CLYDE FRIDAY 28, 1884

Dunstan Times, Issue 1187, 28 November 1884, Page 2

CLYDE FRIDAY 28, 1884

. Mr Faclie desired us to draw attention to the sale by auction of two draught horses at Cromwell, on the sth pros., on account of “’The Liquidator of the Cromwell Quartz Mining Company.’’ - - ■’ *■. - The result of the Clyde School eraraina■tiou is unavoidably held over till next issue. ' ’ ..

' We are informed that a third , share in Messrs Reid and party’s dmov'Tihkers Gully, changed hands during the past week, Messrs Duggan and HYallihgton- being the puichasers. The price which was highly satisfactory, did not transpire..

By the Crpmwell Argus we leam with the deepest possible regret el the deaths of both the wife and daughter of Mr William Parson Jones, of the Bahnockburn; which took place on Sunday and Monday last respectively. .. ./ .•■■■

, A meeting of the Clyde School Committee held last evening, when it. was decided to .raise funds by subscription to procure prizes to be distributed amongst the scholars at the break up for the Christmas holidays. We hope the. canvassers, will be well supported. ’ The Government have not been long in carrying into execution the desire of the House that the goldfields wardens should be shifted every three years. Their mandate has been issued, by which Major Keddell is transferred to Westport, Mr Resell leaves Westport for Hasebry, Mr Nugent Wood goes from Lawrence to Greymoath, Mr Stratford from Greymouth to Lawrence, aud Mr, Hickson- comes from JSaaeby to Clyde. The concert on the 21st to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the .Opbir Lodge, 1.0. G.T., did not bring such a full house as was expected,, owing no doubt to the measles which most of tho children about here are suffering from, so that when the expenses ot printing tickets and refreshments are provided for there will not bo a very large balance to hand to the csnietery committee. . The singing and musical part of the programme were well rendered, and several of the songs were encored. Messrs Bell and Hogan, gave some instrumental duets whicli were loadly ; applauded,-also a solo on the dulcimer by Mr” Raperyanrl two solos on the piano by Mrs Smith were well received. Our local gias club under the able tuition of Mr Bell are certainly making great improvements, and I tiust we . shall frequently have the' pleasure of hearing them, Mr M.clqtosh kiudiy lent his piano for the occasion. Twelve o’clock brought the concert to a close, when dancing was commenced and kept up with great Spirit till daylight. ’-

On'di( that the tender has been accepted fbr the new Bank of New Zealand, A ex andra South, and that ’the work will be proceeded with at .once. ; - .

. i At a meeting of shareholders of White’s -Reef Gold Mining Company held in Ryan’s Hotel, Alexandra) on Saturday last, some fifteen were present, representing in the nggregate-nearly 5000 shares. The object of thu meeting was raising the monthly call from 31 to 61 per share. After disc ission it was resolved to increase the call, the chairman, \V. Fraser Esq., being requested, however, when informing the Dunedin directorate of the result of the meeting, to intimate that the wish of the shareholders present was that the increased call should not extend over three months. The. question of shifting the management of the company from Dunedin to the locality of the was also spoken of, but as the meeting was called for a specific purpose, the ch firman said ho could take no cognizance of the question raised.

t This evening is to he given one of the best concerts the musical talent of Alexan-. dra and district has' ever attempted, Hie funds from which are to bo handed to the Treasurer of the District Hospital. By reference to the programme which appears In aiiother column, it will be seen that it is a most attractive one. and ou its own account, leaving out of the question the object, the Alexandra Town Hall should have a large in-gathering. The depression under which the district in general, and farmers in particular, has been laboring for want of a rain fall, was somewhat dispelled by the beautiful showers that fell on both Monday and Tueslay night last. The prospect was somewhat terrible to contemplate,- as whatlittle of the crops that had managed to struggle above the ground woio being scorched end dried up,- while hundreds of acres of oats and w.heat had not been able to foice their way through the surface for the want of moisture.

Mr Martin Marshall, consulting chemist, of Dunedin, announces in another column hisarrivalin Clyde, and that during his brief stay he will give free consultations at the Oupstan Hotel. Mr Marshall will be remembered by many residents in tbs district as an old resident of Clyde. Mr Marshall has made himself somewhat famous in Dunddln of late years as a chemist, on account of the many specific medicines ho has introduced.

Complaints aro reaching us frotp many quarters uf depredations in fruit gardens since the cherries have commenced colouring. Sin Sia Lee'y the Chinese .gardener in this town, is very'wrath, nnl justly so we thiuk, for not only is his fruit taken, but his beds of vegetables, through the tramp ing of feet ore all but destroyed. In this issue he notifies his intention of suing all trespassers whflm he discovers for damages 1 The small bird pwt is quite sufficient for owners of gardens to contend against with* out haying to watch for tbs trespassing of the human bipod. -v. •-* (v-

■; Pack horses and addles are wanted immediately for the Wakaia Bash road survey. See advt, . .'. The Australasian of the Blh inst. contained, besides its usual supplement, a very good colored picture, being a. bird’s eye view of the Slelbourne Racecourse and surrounding .country oh the cnp day, also a four page supplement, being a tourist guide of New Zealand, with full particulars of the date»of arrival and departure of. the Union Steamship Company’s vessels daring their tours of New Zealand, and fall information for passengers and toprists, besides some well aclected letterpress notices of New Zealand scenery, the whole being backed up •by a map of New Zealand, showing the various lines of railway. A Paris correspondent wrote as follows on September 24 “ A well-known correspondent of a well-known American newspaper has eloped with the young wife of an English nobleman. Detectives traefce d the fugitives to Brussels; but the scent was lost in that city, and it is believed that they have token passage to ] the colonies. The lady is stated to be the' most beautiful woman in Europe, and the elopement is considered very incomprehensible by her relatives and friends. The journalist is old enough to be the father of the lady. The names are not published.” A man named Hodge was interred in Chester cemetery on August 9. He kept a book stall on a vacant space in Eastgate row, and was dirty in appearance and noiseable in h:a habits. He was frequently pressed to make his will, but he kept repeating the formula ‘‘The Crown shall make my will.” When he died the Chester police took possession, on behalf of the Crown, of his property and cash, and it was found that he was worth not less than LSOOO.

Dr Coughtrey, while in Melbourne, had an interview with'Pramier Service in res ference to smallpox matters. Tha doctor (<ays the Age) holds a commission from the New Zealand Government to post himself on the subject and to obtain full information in reference to the treatment of smallpox patients. Mr Service promised that full facilities should be given to enable Dr Conghtrey to obtain all the information at the disposal of the Victorian Government.

Wo have received a. broohme from the pen of Dr LaMert, of Melbourne, entitled “ Abstracts from the Physiology of Marriage.” We can commend this little work to our readers for perusal, as it is entirely Tree from such objectionable matter as is to be frequently found in many books on the same, sul jsct. . With nice discrimination the doctor, while quoting a chapter from his larger work, containing extracts from suck eminent authorities as Carpenter, Acton, llyan, Ricord, Lallemand, and

others, has afforded the reader sufficient insight into the -fact that his book is a scientific treatise, and such- as is likely to

interest those who bat'd arrived at mature age and ‘can appreciate the information it con'ains. There is' also a very interesting chapter culled from another work of his, “ The Science of Life ; or what to eat, drink, and avoid.” • This is a matter which concerns us all, and, judging from the clear and eomphrehensive manner in.which this chapter is written, those who wish to lite lonir and happily, cannot do belter than study its pages.

A curious case has been tried at the Manchester County Court.. Some time ago Lancashire played the Australians at Manchester, and soon after half-past 3 a Mr. Mark Price reached the ground with some friends intent on .seeing the match. They paid their money for entrance, or rather Mr Price paid for the party, and they took their places. Some 10 minutes after Mr Price and his friends entered the cricaetground the weather became so bad that the play had to be stopped. Mr Price wanted his money back, and it having been pointed out to him that this could not be given, because the rain was not due to any nqgleet or mismanagement on the part of the Lancashire County Cricket Club, he summoned the treasurer to the County Court. There could only by any possibility bo ono reasonable issue, and that was promptly reached. Mr Price had paid his money on the chance of seeing cricket, and though he had only be able to see it for ten minutes, this was due to no mala fides on the nart of any official, bat to circumstances over which the Lancashire and Australian teams had no influence. A more ridiculous claim has rarely been made, even in a county court. In an article on drunkenness in the Legislature the Wellington Post says “In tho whole Parliament the flagrant offenders can be counted on the fingers of one hand ; in the Council thero were but t>-o men of good position and ability, hut who thioughout the session wero literally soaked in liquor, and the worse tor it morning, noon, and night. In the Lower House there were really only three who habitually exceeded the bounds of temperance so as to invite remaik. Unfortunately, one of these occupied such'a high position as to force his fault on the notice of the House and the public owing to his frequently being incapacitated from the proper performance of bis duties. It is no doubt owing to this fact that so much has been written on the general subject; it must now, however, be forgotten, in justice to the present Parliament, that even the intemperance of this high < fficsr during the late session was not worse than his conduct a few years ago when filling a slightly less important office in, tho House. The whole subject is an unsavoury and unpleasant one to write about, but it is only fair that the blame should be placed upon tho right shoulders. It is too bad Ural odium should be on the whole Parliament, and that it should be stigmatised ss a drunken one, because less than half a dozen of its members are unfortunately unable to control their appetite for strong diinks.” >; - Patti has no babies. It would cost the Youngster L4OO every time ha wanted hia jnothor to sing him to sleep.

The Public Works Department has ao* cepted the tender of Messrs 0. and J.W. Gore for the Hindon section tunnels contract of the Otago Central line, in the snm of L 20,560 lie 4d, There are five tunnel* to be built on this section.

A novel plebescite on a question recently occupying a foremost place in the public mind is reported from Halifax (England). The local school committee, perhaps influenced by a recent legal decision, took steps to ascertain the feeling entertained with regard to home lessons by the parents of every child in the board schools. As * result it is found that the parents have pronounced against home lessons by a majority of 3 to 1.

The first of the series of actions against the Bank of Tasmania for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment, arising out of the bank robbery at Beacensfield(Tasmania), has been tried. The case was that of Masters v. Evans and another, in which damages were laid at LI,OOO. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and awarded him Ll5O damages. The second case was that of G.J.A.Collina, son of Richard Collins, and the circumstances were similar in almost every respect to the previous case of Masters, with the exception that, wheras Masters was in gaol for only some eight hoars, young Collins was nob released till the expiration of a week from the time of his arrest. The evidence for the defence- failed entirely to prove that there had been reasonable cause for the arrest of the plaintiff, Collins was awarded L2UO damages- Five other cases have yet to be tried. A strong bar was engaged on both sides. The remaining oases wer* settled out of Court, each of the plaintiffs receiving about L 270. •

The Tasmanian Mail says that a suitable steamer is under offer for the New Zealand cattle trade, provided the proprietor can get a guarantee ot seventy-five head of cattle per month, the freight only chargeable on the animals being delivered alive. The negotiations are assuming a satisfactory aspect, and there is every probability of the vessel in question being placed on the trade very shortly. - The Union steam Ship Company are also contemplating entering into the cattle trade on a systematic scale and to that end arrangements are now under consideration by which cattle will be shipped direct from Blaff to Hobart. At present stock are sometimes three days on board before tba vessel clears the New Zealand shore, owing to the animals being shipped at ihe first ports of call, but by shipping at the Bluff the voyage will be reduced to three days. The Melbourne World is responsible for the following :— *• A most romantic case of courtship and marriage, in which the principal actors are- well known, But of widely different status, has just comn about. The bride and bridegroom were both erstwhile r*3sidents of on? of the most substaatial seaside and rural towns of Victoria. The bride is a daughter of a professional man, and the bridegroom a jockey. Both were young, neither being upwards of twenty years of age. The ladv left her wastern home a week or so ngo, ostensibly with the intention of meeting friends in Melbourne, and, with them, proceeding ■to Tasmania for a change., She left home by steamer, reached Melbourne in safety, and in a few days her parents were astonished at receiving a telegram to say that their quiet daughter had been married to a jockey."

Prisons have become such popular places of public resort in Luxemburg, and so many persons have committed offences merely to qualify for admission, that tho Luxemburg Government have found it necessary to diminish tho attractiveness of the prison-house. It has, therefore, ordered that vagabonds and beggars, as well as persons who have been taken up for causing disturbances while drunk, and such as have been imprisoned several times within a twelvemonth, who may be regarde 1 as habitues of the gaol, shall henceforth be kept on bread and water during their, imprisonment. The Lnxemburgers hope that those who once have undergone the bread-and-water cure will be thereby iadneed to desert their favorite haunts. , But when trade is bad, and men are out of work, even bread and water is worth having. Luxemburg may have to come to the treadmill yet.

The Sydney Morning Herald of the 17th inst. says that, after a careful consideration of the evidence in the case of Connor v. McKay, Dodson, and Pritchard, in which the defendants were committed at the Water Police Court on November 7 for conspiring, with other unknown persons, to defraud Thomas Con tor of L 7152 13s 7d, being his share of tho assets of the late firm of Connor ami McKay, contractors, the Attorney-general has declined to file a bill. Another case of the restitution of ill* gotten gab s is recorded. The Tuaptha Times says “ The other day Mr Johi| Thompson received a letter from Sydney enclosing a post offioe order for L 3 17s Cd, aiid tho following in explanation ‘Sir— Some years past you lost a purse with L 3 17s 6d. It was fonnd by me, and now I return yon tho conscience money.’ As thfl purse was lost over twelve years ago, Mr Thompson has not the slightest idea who the penitent thief is ; but he remembers quite well tho loss of tho money. Tho Salvation Army must have something.to dfe with this, as they make a strong point of restitution of stolen properly by their converts.”