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Dunstan Times, Issue 1293, 10 December 1886, Page 2

Oar customary card calenders for ISB7 are now ready, an d can be had by one and all on application at this office, or at the principal stores in the various centres of the district. The nsnal monthly meeting of the Hor. pital Trustees to have been held on Monday evening lest, lapsed for want of a quorum. Dr Hyde tnteied upon his dnties as Resi. dent Surgeon of the Dunstan District Hoi-pit-1 during the past n eek. At the last sitting of the Divorce and Matamomal Court .he rule nisi in the suit of Mill* v. Mills and Terrier was made absolute. The attention of purchasers of land for for farming purposes is directed to the advertiLcment announcing the sale of land in the estate of the late Mr Arndt, situate in the Hawea district. Tae land is some of the best in the Hawea, and all facing the main line of road. We have received from the Government Printing Office a phamphlet being a “ Manual of Instruction for Raising Mulberry Trees and Silkworms.” bv G A Schoch. ‘ The attention of dairy men, farmers, and others, is directed to the sale of cattle on Wednesday nest, the 15th inst, at Monte Christo, The superstructure of the new bridge to be be erected across Chatto Creek arrived on the ground by waggons on Wednesday last. By the very large number of nominations for the events to be contested for on (he Matakanni Race Course on New Year’s Day and the following Monday, we may look forward to a grand meeting. There is no doubt but this meeting is fast gaining the food opinion and the confidence of horse owners and the public generally, and we think most deservedly, as it is evidently the desire of those in command to study the comfort and well-being of all classes. During the passage of the ship Melbourne from London to Melbourne, the chief officer and two seamen were lost overboard aonng severe weather.

The low sustained by the destruction by I fire of Railway Goods Shed in Dunodin on | Sunday night tat is computed at about | L4QO&. Amongst the-losers is our towns. J man Mr B. Naylor, who loses four bales of wool «nt of fourteen he had sent away a shoat time previously from bis farm at. Spottis Hundred. The Government are of opinion that the fire was the aot of an Incendiary, and are offering L 250 reward; " Yesterday a dead body, and from what can learn, perfectly nude, was seen by Mr F. Denham on bis up trip between Clyde and Cromwell floating down the VMolyaeux. Immediately on his arrival at be reported what he had seen. : The wire was at once put in motion, and all the stations down the river was communicated with. During the afternoon a body (also vude) was. seen at Roxburgh, , but ■whether it was recovered we did not-.hear, up to the time of going to press. l%e attention of the Attorney-General Mo? Tasmania having been formally called In disclosures made in a case tried in the Supreme Court Hobart, and to Judge Wrenfordley's comments on the conduct of Messrs Gill and Ball, a leading firm, of nolicitors at Hobart, in retaining (as it is alleged) in their own hands for a year moneys belonging *o the trustee in the ■estate, and making nse of'.the same for their own business, a citation h>swbeefl lodged calling upon Messrs C ill and Ball to appear before the Couriio show cause why they should not he struck off the rolls. < * We ('Daily Times')understand that farm hands are becoming sca.'oe in Southland, and that there is also a'demand in that dit* trict for female general servants. The 'Daily Times' .Correspondent says.-It is stated that the hours of -civil servants will shortly be extended, and ihat from January 1 clerksj will require ta attend from.9a.rn. to 55>.»., with one hour for lunch. The manner in which the charitable a<d is distributed in Auckland it on a liberal and scnewhat iudisorimate bs»iis. Some «xtraord'uary disclosures ware made at a recent meeting of the local Board, Among other thing J it was slated ttat in one case a widow who w*<s asses. id forsa°3}ttrpese of rating at £630 was .the recipient of relief. In another case,also tint of a widow,the recipient is said to be the ownar of a freehold of seven or eipfot acres, near Auckland, atnice house, and several milch cowaS in. fact quite a complete homestead, worth hundreds of pounds. In a third case again * widow, it was stated she had a sou and daughter in fair position in Auck'aod, aid »he herself had'a nicely furnished home and amongst her larej and penat 53 wa3 a piano. In relief of these cases, which ara ■of long stand l ag, about £7OO had been •wrongfully expanded. It was also pointed •out that if these cases had been nferred by *he relieving autho itias to local lodies for investigation a large sum mu;ht have been saved to tbe couotiy. The vigour of youth given to the aged •and iufiim by using Hop Bitters made by by American Co. Try it. Read The late English news reports that the troopship Cbandernagore founder-id du a cyclone, and 1201) lives were lost. Later reports say that sbe tow arrived safely at Singapore. Latest reports from Home report the wool marke* to be irregular and prices receding. Count von Moltke, discussing the Army Bill, declared that an allianc 3 with France whiebf' would ensure miinteaance ef European p<sace was impossible while tbe French demanded the scrrender of the provinces which Germany would never re* nonnce. He disclaimed any idea of corw •quest, but declared Germany would keep those provinces which she-already possessed. In the neighbourhood of hrge distilleries it has been observed that cattle become utterly demoralised by fewting on the refuse from the stills. In time they come to have the dull, stnpidappearancecbarasteristijof an opium-ester. It is hardly poaaible that the milk produced by animals permitted to feed on snch abominable stuff can be either wholesome or agreeable. According to the Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, the air is full ■of rumours regard''ng the practical failure of a mercantile man in Wellington prominent in several ways. It is said that his defalcations and debts amount to nearly £18,000; but he has not filed, and no prosecution has yet been initiated, although the facts have been whispered for weeks. Meanwhile paper bearing his name is being dishonoured on all sides, and his bankers aie issuing writs all round in consequence. The question of taxing bach jlors has again arisen in France. A petition to that effect has been sent to the Chamber of Deputies. It says that in Paris alone there are nearly half a milKon, whereas the number of married men are not more than 379,000. We are reminded that the tax singular as it may seem' has already existed in several countries. Tbe French Convention adopted it. So did the old Republics. In Sparta the women were allowed to drag bachelors into the Temple of Hercules snd give them a sound thrashing. Plato condemned them ■to a fine, j£ome made them pay a round sura. Camillus went further, and forced them marry the widows of citizens killed in defending the country. The petitioners " say that the tax' ought to be doubly welcome first, because it will increase the declining population by inducing bachelors to marry; and secondly, because it will make growing deficit in the budget. MEMORANDA, J, The Vincent County Council are willing receive offers for the turning of the Clntha River. ■• . Mr McUracken holds a sale of rich ajriicultural land in the Hawea District on the S7th inst., in the Council Chambers, CromMr Nicholas, photographer, notifies Hurt he has opened his studio at Alexandra. A manager is wanted for the Matakanul Water Race Company. Mr A- Moore his a notice. to sportsmtn. in smother column.