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Dunstan Times, Issue 1084, 9 March 1883, Page 2

At a meeting of the Licensing Committee of the Duns tan district, hold in the Courthouse, Clyde, on Tuesday last, after the minutes of the last meeting of the old Committee had been read and confirmed, Mr A. A. Oliver was elected Chairman of the Committee. Mr F. J. Wilson then came foiward and said he had an application to lay before the Chairman—it was for a temporary transfer of license from Mr A. Cameron, late of Butchers’ Gully Hotel, to Mr George Field. The police, in the person of the sergeant, rose and asked if there was any business before the Committee? The reply was in the negative, it being explained that the application was but a formal one, and could be dealt with by the Chairman or any two members of the Committee. After some further consideration, Mr Inspector Hickson put in an appearance, and expressed an opinion that similar applications to the one under considerations were not formal ones, and though he had nothing against the application and did not intend to make an ■ objection to him obtaining a license ; ni held that the application should have come before the police for their report before it was laid before anyone or more members of the Committee. The application was eventually granted. Mr Fache requests us to draw special attention to the sale of pure-bred and halfbred Ayrshire cattle, at Alexandra, on Wednesday next, the 14th inst., on account ot Mr Gregg, who is leaving the district. The attention of miners and speculators is drawn to the sale hy auction, at Alexandra, on Wednesday next, of a valuable mining claim and complete plant. Sea advertisement. We are requested to point out one 01 two corrections in the Agricultural Show programme, instead of the butter to be shown in kegs of 501bs, parcels of 51bs are to be substituted ; and the entrance fee for best jumping hunter is reduced to 2s 6d. We understand that a considerable quantity of both wheat and oats, in the Spottis Hundred especially, are seriously injured by the continuous wet weather of late. After being cut it was found impossible to get it off the paddocks, the consequence Doing that it has sprouted. From Ida Valley wa hear that the damage there is nothing like in the same proportion as in other parts. All root crops are splendid, and the grasses, both Native and English, have not looked better for years. It promises to be a splendid winter for stock. The sheep are begin* niu g to look grand