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Southland Times, Issue 1126, 19 March 1869, Page 2

Diocesan Synod.— "We observe that Messrs Watt and Petchell have been returned as numbers to represeit the district of Riverton in the forthcoming Piocesan S^nod i ( The G-ofrlay Family.— It will be * perceived from our advertising columns that ' the Gourlay Family will give their first ' performance at the Theatre Royal this evening ■ This talented fimily have been spoken of in the ' li'jliest manner by the press of the colonies, as I, tng aimost unsurpassed in their delineation of j ' the Scotch character. { 'J

Official Negligence. —It is not often we have to complaiu of the telegraph department, but in this ca-;e we think it is our duty to do so. A telegram was delivered 'in Wellington at 5.45 p.m. on the 17th instant, containing mosfc important Native news, and it did not reach the Times Office before a quarter past ten o'clock on the morning of the 18th. "We think whenever important news occurs the operator, who resides, we. believe, on the premises, should take the troub.e to receive a press messago, although it may arrive after office hours. Happy Man.— The following is copied from the ■ Nelson Colonist* -.— " YoUNG— Mabtin PONDEBGBAST, JENKINSON, MARTIN, CLEVELAND. —August 16, at Salt Lake City, America, Mr Brigham Young, to Mrs J. B. Martin, Miss L. M. Pondergrasfc, Mrs R. M. Jenkinson, Miss Emily P. Martin, and Miss Susie P. Cleveland, all of Berkshire, England. The Tichborne Case.— The ' Valparaiso Mail' has been informed thafc the Commissioners on the Tichborne case intend returning to England shortly. They have also been informed that Sir Roger Tichborne, Bart*, or at all events the person claiming to be such, I disembarked at Monte Video, en route for Chile via the CordiUera, but as he has not yet arrived, his counsel is apprehensive for his sat ety, more especially as the border provinces are in a very unsettled state. A friend assures us that Sir Roger left Eosario in company with Major Rickards, the Hon. Constable Maxwell, and Captain Burton, in quest of a mine of fabulous wealth in the Indian territory, and he supposes that Sir Roger has either been sacrificed by the Indians, or that he has succeeded in establishing his right to the mine, and prefers that to the trouble and annoyance attending the vindication of his claim to the Tichborne pro* ■ perty. - Cheap Meat.— The following price for lamb is quoted in a Canterbnry paper:—Forequarters, Is 9d ; hind-quarters, 2s 3d each. Prize Firing.— The subjoined is the score made by the Riverton Volunteers at their competition on Monday last : — '

The fcwo first named, fired off their tie, Private dole being winner. Lake 'Mail Service.— Messrs J. W. Robertson and Co. notify in another nolumn that they intend to run the Antrim to Kingston and back every Thursday, when they will take down a mail and bring one back. A boon will thus be conferred on our merchants trading with luvercargill houses, by allowing them to obUin weekly replies to advices 5 but InvercargiU merchants will have to be content with fortnightly returns as previously. The Antrim will also run to the Head of the Lake every Friday. Immigration to Timaru. — The Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works recently passed resolutions in favor of the Immigration Barracks at Timaru, being handed over to the Board } and the Provincial Government of Canterbury have agreed te do what was asked. At a meeting last week the Board resolved, " That the Board considers the offer of his Honor the Superintendent as most satisfactory. That this Board recommend thafc their Secretary should be appointed ofiicer to receive applications forimmiapiTuwiavs ror mrmrgram«~Tre~Tequrretf to deposit £l on application, such sum to be returned thera if the immigrant is taken from the barracks four days after arrival, and nofc then to be expended on subsequent maintenance. The Board not to be liable for any expenditure connected with the Immigration Dep rtment. The Board, on the barracks being handed over, shall make such arrangements as may be necessary." Customs Returns. — The comparative returns of the value of the inporfcs and exports at the various ports of New Zealand duriuz the quarter endirg on the 31st December last, contain as usual some interesting and instructive facts. Directing our attention in the first place to the return of the imports, we find Dunedin again at the he d of the list with £409,357, being an increase on the corresponding quarter of 1867 of 3.47 per cent. Next in order come Auckland with £351,003, and then afc a considerable interval, Wellington, Lyttelton, Hokitika, Nelson, Greymouth, and (nvercargill. Of these the three first ami the two last show an increase at the rate of 151.2, 82.54, 46 43, 3.4t, and 10.39 per cent, respectively. Nelson, on the other hand, shows a decrease of 23TJ*"*. and Hokitika of 39 73 per cent. <>amam also '„i,offa a falling off at.the rate of 60.9 per cent., "though this falling off is less than half the amount of increase shown by Dunedin. Turning now to the total amount of imports tor the year 186:>, we find the order of prec -dence of the six principal ports as follows : — Du ledin Auckland, Lyttelton, Wellington, Hokitika, and. Nelson. Of these, Dunedin, whioh shows an in crease of 2.83 per cent., is far in advance ofthe rest, being slightly more than 102 per cent, in excess of Auckland, wh eh in turn is considerably in advance of the others. Notwithstanding th fart that Auckland shows such an enormous in creace during the last qiarter of 18-8, the total increase of its im>i>rts shown during the year is Im- small, b.*in:< ut the rate of 2 ,-16 per cent, o o Ty .03 per ceut. more than that shown hy Dunedin during the sum ■•■ per.o I. Th- total valu; o' the imports at the several ports of the colo'iv during the quarter under notice was £l 5^6 99 S, hi'ing an iiiureaso on thn corresponding quarter o18' 70l 2 .46 per cent. The total value of the imports lor th.' year, however, shows a decreas • aj? compared with 18)7, of 6.71 per cent. The returns of the value of the exports from fche several pirfcs of the colony during the last, quarter of 1868 show that Dunedin has fully maintained its position as the commercial metropolis of Now Zedanl, the order of precejience being — Dunedin, Auckland, Hokitika, Westport, Greymouth, Lyttehon, and Wellington. Dv edin, it is satisfactory to note, shows the large increase of 3d. 94 per cent., and Auckland, though present" inj; a total -31.91 per cent, less than that of Dunedin, of 150.65 per cent. Hokitika, on .he other hand, shows a falling off at th** rate of 38 51 pi* cent ; and Westport and Greymouth, between which there is but a slight difference, also exhibit a decrease of 8.73 per cent, and 15 56 respectively, Lyttelton and Wellington, whicli follow next at a wide interval, both show an enormous increase, the one of 662 78 per cent., and the other of 633 36 per cent. Comparing the yeard 1868 and 1867, Dunedin shows an increase at the very satisfactory rate of 16.26 per cent. Auckland is only fifth on the list, being distanced considerably by Hokitika, Lyttelton, and Westport, and almost equalled by Greymouth, after which come Invercargill, Timaru, and Nelson, in the order named. The total amount exported from the Colony during the quarter referred to was £862,813, being an increase over ihe corresponiing quarter of 1867 of 5.74 per cent. The total value of the exports during the year 1868 was £4,429,198, being a decrease on the amount exported during 1867 of 4.63 per cent., a result owing to the iatling off at the West Coast ports. The total excess of imports over exports during the past year was £556 550, or at the rate of 12.56 per cont."~ * Daily Times.' Our Losses ix the War. — The ' livening Herald' says: — '"Since the attack ou Turoturomokai, we have had killed and wounded,

on tho East and West Coast, 240 Europeans including the families massacred in Poverty Bay. About 100 stand of arms, in rifles, revolvers, and . swonls, have been captured by the Maoris. This calculation has been made by Sergeant Forsylhe of the 18th R.1., who has kept a record of the accounts of ail the actions." A Prediction.— The ' London Scotsman' says:— "When on the death of the predecessor of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, the advancement of Dr Tait to the see was contemplated, the following lines, spoken in an epi 10-rue at tke Glooe Theatre in the year 1601. found their way into the newspapers i — " A Scot our King ? The limping State That dav nust need a crutch. What nex f " ? In time a Scot will prate Ab Primate of our Church. " When sucli shall be, why, then you'll see That day it will be found The Saxon down, through London town, Shall burrow under ground." A Scotch Primate of AU England is now a fait accompli in the elevation of our distinguished countryman to that dignified office. Tho latter , part af the prophecy also has received a literal fulfilment, although hardly in the contumelious sense the second verse may seem to convey. The Underground Railway is extensively, although certainly nofc exclusively, patronised by the Saxon. The New Etjsh to the WakamaBINA —By intelligence received by the Pelorus, within the last few days, it appears thafc a con siderable number of persons have betaken them, selves to the Wakamarina, and taken up claims on the creek where gold had been recently found in so considerable a quantity. In a tew days we shall hear whetner the late lucky discovery was simply a rich pocket, or whether payable gold extends throughout tho creek. There is also a report that quid has been found on the ranges so -ne where b.low the Top-house, in the Wairau This has long been consi lered a likely country tor gold, the color hwmg been found there by more, than one prospector, but never, as far as we know in pavatle quanties.— kelson Colonist Lord Grakyille and the Troops.— The following despatch, from Earl Granville, dated " Downing street, December 18th, 1868." is published in the « Gazette:—" Sir,— With reference to the Duke of buckin.lnm s despatch, No 127 of lst December, I avail myselt ot the earliest opportunity, after receiving tho Seals of this Department, of expressing my entire concurrence in so much of my pwieeessor s instructions aa required the nnmedi-te departure of the troops now remaining in New Zealand, on the arrival of the Himalaya." Coroners as Magistrates. — Ihe followinu circular from *.he Assistant Law Officer of the colony, is dated Ft bruury 9th ■—" Doubts having been expressed on tne subject, it is hereby 1 intimated that Coroner, are, b.y the B.h secion o' 1 the Coroners <\.ct, 1867, authorised to sit with 1 other Justices and to discharge the general duties ' of Justices of tho Peace. In the absence of such 1 a provision Coroners in New Zealand would not, ex officio, h • Magistrate? and Conserva'ors of the P ace by virtue of the common law ot England, ■ which is applicable to the office of Coroners m * England, not to the office of Coroners m New I Zealand, an office created and regulated by the statute law of the Colony * State Railways.— The readiness with * which the last House of Commons empowered ' the purchase of the telegraphic lines by the 5 State—a measure which would not have been 3 deemed practciable fi^e years ago— encourages an 3 influential party in England in the be.iet that British Railways may be bought m a similai - wa y Sir Rowland HiU. the author of the y' penny postage, contends that railways are 1 essentially monopolies ; consequently that thej c are unsuitable objects for ordinary commercial '• enterprise • that tbey cannot be left ad vana ta^eously to independent companies, who managt c them with exclusive reference to their owr '- interests ; but that they should be in the handi 1 of those who will control their management wit ■ - a view to the interest of the country at largt *- —that is to say, in the hands _ of the govern fc the lines" has sent opinion travelling rapidly ii Q this direction, and it is toi rably certain thai r the proposition will be formally made in par 1 liament before many months have passed.— c En^lis'i piper. c } Auckland Merchants and a Uni--6 FOBM TAItIFF FOB THB COLONIES. — A Hl9bt- " ing of merchants was held on the 18th ulfc al Mr Oarlick's office, Queen sfcreet, Auckland, Mi - J. Mason in the chair, to take into consideration *"• the adoption, or otherwise of a uniform tariff c as suggested in a letter from the Melbourne Cnam--1 ber oTComraerce. The tone of the meeting wae ; - decidedly against fche adoption of the suggestion. B Che foUowing resolutions, by Mr T. Macfarlane, 1 were carried : — " This meeting having considere i ■ the communication from the Melbourne Chamber f ot* Commerce, regardiug the establishment of 1 uniform tariff in the Australian Colonies, is ol ■• opinion that the proposition therein contained * ousiht not to receive the. *upp >rt of the Co. ony t of ~New Z aland, for the following amongst other f reasons : — l. Thrt the interests of the different * Colonies proposed to be iiuluJed in the union 1 ire so diverse as to preclude the possibility of * uniformity. 2. That from the geographical posif iion of Melbourne, \hi wealth o her merchants, 1 the facilities thty enjoy of importing iiO >ds, not only from the mother country and Europe r general y, but from Miuritius a-;d the East, f and of bonding those ior exportation, Victojia, be a uniform tariff, would secure an ahnost ex- ' elusive monopoly of commerce, to the great detriment of New Znland. 3. That tho Vie- * toria tariff is based ou a protective system, and 1 is consequently at variance with the interests * of the Colony. 4. That copies of this resolution be forwarded hy the first mail to the members of the va vjus Chambers of Commerce in New ' Zealand. " The Trossachs, &c. — A corespondent, ■ who haa been recen ly spending his holidays in the West Highlands, feuds us th se notes: — " I went from Glasgow to the top of Loohlomond, and down Loci 1 »ng, and up th* Clyde in one day. Oil another i-.ay I w^it from Stirling by ; Callander, through the Trossachs, to the head of Loch Katrine. On nn return through the Trossachs, ' seated on the top of a large and crowded coach, ! and when at a certain point, the coachman — evidt-nily bnt on Jmaking himself agreeabl. — ' rin-nel round and sa.d — "This is the first and the best, and the last and the best view of the Trossachs-" Jehu i_>*.ile;itly meant that it was ' the fi'vt view com in: up from Callander, and the ' lasr. returning ; and it was r.lso the very best view • o be got of that exquisitely fine scenery, so aimirably aid graphically described by Sir f WitJr Sjott in the "Laly of the Lake. Ihe coachman seemed to be grinding up Sir Walter, or rather his productions, with some effect. As we drove along he exelaimed — " Here are the brackens among whi:h Ro ierick I >hu's men lay hid, and dowu there is Coilantogle Ford, and there is the spot; where the contest took place between the tiaxon and the Gael, or Koderick Dhu and King James." At one particular spot he pointed to a high hill which he called Benmore, on which he said were the remains of a Koman camp, and still further on was a lesser hill, on the shoulder of which lay an immense mass of stone many tons in weight. " That, he said, "is rfanison's putting-stone, an the lastd day Samson was here he threw that stone from tho top of Benmore to the spot where you now see it." The distance seemed to be a mile or two. There was a Frenchman on the coach who at first quite believed the story, but after they had gone some miles Monsieur's suspicions were aroused, and he observed — " Ino fink your story about Samson be true, for since I came to Scotland I vas reading de book(meaning the Bible), and I did not see any ting der.> to tell me that Samson was a Scotchman, or dat. he vas here at all." Our correspondent gives several other instances of the coachman's ingenuity in raising the wind, and be was more successful in fleecing 'credulous passengers than could readily ba helieved.— lnverness Courier.

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