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A meeting of the Committee which, on a previous occasion, was elected to make enquiries into the system of preserving meat for export, met at Mr M'Pherson's office on Wednesday, Bth insfr. Valuable statistics were produced by the various members, and it was deemed advisable to give every encouragement to a compauy which has imported a plant from Scotland, to choose .Southland as the site of it? operations. It was unanimously agreed therefore to use every effort for the construction of a tramway eleven miles along the Eastern. JRoad, which would be

the means of securing to the province this new source of industry, and be at the same time a real benefit to the settlers. Independently of this, it would be premature, in the absence of skilled labour, for the Committee to advise the formation of a new Company, however economically initiated. It was determined to forward the information which had been obtained to the Elbow, at which place a meeting is called on this subject for Wednesday next. By Electric Telegraph we learn that ketch Pearl, on entering Grey River, on Bth inst., struck the bar, capsized, and sank. Nothing is said whether any lives were lost. The second sale of the accumulated funds of the Invercargill Building, Land, and Investment Society, took place on Wednesday evening last, Bth inst. Owing to the withdrawal of the greater number of shareholders residing in the Riverton district, who have formed a separate society amongst themselves, there was not such a large j amount to dispose of as there otherwise would j have been. The President, having intimated the i sum tor sale, £250, submitted it to the competi- [ tion of the shareholders, who quickly ran it up to a premium of £o 8s per share, the whole amount being taken up by one purchaser. A letter from the Secretary was afterwards read, suggesting that as the society had extended far beyond the limits originally anticipated, his duties being thereby largely increased, some addition should be made to the very moderate salary first fixed. The application was supported by the committee, who, however, declined to sugge&t how far the salary should be augmented, preferring very properly, to leave that to the shareholders. A motion was thereupon brought forward increasing the amount to £80 per annum, to have effect from the commencement of the society. After very little discussion the motion was carried almost unanimously. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, 9th inst., Robert Sloan was charged by William Waddell with conducting himself so as to provoke a breach of the peace. It appeared that the complainant was driving some cows in Jacksonstreet, Sylvan Bank, and they passed along the footpath, which has recently been formed by the inhabitants of the neighborhood at their own expense. Defendant on seeing the bows on. the footpath threw stones at them, and told complainant that he would strike him with a stone if

ho persisted in driving the cows on the footpath. The parties upon this expressed their opinions of one another ia strong terms, and a -witness having confirmed the facts, the Resident Magistrate said it would be well if persons driving cattle would endeavor to keep them off the footpaths, which were made at considerable expense for the convenience of the public. Within the limits of the town persons were liable to a penalty for driving on the footpaths. Nothing very serious appeared to have occurred in this case, and therefore it would be dismissed, also a case of assault brought by Sloan against Waddel, each to pay his own costs. Civil Cases. — Campbell, v. M'lntyre, debt £3 12s 9d ; judgment for plaintiff, £L 4s 9d, costs 9s. Stark v. Smith, debt, £i 19s; judgment for full amount, costs, 9s. Hume v. Baggott, £19 15s 4d ; judgment by default, and costs, 19s. Frederick v. Birchall, £5 5s 9d j judgment for plaintiff, £1 17s 9d, costs, 235. A deputation from the men lately employed on the Oreti Railway works, waited upon the Superintendent on Wednesday, Bth inst., with regard to the payment of arrears of wages, due to them when the works were stopped, and which they have no*; hitherto been able to obtain. The statement made by the deputation to His Honor, i was to the effect that, on their applying to Mr Abbott, of Abbott and Packham, the contractors, for payment, he had told them to go to the Government for it, as he was unable to pay them through the Government having failed to pay him for work dons* The Superintendent, in reply to the deputation, stated that the excuse made by Mr Abbott was invalid, they having no claim upon the Government whatever, until the completion of their contract. He also stated that the Government was doing what it could to effect some satisfactory settlement of the difficulties in the way of the works being proceedel with. He trusted that in a few days operations would be resumed, and might assure,the workmen that in any contemplated change which might take place, their interests would be properly cared for. The deputation, having thanked His Honor for the manner of their reception, then withdrew. Other places besideß Invercargill seem to be experiencing a season of depression. The ' Grey River Argue, 1 of recent date says :— Yesterday was a miserably dull day in town, little or no business being transacted. Rain continued to pour down in a steady -ietermined manner from morning to night, as if intent on causing a flood. There was a considerable incre \se in the volume of the river last night, and as the weather has been close and sultry the warm rain is likely to melt the snow which is now lying heavily on the ranges. If so, our first spring flood may be anticipated . ~ I According to the ' Westport Times ' a dißtinct ] shock of earthquake, lasting several seconds, was felt in Westport on Monday afternoon, 23rd j August, at twenty minutes to three o'clock. It was accompanied by a peculiar hollow rumbling sound. In some houses light articles of furniture \i ere seen to shake and vibrate. In others, and in the majority of cases, it does not seem to have been observed. At Charleston and other telegraphic stations to the southward the shock wai also felt. The ' Westport Times ' remarks : — lt may not be professional, but it is cercainly very convenient to have a medical man advertise his fees in the following style, as one does in the columns of a contemporary. Some people might be disposed to say with regard to the phyßic that 'it is dirt — cheap : — " Medical advice at the surgery, 3s 66. ; ditto, for children, under five years of age, 2s 6d ; visits and advice at patients' houseß, 4s 6d ; ditto, for children under five years of age, 3s 6d ; visits either at surgery or in town (between eleven o'clock at night and seven in the morning), 10s 6d ; country visits during day, per mile, 2s 6d ; ditto at night, per mile, 3s 6d ; midwifery attendance in town, £1 Is ; ditto, i e in country, mileage in addition; accidents and operations extra. Bottles, to be found by patients or charged for. A.U medicine included in these charges. As this scale is based upon the lowest remunerative returns, all fees must be paid in advance."

The following description of Coromandel, by a correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, will be interesting in connection -with the gi'eat rush reported to have taken place to that locality, the writer says : — " Should you ever visit this part of the world, I should advise you to ascend the Coromandel Ranges. It is a nice little walk or crawl up about 2500 feot by a Maori path, with interlaced roots of trees to serve as ladders, and a greasy yellow wet clay for your footing. You pats through a dense forest, with the most beautiful ferns} tsreepers, and underwood. Birds were chirping and singing all around us, and the whole scene was very picturesque and Oriental. You then emerge from the forest, and climb up a small rock or pinnacle of quartz, and from this giddy height you have a viow such as few have seen. On your left, you have a complete view of the grand Oroinandel Harbour and pretty township. The steamer at anchor looks like a walnut shell. From your feet down, iai down, a steep declivity, is 1 a vast forest of trees to the edge of the township.,. On your right is the equally beautiful Kennedy Bay and Harbou-, with a view far out to sea." — The Auckland Almanac for the current year, with reference to this place says : — " Corotnandel, situated within the Firth of Thames, is 20 miles S.S.E. off Cape Colville, and about 40 miles from Auckland. Its position is well marked by a remarkable hill, to be seen for many miles, lying three miles eastward of the head of the harbor, called Castle Hill . Coromandel was brought prominently into notice a few years since by the discovery of gold, which at the time caused considerable excitement, and attracted a large population to the locality. Since then, the diggings have been worked more or less, principally by companies, but at present, owing to the superior attractions of the Thames G-old-field, are almost deserted. It is generally believed, however, that comparatively little is known of the auriferous nature of the district."

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Southland Times, Issue 1127, 10 September 1869, Page 2

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Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1127, 10 September 1869, Page 2

Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1127, 10 September 1869, Page 2

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