The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT. 26 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1121, 26 October 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT. 26 1883.

Beneath the rule of men entirely juct The pen is mightier that the aword,

It his reached our ears that within th* past few months no en I of letters, contain* ing money, have never reached their dcstination. As the letters were duly posted, not in one office in particular, but in various offices throughout the country, and addressed to various other offices, the circumstance “is all the more mysterious.” Now the question arises, is it possible that the letters could have been tampered with while in transitu ; or again, is it possible that the senders, while fully intending to remit, had forgotten the enclosures. It is really very hard to say which, but it is evident that if people have money to send by letter they should either do so by crossed cheque or Post Office Order. The Daily Times, in i s issue of the 19th inst, says the escort from the interior goldfields arrived in town with g dd to the va'no of £25,000. The Morning Herald of the same date says the escort from ihe Southern Gold-fields arrived wi hj 25,0U00z. ot gold. Now we should like to know which of the two statements is the correct one, and which of the interior Southern Goldfields are alluded to, as we must confess ourselves in a fog. The wonderful mystery surrounding this gold business is to us perfectly unaccountable, and, moreover, ife being most prejudicial to the true interests of the country to keep the gold returns a closed book, we maintain the very fu lest information should be made public. The information under the old system, when the details of district and the amount of gold was published, was eagerly sought for, and upon it the movements of those seeking a field of operations was guided. The miner argued that as a large amount of gold was being got in this, that,nr the other district, as the case might be, that was the place tor him, and off he went, shaking th® dust of iht large towns from his f et, and adding one more to the i umber of the producers, and exactly the same with the mechanic and artisan. With the present bald information given no one knows anything, and accordingly, the npcountry district suffer for the want of population, and the worker suffers for th it he knows of no available field of labour. The Conn ies have it in their ban is to give the public the fullest possible information, they being supplied for revenue purposes with returns by all the bank agencies of all gold purchased and from the localities and if m little gent e pressure were brought to bear we think it should have the desired effect. A private meeting was held on Monday evening last to discuss with W. Ftaser, Esq., County Chaiiman, the mode of piocetlute to be adopted in obtaining a water supply for the town of C yde. After going through the Public Woi ks Acts and the Counties Acts, or those portions of same refening to the constinotion if water races for the use and conven ence of residents in any part of a county, sub Committees were appointed to fix on the boundaii. aof the dianict to come within the proposed to heme, to ascertain cost of construction and the ] urchaso of water rights, and to arrange other preliminaries ; and such Committee’s to convene another meeting when they havo obtained the necessary information. A meeting of the Dunstan Jockey Club was held in Dickie’s Port Phillip Hotel, Clyde, on Saturday evening last, when a letter was read from the Rivets lale Jockey Club to the effect, that as the retaining of penalty on the hot so Pa. blinder would he a conside'able hardship on its present owner Mi Hamilton, who paid a fair pike for the horse, and would he virtually visiting the sins of other people on hi. shoulders, and asking this Ciub to remove the i isqualificas tion. The Secretary said lie undetsteod that the Riversdale Club, without watting for a reply to their letter, had accep'ed the nomination of the horse. The unanimous opinion was that to withdraw the penalty in anything under three years would be bad policy ami would be virtually no punishment, and it was resolved that the Secretary inform the Riversdalo Club that, whilst regretting tbo hardship inflicted on Mr Hamilton the present owner of Pathfinder, the stewards] cannot s-e their way clear to remove the disqualification. Tenders were opened for fencing in the Grand Stand, but they being in excess of what it was deemed the work was worth, it was decided to call for fresh tenders, same to close on Monday evening next. On the following Monday evening the Oesh tenders for fencing in Grand Stand were opened, and that of W. Widiams was accepted. By advertisement in another column it will be seen that a meeting ..f members of the club is convened for Monday, the 29th inst., for the purpose of arranging summer meeting and other important business..

In another column appears the prospectus of White's Reef Gold Mining Company, butt amended from that which appeared in our last week's issue by the addition of the line j —Sixpence to be paid on application, and sixpence (n allotment. The omission of this, line which gave the affair somewhat a tco too speculative character, we are informed by tbe brokers was purely by mis- ' adventure, and with the instructions to reinsert, we are authorised to point out this fact. With regard to this reef in particular, nothing further has transpired either to weaken or strengthen the good opinion formed of its worth, hut M, to the district of the Old Man Range in general, the more it is becoming known tke better it is apparently liked, as fresh claims are daily fojing marked.out and fresh leases appl'ed for. The representatives of the Arrow and Mactown reef owners who !a f ely visited and inspected the country, speak in hi.di terms of it, and anticipate that lug things will eventuate when time allows of its thorough "development, and they being practical men, their opinion* should be worth l something ; and the report of the special reporter .of the Daily Times is also most favorable. To those who have applied for shares in White's Reef Company we would' advise that they *emit the sixpence per share without ''elay, as without that their applications can receive no attention. The share list, it will be seen, close on the Ist of November. It has now transpired that Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. are the purchasers of tbe Matakanui Station, and according to advertisement in another column it will be seen that all accounts to and against the station must be rendered by the Ist of November, prox.