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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 12 February 1864, Page 6

"'iWe'sundefstand that &'. general holiday jimpiigsfc ihe'Jshop and storekeepers in town, have' been observed to-day, 'in order to: "allow' their* -employees to go "to the races or r otherwise "'to' amuse, themselves, but for the contiunacioxisiiess^ displayed !'by: jonc firm, which' alone'stobd firm'ia holding out against iclosiiig their ,cstabh"shinent,'for I 6ne day. The [want-, of? perfect :waanifeity, ,of * course, compels; the' others , to koep~openalso.| -•3?rom tHe Customs' 'summttry \i appears that ithtf nbotal.valuo *,of;"the good^losfc in Casper's "2bond dui-ui'^tho hiteiinr6' in^Duncdin, was 'hd&ch i ovU > -eßtimated?asithais,beej!i ascertained tkat it" docs uot pxceed £22,000.

! of Southland was. dOnimehced on at 12 o'Olock, in . tU&---tiaU,^j^ Jleabany»>. Institiito;Oonon*ltl«C#«^piettyl^^^ ling of $he QUfcpdo publio was the stairs, appprtipned to the public, as wejlos in^ the gallery, where a few ladies werp present. Precisely at the hour mentioned, M^vM'JSTabf? who^-was fleeted Deputy-Speakei', called on ||hejo^|k %o read iKe proolamation jnthoPro« lyinfligjtjCtaitette; obnyening the meeting of the iPouuelV which, being done, and; the usual «pra^er read by '■■•the Deputy-Speaker, His f Honor the Superintendent was "introduced, :ancf!deiivered from' the Speaker's' Chair the \ :ope,ning address, when he withdrew, and the t . business of the .Jlouse was proceeded with. ;!Thisf4oonsisted of , the iisual tinimportant mat'tejJs^of routine,— in appointing a committee to .'prbpare the reply to the addresi, and in giving ■ notices' of motion* for Friday (to-day), at 12 jo'cjiojck, to which time the House adjourned, Rafter.' a three ofv.«anj houf'^ sitting. -The speech of His Honor must JhjiveH-b'e^en barely distinguishable by the 'audience, as it was not only delivered by His . Honor, iueli a low tone of toicc : , but even had it been otherwise, the acoustic prop^gjfl§|" of the Hall are so defective, an,d t|ie "noise of the strong was^so loud 1 and ifi^tquentj; that a loudigr dqli-Kei;y would haveibeen im- < perfectly heard.?.! These drawbacks tortile per-' feet hearing of lion. :? members,' while mey were 5 spealcing, existed during the proceedings. We" hope therefore," they will endeavor to remedy the esistingj, defects,^ as fariiasO possible byspeaking a little: ?louder on futpe'occlCsrons. "• The Daily $ ttie %% says' .that, another 'lerjfible and fatal accident* 'occurred on r Ttl6nSay*°last, at the Bell Hill euttiug, under ithe*jfollowingi circuihstauces :. — A laborer,: namcdcjG-eorge tHdnde'fspu, wasemployed with^'a <inimber of other laborers ,in detaching' a'lai%e body of earfch, several tons in weigHt, Som. the sidc^ ofjjithe hill. The.. maime,i i :,in...whie|i^this is done may -be briefly described ;as'; follow^ :-4?Wllen it -is rec[iiired to "detach "amass of " <! eaith which will * sometimes measufe"froin fifty to sixty cubic yards, a deep grpp xe is hollowed out from below tlie surface,, .of the This ,is done with -the- pickaxe,- the loosened earth being afterwards removed by laborers .with shovels. In orcler,"^ 'however, to! present the mass suddenly.; giving wwa r , should it occur, a\ dozen :or more lives might .be sacrificed, the earth is allowed to rest \xpon "legs" — that is, - at' certain intervals there is a pillar of earth left for . .the mass to rest upon. When! this has; been done, three or four men ,are; employed, ow theft <jtop with crowbars and wooden wedges, in forcing the earth from the body of the hill. -But before this is done, the., ";icgs " must be^ut aWay, and it is here jthattlie cluef^dauger^jii similar works of excavations exists In fthe, present instance, Henderson was engaged in this operation, when before he could act upon the warning cry wMehJwas raised, the unfortunate man was buried in.the falling debris.* Immediate assistance was, given in fprcing»the man tfrom the immense- body of superincumbent earfch, when he was lifted out and at once conveyed to tlie hospital. He";wa§ immediately received into 'accident ward by^lhe house surgeon, and .the,; nature of Ms injuries ascertained. But* all -medical aid was of no avail. The blood-vessels of-the heart had burst, the chest crashed in, the limbs mutilated, and in less than h^alf -' an -'lh'pur from pheVtmie of' his admission^ thg patient had^breflitheaaiis last. The following isjthe state>off.thes^gapl for the week ending' iltH February, 3.864: — Sentenced to ( hard Mbor, 12; awaiting trial/ -5; under remand, I^* debtors, 8; lunatics; -3: Total, 29.., Received during the Aveek, 9 ; "discharged during thejweek, & f> fj;,-' The Dunedin corl'esponclenfeof tko'-Lyttelton Times thus spbaks of the manner qiifvvhich -the liivereargill^aird'Canferbui'y cricketers were treated in, Dunedin: — "The Gante^biury cricketers are in oxu v midst, through wKoltn' ancrby whom I am a poorer man to the extent of U?o new hats ri an'd veils,- one Hundred'Ocigavs,. and cost of a bottie >v of (execraDleV'^sheiTY, I knew quite ; well»we; should beat yo\ir Christchiirch team, but; f I looked $.pqn,.>it that' it would be' a breach of hospitality to bet against t&m/ They are a fine gentlemanly lot of feilWsj_j;alce them^alf^ge^th^r, aud- if tKey do not know quite so much of cricket as our set, I ; thinkfitljey could teach us in something wet are] many of us, very deficient ingood manners iand 'a courteous bearing.. .If cricket is.^to be vife medium by -wliicli a cordial and friendly feeling is to be maintained among the (New^-Zealand.. Provinces, arid" if cricket means (something more than mere hitting a' ball very hard, or catching i^xery ' cleverly ," we mUst~make a radical change, or we shall, reduce this, noble game in Dunedin to the level of f skittles or nine pins. "For instance,- a- .very* -excellent team did lis'the honor of coining "all? the way from Invercargill at, of course, considerable expense and loss of time. We let 'these' gentlemen fiiid^lieur'^y amongst, us. jf^e played them, them, and let them depart without as much as walk-" ing down to the steamer to bid them goodbjte.; I fear we are treating your Canterbury people little be'tterV "VYc'are preparing at an enormous expense,, and with a false enthusiasm, to^deifv the 'members ( 'o£ jthe AU-England Eleven team, wliose arriyal is hourly looked for, to l aiv extent -wliichriu-my opinion, goes to prove our snobbish tendencies. . For good and true, as no doubt the "members' or the ' All England really are, ,and>much as they, aije t .entitled t^a right hear tyf welcome, this (Should not be at the entire f 'expense of the f attentions , due to our Provincial brethcrn/^whS nb'dbubt possess the sensitivericls^o feel the want of* hospitality sg v^ry^apparent^ require that their proceedings "should Jb'g,^ported in tlie (fullest manner in.*#ll the local joiu'iials. =-They»arc extrfemaiy fiuinoyed if any mistakes are in the, report of- -their doing3,.an^ particularly if their "speeches are not duly 'chronicled ; yet they seldom furnish the papers'.) with! the scores of games, .which have beWplayed, aud the reporters, who cannot well leavc^ne field during an important match^ar^assgjl to pay for their refreshments, <sand are,caUedL-uppn to drink the health an.d prosperity of all and everything pertaining to cricketS in* doing whielP tKfe wjlter at^nding on thl.cf^b^ays— "Seveg agg sixpence, if you pl?as| sixJ: g crget dinner is given," the Press reporters are J gr aciou^jper/£ mittedrto&eafatheinsclvgs q,t %e> toble^ohen the clothes Utoovedr— whiSh,^*nfcjh£pgS£l& savfor:thfe f lionor of fte "element is np^t6 mix we ce^e & u^ke it a !grosu(4sjl paafime the better.

% W& ' ifctirisfc >bf hi* fi*bifee r^tifcjjjßt Sund^ ; li^o* filing ; yesterday, afo fire ,|be* jte»cix -was convinced tij^R ' waPieaJ«efy.»y*l in Southland who did^tt tkuQK. to ,logol, period;- As to week dsßwhen a " nobbier " may be obtained \ri^B violation of the law, but we think the wotJR |pjt.M, is wrong in reference to Sunday, itgj otw» obaYicfelon thai; very ■Vfeyp indeed are $c^K of Itlie Svinday U^f^j;|H|!^|^%p^^tH the .matter, we put tlie quesraon |o||i:^p^B anee tolerably well informed 'pn"s^^^^K and-his reply *ii^f UflKSfltftt'toi WbwedtpM know them/ ■ -/' Wo are indebefed to Ca|j&Sn* l^^%jß ■8.8." Go^enbui^fp^^s^f^lla^llljM the 9th. instant.- ; : -dqtSi%^£^&ihiC^ B ijOihe^^B^fo^^^ioft^ ,3rd'^Feb^M gives the v -f6llo«-fi[^^^fiiStt*!pf the effeotjß the \gale of the,^ls|^|^Otf Sunday last jK part of the dayi 1 increased ;m f th^OT|niia{,« tside;r;ably./an#^ continued,, with an occasional lull, until jfl afternoon of Mbndayj" when, the weatWjM caMte more caliS?"' Ju K*woutd' deetipy 'tot?%{M space to give the particulars of damage aM s^Qied^by each- building, as we beliere tlB were abovy^en^^mori or^&jpumd^ 9 roof of our printing ijffice ; jdj.sapEfia^ea:'; of gH stables of. Mr. Kilgour, nothji^but -the S rights -were left standin^.t^h^«r^of of ffl Maurice" was torn'a^^^Th^JliJmted S«| and G-olden Age Hote^ iV suslaYned eoJ damages. The large sign o^Messss^Mj and Co. .was to3m«toipiftfe%^nd|lx^'itjß(nß ing Saloon, for the, ii?eo,Bo^iq^tion oft patrons, has now an ; extrfcieStcaace tkrourf the roof" Affliliowef eft^th'Aown p tions c^^M^tel^|ovnv ta « Wesleya,u Chapel dum the storm, flying about in aj/inaiaier calcn! ting^teel^ :: W i ffl6p^fefo%#fe--to<a« some apprehension s fbr'"-tlieli" "Safety. J the lower township, also, .-we leoru ft considerable loss was sustained by storekeepj and others. The wmd jfafchewbag. str ( erigth its transit across the Manuherikia Flat tin r- with such fury, thai, none buf f the re ■strongest buiklings^uXd^ilnstan^il^ J| L during' the whole' of Monday'* were z almo stifling to thoseii whose duties compelled tfe to venture out? i^^dsteday wasiSiostlyspe in repairing dainages^ f ' and ai „ tentmaliers were ViM f l ;mcny as mm L busily , engaged restoring,, th& , tp-wn to > former condition.