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Dunstan Times, Issue 1121, 26 October 1883, Page 3

A serious accident happened to Master "Willie Cox on Wednesday afternoon last, through having stock girths to his saddle End its consequent taming under the horses 'belly. No one witnessed the ■occurrence, •and as the lad, even up to the time of writing this, late on Thursday evening, remains in a wmi unconscious state, nothing positive can be said, but it is surmised from marks on the road, that the lad's foot kept fast iu the stirrup and he wan dragged some •BO yards. From ■'& severe bruise on the temple and a copious flow of blood from one of the ears aad the continued semi uncon» 'sciousness, it is evident the poor felbw has received serious iijury ; but Dr Lewi?, who hag been in attendance from shortly : af f-er the accident, says he is yet unable to •determine the extent. Mr Evans, County Clerk, desires us to •draw attention to his advertisement about visiting Alexandra and Bald Hill Flat for i •collection of rates. John Newton, * very old resident of the ; -Nevis, and a niaii well-known throughout ! the Dunstan district is to be arraigned befo e tie R.M. Court ** Cromwell, on Friday next, for rape on a girl named Jane Edie, | ' : a.ed 12 years, whose parents reside on the | Nevis. By the Tuapeka Times we see | that the accused was arrested at Lawrence. We learn that the Rev James Will, son ' ■of the Rev W. Will, East Taieri. has been | appointed to Lauder district in the room of ' the Rev Mr Currie, who goes to Taringatura '(Southlaud). We are authoritatively informed that the District Court, Quesnstowu, is adjourned Irom Monday the 29th inst., till Thursday the Ist November. Witnesses aud others may rely on the correctness of this. A scratch match was playe I on the Clyde cricket ground on Saturday last, between sides chose ll by the P-esident and VicePresident, which resulted iu a victory for tlie P eailent by 23 rans, the scores being: Vice-President, 26 ; President. 59 ; Hickson, with 10, was the principal scorer for the losers; aud Thomson (44) and T. McKiy(lo, not ou ) were the chief contrii utors for the winners. M-- H. N, Firth has been appointed Clerk .of Courts an i Gold E'erjeivr «tt Cromwell Dice Mr Barclay transferred to Havelock. Since the above was in type, we learn that M r S. M. D&lgllesh will resume duties at Cromwell. We have to acknowledge receipt of last number of ffatsard and a large liateh of Parliamentary papers from the Government Printing Office. The Lowburn races took place on Friday last, and according to the Cromwell Argus was as successful as either of the preceding me-tings at Alexandra, and Cromwell. Smith's Co-Operative won the Maiden Plate of 15 sovs. 'I his mare it will be remembered ran second for the Cromwell Maiden. Rivera's Spectator socured the Lowhurn Cup of 30 sovs., beating Magician and Haricot. The Spring Handicap of 20 sovs. fell to Mr Robertson's Magician, he beating Haricot, Resartus, and Yaldlmrst; and the latter succeeded in landing the Consolation O* 5 sovs, Mr C. i\ cKenna, during the meeting, purchased Magician ; but at what figure we not learn. We hope that Mr McKennn, with his new purchase, will be more fortunate than he has been of late with his other horses. Mr J. E. Redmond, the representative of the Irish Land League, gave a lecture in the Queen's Theatre on Monday evening last, on "Home Rule." Mr J. B. Callan occupied the chair, and the theatre was filled in every part. In connection with the above the Daily Times says: Cr Carroll on the same evening said : "Mr Mayor, I should like to move that the Council adjourn for half an hour to hear Mr Red* mond." An emphatic "No," and an exclamation of surprise were evoked by the suggestion, but nothing further being said on the subject the motion lapsed, and the business of thn Council was proceeded with. A second lecture was given on Tuesday eremng, which the Times characterises as the most masterly pieoa of eloquence ever heard in Dnnedin. The result of the visit to Imnedin so far has bjen a collection of about LBS& ...

• In the -appropriation*' nfiderTtaTPublic Works Fund for the year ending.,3lst March, 1884, we notice the followingdtems which may be of local interestOtago Central Line of Railway, L 130.000 , Beaumont and Roxburgh bridges, ' L 5985, grants in aid ; road Pembroke to Matakitnki, LIOOO j roads Lauder Block, LIOUO j roads upper Clutha Block*, L 1500; Waikaia Bush to Clutha Valley, L2OOO ; Macetown and Skippers roads, L 15,500 ; Blacks Courthouse, L 5-0 j Mount, Ida Water Race, LIOOO. • i -.. i " ' •’■• ;■ ■ A late Melbourne telegram says s The promoters of racing ; sweeps under the pseudonym of “ Li co Spero," whose character was recently exposed by the Herald, have levanted with the money which had been subscribed by the public to various swaps. The amount collected by the absconders prior to their defalcation is estimated at LI I.COO. W« unfortunately did not see the condemnatory article referred' to. We have, however, received a cony of the Melbourne Herald of October 9 hj, in which there is an article most laudatory of three consuUationists. We must forbear, however, from mentioning their names without the customary fee of 3s per inch. ’ *' ” " , . ■ *«’ - ’ ■ ■ > ' A correspondent of the Mount Ida Ghronic e makes some startling statements in connection with the Otago Central Railway. He says “it will be a diabolical waste of money to let a further contract before completing the Work on hand. The extra cost for carting will amount to an enormous sum. Contractors for the Deep Stream contract, the work on which is now tempo, rwily stopped, have, I believe, said it is absolutely fooling away the country’s funds making them cart all th ir si off from Outram. If Government would complete the railway as it goes along, and would give the use of one of the numerous partly-worked out endues lying unuse 1 at the Dunedin Railway Station, contractors could get their material at reasonable cost. 3 hj ‘ line could be made use of perhaps in other ways, and it could gradually be made safe for traffic. As the cliffs are nowj .it would bo madness to ride on the line, an 1 before it will bo at ! a;l safe Government will have to spend a considerable sum in smoothing the face of the c'iffs, which me iuli itely wwso than the famous cliffs near Blues-k n. . . . j The county and oilier. Councils should co-i operate with the Mayor of Dunedin and the ; Chamber of Comme-ca and go out and examine the line, and resolve what is best i should be done before another contract is i let.” j The Ml Ida Chronicle says On Thursday afternoon last, while Mr G. F. Rowlatt, solicitor, Nas by, was proceeding down the hill leading to Bt, Balhans withabuegyand pair of horses, the-aninials from some cause or other boke I, tearing down the hill and through-the town at a-fearful rate. Mr Kowtatt, who was accompanied by his daughter-Juliet,-piloted the animals with wonderful nerve and skill through the main street-, and for about a quprter-of-vmilo : : farther, to where the roa t crosses the bridge j over the .St B ithans’ main-channel at an abrupt angle where buggy capsized, throwing the occupants out with consider-j able force: Beyond a severe shaking, Mr Rowlatt did not suffer much injury, but Mias Rowlatt sustaine 1 a severe bruise on the right temple, and remaine I unconscious for some time, In connection with this nnfortuna’e occurrence wa regret to state that a daughter of Mr Hugh Brown, aged over two years, »h’’e playin’ in front of her parent’ residence, was knocked over by the vehicle and sustabled serious injuries. Dr Whitten was imir.B H it.e'y te’egiapkwd for. Not much hope is hold out for the recovery of the little one. We have since learnt that the child su'-cumbed on Monday evening last to the injuries receive I, and that it is not deemed nee- ssaty to hold an inquest. “ Rough ok Rats.” —Clears out rats, mice, roaches, fli-s, ants, bed bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, j ck-rabbits, gophers* Druggists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. ... „ » ..... Suhsc iptiona to the Parnell fund are still being received, ml the total Sim now in hand is estimated at L 35,0 0 :). The amount subscribed will 1 e presented to Mr Parnell in December next. A legacy of LIOOO has Ven left to the Dunedin Hospital under rather peculiar circumstanccs (says Hie Otngo Daily Times.") A Mr Nelson, a wachmnker of Ballarat, who died recen’ly in Raglan 1, was some years ago an inmate of the Hospital here. The warder who attended him on that occasion was in the hibitof visiting Mr Nelson after he left the institution, aud it was a short time ago announce! that this fortunate warder had been bequeathed LIOOO from the deco ised gentleman's estate. The Hosp lal Committee have now further been advised that a like sum has been lift as a legacy to the institu ion. There has as yet, however, been little jubilation over the an- | nouncement, os the Co muittee are in a-state I of some uncertainty as to whether they will ever actual y obtain the bequest. It is believed that the relatives iu England will contest the point. At the Snnr-me Court in Cbistchure.h on Wednesday the 16 li inst,,in a case before Judge Johnston, a remaikable fact in the trial (says the Lyttelton'Times) wa? the examination of the defendant, the widow of a I Ge.man farmer, wh-i is absolutely (leaf. For | some time the question of how she was to be made mi eligible witness appeared to fuzz e bis Honor. The difficulty was overcome by hi r neice voluntee,ring to interpret questions to the deaf lady, who, it should be stated, could neither read nor write. Tite services of the noice was thoroughly tffective, as with very little difficulty she, by the mere movement of her lips, made the witness comprehend the nature i f the questions ; that she did so,being abundantly proved by the volatility and impressiveness with which the.-defendant detailed the wrongs she felt ’she bad been subjected to.

■ The'notorious ease of-the To Aroba School ■ Committee, which refuse I the use of th school building to the Rev Mr Marshall f>r religious instruction to the children after school hours, has ended satisfactorily, the committee reversing Its former decision. Mr William Paterson, who has made numerous generous charitable gifts, ha* offered to give LI,00!) to the Victorian Auxiliary of the London Missionary Society (LSOO this year and LSOO next) if the Vio« torian Church 0 # supplement their average contributions by that sum. The offer ba been accepted, and special efforts will b made on behalf of the New Guinea mission. At a Conference of Chambers of Com meroe and Manufactures at Melbourne it was resolved—“ That the time has arrived for all the colonies to sink minor difference o and combine to form a united dominion of Australasia ; that as a prelude to federation the Government be urged to try and arrange for intercolonial freetiade in colonial goods ; that failing this the Government be n*-ged to arrange for intercolonial freetrade in all goods upon which the duties are the same in all the colonies ; that in the opinion of this Conference Parliament should be allowed an «ar)y opportunity of discussing .the desirability of repealing the stock,jtax as recommended by the Royal Commission on the Tariff; that this conference specially urges upon the Government the impoitince of arranging for the free interchange in colonial wines, more especially as between New South Walts, South Australia, and Victoria, the amount of the duty collected being wholly inadequate, to compensate for the disadvantages attendant upon the imposition of the tax.” The other day (writes a Home paper) the Royal Pincesses pai l a visit to The Times office. They were welcome, of course, hut in a private way. Unless you are a personage of great importance—a prince or a famous litterateur,neither love or money wi’l admit you into the almost sacred precinicta of Printing-hmr*e square— that is to say, the members of ths editorial staff are permanently “not at home" to strangers. In the office itself, too, an atmosphere of the strictest mystery prevails. No man dar s trespass into the territory set ’apart for any portion of the staff with which he is conconnected. There are message boys to go from the sub-editors to the editors, -and l thence to the domain of the “comps,” ; there are the means of communion! i--n, to >. between the reporters and the gentlemen of the departments mentioned. But so great is the secrecy with which the Times is managed that the editor atone of those connected with it knows “ who is who” throughout the establishment.