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Southland Times, Issue 557, 10 September 1866, Page 2

Frcm a jrentleman who nrrived from the T/oV' 1 ■'i'trW-. wp lenrn that three men w'if> snmpt'm «incp let the "Volr-wi to pnvpppf in thp rlr"v--t'on of Switzp^V hnvin" not Ippn heard of f.v enntftimp. a feel'inr of a^xiptv as to their f.tp «as pvineed hv thpir friends, anrl n party wn<= organized to follow thei- tack, in order to ascertain thpir fate. After much ever 1 ion nnd perso-ver->Tic. the searchers found Ihp bodies of nil three at the Doonp. It would appear <hnt thpv h d hppn ovpvtnlfpn hy a snow storm, nnd evidently perished f v om cold, thpir s<vn<rs p'vntainin'r n^pl?* nrovi ions for fhpir erenfurp wnnts. We understand that, two were married mpn ih ir «iv-s nn 1 TinniMfs r B'din >*at. N >k'">mii. W- arp a' so informpd th'it a fital ai-oirlent. orp'tr-pd at the Sliotovpr. whereby a yrniTijr Tnnr> lost l>ia lif>" ; it would appear that the dppensed hi'l be "n durin? the •lieht at. a 'pst'vp soortp and in Hip morning- -while ; n search of hi* hovsp is supvoppd tohavp tripp"d "iver a fliff. anrl f ( > 1 h.»ttV'-pn two «nd thr^e !mnIrpd feet. anrLwas found in the rnlle- df»'l. Up t'» the timp of our goin'* to ptpss. th»re wn« no npws of thp arrival of the Mhnmbra fr>m Helhoume which has for some days born inxiously loolced for. Tt is probnWe thnt a« thp serins: rush from M>-lbonr"e to th« West Const has set in. that the vessel is coming by way of Westlmd. V mpptin<i of the Waste Land Tsoard was held at. the T.ani Office on Friday the 7th Septpirbi'r. when the followinsr allotmen's of land were sol:l. rh. : — 340 acres in the Oreii district, + o M<Prarpis ; 103 ar*res in the Aparlma district, to Mr AT'Pherson. Total — 413 acres. A bar of soap of provmeial manufacture hns snbmittpd for inspp"tion. It is a . first -niality yellow soap hiving great soli lity. and Hnpnes*. It is from the manufactory of Mr MT/'ol EsV-street. Tt is pleasing to finJ new enterprises are springing up. The " Nelson Colonist " has the following: — "The Secretary for th* colonies, a-ting in the newly f>rmed .Vfini-'try of Lord Derby, is tinRight- Honorab'e TTenrr Tfoward Molynenx Horherfc Farl of Ciirnavon, L'inl Camavon. as hK po*iti 'n impo»"ti>, is of Oo^serva ive p-liti-s a. id i« still a yo-.mg man,' havinsf b-en horn in IS3I. Ue was educated »t Eton, and Christ Chur h °oHpge, Oxford, where he gra Ii ite 1 'a-< a fiSt <-Ihss in classics. He succee le Ito the title wlii'e -i- ill in liis >ninority. On t-ikii* his seat in the 1 louse of Lirvls he was hijhly . compliment -d on his maiden speech by Tsml Derby, who, as evidence of his respect for the' jrounif lord, nominate 1 him, in 1859. to the ofEoe of Iligh Stewa-d of the Uniersity of O«fo»vl. LorJ Carnarvon Ins dabbled a little ii the local antiquifcies in tinneighborhoo.l of his e.-tates, some leeures on ivhich and on historical subjects ho deliwred in Carnarvon, anl -übseij <ent y publi-hed. He also, some six yeir* ajo, published a small volume on t.'ie Dru<*. s of Mount Lebanon, bring the result ■>f a journey t'> the I'ast Lor I Carnarvon repre- •« nts Ihe younger branch f the house of Pembroke; l>ut ha-s never been looked on as forming a man of particular m irk i i the Upper Ho ise ; *md we c»n renvmb'r nothing that h.: has done or experienced which qualifies him for the di.li•ult post of Colnnial Mi i<ter, a office w ich require excepti nal act and busi es^ a'nliry, and no smal decree of j'nlgiuent and experience, f-r 'he va i- ied requi'einrn's of ihc many eolo: i 1 dep ndeneies cm ill brook «• learner's mana^. - ment in the •'olonial Office in Dowtiing-street." We extract the following f oin the " Daily Titnes." lsr. September "Mr Thomson, the Ohief Surveyor jf the Province, left town on Mond y, accompanied by Mr M'Kerrow, the Assist an 1 Ciiii'f-Surveyor, on a visit to the di erent gol lfields, f r the purpose of c ncludiug the arrangements necessary for connectiif^ the goUlielUs su-vpy with the general 8 ,rvey department. This course, it- is felr. will greatly facilitate the surveys for agricultural lenses anJ mining purpos-s, as well as the work couneete 1 with mining operations, iv other ways which it is pro »i Jed b\ the Acts sh ill be done by a surveyor, a ting on the instructions of a Warden.- There Imve been many complaints of dela in conn ction with surveys lor 1 ases, whether mining" or a rl ulttu-al ; but r is believed thatgrounils for complaint- will be gr. ally, if not wholly r moved, by the reorga tisntion consequent upon c er,v bnmch ol th • L-Vuvin ial »urTevs bi- iig undi'r one prof ssional ollieer " The " Nr-w Z al.nu Advertiser,' 28th Au^u-t si\B:— '-We hear that bills of lading have r a h«d Captain B -us n, Ghjnrral Mnnijier of tin Panama company, for -240y tons of Wclh co»l. This enormous cargo lej't ; ardiif Lr this port on the 16th Jun", and will be the largest ever *een in these colonies The H. B. V\ right bus alr.ady arrived viuli 88 » tons from Caitiff. Sinh arrvuiiuii; amongst the fifst fuil&rof Welling n becoming .ti. c hcml quart rs of 'his company, uiiw we hope that tlie fSujicr.n'cp.ient- will not- thi^ f~i:(rnfi&Jub~,&olx the 'cousirucUou ot° the patciit" Blip.*