The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, NOV. 30, 1883.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1126, 30 November 1883, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, NOV. 30, 1883.

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

Through pressure of space a quantity of local matter held over. Between 2 and 3 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon a peculiar rumbling noise, continning for fully one and a-half minutes, waa heard right throughout the district, it being hi ard at Cromwell, Bannockburn, Clyde, and Alexandra, and at about the same time. There not being a speck of cloud to be seen at the time, dispels the assump» tion that it was thunder, and there being no perceptible shaking of the earth sets aside the hypothesis of it having been an earthquake. We shall be pleased to be enlightened if anyone can do so. Tenders are invited by advertisement by the Vincent Jockey Club for the purchase of right to occupy booth, with privileges during the coming meeting. At the B.M. Court, on Tuesday last, M. J. Macgionis was fined Ll. and L2 13s costs, fur not haring taken proper steps for the destruction of rabbits on his property. The return match between the Cromwell and Clyde Cricket Clubs will be played ou the ground of the latter to-day. A* wickets will bo pitched at 10 30 a.m., local players are icquested to be punctual. The following Will represent Clyde—Evans, Macgeorge, Ictogan, Thomson, Stevens, M‘Connochie, Heney, Miles, Bradshaw, Keddejl, Bell. We understand that aecomoiodation will be provided for the public. The chess tournament (by telegraph)— Clyde and Cromwell combined v. Port Chalmers—last Friday proved very interesting, and resulted in a victory for the local players by three games to one, the scores b»ing—Local Players, 3 wins; Port Chalmers, I wiu. One game was unfinished, the other drawn

On Wednesday morning last a foot race of 60 yards took place on the Clyde Cricket Gonnd, between J. Sutherland and W. Delaney (the well-known long distance runner), and resulted in a victory for Sutherland by a yard, after an exciting contest. We are requested by Mr Fache to draw attention to the sales at Alexandra South, on Monday, 3rd December, of draught horses, household furniture water rights etc., without reserve.

The one mile running match between Delaney and McConnochie, the former conceding 100 yards, came off on the cricket ground on Wednesday evening. There were a good number of spectators ; the professional being the favourite. A good s'arc was effected, both men get'ing away well. The amateur maintained his lead till the fourth ronnd, and eventually won a very exciting race by about a foot. The men will again try conclusions tomorrow evening, McConnochie this time receiving SO yards. The 100 yards running match that was to hive taken place this week, has been post- | oned, in consequence of one of the peds having met with an accident. We understand.that the stakes have been increased! to L2O, • the match to take place in two months’time.

The results of the recent excitement in Wellington over the Terawhiti reefs is thus summed up by the N. Z. Times A lot of companies with high-sounding names have been registered ; mining experts of various degrees of qualficatinn have been engaged ; citizens have wasted valuable time over mining meetings ; expensive mining operations have been pursued ; a consi« derablo section of Mr Macmanaman’s mn has been diverted from its original purpose and a small wining community established on it; an elaborate crushing machine marks one spot of the Terawhi ‘ i landscape; and in return for all this, a cheerful per contra—some 80 ounces of gold have been obtained I That, plus certain experience, is really the amount of the benefit obtained from the mining operations at Terawhiti during the years 1882 3. Never did the old ada;e about a great cry and little wool come in more appositely.’

A youth named Joseph Clark was brought up at Sydney charged with having raised an alarm of tire in the Theatre Royal, and caused a temporary panic. He was discharged, as the case could not be proved. The magistrate said if it had been brought home he would have inflicted a very severe penalty.

The Loaglmrst case has been settled, H ■ Excellency the Governor has informed Ministers that ho has gone fully into the several matters relating to this case, and regrets that he can arrive at no other conclusion than that Longhnrst is guilty of the crime of which ho was convicted in April, 1880, and that his release would bo a grievous miscarriage of justice and » serious injury to the public at largo. Slight earthquakes have been so prevalent of late in Tasmania that (says thvLamceston Examiner) they have almost ceased to attraotattention. . About a month ago thecompany operating the salt mines at Avery’s, or Petit Anso, Iberia parish, La., received a large quantity of dynamite for blasting purposes. The same was stored in a magazine situated about 400 yards from the works. Largo trees were in close proximity On Saturday, July 21, a few minutes past 12 o’clock, a terrific storm burst on the island. Torrenta of rain fell, and peal after peal of lightning rent the shies The workmen had barely left and'reaetied the' boarding house; situated -at sotne'dlistance frcm'Jhe 'when the lightning struck tlie magazine- and jmme* diately there followed an awful explosion. For a few minntes all seemed entirely paralysed. Eecovering, some rushed out to a'certain the cause. It was then discovered that the who'e building in which was stored the explosive compound had disappeared, and in its place was left a yawning chasm 15ft or 20ft deep, by about 100 ft in length. The trees surrounding were prostrated a—* shattered. One. 2jft in diameter, w! * carried by tbe immense'power in the bias * 200 yards from where it previously stood. Every building in, the island contiguous to the mines were shaken in a terrible manner causing every glass door and window to part with its glass. The buildings containing the millsand machinery were much damaged preventing access to the shaft for the time being. Eight box cars ready to bo loaded were crushed in their upper part, the running gear remaining intact.-San Francisco Chronicle.

We (Daily Tdtgrapk) hare probably all of us met with instances in which a word heedlessly spoken against the reputation of a female has been magnified by malicious minds until the cloud has been dark enough to overshadow her whole existence. To those who are accustomed, not necessarily from bad motives, but from thoughtlessness, to speak lightly of females, we recem. mend three hints as worthy of consider-turn:-!Never use a lady’s name in an improper place, at an improper : timc, or in mised company. Never make any asset- , tiens about her that you think are untrue or allusions that yon feel she herself Would blush to hear. When you meet men who do not scruple to make use of'a woman’s name in a reckless ami unprincipled manner, shun them, lor they are the worst members of thq community, men lost to every sense of .honor, every feeling of humanity. Many a good woman’s character has been ruined, and her heart broken, by a he. manufactured by some villain, and repeated where it should not have been,and in the presence of those whose little judgment could not deter them from circulating the fonl and bragging report. • i A slander is soon propagated,, and the Smallest thing derogatory to a woman’s character will fly on the wings of the wind and magnify as it circulates, until its monstrous weight crashes the poor unfortunate victim. Respect the name of a woman for your mother and sisters are women, and as you would have their fair names untarnished, and their lives unembittered by the slanderer’s biting tongue, heed the ill that yonr own words may bring upon the mother, the sister, or the wife of some fellow-creature. The departure from Victoria of the Rev. I Mr Stron !; for England was made the occasion of a demonstration. Hundreds of his well-wishers and sympathisers went down to VVillia nstown to see him off. I” Sydney recently, whilst a torchlicht proeesnon was p ssing through the stieets larrikins compising lads and young men did fi on, LCD to L7O worth of damage in Central Police division alone by breaking windows A'thougb from 30 to 40 policemen aeeompniel the procession, their efforts wer« - 7,," 1 °™ Sb nD,i foment, made almost bitHe , Some of tie. police w-re very much knocked about by the larrikins, and 1 ‘unstable Clinton had to receive milical. attention. The difficulty of detecting the offenders was increased by the way in which the stones was thrown, hay mg been jerked from the hand without raising the arm. Constable Spronle made a very plucky and clever, arrest of a youth, aged, 18 years, named Arthur Tbrtmpsm’, whose comrades endeavoured to rescue their fellow larrikin ; but the constable succeeded in keeping his captive, and be . was on several charges fined in all over £ls with the option of, terms of imprisonment amounting to about six months.

'Skinny Mrs.— “Wells’ Health newer restores health and vigor, ctmg Dyspepsia, Impotence, Debility. Moses Moss Sydney, General Agents. * ’ The fonr principal breeders of North Otago—viV, the New Zealand and Austr , ban Land Company, the Hon. M. Holmes. Mr Menlove, and Mr John Reid -have entered into an agreement not to show any more stock at the Christchurch show for at least three years. They have taken this step it is understood. i n consequence mainly of some comments made by the Lyttelton Times concerning the Boag prize affair.

The robes and diamonds which Mdmo. atti wears at her operatic performances are said to be worth over LIO,OOO. An extraordinary sheepshearing feat is reported by the Temora Star ns having been performed by a man named MichaelJHnrloy i a native of Tasmania, during the present | season at Warri station. During an ordinary day’s work the man shore 41) hoggets in one hunr and 51) minutes, and 40 ewes in one hour and 25 minutes, finishing with a tally of 210 sheep in all.

The temperance movement baa recently made great headway ; but the wilful waste of a large quantity of wine at Salisbury, the whole of which was thrown into the •river Avon, at the- back of the City Infirmary, where the port at least, which was valued at 12s to Us per bottle would have benefited many of the sick, has dune the cause no good. The circumstances are these. Mr R. T. Booth, the leader of the “ Blur Ribbon” movement, delivered an address at Salisbury, and made an extreme speech, inwbich he strongly condemned the Christian who had the wine-glass in his hand and the brandy bottle on the sideboard. A wealthy miller was in the audience, and Mr Booth was his guest. At the breakfast table the next morning the hostess made the announcement that her husband had resolved to sweep the whole cf the wine bottles in the cellar away, explaining that they had only been kept for visitors. Mr Booth exclaimed V Hallelujah,” and taking twp bottles, ( smashed their ~ nocks at the 'riverside; pouring;- into the river, and declaring that not a, drop should polTute'the.eartJji. He iheq.Jeft by train, Bnd ihe family completed thp destruction of tlie wine-cellar. Two young men are likelv to get into trouble over a foolish practical joke they committed in Majorca, a township in Victoria. They labelled two respectable young ladies surreptitious'y on the backs, and these innocent victims walked through the « reels with the glaring figures “ 14s fid ” appended to (theca. ! . ; .The Crown Prince of Germany is a printer, and his son is a draughtsman. Victor Hugo makes his -own tables and chairs for. his study, etc., and works daily at his bench. The London Times, on the authority of the Scotland Yard officials, states that it is believed that upwards of 280.000 spurious ■Sovereigns have recently been put in circulation at' Horae by a gang of clevrr coiners. The counterfeits stand all the ordinary teats, and in weight, ring, colour, appearance are very similar to genuine coin. Each sovereign is electrotyped witfa real gold to the value et about 7s fid, and the coating is ao thick that they resist the nitric acid test. The imitation, therefore,is an excellant one, and even an expert would have difficulty in detecting it, especially as the coins have been struck from various dies, some being -of the Australian stamp,‘while of those pur- : potting to be English money some have the shield and others have St. George and the dragon-on the reverse side. Some of these corns beformlong may find their way to this colony, hut as the fraud will inoro easily jb.e detected after, they have been some ..time in'circulation, it is only of suspiciously new looking- sovereigns that the "public need, feel at all doubtful. Considering the amount..of bullion the sovereigns contain, they must each have cost at least' lOs ’to .manufacture,, so- that supposing only 58,000 .were aback: off a*- - Once the -origiiiato'S' of this gigantic swindle must have had originally a capital of at least £20,000 or' £30,00 to work upon. It is sad to thuik that so iquch capital and go much ingenuity should liave been used with such success in sui-h a n,(ffar,inus swindle on the public. We can only hpic. that few,'it atty'. of the spurious coins will find their way to this colony, and that speedy and comlign punishment will shot tly be the reward of the accomplished gang of swindlers concerned in this gigautic f aud.