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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 108, 30 October 1863, Page 4

Yesterday morning about 1O o'clock a man named James Creighton was trying to cross the Oreti River on a young horse. He was swimming the horse in deep water, when he became restive, and the man falling off was unable to swim to land. The accident was observed by some persons on the bank and a boat was immediately put off, but before reaching the man he sank. The body has not yet been recovered.

Wilh regard to the state of Doe-street, an adjourned sensatiori f meeting of the ratepayers &c. was bold at 8 o'clock, on the evening of Monday last, within tne Royal Princess Concert Boom," in order-to receive the report of the deputation appointed to wait on his Sonor tfe Superintendent. •Mr -J!l. *W. G files occupied the chair, and intr*. duced the business of the' evening. Mr Binney reported that the Superintendent had as much as , handed them over to the Town Board. The meeU . ing, after a lengthy interchange of " local," not to, say personal " allusions," resolved that the lame deputation be re-appointed for theparpose of waiting on, and bringing the Town Board to book, with a numerously signed application for; immediate amended ways-. The proceedings were closed at naif-past n"ine with a vote of thanks to the chairman. During the evening, the meeting was addressed by . Messrs Carey, Watt, Moses, Snoallfield, Monkman, Millar, Mowatt, <ssborne, and Binney. Good order prevailed, and the meeting would have been a favorable specimen of tbe genus, had the knowledge of what to do next been a little more general. tVe observe that the theatre in Conan has been commenced, between the Mechanics Institute and the Provincial Hotel. A number of heavy piles have been driven in to bear the weight of a substantial histrionic temple ; and the ground is strewn with preparative timber. It is rumored that Mr Holt, the lessee of the Princess Theatre, Dunedin, will visit Invercargill next week, with the view of making arrangements for the occupation of the new theatre. • Esk street will Jsoon be a passable thoroughfare for pedestrians. A grating pavement is being rapidly laid down on the most inhabited side o^ the street. It will bn seen by a letter from a correspondent in another portion of our issue of to-day, that ho complains of the injudicious method adopted by the Provincial Council authorities in altering the formation of the North Koad in continuation of Dee Street. If it is not too late to remedy the cvil — if such it is — complained of by our correspondent, we hope the matter will be looked into. The following is the state of the Gaol for the week ending 29th October, 18G3 : — Sentenced to hard labor, 11 ; Coramitte'd for trial, 2; imprisonment only, 1 ; debtors, 2 ; lunatics 2 — lß j females, 1. — Total, 19. Eeceived during tho week, 4 ; discharged during the week, 5. The only business of any importance at the Police Court on Wednesday and yesterday — apart from one or two cases of drunkenness —was a charge of stealing a boat, preferred by Petlrerick prosecutor, against C. E. Price, which, after a partial investigation, was remanded to a future day. We learn that the Star Company, which commenced an engagement at Rirerton on Monday night last, are amusing the Rivertonians greatly. The audiences are large every night, and the pc - formances of the different members of the company are cordially applauded. Yesterday might be pronounced the finest clay of the Spring season. There was, after midday, constant sunshine, and the evening, with prolonged twilight, was as quiet and warm as a July evening at home. All the old mud anl squalidness seemed far away, and one could almost havcthought of them asjan unhappincss gone by, that would never corns a!jain, had it not been far tho snow clad range in the distance, that cast almost a shiver into the general beamingness. For the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition of 1865, a good many preliminaries have already been settled. The most important we summarise fiom the Daily Times- The Exhibition will be opened on the first Tuesday in January, 1865; and will be held in a building to be specially erected opposite to Knox Church, in Great King-street.. It will be open to all persons, whether designers, inventors, manufacturers, producers, or possessors of articles worth exhibiting. No living animal or vegetable, or other matter subject to decay, will be received. Contributions of fine arts— such as paintings, drawings, architectural models, sculpture, die-sinking, e'ehings, engravings, &c, are particularly invited. Prizes or rewards for merit will bo given in the three sections, of raw materials, machinery, and manufactures. Exhibitors will be allowed to affix prices to their goods, Article* intended for Exhibition must, if of weight, be sent iv before the 21st November, 1864 ; if of no great bulk, before the 12th December, 1864. With r.-gnrd to location, exhibitors must apply without, delay to the Provincial Committees of their several Provinces, for a form of demand for space, stating in which ofthe four sections — raw materials, machinery, manufactures, and fine arts, it is proposed to exhibit. The Commissioners have decided not to take any steps in reference to the protection of inventors or discoverers, by patent or registration; but their prospectus will contain, for the information of exhibitors from a distance, an outline of the Patent Latr of .New Zealand, which enables any inventor whether a British citizen or a foreigner to obtain letters patent upon a deposit of £10, together with a petition and specification, and after advertisement in the Gazette and a colonial newspaper. The Exhibition will be open daily, except on Sundays. Season tickets will be issued at the rate of £2 2s each. On the second and third Jays alter tho inauguration the price of admission will be ten shillings, the Commissioners reserving the right of appointing six other days whan the same charge will be made. Gradually he rates will be reduced to ss. 2s 6d, and Is, — the latter being the prevailing price on Saturdays after the thirty-first clay, and half-a-crown the permanent charge during the remaining days of the week. A preliminary meeting of the Southland Pro" vincial Committee for the purposes of the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1865, will be held in the Superintendents' office on Friday 30th hist-, at 3 p,m. The latest Hobart Town advices ex Gothen burg are to the following effect . A petition has been presented to the Legislative Assembly with 244 signatures, praying for the repeal of the Stamp Act. At a recent meeting of the Committee for the promotion of the main line of railway, the following motion was adopted "That a Main Line Railway Association be formed to assist in promoting the construction of that Railway ; ths members of which by paying a subscription of two shillings and sixpence to have the right of entry at all public meetings of the Association." The Bishop of Tasmania has applied to the Governor and Executive, for leave to resign. A man of the name of George Stewart, lately brought up before the Police for felony, was at first sup* < posed to be Gardiner, but the impossibility has since been proved. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Hobarc Town Benevolent ] Society on Wednesday, the 14th inst., a case tf as brought before the Society in which an old lady applied for relief for herself and granddaughter. Dr Hall stated that the girl, although only 13 years of age was pregnant. At the same [ meeting, a letter was read from Mr J W Graves sen., of Kingstown, mentioning several cases which had come before the Police Court in reference to the conduct of the aborigines, and stating that although there were only seven of them they cost Government from £1000 to £1500 a-year, and that they were allowed to associate ■with the basest characters, get drunk, and sell Government property. He suggested that the Benevolent Society should take charge of these aborigines and clothe and keep them. The letter was ordered to be transmitted to the Government * y»-

The Canterbury railway seems to be approaching the opening day, for a station master for the Christchnrch station has been sent for to Melbourne. We "understand that Mr Jones, lat e station master at North Melbourne has received the appointment and is,a passenger by the s. &• Gothenburg on Tier present trip. s . We are glad to see* that immediate steps -are being taken towards furnishing the New Eiver and Bluff,, with an important agent in the development of shipping and 'commerce— a steam tug. The Government invite tenders for a tug of not less than 200 tons measurement, ami 30 horse ."power.- ■ "- » ' The Provisional Committee of the proposed ' Southland Prospecting Association met yester- \ day afternoon at the Union Hotel, when it was arranged that'subscibers should be limited, so that the members -of the Committee should, actively canvas the town for funds. , The Weekly Scotsman of August 15th has the following : — " We-have_had occasion from time to time to notice the formation of new com- t panics, and the progress of fresh enterprise, > tending to the advancement of Leith. Ample ; fields unoccupied still exist, which would afford scope for enterprising capitalists. 3S*w Zealand till now w s classed amongst one of these j ' for the trade of that colony was not taken up in Leith in the way that its importance demanded. The New Zealand and Leith shipping trade has now, however, been taken up by a new firm— j the Forth and New Zealand Shipping Company — likely to do it justice. It ia the intention of the company to despatch vessels from Leith regularly at short intervale The Prospector, a fine new clipper built barque, 500 tons burthen, has been on the berth for some time, and wil* be despatched on Wednesday for Dunedin and lnvercargill. She has obtained a full cargo of goods, and all her berths for cabin passenger* are engaged. The Prospector, which has been placed under the command of Captain Gifford, an experienced commander, is btiilt so as to draw little water, and thereby enable her to land ] her cargo at the wharfs of Duriedin and lnvercargill without the aid of lighters. Other vessels of similar construction are being built by the Company; and, in the meantime, vessels are wanted to charter to take cargo left by the Prospector, and which is constantly coming forward to the Company." The 12ngli$7iman (Calcutta) of 3rd September thus refers to the despatch of troops from India to New Zealand : — " We (saysthe Englishman) see that the Government is desirous of sending down the military reinforcements to New Zealand by steam. Vessels of sufficient tonnage of that description can be collected here. The resolu* tion is a wise and rational one, as no transport operations consequent on active hostilities being carried on in the field should now-a-days be performed by sailing vessels- It is probable that the war in New Zealand-will be short and sharp, and, we hope, decisive this time ; although the Government here seem in no great hurry to send down the troops to be supplied from India for conducting the hostilities against the Maories. If H M's 43rd L. I, are to go to the seat of war slowly and leisurely in sailing vessels, there is at least one in the port now that could take on board the entire regiment, carry the officers and men comfortably, and land them en masse in New Zealand ; but steam transports are much preferable under the circumstances." As to the Explorations under the auspices of the Royal Society of Victoria, the Age, says : — " The seventh special report of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society has appeared within the last few days, with a summary appended of the expenditure incurred by the committee on account of the various exploration expeditions. This summary shows n total of £26,180 19s 10d., expended in the purchase of camels and the expense of sending H.M C.S. Victoria and transports to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The committee; without giving ar.y opinion as f.o the political appropriation of the territory discovered by the late explora. tions, express a hope that the sacrifices of life and treasure which the colony of Victoria has incurred in the exploration of the interior will not be overlooked when the apportionment of Burkes Lan 1 comes under the consideration of her Majesty's advisers in England." Though there is not much chance of the lost paper finding its way to this Colony, it may be as well to state— and we do so on the authority of the Melbourne Herald that the under-men. tioned Bank of England notes were lost in Lon. don on the 15th August, payment stopped, and a reward of LIOO offered for the recovery of the same— viz., one for LIOOO, dated 14th November, 1861, No 99976; oneforL2oo, dated 4th July, 1862, No 72936 ; one for L2OO, dated 4th July, 1862, No 72937; eight for Ll'6 each, dated 23rd April, 1863, Nos 11919 to 11926; one for L5, dated, 12th December, 1862, No 53783 ; o»e for L5, dated 24th April, 1863,- No 50715 ; one for L5, dated 2«h March, 1862, No 89774 ; one for Lo, dated 12th November, 1863, No 77856. Shearing is pretty general in the Canterbury Province at present, although fuJly a fortnight later than last year, owing to the dty season. The first instalment of this season's clip was expected down last week. The Cal>inef>makets of .New South Wales are , about to petition Parliament praying that an. import duty may be imposed upon furniture. The Mechanics' Institute is being added to, in the form of a small reading room, which will also do duty as a library. The original hal* will, we understand, continue to he let for the various purposes of Church, Parliament, Concert Hall and Dancing saloon.