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Dunstan Times, Issue 1231, 2 October 1885, Page 2

The Secretary of the Dnnstau District Hospital requests ns to notify that tl.e usual monthly meeting of the Committee will lie held on Monday evening next. The article on the newly discovered quartz reef at Ophir is well worth reading, it being bom thi pen of a gentleman who knows well what he is writing a‘ out. The whole of the country around Ophir abonn 'a in indications of quartz reefs, and if he present discovery is not the real one, wo have no doubt but that the oft expressed opinion that a rich r*ef exists on the rang. \vi I tome day be verified. Mr Faohe requests us to draw attention to the sal- of fancy goods, brushwaro, ata tioury. jewellery, , nd household nic naos, at Alexan ira on Monday afternoon next, at 2 p.ra., on account f Mr VV. Forrest, who is leaving ihe district. The ‘ Daily Times’ Criff«l correspondent, under date Cromwell, Septennial l 2S, writes : Do the best to -top the impending in.-h. Miles ot countiy hj ive hei n riddled, and no gold struck. There is meat disappointment, and numbers are leaving.

The Ci omwell 9pt i <g meeting takes place to-day, anl providing the weather to be : fine, agood enjoyable day may bo expected. Wok on the Old Man Reefs is now getting fairly under weigh. On White’s .reef the manager is again on the ground, and be i expeois to s art on Monday. The delay in m iking a s<art on this claim was caused by the want of timber, a quantity, however, having reached'tins week, that excuse no loaner exists. Mr Mervyn has been at work driving low level tunnels pretty well all the winter. During the early part of this week n the lowest level a large body of water was attack in the face of the ton. net that fairly flooded |the men ut. This water it is thought indicates that the reef is not far distant, and. moreover, that it is of some thickness, or there would not have been So much water. The great want on this reef isja battery, and until one is erected we are afraid we shall have nothing satisfactory to report. The concert in the Town Hall on Friday evening last in aid of the Dnnatan District Hospital, pissed off most successfully and pleasantly, and great credit is due to the committee of gentlemen for being able to provide so first-class an evening’s entertainment, and more th'-n thanks (it that we e possible) are due the ladies and gentlemen f r tbeir kind services on the occasion. Without detracting in the least from similar performances as the one under m tice that have ho-n given in the Clyde Town Had, yet we do not know if any previous one was so truly successful from every standpoint as that on Friday evening last. A first-cl iss programme was arranged, and every item was given with ma ked pre-ci-ion an I aceu acy, as was evidenced by the rounds of h-'-irty applause each was received with. We will not attempt to particularise, but! will content ourselves, and we hope all concerned, by saying that every solo, duet, or quaitette, whether vocal or instrumental, was given with great ta te, an 1 shmve 1 that time and patience had been bestowed on them by the res active performers ; that too-fr quenlly-to-be noticed-off hand-style at amateur con certs (nii, any hing will do) was absentia a i maiked degree, and many were the remarks I to that elf ot we heard during the eon se of the eveni-ig. A great factor, whether to mar or make a success of concerts, is the accompaniment, and here ton ran everything with the utmost nicety. The hall was well filled, as can he well imagined when we state that the cash takings at the door amounted to 122 15s. The concept O'er, th • floor was cleared, and as happy a party as could well be wished to see, to the music of Mr Riper on the dulcimer, tripped the light fantastic till early morning, when a general break up took plac -, and all depa ted well ple-sed with their evening’s amusement, the only audible regret why are not such treats more frequent. Alt the farmers are now busy sowing, barrowi g, aid rolling. The weather is exactly suitable for the work, and every advantage is being taken of it.

The small bin is threaten to be a great past (hiring the coming season. Already they are talking the fruit buds, pears being a special favorite with them. A good plan to poison them would be by poisoned water in deep tins fixed securely in the forks of the branches.

The new Land Act passe! last session is intended to b- put into fo ce'without loss of time, esp cially those clauses which euade pastoral eon (try to be lak-n up in small blocks—small at lea-t I r the class of country—of 50H0 acres each tinier the perpetual leasing system. This power of dealing with the rough sort of cmntiy which is q ittc unsuitable for agricultural operations is considered by the Government to be one of the most valuable points in the new law. and it will be brought extensively into use. It is rstimated that fully half a million acres in the North Island, and a similar area in Otago, can bo brought into the market almost immediately under, this system, and instructions have been issued to the Survey ricputment to get everything in readiness fo this to be done at the earliest p-actio ode moment. It is hoped that by ibis means large settlement may he promoted, an 1 an-increased export ..f woo! encouraged. 'lho st puladon as to the residence of eaotr lea-ehobler on his seolion, and also the restriction to a single 5000 acre holding, wi Ibe rigidly enforced. There is no area in Canterbury available at present for treatment in this way.

The bacbelers of Ida Valley, by advertisement, tender a complimentary benefit to the local school, in the shape of a concert ami ball.

The Hospital and Charitable Aid Bi 1 passed outing the la e seasion, cams into f ace yesterday, Hie,lac inst. Copies of the measure, however, are not to hand.

Some nine stowaways were discovered on the Z alamlia after her departure from San Francises on her last trip. Three worked t.lieii passage aider being discovered, ■me paid up, and the remainder were handed to the Auckland police on arrival.

Mr Stratford, R.\J. at Mastt rton the other .day sentence') a man to sev'n days’ imprisomn nt for making use of obscene language while in a state of drunkenness, I he culprit mad the plea of drunkenness in excuse, but Mr Suatford remarked that when a man was drank and the filih that was in him liec.tme apparent, still that was no reason why respectable people in the street were to hj tve their ears shocked.

One sultry Sunday a miuist t noticed many of his congregation nodding from duiwriuess. He effectually wakened them by saying—“ I saw an advertisement last work for 600 sleepers fo- a railway. I think f could supply at least 50. and recommend them as g io I and sound.”

In consequence of the outbreak of small* pox in dy .ney, the Victor! in smitary author!tin are adopting precautionary m-asur sito prevent the introduction of the disease into this Colony.

Several scientiflo men were recently j making experiments with dynamite in » . « farm among the Welsh hills, at Pembrey,- I when an incident occurred which nearly 1 c put an end to the (whole of the party and ‘ such spectators also as were present. The t charge of dynamite had a five minutes’ fuse' f attached to it, and was thrown into the 1 water, and the power of the explosion was 1 to be judged by the volume of water forced 1 up by the explosion. While these oper- 1 ations were proceeding a sportsman, accom 1 p mied by his dag, appeared on the scene, i and as the charge was thrown into the lake i the animal sprang into the water and { seized the explosive, which it quickly 1 brought ashore. The sportsman shrieked 1 to his dog to drop the substance, but the 1 animal ran in the direction of its master, and the experimentalists immediately made off, the dog being kept at bay by his master 1 and othei s by a continuous shower of stones. At the end of five minutes the charge exploded, and the poor animal was blown to pieces, its master and friends narrowly escaping with their lives. The Sydney correspondent of the ‘Argus’ reports that a curious experience befell a man named John Dodds, employed at the National Park camp. He left Double Bay in a small skiff, intending to sail round to Port Hacking. .As there was little or no wind he took to the oars, and progressed safely as far as Botany Heads, wh'ch were reached at‘6 o’clock. While rowing quietly along he was struck by a large sperm whale, which rnso'right underneath the boat without having given the slightest warning of its near approach. Dodds was thrown about' six feet into the air, and the boat was caosized. He managed to cling to the keel for about two Jhours, but finding that he was drifting out to sea he struck out for land, which was about a quarter of a mite distant- ' He got on shore with difficulty, hut had to take to the water again as he could not ascend the cliffs. Hel was evidently token off by a fishing Jboat belonging to the aborigines at La Perouse, who picked np the boat and gear and took the shipwrecked mariner round to Port Hacking, sending two of their^crew injthe skiff "More health, sunshine and joy in Aroeri- | can Co.’s Hop Bitters than in all other remedies, Observe Considerable excitement has been caused in business circles during the past few days (telegraphs the Adelaide correspondent of i the ‘ Melboume(Argua’) by a rumour that the public trustee.(Henry A. Wood, had ab soonded with a large sutrbof money belong- ■ ing to the intestate estate of Mary Ann ■ Bryan, The high position held by Mr ■ Wood in the civil ((service placed him al , most beyond suspicion. He was appointed public trustee in January, 1881, and since , that time has discharged hisjdutiessatisfac , factorily, and has always,been considered a hard working and trustworthy officer. Considerable apprehension exists, in regard to ' the ultimate results of the investigations r into his acco ants which are now being carried on by the Government. Early in June he received two mouths’ leave of absence, and on the Bth left for; Melbourne, an i f since then his wife has received one letter, 9 dated June 23, bearing the postmaik ot * Auckland, in which he expressed his in- * terest in the management of bis office, but B gave no indication of any intention to re turn. Wood held a deposit note for L 7048, 3 the amount of Mrs Bryan’s estate, and with s the aid of an accomplice, a woman named x Kate Burnett, he cashed the deposit note, a which was afterwards transferred to tbe f Bank of New South Wales in Burnett’s . name. She got a draft.fnr L63bo on Mel- . bourne, and when in Melbourne applied lor , a draft for the remaining L3OO. Subae . quently an error of 10s was discovered in e connection with the transactions between , the banks, andj this discrepancy was tbe 0 means of Wood’s fraud being discovered so . early. It;is surmised that Wood who lefi r for Melbourne a few days after Mrs Bur- .. nett, met her in Melbourne, and that, after having withdrawn the lumpsum, they-'e B camped together to Auckland. Wa.ran s n have been issued for the arrest of both. (. Wood on a charge ot embezzlement, an t the woman on a charge of aiding and abett ing him. i- Magistrate Bodkin and ten police went « to a place near Baliyraggit, in the County i, Kiliarney, on August 27, to evict tenants. 0 When they arrived the chapel bell wa e tolled, and 2000 persons assembled and ati- tacked the officers, preventing them from accomplishing the proposed eviction, Th • police were compelled to charge the moo with their bayonets, and a fierce encounter * ensued, in which many on both sides were stoned and stabbed.

Preceiling the day of the Grant funeral pageant in.New York city, it was in the hotel lobbies that the most extraordinary assemblages gathered, and friends of twont years ago, who were made enemies by the war shook hands and male it all up. Some of the scenes between the soldiers of the North and the South were heart-stirring, and there were groupings of grand ol.i figures on all sides. In the midst of such a scene stood Gen Phil. Sheridan. Suddenly a red faced man advanced leading Geo, John B. Gordon, of Geo gia, towar I the Union soldier. Then he introduced them, and the two old warrio s seized hands and looked each other squarely in the eyes Then their hand? trembled, but they did not relax their friendly grasp, but stoe i there looking at each other with sparkling eyes. Gen. Belknap, the ex-Secretary i f war, came up with Gen. Curtis. Tne one eyed oonquerer of Fort Fisher came no and formed part of the gronp, It was a picture worthy of a painter as the Southern Gene r.il- tall, bl ick-eyed, loug hai- ed and scarred—pressed the hand of the fam u soldier of the North. “ Tina is how the

soldier’s of the North and the Bmth meet to-day,” sai l General Curtis. “Co i grant that it is only an emblem of what is coming to the whole country.”

For general debility and prostratio i Hop Bitters (.American Cn ’») will do wo .dera, ProV'e it oy trial 800

The Chief Justice of Queensland is evlently no believer in mild sentences. In assing sentence on an elderly man convicted f a criminal assault on a little girl, he said; 'lf I did not feel that your dying under he whip might shook the humanitarian .flings of some sections of the community, would run the hazard of giving you corloral punishment, but if I did so it might sad to the very wWesome discipline of he whip being restricted instead extended o persons who richly deserve it.” In lealing with three voung men found amity f garrotting and robbing, the Chief Justice lassed the following sentences :—Phillips, wo years’ hard labour, with two whippings if 3(1 lashes - acb; Carmichael, who had iwice previously beeiroonvicfol of felony, ;wo years’ hard labour, with three whippings

the first of 50 lashes, the second and third Sf 40 lashes each j and Toohey two years, with two whippings of .40 lashes each. A remarkable case of shamming by prisoner, whereby he escaped undergoing a sentence of 10 years penal servitude, passed upon him by Mr Baron Huddlestone, has just been discovered by the authorities'of her Majesty’s prison, Winson Green, Bir-

mingham. At the summer assizes last year Henry Williams (28), who had previously sufferedjseven years penal servitude passed upon him by Mr Baron Huddle ton was sentenced by the same judge to 10 years’ penal servitude for base coinage. Immediately upon his removal from the prison he appeared exhemely ill, and the greatest care was bestowed upon him, tbe prison surgeon, Mr Waterson, was of opinion that the prisoner’s life was in danger, and after other medical ail vice had been taken by the governor of the gaol, Captain Tinkler, the latter communicated with the Home Office, the result being that Sir William fLircourt gave the necessary orders for tb- man’s immediate discharge. The other day tbe prisoner brokeintothe premises of Mr Thomas, fine art deal-r, New street, Birmingham, where he was’discovered by the police with LBO wor*h of fancy articles in bis pocket, which bn had sto’eu out of the window. The prisoner, who appealed the very picture of health and st ength, was taken before the magistrates, and once more committe I for trial.

Some trouble* was experienced by the police at Townsville in capturing a sailor named Henry Leslie on a charge on a little girl, six y ars of age. Leslie was seen by two persons and their attention having been attracted by the girl’s cries, they gave in* formation to constable Walling, who at once started in pnrsnit of tbe man. The con*

stable catce np with Leslie and caught him by the shoulder. I.es ie struggled violently and dragged the constable towards the edge of the cliffs, swearing that he would throw him down, an 1 the constable was compelled to let go, Leslie then boundel down another way, and plunged into the sea, swimming out a considerable distance. The constable returned for be'p, and meanwhile Leslie swam back, and was seen in \he shallow water at South Island, At dark, when the constables again arrived on the scene, having been informed that Leslie

was staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, they waited for.lnm there, as it was expected that he would return for his swag. In this presumption they were right, l.es'ie was watched as hj« entered the hotel ami went upstairs to bis room He was arrested there, hut it took feur policeman to put on the handcuffs. While cn.ssim; the c:eek in a punt Leslie made a violent attempt to upset it, but was prevented.

The mystery connected with the disappearance of the cabman Hugh Muddy (says the ‘ Southland News ’) is at length solved, Ferguson Bros, while engaged repairing a smack near the jetty on Saturday, noticed an o jcct floating in the water. They put off in a boat, and in pulling over to the spot a bo y was found, which was at Once recognised as that ol Dundy. It was greatly <le> omposed, 1 ut there were uo marks of violence observable. The body was dressed in the clothes worn by the deceased when last seen alive, but the head was uncovered anil one boot was missing His puise (containing a sum of mum y) was found in one pocket and bis watch in another, Buddy was last sem alive on the 31st August, aud it is surmised ihat he fell into the I’uui C e"k, near which he was standing when last seen.

The craving for the notoriety which is game 1 by the achievement of feats of danger and endurance (says the Pall Vlad Uazette) is by no means confined to Englishmen and Americans. flee is a Norweigau gentlemen, one Captain Christen Svinsden, who Uaa sailel bis craf. fr.ni Stockholm to the port of London, The Dolphin is only 18ft tu length, with not more than 4rt beam, drawing 3d in, wit hj an improvised forecastle aud haif cabin. The captain shaped hia e urse for Hull, hut contrary winds drove him out, so he decided to make for London. The captain, it is said, appears to have suffered more from want of sleep than exposme t • the weather, as he had to keep a cireful look-out at ni.ht, and in the day. time he was priuoip lly occupied in managing iis little vessel. Captain Sviudsen had a very hear'y reception at Millwall, the crew i f a Norweigan vessel in the docks being particularly mthusiasdo in their welcome. For anyone who contemplates any such excursion we may add that the captain proposes to make the return journey in the Dolphin, and would not, perhaps, mind f companion or two.

Holloway's Pills— Weakenmg weather. The sultry .rummer days strain he nerves of the treble and deorepid an-1 disease may eventuate unless some resio ative, such as these purifying Piliabe found to correct the rlisonlering te n'ency Hoi owiv’s medicine gives potency to the nervous system, which is the source of all vital movements, anil presides ove every action of growth and well being of the body no one can over r-sti. Ms e the necessity of keeping the mrves well strung, or the e,.se with which those pills accomplish that end. Tney are the most unfailing antidotes o indigestion, irregular circulation, sick headache, costiveness. and have then lore attained the largest sale and highest reputation.