The Dunstan Times CLYDE FRIDAY, MAY 9 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1158, 9 May 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE FRIDAY, MAY 9 1884.

' Beneath the &ule of men .entirely just The pen Is mightier that the atroid.

Wo are requested by the Treasurer of the, Dunstau Hospital to Acknowledge froiq the, Clyde Lodge of Good Templars the receipt, of 14 4s, being in v acknowledgement of benefits accruing by' members’ of the order from the institution.

Mr Fache draws speo : al attention to the sale of prime dairy cattle and farming implements at St. Bathans Downs an Tuesday next. See adv. Tomorrow, Mr Fache will sell several freehold properties in Cromwell on account of the Public Trustee j also furniture and effects on account of Mr Colclongh, who is leaving the district.

In our last weeks issue we referred to the satisfactory yields obtained by the Dunedin Gold Dredging Company’s big iron dredge which is working between Clyde and Alexat the time saying that the good yield was likely to continue. We this issue have the satisfaction of saying the yield is increasing, they obtaining fp. the past weeks work 73 ounces, as against.s2 ounces for the previous week.

By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that a concert and Soiree will jbeihetd in the school house, Ida Valley, this evening, .under the auspices of the Pride of the Valley Lodge, ■, 1.0. G.T., the proceeds to be handed over to the Benevolent Institution, We hope therefore to see a very large attendance present, as the object is a really good one.

TUe unfinished game of chess between M P H»y, of Dunedin, and Mr Stevens, of Clyde, in the last match between six players of Dpnedin and six of Cromwell and Clyde, yas played ont on Wednesday evening last, Resulting in a win for Mr Stevens, after ST e “ovea. 7 The chief prizes in BoazV’ second consul, tation were distributed as follows ;-lst, Christchurch; 2nd, New Plymouth; 3rd! Dunedin; 4th, Wellington; 6th, Palmerston North., ( , The Olyde Qaadrille Assembly „pL on; Tuesday, thel3thin.t., andwomiaSto bo one of the best that we have -had hers for many years, . Lodge, 1.0.0 .T. , was held in tha Town Hall, on Saturday night when there was a very fair attendance present. The following officers were duly elected to take office for the ensuing quarter j —W.C T Bro. Crawford ; W.Y.T., Bro, MoPerran • WS., Bro. Smart; W.F.S., Bro. M’Con’ noohie; W.T., Brou HUI •W;C., "Bro Walker; W.M., Bro. J. Williams ,W DM Bro. Vo*; W.I.G, Bro. Brown ; W.Ofl’ Bro. Watsdh ;, W.R.5,, : 1 Bro/ M’Leod •' WJJ3., Bro. Smith. 'mi ' At thebittl. of Tamasithe inlanders fought lik ?) deyils. When enable to fire they resorted to their bayonets and the butts of their rifles. Even at first, when the confusion was at -its height, they had fifty-five privates killed„while the regiment lost, almost all its non-commissioned officers AitKen, of the Black Watch. w M kiifid. igoloael Green, Captain and Lieutepant M'LeoiJ, all the same regiment, were wounded; u Many acts of heroism docurred while the Black Watch were retiring. ftey reshed at an ' Arab who was slaughtering right and left, and bayonetted him so violently that the point of the rifle entered the savage’s body, 'compellmg the soldiers to draw the wounded man tor sometdistance before they extricatedthe weapon. Of tweney Highlanders who went into the first charge but three escaped alive, .and .they were badly wounded. Adams, one of the finest and strongest men of the Black Watch, with Co or-sergeant Eraser, boldly charged into a nullah, where fresh hordes of Arabs were concealed. Unable to reload, they fought with bayonets so desperately that eight savages bit the dust before the gallant Highlanders were overpowered. Private Drummond, another Highlander, whilst bayonettmg an Arab, was cut over his head by a horseman on a grey charger wbh a buna non L.’li.. J .

»huge cross-hilted sword. Drummond',,' belmet, however.-Wcd him, a„,l he <h . ove las weapon through his aslant. Whilst to was; trying to withdraw bis bayonet ' u..0 her Arab rushe 1 a* him, .*,» was shot. • Kelly, a comrade of Drummond’,, was instantly killed. Drummond receive* three pounds. It .has since , transpired that the ' man ou tho grey charger >Vas Sheikh Mahomed, Osman’s cousin, and the commanderm this battle. The York and las. caster regiments were attacked with only ess ferocity -than the, Highjenders had been, and they lost thirty killed. Major Dalgety had his left forearm nearly severed by a two.handel sword. Surgeonmajor Prendergast, whilst ben-lino over a wounded soldier to give him assistance, had a spear driven into his back with fearful fQJce. Major Micdhnald, of the Highland Light Infantry, Sir Evelyn Baring’s attache, was also wounded. Many non-combatants were compelled to defend their lives, the war correspondents fighting bravely. Mr St. Leger Herbert, one 0 f the correspondents,, while galloping with a message for' General Smart, was severely wounded in one thigh, but, notwithstanding the injury' wrote a fall description of the * "

The four Chinese arrested at Tapdmufor ' a. Breach of the Gaming and Lotteries 1 Act were Ah Fat. Yf* Sh.%, andxoung' lag. Two oh them 'ate .charm d' ' with having conducted a common gamih..-"-house, and the other two with being fohid * in a common gaming-house without lawful excuse. Ah Fat is also, charged- with a breech of the Pawnbrokers Act, he having, it is alleged unlawfully taken the jewellery in pawn in order to provide stakes forgamb- -1 Ji.ng. fljlien Constable King entered - the room there were about fiftfrChinese itPthe place, but he was only able to arrest the four mentioned. The hearing of the cases , was adjomnd tillfonr o’clock this afternoon,'' at the request of Mr Sinolairffor the defence)] so that the service of an interpeter coaid bo obtained.

We hare received the first four numbers of The Liberal\ a weekly' journal of pure liberalism, published in Sydney, N. S. W. ,We have placed same at the disposal.©! the Clyde -Library Com'inittee, to whdm we reff)r allthose inteWsted in the question of ; liberalism. The'followers and admirers of Charles Bright find somethingwithin the pages of the Lideral to meet their particular views.

4.n important trade injunction case was brought before Sir William Manning at Sydney- The local agents of the Mnrias cigar manufacturers of flavana(Cuha)applied for an injunction to restrain Mr Julius Wittowski, an importer of cigars alleged to be manufactured in Germany,from inf ringing the trade-mark of the La Flor de Muriaa - cigars. In granting the injunction. Judge Manning made some strong remarks as to the fraud which he considered had obviously been carried on for years, to the degradation i of commerce. He ordered Wittowski to be * prosecuted for misdemeanor, and directed also that the papers should be sent to the Attorney.General with a view to prosecuting Noake, a wholesale dealer, who bad bean disposing of these counterfeit cigars, but who afterwards expressed his sorrow for having done so. His Honor remarked t at he hoped that more attention would be po d to his direction id this case than was generally paid by the officials when Judges suggested that parties before them should bo prosecuted.

About two awn ago Patrick Ryan was charged in Melbourne on a charge of frandulent insolvency) committed at Timaru, and was remanded to that place. Previous to bis trip to New Zealand. Ryan .had been A' trader in Adelaide, where also he had be* come insolvent. It has been* ascertained. : ..that a sum of L6OO was deposited in with the London Chartered Bank, Mel; bourne, in the name of one Mary Ford, said to be the vrife of the insolvent. The trustees of the NewXealaad creditors (says the Argua) have now -commenced, an action against the bank to recover the money, alleging that it belongs to Ryaa. .'Hie trastee of the Adelaide creditors (Mr Cherry) has made a claim on the bank that he is entitled to the money ; and Miry Ford has olainjed that the money is her*. As the bank|only desired to pay the money to the person entitled, a summons was taken cut on its behalf, calling on the different claimants to show cause why they shoo’d not be allowed to pay the money into Court, and let tfate several Claimants fight out their •quarrel before the Court The summons was heard on A prill 17. before Mr Justice Holroyd. The perSOn who had ] deposited the money under the name of Mary Ford appeared,rand stated that the money was her own, and that she was'lnot married to Ryan. Hist Honor decided that the question whether the money belonged to -Mary Ford or not should be tried before a jury, and he directed that she should be made a defendant in an action brought by the New Zealand trustees against her; The right of the Adelaide trustee as against the New Zea land trustees was to be dealt with subsequently,. in toe event of a verdict being given against Mary Ford. A Fact Worth Knowing. Are yonsuffering. with ,Consumption, Coughs, Severe Colds settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, or ■any disease of the Throat and Lungs? If so,go ■ ■to your Druggist and get a bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup. The people are going wild ever its success, and Druggists all over our country are writing ns of its wonderful cures among their customers. It has by far the largest sale of any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in all affections of this kind. Chronic cases quickly yield to it, Druggists recommend it and physicians prescribe it. If you wish to try its superior virtue, get a Sample Bottle for fid. Large size bottle 3s. fid. Three doses will Q& eve. any case. Try it.

A shocking murder is reported from Tasmania. It occurred at Victoria Valley, New Norfolk., A man named.Stocks was brought mp at the Police Court for not supporting his ■wife, and was ordered tp take her back and maintain her and.ber child. He-did'take her back, but after a short time the wife was missing, and on search being made the bodies of both wife and child Were found buried in the garden. It is supposed that he shot and : wounded ! her, apd then, battered her head with pieces of, stone’. The police, whilst searching,, detected a. repulsive smell, and Stocks remarked that an old cow was buried there. The-police diig and found the bodies. Slocks was then arrested, together with a cousin named Jenkins, and placed in the Hamilton Goal. Stocks is twenty-four years of age, and well known throughout the district. He appears at present to be quite callous. . *

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