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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 16 June 1869, Page 2

Bonded Warehouses. —We learn by ze’egi-ani that the I’e.’tm is presented to the A csembiy by .he or. a era of the Public Bonded Wave 1 muses in Dunedin, prayi’g that no fa. licenses should be issued, br.s been th own ouk

ITa3?.ow E cape,—Mr Woodlands, of tbe Eova 1 . G’crge Hotel, had a fortunate escape to-day, ow'ng perhaps to h : s coo’ness pud sc '-possession in ve-y a’arufng o’ -’cambtr K-iU. Ab Wa n’s Hotel he got into a bn o - r t to which Wo hordes v/ere attached, Vv-’. oo't l’F-vi -g f-'st secured the reins. The p ‘ '.-.is bo’. od at ouoe, and galloped fariot r p/o.ig Ma 'se St .-eet and IVaces street to le a Pi', where they were forW'ately stopped. MrWood’a’ds appeared at one t' ; ae nc nod to j j’rp oat of the buggy, but fo. i e y kept bis seat, aud, getting possevs’ou o' the re'us, drove the amnia's back ro-e the wo so for their gallop. The Assault on the Police at Waikouaiti.— Frederick Wain, and two other men, concerned in the assault on the Police at Waikouaiti, on Saturday, were brought up before J. W. Murdoch, Ecq., R.M., at Hawkesbury, yesterday morning, on a charge of assaulting police constable Porter. They were remanded untibMonday, when the constable, who is progressing ravorab'y, will he placed in the witness bo;:. The Tloops Question, —It would appear t.nat idle question of vbe retention of the troops is like'y to be brought under vie notice of the Assembly this session by the Government, With that v.ew, Mr otauord has written to the Governor, ask’ng his Excellency to obtain mformat'ou in tbe following pouts 1. Will one regiment be allowed to remain it the Legislature bind itse'f to ,t tTdfc thp coudinoos speciaed in Lord Carnarvon's despatch No. 49, of the 1-t December, ISGG, namely, that a grant of L 50,000 pc" annum for Native purposes be continued ? 2. If not, then what payment per head for each officer and man would be required ; and wou'd more than one regiment be le tif paid for by tbe Co’ony ? 3. It troops are retained, could they, when directed by the Governor, he employed in active operations in tbe field to supp -ess insurrection? 4. If not al’owed to be employed in the held, wou’d they be flowed to occupy, in suffic cut numbers, pos dons oo act as supports to Colonial outpob! 3, though not required to tr ke part in active operations; pud wou'd the Cover’or be empovve ed to dete-nfne at wbafc posts they should he statoued? 5. )f full d’serefon is not a l ’.owed to the Governor, roght Loops be stat'o led at such of the following posts as he might indicate —namely, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganu l ', Wel'i”gtou, Nape-, Tauranga, Ngaruawyh'a, Taupo, Pater.; and what would he the minimum strength of a detachment stationed at any of the four lastnamed p l :.ces ?

Question for Pisciculturists. — Uncle-' this heading we pub’ished, a fortnight a- o, an extract from the Oamaru Ti.nes re’avfve to a fish of the sabnon spec’es winch has been seen in the Waltaki, The Times of yesterday aga u refers to the subject, and makes the following remarks : —“A'.t passant we may now say that we find we were incorrect in stating that the oiry fish previously known to exist in that river was the tel, as whiteba't and a fish known by a native name resembling bullikaka or something of that sort have been found in its waters ; but the fish referred to in our last resembled neither of these. Unt'l yesterday we bad not heard of the ex : stence of any of the salmonidse in New Zealand waters, but we are now in possession of information which leads to the inference that there is some variety of salmon, or at least a fish having the appearance and habits of salmon, occasionally to l)e met wi:.h in our rivers. The Hon. J. M'Lean informs us that in April, 1854, he bad occasion, in company with another gentleman, to cross the Kakaia river, which

was then in flood and much, swollen and discolored. On arriving at the opposite side he noticed a fish about two feet in length lying on its side upon the bark at the water’s edge, upon which he exclaimed, “Why, here’s a line salmon,” and proceeding to his prize, found that it had not been long dead, the eyes being bright and the fish quite fresh. It had evidently b 'en choked by the muddy state of the river. Turning to a boa'man who was stand'ng near, he remarked that he supposed there were plenty of these fish in the river. The man rep’ied in the negative, rtaring that be had never seen such a one before. The fish in quest'on is described by Mr M‘Leun as in all respects —as regards tins, sKape, color o£ the tiesh, &c. —simbar to a species of sa'mon known as the ‘ white salmon,’ which frequents the mouths of livers and estuaries in the home country. A s’milar fish to the one just described, and of about the same s ; ze, was seen, says our informant, by Mr Jones in the Hawea Lake, in May, 1859. It was baslriug under a hush overhanging the water, wfi.h. us back fin just above ..he sur'ace. Mr Jones attempted its captn e, but d?d not succeed. Tlnse circumstances, taken together with the fact, if we remember rightly, that the fish'ng smack Eedc’iffe took on one occasion, during her deep-sea fish mg cruse, a fish which was exhibited in Dunedin, and was for some time thought to be of the salmon specks, ppi >t to the contusion that there is a native salmon, or a fish very much like it in appearance and habits, to be "o end in New Zea’aud waters, and that this fish ascends the rivers in the months of April and May.” The Otago Pi-gad Board Ordinance.—The investigation of the change of embezzleipent p-eferred agalnsu Wi'La.u It. Speid, Ir.te collector of the kidney Load Board, had brought to light what anpe.. s .o be a serious defect in the Ot- go Bond Eoa ds Ordinance. )n this case, t.ie prisons who had been clerk and collector to, as well as a. member of Tie Board, had received in ?1* the sum of L 96 h's fid, for ixucs due no tue Board, on account of which he had paid a cheque for L 32 to the Chairman of Tie Boa d, about the end of May, and a furhier sum of LSS la iu.o the Treasury, since the pv*' m ; r.rry e::anv nation before Mr .Strode, in D. .u c'i a The defect in the Ordinance is thus -efer.vd to by the Time?: —‘‘To far as we can judge pf the case, the weak point appears to be that the Opd : nance sp cities vo pariicu'ar time at winch moneys received by a person acting in the prisoner’s capacity should be paid in. We do not say that „he prisoner is eLher nrnoce.it or guilty of embezzlement or intension to embezzle- that will be for a jury to decide—our object merely behig to draw at entio.i to the fact of the desirability of so.qe alteration beingmade in the law, so as to fix sneeified times for the making of payments by persons employed as clerks and codec tors to local boards. As the case now stands, should the prisoner be convicted, the collectors to the d‘life'eat boards will necessarily be put in fear lest the Laving moneys of the 80. rd, col ected by driblets, for a few days in their hands, should render them open to a criminal pro 1 ©cation,” Ploughing Match. , The Bruce Slaudard informs us that “the Annual P'ougu Tig Match—the first event this season in tic Southern districts—took place on Friday, the 4th iust., in a paddock on the farm 'of Mr Todd, Johnston, East Taieri, wli'ch was admirably adapted for the purpore. The ground was in excellout order for ploughing, aad there w.v a fair attendance of vkhor.', who narrowly watched the interesting and animated proceedings. We imagine that the forthcoming election for the vacant seat ia the General Assembly had induce! an additional number to be present in the shape of would-be legislators and their friends, who wou’d no doubt find full and pleas'ug employment, in setting forth to the Taieri farmers the respective merits of the cand'datcs. The number of ploughs was considerably less than on previous occasions. Tue wo k performed was, as a whole, allowed by competent judges io be very superior. It is very plaariqg to note that a yourt brought up hi the Province was the sucpergful competitor in the senior class—Mr Wm. F. Christie —who was a winner last year in the junior chvs. r Jhe dinner took p 1 ace at Mr Fenwick’s East Taieri Hotel. Dr Inglis was in tt s chair, and Mr George Pram acted as croupier. Tbev§ wgre upwards of 60 gentlemen pr -sent, and everything passed off remarkably well—the speeches, toasts, and songs bring interesting, lively, and pleasant.”

Sharp Practice,—A oorrasponcleßt of ihe Tuaj>e!:n Time ', w dugfrom Sv : tiers, says :—A you kum, lately ia the employment of M--J. Eiuter-ie’d, butcher her?, »s in jad on a c’<a ge of embc;:::!''; 3s f .’ora If s employer. He has been locked up a week, owngto Pie absence of Pie R. M.. bet bis case comes 04 to-qiocranr, lad’s statement is tjp-.t he • ecejved the money, and he retur 'ed home had cube; lQ*.t it or spent it; be had pi a ’ey abaci ’'in of r.is own at the idme. and ji.-,d spot t mi amo<> ;t more ;b<'i belopcrod to Ji:’m; but on mid-r. ing account for o»-'er monies the same dry, he to'd his master to dedu. t toe 3s ' oni h'.s wages, of w deb 30s sve ,- e due. A few dacs a ter he left the eo’p’oymeiit, a d en'ered the service of another but-'her. Bu .terde'd sees him in the street, ami aesaub's him wkli a stock whip, seve e'y mrl reatiog bin ; the boy then went to the pohee for a summons for assault, widen Ids 'ate master hearbig o', he has him arrested on the charge of embezzlement, and so quashes for the p-esemt the civil action. It seems that, in the final sett'emeut of the wages, both parties had fo gotten to reckon tbe 3s in question. Of course I only give you this as the boy’s statement, and' wan'd not have stated it so minutely but that there is much talk about it in the neighborhood at present.” Mixing Operations at the DunSTi4N. —Throughout the length and breadth of the Dunstau Mining District, there exists a more satisfactory and contented feeling than has been for a long time past, the restless feverish disposition that as a rule pervades all mining communities is rapidly giving way to a wish to settle down and reap the golden harvest that is lying broadcast. It is but lately the resources of the District are becoming known, as is evidenced by the high prices asked for mining interests, and by the number of purchasers that spring up on the slightest whisper of a share being in the market. Daring the past few mouths several interests have changed hands ranging from 1.800 to L3OO each. The owners of the dredges working on the Molyneux most pertinaciously keep the result of their labors a hidden secret from the world ; various evidences, however, convince us our remarks in former issues were well founded, as to very heavy finds being made. Some of the extensive workings on the Molyneux are

getting in full work. At Frenchman’s Point, over thirty men are employed, and at Butcher’s Point, about the same number. Up to the present time the men have been engaged in fixing the water-wheels and pumps preparatory to getting into the deep ground that contains the golden deposits. The Manuherikia Water Race Company, in their new c’aim at Buccher’s Point on the Manuherikia, have got fairly under weigh, and expect shortly to declare some very handsome dividends. The pumping machinery employed by this company is about the best we ever saw. The wheel is fifteen feet diametar, with three feet brea: 4- ., and the pump is seventy-four feet long, with a bore twelve inches by two iu the clear. — Duns tan Times.

We have been, requested to state that the Wallace will take cargo for Oamaru up to Friday morning, at 9.30 o’clock, in consequence of to-morrow being a Presbyterian fast day.