The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1168, 18 July 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely jus* The pen ia mightier that the sword.

M R Vincent Pyke having expressed a wish in the present important and critical position o{ putdic affairs to bo fully understood upon all the chief topics of the day, and we, fudy agreeing with and deeming It desirable that the utterances of men possessing talent and ability should be recorded in full, have made arrangements for the issuing of a supplement to our next issue giving .Mr Pyke’s speeches in full This issue accordingly contains but a brief resume of what Mr Pyke did say at his meetings at Alexandra, Blacks, and Clyde.

We have received the first number of the “ New Zealand Methodist,” pumiahed in Chnstchureu weekly, dt the price of 3d.

Mr Hornsby, one of the local candidates for the Lakes District, asserted at the meeting he held in Cromwell “ that a Catholic boy educated at a Catholic scoool was debarred from competing in a Civil Service examination or for a Government Scholarship. Mr Duncan Macke liar questioned the coi-iectness of the assertion, ani said he would obtain au authoralive denial. The following correspondence will show that with regard to the Civil Service examinations Mr Hornsby was wrong. We would have liked the pint as to scholarships also settled authoratively. We are incline 1 to believe that Mr Hornsby is correct in that matter, and ag ee with him toat it is the most flagrant of the many blots in the Education system of the Country.

V Cromwell, 9th July, 1884, “ Mr Hislop, Secretary, Education Uthce, Wellington.

“A candidate here has asserted that a Catholic boy educated at a Catholic school would not ho eligible or all iwed to compete at a Civil Service examination. Reply iequested, aod for publication, —D. Mac kellab.'’

(reply.) “Wellington, 10th July, 1884. 11 D. Maokellar, Cromwell, *’ There is no foundation whatever for the assertion that a Catholic boy educated at a Catholic school would not be eligible or allowed to compete at a Civil Service examination. The Government of New Zealand does not recognise any * hurch or any faith as entitled to precedence of any kind, and treats all men alike, as far as their religions professions are concerned. - Wm. Jas. Mabens.”

The Home Ntm of May 9 writes “In a maich played at Fulham last Saturday, when Bexley played the Orleans Club, Spofforth made aline exhibition bf the Bexley eleven. His bowling was perhaps one of the most remarkaalo performances known in cricket. In Bexley’s second innings he took seven wickets in six overs and three bails. Five of the overs were maidens. The innings was concluded for 7 tuns."

The correspondent of the Daily Newt at Vienna rays:—“On Saturday afternoon, March 26, three Scotsmen—Dr Watson, Mr lohn Mnclaren, and Mr Robert Mackenzie—were walking over the Reich’s Bridge, which spans the Danube at a height of 70ft, The two younger men teased Dr Watson, saying that his courage would fail him had he to jump from the bridge into the river. All at once Dr Watson mounted the parapet, and, before his friends could hinder him jumped 'nto the river, which ran 70ft below. Despite the water being at sdeg. below Reaumur, and with a terrible current, Dr Watson swam comfortably to the shore, where he was received by the police, who escorted him to the police station, and made him change his clothes against his will. The incident created a painful sensation among the hundreds of people who were crossing the bridge. Dr Watson will be subjected to a fine.”

A truly horrible story, which will curdle the blood in the veins of readers, comes from America. A Southern man, having a family of five children, resented their coming to an inordinate degree. He felt aggrieved, in fact, at the birth of each little stranger, since with each came no better way of providing tor him. He, therefpre, felt a wild desire to rid himself of the ineuhu', and getting his wife out of me way one morning, he deliberately to>k anax; and kit ed the young st. Th« others held his legs, and implored-him to desist. He turned upon them, took one in each hand, and knocked their heads together till they were unconscious, and then, with tbe axe, finished his deadly work. The remaining two, who bad crept nn 'er th* bed, were dragged out, and despa f c"e I. Leaving the five little bodies on th fl or, the brutal butcher went back to work. He was arrested, however, for the simple reason that be made no explanation of the horrible deni ; and since that his wife and sisters have fled, and it is supposed they were guilty of complicity. One of those cases which may be fairly called miscarriages of justice, and which forcibly point to the necessity for an alteration of the law in regard to wife beaters, came under the notice of the City Bench at Melbourne the other day. Catherine Lency, a hardworking industrious noman, toiling with might and main two support herself and two young children, was ulaced at the “tender mercies” of a brutal husband, whose favorite pastime, when “iu his cups,” consisted in beating bis vie am till she was black and blue from head to foot,varied by striking her with an axe and sundry attempts to choke her. On this charge he was brought before the City Court, but at the solicitation of his deeply-injured wife was “lot <ff with a caution.” He was ne sooner released, however, than be immediately proceeded to qualify himself for a repetition of his barbarity by agam getting drunk, and on bis wife’s return home ho violently assaulted her, vaiying the performance on this occasion by following her into the street ami knocking her down, tind winding up by making *■ a desperate attempt to choke her.” On the second occasion he pleaded for “another chance,” and an indulgent Bench, presided over by a stipendiary Macistrate, ordered bun to find two sureties of L 23 each to keep the peace for six months. On the same day another Magistrate very propeliy sent a horse-heater to gaol wilhiut the option ot a fine. Tne Argus comments \ery strongly on the Leiicy case, and says it is nimble to express in sufficiently strong terms the sense of tbe utter absurdity and inadequacy of th i punishment, seeing that the nature of the offence would have justified the committal of the amiable husband to hard labor sine die.

The second trial of Stewart M'Comb, for sheep-stealing in the neighbourhood of Lawrence, took place yesterday at the Supreme Court, the jury having, it will be remembered, disagreed upon the first hearing of the charge. The prisoner was, as before, defeude * by.-.Mr Macgregor, bnt at the c'oro of the case elected, despite the advice of bis counsel to make a long and rather rambling statement ou his ow i account. Aflera retirement of little over half an hour the jury found a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to two years’ penal servitude.

At a meeting of shareholders of the Cromwell Quartz Mining Company, it was unanimously resolved . That in tbe opinion of tbo sW.'eh dders present (representing 3001) shares) it is advisable that the company be Wouut up, aud that the directors be requeste to an once take tbe necessary steps to do so in the most expeditious and least expensive manner possible. It was stated during the meeting that with all calls paid up the liabilities would be only LI6OO, but that there were a number of calls not paid, and great stress was made on toe fact that the workman refused to work fo- less than 10s per day for a time till the mine was fur thor prospected.

The People Want Proof —There is no medicine prescribed by physiciani or sold by Druggists, that carries anch evidence offits success and superior virtue as Busch es German Syrup for severe Coughs, Colds settled on the breast, Consumption, or any disease of the throat and Luug. Any person afflicted, caujgeta Sample Bottle for Cd. and try its superior effect before buying the regular size at 3s. 6d, Its wonderful cures are astonishing every one that uses it. Three doses will relieve any case. It yon have a Cough or Cold that will not yield to other remedies try German Syrup and you will be surprised at the result. It has cuted many oases of so-called Consumption which doctors had given up. It is-old by all Druggists in the Civilized World. At an auction sale the other day a marine view was being knocked down at a ban isemo figure, when a bluff sailor, who had happened to wander in, exclaimed, earnestly, •* My stars I it there ain’t a vessel drifting on the rooks witha strong breeze blowing off shor e.’ Tho Artist took his work home to rearrange the wind.

Donald Dtnnie was fined L 4, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment, for insulting behavior towards the Mooroopua (Vic.) police. A frightful accident happened at Mathoura (N. S.W.) on Sunday afternoon, June 8. Two young men named Henry Johnston and alf rod Wash were at a public-house in the district, and were slightly elevated with liquor. During the course of an argument respecting the relative merits of their horses, a challenge was thrown out for a race, the stakes to be two drinks. They both mounted-, and started off at a very rapid pace. Before j going 200 yds Johnston collided with a tree - Both horse and rider were thrown to the ground, and remained motionless. Several heuple who saw the accident ran up ami a fearful sight was presented. Johnston's horse was killed, the bones of the head being smashed into a pulp, and Johnston himself was.disoovered quite dead, with his neck broken. The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has long ago gained some notoriety for tbe scenes which have from time to time taken place during its deliberations. We gather from a telegram in the Melbourne Age chat a Mr.-v.G. Taylor distinguished himselt recently by his style of confuting another member, a Mr Luscombe, who insisted that the Treasurer was not entitled to sit iu the House. Mr Taylor made a fierce onslaught on Mr Luscombe, in which ha said that a man who made an attack on any man’s character, such a< this, should be himself without blame ; in other words, ho should not be a fool, or, in other words, he should not be a Luscombe. The Speaker said that the hon. member was out of order in so addressing the hun.member for Northumherlm'L Mr Taylor said hj r could not admit vliore was au hou.memoer in the House by the name of Luscombe. “Tina Luscombe of ours,” he said, “is one of the Creatures that Go t made on the fourth day, for we read in the Bible that on tne fourth day God made all cteeping things.” Mr Taylor co tinued in the same style, being frequently called to order by the Speaker, and the rest of his speech it is impossible to describe, On being called to order he said, ‘ * The chair be . ” He was called hj pon by the Speaker to apologise, wnich, after several evasions, he did. A vote of 135,060 marks has been uuanU mously granted by the German Parliament to the doctors who have naked their lives in their brave »nd thorough investigation of the causes from which tbe cholera- is supposed to spring, aud that, too, iu its most unhealthy hotbeds among the swamps of India. The leader of the Cholera Committee, Dr Koch, is to receive 106,000 marks (about L 5000), and the remainder will be divided between his two assistants and ths analytical chemist who accompanied the pai ty, They have had a special audience with the Emperor, and were lately at a .lin-' ner given nil their account byj Herr von Boliiecber, Minister of tbo Interior. Ge - many has in former years cuff.ued much an I frequently from visitations of the cholera; it is, therefore, easy to comprehend witu what feelings o f gratitude ami thankfulness any one must be regarded who ca.i really helptr ward off the inroadaof the diseasi. Remember Hop Bitters never does lurtn to lbe smallest child but good, always ami continually. See an I read.