The Southland Times. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1866.

Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 517, 12 July 1866, Page 2

The Southland Times. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1866.

The annual meeting of the members of the Southland Club was held on Wednesday, 17th July. The Secretary (Mr Jones) read the report, which was most favorable. The election of oiHcevs for the ensuing year then took place. The following gentlemen were unanimously elected :— Managing Committee— Messrs Watson, Law, Calder, M'Pherson, and Moore. Treasurer — Dalglish; Hoa. Secretary, Mr Jones. A hearty Tote ©f thanks to the retiring officers and the chairman, terminated the proceedings. In the manifest of the Danzig, published in our yesterday's issue, the following goods, instead of having been printed " Order " should have been "W. C. Scandrett " :— 1 bag rice, 4 bags oatmeal, 1 bag salt, 1 cask currants, 1 case starch, 2 cases maizena, 4 bags rioo, 2 casks and 1 case case earthenware, 6 bags sugar. The only case before the Eesident Magistrate yesterday was a charge of drunkenness against Charles Price, for which offence he was fined 20a, or 48 hours' imprisonment. He was also charged by Mr Liveaey, of the Priuce of Wales Hotel with using insulting and abusive language, at the salo of the wreck of the Calypso, on the 10 eh inst. The offence having been proved, he was fined 405., or 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labor. A gentleman who arrived from the Paihi on Wednesday, the 11th July, has forwarded to us the iollowing 'information. Ho writes : — Owiug to Hunt's departure, a number of miners, believing that he has made fresh discoveries, have set off in pursuit, in the expectation of discovering the whereabouts, and sharing in the riches of his El Dorado (?) The miners — the persevering miners are doing well, and a few of the most thrifty are speculating in country laud, intending, as soon as their claims are worked out, to turn their attention to farming, and make for themselves a home in this Province. An enterprising speculator has started a bakery at this pluee, which will prove a great boon to the mining population ; and another party, with sanguine expectations of the progress of the diggings, has expressed his intention of erecting a commodious dining and concert-room. Those on the ground express great confidence in tho future of the district. By the Grey River Argus, of ,the 50th Jnno } we learn that the election of a member for t that district, in tko Provincial Council has taken piaco. It gives a full report of the proceedings, from which we extract the following : — " Kb.3 votes were taken by the Keturning (Mcer, Mr Sale, and Mr Kenrick, Clerk ol Court. A few minutes past four o'clock, Mr Kenrick announced the result to be as follows : — Mr J. A. Whall, 61 ; Mr W. H. Harrison, 25 ; Mr K. L. Shepherd, 21 ; Mr K. 0. Luseomoe, 0. This result was received with great cheering and hooting, by the crowd assembled in front of the Court-house, which was increased when after the return of the candidates and their supporters to town a large number of gentlemen met accidentally in 3vilgour's Hotel, and an impromptu meeting was held in the Theatre. Mr Harrison addressed the assemblage, and confidently assured them that he had been returned as their representative, because iroin the protest which he had lodged, the .Returning Oilicer would be in duty bound to declare him the representative of Greymouth in the Provincial Council."