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Dunstan Times, Issue 1112, 24 August 1883, Page 2

The ball hel I in Ilia '’own Hill, Gyle, on Wednesday la-*t, in coinmeinnruti mof the seventeenth anniversary of the Lo Ige Court S.ar of the Unimtan, A.O.F’. was a inuked success, 63 coup es hem; present, besides a small army of liacheo s, who failed to provi le themselves with partneis. The lar_;e ball was comfor.ably filet, ami to the very excellent inu-io provided hy the Alexandra Brass Bin', under the able leadership of Mr Craven Puget, who nio-t k n lly gave their services on the occasi m, and to whom a hearty vote of thanks i< due, the dancers thoroughly enjoy el them selves un.il fairly on to 5 o’clock the following morning, Mr I’. H. Bell, as caterer, fairly exoe'led himself, and high encomiums ot praise were pnurel on him from all quarters for the good things he provided. Nothing was hft undone hy the committee to assure the comfort of those present, and all aareel in votiog the Fo'esters’ hall of ISB3 a most enjoy, able and i eifectly successful aff dr. One omission was however made by the Committee of Management in not supplying the Medical Officer and the Press with the customary free ticket, which perhaps ac. counted for their absence.

In ano her column will he fo m l a lo ter fro.ii Mrs J.C. Cliapple, rebutting the deductions drawn by "Civ's” in his ( Wilne a) notes, on a letter from that lady’s pen on “J ['he Higher Education of Woman," and which was published in the Daily Times. Wo do not think, however, that Mrs J .C.C. has improved her position by replying. Mr Paoh; requests us to draw attention to the Halo by auction on Tuesday nex', of valuable mining property at Tinkers ; id o of propelty in the ea'ato if W. Peek, of Tinkers, miner, a bankrupt. The sale 1 y auction or. Monday, the 3rd September, at Mr Mee's farm, near the White Horse Hotel, of fat caitle, horses and ag- icultnral imph-ments, shoo'd draw the attention of butchers, farmers, and others. In reply to Mr Pyke, the Colonial Secretary stv ed that the Government hid no power to i 'terf re with the (otalisator, and' they were not prepare I to nring in a Bill this session for i s suppression. The h'ducational Board’s Sch darshios Committee's recommendation that the Board offer six junior and ten senior scholars dps at the eu 1 of the current year, was adopted. Captain Barry has disposed of his whale skeleton to the University Council for museum purposes. Arrangements are stated to have been ma-le for the boldin' of Supreme Court sittings at Oamaru. The first will be held in March next, and thereafter the Court will sit every Match ami Septeraoer. The diamond excitement seems to have ounpletely aubsi led in Chnstohurcd, for at the Land Board sitting not one of the numerous applicants f >r prospecting licenses put in an appearance. We heir nothing of rhe present quotations for Pioneers and Kohinoors. At the sitting of the Waste Land Board on the 15 r ,h inst., Messrs Connell and Moodie (for Messrs Robert M'Laren and H M. Turnhull) applied to purchase 326 acres on run 221 at 20 per acre.—R- ferred to the district land officer to report as to whether any objections are likely to be made. A correspondent of one of the London dailies at Moscow describes some feats of horsemanship pet forme! in the Petroffsky Park by the Cossack Guards before the Grand Duke Nicholas and a distinguished company, as completely throwing in the shade the most daring feats of the circus. The ent re regiment went past at full gallop in loose order, with many of the men a an ling upright in the saddle, others upon their he ids and legs in the air, many leaping to ihe ground and then into the sa idle again at full speed, some springing over their horses’ hea Is and picking up stones from the ground and yet regaining their seats. While performing th-se fea S a 1 were bran nailing their sabres an I firing pistols, throwing their carbines into the air and cathing them again and yelling like maniacs; Some men went past in pairs I standing will a leg oo each other’s horses ; ; one wild fellow carried off ano her dressed !as a woman. The effect of the scene was absolutely bewilderin ', and it see ned as if the whole regirmmt had gone mad. Upon a signal being given the re.im-mt divided ido two parts One role off, the other halted, and made their horses lie down on fc e ground ami liy beside them waiting, as i i war, the approach of an enemy. The other section of the regiment then ch irged down, and in an instant every horse was on >ts fee', every n ier in Ids sa Hie, a id with wild yells they rod; at the suppose I enemy. Wnen Ih-se manoeivres were over the regiment role nist singing, an 1 uncommonly well together, a military chorus. There arc a good m my ways of winning g drt. There is hydraulic, drift, placer, ' a ch, bar, and river mining. But perfect success his never yet attended the lahou g of 'he gold miner in trying to get gold from the be Is of rivers when the water is fl oving over the be t. (livers have been turned aside and wing dams bui't, so as to get at the auriferous deposits, an 1 river beds hive been worked at low stages of water, but none of these devices for pumping up ig dI to n beneath the river have been suereS3ru! or nrao'icil. Lirge amounts of money have been expen le I on dredg, s an 1 pumps for working riv r bottoms, and virions plans have bee a adontel. In no case, how ver, has any money been made out of lb ■ opeiatio'. Stilt there are nrop’e who contrive to bring up gold from ben r,tb fl'-ving rivers, and mike money by it. For in-dance, in the State of Cmca, Oo'om'ii where there me many deposits o' aurif oils gravel, in >36 of the small eu'clms an a ravines have been worked out 10') ye rs ago, tli ingb mo-e or loss mining is still ■min.' on. Many large streams have auriferous be Is, and the natives, unable to turn the course of the river, mine in a pecnli ir way. The women take a hatea in th ir hands, an) dive down in 10ft. or lof . of water, scrape the loose san 1 an 1 gravel into it, and bring it to the surfree. Then they ditnb on to the bank an I pm it out. Th-y get from a few ren's. to four "its a batea. S imelimes the ni“n engagejin this work, hut it is mainly done by the women. Af'era dive, the latter sit, down on the bank and smoke awhile before going down a.ain. They teach the children of 12 to dive tor gold also. Sum dimes rich p- ckets or depo>i s are struck. Nobody but natives engage in this sort of work At the Saragossa, the Clara Cre-k, and the Twee Hive-, a good deal of this mining by women diving is done.- Iron. A ‘‘ high class weekly j mrnal ” has been started in London, cal ed Harnaye, for “promoting happy marriages in Eng'and and the colonies.” Conk and Roberts, so long rivals for the billiard championship, have been invited to gO to Constaninople to play before the Su tan. If this is a fact, there is some re is m to hope that they will lay aside their differences and do their heat to amuse and instruct His Majesty, owhissaid to be P great admirer of the game.

Mis Hampson is reported to be literally I (a -fiins? ((h i city of Adelaide—especially the church going part of it—upside down. She I is a phenomenon in the pulpit line. The Rev Charles Clarke, in his palmiest days, never drenv such audiences as s'ne is drawing night after night in the Town Hall. Indeed all the ministers in Adelaide could not in combination have drawn such an audience j as I {correspondent to the Argus) saw gath red to hear this great preacher. Henry Var’ey’s powers pales before the won ierful influence she exercises. Men go to scoff, and remain to pray. Bankers, merchants, lawyers, members ..f Parliament, an! memof th) Press are const intly to he seen among the eager listeners who throng to hear the m-ssage which this simple woman has to declare. The reraarkah e feature about her preaching is that she addresses herself more to men than to women • Though never forgettin ; her womanhood, she is never effe- 1 minate. Her success an 1 Her power are a 1 painful commentary upon the ineffective- ( ness of the or unary run of our regularly-Ovlaine-I ministers, fhjr churches are half empty, and our best nulpi orators have to 1 resort to special sermons and extraordinary services to attract a full church, while here is a simple, earnest woman, who, without effort, craws ni-. ht. fer ni.h 1 . as many as may be seen in any four or five churches put together on the Sunday. i The Tablet states that the tele raph reports of the evidence given hy Bishop Moran before the E location Committee are “ inaccurate in almost every detail. A a instance of the int rest which the Qne"n evinces in th welf ire ■ f her subj cts lias he n man : fe<te I in con met. on with th 't oriole disaster which overtook the fi-hing 1 population of the Berwickshire coast in Oc o'ier, 188f. When Her Majesty tirst heard of the calamity, and before its ex'ent Wis known, she sent a private donation to the Dowager Duchess of Brxnurghe, to be a iplied to the relief of the dis ressed, and when a public appeal was made for ai I, the Queen was among the first to respond. The balance of this private subscription has just been expended in the relief of cases at Bournmouth and Cove, which did not come within reach of the public fund. The Dunedin Cathedral building (says the Tab'ett continues to make progress, ant now every addition that is made to it brings into prominence some new beauty. The Oatnaru stone parapet, very finely carved, on the outer wall of the aisle on the left has been comnleted within the last few days, and its effect is very pleasing. The timber to support the roof of the aisles has also been placed in position, and the signs of a I vaneement in the work are most encouraging and sa'.isf .ei-ory.