The Dunstan Times. CLYDE, FRIDAY. JUNE 23, 1882.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1053, 23 June 1882, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE, FRIDAY. JUNE 23, 1882.

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

Fourth Page.—For’balance of reading matter see fourth page. Death.— We regret to announcethe death of another of the old residents of the dis trict in the person of Mr John Hughes, hiacksmith, Ophir. Deceased had been very unwell for some months past ; bis death accordingly was not unexpected. Sale at Cromwell.— Mr Fache requests us to notice the sale by auction of half interest in the celebrated Perseverance Company claim and plant, Canick Range, tomorrow, at Cromwell. This is a valuable property, and in view of the renewed activity on Carrick Range should command a purchase. Floods at Queenstown.—Queenstownwe understand, has suffered another inunda tion through the late rains. From a private communication, we learn, that the town creek overflowed, doing a great deal of damage to the streets and other property, several families having to clear t > the high ground, their houses being fl ioded. Tub damages to public property is estimated at £2OO, and to private property, £IOO,

The Flood, - The late heavy and continuous rains have played sad havoc with the roads, rendering them in many places nothing short of canals of liquid mu I, the which if not difficult to wade through is anything but pleasant. We have not heard of any particular damage or accident done, though all the creeks were bank high, and all the low lying lands converted for the time being into lakes. As a matter of course most, of the hank and terrace workings were flooded and work stopped, and the dredges hod quite sufficient to do to look after their moorings.

The Budget. —The Colonial Treasurer's Financial Statement, delivered in the House of Representatives on Friday evening last, according to the majority of our contemporaries was well received, and saving in one or two particulars, acceptable to both sides of the House. The general opinion is that the Ministry are safe for this session though there has been a meeting to elect a leader of the Opposition. The Estimates arc circulated, hut from the very meagre notices of it as yet given, we can glean nothing as to what is to he done tor the gold fields. The rabbit evil is to be attacked vigorously, the sum of £15,000 being put down to deal with the Cattle, Rabbit, Sheep and Brand Act.

Enforcement of the Rabbit Act.—By our exchanges we learn that in both the North ami South Islands action has he-n taken under the ‘'Rabbit Act” ag.dnst several parties for not using sufficient means to keep the evil in check, and that heavy fines have been inflicted by the magistrate's. As a rule in the Duostan district, under Mr. Inspector Stewart, good work is being done andacieaiance isl>elng made that was not by many thought to he possible, however, there are exceptions ; and as we know for a certainty that the order from the Government to the Inspector's is to use the utmost possible diligence to get rid of the nuisance, we would strongly advise those who have been lax in their efforts to put on an extra spurt, or of a surely they will have to face the magistrate for their shortcomings.

Special Meeting of County Council.— To flay a special meeting of the County Council is to be held for the purpose of electing a Chairman vice Mr Cr. Colclough. 1 (Chairman claimant) resigned. From time to time we have dealt with this very much vexed question, and offered suggestions whereby the difficulty could have been honorably to all concerned tilled over, hut they have not been acted upon Under the present circumstances we f el somewhat on the horns of a dilemma and scarce know what to say. Wc, however, strongly and seriously advise that Councillors should di vest themselves of all private feeling, and in dealing with the question, so act, that the decision arrived at may be for the benefit of the many. For our own part wc have no feeling in the matter, and would as soon see a Northern as a Southern member in the chair, and we see no reason why this view should not be the general one. The ratepayers have up to the present observed a wonderful amount of patience during the time the squabble has been going on, but from signs and symptoms they are getting tired, and if Councillors do not desire a wholesale and general vote of condemnation they should to-day settle the question. The Markets -The New Zealand f.nan and Mercantile Agency’s report mi the cattle, wool and gr-in markets of New Zealand for the past, month, and Ooldsboroiudi’a report on the Melbourne maikets are y

satisfaccory to growers, prices being high and the demand good. In Dunedin bullock’s range from £4 to £ll 19; cows, £3 to £9 per head ; heef, 23s per 1001b j sheep from lie to 16s 6d for cross-breds, and 9s 6d to 10s for merinos. Wool has advanced from id to Id per ft on last quotations, with an increasing demand, the sales progressing firmly. Wheat: prime milling, 4s lOd ; medium, 4s to 4s 8d ; fowls’ feed and inferior 2s 6d to 3s 9d per bushel good. Oats, good bright feed, 3s to 3s 2d, difficult to obtain ; discoloured and inferior, 2s 9d to 3s ■ barley, prime malting, 5s per bushel. In Melbourne wool shows symptoms of an upward tendency, Is 6 to Is 7d being realised for average lots in fair condition, for infe' rior greasy the nominal price is 6d to Is Id for (food, and scoured ranges from lOd to 2s per ft. Since October last to date 319,260 bales have been shipped. The grain market is bouyant; wheat, medium to prime, 6s lOd to 7s ; flour, £l4 to £l4 lOs per ton; oats, 4s to 4s 3d according to quality. Barley, 5s 9d per bushel. Total shipped from Melbourne since January 1, 453,491 bags of wheat, and 80.053 bags of flour. Taking into consideration the estimated deficiency of a million bnshels of wheat as compared with last year’s yield, and the large quantity exported, it is doubtful whether suffi. cient remains in the Colony to supply home wants till next harvest.

The Destruction op London.- A Ptussian chemist, called Professor Mezzerkoff, has been delivering a lecture at a meeting of Irishmen is New York on the interesting subject of “ The Burning of London,” and the ease and trifling cost with which he could carry out his noble p-oject, having made a study of war and of explosives used for destructive purposes. He said that at a cost of 150 dollars he could annihilate an English war vessel that had cost 11,000,000 dollars, and was coated with iron armour 22in. in thickness. He could go into London, Paris, Berlin, Constantinople, or St. Petersburgh with 20 men. none of them burdened with anything more bulky than an ordinary satchel, and in 24 hours would destroy the city. He could not then explain the means he would use, hut there were others present who understood and who could tell how effective they were. He could for a few thousand dollars stretoh a double line of dynamite torpedoes before every harbour in Ireland, and so make a ! worse than impassable barrier for every English ship He could stand in an outskirt of Constantinople, in a space of enefourth the size of the room in which he w is speaking, and with means now at his command destroy the entire city. The Professor then explained a few objections which might he made to warfare prosecuted in this manner, but insisted that the means he had named were legitimate weapons for Irishmen against their English tryauts. The meeti g, being composed cf 1 islimen, at once resolved to subscribe towards tl e gnst of the proposed friendly suggestion for the." burning of London ” I would perhaps be well that the Em-ii-di Foreiyn Secretary should diplomatically inquire from the Government of the United Slates why such lectures should be allowed in the country which pretends to be ou friendly relation with E „ and

A Revolution in- M eat Preserving.— The more people refl“ct ou Professor Pa li's discovery that hy heating boraric acid with glycerine a compound was obtained which keeps food perfectly sound and *weet for months, remarks the Pad Mall Gazette, the greater will be their conception of boroglyceride, To begin with, the vast refrigerating vaults which havejhei n constructed at Victoria Docks, in which 4300 imirtons” can be stored at one time, will he r< ndered useless, and the demand for refrigators will suddenly ee s«. That, however, is one of the moat trilling of the consequences of Professor BarfTs discovery. A a dtry day will no longer he able to si oil “ the harvest of the sea, - ’ and London and all the inland towns will for the first time he able to enjoy a constant supply of cheap fresh fish. Ihe revolution will falt’heaviest on farmeis Mutton is a penny a pound in New South Wales anti heef three ha fpenoe a pound in Texas. If Devonshire cream can bo deli vered in Zanzibar as fiesh as when it left the English daby, the one great element which has hitherto favoured the British agiiculturist in his struggle against foreign competition will disappear. R n*s will fall once more, and tin-reluctance of the Irish cnant farmer to purchase his holding wil be greater than ev- r. Professor Barff may vet figure in history as the revolutionist who administered the coup tie ijrdcr to tin ancient lan-led system of Great B. itain.