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Southland Times, Issue 1234, 8 April 1870, Page 2

„ Yesterday, being the Presbyterian half-yearly Fast Day, was observed as a close holiday by the .business people of the town. •■■■•■ ■ ">'' ■-'.'' '■'■ ' '■' Mr Osborne will sell this day, at 12 o'clock, in his rooms, TO pieces repp, 70 pairs' mole trowsers, sewing machine, 40. : '. ',' (i ir * : ■ , 7 ; ' Mr Macdonald, of the In^ercargill Grammar School, elsewhere announces that he has added a -girls' department to biß seminary. :4 °The Taranaki Herald, notices a new article of export from that province,' in Hie shape of two sacks of flax seed for southern ports. . As a proof of the dull times in Tuapeka, the local paper states that the <gaol- at 'Lawrence is tenantless. fThe Timaru Kerald states that l43o old ewes from the Pareora Station of the Canterbury and Otago Association " were passed through the vats of. the Washdyke boiling-dowji establishment last, week. The yield of tallow from these sheep was 131bs per head. During the present' week "a small -lot of-haifibred Leicesters " will" be boiled~"down. These half-breds, averaging about : 70lbs, will it is expeoted-gkfl- close upon_-281bs-of tallow to-each--sheep.. , . , . , . „ r . „.. ■ According to the Southern Cross, Mr Louis Hettit, who arrived in Auckland, from the Upper " Waikato,- a few days ago,: reports affairs amongst ""the King natives to be highly satisfactory. For many years past' he has never, known appearances to be so promising of a permanent peace., ; The Ngatimaniapoto and Waikato; tribes are. busy getting in their potato crops, and profess, themselves only anxious to remain at peace. Much of the bitterness of feeling with regard to Europeans which, followed the war .in Waikato has /disappeared, and the old restless feeling , which used to be so destructive of amicable relations) between the two races is fast dying out._ The Natives are learning to .appreciate , the benefits of peaceful industry, and every day that this can be. continued decreases the chances of another, rupture. .■■■■■;'■■; : : ; < ••■'.< : The total cost of .the passages of immigrants introduced into the Province of Canterbury since May, 1868, was £13,411, the number of immigrants being 897, or £15 per head; but of this sum '£3,533 was contributed by (or for) the immigrants : p r »or to embarkment, leaving £9,878 for 1 the Province to pay ; thus making the average cost ion arrival a little over £11 per head, and when : t'he promissort notes given by the immigrants are paid,, the ultimate cost to the Province will be £8,560, or about £9 10s a head. We ("Auckland Evening Star) have seen the hymnal alluded to in our issue of yesterday, as having been approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, and intendeji tp.be _introducad into. the public jsror-^ ship of that denomination. _ It is the form -used in the services of the English Presbyterian Chufch7and~consistß~of a copious selection of ilae Psalms of David, omitting, such as are unsuited to the. services of the. Christian Church, with a, collection of the choicest modern, hymns, It is published in various forms and at various prices ; ,pne of the editions' being -beautifully got up with the music appropriate to each psalm and hymn.' >. 4, 0n the authority, of. a native chief, who was present and heard the conversation, the Southern Cross publishes the following :— When'the news" of the escape of Te Kooti reached Tokangumuta, Tawhiao, Eewi, and Manuhiri, the King's secretary; were "in ' Council assembled;'' 'They expressed no satisfaction at the escape, but Tawhiao' said he hopVd Te Kooti would riot return .to Waikato,- .as in that case . he would : be obliged 1 to afford him shelter. Eewi spoke of the Eurdpeari forces in terms of contempt, saying that he liad all along believed that " i3ax-cutters *' would never catch Te Kopti. Manuhiri. said he did not believe the Europeans desired to catch Te Kooti, because that was the second time that they (the King natives) had "delivered him over to the Pakeha, and each time he had. been per-; mitted to escape. .; ; . r- ;, ■According to a census juatr taken, the total population: of .the Thames amounts to 12,4541 vThflTramberig made Tipr as follows^— Meny6o29y 2375' ;. children, 4050.. Of i the 1 men, 1223 are returned as unemployed. \ Messrs Nath. Edwards and Co. sold by auc tipn, on the 19th nit., twonty-Bix bales woo lajnded from the wreck of the Hera (burned at Pprt Underwood) at prices varying from £3 3s t< £12 12s (giving an average of £7) per bale , and on the 24th the cargo in the wreck for £850/ the hull for £610, and the portions of rigging, Bsilsi&ci realised £229, :7 ■.'■:..: ■ ! '' A very painful caie of lunacy, says the Southern Cross, came before the Bench, at the Auckland

Police Court, lately. It appeared from the medi- | cal testimony adduced that Dr Riley, late houseI Burgeon of the Hokitika Hospital, has become of unsound mind, having, according to the statement of his landlady, kept the house in a state of terror by walking about with a loaded pistol in his possession, which he refused to give up. He had also j recently slept with tihe pistol under -'his pillow. On being interrogated by the doctors, he complainedof his head beirig4>ad, .and [appeared to' have lost all memory as to dates and circumstances. Dr Biley had only been abduf 'six .weeks in Auckland r having come up from Hokitika, where he held a highly respectable position, and was much esteemed by a large circle of friends. His affliction has caused much sorrow amongst his many acquaintances in Auckland, He was "committed to the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. We take the following paragraph frbm the Wairarapa Mercury of the 23rd ult. : — A tea meeting was held in the Wesleyan CJhurch . last night, in accordance with the advertisement, to give manyparsoris an opportunity of bidding farewell to: the Rev. Mr Rishworth", "who has been the . Minister • .of the Wesleyan Congregation in : the Wairarapa for the last three years, and who is now being removed to InvercargilL A large number assembled to discuss the luxuries which were laid before them, and afterwards, .when several addressed the audience, the chapel was thronged, many being even unable to obtain admittance. The chair was occupied by B. P. Perry, Esq. Messrs : Williams and Hunt 'both addressed the meeting in eloquent terms, expressing the regret felt by all at their having assembled on such an occasion for such a purpose. The Key. Mr Boss also at some length spoke of the cordiality that had existed between Mr Rishworth and himself, and of the uniform kindness that ne had always experienced. Mr Rishworth reviewed his ministerial career in the Valley, and acknowledged, with evident emotion, the kindness of the meeting in giving him so kind an adieu. The financial state of the Church wasalso spoken of, and a collection was made during the meeting, to! upwards ■of £15. The .choir, sang. r several;! .religious hymns during the intervals between the speeches, and the meeting broke up at a late hour. >Mr Riah worth's successor was stated to be a most talented and energetic minister, and in bidding " G-od Speed " to Mr Rishworth in his future ministrations,- we may also express a hope that his successor will meet with a cordial and hearty welcome . ,-'- • - ■>••■ -' r • ' The Marlhprough Express of the , 26th ult. thus reports on the state of political matters in that ' Province : — The Council has met, and its. proceedings during the two days may be described in afew words. "On Thursday the members met at 11, and at 12 o'clock to 2; again adjourned to 3 p.m. ; after which Mr Seymour was proposed and rejected on a division, when 9 voted for and 8 against 1 him, two being absent. The proceedings were - enlivened by a slight passage of .arms between ' Messrs J.. Ward, Eyes, and the Speaker, relative to certain papers which Mr Eyes wished to lay on the table, such, as he rightly surmised might affect the "interest's of - j w£ioever might be elected. TKe~se included a letter from the, Colonial Secretary, stating that on the 5 reading of the affidavits relative to the Pelorus and Tua'M£rina : Elections j and after ' consulation with the the Ministry -had decided that in the event of a Superintendent being elected by the votes of Messrs Rutland and &. Dodson— and an, action to be. brought in the Supreme Court pronouncing their elections invalid --the Q-overnment woujd. feel it a duty to again dissolve the Council, as being the only Constitutional 'way of remedying the wrong. These paper's were refused, and another adjournment took place till next morning, when the Opposition, having got- a' hint as to their nature, allowed Mr Eyes to lay the do cnments on the table, and a perusal of these served to get over the time until noon, when the Council adjourned till. 2; p.m. On re-assem-bling, the Opposition moved, as on former occasions, that a further adjournment should 'take' place fill .Tuesday next. : Mr Sinclair was dissenting to this, and urging that no further delay should fake place, when a missing friend of the opposite side entered. No. further proceedings in public occurred after this advent until nearly five o'clock, when the Council. adjourned to Monday. It did, however, leak out in the meantime that Mr Gktulter was now in the field for the Su'pe"rihtendency, and that a dead-lock, had ensued in, consequence. It now follows that whichever of the three parties. gives way first, that to which it ■ allies itself will be the victor. We have no hesitation, Ho weverj in stating that' the present incertitude will result in the return of Mr Goulter as Superintendent." It will be in the recollection of a number of our readers that Mr John Christie, who occupiedsome" land at Long Bush for a number of years, and -Mr Edward Hargin, the well-known tinsmith, with their wives and families, left this Province for South America over twelve months since. M r Christie has sent a letter to some of. his friends here, and we have obtained permission to make several extracts therefrom. It is dated from " Deraque, ' Llanquehuei Chili," arid was despatched in November last- -The writer sayß that the passage from Port Chalmers to Valparaiso was accomplished in 33 days, nothing remarkable occurring. Mr Hargin got work at his trade immediately: on landing. r| Mr> Christie arid family had to remain about a month before a reply was received' from the Government. •All -that' was promised, however, had been performed, and even more, 'fop • their passages were -paid to ■ Puerto Mentt, a house found while there, and then the Government paid for taking the luggage to Deraque, which is 20 miles from Puerto Mentt. "Ourshouse," says Mr • Christie, " w fronting' a beautiful lake, called Lake Honquihiu, that is our front :boundaryy, -and the! river,' which ! forms the outlet of the lake, is another. It is, without any romance, aspretty ■; a place as. ever I'-saw; :i t am not at all sorry for the change that we have made. Of course, this place had' to purchase; but we are still entitled to 900 acres from the Government: as soon.' as we "can get time to look about -us a j little. As we are the first family speaking English that has come here' it is rather awkward. There are a great many Germans, but they cannot speak • English) ■ and of ' course ■we cannot ' speak Dutch, so that we make rather a poor job of it 1 "but a good many ofthem can talk a little 1 Spanish, so I can get on with them a little. When we first came here I had to-do all the messages.but the boys are picking up the Spanish very fast. There was a gteat-deal of talk about the natives before we came here, but I must say they are very quiet. There is no doubt they.:are thieves— tliat isj petty thieves. They have no idea of house-breaking or highway robbery. Thereare a great many hardships to put up with in all new countries, and this is no exception. This part of -South America is densely timbered, but there is not so much underthere, is.. in' >New Zealand, and labor is i 1 much cheaper. Here you can get a good workman for £12 per annum £ bat the' most of the work is ltt by contract. You can get a quadron of bush

(about 4i acres) fallen for £2. Horses, cattle, and pigs are very cheap. For instance, I bought 4 brood sows, 1 boar, 5 half grq^rn^raot^gM^p^ for £6 ; that will give you tin-.^Q*.'' :sEu&ariai& i S><^ bacon selL.here as high as they do in .^Southland, -I so that/pig-feeding ousjtittopiy. G-rain - sells "* . '[ about 'the same as it does with you, and when labor is low we- ou^ht to make a living oht "of the ■ > land. Thuj is one of the most healthy coantritt .. • in the world; You ; will see »ny number *t>f old ,-' '- •' people,, and. young ones' are as plentiful as tney.. •.'-// are in Southland;. The weaiher is. as fine as eould^-", * be wished foj£ and^i.believe^t wul be as good *■-'' country for grass as any part of the world, but there is a great deal of clearing to be done first. The place that we hare got has more clear land-.-than any farm hereabouts. ..We hare fenced 60, .* acres in, and., if -all goes well we .will have, it J ; pretty well broken up thk year, ready for crop . next season. The style , the ploughing is done here is rather a primitive method. It is a wooden implement with a long pole for a yoke, which rutar- ; the ground like a pig; it leaves the land all in drills, about 15 inches wideband the centre of the drill is never touched at all, ao that when it is - harrowed one half of the land has never been dii* I turbed. The bullocks hsre areall: yoked by the ; , * horns. The plough that we have got (a Yankee , one) is the ■ first of the kind , that has been here. ' Anyone landing here with £500 in his; pocket could do very well after he had learut thejanguage. Itisno use for a man coming here to labor,', as native labor is so cheap ; tradesmen can do very well in Puerto, Mentt. There is not such a thing as a jwatchmiker in the place. -Shoes are cheaper here than with you, but clothing is dearer j pro* . visions about the same: Land (bush) is to be purchased at Is per acre, and there is likely to be, a considerable trade done in timber yet ; but sawmills would be of little use, as you can , get timber sawn by hand very cheaply." .•- ■> „<r- " .