The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, JULY 27 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1108, 27 July 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, JULY 27 1883.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jusv The pen is mightier than the sword.

According to the balance sheet 0/ the Diiii“’ , ia Jockey Club, the enormous sum of L 3542 4 3 was received os percentage on ibe sums passed through the totalisators during tiie year. The to;d receipts of the club form all sources was (.9631, 7 8. Considering that Hunedin is only one of the thousand places in New Zealand that hold races and have their totalisators, the question naturally arises is not this so'-t of tiling being carried a trifle too far ; and further, is not the present depression of which we hear so much from ‘every quarter to he traced to this evil of gambling. We are in c ined to that belief, and are perfeet'y at one with Mr Pyke in his attempt to incorporate the total isator in the Gambling and Lotteries A ct.

A special meeting of the Committee of tho Dunstan Hospital Committee was he'd ou Monday evening, the 23i - d lost., to reconsider the letter from Dr Wardale re the appointm-nt of a locum iencna. After a good deal of discussion, the reading of the whole of the correspondence anent the resignation of Dr Wardale, and the general reviewing of the Committee’s actions, it was decided to abide by former resolution, viz , that Dr Wardale be not allowed to appoint a locum tervi i* until the appointment of his successor, “ but from the time of the appointment a locum tencns may hold the position until the elected gentleman enters upon his duties.” The Committee expressed their regret that Dr Wardale should, in thelcast, be inconvenienced, or deem himself slighted by the course taken by the Committee, and said, that taking into consideration the very general sickness prevailing they were bound in the inter, st of the general public who looked to them to keep a medical man in th • JLtrict to do as they ha i done.

Mr Faohe requests u 3 to draw attention to the sale of fat sheep at Clyde, on Tuesday next. Mr Facho says the sale under notice is hut the first of a series of monthly sales of stock he intends holding, that is if the uppo.-t accorded him is autfi dent, The trade should accordingly turn up in force to the opening sale.