PROVINCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 1320, 11 October 1870, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

I » — — . Dunedin, Oct. s.— The "monfcUy ; escort arrived in town last nigHt, Trnagmg d.own, a total of 16Jt74 mpcea 13 dwta. The; anioiMifc^wiatt^ftri^^ed as follbip .:-^- W|oori^j p|; ... , #Q6 0 WaitfchunajK. ! "£;v. f ' ••... : 616 11 ■ %W6ol B hedm^ "^... > ... »25^ 6 Qtieenstovrt^^s '. "1598 17 Arrow ... *"~- 879 15 Cromwell 2031 0 1- . ; -Blafcks : ' £ ... ■ ... ! ;.:.-.••' * 1158 r 0 Manuhenlii ... ... "1112; 19 """ St." Bithani" "" ""* "'.V. *'"...'■ '504 0 Mountlda ... .'- A ... ': ... 2325 0 Teviot_ ..... . „, ... _ 820 5 ...This-, gives a weekly yield of 4018 ounces, which at £3, 15s 6d, makes £15,162 10s, the duty being £501 105.— A severe thunderstorm passed over the | city early yesterday morning. The [lightning was exceedingly brilliant, and I the flashes succeeded each other with great rapidity. The wind was unusually high at the time, and the rain literally fell in sheets. — The total number of births registered in Punedin during the month of September was 110, and the deaths 25, the excess of births over deaths thus bein» 85, or at the rate of 34Oper cent. The number of marriages registered during the. same was 18. For. the corresponding month of 1869 the figures are :— Births, 75 ; deaths, 26 ; marriages, 27.— The Baity Timeshaa the following rospectuig reunion :—" The results .of' the reunion,' thien, will" depend entirely on the amount ; off road-making carried on under the new administration. If the country is thrown open' for settlement, we -ibelieve that Southland will r^pidjy Recover ;.Jand wflL.be eagerly .taken; up, population will increase, and the -revenue returns- wilL render, the 3 public/, "debt a I comparatively; light; one. The prospect- of-a-large scheme of public ■ works 'under the direction of the colonial Government is an, argument in favor of reunion which will no doubt carry due height jffith_it_-Sho.uld_such_a_acbeme be realised, a; -line; of Trail- through the Mataura may-be reasonably looked for; and whenever such- a line^ shall; be laid down,- it can hardly be dpnbted ttiat the distrjct of Southland witf^elsqme.'one of the most flourishing in the 'new dominion.'!' ■WA.iKDTTA.Tn.-— A Tradesman's Association, for the purpose of protecting the business people from the system of excessively long credit, is in course of -being- formed. — The- weather- has—been remarkably fiaei and through genial showers the f cc of nature has undergone a change both pleasant to the eye and beneficial to the farmers generally. The young crops, are described by the local paper assaying received a start, and as looking remarkably well, particularly wheat. The grass has also sprung up with amazing rapidity, and paddocks, that a week or two ago, were brown and bare looking, have assumed an emerald hue, and afford 1 a prospect of a plentifcude of feed to the half starved cattle that have browsed over them during the winter months. .Fruit trees' are s also in a very forward state, and with moderately mild weather, we may anticipate a plentiful supply of fruit.-— The nucleus of a "Waikouaiti Temperance League has been formed. — A petition is in circulation advocating a daily mail service with Dunedin. — Mr Hunter, a settler at Moer.iki, died very suddenly on Thursday, the 29th ulfc. He fell down dead almost without a moment's warning. Death is supposed to have resulted from apoplexy. Dttnstajt.— The local paper .reports that for the first time for the last, four months Cobb's mail coach arrived from Dunedin in the two days.: — The dredger* are in full work, the one belonging to Beattie and party has been removed farther up the river, near where the Alexandra got heavy gold some three yeafa since.-7Tbe Mariuherikia Company have got their tramway started, and it works satisfactorily. The whole of the * «sluicing"Claiaiß-are-in full work^ some of them with great success. — The proceeds of about 180 tons of stone, tafcenjrom all parts of the Cromwell Company's reef, was somewhere about 340 ounces.— • The Cromwell spring 'meeting took/place on the 2nd inst. The Maiden Plate was won by Mr Hayes's Kate ; the Hurdle Eace by Turnbull's .Te Kooti; Sweepstakes by Madam, and the Hurry Scurry by Roderick... , Oii£\tiu .— A very handsome species of ribbed New Zealand flax (phormium tenax coustatum), has been forwarded toa.;horticulturist 'in.'' "Melbourne,"., who lias arranged to venture, a consignment of .100 1 roots on^he, London market, where it ia expected to, realise: high prices.rrThe schooner James Paxton has loaded flour, ■ grainy andpotatoes^for'the^Westr. Coast, and; the. schoener r . Donedjn ; grain and breadsf lifts for J the Auckland market. — Lamb is already exposed for sale here.— ■ Spring is;reported to,: have fairly set in. The last ten days had been extremely bright, fine, and sunshiny, and clear frosty, .nights. .The gardens, are looking: beautiful, '' and the crops' are 1 most promising.—^The Herald reports a brisk demand for grain. Good sound wheat inquired Tor at 4s 6d to-4s* 9d,oatsquoted at 2s 8d to ,2s ? lOd-r^ood milling oats would bring a shade more. Flour remains firm at £12 10s to £13 ; oatmeal, £17 to £18. Potatoes in demand; bran and barley dull of sale, , and no change in price." J .- "WiiKATiPTrI—A; digger named Hurley died euddenlyat therManatapu diggings a few days' igb. l ; His remains' were brought to the Arrow, a distance of 50 miles over a rugged country,; on the. shoulders of bis fellow-diggers, to receive the last, rights of civilisation— an inquest and a fitting burial.— The . miners „generally,, ,generally , are, not well pleased with the influx of Chinamen, . and- several seem to be of opinion' that if it continues Moke Creek would soon be deserted bythe present European pbpnr lation.- : -The local cbrrespondenf of the Duns tan paper makes the following reference to the address. lately deU^ered io.

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Queenstown by Mr Shepherd, M.P. C. : — Taken as a whole, the speech was highly satisfactory, and if he did take credit to himself for doing a number of things, supposing they were in excess of what he had done, he deserves our thanks in that he has not deserted his constituents, allured away by the superior attractions of Wellington or Aucklaud. Mr Shepherd's aim is of course a seat in the House of Representatives for the Wakatipu, and to secure this he will have a hard fight with Mr Haughton.