The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, JUNE 27 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1165, 27 June 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, JUNE 27 1884.

Beneath the rule of men eutiiely jusi The pen is mightier that the sword.

For the past few years, that is since the Government in its wis 'out curtail d the number of R.M’s. ami Wardens on the gold-fields, thus giving those officers remaining the overseeing and contiol »f many districts, a system that has been found of great putnic convenience was adopted of publi.-hing tho dates of the

various Courts, and tho days on which the Clerks of Courts and Receivers won'd attend the offices for the issuing of summonses and other experimental work. Tire

privilege and convenience the Atkinson-cum-Roltesien-cum-Dick Government in i s last dying struggle for popular favour and we must suppose in the spirit of economy, and as evidence of their knowledge of the minute details of their offices, has-thought proper to take aw iy, and henceforth suitors at either Courts, unless the newspaper proprietors give the information by way «,f news, will he left in the dark us to when or where Courts will bo held. Pro bonn publico we shall endeavour to give thn information,

but we must express our unmeasured dis.

gust at Buch parsimony, and say that nothing could more clearly demonstrate the ignorance of the Ministry as to the Wants and requirements of the Otago Gold Fields, than does this act of cheese-paring. Moreover, we resent the act as an undue interferenee and meddling with the duties ■ f the gentlemen administering law and justice on the gold-fields, who, hy pub ishing the dates of their Courts were doubtless guided

by what experience taught them was a necessity. From every standpoint such

despicable meanness is to he condemned, and wo hope o.hers besides ourselves will give expression to their views on the subjot. ___________

A special mooting of the Vincent County Council will he held on Saturday, ihe 28 th inst., for the purpose of making a general rate for the year 1884-85

We hare leceired the first number of Hansard for the session 1834 just dis solved.

We have received from the Secretary of Australian Mutual Provident Society report of the p'ocee.lings at the 25tfi annual meeting, also a 39 page pamphlet entitled What is tontine Insurance” issued by the above society. Both will receive attention in our next issue.

■ Zabdi, in another column announces that he seeks the oonfi lenoe of the speculative public in a consultation on the Melbourne Cup to be run in November next. In the published list of entries for Vincent Jockey Club “Guinea Stakes,” Mr Jopp’a hr f “The Pawn” was wrongly podiureed, .“he bring described as by Ackbar out of a R >ebuok mare, whereas she is by Roebuck out of an Ackbar mare. This correction is made in the interest of other owners of ho.aes Entered for the “ Guinea Stakes,” also of the general public.

The weather during the past two days has completely changed, warm balmy winds talking the place of the hard frosts that lias prevailed previously. The effect on the trees is aom thing wonderful, the almonds showing one mass of green leaf buds.

With the sudden change >n the weather work has been again resumed in must of the claims on the Old Man Reefs, but no news r niches us as to what is being done, ' Some people hold to the view that “Nonews is better than bad news.” We, however, believe that in all mining ventures every publicity should be given.

We understand Unit the statement in circulation that the nominations for the General election takes p'aoe on the ISthof July, and the election on the 21st, is incorrect. and we hare received no intimation when ‘hey will take place. A meeting of the members of the Alexandra No. 1 Gnn Club was hel l at the Vim cent Comity Club on Saturday, the 21st, to arrange for priz'-s to 1 e shot for by the club on the 4tli July. A good number of members were present and arranged prograinm-, the shooting to come off in the recreation g ound.ou ihe 4th July, prizes to lie in cash nr medals valmi,L4 first prize, L2 second, Ll third.

Jaime Murdoch, whoforthe past three years has been an inmate of tbs Dunstan District Hospital, suffering fiom chronic rheumatism, on Wednesday last left the institution iu charge of the wardsman r Mr Knox, for PortJChalmers, from whence he will proceed Home in the steamship British Queen. Some few months back Murdoch expressed a desire to visit the Old Country, thinking the trip would do him good, and ‘he resident surgeon, Lr Lewis, deeming that there was a possibility (though perhaps remote) of the trip doing him good, set about obtaining outside assistance towards paying expences of the journey. The appeal was answered most liberally, and the munificent sum of L 65 3a 6d was collected. Wb saw the poor fellow as far as Alexandra on his way, where he was in excellent spirits, and expressed his full belief that the change'of air and scene would do him good. In bidding him good bye he desired us to 1 convey his most sincere and heartfeft thanks to the committee of the Dunstan Hospital for the great consideration he had received at their hands ; also to Dr Lewis for bis great kindness in initiating and successfully carrying out the movement to get him home ; and also to all those who had so liberally responded to the call for aid j and to Mr ami Mrs Knox, the wardsman and matron of the hospital, he said he owed a debt of gratitude that nothing could repay; he also mentioned the names of Dm Leahy and Ward ale. The names of the holders of subscription lists and the amounts respectively collected by them are as follows

Or George A. Lewis, Clyde, Ll4; Fisher Company, LlO ; Inspector Hickson, L 9 6s; John Dickie, L2 15a ; Mrs George, L2 3 • 'i. Murray, LI ; J. Parka, ss; J. Eckles’ Naseby, L2 7s fid ; D. Davies, Cromwell Road, LI 17s 6d ; Mr Gunion, Galloway, Ll2 ; Mr Mclntosh, Ophir, L 3 5s 6d ; Mrs Gavan, Ophir, L2 ; VV. McConnoobie, jSt. Bathans, LI lOs ; J. Beatty, Cambrians, LI ; J. B. Wingfield, Alexandra, LI 16 ■ To.al, Lfis 3s Sd.

The Government have offered Sir F. D. Bell the retention of the Agont-Generalship for another term of three years.

A Fact Worth KuowiNO.—Are you suffering with Consumption, Coughs, Severe Go 1 , s settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, or any disease of t he Throat and Lungs? If so,go to your Druggist and get a bottle of Boschee’s Gorman Syrup. The people are going wiM over its success, and Druggists all over our country are writing us of its wonderful cures anumg their customers, ft has by far the latest sale of any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in all affections of i his kind. Chtonic oases quickly yield to it, Urn rgists recommend it ami physicians preset the t. If you wish to try its superior virtue, gat a Sample Bottle for fid. Large size bottle 3s. fid. Turee doses will relieve any case. Try it-

About 100 stoats and weazeln, which have been caught with considerable difficulty in different part; of Lincolnshire by a man named Allhones, a vermin catcher, of Bi'igg, have, says the Pall Mall Gazette, been conveyed by him to London, en route for Mew Zealand. They have been purchased by the Government of that country, for the purpose of destroying the rabbits which overrun the colony. One thousand five hundred live pigeon* hare been shipped for the consumption of the animals during the voyage. Recently at Faithfnll’a station at Brewarinnn, Now South Wales, a youth named Wil.iam Joseph Stanley, laged 18 years, went out on tho run with his sister for the purpose ot (taking a bees neat, The hive huiag obtained, a dog commenced licking the tin dish into which the honey was driopiug. The youth lanatthe dog with a whin, and in doing this stumbled over a Rmall|dry piece of wood. A slight branch, of not, more than the thickness of (a finger and about a foot lone, projected, and the lad in falling mot us somewhat sharp point on his right side, penetrating his bo ly to a depth of about oin. Iha cried out “ I’m killed,” drew the piece of wood our,, when the bloo t poii 'o! out in a stream, and he died imiue lia « y. It is impossib'e to remain sick or out of health if Hop Bitteersaie used. See another.

George Btrker. who is supposed to have died from smallpox in Melbourne recently, was fifty years of age, a furrier by trade, and quite lately c 'me 10 hat colony from Tas mania. As u-ual, malical opinions differed about the case. One medical man affirmed it to be a decided case of smallpox ; and another declared that while the eruptions resemble those of the wo. so form of smallpox, the general symptoms are not comparable with that disease, and the case is probably a severe one of chickenpox. The lat'er view was supported by the city coroner (Dr Yonl), who expressed the opinion that Bark r’s disease was not smallpox, or chickenpox. but a new disease peculiar to Australia, and so like smallpox, however, that nineteen out of every twenty medical men would mistake it for smallpox The case was exactly analogous to that w.iioh occurred at Hamilton some time ago 5 and in Miss Southern’s case the disease was contagious, but not so much so as smallpox.

Catarrh or the Bladder.—StinginS irritation, inti urination, ad Kidney and similar Complaints, cured by •• Bnciiu* Baiba.” The N.Z, Drug Co., General Agents.

For some time past perambulators liuve bean nua-ed from the entrance to tie Aleluide Botanic Darden. The Register saysA boat a month ago two disappeared while their attendants were inspecting the garden, and the matter Was'placed in the hands of Detective Lawton, who traced the vehicles to a pawn shop, but was for a time unable to find the persons who “ popped" them. On a recent morning he attended at the entrance to the garden, and during the day haddhe satisfaction to catch the pcrambnla* tor thief. It appears, that the prisoner, who was a respectably dressed woman, was in the habit of visiting the garden with a child in Jier arms, and wh .n a presentable perambulator was left at the entrance she watched the owrtera until they were some distance off, or until they disappeared down one of the side paths, and then calmly placed her child in the vehicle and wheeled it home.

The statement that the dynamite intended for criminal purposes finds its way from France to England has been contradicted more than once ; but the assertion is maintained, and circumstantial details are famished as to the method used for importing it into this country. Packets of the explosive are made up in parts. To facilitate the transmission of the dangerous sub* stance, they are so small in size that they can easily ba carried in a breast pocket, or concealed between the lining and cloth of a coat, the dynamite being wrapped in oilpaper, and resembling outwardly cakes of blacking, about,an J inch in thickness and fiv« inches in diameter. If this report be correct, the searching of luggage brought to English seaports, is (says the European Mail) obviously useless, and the only effectual precaution would be to have recourse to personal search, [which wouldh’.constitnte a considerable annoyance for the travelling public generally. It is affirmed that the quantity of dynamite thus conveyed to these shores is large, and that it is hidden away in certain London suburbs, to be used when a favourable opportunity presents itself. It is fnnher stated that the outrage at Victoria Station is deprecated by Irish dynamiters as useless and ill-judged, for it roused tho attention of the police, and the game was not worth the candle. Dynamite, in the opinion of these despicable conspirators, ought tojbe reserved for public buddings, not wasted on railway stations.

A most painful libel case is on the tapis, A Judge of the highest rank has a daughter who, iu spite of her parent’s remonstrance, determined'on allying herself to one scarcely

her equal in the social scale, with little prospect of keeping his wife in the same position as that which she occupied in her father’s home. Her b other wrote her a letter of remonstrance, in which he animadverted in fierce wrath on the conduct of the suitor. Th'a letter was shown to who construed some of the sentences in’o a distinct defamation of character,and instituted an action. The Judge has attempted a compromise, but to no purpose ; for although he has actually offered his daughter when (married an allowance of L4OO per annum, the litigant is obaurate. It will he a thousand pities if the matter becomes public for al! parties concerned, as the learned Judge and his son are both popular members ol the legal profession.- World, A contributor to the Auckland Htrald writes : —“ The other day two new chums of the feminine sex and the domestic servant order were discussing in their own imitahle way the Knight of Kawau. Quoth one of them t ‘ Who is this Sir George Grey lha c all the fuss is being made about ?’ ‘ Why, don’t yon know ?’ exclaimed the other, shocked at the astounding ignorance of her companion. ‘Well, I ham surprised. Whyhe’s the gentleman that wrote ‘ Gray’s Helegy in a County Graveyard ” ! ’ and this, ye gods, is fame I" Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”— Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. The N.Z, Drug Co., General Agents. A novel temperance organisation has recently been initiated in Collingwood, Pitzroy, and suburds. Tna new society, which is called “ The Whang,” is a yearly one, the terms of membership are 31 entry money, and. Id. per week per member, which is collected by the treasurer; and if for the whole, year, or since joining, members have not tasted intoxicating drink, they receive back the money they have paid iu, with the addition of a share of all the money paid in by the defaulters; for auy .me who bre.iks his pledge forfeits ali he has paid iti, and a fair division is made of his payments amongst those who have k pc their pledges. In connection also with the so-iety there is a bank, into which mem iers m .y pay much or little, or nothing, just as it suits them, whatever they pay in being faithfully returned at the end of the vsar. In speaking of the atiocrss of the society, the Obsetver remarks Wherever o-o goes here, be it amongst masons,qaarrymen, or o her craftsman, the Wtiaug is sure to be cue of the leading topics of conversation. The idea of wha g is sai l to have been originated iu a shoemaker’s shop, and instead of its members being decorated with a blue or red ribbon, they simply wear a paring of leather in a button hole.’’

Holloway’s Pills.- -Liver Complaints and Disorders of the Bowels.—lt is impossible to exaggerate the extraordinary virtue of this medicine in the treatment of all affections of the liver or irregu antics of the b iwels. In cases of depraved or superabundant bile these Pills, taken freely, have never been known to fail. In bovve 1 complaints they are equally efficacious, though they should then be taken rather mure sparingly, for every medicine in the form of an aperient r. quires caution when the bowels are disordered, although at the same time a gentler or more genial aperient than these Pills in moderate doses has never yet been discoveiect. If taken according to the printed instructions, they not only cure the complaint,, but improve the whole system. J

Thus writes “ Silver Fen “ in. the Auckland Herald “ There is in San Francisco a woman who must be the eighth wonder of the world. She actually dressed for her wedding, when she disappeared, and could not he found. Later on she sent from a distance LI to her affianced to pay for the putting up of the banns, saying that she dreaded the marriage rite so much that she fled in horror. Tho young man took a train and pursued the timid spinster fortunately finding her. She threw her arms round the dear fellow’s neck and said she feared the sequel, but she ‘never never would pan from him.’ Again the wedding was ready to go on, but ihe lady’s scnlples got the belter of her love, and she swoone 1 away from sheer fright. Now this Is a female who deserves embalming should she die young, for, of course should age overtake her, she will be swooning for spite at her

At an exhibition at Manley, N.S.W., the other day, Hanlau performed the startling feat of walking on the water. This was accomplished by tho of a pair of large galvanised iron oases for the feot The grip on the water for progression was obtained by plates which worked on hinges at the bottom of the esses or shoes. When the shoe is moved forward in the water the plates offer no resistance, but the contraay takes place in the step, the plates falling. down and offering a large surface of resistance to the waUr thus enabling the other shoe to be moved forward. The pace is necessarily very slow, owing to the clumsiness of the means and partly to the difficulty of keeping au upright position on , such unstable understandings.