The Dunstan Times CLYDE FRIDAY, JUNE 13 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1163, 13 June 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE FRIDAY, JUNE 13 1884.

Beneath the role of men entirety Jai> the pen is mightier thsr. the sword.

Meihhert of the Hospital Committee are notified that a special meeting of the Committee wilt be held on Monday evening next, the 16th inst,, at 8 p.m. The very sudden death’ of Mr Martin Oavan, of the Shamrock Hotel, Ophir, which took place on Sunday afternoon last, the Bth inst., created quite a sensation, as while it was eenerally known that the deceased was not the most robust of njon, and that for some time back he had been complaining of feeling unwell, yet notone was there who for a moment imagined his end was so near, or that he would have been taken off in so sudden a manner. Up to Friday preceding his death he was about attending to his business, and it was only with great persuasion he was indnoed to take his bed, where he lay but two brief days, when he passed (happily it be in a most peaceful manner) to that bourne from which no traveller returns. That the deceased had a wide circle of friends was evi denced on Tuesday, the 10th inst., the day of the funeral, when not less than fully 200 followed the ran rains to their last resting place, the Blacks Cemetery. The most of whom, as showing their’ deep feeling, walked, and as a further evidence the body was carried the whole distance from bis late residence to the cemetery. The deceased leaves behind him a widow and a family of six children, the eldest of whom is only 8 years of age, to. mourn his loa , to whom through life he was a kind jand indulgent parent. With others of in’s friends and acqunintancesljwe nay requbscat&in pace. Hotelkeepers will do well to bear in mind that the license fees for all new and renewed licenses mustjhe paid to tha proper authorities appoint.d to receive annn within fourteen days of the granting of same. Contractors are reminde, Jthat tenders for road works near Butchers Gully close on Tuesday, tha 17th inst,, speciHo.ii ions are to be se-n at the County Offices, 'Clyde.

Wo have been favoured with a view o’ the plans of the new hunk bnil lings to lie elected ahort'y at Alexandra. B -ilea the hank office ih re are to he six rooms, including parlour, dining room, three hadrooms, kitchen, pan'ry, and other necessary out houses, the whole having a frontage of 60ft., by about the same depth. The outor waUa w.ll i-e stone, with concrete partitions, and when finished will add greatly to the appetrance of the main sircet.

We mi tice that Mr Hey wan I hag just, completed a very ro.iceable impr.vein nt to his licensed houso at Chatto Creek, by the addition of a omfor'al.le si ting room and two bed rooms, whilst threat of th house has received a general renovating amf overhauling The Chatto Creek Hotel is now as comfnrlaiile a house as is to oemet with on the road aide.

We have n<it bien furnished with the return of gold obtained during the past week l>y the Dunedin Gold Dio Iging Ohm* pany. We learn, however, that it is about equal to that of the previous week;

Bunny must,' o having a very had time of it just now, Throughout the district large gangs of men are out laying poisoned grain, whilst everywhere are to Ire se or men witli perfect packs of cogs hunting and harrying the little rodent. If the number of the furry pests to be seen skirmishing about ou the road sides is to be taken as any guide of their numbers in less frequented places, we should imagine that the name of rabhittiug is a lucrative and paying one, and that many of the fur hunters will during the hunting season put together a very decent eh q re. With such a ready means anywhere and everywhere throughout the country of making a living, we cannot understand the cry of the unemp'oyed. It pula us in mind of tho old cry “W have got no work, and we want no woik'odn”

If ! he Chinese follow on the system they have been carrying on in lliisdiatrictdnring the past few years of buying up all the mining claims that are placed in the mai ket, hey will very soon be masters of the situa; inn, and have the disirict entirely in their own hands. The last purchase we have heard of are a, the claims at Doctor’ i Point. We cannot understand how it is, out somehow John can afford to give a rood price for, and make a pood living out of ground the E iroi ean mine s 'give up a wmked nu . Either John is the morr industrious, -or he is satisfied with smaller retu ns for his labour. We are almost inclined to believe that the secret lays in the former asanmpi inn. John’s industry, forethought, and general integrity is fast becoming recognised amongst all employers of labour and if the pale face does not look "ut tor it he will find himself in every direction supplanted by the heathen Chinese. To our own Knowledge, by many of the stat on owners John is much preferred for rabbit poisoning and doing odd jobs. for the simple leason that what ho sets himself to do he not only does it well, bufcwith a wiT,

Wo hear ou good authority that a goo I strong lode of stone has bean struck in White’s Re.,f Cnmpan-.'s claim. With regard to this reef, in consequent* of the reticence of the Mine Manager at to what he is doing, a kind of memorial nr letter addressed to tho directors is being signed by the shareholders asking them to direct the manager to supply the local Press with a memorandum as to the general prospects of the mine. The ignorance, in which shareh biers are kept with regard to their mining re itaresjws ever been a source ot complaint, and wo htpe tho direct rs wi isee their way clear to mike he no •o»«i<ry order. For our part we shall be only too pleased to give eve y prnm’nence *o any news re.arding mines we maybe favoured wiih. and mnr - ever charge nothing f r it, tlmu.h the shareholders in White’s Reef express a willbigness to pay for.it rather tluu nos have it. r:

The 1)02 aar and gift auction in aid of the St. Michael'* Parentage Fund come off on Wednesday last with great success. There was a large variety of articles, both useful and ornamental, displayed, and of these a great many were sold privately through the afternoon by the ladies attending the various stalls, and the remainder were in the evening disposed of by auction, Mr Fache kindly officiating as auctioneer with his accustomed good humour and success. At the close of the auction the room was cleared for dancing, and with the accompaniment of the piano kindly lent by Mr Wilson, violin, and concertina, played by Messrs Keele, Williams, and Hogan, the votaries of terpsicboro kept it up till an early hour on Thursday morning. Miss Richards, from Cromwell, kindly sang a beautiful song just before the auction sale. The total proceeds in round nnmbers amount to Ll4[ Bs, of which LBO was realised by the auction sale ; L4O by the private sales and stall for refreshments ; and the balance by gifts in cash. The Veatiy of St. Michael’s wish, we understand, desire to tender their beat thanks to contributors, auctioneer, buyers, and in deed, to every one whose help contributed to the success of the undertaking.

Public kitchens for I ondon are now suggested. The Rev. Mr Haweis, writing on the subject in a Home paper, says “ Supply central kitchens in the right planes, and cook on a large scale. Let these kitchens be fitted with'a row of windows opening on to a yard or street, at which the housewife can he quickly served with her cheap cooked food for home comsiimptioii. What she will get will be wholesome, adequate, palaable, conveniently handy, and cheap, so that her money and her time will be s ived, her room spared the fumes, her house the dampness and mesa of cooking, and, from ,10 to 40 per cent, of her hard earnings preserved, while she and her family wll get better food, and therefore improve in he»th, temper, and morale."

The proverb that c nee is golden (the Pall Mall Gazette r nooks) m y occasionally out in too literal a sense. A certain great lady In Paris aims at con vert in ■: her house into a sort of Hotel Ratnbonil V. and with that ol jeet in view givs perio li cal dinners, at which assemble some of th>- : est known wits and literati of the day But it is a weak icss of greit talkers tha they often insist upon talking all a once, and, to obviate this unpleasant result, the ride of the mansion is t at while on ■ person discourses no in'er i upturn whatever can be permitted, It is said that M. Renan imea attende 1 one of these dinners, and, being in excellent vein, talked without a brei>k dr.ring the whole re past. Towards the end of the dinner a guest was heard to commence a sentence, hut he was .instantly silenced by -die hj , B tes ■. Alter tliiy had left the table, however, she at mice informed the extinguished individual that, as M. Renan had "ow finished his conversation, she would hear what'he had to say. The guest m i lastly declined. The hoatees iusistt d : “ I a n c; rtain it was something of coin queues,” she sail. “Alas! madams,” he answered, “it was indeed, hut it is now too late. £ should have liked a little more of that ice pudding !’’ Mr a S. Parnell has purchased for 2(1.000 10l his mother’s home witli the laud litached, situate on the Id lawaro River, at Bordentowu, above Philadelphia, m all 225 acres.

. A moat painful exhibition of f male de pravily was given recently (saya the Wellington Times) at the Police Court, when a girl, Who is said to be no more than 18 years <>f age, waa charge! with having used some abominably bad language on Saturday evening lastin Barker street. The apprehending conataole, after giving evidence as .to the epithets enipl iyed by the prisoner, sated that she appeared like a person who wis suffering from the effects of drink. This portion of the officer's evidence was borne out by h«r conduct while in the dock. Tlie prisoner reeled as if in a swoon, and would have fallen but for the |supporting arms of an officer of police. What made the case the more painful was the fact that the girl (Henrietta Chambers) had up tnwi'thin the last few days been the standard-hearer of the Salvation Army, and that this was the second occasion on which she had brought discredit upon herself and the cause wit i which she has been connected. She was formerly connected with the Salvation Army in Dunedin.

A Pact Worth Rnwiso,—Are you suffering with Consumption, Coughs, Seve.e Colds settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, or any disease of the Throat and Lungs? If so,go to your Druggist nnd get a bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup. The people are going wild over its success, and Druggists all over our country are writing as of its wonderful cures among their customers. It has by far th largest sale of any remedy, siinuly because it is of so much value in all affections of this kind. Cluonic eases quickly yield to i‘, Druggists recommend it and physicians pro scribe .t, It you wish to try its superior vir tua, get a Sample Bottle for fid. Large size bottle 3s. fid. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it.

Few people know the enormous trouble entailed on any railway line over which the Queen travels. That to Scotland snff.ns most, tho journey being 500 miles from Windsor to Blamoral, and It is done right off. A pilot engine travels twevle miles ahead, and traffic is entirely suspended for half an hour before and a qu irter after the Queen passes. Danger signas are displayed all this time in case of the almost impossible fact of another train travelling. All gates at level crossings are looked and guarded, and switches are locked. Two special look out men extra are carried, one on the engine, tue other on the hind van. A telegraph operator is always can led in case of accidents, and a director of the company’s Hue is invariably on tho train.

Dyspepsia, biliousness, nervousness and miseraulenuss all cured with Hop Bitters, bee. . , r

Some Chinamen at Cairns, Queensland, whilst fishing towards the mouth of the Barron River, recently captured in their nets a gigantic swordfish, measuring 26 feet from point of sword to tail, and estimated to weigh nearly a ton, The sword was severed from the fish at the snout, and measured 3ft 9in in length with a breadth at the base of 12in, from which it tapers to a blunt point measuring from point to point of the two first teeth 74in. The weight of the saw is over 151b. The teeth with which it fa armed are thirty-nine in number, o from 2in to 3in in length, »fr. j„, tervals along each side of it, mflß mosb terrible instrument of destruction when propelled with the great velocity which this fish attains in the water, and backed by its enormous weight.

Wine the workmen at Messrs Gill and Son’s shipbuilding yard, Rochester, wereengaged in sawing a portion of an old shiip’s mainmast, formerly belonging to a man-of-war, at Chatham, a 32-pounder iron shot was discovered embedded in the mast, the aperture having been plugged up. The mast in question had been lying for a considerable time at Chatham Dockyard, and is believed to have belonged to Nelson’s Victory. It is worthy of note that 32-pounder shot was the largest in use for naval warfare during Nelson’s time It is not long since the Victory’s mainsail was discovered safely stowed away at Chatham Dockyard, where it had been lying for a number of years unnoticed. The sail was riddled with shot fired during the battle of Trafalgar. That Husband op Mink is three tiem»wT" x, 6 fT before he be aan using Wells Health Rtnewer.” Druggists. Agents OSS * S * dne y> General

A London paper says Wo heard a fewdays since, by the way, of a rather odd development of surgical teaching. A class of ladies, students of the Ambulance Corp*', his been carefully taught bow, by means of a tied handkerchief, pad, and a ruler (to twist, and so lighten the handkerchief), the bleeding of an artery in the arm or leg may be stopped. The remedy, nns-ientifically applied, is a little dangerous, and we recently heard of a case in which, where no a' tery bail been wounded, strong but mini cessary pressure had nearly earned mortili' at ion. Be this as it may, the extension of the method to the case next to be considered was certainly unexpected, and perhaps mistaken. ‘ How would you proceed,’ the ladies were asked afterwards in examin ‘bon, ‘in the case of a person bleeding f >m a bad wound in the head ?’ • I would ie a handkerchief round the neck,’ came the answer, * apply a pad to the throat and with a ruler inoerted under the knot at the back uf the neck I would tighten the handkerchief until the bleeding ceased.’ The remedy w mid bo tin luub'tedly decisive.”

A corrn pondeutof the Waikato Gazette tells the following stoty of Judge J ihnston. fle says : His Honour was very fussy and important. O' e night some wags knocked at his door, and told him or his servant that Mr Strung, an officer of his court, was at the point of death. It was a bitterly odd night and raining hard, hut the Judge put on his wrapper and gaiters and started up those terrible Wellington mountainous, un. paved streets, to the residence of MrStrang. Arriving there, wot through and covered with yellow mnd, His Honour asked for the moribund man. “He is up stairs,” said the servant ; “ the parson is with him.” “ Very proper, quite right,” said Judge Johnston; “it was thoughtful of you to send fur him. Sb >w m- up” ; and up he went, and there was Mr Strang and the parson drinking some lovely hot wh’ekyflavoure > with lemon and' sugar. In spite of rewards and police inquiries tho perpetrators of this cruel joke was never betected.

A singular find of a £lO note was made by Mr S. H. Butler, shire engineer to tbo Dunolly and Bet Bet Shire Councils,recently Mr Butler found the note in the stuffing hj - iween the lining of an o'd armchair, whicn is in use in the shire hail, To this not© hangs a tale. On ihe 25ch July 1876, nomination papers were receive I by the shire secretary, iMr George Cooke, since dead, for the posU tion of auditor to the shire, a £lO deposit accompanying each nomination paper. Amongst these was one from Mr J.H.Yat. a although the secretary knew he hail received the note and paper from Mr Yates, It mysteriously disappeared, and he was at a loss to account for the strance disappearance to the Council, and was placed in a rather awkward predicament. The Council ultimat.ly made good the £lO note to. Mr Yates; lint they were anything but satisfied with the Secretary’s explanation regarding the loss. The a-pearance of the note has removed the unjust suspicion entertainel. An exciting scene occurred in Birm n ham Police Gourt the other day, wh n tiro men wore being charge! with being engiged in the manufacture and circulation of base coinage; A police constable who Lad just riven evidence waa standing by the dock, " hen one of the prisoners, a powerful looks mg fellow, struck the constable a violent blow with his fist, causing him falj against the witness box, and his 'led freely. He was about again to constable, when several constables rushed up and seized him. Prisoner struggled violently and it took four men to hold him down. The stipendiary said the prisoner would bo charged with assault on the constable Under on old Act he would have his righthand cut off for an assault m the court of justice.

Mr Jolly, the “independent ” candi’at* for Ashburton, is rough on newspape s. He is furious because he baa not been reported at length, and vows that if returned he will put a tax on Newspapers, and if the district papers do not give full and true reports of all political meetings he will have the proprietors and reporters made liable to fourteen years’ imprisonment.

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