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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 98, 7 October 1863, Page 2

In re the accident at the Bluff. — We are happy to inform our readers tiitit Mr Hoskins, the proprietor of the Criterion Concert Sail, intends giving a benefit in aid of the widow and children of Captain W. D. Hall, and the widow of Mr 11. Aspinall, tuho were drowned at the Bluff on Monday. Subscription- lists have been opened; andwe feel satisfied that our townsmen, on being ■presented with them this morning, toill gladW subscribe themselves £5 ss. We are sorry that want of space compels us to hold over several articles of local interest. A sa 1 accident ocou.-red the other daj at the Bluff. The boat of Assistant Pilot Hull wu3 over- i turned, and he and another naan drowned. Tug full particulars will be found in our Bluff correspondence. A subscription list has been opened for the widow and four children of the deceased, who, we understand, are left totally destitute. We shall be glad to receive subscriptions for them. We understand that the Ueleuslee has brought out fur the Provincial Government some birds and game for acclimatisation purposes. Amongst them are a goldfinch, a blackbird, a haiv, and half a dozen rabbits. These will no do.ibt be handed over to the Acclimatisation Society od proper application being made. It has come to our ears that a child which died the other day in town, has been lour times buried. , within a week. First in the section in which its mother's residence was, then in a neighboring section, nest, in a section out of town, an:i finally, in the C'jinctery. It appears that this system of , putting tho bodies of infants '• auywhere, anywhere, out of the world," is frequently practised. ■ For the sake of the public health, if not for the morale of the thing, the authorities should put a stop to burying-, irrespective of site. An amusing squabble between the limbs of tke law took place in Court last Monday. The row arose fr.an a case having be?n called and dismissed during the absence of the counsel for the plaintiff. The said counsel maintained that his learned brother for the defence, had pressed on the case with unjustifiable fervor. Tue learaed brotlur denied it. Another counsel scenting the battle from afar, rushed into tho melee ; and midst the strife of tongues, the Resident Magistrate's voice was heard high above the rest, threatening to commit the ringleaders to gaol for forty -eight houri, tor contempt of court. The prospect of being locko 1-up quite annihilated the learned gentlemen, it was so inconvenient, just before dinner too. So the combatants sat down muttering blessings " not lou 1 but deep." ■ A meeting of the Volunteer Fire Brigade took place in the Union Hotel, Tay street, on -Monday ' evening. Mr Kingsland was in the chair. Mr Hatch, the Secretary, reported (hat ,fJI6"O had been i collected towards outfit ting 1 a brigade, .and that Mr McDonald had informed him that so s)on ai the Brigade was set agoing, there would be no lack of money for its purposes. Mr Tully moved, and , it. im r>:m'ind tint tlio r\f¥nr nf tlif> Finance Coin inittce of date fitli June be immediately accepted: and a committee was appointed to draw up rules. A committee nas also selected to confer with the Town B >ard and Finance Committee. We understand that Mr James Colycr, of the Princess' Hotel, Dee-street, is exerting himself to establish n CVieket Club for tho approaching Season. It will be perceived by an advertisement in another column, that a meeting is called for next Monday evening;, with a view of establishing a Southland Club. Yesterday afterxoon a young lad named Edward Whiting, son of Mr Whiting, contractor, met with a serious accident near his father's premises. It appears that the youth was seated on a dray laden with timber, and when it was turned off the road, John Hawking, driving, one of the wheels came in contact with a heap of mud which upset the vehicle, (lie lad falling beneath it. He was extricated, and l)r Young who had been sent for, found that his right leg was broken at the thigh. We have not learned if the driver was in anyway to blame for tho accident. Our old friend Mr Julius Vogol, editor of the Olago Daily Times, appears to have got into trouble for having made use of the undignified word " dodge," ns applied to certain proceedings in the Provincial C>u icil, D;inc lin. We copy the following "scenj" from the Otitgo D-iili/ Times of tho 3rd October:— " O.i t!i - ite:n B/idges, Clutha, L]O,OOO, being put, Mr Vogol, amidst a storm of cries of ' Question,' rose to ask if the opinion of the Provincial Solicitor had been received on the subject of the signing of the debentures. A' scene of great confusion and excitement followed. The Chairman put the motion, which was carried. Mir Yogol said that he hal intended to intercept the motion, but had been prevented by the 'dodge' jus', practised. Mr Rvynolds moved that the Cinirmnu report progress for the purpose of taking the words down. Tue Houie resumed, and Mr Yogel explainol the ourse he ha 1 pursued, find said that tho words had been uttered in th.; heat of the moment. Baing requested to withdraw, the honorable member l<»fc the Cham'ier. and a motion was carried that his apology b& accepted. The Cl.Tk of the Council was then sent to call him when it wna found that he had left tho II >usg. A motion was then carried that he had been guilty of contempt ef tho llouso, and the Speaker was requested to summon hi v to appear at its next sitting to receive the julgment of the Council and sny why the usual penally should not be inflicted.' 1 We hope he will not be long compelled to rot in a " loathcsotne dungeon." T'Jn regard to Australian military setters, the Government have determined, should they wish to remit portions of their pay to their families, to mflko the remittance free of charge. Mr Latimer Clark, who is associated with Mr Gisborno in the project for the establishment of telegraphic communication between India and Australia, was to leave England in October for Australia. Mi* Gisborno proposes to carry tli 0 lino from the north coast of Australia to Cape Sedans, and from Singapore to llingoon. Wo observe that the celebrated s.s. Himalaya is shortly expected nt Auckland, with reinforcements from the homo country and from C -ylon. Tiie Court of the Iri.-di Presbyterian Church held its mooting in July last. On the Colonial Mission 11 -port being brought forward, the Court was addressed by tho Hon. Crosbie Ward ( •Postmaiter-Gencral of New Zealand, .and the Il?v. W. Will, of Otago. The Assembly resolved to send out the Rev. W. Hogg to minister among the Presbyterians in the northern district, of Canterbury. The Pecblcshive Advertiser of the 18th July, thus notices the appointment of Mr John Bathgate as Manager at Dunedin, of the Bank of Otago • — "The London Directors of tho Bank of Otago have appointed Mr John B.ilhgate, town

Clerk, to be their Colonial M mager at Dunedin, at such, a salary as to induce him to make the change. He will be succeeded in his business here: by. his partner, Mr James Duncan Batbgate. Our readers will jo : n with us in the mixed feelings with which we make tbis announcement. While there are none who will not rojoice to hear that so useful and enterprising a townsman is about to remove to a station of higher trust — to say that his absence will be severely felt in the town with which he has so long been connected, is only a feebla recognition of the services he has rendered to it. We need not say that besides the important. official positions Mr Bathgate has so ably filled, his exertions a 9 a private citizen, for the elevation and welfare of his fellow townsmen, have been unwearied nnd moro than ordinarily successful. There is scarcely iudeed, an agency of aay kind, which 13 calculated to effect such objactr, which has not been indebted to him for sympathy and support; and his business energy has en abed him to bring tlie important element o*" success to many schemes that might v\ ell hi. re flagged without it.