The Southland Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1867.

Southland Times, Issue 623, 25 January 1867, Page 2

The Southland Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1867.

Ed last eyanmg, "we are ob:i|ed;to hold over the report until our next issue. Airoaale-4»-ftdTOf-tised to leave the Bluff on Sunday nes^. * yil The Theatre "Royal Will bo open»to hi^Wt. Judgine-fe>m^tke-^*w^ti^^«ttt^^f-Ae-^«^ srarußSift^UWHSP-W be expected! We have to acknowledge -J-eoeipt oft a copy- ot Observations on Stamp Laws generally," by H-nry. ,S«*yt.hiesy Esqi« Bairiste^laW,' •Oia^'of^la^df »fe^'^»ni* The work r Wiif *oun^a\^ all wh0 f e business transactiona are of afla^sU« <°me within the score of the (to this colony) new taw-.*.. -3^ being t\i6ic*.?e..we hone thfcjmblishers (1! lesjrt MMsjv Dick & Co., of DunerHn,) will consider tfie anviS-" «it? tf ta«H| astecfiHd kttit»!l*t a n ore reasonable p.icerethfi em at present charged (7s 6d) be-., ; ng rather too high. The author fats cartaibl* •nm>ai'^iAiw'\i^^ilH i-.'-^kiv" and hai we think, viea, sqiinTLm ewwHenS. etyte and«firm|sr bomfiij^v cloth. Mr K. Rose, bookseller, of Die-street, is Now that I ''the •feea'son has f airly com-! menced, complaints are heard on all hmds'bf'the' scarcity and ( dearneßs of labor. .As in a "variable ' "climate like thaT'of Southfan'd'success in.fftrjniip^ operafioris^can 'only'Ve atrained" hy'gn at acti» ity , in; qveryi agJttAultuijaL,opf rajapnj, §nd oaoite-espe-' cially in housing crops as they come to maturity,^ l itlß-evident l rttat'mtHou i t ! th§ usb"9| 1 ibo^s^vin^. ' m|cl}inery ijffe jfarm&'^Jmus]fc" wQrktoj g r^aL disadt, , .ivStagg^nflJpQ^ipl^lft^s.. Vj'nY^pf these facts Measrs-Hay.Bros.j ofi-thiß^town^have impV>rbed'a : variety of agTiculturateimflletrie'rifcs'Sn 1 tfialihmyß of every .ctescaptipn. r Among thps.e ay pplymg an immediate want are reaping and mowing macnmes. InJthet*o»we>wf »i hasty visit of mi pection we made yeataiday; tQitthßir a 3hos»;..soon3, we saw several kinds. Eobinson & Co.'s (i rst prize) tpatfpit feMsidp/tJaljypr^.qqTpbined c lowiag^aMd '■ j^ap^g ri mgc^ipes jexcpec ingly well adapted for use^n farms of morlerat > area, and ; where gatherers cannot be obtained : n sufficient numbers to keep pace with the progresfl.. i f}f i% thft "maehirie. -it i§-«uitablei<foi* dueM'hfe' a ltiftn-tof^eropji^lelivaringj^iithe side in neatly iformed; Bheay^.^.iSi»jpJ«]iU?. u ,aciiQTi jnd capable .fiJf.Tft r^ie%^.q c Qtflip.& Jq.Jfee. weight ( f \te tsropr' jLfc^ apjgf^s t to^ fu]fiL .ever^. copc^tjcjii : equired ofl° ordinary land— cutt^og jfrp^ 10 to >; 1 1 acres per* ' day. A tip platform reaper with ba :k* deliver^ lisjht in draught ano? 0 speciaHy"aclapt< d for land 'of'TOUgli"botiom'/3eserves' J notTce. I; tA^ajja^e., •fef ' cutting" frtJm 1 10 'tb'-l^i "acres' per* Bi ,y. There., •werfeotiler'maEhinesi-modifidaitions'or the prin-^ riciplfe bn"whieh' r tho6e I we" ' haw-fiotict d are conißjtructed,'but.we.had not, . time iJ;»,flac( rtara their jespecjtiice..pec3aliftri]tieß. J ,iTVe..tnfty., l m mfion maf," , although.npt yet in what we^n^ty ctjll { [eVi'e^al'Use'." reajpiri^japaehine^ haTC bpep^ worked i tf-the <*prb^ .vince to "gr eat advantage for two or th ee<B*asonsi., ifmqng"those who are this year availing thenjselveai l o"f i th l e'facifit : es"they l an*or(i ttre"Mr 1 farshall, of 'M.VTOBB TSu-sH 1 / anff 1 Mr 'fforflfati'/oTn: ie,Wftiknp. The former gentfeflian^tisirig'thecmaßhine on a 'fine croft^pat^—ha^ expressed great jatisfgction . at the amount" and quality of work dohe.^ Severa^ /piVefjfpimeraltavficpmniejced with th jtoaclunes, .place .wher^ jabor i^ so dear* as 'in ' On ii future Pflcasioii w.e.pucirftse to fie scribe more isuHjf-th?'m«clun*)i'y.kep-«;iH"6t<Dolsiby : fessrs.Hiyj. Brps.j who are' fciW'.tto'f king itrtfchirrfsis. „i.. J r..w». v '^'Wa'mee/inj" m th i Wesleyan Sab^hYSchoQirfWßSiihe.^lon Tjjesdi J t J>¥i™nßu, 'The chapel" -was-- Vfiryitasfcefully... decorate^ with^ flags, mottoes, and evergreens. "- : A'bo it J3O sat^ down"'* to" tea, ana'"tiie number was 'increaseH d^i^ ihb'meeHhgl whidlil vr&A Ihklxl i nTn'ediafely" a^orwards. Thos. Watson, Esq., presided in KPPfl^ifln- f i •$h.P-u*PMF t i -Mkify Fff > r( ad b ? • tHa ■ Seprf4>ar j 9,'^rtve>the..numbt:ri on taai"h:rs on thteA books at 14, num)jerjpf t scholars 147 b«h»gr.Bu.. iijpnea/^af^B/ gn tjiie prerious repoit, and thc^ Treasurer hud a balance in hand of £c Is 6d, -ex"clu9ive" l of'°tne previous 2ollectipn?f.. The Beva Shawanrtßethune, and Mes srs Button •EwkinSj Knipe, Trew, and Crouch ad Iressed the meeting. There were a good nuinl er of the 'scnofars'^re^t, Wrfo/dAAhi "'to«} r (BV€ning, sang^ most of «thei pieces they had surg on the Li p r p^o W sabb ?^ I^pg£op P^spbl^.to ;he success of the evening. The meeting did not s jparate till .past lOo'clQUk.^wishing^cfesSiJOjtlie insffWjqn. On the following day "the children rec eived ( their .tt-ekyDitrt)6WWgtb>a fclfehge in the w (! a*her. c *oia.. twite pt&rentei: ,f»ODi lattendnig 1 ' and it militated sadly against the enj Jyr lent look ed forward to i>y all. J ..: r.^.;.,>.ij