YESTERDAY’S NEWS.
Messrs Peebles anfl Dunn, the American Spiritualists, were passengers by the Albion.
An exceedingly mysterious disappearance is reported from the Mataura On the 16ih in 4. a horse with a saddle, but without a bridle, was found by some persons on the i auks of the Mataura Bivcr, and was recognised as the property of a shepherd in the employ of Mr M’Nab, Knapdale, named M’Pherson. M'Pberson, it was a u certaincd, has been missing from his home since the 3rd inst., hut no very pressing inquiries as to bis whereabouts appear to have been instituted ; in fact no alarm seems to have been created by his prolonged absence, and the idea that some mishap might have occurred to him appears to have been originated oidy upon tbe t finding of the horse. Various conjectures a’nd minors are afloat; but the mos". ] robahle solution of the mystery is that the missing man has been accidentally drowned in the Mataura Ifiver. The police are actively searching for traces of M'Pherson, hut nothing definite as to his fate had been discovered up to Wednesday. Two cases of sudden death are reported by the Tuapeka Timex A Chinaman named Hung Qaoug died very suddenly on the night of Wednesday, the 14th inst. Deceased had been ailing since the 27th December, and bad been advised by bis friends to go into the Tuapeka Hospital, hut refused. He had been visited by his fellow countrymen almost daily. At 8 p.m. on the date above mentioned, Constable Boyd Was informed that Hang Quo-g was dangerously ill in his, hut, and had no one to look after him. The constable immediately proceeded to the hut indicated, in company with a Chinaman named Ah Tie, and, on arriving, found the unfortunate man stretched on his bed dead. Life was extinct apparently about half an hour. The < auseof death was inflammation of the bowels; and it was deemed by the authorities unnecessary to hold an inquest. On tbe body was found L 7 in notes, a sovereign, and 9oz of gold. A brother or cousin of deceased resides at the Woolshed, and has been communicated with. A man named Hewitt came to an untimely end on Sunday night, ' He was suffering from abscess in the throat, and came into Lawrence on the previous Wednesday, for the purpose of receiving medical aid. He stayed at the Victoria Hotel, where his complaint was attended to by Dr J-tewart. On Sunday he seemed very ill and week, but was able to be about all day, and took his meals as usual. He retired to rest about half-past.pine o’clock. About half-past ton, Mr Williams, who was reading in his parlor, heard a moaning sound, apparently proceeding from one of the bedrooms. He immediately went upstairs to Hewitt’s bedroq/n, and found the unfortunate man half sitting, half reclining on his bed, evidently in the agonies of dissolution. Drs Stewart and Halley, who were in the house at the time, were at once sent for, \mt their skill was of no avail, Hewitt dying in about two minutes after their arrival. The cause ef death was stated by the medical gentlemen to be suffocation.
The down country farmers absolutely refuse to employ .any of the Scandinavians possessing “encumbrances,” the shape of wives and families, v,T,q recently arrived in the Province, They will only take in their■. service single men or married couples without “ encumbrances. ’ The Tuapi’ka Tim** says that this is a short-sighted policy all possessing a practical acquaintance with colonisation will bear us out. Married men as a general rule are far more steady and reliable laborers, and more permanent and valuable settlers than single men. The reason of this is apparent to the comprehension of a child. Men with wives and families cannot afford to indulge in the luxury of roaming about the country, and when they have once fixed upon a location must stick to it, while men without family ties can and do rove anywhere. The action of the parties alluded to in this matter can only be described as utter heartless selfishness, and entire disregard of the interests of the Province and Colony. Population to consume the produce of the laud is loudly called for—it is brought hero, and immediately it comes, those for whbse especial benefit it is conveyed at great expense half round the woild, turn the cold shoulder to the most valuable portion of it. This conduct is the key to the howl some time ago raised for the resumption by the Province of immigration. Men and woxen to permanently settle in the land are not wanted at all. What is required by the “ chosen people ’’ is working machines who will labor at nominal rates for the benefit of their saintly employers, who wax rich upon thr poverty of those they employ. In confirmation of this, wo rejer onr readers to tire immigration record's of the Colony. The vvhftle esd and aim of immigration, aa understood by the Provincial Cftttnoil, W been to introduce cheap labor
for the class we have alluded to. Thousands of pounds, which might have been usefully expended, have been wasted for this purpose; yet without accomplishing the desired result, for immigrants very soon after arriving found out how the laud lay. The consequence of such a policy has been that taxpayers have contributed largely to swell the population of other provinces, the inhabitants of which being enlightened men, understand “the imperial art of colonisation.” In contradistinction to the conduct we have been touching upon, that of the Messrs Brogdcn stands out in pleasing relief. That firm has employed the whole of the Scandinavians left in the barracks, and we are glad to state they are turning out excellent and willing workmen.
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Evening Star, Issue 3099, 24 January 1873, Page 3
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