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Southland Times, Issue 1310, 20 September 1870, Page 2

It is reported that Mr David M'Douall, of Balclutha, is about to erect a flour mill on the land of Mr Dodds, Mimihau, Mataura. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court opened at Hokitika on the 12th inst. , True bills were found by the Grand Jury against Mr David Curie, proprietor of the Boss Guardian, for a libel. on the County Chairman. The attention of residents in the Waliacetown, "Waikivi, Byal Bush, and Waianiwa districts is called to an advertisement in our other, columns; signed by Mr J. M. M'Clure, convening a meeting at Waliacetown on the 21st, for the purpose of considering the proposition of forming a volunteer cavalry corps. The following extract from a letter to a merchant in Melbourne, from his Fiji agent, under date Levuka, August 8, has been brought under the notice of the Argus, and is worth printing, aa conveying a seasonable caution at the present time : — "We are all much as usual here. Business overdone. The influx of people is too rapid. They are forcing business on 'an unsteady foundation. Goods must be sacrificed if they are brought here in such quantities." In the Assembly, on the 6th inst., on the motion of Mr O'Rourke, it was resolved : — " That, in the opinion of this House, it is desirable that any scheme of immigration that may be devised for the settlement of the "^North Island should contain a provision for the introduction of such a body of settlers as was introduced in the years 1847-9 into the Colony ,by Sir George Grey, for the protection of Auckland, under the name of the ' New Zealand Fencible Force.' *', It would appear Wiaton is beginning to attract considerable attention in the neighboring province.. An Otago contemporary says Mr Thos. Richardson, of West Taieri, is about to" erect a flour-mill, there, and purposes, removing to Southland, leaving a junior member of his family to conduct the business of the West Taieri mill. It is also rumored that a number of other West Taieri tradesmen are about removing to Southland, the bulk of the population already located at Winton being old Otago residents. At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday, 16th, the youth Hall, charged the previous day with, assaulting two young women, was brought up on remand for further examination. Owing to the unwillingness of either of the girls to swear to his identity, although, both were strongly of opinion at the time of the assault, and also in court, that he was the assailant, and there being no other evidence against him, his Worship was obliged to order his discharge, but remarked in doing so, that alhough the prisoner thus got off, his innocence had been by no means clearly established. Two owners of horses were fined for allowing their animals to stray about the streets : in one case to the extent of 5s per head for three horses, and costs, 5s 61, and in the other, 5s for one horse and the same costs. At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Mon. day, 19th, after the public had been kept in waiting the usual half-hour occupied by the bailiff in hunting up a couple of J.P.'s, Annie Malone, a character of. some notoriety, was charged with, using obscene language within hearing of a public thoroughfare during the .previous night. She strongly protested against the constable's action in having " taken her. out of her own house," and said she did not think she had used bad language. The charge was clearly proved however, and being an old offender, the - Bench (Messrs- Oalder and- Pearson) inflicted a fine of £3, in default, one month's imprisonment. A civil case; over 11s, involving some tough swearing on the part of both, plaintiff and defendant, had to be dismissed for want of evidence. The number of the vessels composing the Australian squadron is five, viz., the Clio, the . Galatea, the Blanche, the Virago, and the Fosario. We do not include the Challenger, inasmuch as she is about to proceed to England. We {Daily Times) are not aware as to the precise number of guns carried by the five vessels we have named as belonging to the squadron, but we are not far from the mark in putting it down at 70. Again, the Clio and the Galatea have left for Sydney (the latter to toaTOTßrhaule&)r»nd -the Krosario has gone for. a cruise among the South Sea Islands. The ' Challenger sails for England on the 14th, and the Blanche, according to our Wellington correspondent's letter, will most probably proceed to Sydney, though , it is some* what doubtful now whether she will go oh to the South Sea Islands' as originally intended. When she leaves Wellington- therefore the Bole naval defence of the colony will be the Virago, so that we shall then.be reduced to what Lord Granville called the "last ship'."" ' ■ ' :^ In speaking on Mr Gillies's motion regarding the exclusion of paid officers of the Government from the Legislature, Mr'Vogel said : — Doea any hon. member suppose the Government gain anything by patronage ? For every friend it makes itnnvariably makes about twenty enemies. There are always twenty, persons who want the* appointment which you are only able to give to one, and the chances are -that; the person you give it to thinks it is not enough for him, and twenty, people are dissatisfied. I think if the Government" consulted its own interest, it would allow the leader of- the Opposition to take charge of- itie ; patronage, as ;t had. not that cpntrol; over the Opposition it had orer the Government. Ido

I not say that it would be beneficial from a public point of view, but I mean to say as a matter of convenience it would bo better. Every mail that arrives brings almost every meinber of the Government at least half-a-dozen letters applying for appointments. I only this moment received a letter applying for an appointment as manager of the Drury railway at Auckland. Sir, before he ink had dried on the financial statement, koala of applications came in from persona who.,, vere qualified to do anything— firom taking charge, olimmigrants to driving an engine. i 'Our . Dunedin correjpjondent writes :— We ;hije had our usual post jiajwional demonstration consequent upon the arrival of the Ot;igo memtors from Wellington. It took place this year "at Brt Chalmers, and as you are no doubt prepired to learn, took the form of a congratulatory e»nt. The northern steamer Taranaki, with its ' roud " charge on board, made its appearance iit ide the heads early on Thursday morning. i she proceeded up the harbor the vessels, i ich were all decorated with bunting, dipped \ »ir colors, and salutes • were fired from the 1 illiam Davie, Leucadia, &c. His Honor the Siperintendenfc, the lion of the mob, was escorted a&ore by the naval volunteers, Capt. Thomson, harbor master, Mr M'Dermid, Mayor of Port Clalmers, and Mr Taylor, M.P.C. On landing, hawas met bx the Naval Cadets, numbering 43, al at the salute in open rank, ] which he marched through. One of the pilot boats followed, in ; which Major Richardson and others were passengers. The cadets still remained in position 'to reooivo-tlio Major, who, on passing through the ranks, stopped and addressed the boys, .and expressed himself as highly pleased to see such a turn-out of the future defenders of our country. A meeting of the Acclimatisation Society Com* mittee was held in the Superintendent's room, Government Buildings, on Friday last, at which were present Messrs M' Arthur (in the chair), M'Culloch, Fielder, Conyers, Hume, and Gilmour. The minutes of former meeting having been read and confirmed, the hon. sec. read a report on hi? 'recent visit to Tasmania on the Society's business. The report,' which was very complete, was considered satisfactory, and ordered to be entered in the minute-book for future reference. At the suggestion - 'of Mr Butts, who explained how materially he had been assisted by the captains' of the steamers, a vote of thank3 was passed to Captain Lucas, of the "Southern Cross," and Captain Pearce, of the " Gothenburg," as also to the subordinate officers of those vessels, for their marked solicitude, on behalf of the delicate freight under Mr Butts s bharge. The thanks of the Committee were also recorded to Mr Butts himself, and he and the Society were congratulated, on the success which had attended his trip. It was after* wards agreed that the hulk of the fry now hatching out should be consigned to one river, instead of distributing them in Bmall proportions over a number of streams, but it was left to next meeting to decide as to which river should ■ have the preference. It was also agreed that the Queanstown people should, be supplied with one hundred fry (the Society: owes them forty) on ' condition of their paying Mr Howard's expenses up in charge of the fish, bo that they may not be lost through being entrusted to an inexperienced person, as they were last year. The passing of one or two accounts finished the business of the meeting. , ,