The Dunstan Times CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1179, 3 October 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely juev The pea is mightier than the (word.

The Secretary of tho Dnnatan Hospital announces that the usual monthly mooting of tho commi*to» will be held on Monday evening next at 8 p. 0., when buain sa of importance will have to be considered.

The sale by auction on Wednesday next by Mr <?. Faehe, of Mr Spain’s freehold farm at Tiger Hill, is one well worth attention by dairy men and others.

We con'inue to receive from >he Govern raent printing office, Wellington, copies of Hansard ; also batches of Parliamentary papers out Bills now before tne House.

Georgie Spvth^a l ,f^e. : qß!ebrate'l im.. personator of character,; is announced to appear in tho Town Hall, Clyde, on Monday and Tuesday'evening next. Since making lier dehut at Edinimruh this talented and voiealile lady whereever alio has appeared has gained yoldcn opinions, which no doubt we shall he able to endorse Miss Smithson is assisted by Mr Hennessy, a very clever Irish comedian, whose very appearance is sufficient to put his andieuce in good humour jandMr f-evey.amosttalcntel and able pianist. This evening and tomorrow evening Miss Smithson appears at Cromwell; Monday and Tuesday at Clythj and Wednesday and Thursday at Aloxan dra.

Tho races to-day at Cromwell, provided the weather is good, promises to be highly ' successful. There are soren events, including a hurdle race, a trot, maiden plate, 2 handicaps, a hack selling race, and a hospi-' tal race, and it is announced that tho time fur dropping the flig to the first race of the day “ the hurdles,” half past twelve, will be strictly adhere ! to. ■ Thera are 6 entries for the lujftdo race, 8 for the first handicap, and li) for. tho second handicap. Uhi Clydesdale entire “ lion Duke,” the property of .Mr John Butler, which ia advertised in this issue, is a really splendid auimal, and well worthy of inspection by owuera Of draught horses.

Mr Keel a, the local telegraphist' an') postmaster, informs us that the Telegraph Department has issued the following intimation On and after the Ist October all charges for the transmission of telegrams are to be paid in stamps, which most be affixed to the top right-hand comer of the message by the senders themselves before the message is presented for transmission.’’ Also from the same date the giving receipts for telegrams is abolished ; and farther, that all telegraph offices are to be open between 7 and 8 o’clock in the evening. The Cromwell Argus says j— A public meeting was held at Bendigo on Saturday evening. There wore about 20 persona present Mr A. Dawson being voted to the chair. The chairman read the advertisement from, the Cromwell Argus, and remarked that' this meeting was called on account of the Cromwell Company stopping work, or more properly speaking, winding the Company up. And as there was a certain amount of money (L 180) laying to the credit of the Bendigo Accident Relief Fund, and that money had to be given to charitable institutions,*he (the chairman) called on anyone presentto move in the matter. Mr Serjeant proposed, and Mr Lawson seconded—That Messrs Oliver, Pingilly, and act On tbbcommiUee with Messrs Pas - -’ coe and Todd.—Carried. Mr Pascoe proposed, seconded by Mr Oliver—That*the following amounts be passed for payment lor charitable purposes, viz,, Cromwell Hospital, L4O , Franktou Hospital, L2O ; Arrow Hospital, L2O ; Duustan Hospital, L2O; Benevolent Institution, .Dunedin, LSO. Carried. Mr May proposed, Mr Olivtr seconded—That the Secretary write to Mr Reeves, the legal manager of Cromwell Company, asking him to issue cheques for LISU for the above named amounts i n orders being presented from the committee. Carried.

The burning in effigy erase does not appear to be confined to Otago. Its last appearance was at Wanganui, when the farce of Mr John Bryce’s effigy was gone through, because of that gentleman’s opposition to the Harbour Rating Bill. It is a great pity some of the idiots did not bum their fingers.

The delivering rf the Public Works State ment which was sot down on the programme for Tuesday evening last, has been deferred till this {Friday) evening. In some quarters it is looked upon to wreck the Ministry, but it is more generally thought that they are safe for this session.

The weather up to within the past few days having been bo very rough, and the snow continually falling so very far down the range, it has not been practicable to make any headway with work on the Old Man Range Reefs. VVhite’a Company h..ve been repairing and straightening their low level tunnel, and by when a simply of tim« her gets on to tae ground, th.y will be prepared to mate a fair start towards ..evelopiog their (Haim. Sh«re a we notice are bei,.g enquired for a 3d premium. A fact not generally known, but a foot nevertheless, was brim'hit rather unpleasantly under the notice of Mr Solomon Solomon in the R. 51. Court, Clyde, on Tuesday last. The particulars are about ns follows Mr Solomon is travelling through the countiy and following up the local races in the character of Cheap Jack and Auctioneer under the Dutch Auction system. He successfully performed at Alexandra, no notice being taken of him. At Clyde, however, the right to not in the capacity of auctioneer by knocking goods down to the lowest bidder was questioned, and Major Keddell decided that a breach of th; Licensing Ordinance Act had been made, aud inflicted the lowest penalty of 20s, and 19s costs. During the evidence and argument on the part of Mr P. J. Wilson, who appeared foi the defendant, of Mr Inspector Hickson, and of the presiding Magistrate, it came out that the very general opinion that Dutch Auctions could be carried ou without a license had even been held by the Corporation authorities of both Dunedin and Oaniaru, who had for a nominal sum given the defendant the privilege of selling on the street ways. It, however, is a fallacy in so far as Otago is concerned at ail events, as in accordance with the Licensed Auctioneers Ordinance of Otago, the selling by auction impdes the knoesmg down of any article by hammer or cry to tho highest or thd lowest bidder.

Tha cricket season will ha opened l«y the C ydo Ciuh to-mormw afternoon. Sides ■will be choaeu on the ground by the Presi dent and Vice-President.

The Llustrated New Zealand Jfews for the and is ,3 most, (■leasing nnrancr. The illustrations not only being very clear and distinct, but are very interesting.

The Timarn Herald contains the following :r-“ We are assured, ou what wo believe to be trustworthy antharty, fh.it the Statement as delivered in the House is not by any means the same Statement which Sir Julius Vogel originally framed. Ho contemplated we are assured, a ranch larger and bolder scheme, m which direct borrowing was a .ranch more important part, and that it contained proposals of a much more novel and attractive character. But Sir Julius \ogel is in a minority in the Cabinet, ana his colleagues would not give any conn tcnance to Tils plans. They were not pur tioularly anxious, we can easily suppose, to see him figuring ns the anthor of a sriieraa which ho boasted would place the country at his feet, and which would assuredly have made him completely master of the situ,a tion for the time being. Neither, let us hope, were they disposed to allow liim to launch the Colony on a new career of recklessness, which sooner or later must end in ruin, or at best in bitter repentance. Whatever their motive may have been, at all events they refused to adopt Sir Julius Vogei’s original scheme of finance, and ho was compelled unwillingly to content himself with something far loss darning,"

The notice by the County Clerk tu column against the payment of rates by stamps, we are requested to call special attention to.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen held in Dunedin on Saturday evening' last, for the purpose of founding “ A Commercial Traveller’s Association, ’ Mr O. Bell, who occupied the chair, most unmercifully condemned the hotels of Central Otago.- We quote bis own words as reported in the Dune ufu Daily Times ‘With regard to this Colony, about eight years ago I. with my vvife, had a summer tour from Dunedin to the goldfields and Lake Wakatipu, return-' ing by Invercargill and Balclijthal 1 drove' this journey in a buggy and pair. In younger days she had frequently been companion in my English journeys. The innkeepers at Home were always attentive, placing private rooms at the service of cornmercial travellers whose wives were with them-without extra charge, and' doing all they could to render them comfortable. But while the drive in Otago was delightful, "* the drawbacks of bad accommodation, bad bedrooms, bad beds, bad cooking," bad ata tendance, marred the pleasure we should otherwise have had. I do hot know whether have any special privileges as to charges, as was the case in England. If gO , lof course had no right to expect orclaiin them. I found the charges in most places exorbitant, and such as would form a very heavy tax upon business expenses, lii a country so sparsely psopled as New Zealand, whore uotil lately, if travellers obtained comfort on their journeys, they were indebted for it to settle, s on the ufferent stations rather than to innkeepers. It cannot be expec ed that hotel business is suffi.;it,ntJy remunerative to justify heavy outlay. Neither do I suppose would our commercial brethern desire more than can be reasonably afforded. Muou, more, however, can be done than is done.’ * —Now, we cannot hut think Mr Bell to 1 a not only unjust, hut ungenerous, and that the experience gained during one journey, and that one made some eight years ago, is not sufficient upon which to ground so very damaging a charge ; and upon reflection, wo hope he will agree with ns iu saying that ha war talking upon a subject he knows little or nothing about, aud ms imputations of badness to everything pertaining .to the up country hotels are unwarraiiloi ani uncalled for. Had anyone bus Mr George Bell ventured upon uttering such a tirade of nonsense, wo should have pail no attention to it, but as it was him we feel called upon to challenge his statement.

In the political world the hemisphere appears to be particularly serene, and a goo I deal of sou.id legislation is oeiug done, Tho .pillowing few memos we collate from:the news of the week i —Mr Fergus presented a petition.from LhoiuasM'Ganu, exssergeanc of Cons tabu,ary. He claims that it was solely owing to his exertions in connection with the gold escort robbery at Ci'.te, on the Ist of August I*7o, that the whole of the stolen goo Is aud specie, amouiuing to LI3OO, was recovered, aud the cffendeis brought io jus. i e. He adds that he is now advanced m years and is unable to maKe a living at manual la >our, and destitute of means, aud having served the Government of New Zealand faithfully aud well for a period of 19 years, he trust that the House will make him some allowance.—The case of the veteran prospector Win. Pox was | sported on to-day by the Goldfields Committee, who recommended, in recognition of the many and valuable pudic services ren* dered by the petitioner iii tho discovery of rich 'gold mints during the last 22 years, some suitab.e employment should be found for him in tho Government service.—On the motion for going into Committee ou the Gold Duties Abolition Bill, the Hon. Sir J. Vogel said he wished it to bo distinctly understood that the Government was not in a position to provide revenue in lieu of the amount proposed to be remitted. Colonel Trimble moved as an amendment that they go into Committee that day six months. The Committee divided : Ayes, 29 ; uoea, 22. The motion was carried.—ln Com. mittee on the Parliamentary Honorarium and Privilege Bill, Mr Russell moved that the amount bo LISO instead of L2lO. 'ibe question was pnt that the words as printed stand : Ayes. 42 ; noes, 46. On a division No. 7 clause, *~hich provides that no member be disqualified for serving on a Royal Commission on receiving a feu or allowance, was struck out by 37 to 10.