The Dunstan Times Beneath the rule of men entirety just The pen is mightier that the sword. CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT 24 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1182, 24 October 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times Beneath the rule of men entirety just The pen is mightier that the sword. CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT 24 1884.

VVb publish be'ow a copy of a letter sent to Vincent Pyke. Esq., M H.R , hy the storekeepeia of Alexandra. The giieyanoe, thsngh of long standing, is neverthe'ess a grievous one, a id one that demands attention at the hands of someone, but whether the Government is the proper source to seek for re tress we don't know. We are inclined to think the means of remedying the evil is much nearer ho ne; indeed, to our mind, the consignees themselves have the ball at foot, and that would at once be proved by them refusing to pay railway due* except upon pro (action of ihe departmental weigh bill. That therailwny aut'orities will agree to sort and resort alt i;s freightage, keeping each o msignees goo la separate, and finally to help load the waggons, we not suppo e for a moment, therefore the necessity of an agent or middleman is apparent; but thin aga'n how about his remuneration, his present remuneration appears to bn by amauipulalidn of ihe railway charges, adde* perhaps to a commiss on charged the carriers (we do not know the arrangemec). But whatever be the existin» arrangement it is uns tisfactory, and the only way out of the difficulty is to agree to some stated charge baser! on some princip'e that wi'l be fair and reasonable to the consignees of small parcels as well as those of large ones. Not that we exnect any good to result from addressing Mr Pyke on the subject, no harm can be done, whereas the sutj ot is brought prominently before the public, amongst whom there may be some who can throw some, light on it. The following is the letter referred to *• To Vincent Pyke, E q , M. H. R., , “ VVellin ton. “ Sir,—-We, the undersigned, storekeepers of Alexandra, beg to bring under your notice a grievance from which we suffer rhrou.h the present unsatisfactory state of the carrying trade between this place and Dunedin. The bulk ot the for Alexandra and vicinity are sent vi i rail to Lawrence, and nnder the present arrangement there is a forwarding agent who acts as middleman i-etween the railway authorities and the carriers. When goods are forwarded to Lawrence by ralway the agent pays the freight charges, and places them in his ac■count with the carder's charge f.om Lawrence to Alexandra But there is no check on mm,-AMhjrrailway accounts ate never .forwarded to the The consequence is that, a system ofextortvh is practised which inore ises the freight above the rates formerly paid when goods were

conrev d by wosjroq Ureot from Dunedin. A« » *»raole of r,ht> kin I of thing practise • wo cite the following :~Six separate para tele of Komis f.om.three different D media houses were receiver) here by Mr L. Oar is, the iota! weight of the lot was 9jwt 3q a 231 k* vet the wei ht ohir/e I for lOJvrtdq a, and ace .Ming to the wei ;h Will the Cha-gen wcre-railwiy, LI 18) 41 : H ,5< 2 ' ; . or a turn . ‘-Hoil,—tliecos uoui.r lingly isnj.teria lv increase 1. Star- wh > reooive cooHgnments ..f goo .a from Dunedin Wave no. jnems at present of chs king the ex ortim*. the only remedy appei s to he that be G . yernment should direct the station master o deal direct with the corners taking dalivery c»f the uoodw, furniahiu,' them with sepsp-ate receipts for each persons’ fright f for dehveiy to the cnsigne s, and e,. a oil ' I / the exorbitant po .en agi of the forward- ' mg agent, Trusting you will endeavour-to affair tll<! I>reßent un ’ ul isfaotory state of “We remain, etc.; G. N. MoDoxsld, an t 9 others,’*

The county el cions are nuv close upon os, the nay of (Hilling throughout being fixed for We lues lay, the 12th of November. Yet. with the exception of Mr Pi chea and MscJnnia, wh > intimate their intention of ogam se king the C'infi le ice of their" o'd constituents, and the notdieatioh by'Mr Anderson an.) Mr McKerzie. both of the Bannockburn, hut representin ’ different interes s (the firmer being in the ranks of commerce, while the latter conus from among the homey hauled mi iers), of their intention to woo the suff ages of the ratepayers of the CarricK Ri ling, not a whisper is heard from any of the other ridings. Even in matters of government the people are very apatbetio, no wonder there is depression.

We are requested to draw attention to the unreserved sale on Monday, the 27th iost., of freehold property, furniture, paper bangings, paints, lathe, carpenters and other too’s, etc., e c , the p operty of Mr G. Batcliffe, who is about leaving for Vie* toria. See Adv,

Dairy men and cattle dealers are invited to attend the sate of dairy stock at Blacks on Wednesday next, as the lot have to bo sold without reserve.

The Tuapeka Jockey Club have decided to hold their summer meeting on the 22ad and 23rd of January next, the programme arranged is an attractive one, and comprises 12 events besides the Benevolent Scurry and a Hospital Rice for the first day a Maiden Plate, of 15 sovs ; Novel U in lie ip. of 30 sovs ; District Handicap, of 30 sbvs; Handicap Trot, of 20 sovs; Lawrence Handicap, of 40 sovs ; Hack Selli g Race, of 10 sovs ; for the 2nd day—Hurdle R .ce, of 25 sovs ; Hack Selling Race, of 10 sovs ; Fanners Mani'icap, of lo sovs ; Comity Handicap, of 50 sov ; Pub'ic.ni's Han ncip, of 25soys j, and a Consolation of 15 -ovs; making a .otal of L 285 given money.

. Mr Howard Vincent, the head of the detective police department of Scotland Yard, and manager and editor of the English Police Owtte, and Hue and Cry, ts now on a tour of .the Colonies, . Last week ha was at Wakatipu. ’ '

We have to acknowledge the receipt frotp the pnplis.her, Messrs Donald Reidau l Co, of Dunedin, of their Faimer’s Calender, fir 1884i>5. The (Mntents are of special inte ist to farmers, and we can do no better , thaii reci mm.nd that they all provide themselves with a copy.

Py a Parliamentary return v« find that of tbs total sum of L 35 884 i'» Id paid to counties under the “Crown and Naive Latida Rating Ac. 1852,” Vincent County has rereived L2( 0 4» 41 for the two year* that the Act has been in existence.

A bundle of Parliamentary papers and Bills, also of Hansard, we have 1 to ai-know. ledge the receipt of from the Government Printer.

Mr Reeves, managing director of the Lyttelton Times, has been called to the Upper House.

A fire, resuming in the total destruction of 8T ship*, and doing damage to the vane of L500,(100 occurred at Moscow, on Sunday last* the 19 hj inst.

The Government have deoiled to can. struct a track along the shores of Lake McKerrow for the convenience of the Martin Bay sei tiers. According to intelligence receivethe Chinese are meeting with reveises with feaiful loss of life in every eno winter they hove with the F e ich. The Idooka le of the Island oi Formosa has been notified.

We a e requested to draw attention of members of the J ickey Club to the meat, ing on Saturday evening next. The first match of the season between the Blacks and Clyde Cricket C’.ubs wi 1 ba played on the ground of the former tomorrow. The following are the ra-p°cti'a teams : —B'ack*: Birrea, (ilissfort, Hy le, Pitches, Williams, Ferguson, Hogan, Binnennac, Boult m, Lai Haw, and Ryan, Clyde: Evan?, Hirgraves, Ko Idell, Milos, M'Connoehie, Morrison, Stevens, Smmoods, Thomson, Vouk, Hoi ten; W. Williams,

We are instructed by Mr M‘Eieb*i, photographer, to state that fr < n unavoi !a= bln causes, he will not be able to open his gallery at Alexmlra till Thurslay-ihe 30ch inst. Mr M'Eachern’s poi trojfßare splendi 1 works of art, and we recoSßen I all to take advantage of his pre-a las in the district f o secure their pio’ura*. A number of we]l known Cromw.dl fasas a o to b* seen in Mr W. Forrest’s shop,

la consequence of the prevalence of measles m the town the committee have deemed it advisable to close the school till Monday week, hlnvember 3 The disease is of a very mild typo indeed so far. The decision was come to at a special meeting of the committee held on Tuesday evening last.

By notice in soother column it will he seen that a concert and ball in aid of the funds of the Dungtan District Hospital will be held at Blacks, on F.i lay.' the 7th of November. We shall hope to hear of a attendance op the occasion.

The 3aa Francisco Mail will dote at CMy le oa Wednss lay, fish November, at S p.tn.

Qui« a chapter of accidents we have to re:orl as having occurred bn Sunday and Monday 1 ist. On Sunday aft-rnoon a youngster fell off thin scaffold ing of a range o f stabling in course • f erection for M Jas. Simmon s, Alexandra, an 1 seriously in. Jure 1 his arm ; betwe-u three and four on Monday m irning the lockup at Alexandra w s tot illy destroyed by fire an I its contents, a Chins mao, who was on lei charge of larceny, was ! unit to a cinder (the partioul ua ot the inquest appears in another daring the day, Monday, Mr E. Galloway Station, rep tved • •violennhi-k on the forehead from a youn® .colt, at the time the i' jury was thought to die v r.y serious, hut wa are u ! e»* id to say the inju ioua efficts are nit likely to be permanent:. At Clyde, a quiet dsi y cow got,on the rampage, addin careering about -the town knocked down one or more children who were on their road to school at the time, hut happi y doing no further haim •than scaring them and lest, but not least, Miss Georgia-S mithson, who for the post week or two has been upbearing before go d■field audienq aaa the. female McCabe, had her arm brak m through the capsizing of the -coach in which she and her party were travelling from G omwell to Arrowtown. Jt •is true we lack excitem>nfc just now in the flip country districts, but we trust it will be mmy a day before we hj ive a repetition -of Sunday and Monday’s work. A gale of terrific violence held its sway on Sunday last throughout the district, at ■Oly e, lit being something out of the ordi* nary. As a iu!e, gales that visit Clyde sweep down the the gorge of the Molyneux, 'but on its course was direct across the river, coming off the Cairn Muir Hill. •Of the small detache! buildings that met! s •fury,few are left standing, but many of the large and more substantial structures re- ■ oeived-a considerable shaking The Court H use, which may be looked upon as goo I a bail Hag as could lie constructed, and which is standing end on to the river, had ■its roof bodily lifted and shifted out of place, and but far its weight and firmness must have been completely wrecked, as it ■is, it will, require an amount of "labour to make it right, again. The C mnty Buildrings which s’ands aj lining the courthouse, .-a’somet the full force of the wind, and had some of-the window frames forced bodily dn. Fortuna'elv, the damage drive to piwate hail lings is not o c any moment, but ■we are afraid from the lashing the fruit •drees got, the fruit yield will be smaller -than would have been had not the storm -occurred.

The vplendil coachini entire “ Sorcerer," -we loirn -f oin the Cromwell Iriua, fell down dead a dav or two ainci j>nt afgr -crosdng tH > SlilMia by the Liirata pun*. "The lose-to the owner will he a serious one, ■whilst its death! will b'e a source of regret ;arnonjst hreelers

’lt <H (not transpire friths evidence at -dim inquiry iri'o the ileatit B dv‘l) 10-l.y thehurnitu of the Alex in In lockup (purlieu.’Jars of Which da in another eulu-rm) hat we loarnt afterwards that the ecea-el was -very respectably connected at borne in China, And that he was a splendid scholar (bat a blank sheep) that his' parents hil rave al times sent for him to return home, hat that he had refused to go ; an 1 the general bedief aoiooae* his countryman is that-by some means he m mageto get soma matches an I ■•at the plao, on fire rather than dive and disgrace his parents. The Government have brought down a Bi I for the appointment of a Minis or •■{ Wines with a.sa'ary of L 1230. Jt is emm--dered. prob ible chat the proposal .will be -strongly opposed. Sir George Grey’s “Gold Duty Redsc -■tion Bill,” provides for the reduction of the duty ip the Son* hj slsland to Is per ounce dfrotn an I after 31st March, 1835. arid for ■the total abolition from and after Nuvetn :er •30 ih, 1886. Trie District Railway’s Bill has been . negatived by the Upper House. For the babies show to be hdd sho-tly ■ in. Pa is there are 18J ) entries. We feel m--clinel to pity thejjj ges. The T chborne Claimant, Arthur Orton, was released fom gaol on Sunday last. A deplorable shooting accident occurred .-at Bermondsey (London), on August 2i),. r. sul-ing iu the death of Emma Leach, age 1. • eighteen years. It seems that a cousin of -.'the deceased, a young ,man about twenty; years of age, had tak< n a passage in a ve g 1 winch was to sail next week for New Z a•land, and be went to pay the Leaches a fire.veil .visit on the 19rh. In the coins- of ••the afternoon he and one of Mr Leach’s soi-a went, into the garden and commenced a g.im« of shooting at bottb g with a gun use I at a -shooting gallery. Bullets were us-d, and r*ll went.well npdill 5 p.m., when the de- ■ cease! went ouLintothe garden to take the young, men some le i. The cousin in qu-s tion had. the gun loaded at the time and -was about to fire, but onhea iog the voice of Miss Leach turned sharply round, and iu -some waydbe gun wen toff at that moment, and the .contents got lodged in the poor girlVhea/Ltbe charge .entering at the corner of one of.the eyes j ist by the nose. She tell b ink senjKi ami medical aid Was at ones -o itaine mjL she was ordered to he immediately l to (Jay’s Hospital, and died the'e next day. The Liverpool 1 ffr.ury 'ays “ A singular accident through tho breaking of. a telephone wire connec ing the Noith Staffordshire Infirmary with the surgeries of the variiNis visiting-surgeons of ihediatiict, occurred at Hanley, The wire broke ia <5 .nnon streak, Hanley, and knocked down a chimney of a house to which it was attached, the chimney and the hackwork falling on the roof of a kitchen and demolishing it. The wire rebounding, and.cnrling np in the street, caught hold of a child five yeai-8 of ago, lifted it up iu the air some distance, And dashad’it to the ground, rendering it insensible and injuring cue of its le 0 8 Aevauly.’*

Hanlan, a few days azo, presented the prize* at Sc. Philip’s Oiammar School, Sydney, to tb« boys who bad been iucceaiful in the school spods, and addressing a wee lK>y, who gazed with awe into his face, he sail: *• sly brother athlete, I wish you to succeed, and in wishinz you to sa o eI, the only advice I give you—without which yon can never succeed—ia to he a good T ke all possible care of yourself, keep away from bad company, use no liquor of any kin I, md do. inn smoke. If yoo. Ac, upon that advice I see you have both the menti l and "the nh' , s\’al ciovn’y f enis'ss 1 .■speaking subsequently in the course of hie remarks ttaulau said :•• All he advice I cm give to inv brother ntM-tes ia that if thev would make a slices* in the athle'ic world they must take care ot themselves. I suppose f w.s twenty-three years of age before I knew the taste of a glass of liquor, or even smoke I a cigar. And it is to this that I attr bute mv sure as My advice to athletes is to keep awny from intoxicating liquors and tobacco, without which there,is not the least use in any of you trying to excel From my own t-xpeii nee 1 know although as far as your phvsica constitution is concerned you may be the greatest, won le in the worl I, there is no chance for you if you do not c.are , for yourself as I suggest I dont suopose that any of you will enter into the professional world, hnt whether you do or not always row to win/’ i

The celebrate ! Dr J Dow, in his aermon, cave the fo lowing exc-Meut advice to the young ladies of his (I ■ckg-r- “ The Buxom, bright-eyed, rosy ch-ek.d, full-breasted, biuncing lass, who can darn a stocking mend trousers, make her own frocks, cam--1 maud a reeime it of pots an 1 kettles, feed the pies, chop wood, milk cows, wrest e. with the boys, ami be a lady withal in ‘ comnany,’ is just the sort of girl for me, and for any worthy man to marry. But you, ye pining, mipiug, lolling* screwed up, waspwaisted, putty faced,- consumptive, inert-, gaged music murdering, novel-devouring d ughtersof fashion an I idleness, you ar« no more fit for matrimony than a pullet is to look after a family of 14 chickens. The truth is, my dear girls, you want more liberty and less fashionable restraint—uime kitoiieu and less parlor, more leg eiercise and less sof t, more pudding and less piano, more fraqknesi and less mock modesty, more breakfast and less bustle. l-oose y»urselves a little, enjoy more liberty and less restraint by fashion ; breathe the pure atmosphere of freedom, aid become something as lovely and beaut.ful as the God of nature designed.” -