The Southland Times. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1868.
It will be found from our advertising columns, that Mr Jones has succeeded in introducing a " jmw novelty. The Lenton Troupe are announced to appears in the Theatre Royal on Wednesday evening. We understand that their performances _aye proved successful in other localities. The collection made at the Presbyterin Church, Wallacetown, on Sunday, the 4th inst., on behalf ofthe Hospital, amounted to £4 *7s 7d. Mr Daniel, MJ?.C., Captain Howell, M.P.C., and Mr M'Donald (Riverton), formed a deputation, on Friday, the 2nd inst., to wait upon the Inspector of Bchools, the Rev. W. P. Tanner, with reference to the establishment of a school at Orepuki. It was stated that there were upwards of thirty-two children in the district, and a school was much required. The object of the deputation -was to induce the Educational Board to supply ihis want. The -Bev. W. P. Tanner said that if the Government would place funds at the disposal of the Board, he would do his utmost to obtain for Orepuki all that had been requested. " He folly concurred in the remarks made as to the importance of providing an Educational ■ Institution for this rising district, and the appli ration would receive favorable consideration. Itis stated in the northern papers that tbe Armstrong guns in charge of the artillery of Lyttelton and Duaedm, are tobe forwarded to the front. Volunteers are being invited from the' artillery corps to man them.
— —— — — — -— — — —— a— n— — — — — The • Daily Times,' of the 6th inst., says :— "The Volunteers of tho Middl? Island will sooner" or later be called upon to take up arms in defence of the Northern settlements ; but judging from the recent response of the Canterbury men, they are not likely to come forward. -Alluding to the withdrawal of the forces from Napier, the ** flawke's Eay Times' makes the following appeal lo the Southern Volunteers : — In the several Provinces of the Middle Island there are wellequipped bodies of men who have been enrolled as Volunteers, who have had their drillings and have their, respective staffs of officers. By the conditions of their enrolment, too, they are held liable to serve the Government in any part of the Colony where they may be required; and we think the time has at length" come when" these several corps should be called upon to do active service in this Island, where their help is at present urgently required. Up to this time the Volunteer movement in the South has been but holiday pastime. The Penny Readings at Campbeiltown came off on Wednesday evening last, when there was no abatement of interest on the part of the public, or of ability in the contributors to the entertainment. The musical portion of the programme comprised piano selections in waltz and polka, with several excellently rendered songs, to the success tf which Mr M'Kellar, of Invercargill, contributed effective service. The readings by Messrs Niehol. Tucker, T. Perkins (of Invercargill) and Waddel, were well selected, and the evening's proceedings terminated, as usual, by the National Anthem. We learn fr6m a private letter in the 'Age,' of the 25th ult., that confidence is expressed in the genuineness of the gold discoveries in the Cape of Good Hope. It is represented that quartz reefs of unusual thickness abound, and that sufficient is known of their richness to justify great expections. Trade in Natal, meanwhile, is described as being miserably dull. Numbers of colonists are leaving, and house property is unsaleable. The ** Weekly Herald 5 (Auckland) of the 12th nit., in commenting on the revival of trade in that city, says : — During the past week the Customs returns at the porfc of Auckland amount to the sum of £4,734) 14s 6d. This increase is not attributable to any spasmodic cause, such as the arrival of foreign vessels, but from the increased demand for dutiable goods occasioned by the reviving trade of the province, caused by the demand for goods at the Thames. £4,734 14s 6d I for the week is at tbe rate of over £240,000 per ! annum. j Erom the South Australian papers we learn that the Victoria Regia water lilly, from Queensland seed, thrives amazingly. The- ' Advertiser' (Adelaide), gives the following account of one grown from a Bmall imported root: — "It was planted on the 23rd July last, and from a small root, throwing out a single leaf six inches m diameter, it has spread over almost the whole extent of the aquarium, about 40 feet by 30. The leaves are round, imd some of them four feet in diameter. The stalks are very lengthy, and the leaves do not crowd upon each other, but each floats on the surface of the water, with a clear space separating it from any other leaves. The ' Daily Times' says : — " Apropos of the recent earthquakes in Peru, a brief chronicle of similar disturbances in South -America will not bo out of place. In the years 1687 and, 1786, a tidal wave made its appearance at Callao. The sea retired and then returned in a huge wave. On the former occasion Lima was almost entirely destroyed, and on the latter 4000 people were killed, 19 vessels were sunk, and four, including •a frigate, were hurled some distance inland. In 1746 Lima was again laid in ruins, and in 1797, 40,000 persons lost their lives from an earthquake on the table-land of Quito. Arequipa has for some time enjoyed an immunity from earthquakes, the last violent one having occurred in 1725. In Chili, the port of Copiapo was destroyed in 1819, and again in 1822, on which latter occasion Valparaiso was demolished. Conception was destroyed in 1730, in 1751, and, along with its porfc of Talcahuano, utterly levelled with the ground in 1835. Earthquakes at this place are said to be of almost daily occurrence." A Riverton correspondent, writing under date 7th October,' says : — *' On Monday, the sth inst., a meeting of the members of the Church of England, was held at Kiverton, to hear from Mr I. N. Watt, an account of his stewardship as their lay representative at the Rural Deanery Board in Dunedin. The Rev W. E. Oldham, the Chairman, announced the object of the meeting, viz., to make known to the people the exact state of the controversy with regard to Bishop Jenner, that all might be done openly, and aboveboard, and all work harmoniously together. He then gave a resume of the history of Bishop Jenner's irregular nomination and premature consecration, and of the reasons which had induced him and others, as a most solemn matter of conscience, to oppose his coming out to the ! colony by every means in their power. Having given an account of the progress of the question up to the point of its being opened up again the other "day by the Bishops of New Zealand and' Christchurch, he then introduced Mr Watt to the meeting. Mr Watt said he appeared before them as their elected representative, to give an account of himself, and to ascertain whether his views and his course of action had their approval. He said that though attention to the business of the church had cost him some time and thought, it had been a labor oi love, and he felt glad and privileged to undertake it. He gave an account of the circumstances connected with the recent meeting of the Board in Dunedm, and of the part he and the Chairman, with those opposed to Tractarianism and Ritualism, had taken • and concluded by hoping that even yet they might trust the heads of the Church and her representatives from all parts of the colony, now assembled at Auckland, to decide things wisely. He then called upon the Chairman to give an account of his recent visit to Christchurch, to attend the Synod of Bishop Harper. The Rev. Mr Oldham then said he was glad he had taken the journey in obedience to the summons of the Bishop, for he had been refreshed to find that so much more healthy a feeling prevailed in Canterbury than apparently in Otago and Southland. The greatest sympathy was felt, both by clergy and laity, for the members of the Church in the South, who were threatened with the introduction among them of the evils now distracting the church at home. The Synod of Lhristchurch had unanimously resolved to request the General Synod, in Auckland, to leave 'the nomination of their Bishop to the people in the two provinces, j
duly and impartiaUy represented. He found, as j ; he had always said, that the, Canterbury people i were resolved that Otago and Southland should be made a separate diocese. A vote of thanks to Mr Watt was proposed by Mr Johnston, seconded by Mr Instone, for his hearty and efficient services, and carried unanimously.
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