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Dunstan Times, Issue 1154, 11 April 1884, Page 2

Majir Reddell’s usual monthly levee at Alexandra on Monday last, was more numerously attended, than usnal. The whole of the morning and the best part of the afternoon was occupied over one of those vexatious neighbourly cross actions that tax so severely the patience of R.M., counsel, witnesses, an I all others concerned. The rest of the day, and until 6 o’clock, wae occupied in the' Warden’s Court, when some, dozens of applications for mining privileges piincipally in connection with the quartz reefs on the Old Man Ranged were dealt with. * On Tuesday last Major Knddeil, in the ; E.M. Court at Clyde, was treated to’two ; cross aco unit suits that, if possible, were more vexatious an t annoying than the oiie he had to deal with the | revious day at Alexandra. Toe Court again sat from. 11 a.m to 6 p.m,, with a (short respite at midday for lunch. Bo hj cases were ijo beautifully mixed up 'hat excepting we set. aside a couple of columus for each, it.wouldbe impossible to make them anyway inteliigiblo. We therefore content, ourselves by. saying that one,set of litig nts were Wil* Rains and Charpock, and the other.C v T..-i. Marie and Thomson. „ . ~, Mr ITsc'ie directs ns to say that in consequence of the continuous and heavy rain urn Saturday, the sale of MrThos. Sima’s pro- • party, did not take p'aca; but-to-morrow (Saturday) he hopes to meet a large compauy of buyers.. Miners and farmers .wil find a lot ill useful things. The Dunedin Medical Association look upon the verdict and the judgement ih the owe of Dr Firry as a.aiust the weight of evidence, and purpose memorialising the Governor for a commutation of the scii« tence. Some of our contemporaries ar« incensed at the smallness • f the punishment, and charaotis' the offence as “ doing a woman to death,” an I say that, four month’s imprisonment without labour is a misuVrI ri ige o' justiie. 1 Both the steam an ( tb»» cu-rent wheel 1 dredges that are St work between oye ■ and Alexandra ae, we lc»rri, paying very i handsomely. Both werd'large undertakings > involving the cxpemlitnre of omsiderdte sums of money ; and there are none we are sure who will begrudge th" shareholders the good fortuii" they-Ire. now enj lying” ; . The wea - her still keeps very changeable, lio two da vs h-iny ..alike. The nights, howI i ever, are .norice thlv getting colter and thei weather wise are prognosticating an ear.y; • and revere winter. 1 We are most pleased to hear-that Mr- ! John Builei, of Bal l Hill Flat, who some ' we ks since had his leg broken in the harf vest Held liy a reaping machine, is getting i . on splendidly, and that all danger is now t over,. Yesterday, wa un leistand. Dr L -'is J was to remove the splin's and snbiti nte ■tatca bandages. Mr Butler's numerous, 3 inends will, we are sure, j >in with us in 1 ’ congraiulating him on his progress towards recovery. •, ■ s 3 Ada Mantua advertises anofh“r consnlta- , tion, this time on the Birthday' H.nlitip, j to >e run on the 24 hj May next. The Ida Valley Hotel and Store wiiich is , advertised for sale in another column, is an j excellent opening for a business man with a small capital. - > We have received No. 42 of rite Postal I and telegraph Guide! '■ last, there were a goo I few apjlicationa lo Ig d tor deform 1 pa nent sec ions in Blacks one in Pool hunt Districts. For 1 agricultural 'oases thin warn only two sec- ’ 'tens applied for. Monday next beiit ? K rate- Monday will be nbse ved ao'nsn holiday in Clyde, an I. we j -understand a cricket match is to he ptayo 1 I on tho Clyde cricket ground, the local team , against alt coni-ra. ‘ The vigour of youth given to the aged and i I ialjru oy using Ho- Bte’ers. Try it. Pend. ; A man named Henry Uoger j , a minor, f'oo Tinkers, was brought nef-ire V( ,j,r II Keidell yes or lay at Clyle, charge 1 with 3 un.cy. He wi-ex nniite I hy Lt vi. .n • 3 Hyle, who* pmnohn.vvhim of im o ouj mind.-an! be was r inl o Itnvri ; > j • The Clyle Sch>■>! wil :« ehol hj ; whole of next we k, during wli ai ihn walls' , will he distempered, ventilators placed i.i j the roof an I ceiling, and some other necessary tepairs and alterations m dp. a With regard to the story ahou- Professor Holloway offering Charles Dickens LIOOO 8 for a■* lift up” in one of his ho>ks, it is R also said ih it tne editor of the Times has f fr- quent.ly received offers of a cheque toe e L10O!) if he would mention such nr such a 0 thing in a leading article. We are only in the very infancy of a Ivorrising, and in 50 - years hence advertisements in newspapers ( wid he fir costlier than at present. Al--3 ready three paoers in Len ten make-it a B condition on receipt of advertisements that # they are not hnnn 1 to any particular day u j for their insertion. What will the state of U I things be half a century hence? Thecauae 9 ; of all this lies in the fact that enterprising people have disoovere 1 th .t the more ' th»y a advertise th: more business they do. - ,f That Husbavd of Mink is three tiema the man ha was before he began -using “ Wells’ ’-Health Kenower.” (Druggists. 8 Moses, Moss & Co., 1 Sydney, General e Agents.

A Fact Worth Knowing Are you suffering with Consumption, Coughs, Seve re Colds settled' on tbs Breast, Pneumonia, nr •any disease of the Throat and LnagsT If so,go to yoar Druggist and get a bottle of Bosch re’s ■German Syrup. The people are going kiM over its succe-s, and Druggists all over our country' an writing us of its wonderful cures among their cuslom-ns. Tt has by far the largest sale nf any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in a l affections of this kind Chronic cases quick y yield to it Droggis'R recommend it and physicians pro scribe it. If you wish to try i's superior, vir tue, get a Sample Bottle for 6d. Large sise bottle 3a. 61 Tnree doses will relieve any case. Try it. Wo know Hop Bitters are above an-’ lieyoud all as a uu litious tunic and curative Read throughly the The Lytte ton Times publishei a recital of a mine, ’a experiences while lost in the bush ■on the Wist Coast, which compares with anything in the way of human endurance that has ever been heard of. Alexander Whitehead, the miner in question, was los for tixtei D days, during which be had nothing to eat but half a pound of sugar, some' raspberries, t.nd.the pith of a native plant The most won-lerfal part of his story is that he was on the tramp the whole time, trying to find the track, and swam stream after stream in his endeavours to strike the trail. I» seems to have been the abun lance o. water that kept him alive. He is now in the Christchurch Hospital, re ine d pretty well to a skeleton. The Cromwell Argus says:—Some excite sneut waa caused in Cromwell 011 Tim today -evening about sevtu o’clock, by an alarm that P. mam’s hotel an i store at Lowourn was on fire. From the terrace a bright reflection in the locality was to be seen, which as.'med toco ifinn the information. However, on the spot b ing reached by the police anti a number of townspeople it was found that matters were not so bad as was feared. The fire proved-to be in a baro situate ! about 50 yards from the maiu range of the ■buildings, mid before it was discovered the flames had got a-hold sufficiently strong to defy the exertio.is of those present with the limited water supply at command. The' bniluing contained a lot otoais, chaff and -other material lielonging'to .vlrs Pcrriam besides eight ba'es of wool, the pro. erty of Mr M’Gregor of Hunter Station, which was -stored at Peirianis until taken delivery - f by the waggoner. The whole contents were ante ly destroyed, although it is -ai-t that the wool was at the md of the i>uti ling furthest from where tie fire broke out—•could have been easily saved by ho exera ciss of a little fore thought ami timely exe • tion. The wool was worth about £l6O, and we understand was uninsured. FOl Innately the evening was veiy calm and the. file was -Confine Ito the one building. A high stone ■wail also protected the store and hotel, or 4he confl igration would have been much more extensive and disa troui The National insurance Coraoany hid a policy for. £IOO on the barn, but the con rents .-thing ing to Mrs Pa-rians were on iiiurel During a discussion in the New South Waes Assembly on free pas res, the Minis■ter for Railways (Mr W.igil) said he had, -since he had been Minister, refused hundreds of applicants for free passes. Every gentleman who cstne to the co ony, and •every gentleman in the colony of social position and wealth, considered that they had a right to travel free on the raiUavs, and he tb -oght it was time this was put a atop to. Two members of Parliament recently waited npon him and requeite I that a free pass should be issued to an Indian nabob. He wanted to know who this gentleman was that he wanted a free pass, and the reply was that he was an Indian gentleman worth two millions of mrney. ■“ Then,” said Mr Wright,” you want me to give this gentleman a pass to travel fret ■of cost on our railways because he is worth two millions.” '. The British soldier is to he provided with -slippers. The British Medical Journal states that “ the authorities at tho War Office have wisely determined still further to li.h e-i the burdens to be borne by th B-i i-h solder As one of the results of recent committee work on equipment, it has he-n deci 'e l that a pair of light canvas waterproof s ippers shall henceforth he carried l y 'he soldier in his valise, when on active service, ins'ead of the second pair of ho-its which have hitherto been included in the soldier’s kit, but which will now be carried in the first line of cansport. A small supply of boots will accompany reioh battalion, to replace the few that may be prematurely worn out. I bi> l-e-m found that troops can keep the field, in rough country,on one part of boo's for two month-; and it is believed that the addition of light canvas shots, to be worn when the bouts have been removed to ease the feet wil* answer all requirement-. Foies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects, ants, roaches, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jaok-raboits, cleared out by *• Rough on Rats." TheN Z. Drug Co., General Agents. The Melbourne papers state that a young man name 1 William Young has reported to th- police that he bad been defrauded out of -35 sovereigns by a couple of niacsman. by means of the “ paper game.” It ap;>eara that he recently arrived from New Zealand, and •was on board one of the New Zealand steamers for tho purpose of returning to shat Colony, when he was accosted by a man who also said he was about to return to New Zealand. A conversation ensued, and -an adjournment to a hotel follows I, when the second man was “accidentally ” met with, and the inevitable result ensued, in a tew minutes the dupe losing all his money. He then started to seek the aid of the police, when the men returned him £O. Afterwards a third man, who expressed much sympathy with him, got Young to go with him to the ether two. who. (inding be con Id identify them, gave him back £2l) on condition that he did not prosecute. The third man claimed £S for bis trouble, and Yonng waa foolish •oough to give it to him, the three conspint-' fens thus getting £ls oat of him.

The Brvtt Herald says i- A Mr Bright an Apostle of Fisethojiiiht, lectured lust Sunday in the Lyceum, Dunedin, on •* Thu Beauty of Worship." The talented lecturer said that the two most (acred days he ever passed were'on the occasions of impectiup certain ruins in the No'ith.of England. and hearing “ Lucreaia Borgia" | erfectly performed in London. Thi-is the kjud of trash offered by Free'hinknrs in the place of e ligioo. As for ruins, it is cor ainly possible to psu many pleasant and profitable him r in inspecting them, hut we fail,tA. see where the saofedaess comes in. *• Luoreaia B •rgia ’ is but the story of a woman of very V : a-’y yiitus; we could sum her character np in one won), hut it would not look well inf print. Perhaps, howeve , Mr Bright die! not understand the language in which! the opera was sung, and simply referred to the made! Ho wonder that Freethougbt. in Dunedin id less popular than it was, and that sensible men, such as Mr Braithwaite are retiring from it in disgust.