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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 53, 1 October 1864, Page 2

Meetings of the creditors "in the estates of Matthew Price, Matthew Sharley,.. George Mouat Keith Clarke, William Roebuck, Louis Cramer, Moses Mendoza, and John (Jethiti Hughes, all of, Invercargill, will be heldthis day, at ten o'clock, in the office of theTregistrar of the Supremo Court, . Invercargill. ' , *. -'- - The meeting of the Education coinmitte convened for yesterday afternoon at r three o'clock in the office of His Honor "the Superintendent was adjourned till Monday first, at half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon. The Otago Daily Times states that Messrs Driver, Maclean and Co., have made arrangements with the Commissioners for the New Zealand Exhibition to hold a show of live stock of every description in the grounds adjacent to the Exhibition Building. The show is intended to be held in January next, during the opening of the Exhibition, and accommodation will be provided for receiving and classing sheep, horses, cattle, pigs, poultry, . &c. The arrangements will be made under the direction of the Commissioners, who will appoint judges, and give awards to exhibitors of the best stock shown in each class. The stock will be received and attended to free of charge t» the exhibitors. The following items of mining intelligence are extracted from the Otago Daily Times, and thrown doubts upon the authenticity of the accounts of the extraordinary finds reported by the correspondent of the Otago Mail : — Advices from the Lake District intimate that the weather for the past few days has been unsettled, and that heavy rain has fallen. The rivers were vere little affected, and mining was going on satisfactorily. A party, a short distance from Maori Point, had been very successful, each man realizing from £20 to £28 per week. It is expected that a Sluicing Company, on a large scale, would eornmence operations in a few days, and find employment for about fifty men at wages. The reports of extraordinary finds, published in the journal of a contemporary, are not confirmed. IVom the Head of the Lake favorable acco unts are received, and it seems likely to prove a valuable gold field. During the last iortnight a very large amount of gold has been brought into Queenstown from the Upper Shotover. Messrs Hallenstein purchased last week 500 oz. from one party. The favored locality is not far from Butcher's Point. A party known as tile " Kler-r^.- men" Have done exceedingly well, and groat success is reported in other quarters. We learn. from Tasmanian papers, that at the laying of the foundation stone of the Catholic Church of the Twelve Apostles, at Launceston, which was celebrated recently, the sum of £268 Bs. was deposited on the stone as . " offerings." The givers went forward to the stone in rotation, a proceeding; which lasted half an hour. from the Dunedin journals we observe that after the Lyster Opera Troupe have finished their engagement, the following well-known celebrities will appear. They have been recently engaged by Mr. Wolfe, the new lessee of the Theatre Royal, when in Melbourne. The first of the names is that of Miss Cleveland, who has acheived the highest successes in her impersonations of Leah. Following her will arrive Miss Joey Grougenheim and Miss Rosina Cooper, the former of whom has earned an enviable reputation as one of the greatest of Melbourne favorites. Then come the Leopold Family, known as the famous Spanish dancers, and Mr. Joseph Jefferson, the well-known American comedian ; and last, but not least, Lady Don is to make her debut on the Dunedin stage in regular succession. Doubtless this galaxy of talent will be well appreciated by the theatre going public of Dunedin. We reprint elsewhere the latest mining intelligence from the Lake district, which will be found of an unusually encouraging description. The Wakatip Mail asserts that mining affairs on the Lakes were never so bright as at the present time. This clay, the first of October, commences the year 5625 of the Jewish era. About half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 24th ult. a fire took place in a house at the top of Stafford Street, Dunedin, which in the space of twenty minutes disappeared into a heap of glowing embers. By a plentiful supply of water the adjoining tenements were kept out of danger. The building, which was insured, belonged to a person named Brown. The Molyneux Mail contains the following complimentary (?) paragraph, in reference to Mr. Brodie, one of the gold-fields' members in tho Otago provincial council : — Some two or three weeks back, the lion, member for the goldfields deprived us of his august presence for a while, and proceeded to Queenstown in order to conduct a case touching the ejectment of a certain occupant of an hotel, situate at the Roaring Meg. The lion, member pushed forward the case for his client in a very earnest manner, until he found (to use a common phrase) he " had not a leg to stand upon ;" then came the tug of war, and Mr. Brodie, doubtless, thought a shifting of scenes became necessary in order to make the play successful and complete. Mr Brodie had been informed that the unfortunate defendant had not got a licpnse, and therefore if invulnerable on all the other points, something could be achieved on this ; therefore a point was to be gained, and the only means resorted to appear in the evidence given by Mr. Brodie in the Arrow police court, before Lowther Broad, Esq., and two other magistrates. Mr. Brodie, in evidence, swore to the fact of having treated the plaintiff and defendant to a nobbier, and taking one himself at the same time, paying three shillings to defendant for the spirits. Can Mr. Brodie extenuate and clear himself in this matter ; or has he still clinging to him a feeling that he is in the Victorian Customs' department and ha 9 not been turned out of it ? If he had been commpellcd by a revenue officer to give such evidence, then we could account Jor such a proceeding, but it is evident he turned informer ; in order to gain what he might call a point. What a feeling of abhorrence must agitate tho breasts of Messrs Baldwin and Hughes when they next take their seat in the Council alongside a money, grubber. However, Mr. Brodie is not the most timid man in the world, and unless he is scouted out of the Houso by the voice of thunder, he will still infest the political atmosphere with Ins venom. We felt ashamed that a man, living in our midst, and holding such a position as the party roferrod to, should disgrace himself and -his constituents by. committing such a despicable act. Wo have later files of Northern journals per tho s.s. Wellington. Tho nowa ia goncrally unimportant. . A remarkably lino samplo of Nokomai gold has been received by Messrs. Haro and -Bull of this town from Mr. M'Konna, of Quoonalown. ;It consists of forty ounces, tho finding of ono party, of miners. For one. of tho nuggets Mr. M'Konna roporta that Vio was oU'orcd 00a. por ounco, but this high offer was refused.: .This nuggot may, now bo scon at tho shop ot Mr. laivao Broad, watchmaker, Tay-stroot, .It. vvoighs two ounces, and is of an olongatod ahapo, with a vbry, slight inixfcttro of pearly quorfcz. A inoro , perfect specimen of gold is solilom to bo ■Boon. ; Tho aocourits roceiyed from tho Nokoraar diggings aw of .the iho»t oncourftgingimtiHU ;/ -•-■-■■•■• -- ■ . His Excellency fcho G-oyernpr , lifts appointed .i/W/Dowhos, Hjjq.', of tho Pvdviuoo of Marlbo..rough, anttJolui na#ft4%vMsp Jhgmioeot .Ofcago, to bo EmimoAtorti Juaiior jm Ceartu "aw ;'

The following are the particulars o{ the. immigration and emigration at the port of InvercargSl for the quarter ending 30th. September, 1864 v-y ■Q.) Immigration.— From' Australian colonies,/?* male adults, 4 female adults, 4 children, JJrom other-ports of New^ Zealand, 99 male* 'adults, 27 female adults, 12 children. Total number 'of arrivals for quarter 149. (2) Emigration viv. ; — — To Australian Colonies, 20 male adulta, 9 female adults, 5 children. To other ports of New Zealand-^94 male^adults, 33 female adulta, 17 children.— Total, 143 A second edition 'of the Daily Southern Orosr (Auckland) of the 17th September, contains tho following notice of a fatal occurrence at the camp, Te Awamatu, in which four men were shot. .Great excitement is said to prevail in the camp : — "We have received the following telegram from our own correspondent at half-past five o'clock thin morning : — * On the return of the convoy from Te Kori one of the eßCort discharged his rifle amongst a number of his comrades,-* wounding three. One of them (a~* man of the 65th) is not expected to liye. ; Whenin the act of, reloading to fire again, one of the escort fired at the homicide, killing him on the spot/ Pull particulars in niy .next.". . -• '. - < ; ■:.'■.■ „v; : ; . -. : :..:'.„ :'. : .-. ? Messrs. Fleming and Morton have made application at tn& Waste Lands Office for 12,000 acres of land in the Aparima District, and 4,926 acres in the Lothian and Mabel Districts. An adjourned meeting of the Joint .Committee of the Mechanics' Institute and the Evening Lecture movement was held" in the office of Mr. J. S. Johnstone, registrar, yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs. South", Stock, Bright,' Johnstone, and Geisow. Mr. Bright occupied - the chair. The committee appointed to canvass thetown for subscribers to the new Institute, reported that eighty-six names were already guaranteed, and great confidence wa3 felt that this number would be easily increased.. It was resolved to call a meeting of the inhabitants for the evening of Tuesday next, at which the acting committee of the new Institute should be appointed, and ft. series of resolutions respecting the future management of the Institution submitted. The course of lectures in connection with the Institute will, it is proposed, be resumed the week following. The Supreme Court Sittings at Invercargill will commence on the 12th inst. By a notification in the New Zealand Gazette, we observe that the sessions hereafter will be held quarterly, on the 12th October, 12th January, 12th April, and 12th July, in each year. Our Otago files are to the 29th September, but the intelligence is barren of interest. Two cases of child drowning have occurred — one at the Dunstan an d one in Dunedin. - In both instances death was caused by the children falling head foremost into tubs of water. The news from the various golclfields continues good. The warden at the Nokomai reports new ground being opened up lower down the Mataura. We are glad to announce that the gross proceeds of the bazaar in aid of the building fund of the Church of England amount to upwards of £260, not including tne Riverton section, which, after being rallied for and producing £28, was won by the Church. Taking the value" of this section at the low figure of £25, it is expected that a free balance of something like £230 will be at the disposal of the Ch-uxch, a result -which, is consid.ered highly satisfactory, taking into account the short period in which preparations were made, and the very unfavorable weather prevailing during the time the bazaar lasted. Some sixty ladies and gentlemen met in the Station Buildings on Thursday evening and enjoyed a few hours tripping of the "light fantastic toe," as a Jinal« to the bazaar. The company was select, and fch« utmost harmony prevailed. Great dissatisfaction is expressed by partie* coming into Invercargill from Nokomai and other mining districts, with quantities of gold they wish to dispose of, that the price given' paid by the Banks here is so small. In fact it is belovr what can be got for it on the goldfields themselves. The price of gold on the Lake and Nokomai diggings is £3 155., and £3 14s. 6d., respectively ; and the price in Invercargill is £3 145., thus offering no inducement, but the reverse, to parties to dispose of their gold here. A storekeeper from the Nokomai, unaware of the Invercargill price of gold, with the greatest difficulty yesterday got £3 14s. 6d. per oz., for 17 ounces of gold. He says that if he had previously known of such a state of matters, he would have taken his gold to another market. The chief evil, however, arising from this niggardliness or short-sighted-ness on the part of the Banks here, is that it effectually puts a stop to trade. If storekepeers could get a fair price for their gold here (we believe £3 16s. is the Dunedin price), they would purchase their stores here, but this not being the case, they forsake Invercargill, and go to a more favorable market. It is scarcely necessary for us to point out how damaging such a state of matters is to the trade of Invercargill. We do hope that the banks here will afford the Dunedin price for gold, or at all events a profit on what it can b» purchased for on the goldfields. It has been remarked to us by not a few that they cannot understand why the public meetings of the electors are being held in such places as the dining-rooms of hotels, when larger and morecommodious halls might be had in town. It would certainly be better for the speakers, as' well as the listeners, if this were the case ; and in fact, we are permitted to announce that the use of the Theatre Royal is at the service of the electors, free of charge, «at any time they may require it. If they should be required to pay for the uU. they consume this would be the sole expense, as tho proprietor of the theatre is willing to make all the necessary preparations for any meetings which may be held. The stage 'Would be found a very far more suitable station for those who take part in the meetings than they can command at present in the dining-rooms, where they are crowded and jostled about in anything but a comfortable manner. We hope this hint may not be lost on the conveners of future election meetings. The Act passed by the Council and House of Representatives, "to enable the Provincial Councils to make laws affecting public roads and watercourses," which was reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, has been laid before the Privy Council and received the Royal sanction.