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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1171, 30 April 1872, Page 2

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[PEOM OVS. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ;. r .' . . April 22. VL Ty eleciibii''f6r P6tt'Chaira^r : s V resultejdi in the return pf Mr M'Dermid, by a ma;ieigjit:: over; ''^Mr <e ]o"etfch, who ' polled ! 58j. ; %e' ; Ve^higlielt'numbeE, t£& { "oJher^.b^eilig'uoWher^ m tHe'jcqntesfc t Mr M^ermid^|ias.rQpr.e^e^ . the. ! Provincial' on a previous occasion^ i . : ;> y ... * ■•? |- f - Ovir representatives at the Coloiflal Prize < cfti Wjednesday night about 11 o'clock, and landed from the s.s. Maoriaon^lhe.-Rattray street jetty without touch of drum. Elaborate arrangements had been made for a ttirn-p.ut. >of 'the 'Volunteers 1 comrades. A gun was to^'befired'^hen Hh^-^^a^tn^^feniferea^tfer^He^ and another wbe'fa*>*shsef> "left Port Chalmers; when the various corps were to assemble and march t6» the jetty $ and thre| guns were to beared when they landed; * But :; ktrthlS W& r -re'tideretffutil6 for 'want of a Jittl^arran^eimeiit'.with'ihe.iShippingicompahjy^sotf that f'tK&x arrival: of^ the vessel .jnjght sfojMa convenient Hour.;: vWoednesaayoe'vehing! was i^d^9;B]tse < ejfewe.land^^ it cannot be wondered atuthit:the jcom-^ •^«niesr4id^ot|»muste^y~m«ffr^r^<>ul^ wheni^eisignalrguna,WMe^a§ver fired. t,J. understand that they aref to be invited i& r a. ball .or some, such ehtertainra»ni«nexiti week, as a sort of welcome Dack| Our; men do not think very much./rf the : Weaken t tney^eceivedHif' tlie-GMy X)f the Plains, though they, believe it is more the result -of thoiightle'sstfess tlian of design, Tha officer in charge, Colonel Haringtonj gets 'a J:/ dr'essing" : "in^-the -Dailf'' Times *Bf' bearipg; - c !yfay piij»i>Yjiich t J he*treated every;body during the meeting. !r; v ; Tl\§ officers of a.M.S. Rosario,<npw in ou?-harbpr, ,w ( ere Jnyitad to. a ballfin St. George V Hall, r 6h" Wecthesday night, by the citizens- of Divhedin, or at least those {^hpjca^^emsely.es-spj^hjftatp^ardalieingj ■ a few of ntlie 'bankers^ Jawyera, '.influrance ' ' agents, : tand- warehousemes. , -Tlie-Shight wßS?wet,ibut^>there-'wasj' nevertheless,* a very fair turn-out >ii 6f;4liß ! 'beairty and ■fnsrfrrcnr of 4he^ax»?»H>fo3trcrf'^;he"officeßßr of the shij^>v.ere*{)p&3 < 9iis, and dancing Sv as -kepi up till an early hour..- One of the. crew of tlfe Rosari'o, a man riamefl. GTuUey,> i&idil '■ this i -week?, ! artd' wrta'^UdrreaA with <rni\it}ivy.-; honors ..yesterday.. The Battalion Baxid, and a number .pf the Volunteers attended'^thV : fu'iie ! ra'l. t '' Notwitlistandiiig' the broken weather, the war ship :ha9 ;^is i itgdr ! by,c'v > lasge;num])e»,(ofcpeople, p UHQfk niaay.;gpiij£t,rtjv : ibviia.vl .aailysh^fihey^ ■• a ro /taken-' over- the 'Vessel by one -.i>fc/othcr

Si. X\ J* ■ ■ .■-■■ ■' ■.-. '■ • • ■■'■■' ~ fojf thVofficers and shown all that is worth' |l6okj|gt at, and everything explained that SrjgqjHreis it. . . ; Lgpurfosfc extraordinary suicide was perpptlrated at Waikaka a few days ago. The party, a miner, lived in. a hat alone, and before he hanged himself putonacoraLplntft^nifcofcwnn"f'^'"_fpi ■■?!. I boofs^emw^stays^ petticoatej .and over all abl^k* siikXgowrtJ »hila*o&eep the rope from hurting him, or breaking the ÜbMw^li»«eeli^iwMhwd ' fflMjffttfrlowpi neatly, so aa^tpfWme betWeen the rope and 'his neck: 'He had besh dead for some time wheji found. Vetilytheman must have be^mb^niethodically mad. Professdr Snatia^of the Otago Univer- ; sity, delivefeStirYe'rys interesting lecture / I last f night in the North Punedin Church Hh^Wd./ -T%b .^B^averry; large atI "tendance, i the^c^urch^ingjqi^^iia'b^wded. I The subject? iof lecture was " Spectrum Analysis," "of^^'VKic^' J^;.Shand gave a : -4nbstlucß ! ''e!xpla i naon,-;asa^d'e'6iiled the various steps thTOngfr^ichtne 'discovery - "has'-piiased 1 sinc'e'iti 'tffecOTery by Newton, down to the discdirery -of the hin^s^by OFiwlnlfofe^ snd? the ''practical applteMidii'tbiohemieal'Mn^ 1 -' physical re-, h search :by vKerchofF. ,/FBB /.lecture was illustrated bya number of- Experiments, ... fihowing.h6w;<dnreren€ifiQbsbanfces, when I burned in a non-luminous nanie,rgitfe that I flame different-sliades of color, and that 1 thes& substaiices always^6dueetTie same f'Cblbr/tio inattei? ; lioW v tfeey m'ay'brcom- ■ *bined ;^ith •6tHe^/-tMngs;' ! The; Sjtfectra 4 prpd|6^d^ W'^ip^Mtaili^'sW were , : jdiJ3tw^tt^ : of 39 cells. Oltniost ojE;thess ever, only flying glimpses were bad, on accounlfof t avdefeQt;in«the ]amn r !the>flame of 'whicl^ was,flicketing.and unsteady ; but- .. . 1 fair idea of whatiaVnneant.by^ " Spectrum Analysis." " This is the first time that tips interesting . . ' luatrlinient has'tiein 'tra^cly;dsed in the Colony.: At the .cl"ol6 *fSf_ tttMecWre a cor|iaLyot^ of, th'anks'w ! as.giy^ r to i .'Pro- • 'fe#?r;S'naind^oi; JKS kind^fes^^^''Thefirst publicd'rinfangfduhtairiinthe Colony, was T forma,lly, inaugurated ...by Mr 1 M^o^^isiilongMr'day^lasiin.tneSindst of a most appropriately Heavy shower of fi sftin,-n.otwijhstanding.,which- there, was a A silver cup having beeu presQQUsd to His Worship by the con tractor for the renmsal of. the CargJ^|:3^np^nent,. in whicnthe fountain3.*arefp^e^^the iVlaydr gave an oration lu^^^iliifefflowing style, after which lie turned on the w#ter A look a J^fnik; 'an^d^claMtheVthiag aofie| ' His speech was animadverted on pretty warmly mi "Casual Notes;". in Tues'day ? s Daily Times, as r %6adyitim ? , iind- so on. But on. this -occasiani His Worship 1 flrau^qual to . .tlip.tim^qf ,day^ io^Anit^MmimStar oilhe follbvyin^dtsy, he gave 'the Times editor and his su^An^out-and-out rating, to which no Teply.Jjias.yet Wen made. lam afraidjt% 'Saturday Half-holiday. : . „mo7em.e ] n / j; ) -;is. l .,n^^jgqjng J io'jbe such a succ6ss as^was anticipated. ' Thereiis^some dissension in the, ranks," and\a few'defections.' ' ; 'ißut it^a ! hdped 1 tHatWrnb viemerit begun' r withvso-' inuch: /-enthiisiasm, and ■? under such^fsiir auspices, -m'ay-at least ■ fair iriai, "which'nd diididan' say it. has yet had. ,|t would be a great pity if it were so sqont'abandpned, for the sake of a few recifsan^j^^^pnld doubtless join. ; their fello\v^T^^Se*cWrße of a few weeks. 1 --Dnrifi»the pa^t w^§k 7 / i the : Sf6Sf Company at the Theatre'has b'een'Atrengthened are very ii w,eJl, J sp.Qke^ of;Ui the critiques whiciThave ,apßear,ed w in. 'the ! Aocal bift' ' wea tner rad^tner'- ttiihgs have militated agaihstTii3 engagement proving a sXfc'ce'ss 'ftii'S pecuniar^ p^infbf 'view. - ; 1M; , The w/eather has been very unsetdedfK during the week, and a good deal of rain hasi fallen;^rThough -W^'.dTxellers in town may grumble at the dirty streets, the -farmers^: a'nd-above.allJ the; miners', nare rejoicingrat the fall of fainf which has come in very cood time for both avocations.