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Southland Times, Issue 1547, 8 March 1872, Page 2

Steps have been taken for fche purpose of eßtablishing a library of reference in connection ; with fche Otago University. i

The hon. treasurer to the Provincial Hospital requests ua to acknowledge hia receipt of £4 from the friends and on account of John Hunter, a late patient therein. The usual sale of the funds of the Southland Building, Land, ancl Investment Society, was held in the Court-house ou Wednesday evening. It was stated fchut, owing to a large purchase afc tiie previous sale, there were no accumulated funds to dispose of, but that the Society would be prepared to take advantage of the power to borrow if there was any demand for money. Twenty-two shares were then disposed of at from 57s to 60a per share, the average being about 58s. Mr Henry do Smidt, a much respected resident of Campbeiltown, and hotel proprietor, j died very suddenly on Tuesday morning lasfc, disease of the heart being the cause of death. Tha deceased was interred in the Bluff Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, the funeral being attended by almost all the residents, together ! with the teacher and children of the public I school, the deceased gentleman having been for I years identified with educational matters in the district. The funeral service was conducted by Mr G. F. South. Among the fashionable arrivals by tho steamer Gothenburg, ifc was expected that the name of Kee Chang, of spurious gold celebrity, would have been chronicled. Accordingly a lar^e number of the denizens of our city (weary of the somewhat stale and monotonous current of events) assembled at the railway station on the arrival of the train on Wednesday evening, to proffer to the celestial visitor the customary tokens of welcome and rite 3of hospitality. They were doomed to disappointment. " Kee Chang" did not arrive ) but is confidently expected by next steamer, and a suitable suite of apartments is prepared for him. Afc the Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, the business waa limited to the mulcting of a drunkard in the ordinary penalty. On Wednesday, Hia Worship being absent afc the Bluff, no court was held, and on Thursday, 7fch, John Christie, remanded on two charges from the 26th ult., was, in the absence of Sergt. Fox, again remanded until this day. Mildred Robinson waa, in her absence, ordered to pay 5s per week for maintenance of hor child iv the Industrial School in Dunedin, In Garthwaite v. Dodds — undefended — for goods supplied and labor done, judgment waa given for plaintiff for £5 13s lOd, amount claimed, and 13a costs. On Tueaday, sth mat., afc the meeting of the Waste Land Board — preaent Meaara Baker (chairman), Blacklock, and M'Arthur — an application by Mr J. M'Pherson for 288 acres in the Waimumu Hundred waa allowed. In consequence of some error in the definition of the boundaries, the granting of the application was accompanied by an intimation that the requisite alteration should be made. On an application by Mr H. J. Gibba being called, ifc appeared thafc applicant was unrepresented, and the application therefore lapsed. Messrs Strang and Co., of Woodlands, received a conditional renewal of their license in connection with their saw mills, it being understood thit until fche township laid out, and upon part of which Mcoars Strang anil 00. o-ro qoyt vroi'Kiu^, aliaill bo ready for sale, their license must be renewed monthly. Afc a special meeting of the Educational Committee for Invercargill, called to consider a telegram from the Board in Dunedin, demurring to sanction the erection of a brick building for the Invercargill Grammar School, it was resolved to depute Mr G-. Lumsden to proceed to Duuedin to represent matters. The School Committee in recommending for acceptance a tender exceeding the sum appropriated for the building, acted in accordance with an intimation by His Honor the Superintendent of Ofcago to fche effect thafc the outlay was nofc to be absolutely limited by the grant. Considering the great advantage in point of permanence and appearance of a substantial brick building over one built of wood, ifc will be much to be regretted if either a matter of necessity or a spirit of parsimony should interfere with the carrying out of the plans of fche School Committee. Various suggestions have been made by which the difficulty may be got over, and without doubt the committee haa acted wisely in trying fche effect of personal representations. The quarterly meeting, under " The Licensing Ordinance, 1865," was held at the Court-house on Tuesday last, sth inst., the sitting Magistrates being the Resident Magistrate and Mesara Blacklock and M'Arthur. Au application by Mr John George Gohl for a license for premises at Woodlands waa the only one on the list. Mr Harvey appeared to support the application, anl Mr Wade in opposition thereto. Objections were raised to the granting of the license, based on insufficient compliance with the Act, as regards the status of the parties supporting the application, and further, on the ground that the house itself waa not needed in the district, and was inconveniently situated. Mr Harvey, in reply, assumed thafc the opposition to the granting of the license waa in reality thafc of persons already engaged in the trade, and held thafc the Bench waa not called upon to protect them, eapecially where no reasons existed on the ground of the fitness of the applicant. The Bench decided upon refusing the license, mainly on fche ground thafc fche houae waa not needed. The following is Mr Caller's reply to the requisition calling upon him to give an account of hia atewardahip during the recent aession of Assembly : — Gentlemen, — In reply to your request, that " I would make it convenient at as early a date as posaible to meet my constituents fco expreaa my views on the various matters that occupied the attention of the legislature afc its recent sesaion," I have the honor to state that I would nofc have waited for a request before doing so if I had thought it of advantage to my constituents. I waa of opinion, on my return from WeUington, and am of the same opinion still, thafc your interests were better secured by my aUence, afc least for a time. The fact is, aa I believe, we have a Government which in its reckless financial career will brook no opposition ; and, having the power, may possibly possess the will to visit the ahortcorainga iv thia respect of representatives upon their constituents. My time, moreover, has been fully occupied with my own affairs since my return, an absence of three montha naturally disturbing them somewhat ; I will, however, do what I can to meet the electors should I find a convenient opportunity. — I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient ' Bervant, W. H. Caldeb.

The Mayor of Wellington ia to receive a salary ' of £200 per annum. For a quarter share in Shiel's prospecting claim, Inangahua, West Coast, £1000 was refused the other dny. Female servants in the Greenstone district, Westland, receive £1 10s per week, or £78 per annual. Mr Archibald Bonar, father of the Hon. Jas. Bonar, who was at one time a resident of Inyereargill, died at Hokitika on tho Ist inst. On Saturday last, the Mayor of Dunedin, Mr H. S. Fish, jun., received a presentation of two handsome silver cups and a salver and card case of the same material, as a recognition of his services in bringing about a reduction in the price of gas in that city. The Tuapeka Times states that a stone, having all the appearance of a horse's head, was lately found by a miner named Curry, in his claim on M'Cunn's Beach. The sockets ofthe eyes and the nostrils, which are filled with quartz pebbles, give it all the appearance of a fossil head. The Tuapeka Times wants to know why Messrß Brown, Sheph<n*d, Bradshaw, and Mervyn have j delayed addressing their constituents, and re- ' minds them thafc if they persist in preserving their reticence they may be certain it will be attributed to one of two causes — either thafc they have violated their hustings' pledges, or thafc the probable remoteness of the next election renders them indifferent to the good opinions of their constituents. The Daily Times of the 4th insfc. says : — " Ifc would seem that another institution, and a timehonored one in England, will have to be introduced into Otago, to uphold the majesty of the law, and carry oufc its final alternative. We refer | to the parish stocks. The Act of Charles 11., relative to Sabbath observance, and which the Mayor ruled afc fche sitting of tho Mayor's Courfc on Saturday was the law of New Zialand, pro- I vides that various persona, and amongst them waggoners, by pursuing their avocation on Sunday, render themselves liable to fine,- or, in default, a distress to be levied, the money to go to the poor of the parish, and failing fine, or anything to distrain on, imprisonment in the stocks. In the same case, Mr Stoufc took exception to the ruling of his Worship that Christianity was part of the law of New Zealand." The following information from Wellington appears in the telegraphic column of the Otago Times: — The Maori prisoners witl be settled on the West Coast, under suoh conditions as will prevent their doing mischief- — The Independent, thia morning, haa a leader on Mr Reynolds'B remarka aboufc there being no Ofcago member in the Cabinet. Ifc attributes the fact to the difficulty of finding any suitable member among the Otago representatives, owing to their provincial narrow- mindedneas, but hinta, however, thafc ifc is advisable to have a SolicitorGeneral, and that a gentleman to fiU the office mi^ht be found amongst the Otigo members. Ifc is understood thafc this refers to Mr Bathgate. Mr Donald M'Lean ia on board the Luna, and he will probably endeavor to get Mr Bathgate to join the Ministry. The Hon. the Premier, in the course of his speech to ft deputation afc Charleston the other day, said in answer to a queation " thafc the Government was nofc afc all inclined to sweep away provincial institutions all afc once, and, aa had been said, with the besom of destruction. Provincial Governments had done an immense good, and had been a great benefit to the colony, in many ways performing duties ib would have been impossible for the General Government to have undertaken, but as the country became more populous and the intervals filled up, ifc was desirable thafc they should not remain endowed with such great powers. To attempt to do away wholly with Provincial Institutions, would bo too sudden a step, and would create too great a revolution in the existing state of affairs, which would be rebelled agaiust by the more prosperous provinces. The Government would De going past ita duty in attempting to so completely reverse the constitution, though ifc might from time to time be considered desirable fco relieve the Provincial Governments of some of their functions."