SALE OF TOWN LAND WITHOUT AUCTION IN PARTICULAR CASES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 137, 24 April 1862, Page 3

SALE OF TOWN LAND WITHOUT AUCTION IN PARTICULAR CASES.

An : Ordinance approved by the Government in 1858, further provides that in particular cases, where considered advisable, the Waste Land Board may, with the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council, sell " Town Lands" without auction. The following are the important clauses.

1. In all cases wherein parties shall ajpply by Petition to the Waste Land Board, setting forth the circumstances of their case, it shall be lawful for the Waste Land Board, with approval of the Superintendand and Executive Council first obtained, to sell Town Land, except lands within the limits of the Towns of Dunedin and .Port Chalmers, without exposing the same to auction, at such price as shall be fixed by the Waste Laud Board and appro ved of as aforesaid, such price not being less than the upset price, if-such land had been exposed to sale by auction.

2. If any Trustees for any religious body shall so apply for liberty to purchase a site for a Church or other buildings for religious purposes in any Town, it shall be lawful for the Waste Land Board, with the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council first obtained, to sell to such Trustees for such purposes not exceeding one acre of land in any Town, without exposing the same to auction, at such prfces: as would have formed the upset price if the. land had been exposed to sale by auction.

THE BATTLE OF BULL'S RUN, i At Bull's Hun, when the sun was low, 1 Each Southern face was pale as snow, And shrill as jackdaws rose the crow Of Yankees boasting rapidly, But Bull's Run saw another sight When, iv the deepening shades of night, Towards Fairfax court-house poured the flight Of Yankees running rapidly. Then broke each corps with terror riven, Then rushed the steed irom battle driven, The men of battery number seven Forsook their red artillery. Still from Macdowell's farthest left The roar "of cannon strikes one deaf, I Where furious Abe and fiery Jeff Contend for death or victory. The panic thickens. Off ye brave ! Throw down your arms ; your bacon save ! Waive," Washington, all scruples waive, Andlfly with all your chivalry. — (Examiner.)

Inauguration op thr Fraklin Memorial. —A bronze statue of the late Sir John Frank- - lin was formally inaugurated at. his birthplace. Spilsby, Lieolnshire, on Tuesday afternoon. The - statue has been ercetcd by subscription, at a cost of about £700. A procession, headed by the Spilsby Volunteer Rifle Corps, with their band, marched to the market-place, where the statue stands, and there Sir John Richardson, C.8., F.R.S., delivered an in-, augural address. The statue is an excellent work of art, modelled in bronze, and declared by all who have sien it, and who knew. Franklin before his last expedition, to be a most faithful likeness. The dress is t!ie ordinary uniform frock coat, with cloak thrown over the left, shoulder, the left hand resting on an anchor, amd the right hand holding a telescope, and ' resting on the hip. • The whole statue, countenance,' and figure, ' has an expression of a far searching character, .and the many characteristics of the deceased sailor have been well delineated in the separate ' features. The statue stands upon a granite pedestal, about nine feet high, on which is the followiog inscription : —" Sir John Franklin, discoverer of the North-West Passage. Born at Spilsby, April, 1786 ; died in the Arctic Regions June, 1847. Erected by- • public subscription." At a public luncheon, after the inauguration, "The Memory of the late Sir John' Franklin" was given as a toast by the chairman, and • drunk by the large company in solemn silence. " There were present among the company a grandson ::L of Sir John Franklin, and also Captain Pym, one of ' the explorers who went in search of the lost expedi- ' tion. One brother of Sir John attained the honor of • Judge of the Supreme Court of Madras, and another' " .filled an important office in the East India Company's '' service", and did much in the Survey of their poV,'' - i sessions.