The Southland Times. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1870.

Southland Times, Issue 1344, 6 December 1870, Page 2

The Southland Times. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1870.

' iWe are informed that the balance of proceeds to be handed over to the Provincial Hospital.from th;e concert lately given oii behalf of that'institution amounts to something'over £8. : iln notifying the arrival of the Suez mail- in Melbourne, the Argus jays .:— Unfortunately, we : are without our usual Paris letter this time, our r^ piuuuu a upCiWW, p , ...-. - •;■ i -^mMnH to v" { ' JThe -8.8. ■ WaintUf. \reHl known, in the coastal: ..( trade, and which was lately purchased by. .Messrs Clark and Co','^ Port' Chalmers,- has been subsi. „ ;dised to ran to-. Port Mplyneux, Catlin's Eiver, ' Waikava, Toi Tois, Bluff Harbor, and Eivertbn, . fortnightly, an 1 tcT Martin's ±say lour" tuneTa" .' 'year.., ; . ......... „,.,,_, r ,-. >vr .. ■, . , • ..- - .We learn that it is to. the owners of the Tararualwe'are indebted ibr the receipt of the \ mail by that vessel, instead of; having to wait for . " its coming North about by the Eangitoto. 1 Messrs M'Meckan' & Blaekwoodi : we believe, retained the Southland- boxes r for. transmission; i direct on their, owja ;The ,com- [ 'jnunity will no .doubt, appreciate this consideration on the part of the company. ! The following addition has been made to the \, Licensed Auctioneers' Ordinance/ wnich passed :■ its second reading, on Tuesday, teat :— ' ' No.person -holding an auctioneer's licensej who shall also be ' 'the holder of a publican's" license, 'or r a wine and be|er licens'e, -or c shall be in 'partne.rsbip' 'with '&' person holding any such -license, shall conduct .any auction sale in or upon the premises for or in; respect of ;*hich.h"e or: his/Tpasftoer; shall hold such publican's, license, ,or a_ wjne , an d. beer X-_ • jeeinse." J " ■■-->■ „v i....... : :i rA"home~pap-er"Bayß that" at -a-meetmgof ~the~ •gentlemen entrusted with the election of a Processor of Mental and^XMoral Philosophy. ,in the • n«w University about to be instituted fn'Otago, New Zealand, Mr Duncan M'G-regor was chosen. The electo'rs-r-Priricipals Gahdlish andFairbairrij * arid Professor? Oairns, Veitch, and Calderwood — ■' were all present! and after the most careful coni -sideration, unanimously adopted this resolution. There were eighteen candidates for the office, among whota were graduates of ■ various Univer- ; sines iv England,; Scotland, and Ireland. ' It is rumored that an offer if as made last week to theProvincial'Ghjvernment, oh behalf of a Victorian firm, for. the .construction of the Clutha railway. The offer was substantially to form the line " iora sum not exceeding aJ4OO,(XX>, to bear infi^y^gfi flfr tha yftfo-fif S 'priw''---— * "y -- - f ■ ■ dred pound scrip to be issued to the amount with' ; coupons at&o&ecl, the 'principal not to be guaranteed, and the interest to. be made payable in Lon- : don, Melbourne, and .Dunedin. The >y hole of the be jdapositedjrithihe Provincial ,&oji., yernment. .•'■:i^C -I The N"ew River^has this season been _ visited by an extraordinarily large shoal of fish, princi-, pally rock cod.^ L ln addition t& the' ordinary; ; fishermepi a g^ood^many amateur^, have- been tey- • ing their hand at the pursuit, and some of these have met with singular success. In one instance -three hooks -landed /as^ niucK as. eighty pounds w^ightof fish for an_h,ourpr an hour and ahalTs work. The fish were very large, some weighing r ass jnucfarassix andseven pounds. "" We have" had" quantities hawked through^lnvercjargill at, three for a ; shilling, 5 or less than a ! penny' peirlb.' ' ; The fourth annual, show, of stock, prpducse,- &p., - under the auspices of the Southland Agricultural and. Pastoral Ass aciation, takes '- place on the •Solciety's grounds on Thursday. The three precepting^ exhibitions have been in every respect ; successful, and -the approaching one, judging. i rfromthe entries^already made, bids fair to equal -the past.' " The number of- entries 1 ' on ; the- bbbks r la?t night were — horses, 66; cattle 39, sheep 34,' jpigs 5, poultry 15, produce 20, implements 9, industries 8; in.- all,' 196, and to -this a large addition will no doubt vet be made during the next two days. " •-■•-• -• • •-•■;« ynm^enqurnfflinSSSe"* iespeisfing'" th*e" "public^' carrying traffic*- cP'the-'aistsiet/ 7 we^learn that about— thirty- drays- aro-afc-present ia-eonstant- • employment. _Of % that, number,, three are, exclusively emp*ldyeot in' iid trade "befwden TSSverton anld average through journey beings ~five days. The others tare' confined to the Invercargill trade <'viA Winton, an occasional journey, as inducement-offers,- to the Nokomai ; journey to^^sf^njvariaa^from $>urrand-a-half to; six days; the eo'mputation'being.'td'and'from Xmgston, with back'-lbacHng/a'day-or two less than a fortnight.*; 'At present they are compelled to make extra long- stages,; so . as .tp^. overtake the pifess of work on hand. . '

1 JA press of intelligence by the inTbronghfc mails us to exclude various matters of a local character-^-amdngst others;- a sammaxy-bf-Oouncii - proceedings. One or two. items, however, may be. alluded. to.; .In replying bos, question /put by IMp Basstian, the Secretary of Lands and Works stated that no steps had -been." taken by the Gtoyernmeht;td cause the "Winton, line to be opened for traffic. The railway was af present under contract, and the (Jdrerntnent ; were : "reluctant to interfere between the engineer who had the control of the' work and the contractors: The Repre^'--sejntation Bill !wasj read a £ecpnd t time on ihe;29th uhamo., A Dunedin .contemporary mates the following explanation respecting' J it t— " The 'Bill ! isj framed to include ther representation of that . part of the new .province .of ,Qtago r which was . included in the'lafe province I' 61 '6f 'Southland ; is^ven members Were" given for tne representation ] o^ that part of the province, and the boundaries j had: been— settled — after-consultation-with -the- -j niembers representing 'the lato ; prayiqfce 'in this ■ Council. A Select Committee had been ap- i pointed to consider the subject of tEe boundaries i of one of the districts, and, the. Committee had 1 i [reported. " ff '■''"?'. '' J \' '_[ '" C-' ''

From reliable sources we learn that the extent 1 of crop this season along the northern line of the 1 district averages from twenty to twenty-fire acres j to each of the settlers, the majority of whom are connected with other pursuits--*uch. as earners, i hotelkeepers, station holders, shepherds, &o. The ! crop is chiefly oats, with a fair proportion of j wheat, and * more limited .area of root crop. < They are all- coming on remarkably well, and if • nothing B erioaß takes place, the cereab, should he ready for the slckte early -in February. On. Messrs Shand and Swale's ground, atLimehills, three hundred acres havebeen put under crop, pretty equally di vided jbetween wjieat a nd oatj , Tne/ai both.reported in splendid con&tacm, -andat-the present moment-the r8 how-tO" g ood^ all the outward evidences~of high culture and good""soil; - A serious, accident occurred afew, days ago to' a loaded dray on the v Eipg«ton road, ppme dist^ce above the^lly Waggonfer's Accommoda-tion-house. The road, Appears, has been so lob- ne-glected that, futs have come t*,be wo?n down to deep holes,. The wheels of the dray n» » action got'into ona pf. ( these,.and theconseLuce was a complete capsize, smashing^ dray_ I pieces, anddama^g the loading. .: Th, dnver J^ name we no^scertmned, was sitting - " ". ~~ — — — — — : ~i44nt occurred; and had a Very narrow eacape-from being -Hlled. 'He Bu,stained; iHJuriesrWniou; , will, -causa tntn — *^wlaid up for some weeks to come. .■ In£ connection; with thlsjnishap^we_m§l j,dd.thatjtjjureallf n<?_-_ cessary something shouldbe done for; the jreser-, - -ration of these roads, 6therwise we are Assured' that they will become impassable if isglaCted ''much longer. .. * ' „ •...'..-• '.-■ Forty or fifty ba^es of wool from theKawarau station at Frankton reached -Engstor last week en route- for shipment at the Bluff. When our informant left two drays Had loaded md were on ; •the road down. The remainder of tie wool was . stored at Kingston, waiting the arVvalof fresh drayß~iwa ;6r three- of which" shbula'-have reached ..that place. on ' Saturday or Sunday. The' whole '.of the first instalmeht of the s^aso p's clip from this, station shpuld reaib Invercargill,about the end of the week. TTe have not • as* certainad'thyexac^ aftm^paid at return carriage, but to the best of our" information it is some „ wher^^abojitje4JDsJr f isf UTHe^kpater. portion of ffie/Upifer!' flyaka&ipji !wobl ia/expecfecU for shipment at the Bluff, j r ! ~_\ ■ , 'I' / r , \ We (Daily Times) are informed that for iome weeks past :arn»ngeinents. '.have lieari- progressing : for a union or .alliance of all tHe Total: Abstineh'ce _Sqcieties throughout the province. It is thought that the cause woula be greatly .strengtheneia by.' sn|ch an alliance,' aticJthafjthd work-'of ;the Ibcal Societies would be much relieved by L • common to. all, ;B,uch las^ho procuring'; of j appro? . j>riate.literafQre, &d, 'being; undertaken by the . alliance. We believe almost all • the Societies jn the province," including ( the late' province' of Southland, have expressed, their 'approval of the scheme, and their willingness to 00-qperate. It only remains to fix a time and place for a meeting of delegates from .these- Societies to adopt a basis of union, elect office-bearers', &c. It is naturally thought' that'the head 'establishments the'Al-' liance should be at Dunedin ;■ but there the,difficulty arises, as there is no similar society in/Dun- - -©din, and thus the delegates would feel as strangers in an BHflipy.!tii— — -*'■ „ ; ,■ " "iKrafctegai^Wiuineet m the course of a week or two, so that the, total abstainers in Dunedin should take some steps at once— that is, if they. intend' to r afford^ the' movement any encouragement.