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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 204, 4 May 1867, Page 2

Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Thursday, 2nd inst., a robbery of L2O was committed at the house o: Mr 11. Brown, bootmaker, llichmond Quay. Mr Brown had •been absent since the preceding night, and at eleven o'clock in the forenoon tvo workmen employed on the premises loft the house to look for him. On their return afc a quarter past three they found the back window open, and a number of footprints on a mattress under the window. .A small box that had been under the table, was found burst open, ! aud four £5 notes in a purse taken therefrom. A watch was hanging on the wall and other property lying about untouched.- Two of the notes have. been i-raced by the detectives and are now in their hands, but they have not snececded in bringing the robbers to justice, or in tracing -the other two notes. A? a good deal of- nimppwjhonsion may exist in the minds of persons going home by the Panama steamers, on the subject uf yellow fever, we arc glad to state that by the last advices ifc liiul entirely ceased at Sb. Thomas', 'and that the health at Panama was exceedingly good, no disease of any kind being prevalent on the isbhmus. The Panama hkkvfwd Herald j>ublibhcs> a iopoifc by Dv

Watson, a medical gentleman of high standing, who was specially appointed by the State Government. He refers the cases of yellow fpver that havp .occurred entirely to the sufferer!? having contracted the disease at St. Thomas and adds — ."The results of my observations convince me that at present Panama and Colon are both healthy ; the one by two cases of fever yet remaining, proving nothing to the contrary, moreover .1 am satisfied there has not been an epidemic of yellow fever at either of the foregoing places, I while it is not and never has been endemic i there. The mail steamers having ceased to call at St. Thomas, will arrest the introduction of further disease, and a few days will efface from the memory that which has given rise to so much unnecessary alarm. The first shipment of South American produce to the Australian colonies by the Panama route has been made by the Kaikonra, which brings a quantity of Costa lliea coffee for Melbourne. Information was given at the police cam]), on Thursday, of a case of attempted stickingup, with the use of fire-arms, which aln.ost induces us to fear that the murderous gang of miscreants who so lately kept the whole' coast in a state of alarm, has not been extirpated by the execution or those culprits, or Jib at they If aye found ready imitators of their misdeeds. Mr Charles ' Median, a gold buyer and storekeeper, on the New ltiver, loft his place at about S o'clock on the morning of the 30th ult., with fifty-two ounces of gold and L 240 in money, to bring down to Greymouth. When ho had reached a point about 3 miles from the New iliver and about 13 from Greymouth, he observed a man, with his face blackened, leaning against the fence of an old disused stock-yard, on the Saltwater track, and another, similarly disguised, a short distance further on, at the angle of a track leading down to New Paver. Being afraid, he diverged into the bush, when the first man fired one shot from a revolver after him, and the second followed him some 150 yards, firing three shots Fortunately he wag not hit, and contrived to get ahead, but in endeavoring to conceal his track, lost his way and got into the ranges between Maori Gully and New Iliver, where he wandered about in a state of the greatest misery and anxiety .until Thursday morning, at S o'clock, having been 43 hour without food, drink, or fire. Sergeant Clements and a constable were despatched in search of the ruffians, as soon as possible after Mr Median had arrived in town and made his depositions. One of the men wore a reddish shirt, and neither had any coat. The following paragraph cut from a Wellington paper reveals a new phase of Maori sensibility. It is easy to understand that any gentleman, colored or .otherwise, might justly feel annoyed at having such a name as Xiy.uootp street stuck up against his house, although wo arc quite innocent of fclic hidden meaning of tho euphonious word : — " Hori Kcrei, orderly to his Excellency the Governor, has complained so bitterly of the sign board on which is painted Kumototo street b.jing ailixed to his residence, that the authorities have ordered it to bo remove;!. It appears from llori Iverei's statement thai the n 'llllo of the street is both abusive and indecent, and bcinfr affixed to his house subjects him to ridicule." In another column we publish a full history cf the progress of affairs in the dispute between the Provincial Government of Otago and the General Government. AVo may add that Mr Bashaw docs »ob hold the delegated powers of, the Governor, but is simply au Agent at a salary of £690 per annum. Mr Vincent Pyke has been one of the nrst Provincial Officers' to accept the. new order of things, and has been rewarded by being gazetted Secretary for the Gold Fields. The well-informed Wellington correspondent of the Viayj) Daily Times states that *he. Ministry will not budge an inch from the position they have taken, so we may expect the quarrel to culminate in something serious. Fortunately the meeting of the Assembly is at hand, so that there is the possibility of the people of Otago being content to wait for the redress of their grievances iii a constitutional manner. The Daihj Times finds it necessary to preach caution to the indignant people of Obago. The following passage occurs in a recent leading 'article .-—"With such difficulties present, the coolest deliberation on the part of the Provincial Executive is absolutely requisite. No one can fool^ indifferent as to the result of the present state of affairs. Tlje' ; complications have only begun, but every one will sec how necessary it is, that however determined to assert m\A maintain their rights, the inhabitants of the Province must do nothing, that in any way will endanger that, reputation for loyalty, which they have so deservedly earned by the proceedings of the last few months. It wiil be owing to the good sense of the people, that the provocation received, echaee no other action than a settled purpose that a Colonial Ministry, who dares so to outrage the feelings and interests of the Province, shall be speedily ejected from office. A -welcome and what has latterly been an unwonted sight was presented yesterday morning in a number of dig^rs heavily swagged starting up the river. Their appearance was that of men who had made up their minds for a spell, as they, were fully equipped with the usual mini ng. parapharnalia . Their destination we understood to be the' neighborhood of Maori Gully. The Bi'itjhlon, Times of Wednesday, publishes the following mining report : — "Mining matters on the Terrace continue to look brisk ; the late rains having enabled many parties to wash their heaps of .waslidirt. The lead on Eed Jacket Terrace continues to be traced sprth towards tho White Horse Terrace. "On the last-mentioned Terrace gold of a rathe? coarse description has been found in two or throe claims, mixed with the usual' minutely fine metal generally characterises the gold-workings of this district. This fact is attributed to. the existence ; of other supposed branch leads falling from the ranges which, are j still left to be discovered, lv another locality about Dublin Terrace, it is tilbo supposed; thai, another, Jju««l of gold

joins the main workings, but would require to sink about ISO feet to ascertain this* fact. Timber for securing the gold workings begins to be gcarco and more valuable. Wo know of a party who has given an order for 1200 props of 12ft long. These props are to be cut several miles up Fox's River, and floated down to Brighton, when the tramway to St. Kilda will take them opposite the claim in the flat, from where they will have to bo carried on men's backs to an elevation of above 150 feet. Not longago the same party was paying for one hundred props L 25. This clearly shows how miners estimate the value of their claims. We have also' to report rumors of a rush up Fox's Paver, but as nothing definite has transpired, we of course publish the report for what it is worth. The rush is reported to be 15 miles up the river." Our latest advices from the Buller report that several claims at the Orawaite had been bottcmed, in mauy instances without result, but in one case with success, the prospect obtained being even richer than in the prospecting claim. A great difference of opinion prevailed as to the probability of the rush turning out well, but there was a decided preponderance of belief in the ultimate establishment of a payable gold iield. The town of Westport is fast enlarging its limits, and a great deal of business is being transacted. Our townsmen, Messrs Tonks and Hughes of the Albion Hotel, have very successfully opened a commodious hotel at Wostport, and many other Grey mouth traders have also established themselves there. We understaccl that there is an almost certain probability pf the head-quarters of the Nelstn Government being removed from Gobden to Westport in a short time. The West Count Times of Thursday states that a miner named Williams, working at the new i;ush, Woodstock, experienced a wonderful escape from either death or fiight,fnl injuries on Tuesday last. It appears that he was sinking in one of the shafts there which had reached a depth of forty feet, where a bed of gravel filled with immense boulders was met with. Some of those re? quired blasting, and one having been drilled and charged in the usual manner, Williams ignited the fuse, and then shouted to hip mates at the windlass to pull him up. They did so, but just as his head was icycl with the surface, the rope broke, and the poor fellow was precipitated to the bottom again. His mates were horror stricken— expecting to hear the explosion that would blow him to pieces— but strange to relate the fuse hung h're, and this providential occurrence saved him. Tt was naturally expected tl^t tho fall would have produced serious injury to tho poor fellow, but fortunately not so, as, excepting a few bruises and a severe shock to his nervous system, he was pulled to tho surface nothing the worse for having suffered so desperate a:i adventure. Miss .Rosa Co.iper had a complimentary benefit last night at tho Union Theatre, offered to her in recognition of hot 1 inestimable services by the gentlemen amateurs, which, wo regret to say, was very meagrely patronised. The pieces selected for the occasion were 'Uyron's absurd travoslio of tho Lady of Lyons, and the farce of Boots at the B wan, which proved to be so mirth-provoking on the last occasion of the amateurs' appearance. Between the pieces two or thrue songs were very creditably sung by amateur .vocalists, and Miss'Goopsr again electrified luir audiouce with her-- dramatic impersonation of the horrors of a night lire, illustrated by a new tableau, which was very cJl'jctivo. Tho following good-humored skifc ab tho v:i-itiijiie mi the previous performance of thu saiuo company that appeared in tho last issuu uf the AryiiH, was given with much unctioiuby Mr D. Cohen in the form of a prologue, and elicited as much laughter as could' bo got out of the select few that composed thj audience: — Kind friends, and gentle cribic of the Press, A slight apology, we must confess, Is due, for tJiid our hurried re-appearaucc, After our effort to " effect a clearance" '"Ut'thc! great " Williams' 1 ' tragedy sublime, " Maibeth," with scenes and costumes uf the time, At least, as far as we, for the occasion, Could do the business without much evasion; In fact, the wan b of larger stage, with scenes, And, moie than all, the want of larger means To furnish proper costumes for each play, Must furnish an excuse for us to-day. • What if our tragic walk produced a laugh, Aud brought a critique from the Argius. staff; Wu put our best let/* forward for the fray — With what success it boots us not to say ; (Eladks'ulfri, we csitainly admit, f.n " Macbcth's" timo perhaps were not the fit;) What if "All, all my little chicks" did please, And Bculloc".i music didn't fib the keys ; "What it our witches did look queer and old, The blasted heath, with side scenes catching cold ; We dhl what certainly was rather rash— We played "Macbeth," but pocketed your cash. But, pardon us ; to-night we claim your aid For .Rosa Cooper and the Fire Brigade ; Bestow applause, and to our faults be blind, And to oiir actions, pray, be somewhat kind. i&Froni Dunedin we learn that Constable John Carroll, who saved. a man named John Hanahan, by jumping after him into the Molyncux, when, in a state of lunacy, Hanahan attempted to drown himself, received by last mail, from the Eoyal Humane Society, a certificate of his courage aud humanity. Upon the graves of .Sergeant-Major Garvoy anil Sergeaut-Major Grcnnan, who were also members of the Otago Police Force, a monument of Oamaru and Port Chalmers stone, designed by Mr Godfrey, is shortly to be •rcctcd. Public feeling in Otago is strongly in support of the Provincial Government. The Daily- Times says : — Promises of support in a:iy emergency are being showered on the Provincial Government without solicitation. Indeed, the difficulty is rather to restrain the i force and anger of public opinion than to f rouse it. It is not too much to say that those whom the General Government have t c .ted most scandalously, are exerting themseives to prevent consequences which would cover the General Government with humiliation. If there were a plebiscite throughout the Province, it would be seen by the voting in what hatred the General' Government are held ; aud if it is desired they should assume the control of the goldfields, why should there not bean Ordinance passed to authorise a general vote being taken on the subject, \