ What is it. me boys, that degra 'es ye to the level of the bastes of the field! I tell ys it's drink, What is it that deprives ye df yorir nerve ? The drink. Whit is it that makes the •boot at yom landlord, and nliss him / Its th*> drink.”

The following extract fr ra a letter in A la e number of tli6 IngK Wood Advertiser, will L'ive some idea of tile ravages the rabbit pest are capable of doing, and should give an extra spur to every one in this County to do their level beSf iri extetnrnating them:—“ln the Quamhatook diatrint a Mr Rattray stiipped from liid acres two bags of wheat. The whole extent of this groun I was ploughed and sowed, and gave every indication in the early part of the season of a fair crop, when the i abbitts attacked it in myraids, devouring every blade in their progress of destruction savs a small patch standing in tile centre of the field, from which the return above quoted was received. Nothing hut absolute ruin is imminent fot those located id' these rabbitdnfested districts Unless the Government immediately comes tdtlie resche and by prompt sUppreSsive measures relieves them from the greatest plague the farmers in the mallee country have to contend against It is shortly intended to invite the Minister of Laii Is to the district; in hrd#r that he may have some concept ion Of the magnitude of the mischief; which, if not immediately remedied, will not ouly drive the selectors from their holdings, but the 9 )ckownert also; as herbage Of every description is now most completely monopolised by the rabbits. '.' The Wellington correspondent of Lyttelton Times Telegraphs “ Soras tide agOI wired you that the offia t in charge of the telegraph station at Wakapuaka, the New Zjdand terminus of the cable, had been suspen ed, hefc'aUSe of ill alledged iffegiilarity in connection with the transmission of a telegram relating to Mf Proildfoot's halfmillion tender for railway fciiiHtruotio'n id Now South Wales. Suspension has now been followed by disdiss d ; the officer in question losing 15 years’ service hud a large •alary. In connection thu same affair, an opeiator nadod Homy has also been dis missed the service. The ostensible charge is culpable neglect to forward a telegram in due course, whereby Mr Proudfoot might lost the

Wo would call attention to the advertisement in another column regarding a public soiree in connection with the Presbytemn Church, trt lie hell at Alexandra, on the 24h prdk. Toe meeting is to he hold la connection with th • apopal ipeetlhg ot thrt Preshyierian Church of the district, .and also to welcome the institution Of a Presbytery lo take the ecole-ias ioah arid spiritual oversight of the Central Gold Holds; whidh are at piesoht tort distant Iroitl the s-at of the dlutha Presbytery, which irteets at Bal'olUtHa. The institution of shch a court in connection with the CliUrhh in this part of the country will he a grerit boon to the • .’ongregations and Ministers within the hounds, and enable them much better to look at er the necessities of Pieshylerians scattered over the district. At the last meeting of the Synod of Otago and Southland the requisite authority was granted tocnistifnte this new Presbytery; an 1 its first meeting is to he hold at Alexandra on Thn-s lay 'ho 24h March, 18SI. atooon, the Rev R. Telford being the Hrst ModhraWr. The new Preshyte y will he the fifth under the j ins fiction of the Synod constitute! since the first in Ota'o, which Was constituted in 1854 by the Revs Dr feurts, the Rev. W Will, and the Rev. W. Bannerman, and it is a hopeful sign for the country that this Church is thus making progress ahd still extending i'self, sorts to supply those wonts which belong to man’s moral and spiritual being amidst a sparse ttill Widely scattered population. We hop! the meeting Will be successful iti point of numbers, an I that, all who can will Avail themselves of the opportunity of being present at the opening meeting of a new Presbytery, on which the district is to be congratulate 1. It is probab’e that the next meeting of tlie Presbytery will be hrtld at Cromwell. Meetings will also be held at Other places as occasion may arise. The London Times, in a financial article, Says i—“ The finances of the Unred States may excite ehvy, not only of England, hrit of Europe The unprecedented rite of redemption is having i s natural effect in raising the credit ot the United States to a level with the most staid and best paying communities ot the Old world. In reaching that level the Unhed States will only attaiii the rightful position acOrinti-y which is so faithful to its engagements, vyhose resources are so limitless; and whose popiilrtti hi increases with siich remarkable Hpidity, otiabt to enj >y, the best credit accorded to riuy state, in all probability, should cotldilioiis remain favourable. Seore-

tiry Sherman will accomplish His refunding opera'iotls at a rate nearer three than f oar per derit. 't'he very rapidity with which he is able to pay off the debt must aid him most materially by rhluciog die silpply of stock. This, acting pari paisa with the augmenting demand tor g mu I investments, will give him an incalculable a (vantage in his operations. According to the Canada Farmer, life agriculturists of Canada met in convention and adopted for themselves the following creed :—*• We believe in small farms and thorough cultivation ; we believe that f he g' il lives toeit as well as the owner, and ought, therefore, to be well manured ; we beli ve in going to the bottom of things, and, therefore, deep ploughing, and enough of it—all the better if it be a slmsoil plough ; we believe in large crops, which leave the land bfc'tfer than they found it, miking both the farm un i the farmer rich at once ; we believe that every farm should own a good farmer ; we believe thit the fertiliser of any soil is a spirit of in Inatry, enteiprise',- aft 1 intellig rice—without these Hide, gypsum, audgiiano ivolild be of little use ; we believe in go id fences, good farmhouses, good orchards, aft 1 got id children enough to gather the fruit; we belive in a clean kitchen, a neat wife id it, a clean cubboard, a e'ean dairy, and a clear conscience ; we b> lieve that to ask a man’s ad vieb is not snoping, but of much benefit ; we believe that to keep a place for every, thing; atm tverything in its place saves nitny a step, and is pretty sure to lead to good tools and to keeping them in order ; we believe that kindness to stock; like good shelter, is saving, of fodder; we believe that it is a god 1 thifig to keep an eye on experiulmts. aftd note all, good and bad ; we believe that it is a good rule to sell grain when it is ready ; we believe in producing the best butter and cheese, and marketing it when it is ready.”