The Dunstan Times CLYDE, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24 1882 Telegraphic.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1074, 24 November 1882, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24 1882 Telegraphic.

Heneath the rn'.c of men entirely ju» v The pen is mightier that the sarorrt.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondent.) Dtmmiv, November ?3, 8 p,m. The Now Volunteer Regulations will bs gazetted to-day. The London Wool S ilea have commenced. Prices reported to be little under closing rati s of last series. Lot of Crown Lands was dipnsed of ye*, terday at Land Offi e by tender and and ion and satisfactory prices obtained. Land chiefly situated in Otaraand Genkenich. The third session of the Grand Lodge Australasia Good Templars opened h n re yesterday. The sixth annual Show of the Otapo Aaricultural Siciety opened yesterday ;nd continued to-day. The weather was fine, and a largo number of spectators visited the Show, Mr Pitching, of Moa Flat, was fined Ll at Tapanni under the Rabbit Act. At tbe Land Board, yesterday, Janie* Mo Arthur’s application for agricultural lease was recommended for Governor'* approval. Charles Haines’ application nndar deferred payment at Earnscleogh declined as he h'd not fulfilled conditions. There has been a fine rainfall throughout Victoria, sod greatly benefited ciops sad pastures. V elemne Jack won the Asbbhrtcu cup yesterday, Turquoise second. A woman named Anderson died under suspicious circumstances. There is a probability of a regatta being held at Port Chalmnrs on Boxing day.’' Carnival opened-this afternom with slL’h’i ceremony, the place is hardly in order yet, hut hound to he a hig surc-rs. Thoma-i B-esaa his hcon committed fo trial at Christchurch for rmhtzz > mont o funds of Briscoe and Co., of Dune tin. Immense fire broken out in Waikaia btifh an d destroyed thousands of pounds worth of timber. T 1 o following County C unci! Chairmen are n’ccted : Henry Clark, foi Bruce ; J.dm Laver.y, Mnnietoto; J. McKanz'o, Wal- ! homo; Mr Oiulaille, l'na;e';a.

The Vincent o>mnty Chnlrman disp'.t» ia, f»r a time at least, fettled, and tip* linns and the km s f ink and pnmh d about together as if of one fnmilV. and after the unseemly struggle, lasting how fir a whole year, the scene of p’uo-d quint and conrentnient that reigned, after the 11 ercnle >n tusk of e’ecting a. Chairman by the mwimons vote of the whole Council, was beautiful and r freshing in the extreme. Theonlv fault to bo fmnd with the arrangement is that it is only temporary, and as the term expires a repetition of the past mav he expected The modus • tperandi adopted was on the pvincipleof “shaking in the hat" and the understanding that the holder of the coveted chair remain master for three months only, when he hinds himself to resign. We are thankful f'r small mercies but we should have been more thankful had but the arrangement been np>re complete and final and we could have then assure! ours'vves that a repetition of the wretched, miserable hick -rings we have had so long to endure would have an ed. Quite outside of the f ict that the arrangement come to is but another scene in the already too prolonged farce, as what guarantee is there the stonewall will ret be raised again, and under the painfully emb-'vassino position the Council finds itself in, with a mass of arrears of wo v k sufficient to tax the strength and test the ability of the very hardiest and best a three months’ reign is too short, and at the next special meeting to be held sometime in December it is to be hoped the Council will see the lull extent of their folly and with one vo ce alter it. We mean withdraw the obligations to resign and confirm the appointment as permanent. From ’the eu'oginnns of praise poured upon Mr Macginnis both by northern and southern members, 'here is no question he is a gentleman highly fitted for the position, and a pity will it be i r he is net gran'ed the privilege of twelve months neace.

Hbabtno that application is to bo, or has Pern made by some Chinese to remove the bones or bodies of their deceased friends from the Clyde Cemetery, w« looked np the statutes fir tho past se’sion and found the “Cemeteries’ Act," which amongst other filings enacts. “That it shall not be lawful to remove from its bar al place any body, or the remains nf any body which mav have bee i intme I in any cemetery, burial pround, or other place of bnroil, without ic-nse from the fedori d Rceiet.aiy, Tho penalty for removing bodies without license i» a* high as 1 51) or riiree month' It is imMoi-tsut to know- that it is not now lawful'to inter any body upon any land wha'sovor not being a come-.-tery, nr burial g-ound, or bnnalvaoh if there shall beany such cemetery,' leinal ground or burial vault within five mil-* of tjic olace where the death shall have taken ilac<*. P-'rsens offending against till" nrevi aion, arc U-dde to a penalty of 1.511 ” As the above is not generally known we deemed it the better to give it all prominence. We wonid suggest that all trustees of cemeteries obtain a copy ot the Act for their fu'ure guidance.

Boring nous —The Vincent Cennty boring ra Is we' 0 taken ont to Black- one day th : s we-k with the object of boring for coal, or so wo sre inf .rmed. Scarlet Ff.vfr at Rice Spur.—On account of the prevalence of scarlet fever in th» neighbourhood, tho Blue Spur (Tua jK-k’) school has had to be closed. Concert at Tinkers —An die- appear* in another column of a concert to be given at Tinkers on Friday week, the Is' of December, in aid of the School Frizes’ Fund. Mayoralties —Mr G. N. Mac Donald was returned unopposed to the office of Mayor for the borough of Alexandra ; aud Mr M. H. Bebrendt had a similar honor conferred upon him by the citizens of Cromwell. Dusstan Summer Meeting.—We draw the attention of sportsmen and racehorse owners to the programme of the Dunstan Racing Club’s summer meeting, to be held on the Dunstan race course on Thursday and Friday the 4th and sth of January next. Drybread Paces.—lt was at one time contemplated holding a summer meeting on the Matakanui race course, to follow the Black’s Meeting, which takes place on Monday, January 1- Wo now understand the idea has been abandoned at all events for a time. Exorbitant Prices for Produce Produce of all kinds if it continues to rise in value for the next few weeks as it has during the past will soon he at famine rates. Oats jumped up to 4s fid per bushel by the bag ; Potatoes, L 7 per ton, aud everything else in proportion. Rale of Thurlby Domain.—The sale of Thnrlby Domain, Lake Wakatipn District, tho property of Messrs. Hallenstein and Arndt, is advertised in onr column*. Lithe-g-ahod plans can be seen at all the hotels in Clyde..- Parties at a distance can obtain plans on application to office of this paper, or of the anolioneers, F. BL Daniels and Co., Qneenstnwn. Scarlatina.— Scarlatina is still very prevalent in Clyde. Several very severe cases have come under onr notioe daring the last month or two, hnt we are happy to say that in no one case has it yet proved fatal, ami undor tho skillful treatment of Dr. Wardale all the patients are rapidly improving in health. Wo hope that hffore long the dieenso will have pasgsd away from cur midst.

| Dance —lt is n "tified in our advertising' | columns that a fiance will take place in' thc I Town Hall, Clyde, on Tuesday the 28th I inst, in aid of the funds of the Dunstnn District Hospital. As it is'some time since the young folk of Clyde have had the pleasure of going through the mazy dances, it will no doubt he a treat to many. We hope, therefore, to see a good gathering present. Tub Transit of Venus.-Dr. Hector and Mr Ashcroft—a young gentleman assistant have selected Clyde as their location for observing the transit of Venus, to take place on the 7th of December next. The telescope they have with them is a powerful one with a five inch speculum or object glass. It is certainly to be hoped they may have a fine clear morning to witness the transit. New Gold Mining Company —The prospectus of the Deep Lead Gold Mining Company, at Bla.-ks No. 3, appears in another column, and to which wo draw the attention of capitalists and speculators. The lead deserves a thorough good prospecting and if for no other reason than to settle the question whether or no a payable lead exists in the locality, the shares should find ready purchase! s. Cricket. —A scratch match will be played on the Clyde ground, tomoirow afternoon, between picked elevms of the Clyde Cricket Club. We understand that this is the opening match of the season played by the newly formed Clyde Cricket Club. We hope that all the members of the club will turn cut and go in for some real good practice, and do their best to once more redeem the good name that the old Dunstan District Cricket Club once enjoyed. A match is also to be play' d at Blacks on 1 hursday next, between the Cl : ye and Blacks clubs. Parental Rights,—A very curious case baa been advanced a day in Chambers at Wellington. Mr. Edward Shaw moved, before Mr. Justice Williams sitting in B>nc i, for a ru'e calling npon a Maori named Wi uata to show cause why he should not deliver up to the custody of Miss Freehody her tis'er Annie Freehody, aged about nine I years. About eight years ago the mother of the child brought it to this colony from Engl -nd. where she had left her husband. Here she became acquainted with Winiata. a resident of Taitai district, who now has p sseasion of the little girl. Miss Freehody, sister of the child, has arrive I from England, empowei cd by the father to obtain its possession, but Winiata refuses to give it up, on the ground that he had adopted it. A rule nisi was granted, and on Monday last Mr. Buckley appeared to show cause against it, Mr. E. Shaw attending in support of it. After argument his Honor made the >ule abso'ute, and a writ of habeas corp us has 1 been issued for the sum mler of the child t > the Judge at eleven o’clock on Tuesday I next. 1 fine Small-Bird Pest.—A writer in a Canterbury journal says : We were much troubled here with the small birds three y-ars ago I mixed the grain I was sowing with coal tar, about a pint of tar to eight bushels of crain ; ■ first emptied the grain out on a floor an I mixed it properly.l found tha' no bird or fowl would touch it, and it cam- np fine, and even the larks did not inI t'rferc with it after it germinated. I made it known to our farmers here, and they have this year pretty generally adopted it in wheat sowing. One of them came to me , lately and said :—“ [ mixel thirty hags of seed with tar, and not one bird has touched ; it, ami it went through the drill without ! any trouble. It is equally suitable for any 1 other kind of grain, and if it lines stick in i the drill, a little aar. 1 relievos it.” CdMPRTSSED I IMB FOR 81-ASTING PURjP'BF.s—A serious if experiments has been j made it: the workings i f the Wharncliffe I Silkstone collieries, near Sin fflel I, the object ’ being to test the new method of winning | coal by the use of compressed lime instead lof I.]faring powder. The experiments took place in the Parkg.ate soam. A hole about | Sin to diameter and 4ft dtep was drilled through the solid coal and cleaned out, a pc forated iron tube was then inserted, and the lime cartridge (Sin long) put in. When the lime had bean rammed home and the hole made up, a force pump was used to inject water into the bottom of the tube Simultaneously with the injection of the water, the rending process began, and in 3 I minubs .about 10 tons of coal came down almost in an unbroken mass. Of the whole of the fall, not more than 6 per cent, of the coal was small—a much smaller percentage than under the old system. It is anticipated that compressed lime will eventually supersede the use of blasting powder, and thus revolutionise the system of winning coal.