The Dunstan Times CLYDE FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1166, 4 July 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely Jus* The pen la mightier thar the sword.

At any particular floor to lay the? blame that no official announcement is made through our advertising columns of the approaching general election for a member of the House of Representatives, we do not intend, but that some one is to blnme ws unhesitatingly say, and we feel quite certain of being supported in our view by the. majority of voters in the Runatan constituency. The course pursued of making the notice through the columns of the Dunedin Daily Times was doubtless necessary to comply with the law relating to the regulations of elections, and is quite sufficient to make the election held under the notice legaliaud unquestioned, but taking a common sense, every-day view, such a notice alone, and by itself, is not such as was contemplated by the framers of the Act. However,- ,s w« .->••■; not ir a position to give nn authentic rnnonnccinont,,-fen i.'M Voter r. may’be made acquainted vv'fch the nartio-i-Wa rf the datc.i ol hoaiinaliqn’ac.d elcp'.iop i wslrle froatis Dd il/ Tljnes I'J iol*

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In pnnnanoc of “ The Regulations of Elections Act 1881,” I. Jackson Kedilell, Returning-offlocr for the Electoral District of Dunstap, do hereby give notice that by yirtuo’o! a Writ, bearing data the twentyseventh day of Jena, 1884, nnder the hand of the Clerk of the Writs, an Election’ will he held for the return of One qualified person to serve sa-a Member for the said Electoral District; -and -that the Nominations t of Df njdidatea. take .place at, the Court houae, 01yile, At noon on the sixteenth day 9fJnlyV IMB4 ;; and, that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken at the several pollingplaces of the said district on the twentysecond dAy of July. 1884. The following are the Polling-places for the Electoral District of Dnnstan : The C mrthnnse, Clyde (p inoipal) The Courthouse, Alexandra The Conrtbonse, Blanks The Schoolhonse, Matakanni The 'Schoolhonse, Bald Hill Flat The Courthouse, Roxburgh The Courthouse, Tapanui The Schoolhonse, Moa Flat' The Post-office, Horseshoe Bend The Sohoolhonse,- Crookaton ' The Sohoolhousej Dnnkeld (Beaumont) The Schoolhonse, Dnnrohin The Schoolhonse, Swift Creek. Jackson Kbddell, Returning Officer, Returnine-officerV Office. Clyde, June 1884

So far as the Dnnstan District is concerned the dissolution- of Parliament will not create any nndne stir or excitement, as the probobilities are in favour of Mr Vincent Pyke, the old member, being allowed to retake his seat in the Legislature without any opposition. Mr David M'Kellar, a rimholder, and Mr Win. Quin, proprietor of the Tapanvi Courier, were both mentioned as probable candidates, but both gentlemen have withdrawn their names. Mr Pyke in another colnmr intimates that he again will seek the confidence of the electors of the Dnnstan District, and appoints Saturday, the 12th inst. at Alexandra ; Monday, the 14th, at Blacks ; and Tuesday, the 15tb. at Clyde, as the respective dates and places where he will deliver addresses.

Dr Lewis informs us that he has received telegrams announcing the safe arrival of James Murdoch at Port Chalmers, and that he wilt joinlthe British Queen steamship, in which vessel he proceeds heme, on Saturday (to-morrow). He.also informs us that he has received the following sumsMr W. Fraser, Earnsoleugh Station, T 3 5s ; Mr H. M'Kay, Moutere, L 3 ss; MrS.lnder, Hill’s Creek, L 3 4s.

A very sharp 'shock of earthquake was felt in Clyde on Friday morning last ab -nt fiveminutes past 5 o’clock. The San Francisco mail will close at Clyde fon Wednesday, the 16th July, at 2 p.m. •■■■■■■

The concert, and hull to he given on Friday next, the 11th inst., at Ophir, in aid of the local cricket clnh, from what we can hear promisee to he a great success, all the local talent have promised to give their assistance, besides many from the.outlying districts, and as everybody intimates their’ intention of being present, there is sure to be a glorious gathering. . We have received Nos. 'l, 2, and 3 of TTonsurd for the past- session j algo batches of Parliamentary, papers/ -including parts I, 2, and 3 of the statistics for 1883-84.'

A special meeting of the" Vincent County Council was held in the County Offices, Clyde, on Saturday last, at which all the Councillors were present, including Mr H. Tohin, the newly-elected member for Clutha Riding, mce Mr D. A. Jolly resigned, for the purpose of striking a rate for the current year. Daring discussion on the subject it was elicited that the rateable value of the property in the County for the current year wa5,1766.555, and that a rate of | in the L would produce L2'J95. A formal resolution;was eventually passed fixing the rate at in the L. The amount of rates for the past year was L 2320. The Clyde School Committee at its last meeting voted for Mr Elder for the Education Board, .

A waggon containing some 80,000 rabbit •kins pressed into bales, passed through the town during the week from the Kawarau Station. .

Storekeepers, butchers, bakers, and other tradesmen throughout the district are noti • fied that tenders for supplies for the Dunstau District-Hospital for the ensuing six months, ending January 12, 1885 close on Monday evening next at 8 p m. “ Rough ok Rats.” —Clears out rats roaches, bed-hugs, rats, mice, gophers, I'ack-raboits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats.’ The N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents, A visitor from the country, who ban been “ doing” the sights of London,, when asked what he thought of the ca hedral nave, said, “What, the fellow who took the shillings ? I didn’t know they called things so exactly by their names in London.”

Don't Die in the Hodse.—“ Hough on Rats” clears out ra s, mice, beetles, roaches bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jack rabbits, gophers Moses Moss & Co. Sydney, Genera Agents. Faith is sometimes personified as a drenched female clinging to a sea washed rock ; but a better personification would be a bald-headed man buying a bottle of patent hair restorer.

A narrow escape from a fatal accident occurred at Queenstown on Monday. Mr J. Smith, lessee of Eichardt’s stables, was carried into the lake some 40 yards by a horse he was riding, and then thrown off. Mr Branson gallantly swam to the rescue of M r Smith, who could not swim, and brought him to land saf«ly

During the year 1882 opium to the value of L 77.037 was imported int6 Victoria, while LI 1,079 worth was sent out of the Colony, presumably to other parts of Australia* i, ' '•.V- ‘ '

Among the amusements provided at the Exhibition recently held at Turin was a captive balloon, which had already made several ascents, carrying parties of visitors with it, when very suddenly, immediately after a party had alighted from the car on returidg to earth, a violent storm of thunder and lightning came on. A (lightning flash out the cord which held the balloon, which shot up tojrards the sky with immense rapidity. Bat it had reached no great altitude before-another -flash; set the machine on (ire, lighting the 15,000 cubic feet of gas which it contained. It exploded with a noise resembling that of a whole park of aitillory, and a mass of flame such as few eyes have ever looked on.

A Pact Worth Knowing.—Are you suffering 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 over its success, and Druggists all over our country are writing us of its wonderful cares among their customers. It has by far the largest sale of any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in all affections ot this kind. Chtonic 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 6d. Large size bottle 3s. 64. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it. To give some idea of the effects of the drought in the dry country of New Soul hj Wales, the Central Australian states that “ one highly reliable traveller just arrived by coach in Bourke strolled down to the Bogan while the horses w«re being changed, and saw 400 dea d cattle in one waterbole and 270 in another, all within the space of a quarter of a mile, while in the distance could be seen in other holes the carcases of any number of others. Travelling along the main high road, one sees only the few beasts that have fallen by the way, hut on arriving at the water-holes, the dead bo lies of those that have fled to them in the vain hope of getting a last drink are to be seen in myriads. On one station alone they can only muster 270 hea l of cattle where a few short , months ago they had 7000 or 10,000. Of the sheep we fear to speak, as oyer large spaces their loss is to be counted by tens of thousands, and the end of the drough seems as far off as ever,”