Interprovincial Items.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 815, 22 August 1870, Page 3

Interprovincial Items.

THE LATE GOLD EOBBERY IN OTAGO. PISCOVEBY OF THE BOBBERS AND EEOOVEBY OF THE TREASURE. ("Prom telegrams in the Evening Post.] Dunedk, August 15. A MAN named Eennie, <?f Arrowtown, is in custody, having confessed to the gold rob bery at Clyde. The Deputy Superintendent has received a telegram from certain residents in Queenßtown, stating that the thieves are in custody, and claiming the reward. Kennie, after his confession, took the police to the place where the treasure was "planted." It has all been recovered excepting £6OO in notes, lost by the thief. The policeman at Clyde is suspected. The treasure was secreted in four different places, extending over a distance of forty miles.

The following telegram from the Deputy Superintendent of Otago has been courteously placed at our disposal by Mr MTndoe :—"The Clyde gold robbers have been discovered. All the gold and treasure has been recovered with the exception of 30 ounces of gold and 500 £1 notes. The treasure was planted in different places No particulars have yet been received as to how many were concerned in the affair. There are four claimants at Queenstown for the reward."

The Evening Post, August 13, says : —A valuable horse, the property of Mr Gv S. Cooper, which arrived from .Napier by the p.s. Luna yesterday, was unfortunately strangled in being hoisted ashore. In the Les'slative Council on the 16th inst. the Colonial Reciprocity Bill was read a second time on a division of 20 to 10.

The Evening Post states that Captain Wheeler, of the s.s. Taranaki, and Mr Moss, purser, have collected, in aid of the Tauranga .Relief Fund, the sum of £243. And from the Daily Times we learn that £B7 has been collected in Dunedin towards the same fund.

The Evening Post, of August 15, says : 11 We have been informed of a sad occurrence at Wainuiomata, The schoolmaster for that district, Mr Clarke, left the school house on Wednesday afternoon, on pur po3e to gather some sticks iu the bush He had not returned that evening, nor did he come during tint night, and, concluding that he was "lost in the bush," next niorring a party of the neighbours started to look for him. The search was maintained during Thursday, Friday, and up to Saturday afternoon, when the dead body of the unfortunate wanderer was discovered in the bush, he having evidently perished from exhaustion aud exposure. The last clause of the Public Works Bill was carried in the House of Representatives on the 16th in3t. This Bill, the Even ing Post says, " was pushed through committee at a speed which the railways which are to be made under it will scarcely be able to imitate." The Post adds—" When the last clause was agreed to, there was a good deal of cheering, and the occupants of the Ministerial benches looked absolutely radiant. It must certainly have been a proud moment for Mr Vogel." The following telegram appeared in the Evening Post: —" Auckland, 14th August. Raglan news states that the King has invi ted the loyal natives to visit him with their arms; they accept. The reason is supposed to be the approach of the Arawa friend.ies, between whom and the Wai katos there exists an old feud, creating distrust."

Owing to the depression of the English flax market several mills in the Province of Auckland had been closed j some of these, however, have since been re-opened by new men.

It is rumoured in Wellington that Mr Dillon Bell will be appointed Minister of Public Works should he return from England in time.

The hon. W. Fox delivered an interestlecture on '• Sinai, and Pales tine" in the Presbyterian Church, Wellington, on the night of the 15th inst.

One of the Assembly balls usual at this season took place hi the Oddfellows' Hall, Wellington, on the night of the 15th inst., aud is said to have been well attended. The gold-fields of Ottigo are gradually increasing in their yield. The escort returns for the six months ending 31st July were close upon 70,000 ounces. From the Wanganui Chronicle, 11th inst., we learn that, owing to the heavy fresh which bus been running in the Wanganui river for the last week, and the inclement weather, Mr M'Neil has been unable to proceed with the bridge as rapidly as he could wish. The fifth cylinder, upon which the turn-tables will act, has been sunk several feet

The Wanganui Chronicle says that on Sunday morning, 7th inst., two young men, named" Wale and Ward, were proceeding aloHg the road from Turakina to Bull's, the cart in which they were fell over a culvert, then submerged near the Tutaenui stream into nine feet of water. The horse (Craven, a well known entire), cart and .contents immediately disappeared beneath the flood. The young men were carried some distance down with the current, and succeeded in catching hold of a cabbage tree, from which position they were some time afterwards rescued by the aid of ropes.

We observe front the Otago papers that Mr Peyman, of Dunedin, is said to have invented a very serviceable and cheap kind of suspension bridge, which is peculiarly adapted to the rapid streams of JSTew 2ea«

land, where the expense of erecting wooden or stone structures is often very great. Mr Peyman proposes to construct his improved suspension bridge of upper and lower sets of4£ inch galvanised iron wire, oarried over the river, gorge, or ravine to be spanned, the upper set to go over strong pul» leys (to allow for expansion and contraction) fixed on the top of wrought boiler plate and angle iron standards, and to be firmly fixed in the ground at a proper dis tance behind the standards. The lower set is to be similarly carried over the span,] and passed through iron pipes, provided at the foot of the standards, both sets being strained as taut as possible Each pair of the two sets is then to be connected by light round wrought iron suspension rods placed three feet apart, and made of the relative lengths requisite to bring the lowest set of ropes into the form of a slight arch j the flooring, of tough pine planks, to be laid as each pair of rods is fastened to its permanent place, and the planks to be securely do welled together. From each side of the centre of the bridge, side guys of inch iron wire are to bo carried sideways and downways at an angle of 20 to 30 degrees with the course of the bridge. It will be perceived that this style of bridge can be rapidly, cheaply, and easily constructed, and that by increasing its carrying capability by multiplying the number of wire ropes, top and bottom, according to its span and width of roadway, it may be made suitable for any kind of traffic, and is peculiarly adapted to positions where the possibility of constructing stone or wooden bridges is precluded by the formation of the country. The'number of hands required to erect a bridge of this description is inconsiderable, a smith with his assistant, two carpenters, and four or five handy men or "riggers," being all that are required. Taking as a basis of calculation that 4£ inch iron rope has a breaking strain of 32 tons to a working load of 96 owt., the strength, lightness, durability, and cheapness of this style of bridge at once impress the mind, rendering its adaptability to general use in rough country, although its greatest, not its only recommendation. The vibration too is, if not entirely overcome, materially modified oy this plan, the rolling load having absolusely the effect, by acting on the upper side of the curve, of pressing it together, and thus rendering it more firm. The following telegram from Hokitika, dated 15th August, appears in the Evening Post:—Mr liurif has telegraphed to the West Coast Times that the Ministry intend amending the County of Westland A.ct so that the Grovernor shall nominate a chairman. Much uneasiness prevails, as there could be nothing more hateful to the people of Westland than' a nominee ruler. It is believed that the intentions of the Government must have been misconstrued.