The Dunstan Times CLYDE FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1184, 7 November 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

CLYDE FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1884.

Beneath the rule of men entirely just The pen is mightier thur t*e sword.

The following is the repo'-t of the Go dfields and Mines Committee on the petition to purchase the Matakanui Homestead as an outlet for tailinus:—“Wuilst fully re-cogui-iiig the desiraoility of obtaining the section (Gaidlaw’a) as an outlet for tailings, the Committee aro of c pinion that the terms demanded are extrava.aut, and such as tixey cannot advise the Government to accept. The Committee, however, recoinmeuU the Government during the recess to enter into negotiations for this laud wi hj the view of obtaining the section by ex change or puichaae or more reasonable terms.”

One of our representatives was at the drawing of Ada Mantua’s monster sweep on th > .Me.iioiun.) (Jup, and we cannot do better than quote, f »r our readers* satisfaction, what tie says :’* X was iaviied to Ada Mantua’s drawing of sweep on the Melbourne Cup, and must say 1 never saw anything fairer in my life. Were I to hear anyone say d ffsrcnt, 1 should know at once that .hey knew nothin - of what they were talking about, or that they weie j -alous of the great success that Ada has most fairly won by straightforward dealings and prompt payments.” We have receive ! from Ada Mantua a list of the successful holders of starters in the late Melbourne Cup Consultation ; also the names of winners of the four LSI prizes', aud the names of the gentlemen who acted as the Committee to superintend the drawing. The first prize goes to tliveiton; the seconl to Duiiedin; the third to Christchurch; the others being moa; evenly distributed throughout New Zealand.

The programme of the Vinc»nt Jockey Club’s Summer Meeting to be held on the Ist and 2nd of January next, published in another column, very few, we think, will be able to find fault with, aud we eougratu late the Committee on their liberality. The

' ’lab apparently are determined to make their meetings a success, the comfort and convenience of the p .tions of the turf being considered by them as well as that of owners of horses. The rececoutse is sub stantially fenced in, and a comfortable and commodious grand stand ami booth is beino erected, which will combine besides the refreshment department a large dining room, a ladies’ retiring room, stewards ami jockey’s rooms, and other offices that may be required. If equal energy continues to be displayed by th - Club, we shall look for the Vincent Jockey Club to take a leading position in Central Otago amongst its compeers.

The grand concert and dance in the Town Hall, Alexandra, advertised for the 28.h inst., in aid of the funds of the Dunstan District Hospital, from what we can hear promises to be a very great treat, as all the talent of the district promise to render their assistance on the ascasion. As it is only when the funds of the institution are low that a direct appeal is made to the public for their support and assistance, and as just now the balance is a long way on the wrong side of the ledger, we shall hope to see such a gathering as will not only square the yards, bat place the balance on the credit side.

We are informed that the usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Dnnstan District Hospital will be held on Monday evening next in the committee room of the Town Hall In the Resident Magistrate’s Conrt, Clyde, on Tuesday last, before M«j >r Ked. del', R.M., Mr A, A. Oliver of “The Elms," and Mr Jam- s Cowan. lessee of ran 221 d, were charge I hy the county authorities with breaches of the Depasturing Regulations by allowing sheep, 22 head mm 119 bead respectively, to depasture on Clyde Commonage, the assessment on same not being paid. .Mr Oliver pleaded in extehuation that the sheep had hr. ken out of hia paddcok, and could only hive been tiespassing about an hour or so. ns shortly before the sheep were reported to him as being on the commonage he had seen them / in the pandock. Aloreover, the ground on which the sheep were found by the ranger, was within the boundary of an area applied for by him under agricultural lease. The Magistrate said that according to evidence a coiiviction must follow. Mr F, J, Wil« son, who was conducting the casJ for the County, asked that judgment should ha aus. pended till the case against Mr Cowan was heard, as the witnesses in both case were the same and one pajment might be siiffi. cient. This being agreed to, Mr Turton, who appeared for Mr Cowan, pleaded guilty, and said that his client when he toou up the run a joining the commonage, he was under the im reason th it County were entitle I to pay the half of a boundary fence, but it having been pmvid to him to the contrary, he ha' arranged for the erection of a boundary fence ; in iced, the mate.ial was on the ground, accordingly there would be no more bleaches of the regulations by him. Mr Wilson said he was instructed to say that the cases were not brought into the Court in any spirit of vindictiveness, but as guardians of, the public property to show that man impartial manner it was intended ti enforce the regulations, an! would accordingly ask for the penalty inflicted to be as light as possible. Judgment was than given for Id per brad in each case, and L 3 8s costs each. Messrs Keenan and Morgan were sued for rates due on run No. 226, L 7 15s 31. The Magistrate said he had received a letter from Mr Thomas Keanan asking for an adjournment ofthecisa for one month, as in consequence of a painful accident ho had met with through the rearing over of his horse he was unable to attend and give evidence of the nm-liaoility of bis firm for the rates demanded. An adjournment was objected to by the county authorities. Maj >r Ked del I said he had no " power on the face of such a letter to grant the adj mrnment. he must give judgment for the amount claimed and costs. In the Warden s Court a few mining applications were all that was dealt with.

Th s announcement in another column of the sale of a threshing machine and steam engine, all complete and in good working order, is not only a timely one, but one well worthy the attention of farmers and small caitahsls We are authorise lly Mr Jo. es, the owner, tosiy.that h-s ooly reason for parting wi;h the machine is that in addition to the work attached to the fl mr mill hr is not able to devote sufficient personal attention to the threshing mill, as in his opinion, it requires. It, however, lias been a first class paying affair, and, as settlement advances, as a matter of course, it must be still more so.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ophir, on Wedueslay last, before Mij ir Kedlell, K.M., a case that should be of interest to both dog owners and sheep owners was heard, 'i be case was by L ddlaw aud Co, against J. Slattery, a miner, and resident of Tinkers, for damage sus' tainod through defendants dogs getting in to a fl *ck of ewes aud lambs and worrying same.' According to the evidence of one of plaintiff’s shepherds he saw two dogs amongst the sheep running after the lambs, that be hunted them away and followed l hem to defen lant’s house, and that from bis own knowledge and from what he was t-dd the dogs were defendants. “O.h ir witnesses who saw the previous witne-s hunting after the dogs gave evidence of the defend" ant being the Owner of them. Mr Laidlaw a’so gave evidence as to the damage clone. In cross examination by defen hint, who conducted his own case, Mr L.i llaw said the damages claimed (f.5) was within tha limit, as in a lambing fl idc the damage done by slipping and mis-rnothering could not be estimated. In defence, the defendant sdd he had only one dog, and the one dog that was caught was not his, it bein' » stray that had taken up about his house. The Magistrate said the defence set up about the ownership of the dog was nothin ' it was destinctly lain down that a man was the presumable owner of a dog if it follow ed bim oi stayed about bis premises. The .case was distinctly proved, and as niching had been elicited to show that die damage claimed was excessive, judgment would be given for the amount claimal an 1 costs, in all Ll3 2i.

The return match between Backs and (slyde Cricket Clubs will be played on the C.yde ground on Monday next, the 10ih inst., wickets to be pitched at 10 a.m. sharp. The following will represent Clyde : Hargraves, Keele, Mile% MConnochie, ■ Macgeorge, Morrison, Simmonds, Stevens,, ■ Thomson, Willcox, and Voak ; emergency Keddell, Holden, and Williams. The Blacks team will bo selected f.om the following : Pitches, Hogan, Bannerman, Boulton, Barren, Ryan (2), Lai Haw, Hyde, Williams, Ferguson, Jones, Lidburn.

The Melbourne Cup was run on Tuesday last with the following resultMalua 1 - Commotion, 2 j Plausible, 3. Time, 3-niti, 31J,-ec. Twenty-four started.

Sandke and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. —(Am. Med. Journal, Jan. 1882). Pitzer M.D , Prof. Theory and Practice of Med! Am. Med. College, says : -“It is the best remedy known in typho-malarial, typhoid fever, erysipelas, diptheria, scarlet fever, etc. -ADvi.

Great effort* were made after the convict tion of Uordini, the Frenchman, of murder at Deniliquin, a few months ago, to have the sentence stayed on the ground that ho had not received a fair trial. The New South Wales Government, however, after due inquiry, ordered that the execution should be proceeded with, and the man was accordingly hanged. A sensation was caused a day or two ago by a report from Deniliquin that Mr and Mrs Stephenson, two important witnesses on the trial, had confessed that they were the murderers. The Stephensons .being a bad lot the report gained credence, but there was no foundation fur it. Stephenson has since been sentopped to six months’ imprisonment for attempting to commit suicide. The police are naturally irritated at a rumour which seriously reflets upon them, aud they are endeavouring to trace it to its source. The Stephensons had nothing to do with its origination. The Prince of Wales is said to be interesting himself in the reorganisation of Royal Italian opera for next season. Asa sample of the difficulties Mr Gye has to contend with in engaging his company it is state 1 that Cam >aaiiii demmie I LI6OO a, month to sing twice a week, and Msssini L6;>o9 a month to sing three times a week. Add to this a prima donna's salary and the other expenses, and a very respectable total is leached.

Says the Tapanui Courier of October 29 : Last week at a farm homestead in Crookston two ferrets were turned under the building to clear away rats, and a few minutes afterwards they were both found fastened on to the throat of a strong crossbred lamb. The lamb was saved with difficulty, an 1 the ferrets were consigned to their cage This incident we can vouch for, and yet influential journals like the Otago Daily Times alvocate the importation of ferrets and weaales to exterminate the rabbit. When the rabbits are tbianed out the sheep owners will have a worse enemy to contend wi hj, if they persist in turning loose vermin.

A Great Business.— The United States -of America is the home of some very large «nterpii-es, but none perhaps greater than the business conducted by Mr G.G.Green. of Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.A. He is the proprietor of the well known Boschee’s German Syrup, which is unequalled na a remedy for Pulmonary an 1 Bronchial affections. He manufactures also Green’s August Flower for Dyspepsia and all disorders of the Liver. These preparations are u*el throughout the civilize I world and thon°aads testify to their valuable curative properties. Both these preparations have reached an immense sale solely on their merits. Sample bottles of each are sold at 6d., or fall-sized bottles at 3s. 6d, All druggists keep them.

What appears to hj ive been a very impudent. case o! lobhory with violence, occur re I at 0 imam early yesterday morning. From tee statement male in Court by Sergeant-M-ij >r Thompson,the facts are as follows: A mvi named William Johnston was stopped in Thames Street, near its junction with Torridge street, by two young men mmel William Reid and John Redman, who af;er inqniriig the time, demanded the surreuler of Johnston's money. With ft lie demand Johnston, of course, refused to comply, an I a scufH) ensue 1, in which Johnston was very roughly handle !. He suceea led, however, in getting away from the ruffi inly pair, and mounted his horse, whbh was near at hand but ho did not escape, for Reid and Reddan seized the bridle and pulled Johnston out of the saddle. Then they garrotted him and stole hia purse containing Is 91. In an effort to tike Johnston’s watch the fellows broke a missive silver chain, and Johnston states that Reddan threatened to use a knife if tis did not submit to bo robbed qnietli. The noise occasioned aroused Mr and Mrs West (Johnston’s sister). After stealing the purse the robbers made off, and Johnston reported tlv* matter to the police. Two constables who ha I previously passed all the partial in the street at once proceeded to Se Ulan’s rcsi lence, where they arrested both of the accused, On being searched at the police station, Johnstons purse was foun lon Reddan. The prisoners were remanded till Thursday bail being refused.

A person nam -d Puck ridge has just hid to suffer the penalty of an electioneering jrke at Sandwich (England). On the oo « .sion) of the general election of 1830 Mr Paekridge’s enthusiasm for his party wis 4 ■> greit that he dilnnt stop at be lecking himself with “ party ” ribbons, but he colored his dog with a yellow dye, The effect on the dog was very serious, and, after suffering a great deal of pain, it had to be destroyed. The case was taken up by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the defendant was sentenced to six week’s hard labour without the option of a fine. Notice of appeal was given, and the defendant was granted bail, la the interim, however, he left the country and lived at Boulogne until a tew weeks ago when he was arrested as he was making his way back to the mail packet at Dover. The defendant who seamed very much surprised, was conveyed subsequently to CanAbury goal where he will fulfil the term Holloway’s Pills *.nd Ointment Bheumatism and Gout. These purifying and soothing remedies deserve the earnest attention ot all persons liable to gout, sci itica, or other painful affections ot the muscles, nerves or j riots. The Ointment slnul i be applied after the affected parts have born pitiantly fomented with warm water, w ien the ulguent should be dill" gently rubbed upon the adjacent skin, unless the f-ietion causes pain. Holloway’s Pills should be smultaneously taken to diminish piiu reduce inflammation, and purify the blood, Tina treatment abates the violence, and lessens the frequency ot gout, rhe imatism, all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition or from any accidental weakness of constitution. The Ointment checks the local malady, while the Pills restore vital power.