CLYDE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1885.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1203, 20 March 1885, Page 2

CLYDE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1885.

The Hon. Mr Larnach, Minister Of Mines, has started on his tour of the south ern goldfields, and accordingly may he expected here in the coarse of a we- k or ten dsys at the furthest. Mr Vincent Pyke we understand, accompanies the hon. gentleman. We learn that from this date the Blacks and Naseby coach will leave Clyde every Monday, and Friday at 6 a.m., instead of 6.30 as previously, f ■ ,

In the Resident Magistrate's Conit, Clyde, before J. S, Hickson, Esq., R,hj, on Monday last, the 16th Inst., Chin Loon and Pong Ah Hin were charged jointly ; oo an information with keeping a . common gambling house and gambling therein at Alexanlra, on the night of Friday, the 6th March, 1885 The evidence of the police, a Chinese co n stable. also a Chinese witness, John Ah Dunn, the inferm r. having been taken of having gone into the house in question and having found, the latter of the accused fitting at the heal of a table with all the impwlimenta of the game of Fan Tan before him, and evidence of the manner of playing the game having been given, also the finding of the former of the accused in a room nsed as a shop or store in the building. Mr F. J. Wilson, who defended the accused, said that ihe case must be dismissed on the ground that the search warrant was issued on an information, whereas the Act required a complaint ; farther, that the information, assuming it to have bdsn good, did not contain the allegations required by the Act. That the warrant was bad, in that although it followed the schedule, yet that-form contradi-. ted the Act and therefore was invalid, and further, the warrant contained statements not authorised by the information ;also that the authority of the English law,'which! was similar, a second information and summons should have been laid andseived. The Bench referred to Section 73 of the Justice of Peace Act, 1882, and after soma remarks by the prosecution' (|.olio“). gsid that he ;had nothing else but t» consider the first set of objections fatal, and accordingly must dismiss the case. Case accordingly dismissed.

Our Cambrians correspondent “says Dip heria has made its appearance in this disti iot, ami unfortunately wi.h fatal results. A little girl about 10 years of age. daughter of Vlr J. Elliot, manager of Lauder station, die I on Sunday last, and Was buried on Tuesday. Dr Hyde was in attendance, and every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Notice of the election to fill the extraordinuy vacancy in the Vincent County Council, rendered vacant by the death of Mr M. J. Msogiunis, member for Earnsclench Riling, and County Treasurer, app -ais in another, column. The nomination is fixed for April 4th, and the poll, if any, on the 11th April. The only item of news that reaches us from the Old Man Range this week is that the contractors of the Union Company’s tunnel a e pushing ahead, and for .the past we k have been in good hard ground, indinoting that the solid country has been reached. We have heard of several enquiries for White’s Compmy shares at par, but do not know of any sales having been effected. A general feeling of confidence in the 01,1 Mao reefs appears to be gaining a hold of all parties interested. There is but little dor.ht that if a bat’ery were on the hill greater activity would be observed on many of the claims than how is.

_ ‘Of all the companies that have performed in Clyde we shall be fully borne out iu‘ say. ina th'dt none yet ever succeeded so, welfin carrying their an lienee with them as did the Piust Family (assisted by Mist Heath) on Monday, evening last. From tha father of the family to tha youngest, a wee little midget .some 5 years of age, we feel pursita le l they have hut few equals ; indeed, tiiey are marvels, and chief wonder is how such rare talent in their particular line could exist Not only are they the ranft sunple of all acrobats, sye have ever s?en, but they are endowed with musical abilities of no mean order. Words cannot convey the sense of a tithe of their wonderful powers, they must b; seen to he believed in, and we unhesitatingly racommend every one who has the chance to see them. According to their advertisement in another column, they appear at Ophir on Monday next, at Alexandra on Tuesday, and at Cromwell on Wednesday and Thurs lay, and at each. place we shall he pleased to hear of them being met with bumper houses. Mr James Ashcroft, the official Awignee in Bankruptcy, was in Clyde during,the week, and called together a meeting of. the creditors in .the estate of Emma George, at which it was decide I to sell the equity of redemption of the Gunstun Hotel property, also the right of I.cease, to Mr Navlor; and further, that he retain in his own hj im.ls the furniture and effmts of the hotel to c iver his hill of sale; that the cottage and sections in the occupation of Mr Fache i>esold by auction on the 11th April, and the Assignee bo insttacted to make the best possible terras with the mor'agea of the Riverton property. The Assignee said, so far as he could see, af tea all eh irges were covere', and the li teral allowance was paid to the debtor, there would be nothing for distribution amongst'the creditors, I' the death notice in last week’s issue ; also in the circulars announcing the f tnera! of the much lamented Michael Joseph MacGtnns, the unfortunate omission was made of the initiil characters R I, P. As in the minds of some few there is an impression the omission was purposely made by us, we hasten at once to assure both the friends, a quain ances, an 1 co religionists of the deceased that the mistake was one p sre'y of omission, and no one can regret it more than ourselves

A six-roomed cottage in Clyde, the property of Mr Robert Stewart, and occupied hv Mr John Cox, was totally destroyed hy fi-a on Tuesday afternoon last, together wi hj the whole of the contents, excepting one hex of clochin; and a few hooks of accounts. Unfortunately there were bnt few a hilt males in the town at the time, the rest being away at the races, and the i ffirts of the few to save the property were futile. Mrs Cox hid been wishing ail day, ami at time of the outbreak was hanging out some of the clothes, therefore is unable to *ȴ now the fire oiiginatad Though the house was insured for LIOO, and the contents for Id 50, both the landlord and tenant will be considerable losers,