The Dunstan Times CLYDE, FRIDAY NOVEMBER. 3 1882 Telegraphic.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1071, 3 November 1882, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE, FRIDAY NOVEMBER. 3 1882 Telegraphic.

Beneath the rule of men entirely juiu The pen is mightier than the aword.

1 ' SPBCliili TEbl (SHAMS. “ ■ • i .ill. s' . .in .•; . t • ' {'From ohr'ofch Coirripondent. ) C>unkdi\, November 2, 8 p.m. At Supremo Court to-ilfty, the rule nini for quo warranto was ma'lo absolute in the case Retina v. Maegirmis re Vincent County Chairmanship.

Two serious fires occurred yesterday. A large residence belonging to Mr Rhodes, hear- GhristSburch',’"wftß totally destroyed, and the Prince of Wajes Hoto', Invercargill, had a narrow escape from destruction. Mr Genever, the late engineer of the Gas Works was yektSrday presented with a purse of a hundred guineas by his friends. Over 200,0011 shares|in the Equitable In’ suranee Association have bcernjpplfed flirf* which is over the number available. ‘C The ilialf yearly report of the Bank of N. S. Wales is’published, and a dividend of 174 P er cent. to he paid. There are big entries for the Spring Meet* ing of the Dunedin Jockey Club 34 for trot' ting race. Instrumental music is ,be introduced into the Knox Church. The Presbytery sane tinned the same. A dray of straw caught fire coming down Saddle Hill on Tuesday, and in quarter of an hour nothing remained but the ironwork of dray. One Dunedin totalisator paid a dividend of Ll2O over the Melbourne cup. The body pf Mrs Thompson was found in the 'Wanganui River, suicide is suspected. A young man named William Hagnerd was drowned off a cutter during heavy weather in French Pass. Customs revenue from most’parts of the colony show anducrease over corresponding month last year. Fatal fight took place yesterday, near Christchurch, between two men named Perry and Hobbs, they both fell to the ground, from which Perry never rose again. Perry had been in a lanatic asylum and bears reputation of being quarrelsome. Hobbs bears reputation of being sober and quiet. Meeting of Gladstone Gold Mining Com' pany held yesterday, and report adopted. A ball is to be given to Rifle representa* tives on the 10th inst. The weather seems settled and there is a likelihood of fine weather f"r rifle matches. The Legislature of Queensland have voted L 70,000 for defence purposes. Reports received of discovery of quartz reef forty miles from lUefton on Christ' church read. Country very similar to that at Reefton anl quartz all gold bearing.

The Gold Duties Amendment Act, 1882, which came into force and effect on the Ist inst., provides amongst other thinus, “That every person purchasing gold shall require the person selling the same to state the name of borough or county of which such gold is the produce, and any person refusing to make the statement, or making a false statement shalljbe liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.” “On and after the first Ndvemher, 1882. every person purchasing gold shad once in every month make and sign a decl nation stating the amount of gold he has bought during the month and the name of thu liorough or county such such gold is stated to be the produce of, and shall forward a copy of such declaration to the clerk of the Borough or of the County in which he shall reside. For neglecting, he shall bo liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO, and for making a false di deration to, a penalty not exceeding £30." “Forms of declarations supplied to persons requiring same by the Commissioner of Trades and Customs. All persons having gold for shipment are required to present therewith copies of such declarations, such to be the basis of distribution, as between the Counties and Boroughs.” “ All penalties under this Act to be recoverable in a summary manner before a Resident Magistrate or any two Justices of the Peace.”

As it is not generally known that deferredpayment settlers can extend their holdings from time to time so that the area doe's hot exceed three hundred and twenty acres, and that residence may be dispensed with under certain circumstances. We publish sections 58 and 59 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1882,” for public information : 58. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary m “The Land Act, 1877,” contained, any selector who has, for' a period of two years prior to the date of the purchase hereby authorised, duly fulfilled all the conditions on which the lauds previously sold to him on deferred payments were so sold, shall be capable of purchasing another allotment of deferred-pay-ment rural land, and so on from time to time, so long as for a period of two years prior to each purchase he has duly fulfilled the conditions aforesaid, but so that such selector does not thereby become the selector in the whole, including his original purchase, of more than three hundred and twenty acres. 39. The Board may, as to all purchases of land on deferred payments, dispense with the necessity fnr residence on the lands purchased if the purchaser is fulfilling a residence condition oa deferred-payment lands, any part of which is within three miles of the land purchased.

Conditions for trout fishing in Otago is published in the Government Oazeitc of October 19. Wo give herewith a synopsis of same for general information. Licenses to fish are issued by the Secretary of the Otago Acclimitisation Society on, payment of a fee of 20s, and entitle the holders (only) to fish in any stream between the hours of 4 a.m. and 10 p m. with rod and litre oply. Any pejrapn fishing .without, a license is liable to a penalty nor exceeding £2O. All tront not exceeding seven inches in length caught by any person are to be returned to the water alive ; and anyone being convicted of iufringment of this regulation shall !bo liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O. Any person using a net or any other instrument or device for catching fish shall bo liable to a penalty not exceeding .£SO. Any person placing or throwing into any

stream any explosive substance or any 1 matter or to flah shall ha liable to a penalty not exceeding £loi). j D. T). Hospital' Committee —Tlio Scoretary of the Dunstan District Hospital Gom- j inittee lequests us to intimate that tho usual monthly meeting of the Committee of Management will be hold on. Monday evening next, the 6th inst. How the Lambs Disappear. —On a northern run it has l ean discovered that wild pigs are very destructive to lambs. One boar hilled and opened contained no less than 20 lambs’ feet, and another also showed that it had been feeding on that delicate dish. Mining at Blacks. -Wo learn that the Deep Lead Claim at Blocks No. 3, I.la Valley. has stopped work, tho company finding the expense of timber and other materials, together with wages, more than covers the amount of gold obtained, though that has not by any means been inconsiderable. Mining at Tinkers.— We notice the building of a large over-shot water-wheel in this town, which wb understand is to be employed at Tinkers Gully in a claim that from its position—being jammed in between other claims—cannot bo sluiced, and has accordingly to be worked with tunnels and shafts. Volunteer News. Under the New Volunteer Regulations, by which the entire force of Volunteers under arms is not to exceed 500(1, it is probable that all corps far up in the interior will be disbanded, as in the event of tho Volunteers being called upon suddenly to repel any attack on the shores they would be useless. Earthquake ik Clyde,— -A most vigo* rous shock of earthquake was felt in Clyde at 2.30 a.m. yesterday morning. So severe was it that it woke us out of a sound sleep, and oh rising to see the effect we noticed the pictures on the. walls vibrating, the lustres clanking against each other, and a pendulum o ock was stopped. The Last Batch. —We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of complete statutes passed during the last session of Parliament from Mr. G. Didsbury, Government Printer. They cover in all, including the index, over 1000 pages, and comprise 77 Public General.Acta, 30 Local and P.rsonal Acts, and 5 Private Acts. Opening 6r ink Trout Season.— 1 Th e trout fishing season is now on, and will last till the 31st day of March next. Wo have not yet heard of any heavy takes frem any of onr local streams, though we are informed fish of iaigo size are to be frequently seen iq the Fraser River, also ,in the Mauorburn. There are also fish in the Molyneux as some are occasionally seen in the various, eddies. • . -. Press Manual,— The first volume of the kind ever published in Australia being “ a ; Press Manual »nd Advertiser’s H.vi I Biok.” I containing an alphabetical list of all papers I published in all the Austral is, New Z <iland included, is jttst to hand. It contains also a map of Victoria; showing the loc-li-sation of the newspaper press in Victoria It is published by H. Byron Moore and Macleod at the Exchange, C e lins-st. West Melbourne at the low price of Is , and to advertisers will be found a specially handy book. - - A New Weekly Paper,—We have received Nos, 1 and 2 of a new weekly papm, published by Mr Joseph Mackay of Almanac fame, at Mataura. It is an eight-pave (royal), and if we may judge by the large number of advertisements, our old friend has strucit-iie, and the Southern Free Press and Mataura Mercury will prove a good investment. While wishing no harm either to the Mataura Ensign, Popotunoa Chronicle, Clulha Leader, Waikai Herald, or Tapdnui Courier —all of which, more or less, have a standing in the district selected by Mr.JMapkay for his Free Press and Mercury —we still wish every success may follow, tho new venture and its enterprising leader. Picturesquh N f.w Zealand.—We have received part 1 of Picturesque Hew Zea-' land, a monthly, published at Au'cklan lby Mr O. O. Montrose, and illustrated by E. Rawlings. It is post quarto size and contains some very creditable lithographs and eight pages of letterpress embracing a dedicatory chapter to Sir George Grey, a brief historical chapter of New Zealand, and short articles on the Flora, Fauna, staple articles of vegetation, and New Zealand scenery. In many respects it is open to improvements, the which, we hope in due time to see effected ; yet as it is, it is a highly creditable production and one that deserves support. It is such a work as should find favour, as it would be highly welcomed at Home. Astonished Egyptians.— The effect of tho presence of tho Scots and the Grenadier Guards in Alexandria on the natives, and some foreign residents, is thus described by the correspondent of the Standard : “From the back slums groups of ragged scowling Arabs of the lowest class gathered at the corners of tho bye-streets. At first they appeared to view the scene with sullen indifference, but as company after company strode past they wore unable to conceal their feelings of astonishment. I overheard one man ask his neighbour in an awestricken voice, how many thousands of them were coming. To which tho other piously replied, •• Allah only knows.’ While another ejaculated, ‘Allis lost J Islamism is overthrown.’ In tho Grand Square a ; large crowd, formed of tho representatives of , every race in Southern Europe, was ga , ; thored. The admiration was not unmixed ; with envy, and the fact.that England had really undertaken, single handed, to conquer Egypt for tho Khedive, seemed for the first time to be impressed upon many of them. A Greek remarked in a tone of as - tonishment, ‘ Why, the English really have soldiers, as well as ships and money 1’ While one of the Khedive’s officers, standingnear, exclaimed enthusiastically, ‘ What, does that dog Arabi think ha can fight such Roldiera as these V ”

ictokian Di dby.—The intelligence of ho winning of } the Victorian Derby, Navi;ator Ist ; Fryingpan,2ad ; Segenhoo, 3rd j ivas rtransmitted’ from Williamstown to S”ew Zealand within six minutes, and in ialt-an-hour of the time the winning post tvas passed the information was being scattered in print throughout Dunedin. A Survivor op Major Sevan, one.of the few survivors of the renowned charge of thought Brigade at Balaclava, Iwasrprcsentedlby his Worship the Mayor, of Dunedin, with a handsome siver cup as a souvenir*, in remembrance of the 28th anniversary of the charge; A silver and pocket' was at the same time presented to Mrs. Be van. Postage Stamps. —An exchange says that by dipping old | postage stamps in a weak solution of and rubbing the surface with the Anger, the whole of the ink Jfrom the defacing stampcanjbe removed, and the stamp used again without the slightest danger of detection. As we do not wish to put anybody in the way .of defrauding the revenue, a blank is left for the name of the chemical, —Bruce Herald. Melbourne Cup.—The news of the winning of the Melbourne Cup, which took place on Tuesday afternoon last, reached us in time to issue' an extra on Wednesday morning. The winners were s The Assyrian, I ; Stockwell, 2 jiGudarz, 3. A good deal of interest was evinced in this race right throughout the district, and a large number speculated lA one or other of the many consaltations; but we have not heard as .yet of a fortunate drawer." ■* ■"■ . -:-C The Farmer’s Circular.—We have received the second annual number of “Ihe Farmer’s Circular” for !BS2 3. It is issued by Donald Reid and CB.; - Wboibiokets; of Dunedin, and printed by Mills Dick and Co. Besides a calender it contains'a lgjj of information useful to, farmers ,and sheep owner’s, and no small amount about; -the issuer’s business capabilities. Donald Reid and Co. have hit upon a l>y no means bad system of advertising, and for their kindness in presenting us with one of their circulars we don’t begrudge them a helping hand. Where His Mamma Was.- Not Ipng ago the president of a French court examined a young man fora long time as to his insanity and was-so convinced; that,ho was sano that he exclaimed “ I swear that if ;eitjaer of [us is,insane, ibis I; and not- this young man.” Tho doctor of the lunatic asylum, who was in,the court, whispered to the judge to ask him about bis mother. The judgo did so, and tho unfortunate pati-nt, who was on all other subjects of more than ordinary. intelligence, said “ My mothei T She is here in my watch ' And he oped.his.watch, saying,. ‘‘Speak to the gentletnan, mamma,and then shutting, it up. kissed it, ~ . ■ A Treat piUrthe. Audience.—'Tho -Novelty of eight clergymen preaching.’ ntnne time to invisible audiences was witnessed on a recent Sunday in the Eastern Penitentiary, Philadelphia. It appears that this prison is conducted on the principle of solitary confinement, and • each prisoner has his own lonely cell • These cells open <m eight corridors, - radiating from an'octagonal centre. The preaches stood at the outer ends of the corridors, and could, he heard by the occupants of the cells' in their Several sections. A group of oificials.and. reporters, in tho middle of the prisyn experienced tho novel .sensation of listening -to eight sermons at once. Appointment op Warden and k .% at Nareby.—The appointment of; John Smith Hickson, Esq., of Nascby, as Warden and Resident Magistrate for the ■ Otago Cold Fields, with jurisdiction to £IOO is ivotlfidd in tho last Gazette. Wc have much pleasure in congratulating Mr. Hickson on-hid, we werp gpiiig.to say, re.-appoiuttaentipas.tif we mistake,not, Mr. Hickson, some eighteen or nineteen years agop.was.-one of. the -judiciary heads of the Hogburn district, stationed at Hill s Greek, and was.ope of tbs. vletl;Ws of the then retrenchment policy. From Mr. Hickson’s .intimate acquaintance wifli' the gold fields from the earliest days ha is proeminently suited; for the; pssithm.ha is appointed to, only.kype ho may live iOng to enjoy it, Mr. Hiouson was -R.-M. and Warden .at Alexandra in 1864. - ;' , Priestman’s Dredger.—We hare ' received from Messrs Piiestman Bros., of Hull and London, a handsomely bound volume, tho contents of which aro devoted eVelusively to their patent dredger and excavator. Besides a number of highly* finished photographs, it contains An aihoinit of useful' informationrespecting the dredger, the pdisei it can be landed at in any.part.of the.-worhi-tho different uses it can be applied 'tha cost per ton of removal df‘vd flous 'Kindi of material, and a ! fon£ list of testimonials from private persons and public bodies-all.-of whom alike pronounce tho Priestman dredge to be the most perfect machine of the kiild yet invented, as it can be employed eitW below the water or on dry land in removing sludge, gravel, • rocks, or inr fact anything that requires to bo got rid of. We’shall' be pleased to shew tho work to any one interested in the machine. Injury to Fruit Trees.—Last rwebk'wa referred to tho injury dona to the fruit crop in tho district by late fronts, Since then we have learnt that; iu a’ great many large gardens the loss of stono fruit is a total one,.net a single One being' left, I'.ik<l iu many instances it is feared" that large and valuable, Trees will be killed. Tho effect of the frost ow the different fruits was peculiar; the apricots were 'shrivelled up its if squeezed between the thumb and finger, peaches were turned black and rotted right through, cherries were shriyelled up and dropped froin the tines, whilst the walnut treea.were as if ■ scorched with lire, the leaves and fruit all being blackened and made crisp. The apples and pears fortunately have escaped. Many Rower giowcrs also suffer, all the tender sorts being completely cut down. Tho lots, not alone to the district but to the countiy side, will be a seneiis one, and Dunedin, this summer, will have to seek eleewhc.-.e . than tho Molyneux Valley for her luscious peach c* apricots, and other like delicacies

A Strang* Case op Trance. -A peculiarly sad affliction has fallen upon one" of Invercargill's most re’peoted residents, whose daughter has been in a state of trance during the past fortnight. For about sn hour, at frequent intervals, there is a total suspension of mental power and voluntary action, but the pulse continues its heat, and breathing is quite perceptible, The doctors naturally experience much difficulty in dealing with such a case. Shifting the Polic'.— It is the intention of the Government (says an Auckland paper of tho 23rd inst.) to shite the po'ice —both officers and men—a good deal more In the future than has been done in the past. The Defence Minister is convinced that it injures the efficiency of the force to keep them too long in one place. Mr Bryce received a strong remonstrance from tho New Plymouth Borough Council against the removal of Sergeant-major Goodall from that place, hut it is unlikely that this or similar protesls’wlll have much weight with the bead of the department in the changes which are to lie effected. How to Prevent Blight.—As the spring advances, so in a greater or less degree are apple trees affected by American blight, but a simple and efficient remedy has been discovered. About seven years ago (says the Press) a resident in one of the suburbs ■of Christchurch, whose acquaintance with the iron trade has enabled him to know that » iron buried in tho earth would give off a percentage of oxide, dug some in around bis blighted apple trees, and soon the effects were shown in the decrease and ultimate disappearance of the blight. Any refuse iron from the shop of the blacksmith or the yard of the ironfounder that may be available, will answer the purpose. It need hardly he explained that, the earth thus be- • coming impregnated with oxide of iron, the roots of the tre°s feed on the same, which, ascending in the sap, poisons ths food of the insects, and they speedily die awav, never to come again whilst the sap contains a particle of oxide of iron. A Big Capture —The following particulars of the arrest Mrs Ryan at Melbourne are from the Argus of the 20th October : The detective police yeterday arrested Mrs. Bridget L. Ryan, who is at present detained in the Melbourne Gaol on a charge of horse-stealing in New Zealand, together with a girl named Mary Ford,on a warrant, charging them with conspiring along with Patrick Ryan to defraud his creditors in New Zealand. The extent of the fraud is alleged to he upwards of £I2OO. On the house occupied by Mrs Ryan and the girl being searched bank deposit receipts and other valuable securities, to the amount of about £OOO, were found sewn up between the lining of the child’s clothes, and were taken possession of by Detective Kirby, of tho New Zealand police, and Detective Brown. The prisoners were charged, together with Patrick Ryan, at the City Court on the following morning with the offence, and formally remanded for a week for ihc production of the evidence nece»sary to justify the issue of a warrant of extradiThe Evils of a Nobblrr —The Lancet of August 26, contains a solemn warning against tho vicious habits, so common in Australia and New Zealand, of ‘uobbleris. big’ at odd times. Our con'emporary proceeds to point out that medical authorities are almost unanimous in the opinion that 4 nips 1 of spirit and glasses of wine taken at odd times without food are an unmixed evil which should be discouraged by every sensible person. There may be differences of opinion as to the amount of diluted alcohol at meals which is consistent with health and longevity ; but alcohol on the empty stomach of a city man, with but little fresh a>r and exercise to turn it off, is sheer harm —injuring as it does the fine textures of the stomach and the neighbouring liver, and demoralising every function of body from ■ that of the brain to that ot the kidney.’ •No mixture of ‘bitters,’ it is solemnlyadded, ‘ will make this truth seem sweeter nor the habit less immoral.’ Finally, it is suggested that Temperance people might do an immense amount of good if they would v .m a society ‘the members of which V Jthonld drink no alcohol Cut at meals. ’ Brutal Missionaries.— One of the most horrible cases of brutality of which we ever remember to to have heard, is reported from West Africa. U appears that at a place called Onitsha, near Sierra Leone, a British subject named Fortnnatus John had in his •ervice two young girls. For some reaso 11 or other they ran away, were caught and then punished. This is how the punishment was inflicted by, or at the instigation of, Fortnnatus John and John Williams. The girls were tied back to back, and then flogged with branches of pine tree and afterwards with cane rope. “ They flogged us strong,” says the survivor in her evidence. “ Our flesh was cut in many parts of our bodies, and blood came out. Then came tho second and most terrible part of the punishment. “They rubbed pepper upon ns Male prisoner John orlerodthe pepper to bo brought, male prisoner Williams mixed pepper with oil and nibbed it in my eyes. Male prisoner John ordered Imajnroo to rub pepper all over our skin. I don’t remember now how many times pepper was put Upon hs that day. When the popper was rubbed on us we rolled our bodies on the ground. In the intervals ot punishment the girls were left bound and baking under an African sun. One died; the other survived to give evidence against the fiends in hnman form who had so tortured them. These brutes, together with the wife of the former, were tried for manslaughter at Sierra Leone by a special commission composed of the leading offleia’s of the colony. Fortnnatus Joint and John Williams were sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment; and tho wife ot the former has also been sentenced to a shorter term as an accessory. Tho accused men were members of the Church Missionary Society.

Tub Late Frost. —Tnlegama from Christchurch say that tlio severe front on last Saturday night did serious damage to tho fruit and vegetable crops. Newspaper Hawkkks. -There are 7000 hawkers of newspapers iu Loudon—big men, little hoys, old woman, and young girls. They are in preliminary or normal condition of paper i.e., rags—and live from hand to mouth on pocketing pennies and yelling their journals’ names and contents, the 11th July, 1882, will be memorable for one cry, and ono great sale of London paper s. The cry was not so correct as the sale, for “The Bombardment of Alexander/” was the one, while the other was 780,000 copies of “Hextra ditions 1” No such sales since the Crimean War. A New Style of Criukf.t. —A lover of cricket (says the Home News) has just propounded a new theory as to the best method of playing. He wishes to do away with the disappointment of drawn games from want of time and tho adverse chances which either side mav encounter from the varying weather on two or three successive days. His idea is to play the game in heats, so to speak—two players of either side at a time Thus in the last match between England and the Australians two of tho first would have gone in, and when one wicket had fallen both would have made way tor the players of the other side. Thus the “outs” and “ins” would continually change places, and the game would be played like tho close neck and-neck race. The advantages of the system would be that both sides would share equally in the t'ood or bad luck an hj as it was. If the side that went in first had an advantage from a good wicket, the other side would presently benefit by the same. Nor could either side be subjected to despair of fielding out all day without a chance of an innings. The pro gross of tho game would be plainly marked, and as both sides would wait on each other wicket by wicket, the result of the day’s game would represent more exactly the character of the contest. As against all this there is one serious drawback—the proposed system would take too much time The preparation of the batters on one side the disposition of the field on the other are matters arranged rather leisurely, and to have to repeat them as every wicket fell would draw out a game interminably. Moreover, the marking of a game would become an abstruse arithmetical caloultion. Probably these objections will prevent a trial of the new cricket.