The Dunstan Times. CLYDE, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1682 Telegraphic.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1065, 22 September 1882, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1682 Telegraphic.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jus*. The pen is mightier thai the saord.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS*. (From our own Correspondent.) I'DiVliDlff, September 21. 7.57 p.m. The'Friso .mail was delivered lime to-day. A young man named Winter, is missing from ChiisiehureK He left, to walk 10 Akaroa last Tours lay, ami has not since been beard of. [b is supposed lie may bare pei iahe i in the snow. Yesterday a fellow prisoner of Butlei's in liyttlelon gaol stiuok hjin mice on -Ii« head wi'h a Slone in his 1 read bag, knock ing him down At ihe Lull . Board, yesterday, 21 yeair lea<e was granted to the Caswell bound Marble Company,

Consideration of J. Cninmin’s application to surrender run at Wakatipn was deferred. I Ikahalla Young was to-day committed for ilrjjil for stabbing another woman named I Jessie Woods. The next Criminal Sessions will bo bold in Dunedin on October 2. ' | The Garden Gully C airns, Sandhurst, has paid L 780,000 in less than 12 years. The resignation of W. H. Wicks, schoolmaster, Drybread, is accepted. The entire horse parade at the Forbury to'day was a big success ; there being over seventy animals shown, fifty being draught. Sir Modred was sold for LBl2, and Sornuus for L 402. A large block of wooden buildings in Kyber Pass, near Auckland, was burned to the ground this morning. It consisted of 5 shops and was insured for L2OOO Stocks were also insured. The Ben Nevis, from London, is off the heads. In the football match between Sydney and Christchurch played to'day, the Sydney team won by seven points to two.

The Order Paper for the next meeting of C *unty Council will he found on our fourth page. Alexandra Races—lt will he rera-m----bered that the Alexandra races will he held to-day. Cards of the races will be on the course. The Rejected Candidate. -Mr. Do Lautour has been admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court by Judge Richmond, linger the n-w Act. Nominations for Dunedin Cup.— Por the Dune in Cup, to he run for at the ensuing autumn meeting, 58 horses have been nominated. Last year there were only 38 nominations. Sale at Ophir.— Mr Fache requests us to state that the sale of good dairy stock and cattle, also household furniture, breech loading rifle, etc., on account, of Mrs. Leash will take place at Ophir on Tues lay next. See advertisement. Warden for Crf.ymouth.— We hear that Mr S. M. Dalgliesh. clerk nf the Cromwell R M. and Warden’s Court, has been offered the appointment of ResidentjMagistra eand Warden at Greymnuth, in the place of Mr H. A. Stratford. Rfrident Surgeon —Dr Wardale, the newly appointed resident surgeon of tin Duns tan DistricfHnspital, has taken charge of that institution. The gentleman comeinto the district with first class testiraonia's and we noiiht not he will prove an acquisition. Dunstan Race Privileges. -The right to the privileges on the Dunstan course, during the coming mcering.J was sold by auction on Thursday last and realised the sum of £B, Mr J Holt being th * pu r cbaser. The Committie, however, reserve to themselves the right ro ileal with tie totalizator, it having l»eea sai I at the sale the Committee had not tbe power to transfer their right. A Church Burned. The English Church at J dinsonviile. near Wellington, was destroys iby tire at ah-lit 11 o’c'oek on the night of the thirteenth of Sep'ember. Some furze burning in the neighbourhood communicated the fire to the church, which was quickly destroyed. The inhabitants of the village turned oiit.’aml succeeded in saving the conten*s’of Jtl e I uibling, which was insured for £3OO in tho South British Office. Sir Julius Vogel's Visit to N.Z —Sir Jplius Vogel, in writing to Mr. W. R. Mite of Christchurch, from Sydney, states that on account of bis continued illness his medical adviser would not allow him to undertake the voyage to New Zealand, and that he was afraid some little time would elapse before he would be able to vi it Christchurch. His journe • to Sydney by rail had evidently been attended with pain I and difli-'iilty. Death of Mr A. Kino —With feelings of regret and deep sympathy for the widow and fatherless we (Ufataura. Ensign) record the death of Mr. Adam King, of this town, who after a short illness passed away late cm the evening of the 10th of September at the age of 34 years. Mr. King w r as born at Pinkerton, Scotland, hut for many years had resided in Otago, principally in tho Taien district and on the Dunstan. He was of a g nial disposition and unassuming manner- and was much respected in the o immunity. A cold, caught only a few day’s ago, resulted in an attack of pleurisy, which baffled medical skill and eventna'ly culminated in death Deceased was a b other of Mr John King of Alexandra. The Egyptian War.— The latest information about the war in Egypt published hy us last week, was that the British troops were massing with the o ject of attacking Arabi’s position in foice, Ftom the tele grams in another column it will I e seen that the attack took pla- eon the 13.h hist, and was completly successful, thcenemy being routed with a loss of 3000 killed and wounded, and 40:0 prisoners, including Arabi and officers. Tbe loss of the British is officially stated a. 396. Cairo wag afterwards marched upon ami the British were received with open arms. The war may therefore be looked upon as at an end. Tuomab Webb, Jun., Relief Fund.— Wo {Daily Times) have recei.-od the following private letter from tho Private Secretary of the Administrator of the Government “ Government House, Wellington, -September 11, 1882. Hear Sir, —Sir James Prendergast directs me to express his sympathy in the movement t-i aid tho lad Thomas Webb, who has suffered so severely-; from),being exposed in a recent snowstorm, and in earnest of which ho desir, s me to enclose a cheque for 1,5 as his to the fund now being raised nn Webb’s behalf. As fam , id aware of the persons’ names who have undertaken to receive the subscriptions, I have enclosed tho cheque to you, requesting you to bo good enough to hand it to 'ho sorer of the fund. I am, etc , H. C Wxlmer, Private Secretary,"

e HAWaA - --Through the courtesy Of Mr I ohco Inspector Hickson, wo loam that the four-roomed dwelling house of Mr 0. Uolquhoun, Hen WyvU Station, Hawea. was burnt to the ground on the morning of the 11th mat.. at about 4 a.m. , and that Mr Colq.ihoun and a shopped named John MeKeown sleeping in tha house at the time were both severely burnt before they could make their escape from the burning build, mg. It appears that the fire started in McKeown’s bedroom, but in what way it is impossible to say. Mr Colquhoun has both feet, hands, and face badly burnt; MeKenwn hail to bo removed to the Cromwell hospilal. Tne house was uninsured. bivRR Dredging -The big iron dredee (McQueen’s and Co’s) at Alexandra is on firat-closs ground, but owing to some defect in the washing machinery, work is stopped tili some alterations are made. from our knowledge of river working, by dredge or otherwise, we unhesitatingly Ba y that no system is to be compared to that of sluicb g nr cradling; and in the interest of tie shareholders, as also of the general public, we recommended the adoption of either one or boidi conjoined. That Molyneux gold cannot be «aved with quicksilver has been proved time out of number, but whether it it is that the water is too cold or the great amount of black sand has the effect of either expelling the silver from its 'rough’s or sickens it, we cannot pretend to say. However, the fact is patent, and we cannot too strongly urge upon it being discarded in favour of baize, blankets, or cocoanut matting. U.S Railway Enterprise —With respcct to the rapidity with which railways are constructed in the United .Stats, we learn fr m an American trade j .urnal that there were constructed in the States last year no less than 9358 mi es of new railway This made a total railway mileage open for traffic in the United States up to the end of last year of 1(14,814 miles The mdeage constructed during the present year np to date will bring the total up to about 110.00 ) miles As an instance of the extent to which the railway interest is growing in the States, it is recorded that over four million dollars were expended in railway construe, tmn last year, ami it should he remembered that ad th" United States railways are constructed by private companies. and nt by the State. Illinois is the Srate that has the largest railway mdeage, amounting to 8326 miles Rhode sland, which is the smallest S a e, has the smallest length of railway lines, 214 miles. A New Gold-Saving Machine. A new gold-saving machine, patented by M r J o h n Alves, was tried at the’Otago Foundry on Friday last, in (he presence of a number iof gentlemen, including Professor U.rich hd several students fn.m the School of Mines. Tha machine appears thoroughly calculated to pci form the work required of it, and Mr Alvis has cried— if he has erred at all rather on the side of uunccesaaiy elahora* lion. The principle is as follows : The cradle consists of a case, into which are titled twelve small boxes, arranged in tiers. These boxes contain liqui mercury, ami aie divided by strips of mercuric.) copper into ua-row compartments, -nth outlets in the centre, into these the sand or cement passes, where it is rocked to and fro ami the gold deposited. The motion is double, theie being both an oscillating and a rocking movement. Any gold that may escape from one box has instantly to go through the same process in the box beneath, into which it falls, and so on for four times, after which any very line gold dust remaining-which is scarcely possible-falls on to an emlbss i.anket that is slowly revolving beneath. The chances of loss are therefore reduced to a minimum. The invention appears likely to come into great demand, an ,l p rove most valuable to the mining community Experiments ' vere yesterday tried by passmg through the machine loz f> hvt of golddust, well mixed in a bucketful of sand, and tbe results was perfectly satisfactory. Pearls in New Zealand. —A discovery has been made by a gentleman in the dist ict, which at the present time 1 oks, according to theiV, 0. Times, as if it would turn out a bonanza on a small scale to tho fortunate discoverer. While perambulating a certain part of the district he found a number of oyster shells lying in the chy and drift of a dried up water-course. The shells had not been opened by the action of the sea or water, hut both valves were cemented close together. The tinder broke one of the shells open, and discovered wbat on a close scrutiny proved to be a pearl. A number were opened, and invariably with the same gratifying resu t as occurred in the first instance. Two or three weeks a o a match box fall of these treasures was brought to Oamarn to a watehm iker and jewel.er, who gave the finder a pretty fair idea of I heir value. This lei to the assertion on the part of the finder the he thought he could bring enough to appreciably a (Let the price of pearls ill the New Zealand market. Whether ‘hi- can ■ e done or not remains to be seen The gentleman referred to, however, keeps the information regarding the locality of the discovery to himself. The district is said to teem with evi dices of the former an I comparatively, not very remote submarine a ate of the pres nt New Zealand, and »he spot where the above discowry was made is evident V an oyster bed, whose present position may b(value to some v dcanie agency of a by go. e era, A Comet Vi-iblf. in Daylight.—Tho comet which was visih'e in early morning f .r soni" days, is now to he seen plainlv during daylight Its position is about four or five degrees west from the snn ; ami to observe it tee best plan is to get into the shadow of a building so that the. sun itself will be bidden from the eve, when, after til- eye becomes accustomed to the glare, it will be plainlv seen Mr An bur Beverly t in-, writes to onr evening c mr mporary tlm suj ject :-“Tbe gr at comet was in p-nhebon last night, and in is now recedim* from the snn in nea-ly the same din-cion tba it approached him I Went very near the sun at perihelion, and was twice in conjunormn with him within a few hours the eastern port ion nf its orbit, being de-crib d. in the interval. It np„r ached perihelion i on the remote side of the sun. and i-. reced- ; mg from it on the near si 'e ; hence it is much nearer the ..nth than h.-f, re. At i nnrise on Tnes lay it was fourd-gree- west from t n » Rim, al 10 a.m it was a !i-t etnnre , I° ur and a-half degrees west, It is ex-

ceedingly brilliant, and will probably bo distinctly visible to the naked eye in the daytime for several days.”—Daily Tints. Burnt in Effioy —The feeling of indigna'ion against the notion and insult of Mr, Bryce re the Thames Volunteers' contingent at Parihaka found vent last night in burning Mr. Bryce’s effiiy. Some hundred men belonging to the late contingent followed a capital figure of Mr. Bryce set on a white C'y.rae, and they were ace unearned by fuPy 2090 people, who marched through the principal streets of the borough, headed by an impromptu band, composed of small boys equipped with tin cans and whistles, play jog the “ Dead March in Saul,” During the progress of the procession the effigy was greeted at every street corner with shouting and cat-calls, and eventually carried up one of the creeks outside the borounh boundaries, committed to the fl un-s, and its dust kicked in all directions. During the whole time of the procession the police were in constant attendance, but nothing occurred calling for their interference, as the men composing the procession observed complete silence. Very intense general disgust i« felt here at the language used by Mr Bryce.