The Dunstan Times. CLYDE, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1881

Dunstan Times, Issue 997, 27 May 1881, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1881

Beneath the rule of men entirely just The pen is mightier than the sword.

The Lake bounty Council has resolved to borrow £4,000 for waterworks.

The roads in and about Clyde are in a very unpleasant state for travelling.

The population of Wakatipu is 3,994 — an increase of 243 since 1878

Lawrence is to be largely represented at the forthcoming Industrial Exhibition to be held in Dunedin.

Mining matters are looking particularly healthy throughout the Tuapeka, Naseby, Du: stan. and St. Bathans’ districts.

Miss Mackin. of Queenstown, has been ppointed assistant-mistress to the Blue Spi school.

The Counties Conference will be hold at Wellington on June 7. Mr Daniel, Chairman of the Council, will represent Lake County. The annual balance-sheet of the borough of Arrowtown has just been published, showing that the Council is in debt to the amount of £45 13s (id.

The Tuapeka Road Board is taking steps to merge into the County Council, but a difference of opinion exists as to the expediency of so doing.

The census returns for the electoral district of Dunstan places the population at 3,881, being an increase of 254 persons since 1878.

The rising little township of Mosgiel is now the happy possessor of a bi-weekly paper. The ‘‘Taieri Advocate” is the same of the new venture.

The Armwtown Athenaeum has’ lately been altered and added to. The costs of the repairs executed amount to £230, of which amount the Committee have only about £l3O at their disposal.

The following gentlemen comprise the St. Bathana branch of the Land League : Messrs G Purton, J. R Jones, J. biwing, T. Keenan, T. Hughes, T. Moe, P. Jenkins, G. Pyle. It will be noticed from our telegrams that the desperadoes who committed such outrages some time ago in Edinburgh and Leith have (men indentitied by their portraits as being known in Wellington. During the course of his speech delivered at Kaikouri, Mr Saunders said that the Grey Government spent L 15,000,0001 Where did they get it, and how did they spend it T Surely, the orator added a few useless “ oughts ” to his figures.

With the laudable object of testing the existence or otherwise of deep lends near Naseby, the local Municipal Council has voted £SO towards that object, provided that a similar amount is raised by subscription. The County Council is to be asked to contribute £2OO.

Richardson's “ Panorama of the Arctic Regions ” appeared in the Town Hall, Clyde, on Thursday week The views were very superior, but the audience was very small. The panorama will appear in Clyde on a future date, when we hope that the proprietor will meet with the success his show merits.

Persons who have become liable to taxation under “ The Property Assessment Act ” since the Assessment Roll was made must send in statements of their property by June 15. Persons who have acquired further property since the completion of the roll must alto notify the Commissi, ner of the fact. The penalty for neglecting to make returns is LIOO and treble duty. Mr George Prescott, of St Bathan’s notifies by advertisement, which appears in another column, that he is now in a better position than ever to supply to those interested, iron piping of the very best quality. In thus drawing the attention of miners to this announcement, we would say that the iron pipe is, to a certain extent., everlasting, and in saying this, the using of the pipe instead of the canvas hose must show a wonderful saving. We would specially draw attention to the sale by Mr George Faohe, at Clyde, on the Bth June next, which includes the freehold section and buildings thereon, (opposite corner to the Dunstan Butchery). At the same time will he submitted a small lot of household furniture and other effects.

The “ Auckland Herald” office is to be lighted with the Brush electric light. In future four cadetships will be given to sons of gentlemen in the colony. Tins weekly wage of the farm laborer in Japan is 4s without board. Mr John Conway, the well-known cricketer, has received the appointment of editor of a Melbourne sporting journal. “ Cruelly murdered by his mates,” is the singular inscription on a child s tombstone at Sydney. The population of the electoral district of Waikaia is 6(591, being an increase of 2499 in three years.

A number of parties are setting in to work the beaches of the Taieri River. Several are doing very well. Dr Wild, of Canada, predicts 53 years of war after 1182, and announces the millenium to begin in 1934. Mr Berry has declined to appoint a commission to inquire into the cause of decrease of the population, as shown by the census. The “ Grey River Argus ” has good authority tor statinu that a resident of Greymouth tha other day received intimation of a having been left him by a relatives.

The Bishop of Rochester was hissed and howled at after serviceat St. Paul’s Church, London, because he told his congregation that some of its high-stepping rituals would have to be abolished.

When giving evidence before the Police Commission, Superintendent Sa-lleir expressed the fear that another gang of bushrangers would break out in the Northeastern district, and there is evidently good ground for the fears expressed by Mr Sadleir.

Among the varieties of wheat that have been introduced and raised with great success in California are the Snowflake, the Proper, the Anaheim Odessa, and White Russian. The last two are being tested in places where rust has done damage to other varieties.

Some peculiar census returns have been received At Auckland, for instance, a man described himself as a “ tailor, draper, a prose author,” but indicated by an explanatory note that his prose was unpublished Ik Wakworth a town near Auckland was recently placarded the following announcement, which is understood to have been adopted by a person who claims to belong to one of the learned professions:— “A meeting will be held on the 16th day of April Saturday Night 7 PM at Mr Southcote’s House blow the Cohop To Inorgorate a Lodge of the independent Order of odd Fellows Manchester’s Unity.” “ Blow the Cohop ” is conjectured to be the writer’s way of describing where Mr Southgate’s house is situated, below the Co-operative Store. “ Inorgorate ”is a new way of spelling a not uncommon word. The Invercargill Lands Board have resolved to lease Runs 352 (Dome) and 418 (Eyre Peak) at Id per acre.

The Oamaru “ Times ” mentions a pitiable case of an infant, about eight months old, coming to its death through falling into a bath with about an iuch of water in it, during the absence of his mother for a few minutes only. The cause of death was suffocation.

Captain Boyton, the pioneer of the Channel swimming, is known to have been killed in the Chili-Peruvian war.

A Melbourne telegram states that the daughter of a well-known police magistrate eloped with a son of a son of a Ballarat solicitor, and they were married at a registry office. The irate father intercepted the couple immediately after the ceremony, and took his daughter home. Some cattle belonging to Mr M'Carthy, chairman of the local Laud League, were seized at Midleton, County Cork, for nonpayment of rent but the bailiffs were driven off by a mob, and the cattle brought back. Having learnt subsequently that Mr M’Caithy had paid his rent, an attack was made on his house, which was completely wrecked.

The Vicar of a village near Gravesend, England, who is somewhat unpopular with some of his parishioners, made certain remarks in a recent sermon at which a ladysmiled scornfully The Vicar walked down from his rostrum to the pew whore the lady was seated, and, having uiven her a good shaking, returned to his place and finished his discourse.

The experiment of abolishing capital punishment has been tried in Michigan, and has proved to be a deplorable failure. One of the journals of that State goes so far aa to say that “if the State does not restore capital punishment, Judge Lynch will certainly be heard from.” The Victorian Minister of Lands has received applications from sovaral claimants who seek to obtain substantial recognition frora the Government for discovering phoa phorised oats as the only cliflhp and effectual means of destroying rabbits. Mr Richardson has not yet come to any decision as to the merits of the rival claimants, nor is it his intention at present to consider the subject. Edward Trickett, the Sydney oarsman, will not return to Australia He has decided to remain in England, having become the landlord o f a sporting tavern at the village of Barnes, on the Thames. A European, who for a time resided in New Plymouth, had a warrant issued against him for not satisfying a claim. He coolly proceeded to the magistrate’s office, and threatened to shoot the man who dared to serve the warrant on him. He then went to a Maori settlement, and the warrant remains unserved.

In connection with a lecture delivered in Dunedin by Prof Parker, the following conversation ensued At the close of the lecture, BishopNevill pitched into the lecturer abcut his remarks in regard to the Natural Science Tripos of the Cambridge University The Bishop made use of the word Tripos frequently, and stated that he had passed the Tripos referred to. “ What is Tripos ?” said a student to another. “A Greek word for a tripe pot,” was the reply. “Then,” said the first speaker, “ Ldo not believe what he has said, for it strikes me he would not pass a tripe-pot.”—Exchange. In the Supreme Court, Victoria, lately, a decision was given in the case of Hettenbach v. Hersley, an appeal from a decision of justices by which the appellant was fined for selling without a license. The liquor was not sold by the appellant, but was given by his wife to a person in the house, and it was contended for the prosecution that the appellant was answerable for what his wife had done, and the fact of her giving the liquor was, by the Licensing Act, made priraa facie evidence that the liquor was paid for. The Court, however, held that the appellant was not answerable. If the house had been licensed, he would have leen responsible for what was done by his wife or servants ; but, in the case of an unlicensed house, it should be shown that he had sanctioned the delivery or sale of the liquor. The conviction was therefore set aside.

The “Bruce Standard ” has been served with a writ for libel by the Rev Mr Seaborn, now on a tour through New Zealand. Damages are laid at LSOO.