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Southland Times, Issue 1118, 5 March 1869, Page 2

Melbourne Mail. — The s.s. Rangitoto will not leave the BiulF until morning, insU-ad of Saturday as appears in the advertisement. The mail closes at 7 p.m. on Saturday evening. Diorama. — It will be observed that the Messrs Lloyd have postpone I then- exhibition of views, which should have taken place thiri evening. Some alterations, which it will take 1 some time to effect, having been discovered to be necessary. Errata. — Dr Monckton requests vs — too lute to alter the paragraph — to nuke a correction in the report of hi.s remarks at the Council on Monday evening — reported in our issue of the third int., when the subject of travelling and Exerutiv expenses were under discussion. The lion, member is represented as r ha 1 , ing said that Mr Holmes had said "there was not an acre of land to be got in Southland." It should have been '' ikons was not an acre of good land in Southland that had not been . alrevidy sold." ISUDDEKT DEATH OF A HORSE. A remarkable instance of the sudden dt-ath of a horse occurred on Wednesday last. Mr Suhnond L and several other gentlemen road out to visit f c new race course at Wu lacetown, when on the ground, a match was got up for a ga:lop round the course, \[r cjatntoml running his lior.se. The race whs finished, and the party started for town, but had not proceeded far before the horse in : question showed signs of distress. It whs taken with a trembling, which lasted for a i'ew moment?, and then dropped dead. Tue Native War. — We have been : permitted to make he lolloping extract from a prha'e letter, recently received by D. M 'Arthur, J£*q., 1 oui a eenthn iin occupying a prominent position in LLondon"London,: — "London, January Ist, 18U9. — The teL gram received to day, reporiiu the massacre by the natives of fifty E irupeans, ' with their families, is so startling and pa'ntiu I that our vvhoe attention is absorbed in trying to • gain further in format ion. .Notwithstanding this calamity, no aid neeil be expected from this quarter, We are told it is the fault ot the Government, and it must buy its experience. It ii, however, very hard to bear." The letter then I j^oes on to state, aliu insj to the ovi-rtu es of He M'Arthur on the question 01 immigration " that it is satisfactory to see some fruit from the efforts you made."