THE Grey River Argus. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1870.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 661, 14 April 1870, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1870.

1 The Government Offices will be closed from Friday to Tuesday, both days inclusive, during the Easter Holidays. The Banks will also be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. It is rumored that the General Government iutend shortly to extend the telegraph wires to tho new Ahaura township, and also to erect a central Post Office there for the Grey district. A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last night, in the Town Hall. Present— Councillors Strike (in the chair), Kennedy, Wickes, Coates, Purcell, NichoLM oore, and Parkinson. The minutes of . the last meeting were read and con&rmecl. TUe Town Clerk said tho meeting had been called in consequence of a Mr Roady having sent in a complaint against Messrs Kilgour and Perotti being allowed to run their tramway through his garden at Cemetery Hill, which had constructed at considerable expense and labor,

and that it would also destroy and rentier valueless his weatherbon i d cottage. Permission to rim the tramway on this Hue was granted at last meeting. In order fu^.y to consider the matter the Council went into coirmitteo. It was explained that Mr Boady had squatted on a municipal resn-ve, and also on a road -line. A long discussion took place, md the matter was fully argaed on both sides. It was stated that Mr Roady took up the ground before it was surveyed. Mr Moore moved " That the tramway proprietors be requesteil to supply this Council with a tracing vl the proposed route of the line ; that the Town Surveyor ascertain and report whether it is possible to take the line by any other route without such serious injury to the present complainant ; and that Kilgour and Perotti be informed that they cannot receive any protection under the resolution passed at the last meeting." Mr Kennedy seconded the resolution. The Chairman ruled that the latter clause of the motion was out 'of order, being tantamount to rescinding a motion passed at last meeting. The clause was struck out. Mr Wickes moved an amendment— "That a coißinittae, consisting of Councillors Strike aud Moore, with the Town Surveyor, proceed to the spot, and report to the Council what portion of the ground wi'l be required for tramway purposes ; that i'a tracing be suppHed by toe Town Surveyor ; the committee to report on Thursday. " Mr Nichol seconded the amendment. This was put and negatived, only the mover and seconder voting for it. The resolution was carried. Mr Moore gave notice of his intention to move the rescinding of the resolution passed at last meeting. The Council resumed, the motion was adopted, and the Council adjourned until 4 p,m. to-day. A Mrs M'Guire, of Mauawatu, Wanganui, was the other day thrown from her horse so violently that she died shortly afterwards, leaving a husband and five children, tho youngest cf whom is not quite two months old. A man named Ross, a blacksmith at Nelson Creek, who has been suffering from swamp fever for some time past, was last right brought down by his mates, and admitted to the Hospital here. The export of gold from Auckland for the month of March gave 12,0740z, of the value of L 37.703. Two Otago settlers of long standing, Mr J. M. Clark and Mr W. Smith, have left that province' for Fiji, to coa^iience cotton growing. A telegram was received by the Mayor from the County Chairman yesterday, advising the Council to adopt the schedule of tonnage aud wharfage dues recently enforced at Hokitika. This meant doubling the present rates. The reply sent was, that this was against the wish of the Borough Conneil. It would appear that the Waipori Lake, Otago, is filling up with considerable rapidity. Mr Charles Elliott, the compiler and publisher of the "New Zealand Scud Book," is about to send a third volume to press. The forthcoming volume will contain a portrait of Manuka. It is announced that a Panorama, with grand mechanical effects, illustrative of scenes in New Zealand, will be exhibited for the first time, in tho Volunteer Hall, on Saturday evening. The total number of births registered in Dunedin during the month of March was 84, and of deaths 36, the excess of births over deaths thus being 45, or at the rate of 107.69 per cent. The number of marriages registered during the same period was 22. The contractor for the telegraph to connect Shortland with Auckland is pushing forward the work as briskly as possible. A slight mistcike lately occurred in reporting the melancholy accidentf at Cariboo Terrace, Cock-Eye Creek. We stated that the bodies were interred at the Marsden Cemetery — instead of the Gre^-nouth Cemetery. ■■■;'■ On Friday last, a son of Mr C. Best, of Appleby, Nelson, was accidentally shot in the arm while out rabbit hunting. On the morning of the 2nd instant, white frost was lying pretty thick on the streets in Nelson. A series of boat accidents occurred on Tuesday, causing considerable loss to the owners. A boat belonging to Mr A. Montgomery, while coming down the river with a cargo of hides and skins, struck a snag, and filled. The cargo was recovered yesterday; A coal barge, belonging to Messrs D.Maclean and Co., ran ashore on a shingle spit, but was afterwards got off without much damage. Another boat, coal-laden, while lying near Cobden wharf, the same night got on top of a snag, and as the tide receded, turned over, throwing the cargo into the river. An attempt is being made to form a company, with a small capital, for the purpose of obtaining a crushing machine for Wangapoka. A girl named Catherine Win, a daughter of Mr John Win, of Waimea East, and grand-daughter of Mr Hutnphiies, of Wilford Farm, Nelson, has bsen killed by being thrown from a horse. The election of the first Milling Board at the Thames has now been completed, arid the following are the members : — Daniel Grove, William B. Henderson, Patrick Nolan, Edward Henry Power, Alexander Hayes, William Sowerby Greenville, Alex. D. MTavish. The usual fortnightly naeeting of the Paroa Road Board was held at the Road Board Rooms on Tuesday, the 12th inst. Present -Messrs John O'Connor (Chairman), Leach, Stansell, and Colton. The minutes of the : last meeting having been read and confirmed, and the correspondence received, it was moved by Mr Sfcansell, and seconded by Mr Leach — "That the Secretary he instructed to write to the Chairman of the County Council, Bfcating that tenders have been accepted for the whole line of road from Marsden to Cock-a-Bulla. " — Carried. Moved by Mr Leach, and seconded by Mr Colton — "That Mr Beauchamp be allowed to cut. flax on the Road Reserves, as requested, subject to such conditions as may be deemed

necessary."— Carried. Movcl by Mr Stansel], and seconded by Mr Leach — "That a committee be appointed, consisting of Mr Colton and tho mover, and that the Secretary bs instructed to write to the various miuing centres in the district, requesting delegates to be sent to confer with the committee of the Board for the purpose of sending suggestions,. to the County Council regarding the revising of the present Gold Fields Regulations, such committee to meet at Paroa on the 23rd instant, and report on the 26th." — Carried. There was no other business of importance, and the Board shortly afterwards adjourned. j The well-known chief Rapata, of Ohijiemuri, has sent a letter to Shortland claiming a share in the LSOOO awarded for the discovery of a payable gold field in the province. The grounds of Rapata's claim are that the proclamation was for the discovery of a gold field in any part of the province, and that he, at a certain date, gave to Mr John Williamson auriferous specimens from Ohinemuri. j A fire took place a few days ago in a right-of-way off Princes street, Dunedin. The house was used by Mr Hudson as a store-room, and at the time of the fire contained a quantity of firewood, flour to the value of LIOO, and passover cakes made for exportation to the North, valued at another LIOO. The flour and passover cakes were altogether destroyed, and ■will prove a total loss to Mr Hudson, who was not insured.Death is fast thiuning the number of settlers who formed the pioneer body; to Nelson in 1842, and last week witnessed'the departure of a very worthy and highlyrespected member of that body, Mr John Nixon, at the ripe age of eighty, and who therefore must have been fifty-two years of age when he landed here, upwards of twentyeight years ago, from the Lord Auckland — one of the three emigrant ships which first left England for Nelson. Mr Nixon had scarce a day's illness in his long life until the natural frame wore itself out, and to within a short period of his death he was tolerably active, his erect and venerable figure rendering him always conspicuous. He will live long iv the memories of those who knew him as an upright, worthy man. Among the cargo of the ship City of Auckwhich sailed [from Auckland for London a few days ago, were several tons of quartz and takings. These are to be tested in England for the purpose of ascertaining as exactly as possible the value of the quartz, as well as the character of the machinery in use at the Thames. The result of the experiment is awaited with considerable interest both in Auckland and at the Thames. A. man who had gone by Cobb's coach from Wauganui to Okehu on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, and who looked in low spirits, was found in the evening alone and weltering iv blood. He was taken to the camp there, when it was found that he was suffering from several solf-inflicted wounds. He had attempted to cut his throat, but either his courage or his strength had failed, and the attempt was abortive. He had then inflicted a wound iv his abdomen. The name of the poor man, we understand, is Ralph Cullinan. He had been ckink-ug hard recently, aud is ovly another aclde-1 to the many victims of. indulgence ' i sirong drink in this country.