The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1132, 11 January 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 1884.

' Beneath the rule of men entirely ]u«i : J The pen U mightier that the sword. ’

Just before - going ’to pres* were-informed, by Inspector of Police that the body dl » msn r ,ftappp»9d,to- be that of G. W. O&odger, bad been found at the .Tevioelast l evening. ~ . tV pur customary 'calendar fop the year we have issued »large numbers. i Those of our whether subscribers or not,' that .Have not heed supplied can obtain one on •application to the office. We have had occasion lately to remark on the peculiarly unsettled state of the, Weather, and, as during’ the past, week it has been still more unseasonable, if that Were possible, .we feel coustrained to again revert to the subject. Dry parching winds with an oppressiveness of the atmosphere one day, followed the, next with cold southerly winds, then agai.i heavy and incessant rains, accompanied by the loudest thunder and most brilliant lightning seen for many years in this locality, has been the ' course for the past week. Long faces are ■beginning to be pulled by both the farmers and those' of the squatters who have nut tiniahed shearing, the former fearing that 'unless a' change takes place, and ■ warm weather sets in their cerials will not ripen. Attention of. ratepayers is "directed to ah advertisement in another .’coHntin’from the County Clerk re pnp&id rates;.-’’ "■ 4 . We-ihter that. Mr' 'here f»? many years past, ieftoibo'removed ,tq .Port. Cdalmorsvaa. socotuhih command. •As the change U doubtless a promotion, we 'bß# 1 him our and hope hie ’ jtbi/itief as an official,' and'his gehe'ral'worth as a private oicieen may be to the full, ex, .tent;appree»»ted in” hid new bomb.* , ’. The Clyde public school opens op Monday next the'l4th inst^, and, by request We make .this =ctpiu. the hope tbat parontV will »ee to the attendance M-tfcdiir children. '‘To, celebrate the opening a public, pic-uio, see advertisemenhie to be given in Ur Holden’s Monte Christo.Farm, on ..Thursday, the ,17th inst., at which all and snndry. old and young are invited to put in an appearance. Stone’s Dunedin and Suburban Directory, •for the current year, 1884, a copy of which has just reached us, may safely be. classedas one. of the best productions yet issued iu Dunedin., Bealses the house to house directory, with the pames and occupations ot all tne occupants, and a really good map of Dunedin ami suburbs, which in itself is worth.,dearly the money asked-for the entire work; it contains a large amount of • information useful to all' classes of thd community. The. compiler-has succeeded, in producing a. work that will be welcomed by. the mercantile community, and will doubtless find a place in every counting house, also in every hotel and place pf public resort. As a specimen of the ■ typos art it is most creditable, and adds considerably to its value. It contains 432 crown octavo pages, and is bound in blue clpth.and gold with mottled edges, and the prica is seven shillings and sixpence, Mr Benson, the jvelj-known commercial travel*’ ler, Who in the course of a few days Will ,bfc visiting the district,; iij %e, understand, the went. •• "•>" Mr’Faohe,,instmcted.’by the Administrator’ the estate of Murray* •wjll sell by ■’■ audti’on,' .ott premises, Alexandra South, on Monday, ; January 14, at 2 o’clock sharp, freihold swtlbhs and cottages. , V.- ' . In regatd to the action for libel which was recently commended by Mr W. T. L. Travers, ex-City Solicitor, Wellington, against the New Zealand Times, that journal, in its issue of-the sth inst,, thus confesses to ’having been in the wrong, and saddles the Mayor of Wellington with responsibility in tbe-matter■ —“The, main facts, and especially the dates mentioned in cur article, were furnished to ns by Mr Fisher, the Mayor «f the city, from ■whom we supposed, looking to the position he holds, that we should receive nothing ■ but correct informati<m ;. l)ut as the statements made to us were thus we thought it necessary, injustice both to ourselves and to Mr Travers, tti make further inquiries in respect to them. v Inquiries have resulted in our ascertaining that, beyond’ any doubt, the statements upon which we so fully relied were upt the: true state i < of the htett,- and’ oonseqiientlY thakthe in-! femmes drawn from them were unfair and ftejusL*"' v

walking-match- between 'Edwards on the one side, and Arthur and James Hendray, and Huckatepper on the other, a-side was concluded at 11 o’clock on Saturday night last, at Auckland. Edwards's score at the close of. the ; match wss47l miles 19 laps,and' the combined •oors d(B2 miles 11 laps, Edwards this winuinf,by#nulss Slaps. Edwards was loudly' Obseted at tbs conclusion of the match, and accorded a complementary benefit at the Theatre Eoyal oo Monday night. ' Acsse.bf allaged murder Is reported, from. Qreymouth. The body of a named Gifford was discovered on the road at Maori 'Cheek, with stabs on the chest and neck. A man’s hat and knife were found close to the body, as if the murderer had left in a hurry. A man named John Donohue has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer. The hat and knife, it is said, can be identified as the property of Donohue. At the inquest on the body a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some person unknown. The accused has been mining in New Zealand and Victoria for the last 17 years, and is known among his acquaintances as ** Mad Jack,” on account of his eccentric conduct at times. The one mile running natch between Delaney and McConnochie, which was arranged to come off on the Clyde cricket ground on Monday last, fell through. In another column “Boaz” notifies a grand distribution of prizes under the principle of the Hamburg drawings, nothing of the kind having been before attempted in New Zealand. A special feature in connection with it is that such will bo under the immediate super vision of. air gentlemen, and all prizes wifi ba paid over within 24 hours after the.drawing, . ,or immediately alter, the winning numbers are 'forwarded.' The distributions'are to 'take place every two months, the present pfij} closing bn the * 28th'Eebru*ry'belt. (Seeadvertisement). An extraordinary shearing feat is reported by the Ttmora Star, so having been performed by a man named Michael Harley, a native of Tasmania, daring the present season at Warn Station. During an ordinary day’s work the manUhore 40 hoggets in 1 hqurs 50 thin., and 40 ewes in 1 hour 25 min., finishing with a tally of 210. This feat has been exceeded at Lilian’s Station (says the Clutha Leader) by Mr David Bower, jun., this season. In nine hours, the usual time shearers work, he put 214 through. Amongst the many remarkable events occuriog at present in connection with the rough, unsettled weather, may be recorded one of a rather extraordinary nature which occurred last week. Shearing was being carried on at Beaumont Station at the time, and soma parties were busy, in the creek near the station wool-scouring, when an immense yolnm s .of water, said to be 4ft or sft above the usual height, came down in a body without any previous warning being given, anil* - carried away'a considerable ' .of.* the 'Wool,- some of the scourers haying A jmirSw’ Asiape $1 carried off. .°4ik; 8t h e ; , weather was tine at the station, not Che slightest suspicion of- such a sudden,rise in the oreekuvsc- ' crof&ing the minds of'those engaged in.the. operation of wool-scouring. Tpo most likely solution of the occurrence ( is thought by the Tuapeka, Times to be the barsting of s waterspout in the direction of • the Lammerlaw ranges 1 , >' ■'■'■'t - . cablegram from *Bs.Pelersburgh, under* . Agte Janqary '6th, 11 says that* it is • now known that the Czar did not, as alleged, meet with the accident last month while out hunting, but > that he; was injured by a Nihilist attempt on his life, and has since been conßned to his Palace. ■ It is rumored in Dunedin, that D.nald Dinuic, the Scotch athlete, intends settling permanently in that city. At Timaru the other day Judge Johnston said that a person who took notes of evidence was not likely to know as much of a case as one who merely listened, Hia Honor’s experience was given for the benefit of a reporter serving on the jury, who desired to take notes of the evidence of the case ha had to try. At Ruabon, Wales, the chief constable, in his quarterly return, has reported that, notwithstanding the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, the statistics show a marked increase in drunkenness during the last quarter. The head constable, at a meeting of the Cardiff Town Council, also stated that since the pasting of the Sunday Closing Act for Wales, drunkenness had considerably increased. Drinking clnbjj, were being opened .rapidly., At the inquest oh the body of Matilda Hancock -who died on the 3(at December at suspicioas'circutuiUnces—was concluded on Friday last, a verdict of wilful murder being retained against William PeSfce, her garamor., .. Pearce was committed for tn*l at the Criminal Scsaions, which commencedna Monday, On Pearce beihg brought up for trial at the Seasious last H uesday, be asked Hia Honor whether he could have a lawyer, he not haring the means to secure one himself. After discussion between His Honor and the Crown Prosecutor, His Honor said he would communicate with the authorities, and see it they were Willing to provide counsel for him ; but failing a favourable reply, he hoped that some member of the Bar would defend him gratuitously. The case was adjourned. The cricket match between the Australians and combined team, played at Melbourne on tbe Ist and 2nd January, resulted in a draw, the Australians putting together the large total of 619 j Murdoch playing a not ont innings of 270—The Australian team will not be able to visit this colony before their departure for England, bnt it is probable that they will oa their return— Tbe arrangements fur tbe visit of tho Tat'Ktanian cricketers are now complete, they '< leaving, for the Bluff on tho 23rJ inat., playing their first match, against Inver oar- ■ gfil on the 20th icst, . -

The Adelaide Observer remarks that it was tbe occasion of a show dinner, and tbe chairman, a self-sufficient country magnate, made some very foolish speeches in the course of the evening, but he got a lesson at last. He was proposing "The Press,” and took occaasion to remark that the Register, like other papers, although it did some goed, published a vary great deal of rol. The Register representative quietly got up to respond, and after thanking the meeting fer the cordial way they had recalved the crusty tout, ataastically remarked—“ Year chairman says say papu publishes a great deal of rti. Now, I shall he enabled to show you in my dealing with your chairman’s utterances of to-day that the Register can leave wit a great deal of rot.” There were rears of laughter, and the chairman felt squelched. For the first time in their lives, the whole family of a well-known resident of Ballarat met together lately in one place, A picture of the grouo, which numbered 11 persons, was taken by a local photographer. A Melbourne reporter (says "Ogles’’ in the Australasian) is usually equal to tho occasion. It is said that an able memberof that body was informed in Sydney, by one of the Convention delegates, that there was a majariey unfavourable to the Press being present at the meetings, -nd the delegate added, “ And so your duties are ended.” “Oh no,” replied the pressman: “they are only beginning.” "How is that?" asked the delegate. “ Because if you do not let us hear what you do say, we know what you ought to say, and we must just say it for you.” To a police court, not very distant from Wentworth, New South Wales, the rabbit inspector summoned somebody for not destroying the rabbits. The somebodies in this case are the trustees for the estate of ■ gentleman deceased, and as some of them reside in England, they are of course, re* presented in the colony by the manager of ; the station. The summons was duly served on the manager, bat was addressed to the' aforesaid trustees. And now the complication comes in. Tho inspector had served a subpoena on the manager as a witness os ’ his behalf, and, on commencement of tho proceedings, all witnesses were ordered eat of court. The court then presented this singular appearance Present—one police magistrate, one police officer, one witness (the inspector) in tho box, and two lawyers, but no defendant present. The only one who could be supposed to be defendant had been ordered out of court; in his character of witness. A country storekeeper divided tho business of the township with a second tradesman, whom he loved ..s only ancient Christians in the days of martyrdom loyetl one another. Tradesman number one w»f not a blue ribbon man—indeed, bo much the reverse that his drinking bout sionally lasted two or three weeks. 000 sunny morning (says in the 4u,tralasian) he took dowu his sfauttetrV and awaited customers. Casting a tipsy glance across the street he observed ‘that ' the shop over the way remained' closed. As a ffjend passed along, he asked, with unconcealed satisfaction, “la old ! Joint* dead •his funeral? He was taken aback when informed by his sober friend that the day wan Sunday, mid that the people in their beet clothe* wen oa their way to church. t -A contributor to on* of- the Queensland : journal* relates tho following story from Rema:—“ A notorious cattle duffer was ruts to earth and prosecuted by Mr Braadsclu* spector Armstrong, who is a pelfset terror to evildoers of this class. The case was beard at Yeulba, and the prisoner retained for his defence ajlawyer well known in tho district, who at the time was in partnership with another solicitor. The duffer, having no money, gave his solicitor a fine grey horse as his fee. Whether the case went against him or the other way I know not; but it seems that a few weeks ago the partnership between the two solicitors was dissolved, and in makiig up the accounts the grey horse went to the other partner as representing LSO. Then the horse was broken to harness. A perfect beauty he proved to be—the envy of all the Romans, the best horse of the district. But a few days ago the proud possessor of that horse was served with a summons for horses teal ing. The case came on, and the real owner of the flea-bitten steed clearly showed that it was his lawfully-acquired property. Of course.it has to be given np to him, and the solicitor has since hunted through all hia law boons in-vain to find some meaus of recovering the value of hit horse from his late partner,. Thus. the cattle-duffer has diddled two lawyers, and. though ha has left for parts unknown, his fame is greater than if he had given L 5 to tho local hosptW.!’ German Stbup.” —No other medicine in the world was ever given such a teat of its curative qualities as Boaohee’s German Syrnp. In three years two million four hundred thousand small bottles of tbis medicine were distributed free of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption. Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and other diseases of the throat and lungs giving the afflicted undeniable proof that German Syrup wifi ours them. The result has been that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about it. Sample bottles 6d. Regular sir* 3s 6d. Three doses will relieve any case.— [Advt.] Actions have been commenced at Melbourne by 16 persona, claiming in the aggregate L 14.500, for injuries received hi the accident to a raceotmrse train during the Melbourne Cnpjweek. Tho British House of Lords does net eontain one medical man, and there are not more than a dozen medical baronets or ksinhfa In the United Kingdom.