The Dunstan Times CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT. 31, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1183, 31 October 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE FRIDAY, OCT. 31, 1884.

Beneath the role of men entirely. ju»* The pen ie mightier then the eword,

The cause of complaint against Mr G. F. C. Browne, Forwarding Agent at the Lawrence railway terminus, and referred to .in, our. last weets’s issue* in so far as the railway charges were concerned, -was most.satisfactorily cleared Away by that gentleman at a meeting convened by him in'the Libra*y Room. Alexandra, on Monday evening last. Mr Browne said he bad taken the earliest possible opportunity -t6 meet the residents of Altiandfa to clear away what appeared to them a cause of comap'nint against him. hir Browne' then' produced the weigh bills' supplied him by the railway noth.'rities, Which shewed that in every case his charge!, were identical wiih them. lie also explained the tariff under ■ which the various classes of goo is .were charged by the railway authorities, and said with regard to the actual, weight he had nothing whatever to do, aa the weights given by him to the carriers were the same as charged by. the railway. He said, however, if it was desired that in future he should weigh be would do so. In conclusion -he said his oVj ot in convening the meetingwas to satisfy the people of Alexandra that he hud in no way altered the railway charges, and wished to be exonerated from any blame. The meeting was unanimous in agreeing that’thS' explanation of Mr Browne was satisfactory, but would' wish him in future to give Use ca-rier the exact weight of the loading Mr Browne explained himself as satisfied with the expression, an,l hope! it would be given'pnolicity, This' being agreed to the mee'in'g closed. !

So far, we can hear but little about the County elections j isfc now pending. The only nomination as yet ha* been for the Maimberikia Riling, Mr John Pi'chea being returned unopposed. To-day is fixed f»r the nomination for Mstakanui, and Sa'urday for the Hunstan and Earnaclengh Biding*. .

We Have been shown a letter received' from the brother of James Murdoch, the hospital patient, who it will be remembered went Hon)a a few months ago in the hopes of regaining his health by the sea voyage, and change of climate, stating that James had arrived Home safely, and that he -was at once taken to Glasgow and pi .bed in the infirmary where he is receiving every attention, He expresses himself’si being tetter for the journey. ■ ly a late paper we no'ice that Mr T. L.' Shephard, onfe time member of Parliament ‘or the Danstan district; is iead. Mr Shep-, hard, for the-past few years, has been cleik to the K.M. Courts in several parts of Otago and Westland,

The following are the names of "the eleven who will represent Blacks in the • ricket match against Cromwell to-morrow (Saturday), which takes place on the Cromwell gioand :—Pitches, Hogan, Bannermah, Hyde, Barren, Evan J., . Ryan E., Melb mine, (ilasoford, Laidlaw, Boulton. The Cromwell team are—Davidson, Cogan, Penwick, Howell, Mackeltar, Maddock, Mamgay, 1 homson, Tobin, Turtpn, and Torrence.

Is will be noticed by advertisement else* « here that the thoroughbred entire Eangatira will travel tbrongh the Blacks and Ida Valley districts in addition to Cromwell, Clyde, and Alexandra. This horse has now quite a number of good shapely youngsters m the Cromwell district, which are ■ a guarantee of his fitness for the stud.

Members of the.Clyde Cricket Club are r< quested to attend practice on Saturday afternoon, wickets will be pitched at 2.30 p m' sharp. . -

Mr Faohe advertises a sale of mining pro perlies at the Bannockburn by order of the inargagees, , ~ 1

We understand tbit an iron foundry has been established at Black*. In a agrrcultural district where so many of ihe working parts of the machinery used are of cast metal, the establishment of a foundry should be a great public convenience. The proprietor, Air Kaper, has our best wishes for the success of his enterprise.

The woolshed at Ardgonr Station was destrc ed by fire on Wednesday afternoon last, the S9ch inst. The fie wo learn was a'ci'ental. The occurrence just now is mire than ordin irily annoj icc, as ptepirations were being made for the apiroarhing shearing. As 40.0C0 sheep cannot well be shorn out of doors, and si there is not another shod so situated as it could be used for the shearing of the Ardgour sheep, we suppose that the operation of reluring the sheep of their flecooe will have to be postponed M a couple of mdhths pending the erection of anew shed.

Mr Paohe reports having sold a small mo.bo! (very poor) store cattle, including some cows’with oiivea at foot, on Wednes. day last, at Blacks. . Cows ranged from L 4 Si downwards; small steers and heifers, L 3. lOi- ponjidering the quality, prices Sballsed were ordinarily fak,..

At the meeting of thei Waite on Wednesday lest the application of James Corrigal for a depasturing license. Tiger Bill, and oljsctibhs thereto, was referred to the District Land Officer fpr report.---On Jeremiah Drammy'aapplioalion for a license to search for Ignite on the banks of the Molyneux at Alexandra, it was resolved that no license for coal minim; be issue ) oyer the area referred to for six months, to allow the applicant to prospect.the same.

Tho case Campion v. Turton and others, heard in the Supreme Court in , Banco, and which was virtually an,,appeal' against 'a decision of Warden Keddell, resulted in a verdict for the defendant, with coats. The following pxtracts from the judgment, we think, .will make the case clear to the general body of our readers who are interested in mining leases: - The object of the motion was to prevent completion of execution in a case in which, on the decision of 4n R.M., mining; property to the value ofltßOO had been seized. The points to be decided vfbre,' "whether the interest in the claim was sejzahle chittel, and whether the magistrate fia 1 jurisdiction. to decide on an iinterpleader summons astotbe ownershipbf’it. ' . , 1 think, therefore, that’ a chattel infest in land is seizible under “ Tha Magistrates Act,,1867,” Even, towever; if a chattel interest in land generally wa* not sefzaWe'n'nderthat Act, l am satisfied that .section - 9Gof “The Mines Ao‘, 1877 "■ makes this'particular class of mining interest seisible under a distress warrant I have stated what seems to me the 01-jeo' of the section. The words are clear enou .b, and the object: seems ip cases where the holder-ofar claim hag incurred a penalty, or been defeated in a civil action in whatever Court:, that the claim may be renlered available for the purpose of satisfying the judgment of the Court-condemning h ; m. If it he Ihb'case that this interest was seiz ihlc distress; then it is im. material whether the magistrate had juris* diction in an interpleader. I think he bad, 6ut if he had nof, his decision cannot affect the 1 Course of the action or: the rights of the plaintiff. If the magistrate had no jurisdiction to entertain the interpleader qnes .ion, and if the plaintiff had a right to have this particular interest seized, then, assuming that. the . magistrate hail no jurisdiction, the plaintiff hasa right to have the proceedings continued, the pro* petty sold.and the proceeds handed over,to hijn, and everythjng completed, 'But it aeqms to nje. if it were necessary for the purpose of relieving the bailiff from'liahility that i.he.magjstrate sh mid have jurisdiction .to; decide on the interpleader question, then hq would have jurisdiction, provided, of cotarae, that the projierty was of a ki> d rightly seized by virtue of section 6*. for these: reasons ! think the defendant is tn,tit'ed to judgment,—Judgment for the defendant with cos's.,.

.“Rough on Rats.”— Clears out rats, roaches, beddings, rats, mice, gophers j ick-rahoite. cleared out by “ Rough on Rats.” The N" Z. Drug Co', General Ag-nts. During the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court at Wellington, ,in which a 1 question of shelter to stock was involved, Jrplge Richmond rema'ke l (sava the Post, that it was gratifying t-i hear a good word spoken {for our New Zealand bush, for it Wfwopiti'ul thing to see the ruthless dis■traction' of the bush by settl r- in all direc turns. When they succeeded in destroying the thick na'ive bush, so serviceable as .shelter for stock, they sought to rep’ace the damage done by planting trees which weie net nearly sp useful for the purpose named, "arid not nearly so beautiful as the forest trees of New Zealand. Mr Trave s add'd that the fault was that of the Legislature, for it was made a condition in some eases that settlers taking up bush land should destroy a certain acreage of forest. Obstructions of the kidneys and atten riant organs will prove fatal if uot removed Hop Bitters. Read. In the Supreme Court at Blenheim les week Fanny B mnington, charged with concealment of birth, was acquit s I on the ground of insanity, it being shown that her behavior was peculiar and that insanity hid been in her family. She was ordered to be detained during the Colonial Secretary’., pleasure.—Philip-Rush v. Rose Ellen Rush and Walter Parker was a petition for divorce on the ground of the adultery of respondent with co-respondent. The latter lodged a' the house of petitioner, who was a fmm r at Grovecown, and both he and respondent admitted Ihe adultcy. Suuboequently ti ey lived together as man and wife. Trie parties were married iu Blenheim in 1879. petitioner being fo ty»ane and the respondent between fifteen and sixteen. Ilia Honor postponed decision till next morning.—In John Muncaater v. Mary Kriser Munoaste and Robert Carneil a decree absolute was grante.l, the rule nisi having been granted in Wellington last April. Both divorce cases were unlefenled. ■■

On October 26 Mr Inspector Weldon met with an accident whilst returning to Liwrence from an official visit to Waipori o> Sunday. When descending the range on the Lawrence side of the spot known as “The Chimney,” thron/h the bnggy not having a brake it came against the horse’s dags, causing the animal to kick, and im« mediately after to bolt down the steep range. Mr' Weldon was attempting to g't clear when he was thrown out. The Rjv. Father O'Leary was driving behind, and he picked npMr Weldon and his companions. The horse was stopped when it had got well down the range Mr Wetuon was taken into Lawrenc-, and was attended by Dr Withers. He is suffering from a severe sprain to the knee joint and shock to the general system, and it is expecto I it wit! be some time' before he gets thoroughly well. He left his hotel on cratches, and went on to Dunedin by yesterday afternoon’s train. We understand the lady and child escaped without injury—Sinca his return to town' Mr Weldon has been attended by Dr Hocken. HU right knee is considerably swollen, but he is hopeful of being about again in the ooanK'Of.H wept or 8P* : ...., -, J

The Pall Mall Oautte saysWhil« French officers are claiming to have solved the problem of atrial navigation, G-man adronau s are by no means idle. At Berlin •• railway regime t has late’y to roe ) a special balloon detachment which is never weary of undertaking excursions in small balloons in order to ascertain the utility of air ships in times of war. An ae unautical soci ty has also been established under the presidency of Dr Angerstein. The other i day the inventor of a new b dloon as'oni-IWI the neighbourhood of Berlin by mon Lig his airy steed, which instead' of thcM*. tomary gondola, ventilator, possessed only a saddle, attached P£hioh were two ballast bags and a pair of stirrups. In a gay jockey suit the inventor mounted his novel Pegosus, on the ascension of which many an admiring German must have shaken his head and thought of the old ballad ending with -‘And home and horse, man never more were seen.” Snob, however was not the ease, and Herr Latteman arrived indue time, without the slightest mishap, at his destination. ‘So at least the German Newspapers say. and if they speak the truth, Herr Lattem*n’s invention seems to be at least as remarkable as that of Cap. tain Eenard,

The Americans are given to telling many amus-ng as tries concerning their firemen, j but the following is taken not from at Amercan but a German source“ I'ho wachmen of the New York File Brigade (says this authority) sleep in elec'rio beds set by the c’nck, which awaken the sleeper in this manner: Two bells . ive the first signal for risiny, while a lamp near the bed is lighted by the electricity. Soon after an invisible power te irs the nightcap off the sleeper's head ; at the sama time a spi itlamp under a c ffie m ichine begins to bum as a further inducement to rise. This proving fruitless, the electric he’l soun 'a again,-m las a last warning a paper appea a at the side of the bed with the wo d ‘ op !* imprin'el on it. In the case of bis a-'mo ni ion also remaining ineffective, the bed rears itself up on end an t eim.i y deposits i- a occupant on the fl .or. A specimen of an alarm bed of thisk nl is at present exhihited at Cassel. in Germany such a least is the statement cf the ‘ frankfurter Zsitung’ ; and if item be certified there will be an enormous demand for electric bed* for tha use. of the aleepy-heade 1 British domestic.”

The Rev. A Reid (Weslejw) of Wellington, who denounced legislators fir travelling on Sundays, received a severe hanb ing f ntn the ‘Post’ which writes : “ It is to ha wondered at that lieethought lectuiers abound, when in a country like this, and at the present age, we fin 1 a leading c'ergymaa t iking the recent excursion o; the Hinewoa to Kawhia as his text, in order td cdi down 0 i the Colony such ctirses as of old befell the Israe iles on account of tbpir national tins. It is a heinous otienc-, as he se.ints 'o think, that a few gentlemen should on a •■Sunday visit and admire ihe beauties of mime as shown in the bays arid harbors of New Zealand. We are not at alt Sure th it t.iey wei'e not really better emp'oyed so doing than they would have hern in iistena ing to the Rev. Mr Reid’s thoughts from the pulpit. The people of New Z-aland a. o not likely to arise en masse on the a-1 j cfc at aI, but if they did, the denunciation would be of such sermons, rather than of the harmless enjoyment which the preacher deplored. Such sermons bring real religion 1 ito contempt. There is p’enty 6f real Vice and evil to preach against without attempting to invent ima ina-y evil.”

While the Bench and bar were arranging the b.aring of a certain c si in connection with a bankruptcy, one well-k own praetj. tioner (says the S. C. Time-), who is generally retained by the Offijial Assignee, stool among his brethren urirobed. and evidently c msL-inus of that defect. Judge Ward spie I riim out, however, in the ga >xy of ta'ent that stool before him and exclaimed “What; Mr ,in 1 are you ton in this case? But,' I suppose via va sans dirt as it has to do with a bankruptcy.” The unrobed counsel assente i with a sickly smile, and some of those in Court i bought it must he a Latin joke or a Greek pun t a. His Honor was making, and laughed deferentilay without the least idea of the meaning of the French idiom.

The following memos re sweepisls may prove of interest to our speculative friends ; Walter Montgomery,- who ran the “ Achilles” sweep last year, has I>een again sending out circulars. The Pos’mister General hus given instinctions that ad letters addressed to “Waller Montgomery, Ohiiicery-lane. Melhourne,” shall be detailed in the Post Office. Mono.omery is supposed to he an assume I name. Thomas Thorland, who has been engaged in getting up a large awe‘p, was brought before the Albury bench to-day under a warrant, an I oha ged with havin ' obtained L>lo by falsa p-etences from Mr M. Mose>, the les-iea of the Globe Hotel. The evidence went t 0 show that the prisoner ha 1 been s'aying in the Globe Hotel fur some works. On Sep • tembir 19 he burrowed Ll2 frun the lam'• lord , and promised to give a chi que for it immediately. Next morning the lan lord {<und that Thorland had gone away 1 1 Mela bourne. The accused was committed lot trial at the next Circuit Court. '■»

A Br-AUTiFni. Tainting —Mr.G.G.Green, of Woolbury, New Jarspy, tJ.S A., is presen'ing to druggists -and others in this country some very fine pictures in oil of his magnificent house and grounds and laboratory at that place, '■•r Green is the prop ietor of Bischee’a German Syrup and Green's August Flower, two vet y valuable medicines, which are meeting with great favor, tha first as a remedy for Pulmonary complaints and the latter for dyspepsia and disoiderj of the Liver. These preparations have attained an immense salejsole'y on their superior merits and are sold ny all droggiats throughout the world. The price is tha arms for each, 3s. 61. per bottle, or sample bottles for 6.1. The gamp’e bottles enable sufferers to prove their value at a trifling coat.