CLDYE, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1254, 12 March 1886, Page 2

CLDYE, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,]

(From our Correspondents).

Dusitoin, March 11, 7.35 p.m.

At yesterdays Land Board Mr V. Pyke asked that the small "razing rims in Block 11, Cairnlrill district, be grouped and offered for sale as one run Government to be recommended accordingly.

A Deferred Payment license was ordered to issue to J. Simmonds and Chun Ah Dunn for section .6, blockX, Leaning 1 Rock. -■ Mrs Hampton and her three daughters hare been committed for trial for the murder of the youngest daughter of the family on January 6, in Victoria

No arrests have yet been made in ! connection with the Yankalilla bank robbery in South Australia, it ..is stated that the occurrence is' sur* rounded by suspicious drcutaStances. It is expected Parliament will meet about May 11. ;• ' Sir George Grey arrived in-Dunedin yesterday morning and went bn to Invercargill. •' *' ", ,' Tetford won Wanganui Stakes yesterday, and Revoke the Wanganiii Derby.

Accounts from Waikari to day state that the tussock lire hear Ainberlev has destroyed all the Road' Boarcl bridges in the Omihi Valley, and swept over 60,000 acres behind Mr G. H. Moore’s house, and is said to have destroyed 10*000 of his sheep' ip ohp paddock alone. *

London, March 9. In the House ot Commons to-day Mr Dillwyn, member fpr Swansea, brought forward a motion for the disestablishment of the State Church.in Wales. On division it was ; rejected by 241 votes to 229. , Speaking on the subject, Sir William Vernon Harcourtstated,that he concurred in the motion in the abstract, but the whole question was so interwoven with the Established English Church, that it was impossible to deal with them separately." ■ The ‘ Pall Mall Gazette’ states that the Hampton tragedy at Coburg, Vic toria, is no reason for their regretting the revelations published by them, am. which a Melbourne paper asserts was the cause of the tragedy. “ '

We have received a letter signed “Resident,” dealing with the merger of the town of Clyde into the County, and the question of supplying the town of Clyde with a water supply. Space will not admit of us giving insertion in this issue, together with the meeting of the borough council whereat the conditions of merger were agreed, but as the matter, especially at this juncture, is of interest to the residents of Clyde generally, we will publish the letter, also tha : minutes of meeting referred to in our nest. We are informed by Mr Burton, ot Roxburgh, Secretary and Treasurer of the Pyke Testimonial Committee, that in the Teviot District the collectors are being met in a very fair i.pirit, and that a nice little sum is bsing got in.—A meeting was held at Ophir on Tuesday evening last on the above matter, when there was a most favorable expression of opinion given, and an influential committee formed.

By some mistake or misunderstanding the sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Court at Clyde for this month was fixed for Tuesday, the 23rd inst., and we kuow of some applications being fixed for that day, to save unnecessary trouble we notify that the Court will sit on Tuesday, theSOth, and parties ihterested are requested to accept of this notice.

We have received from the Government Printer, Wellington, No. 7 of the Crown Lands Guide, dated February 1886. The guide contains a large amount of information on every conceivable phase of the land question. The principle features of the Land Act are shortly summarised, and an explanation given of the various systems and conditions under which the land.is open for settlement. It also contains full lists of the lands open for sale in the country. The guide should occupy a place on the reading table of every Public Library, and in every other public place. While the Kev. Mr Lothian', his wife, children, and another person were on their way from Alexandra to Roxburgh (says the * Mount Benger Mail), by some means one of the children fell out of the conveyance between the wheels. One of the wheels passed over the'body of the child, and pn arrival at Roxburgh Dr Maclachlan was sent for, but, strange to eay, the result was in no way serious, a few bruises only being sustained, much to the surprise of the parents.

Shareholders in our Colonial Banking Institutions think no small beer of themselves on receipt of intelligence when the dividends declared is 15 per cent, and bonus; but what must have been the feelings of “The Fire Insurance Bank of Germany " when the dividend for 1885 Was declared at 77 per cent ?.■ Even'in .Germany there are some big things sometimes. ' Amongst the list of reviewers appointed under the Property Tax Act are the names' of the following gentlemen : Alexander A. Oliver, Brothwioh Robert Baird, David Anderson Jolly, and Duncan Mackellar. The three latter announce by advertisement in another column that they will hold a Court of Review on Friday, the 26th inst., in the Court-house, Cromwell, to consider all objections against the assessment of proparties in Vincent County and boroughs of Alexandra and Cromwelk

The concert to be given on Wednesday next, the 17th inst. (St. Patrick’s Day) at Tinkers, we are informed by the Committee of Management promises to be of nnnsnal excellence, as mostly the whole of the loading amateurs in the district have promised their assistance, amongst them being Mrs Shaw and Miss Naylor, of Clyde ; Miss Haig, of Alexandra j and Miss Kissell, of Ophir j besides many others from suirounding localities, such a combination of talent but rarely meet . on the same platform on one night, and we think should be guarantee of a full house. Par parenthese we may here remark this is onr contribution.

The ‘ Clutha Leader’ understands that the Government have paid the'vote of LSO of last session towards the. “ Black Peter” fund, whuffinow«noupts.,,to about LIOO. MrPyke is now trying to arrange for an annuity for the''old man.

Dr Grabhani,‘whoia at present : in Wellington,. was presented with a handsome afternoon • tea service—manufactured entirely of Thames silver and beautifully engraved—and anillqmiiiated address. The presentation was made oh. behalf of the officers of the lunatic asylums and hospitals throughout the' Colony,

The Vincent County 'Couhoil meets for ordinary business oh Wednesday, the 24th Inst. -v.ir.ai

' The friends of for J. C. Chappie will, we are sure, be pleased to learn that his son, who . has been a~ student of the Otago University for the past few years, successf fifty,, passed the November examinations, Mr Chappie, junr., is at present headmaster of the Lowborn School, where we understand he is held in high respect. Those who were in the crowd that escorted Nelspn to his box after'he bad won the Cnp—shvs “ Herald”—say thatJMajor George’s wife was the first to put a finger on the house. In the enthusiasm (easily understood) of an exciting moment tho lady referred to, unmindful of her dainty apparel, threw her arms round the neck of the hero of the Cup, bathed as he was in perspiration, and gave him’ a . hearty caress. Instead of " guying”|her, as might have been expected, hugging a horse in public being rather a novel spectacle, the bystanders seemed rather inclined to cheer what was manifestly an unstudied and spontaueoua tribute of affection to the equine hero of the hour, or rather 1 should say of .the season. American Co’s Hop Bitters haarrestofed ttf sobriety and health perfect wrecks from intemperance. Peruse all

.The survey of thermite for the Lawrence.Roxburgh- railway extension (says the * Tuaphka - Times’) will be commenced next week, the engineering party being already on the ground,. Mr d. U,. Brown has had an interview with Mr ITssher, of the Public works Department, and the engineer in charge relative fir the matter. It is the intention of the Department to lay off duplicate lines, running along each side of the river, between Menzion Bum and Rox burgh. Mr,tJsaher assures Mr Brown that the cost of constructing the line will not exceed L3OOO per mile. We understand it is part'of the scheme to connect Heriot with the new extension at Beaumont, thus giving railway communication to the settlers at Crookston and the surrounding district. Meetings of Taieri farmers, “to protest against threatened legislation by which heavy additional burthens will be thrown upon the farmers,” are being called this week by Mr J. L. Leesmith. Thisisnnderstood to refer, to the.reduction ol rents paid by pastoral tenants asked for by a deputation which waited on the Minister of Lands recently in Dunedin.

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A London cablegram in an American paper states that, a sensation has been created by the publication of a letter from Prince Bismark to the Pope acknowledging the receipt of the Decoration of the Order of Christ, recently conferred on the German Chancellor by bis' Holiness. The letter commences by addressing the Pope as Sire,” and says ! “ Vour kind letter and Decoration have greatly gratified myself and Emperer William.” It then goes on to state that the Pope’s words, that ‘‘Papacy means to practice works of peace,” first suggested to Prince Bismark the idea of seeking the mediation of his Holiness in the Carolines question, and in deference to bis faith and unweakened ’confidence in the Pope’s'elevated views and impartiality, he selected the Pope as arbiter of the dispute. Germany and Spain have no cause to complain of the terms of the protocol, and the effect 6f mediation will he lasting. Prince Bismark will not neglect the chances to at* test his lively gratitude, highest devotion, and deepest respect for Jiis Holiness in the , future. The letter is . signed ■ “ Youn very tumble secant, Bismark.” The Order has never been worn hitherto by any bnt Catholics.

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