The Dunstan Times. CLYDE, FRIDAY, DEC. 25, 1885. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1243, 25 December 1885, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE, FRIDAY, DEC. 25, 1885. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ]

(From onr-CorrespondenU),

Do**njjr, December 24, 7-35 p.m.

A t the Land Board yesterday, on tho application .of Mr Pyke, it was resolved that sections 5 and 7, Block 1., Tiger Hill, be open for application on def-rred payments. Charles Aston is declared the site cessfnl tenderer at la 6d par acre for perpetual lca.de section Tiger Hill. The Hon. Mr Tele left fur Lake District this morning. , •Ihe Hon. B. Stout addressed the electors of Dunedin East last night. IT*- main'y cut up Major Atkinson’s address.,,

A section in Georg© street yester day, comprising about the twelfth of acre, waflßold by auction for L3BOO.

A body of a am wan found yesterday in Wakato Kiver with cut across head, as if made with tomahawk. hacked for large amount yesterday in Dunedin for Dunedin The closing price is 100 to 15 1 teuton has also been backed at 100 to 7.

There are only 14 acceptor* for Auckland Cup, Tasman first favourite at throw’s, N’ecklace, at four’s, Stonyhurst at five’s.

b of Qreat Ry. ifwblio at Westport, was 976 ounces. -i.*.-, «

London December 24 Bulgaria and rervia have expressed .thrir tyilliugness to a<ree,to armistice - suggested by t urki-h Com mis doners. Franco has concluded psaCa' with .Madagascar, ; . T . h « )Va , s pay ten mildou franca idimnity witn French protectorate over Island-

From reports .that re.ch us the returns from the shearing which iV now in fallswing throughout the district aw ap ..inj- ■ protjemo-ff on tto'few past yfears, $e .Wool." Ueing in excellent condition. The' Lambing also is am hj strive the ordinary avenge, on Moateie rua’theperceatsgvof lamb* {a 84. .. t

la theß.M. Contt, Clyde,. onTuefcly IssV the ctuea list was of some length.do.— cluliag two small .debt cases, one for’cruslty ... to animals, hud six for allowing’cattle -to- * wander in the streets. This not being the ■' < fir-t tnpe.sorne of the wanderers.bail d'een 7 before the Court, hie worship remarked that smo would i e paying Very dearly fur their ' milk, whereupon one gentleman aek'-d jfiir -i |t n’dk bill, w.iioh am iuntnl to 9i-61 m >de}np of a fine of 2a G I ami cos.s' 7,. '

The weather continues more tfian' ordinary jlry, anl very lone f ices., are being pul eil by the farmers add'grazers; The crops are {fairly being luifnniijv arid it is f'ared that unless rain falls .there are hob few. patches that will be' lit. for reaping, TheV>ntlo<dt is a .very serious one.-’ ~ . To-morrow (Boxing Day) the' Alexandra Sports wilt take pjace,and wirb fine weather they should be highly successful, An excellent programme. with gfod inbn“y prizes, are offered, ’ whilst %iCommittee o Menace cent i ary ' busy making every -arrangement perfe-t for- the convenience’of the visitors' ami competitors. The same mn rbs jo the Clyde Sports on the ffjlqwingSVcdnesday, the 30th, with tha addition .char some roomry matches and tents will be prayMed for the. laaies sa.j t youngsMir. ’' We have been requea'ed to. draw the at, * terftion of farmers aVd miters to the grqat ' cruelty of sending’piss and poultry' to . market in crates and boxes without suffi. .Client room." As the iaw provides apenalty insuch cases the Society for the Prevent ion of C -uelty to Ani uals intend in .future to. prosecute in every case-of the kimi whicb - c-nnea un ler their notice. r ~: i • , t

Messrs Sharman andStoodley's tnt*r-' national Cireus la announced to appear Clyde on Wednesday next (Clyde Sports’day), and j idginv from the amount’of"' praise accorded them daring, New , Zealand tour .there should be a . bumper house to welcome- them. T.o quote from one of our contemporaries:-v-*! The o -mdany i» a numerous and talen&d one. and'there is a variety and excellence about the programme fliat mere.pretentious exhib’tions ach. A fairly good band discoursed the incidental music, the interior of the capacious marquee was coni'eniently seated and wel. lighted,’ and event succeeded event with a rapidity that sustained the interest of the au itence from -loginning to end,” They also appear at Alexandra on the 29 hj iust.; and Blacks on Thursday, Slat inst., and Friday. Ist January, 1886.

That indigestion or stomach gas at night, preventing rest and sleep, will disappear by using American Co’s Hop Bitters. During Tuesday night last !the Cromwell Brewery was burnt to the ground, the whole of tea brewery tmd ling,’ containing at the time a quantity of newly-brewed b-er, together with other stock, being con. earned. Mr Tizzard, the manager, say* that) Just before leaving for the night at »’ out 10 o’clock', he inspected the building and found everything safe,- lut in tho early morning he found the place in ttnnr. Fortunately the mslthonses, also a quantity of iralt and thesrated watei machine, were unaffected by the flames. The loss is estimator’ at between L7OO and 1,800, but fortunately it is in a measure covered by insurance- L3OO on th« building, and LSO on plant, in the New Zealand j and L2OO on stock, in the National.

We have to ackn-iwledga the receirtof Mill*. Dick, and Co 'a Almanac for 1886, which ia quite up to the standard of previous productions, and should find a ready sale, as the price is only Is fid. A pleasing feature in it is a biographical sketch (with portrait) of Mr James Macandrew, the Second Superintendent of Otago. Mr B. Naylor, Clyde, is the local agent, from copies can bo obtained. Wo again draw the attention of onr readers to the Bziar at Alexandra to« morrow, which will bo opened at 3 p.m, instead of 2 p.m. as previously notified, and aa the admission is free, a lar.o number of holiday-seekers should find their way there. The articles not disposed of during the day will be sold on Monday, the 23th inst. Holloway's Pills—Weakening weather. - The sultry summer days strain ihe nerves of the feeble and decrepit), and disease m y erentnate unless soma restorative, such as these purifying pills be found to correct the disordering tendency. Holloway’s medians gives potency to the nervous system, which is the snmeo of all vital movements, ami pranks over every actl- n of grow'h ami well being of the body no one can over estimate the nea ssity of keeping the nervea well strung or the ease with which th»»e pills accomplish that end. They are Ojr moat unfailing antidotes to inirregular circulation, sick heai'ache. coa. iiveness, and have . therefore attained the largest sale and highest reputation.