The Dunstan Times CLYDE, FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 1882 Telegraphic.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1067, 6 October 1882, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE, FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 1882 Telegraphic.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jug* The pen i« mightier that the. svord.

SPECIAL TEL EG K A MS. (From our own Correspondent. ) PUNT.ni*, October 6 7.45 p.m. At the Ln l B >ard, yesterday, a discus* ai;m took place re c -mpulsory residence on <lt f -rred payment sectionsunder excep ional circumstances. The matter was deferred for a fortnight ; hut probably the let ter of the Act will ho strictly enforced. A-ex. M' Xu tosh’s application, re deferred pay ment li d liny, Tiger Hill, grants •. Agn-cul-ural lease to John White, ' T ’,_. er Hill, approved. S. N. Brown’s applicition to purchaacsection at Crmnw-H again decline I. James J ihnst-m’s appheviou to purchase two acres, Kawara, gi anted Volunteers are m iking active preparation for dora lustration to bo ha d on Novem >*r 9 Fji news statei that one Edgar Sdlit<entrns L «d with convey mce of neirly nine hundred poun Is form R.nva to L voka, has disaopeared. Thu nip tain, owner, an 1 fo ir of the crow of trie French cu'ter I’ortohelln are reported nuudoreil at Idan l of Santo, and the vessel plundered. A French warship has gone to avenge the murder. Victoria Insurance Company rehisc’.it present to pay insurance money fo Rev Moses Breach for |..ss of Church of .St An" drsws. N T ew Pi . month. The-e was a dis[inte amongst the congregation and the Building is sail to have been Imrne 1 d. wu ma licious y. They say he has no legal claim. It is proposed to form a Humane Society under the managem-nt of the various Harbour Boar a of the colony A man named Per ant. at He-man Terrace, Westpoit, suddenly expired j„ | n , claim. Supposed to have died from heart Hi.sease. There has been great want of harn.< ny amongst head teachers at Timaru Main School lately. The E Incation Board yesterday d-oided to give notice to head master, mistress, and two pupil teaches. A young man name I W. Smith was d'owned on Tuesday ni.ht in Matanra River. He and his brotlie* were sailing a 1 boat when she capaiz d, hut. his brother was saved. I ''e Loan and Mercantile Agency reoeiv d a I vice r{ closing wml sales. I’iictsweie firm at level of previous seres. Ban and contents belonging to W. Tay or, Waipahi. hiv- he n lestroyed by fire. The loss is estinute I at 1.200.

Alexandra Q. a. —The Alexandra Quadri ls Assembly hold thoir last gathering foe th" Season on Tuesday, 15 ,hj iast. wh> n nn extended programme will l 0 thrAogb. ’ ’■

Mb V. I’ykb, that Mr Vincent Pyko has resided the editorship of the Dunedin Herald, hut we see no mention of it in the columns of the Herald. Pirates, In consequence of the prevalence of piracy in the China Seas, the ling, dih Admiralty is aiming a number of merchant cruisers. Six are being piepared at Bomb ly, and six at Hongkong. A Useful Diigiv ry.—By late expiri--111611 3 i“ is diseovere I that q unz tailings, if er treatment in crucibles, cm,lie converted into pure china ; also, when mixed with Ik dies, it makes a good glaze for pottery ware. Advance of Tee otalis.m —Too state of fowa, America, lias deci te I by a mij > i y d aO.OJi) that all b-er silo mi an I droilang pi ic s, distilleries, breweries, viueyanls, and Wi e cstabliabiiienls, must leave her border. Thomas Webb Jun,—A concert and ball in aid of this poor lari will he held in the seiiooi house, Uphir, on Wednesday the 18 .hj lust. Ah it is a most Deserving cane the elf arts of the Committee will, no douot, be well supported Dr. Burrows.—Dr. Burrows, of Rangiora, who, it wdl oe remeinOere I, was Resi ent Surgeon of the Dms.au District Ho-pual some ten yetis ago, wo regret to learn hasdioi from the effects of a “Uggy accident he met with a s tort time am. Hurricane at Blacks. On Aloud.ay evening it, blew a p rf et bur.iciue at B cks. I'he only damage done J near *of ins heen the uni-outing of oho late addition m .de to Sputtis aJill, and taking . ff part of the roof of the orignal bui.dmg.—Coinmunirated A Nf.w Camellia.—Accor ing to the Sew Zealand Tinus Air. Peter Lang, of ,ne Hot l , lias heen successful in producing :he much desired sweet-aeente I eanedi . He gralted the camellia on a magnolia sta k, i an I the lesul* has b- en a magnitioent bieud- , ng of the attributes ■ f both flowers. .'ale at Cromwell -.Mr H’adte draws spseial attention to to si eof u n>es, ca .tie, agiieultiir.il implements, etc., in the estate oi C. W. G 'odger ; also a mining o.aim, ; plant, eve , at Ciomwed, on .Saturday, Hie .7 hj in-t, far.iters and sta.ioti mas era I would do weil to look over the advertiseI inent. { Revenue of N.S W —The revenue of New B m b W.ues for -he past qtttiier I showed an increase of L41.0J0, ai co.npaied ! wi .il the Corresponding qua ter of last year ; ' principal y derived from customs ami railj ways. Tub revenue for tile year ending S p; ember 3D, was L7.25d.U00. being an increase of L873.0iK) nvr-r iast year 183 ) 81. Nominations f r Cromwell i.ac/.s.— Tile weights f r the Croinwed iiamlieap, to i be run for to day, :ue ; B ing.na, lUst. 1-lb ; Haricot, Bst llilb ; liuiaiio,B... tiib ; ! V .dices, Bsi. L’lb ; Spectator, 7»t 01b; Besarlus, fist. 1 Jib Tne onuuations for tne ; Spring Handicap aio B .iigati a, li.ricit, | Horatio, Spectator, K sa tus, ail Sp.lug Fiower. . ! Cromwell Spring Race alekti o - Today, tne tnird spring race m ieting of the season wi.i lie he! iat C.o.awe.i. ine p.ograinnie '3 a libe al one, and as tne C.oini w«;l course, together with its s and and o her offices, is lie to .st po. tect of the sort in this part of th won t at any rate—ws Imps to see the stewards re waned wi.U a fine day an 1 a goo I attendance. Cb im.vell Lnteiiprize. New otisine.s preu.i vs ate cons ai.t.y neing ere-ie. m Cromwell. At ihe present nine Mr. rfoiomon is having a eomino ius stone store an I dwelling attach .1, creme i on tne site of tlu old Cromwell ho el ; an I a ten icr n.u -.eeu ac opted lor a new ouii ling for tile Bmc of New Z . .la id. Messrs Grant .m I M ,c.t:i - lar are too contractors f .r the latier uuildiug. .'Cirvoi.MAsrKK’s .Testick —During an invesli a; ion into the conducting of tile lu .hj school at Wanganui, it came out that a ..oy was oidnre I as a punis.im.mt by mm m.ster In stand up f-rt iki»g, an I ihata .other master coming round smartly ’.hra-lie i he h tiy fur standing, ff hat was our noy we shou d fe I incline t t-. eo strai.hc for mister N •. 2, and give him beans, allowing that he was n .to big, *hau wo should set the viog at In n. Overcharging for Water The m.ners at Bannockburn, in pu .fic uie-‘ii... assembled, resolved not to pay in future m .re than tis per Covernrn ml he d for water t. the 0 irriek B <ce Company. Tim chief reasons assi ne i b. ing t-.at so ..e p.ivate coinpan os were only charging hit sum, and that as ill - Ca.rtek Range Pompany hid received 1-11.Oil) .f ilie pul.lie money tower Is the constrneling iheir race, the price of water should - e led cc i to allow of ciaimhol ers working their ground iirolita ly A Wonderful Picture.—Tnis is how a Sydney paper desert, es a pro rair, of Ga ibah i that iinp arcd in a New Z . iland j ntrnal From the f nnt it looks like a foresh 1' tene I German sausage, with an Evening iVetcs man in flic distance. Si leways it seems to he a mixture of a hungry dog gnawing a hone, a»d a three-legged frog wallowing in a pool of vine. Diagonally it is lha “ dea i spit” of a )>lnckfet ow whose face has * been mashed up iu a s.wmiil. Upside down it is a happy blending of bloody battle and the maiden’s prayer. Wo now understand bow it was ihe libeia or of Daly* was able to strike teiror into be bents ..f Ins' 1 foes. No man could look upon his face and live if this hobgoblin piett'e isaiiytl.ing liko : him. But. as «e continued to g. z - upon it a smile of j -y ploughed round < ur ears, and a tear tor old lim.s trick el out of either j eagle eye. Wo recognised the old fa.ilntr block under its thin disguise. Sixty ve.rs ago, when wo were children, the girls ..{ | lha- ti i e used to scare us with a lion i to • picture of a hanged man’s bead. Then, in later years, it. went upon the I att. r round the colonies, acting now as a ‘-.ua ram f the sea-serpent.-’ ll.l vv a-a -‘sketch of |, O winter of .he Onp, lak n on ln« Bpm.” Tan last time we saw it, it represented tuo face I of a smallpox corpse.

Munificent Donation —Mr George G. Bussell, of Dnne' , in, has given the munilicent sum of LIOO >to the establishment of •oho'a'ships at the Otago University. Mineral, Lease At the last mee ing of the Waste Lands Boar I S Out Shannon ami others' application for a mineral lease of section 3, booh V., Blackstone, came before the B taril for final ilecision. -Lease for 200 acres to he grants') for three years from Ist July last, at two shillings per acre per annum. Purchase op Land —Some idea of the briskness of the bind market in this district may he gathered from the fact, tha* the local ag-nds from N.Z. Agricn'tnral Company (Messrs Green and Sonn- ss) have during the la-t twelve months disposed of pr '• perties on behalf nf the comnany which realised the respectable sum of L35.0G1 and hivej ist received a nice li'tleeh qoe for L 528, commission. -Mataura Ena'ujn. Discovery of Gold. —The Waikato Times states :—“ A genth man, whose name we have been requested to withhold, and who has for tome time past bi en aware of the prestcos of alluvial gol iin the Taupo or Tuhna country, is at 'he present time neeo ia'it g with ihe Government liy way of ascertaining what eup- o t they are willing to lend in securing and wot king a new discovery. The gentleman to whom we re for has been prospecting with the Natives for several mon hs past, and w« have evey reason to believe that his expedition has not t'cen fruitless, but on the coo’rary, has been atteu ted with great success.” The Comet.— The comet has been dis tinetly vi-ible in the eastern heavens for the |ast fo might, Lora al out 3 a.m till suiniae, when the sphndourof the larger luminary dispels that of the i ew candidate for pub.ic attend- n. The stianger, however, is well worth seeing, an I will repay anyone the trouble of rising at so early an hour. There are some people, including even some of our own 'acquaintances, who have a decided objection -( qua ly as strong as have eats to put their feel into water on a cold wintery morning—to tire so earlv. To those our advice is ; Stay up all night so as to he up eany enough, rather than miss the opportunity of steng one of the brightest an i longest-tailed comets we re member ever to have seen. Husband Beating — The Lyttelton Times h;is tlie following “We are pi"t.,y wed accustomed to see tue records of our Police Courts disfigured by frequent cases of wilebeating, but it is a very unc untno.i tlnu, to find an instance in which die oont, metaphorically speaking, is on the o.lter f oi. When, therefore, we U ar that a wro.ii.iu has been imprisoned for a month at Lytte ton for thrashing her liushau 1, as was the cise jester,lay, the change from the tegular routine seems quite refr shin Not, of -course, that we want to encourage such a heinous crime as husband-beating, tmt sttil we feel gratvful to the lady who has broken in upon tile duli mu mtony of the obi ouler of things, aud afforded us a n«w departuie.” Carswell Concert,— An esteem «l cor-te-po’g i-tit, wri mg ns from tile Dili.Stan C'nek • ist.ri. i, save it was prop red . y he fit u sain! aduiirars >-f the Uev. J Miliar Smith, Piesbylerian minister, who had «hj u\o of the Lauder "is rict for the past tvv i years, to give ili.ot g. til email a c.,nie t before his ti at departure fr.,m the dis riot to take ti,e position ■ f seciotarv to the C. listlan Young Men’s Association. He, however, tefused, except on the one condition, “ that the wimle of the pn e-e s be devoted to the T. Webb, jun., I eiicffuu V Tite proposers, not to be b.iUlkud, hare eon sented, and an earnest committee is now at at work to-cany out the affair in a uivner never before attempted in the district. 1 lie pace selected for holding the concert is ■Cambrians, ooitsi lere i the most central, and on tbe evening of Thursday, 'he 12 ,it inst., 4.e., next‘lhu'sday. M B iriieit, of Hawkden s anon, wi 1 preside, and a number of the leading amateurs from Naeby, .St. Haitians, Cambrians, Becks, Matakamii, and Backs, have eonsenteil to tak“ pan. A •mus ed and intellectual treat is accordingly to be expected, and all who can possibly do so ssou d[utin an appearance on tbe ■occasion