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Dunstan Times, Issue 1277, 20 August 1886, Page 2

With the break up of winter we hope to see an awakening up on the Old Man Range amongst the reef claim holders. This hanging on system, this waiting to see what your neighbour does, is against the true interest of all concerned, and we should like holders wall make up their minds and go to work, —and that with a will—or throw up the sponge and give others a chance. We have equal confidence now in the richness of the country round and about White’s Reef as ever we had ; indeed, there has been nothing done to in anyway cause to shake our faith, and still bold to it that tho field is a good one,if but properly worked. The excuse for not getting out stone —that there was no means of reducing it when got—no longer exists, there is a good battery with every appliance on the ground, and the proprietary of White’s Company, wehave no doubt, will give parties every chance of crushing an occasional parcel.

The Goldfields members have presented Vincent Pyke, Esq., with a handsome snuffbox in recognition of tho manner in which he discharged the duties of Chairman of tho Goldfields Committee in 1884 and 1885. ■;,'■■■

Sportsmen will do well to hear in mind that the “ Pnkeko” (Swamp Hon) has been declared native game, and can only be shot in season.

Tho usual batches of Parliamentay Papers and Bills and late numbeis of Hansard have been duly received by us from tho Government Printer.

Mr Inspector Hiokson informs us that James Moylan,one of the first prospectors of Mt Criffel, died suddenly on Tuesday night last at Pembroke. Mr Warden Hiokson was to hold an inquest on Wednesday. The deceased was a mate of Mr Thomas Hawthorne.

Mr Fache draws the attention of butchers to the sale of fat bullocks on Wednesday, September Ist, at Alexandra; and of farmers and others to the sale of building materials and fencing standards and wire, A correspondent writing ns from Bald Hill Flat, says that the two newly elected directors of the White's Reef Company paid a visit ,to the mine during the past week, and from what they say there is hut little wonder , of the mine not paying, as everything is’ in a deplorable atato ; but from what they are able to see on a first visit the prospects are not so bad, and that with the exercise of a little good judgment they are of the opinion that the com-pany-will be a paying one yet. Golden quartz at a depth of ,870 ft has been struck at Ballarat by aid of the diamond drill.

The local Racing Clubs announce-their Spring Meetings. The ball will open at Frankton by the Lake County Jockey Club on Friday, the 25th September, with a programme of eight events and a total of 80 sovs given money, to bo followed by the Alexandra meet on October Ist with an attractive programme of 100 sova or thereabouts, including a .handicap of 33 sovs j on the following.Friday, the Bth October, the Cromwell Club invite the attendance of visitors to their meeting, which comprises nine events and a total of given money of LI 15; this meeting is succeeded by the Lowburn meet on the following Friday; and on the next succeeding Thursday and Friday the most attractive Spring Meeting at tbe Wanaka with a programme of 150 sovs, will close the season. Horse owners and others will do well to bear in mind the various events.

Thomas Hall, a well-known commission agent, of Timaru, who is a nephew of Sir John Hall, has been arrested for attempting to murder his wife by administering antimony. A Miss Margaret Houston was arrested at the. same time. Both were re. manded till Monday next. ■ According to the half-yearly report and balance-sheet of the. Dunedin Gold Dredging Company, Limited, the result of the labours of their steam dredge working between Clyde and Alexandra has been just equal to keeping it a going affair ; yet wheh we come to look tho fact in the face that during that period—that is for the half year ending 10th July, 1866, 6200z of gold, of a money value of £2300 12s 4d, was obtained, we are induced to ask ourselves the question where does all the money go to ? The. only solution to us is that steam is too costly a power to use for dredging gold from the Molyneux, and rt is to be hoped that all future dredgers, supposing there are more put on the river, will be wo ked witksomething less costlv. Though there has been no dividend declared for the past twelve months, yet the oividend for the past three years has been equal to 10 per cent, on the paid-up capital. The avant coureur of the Syndicate late’y formed in London under the title of the “New Zealand Gold Dredging Company, Limited,” Mr Gibson, arrived at Alexandra on Saturday last. From tho few—very few—words wo had with Mr Gibson, he is somewhat disappointed at tho altered appearance of the river and its surroundings from what it presented in ’63—yet withal he expresses confidence in the appliance he is to bring on to the ground. He says the machinery is to arrive in Dunedin accompanied by the inventor and engineer on or about tho 26th inst., and that barring accidents he expects to land the better part of it at Alexandra within a month from then.

Captain Gerald Finch Hatton, a high toned British loafer, who appeared among the evil-smelling drunkards at Brisbane recently, said it was “ monstrous of colo" nial cads to permit a gentleman to descend to such a state of iropeeuuiosity.” This haughty scion of a noble house was discharged after the imprudent magistrate had cautioned him.

London ‘ Truth ’ publishes an article warning the public against investing in a consultation on the Melbourne Cup, circulars for which are being issued throadcast throughout the country by Mr James Walters, Newton, Sydney, We also take the opportunity of warning the people of this part of the world against another, consnltationist who is flooding the country with his circulars of a L 50.000 consultation on the Melbourne Cup. The gentleman referred to—Mr Wallace—represents himself as being the Secretary of the “ Sydney Jockey Turf Club,” which body he would make believe is the promoter of the consultation he is so energetically pushing. We have seen —but it is some time since—para graphs in some of tho Sydney papers distinctly questioning the bom fides of Mr Wallace and bis consultations, and not having heard of or from the gentleman for a time, we had thought he had turned his attention to soma more legitimate calling, but he proves to us that ho is still in the land of the living, and but waiting for the responses of the unwary to his nicely worded invitation to invest in his consultation. We but remark—beware.

At Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland, four boys were recently sentenced to three months’ imprisonment under an Act of Edward 111, which prohibits “ disorderly shouting.” The offence of the boys consisted in their cheering for Home Rule at a late hour of the night. - So great has been the demand for Messrs. ■ Casael’s new serial. “ "The Life and Times of Queen Victoria,” that although an exceptionally largo edition of Part I. was prepared, the copies were all exhausted within a few days of publication, Watercress, a medical paper is credited with asserting, will enable smokers to enjoy their pipes and cigars without any fear of being poisoned by nicotine. It appears that the watercress destroys the toxic principle of tobacco, preserving at the same time its atoma. 11 is sufficient to wet the tabacco with the juice of the watercress, which will completely deprive the tobacco of its deleterious principles.

Thos. Quoi, the Auckland Chinaman who recently offered to supply broad to the un-

employed, intends going among his country, men to solicit vegetables and money contributions. Here is Celestial charity with a vengeance 1 Did any misfortune overtake the Chinamen in the colonies, or should they have any occasion to appeal for charity to their European fellow colonists, some of the gentlemen who now compose the unem* ployed would be the very first to hound / them down as lazy, idle rascals,, and hunt them ont of the country. They wonld bq relentlessly persecuted as a dangerous anl« sauce, (Under tbe coat of John China- • man beats as big a heart as ever graced the internal anatomy of an Englishman—but it is not for his vices that John is persecuted. His good qualities are mainly responsible for his unpopularity, , Old men, tottering round from rheuma- • ' tism, kidney trouble or any weakness will bo made almost new by using American Co.’s Hop Bitters freely. Read In a certain Queensland town lives a fat planter who periodically goes on a regulation “burst.” Some time ago he was just starting on a drinking bout in town when' a new chum policeman, unconscious of the ~ fact that the offender was a.J.P., arrested him,''and with some trouble lodged him in the local “ jug.” Next morning when our drunken Justice came to his senses, he was released by the Sergeaut, who apologised for causing his Worship such annoyance ; but as the charge was filed, however, the J.P. had to appear in Court, and answer the summons. None of the local magistrates attending, our head sore dispenser of justice mounted the bench, and, seating himself, called out “Regina v. A.8.,” mentioning bis own name. He then exclaimed with great solemnity, “As there is no appearance of Begina, I dismiss the case. The Court stands adjourned.” “ A Miraculous Balyk. ” —For the cure of ulcerated Bad Legs, Boils Abscessss, Scrofula, Scurvy, Swollen Glands, Tumors, Ulcers, Bnrns, Scalds, and Skin Diseases of all kinds, “ Clarke’s Miraculous Salve ” is superseding everything. Its curative properties are wonderful. Sold everywhere in pots at Is IJd, 2s 9d, and 4s. 6d each. Proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Company, Lincoln, England, • The following rather long yarn, which recently appeared in the • Detioit Free Press,’ is going the rounds of the colonial Press “ Thirty-five years ago three sisters worked in a cotton factory in Lancashire, England. .They all married machinists, and one went to Australia, one to New Zealand, and one to America. The latter was Mrs William Shearer,- whose husband settled in Atlanta. She never heard a word from her New Zealand sister until recently, when a letter informed her that her sister’s husband had made L 100,000 and had died childless, ' and that last December the sister had died, leaving LOO, 000 each to her sisters in Australia and America.” Mrs Shearer’s New Zealand relative is, we apprehend, apocryphal. There is a chance yet for an enterprising ,■ gold digger in New Zealand (says the ‘ Timaru Herald’) An old Otago miner says he knows of a field which surpasses in richness any yet worked in this colony the exact location of which ho intends to keep to himself for the present. He says that it is beyond the Kakahu, which affords plenty of room for an adventurous prospector to work in, but he admits further that it is within a hundred miles of Temuka. The only reason ho is not working it himself is lack of capital, and as soon as that little de,, feet is remedied, we may expect to hear of a new Ballarat in our midst. Meanwhile, the summer is coming on, and the walking will be good for the crowds of prospectors - who will doubtless flock to the Kakahu.

A Palmerston telegram in the Melbourne 1 Argus’ states that advices from Macarthur, in the Northern Territory, are to the effect that drunkenness and rowdyism are rams pant. There is a perfect epidemic of lawlessness and crime, The outrages which have been committed beggar description. All the Queensland outlaws flock there, Horde-steeling, forgery, and crimes of violence are common, and debts are repudiated. Horses stolen in Queensland are brought there and vice versa. The place is daily growing worse. Drunken men are practi* sing with rifles and revolvers all day in the streets of the township, a perfect reign of terror exists, and respectable people submit, being in fear of their lives, A gang of rowdies stuck up two stores. At one of them (Cameron’a) the proprietors resisted with firearms, and the rowdies withdrew after firing their rifles into tho store. The reepectabla residents talk of establishing lynch-law, It is impossible to hold a public meeting ou the subject, as the roughs and blackguards form a majority and overrule the rest. Mr Gorman, part owner aud manager of Calvert’s Downs station, has arrived, seeking police assistance. He says that one notorious scoundrel is butchering his cattle and supplying the public with them. Ho dare not leave his station to go to the Doper for police, as he would probably find every horse stolen, besides his cattle, on his return. Some of his horses have already been taken. He has no control over his own men, owing to the number of grog , shanties. The Macarthur natives report that Cloppenburg and others, who were wrecked some time ago when returning from N ormanton in the lugger Pelter, got ashore safety, but were murdered by the Blacks at the Doper. A native has reported that a white man ano’ a black boy have been murdered at Castlereagh Bay.