We find the Ofcago Daily Times, in a leader on the recent meeting of delegates from the Southland Road Boards, regretting " that they »did not invite some more experienced people to join the conference." Then follow some argdmente to prove fcbafc this sc.md alously slovenly 7 piece of 1 legislation, far from being unworkable, is so good that the Southland people, at least, need not try to amend it. All that is left for us, it appears, is to sit down thankfully and try to work it, and the excellence of its provisions will soon become apparent. The Southland people will no doubt be duly grateful for the advice. The article, we may add, appears to be the work of an amateur writer, prob&bly not unconnected with the Provincial Govermr.ent offices. The Committee of the Invercargill Grammar School, at their meeting on Friday last, let inst., decided unanimously to recommend Mr 'Andrew Fleming to the Board of Education for appoint.ment to the Rectorship. The Committee met again last evening, Mr Fleming being present, when the a pointraent of the second master and other arrangements of the school were discussed. It was resolved that Mr Fleming be requested to make enquiries and to recommend a suitable teacher to the Conmittee. The questions of school fees and the necessary fittings were referred to a sub-committee, the report to be brought up on the 12th inst. A meeting of the committee of the Southland Caledonian Society was held last evening in the Club Hotel ; Mr James Blacklock in the chair. The programme of sports prepared by the subcommittee appointed for the purpose was brought up and approved of. The prize-list, we understand, will amount to over £100, and will be published in the course of a few days. It will be observed from our advertising columns that a further reduction in the rates of discount is announced by the Union Bank of Australia. The Treasurer to the Hospital Committee requests us to acknowledge his receipt of £1 4s from the Woodlands Musical Association, per Mr G. Edwards. About fifty of the members of the recently: organised order of " Good Templars" met oh Thursday evening, 31st ult., at the Temperance Hall, Esk street, in a social gathering,' ;<jf which the chief object was to present to the Eev. B. J. Westbrook some recognition of the \pervices rendered by him in the institution of the order. Some friends of the members were also present by invitation, and although the proceedings of the evening were altogether of an ..extempore character, by means of moderate feasting, song, and discourse, an agreeable evening was passed. Duriug the evening a present by the office-bearers of the lodge was made to Mr Westbrook of a purse of gold. It is in contemplation to establiah branch lodges of the order in all the surrounding country districts. At the meeting of the Southland Waste Land Board on Friday, the members present were Messrs Pearson and M'Arthur. The following applications were granted : — Patrick Kerr, 114 acres, Winton hundred ; Charles Nichols, 400 acres, Eyre district, run 191 a ; do, 320 acres, do, run 302 ; do, 250 acres, do, run 302 ; William Stevens, 40 acres, Wairaka district, run 187 ; do, 80 acres, do, run 187. Permission was granted to Mr Moffett to cut timber in Grove's Bush for piles for the Bluff jetty, on his undertaking to come under any obligations whioh. may be imposed by the new timber regulations shortly to be issued. The application of Mr Thomas Brown, sawmiller, to be allowed to complete his original application for 100 acres timber license, and 348 acres reserve, was granted on condition that applicant pays all fees which would have been due on such license in January, 1872, if it had been accepted from the date of the ap-? plication. The application of William Moore to cut 50 trees for piles for the Blaff Jetty, in the Waikiwi Bush, was granted on the same termi as Mr Moffett's. We are informed that tho Aparima Road Board at its meeting on the 26th ult. accepted the tender of Mr Russell of Ryal Bush for valuing, and that there were six applicants forHhe office of clerk and collector, at a salary of £50 per annum. Mr Fullarton, teacher at Flint's Bush, and Mr Russell of Ryal Bush, haying been duly proposed and seconded, a show of hands was taken, which resulted in the return of Mr Fullarton, who, while he acted as clerk to the previous Road Board, discharged his duties to the satisfaction of the district. Mr Boyd was appointed honorary treasurer, and volunteered to
provide the security required by the Ordinance before the next meeting. The' collector was instructed to procure two sureties for £50 each* The session of the University of Otago was closed on the 30th ult. From the published list of students who have gained distinction we learn that Arthur Grant, of Invercargill, has obtained a prize in the section of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The Oamaru Times of the 29th ult. say 3 : — A malicious attempt to injure or destroy the Phcßnix Mills, the property of Messrs Spenofe attd . Grave, tfas made on Sunday night, but owing to I the precaution which the miller took of securely ! fixing the stones on Saturday night, the loss and damage has not been very serious. Some person or persons had opened the flood-gates of the dam for the purpose of setting the mill in rapid motion, but thi3 was luckily impossible. However, the building was flood ed with water, and several tons of flour have been seriously injured. It will be noticed that a reward is offered for the i , conviction of the rascal guilty of such an at» . tempt. j The Bishop of Nelson, in opening the annual session of the Synod of his Diocese, delivered an address, in the course of which he referred to the various methods of raising money for the church. In doing so, he said : — " The raising of money by sales of work, by music and lectures, by bazaars and gift auctions, if properly conducted, cannot, as far as I see, be objected to> for the performers and workers are the real contributors, and they may, as in the case of work, music, and lectures, be made highly instructive and useful ; but lotteries, raffles, and art-unions, falsely so-called, and such like, ought, I think, to be unanimously disapproved, and repudiated by us as illegitimate, improper, and unworthy means •of raising money. The spirit of gambling is so rifa in all olasses in this colony, that this is a sufficient reason why the Church should set itself .againßt everything which encourages gambling, and certainly decline and disapprove any proposition for raising funds by such a means." With reference to railways in Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald writes : — " New South Wales, with a population of less than half-a--million, has since 1856 been miking iron roads at the rate of twenty-two miles a year, with engineering difficulties of no common order. Journeys of weeb3 have been reduced to days,. aa<3 places that in 1854 were almoat a terra incognita to Sydney people, are now as familiar to many as the Domain. If, however, we do not confine our remarks to this Coloty, but look at what has been done in Australia in the matter of railway construction since the first year, 1830, the progress of this great country is still more evident. The entire population of Australia (exclusive of aboriginals) is not two millions, and there are nearly a thousand miles of railwaj in : the four colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia — fifty miles of railway for every 50,000 of the population, in a country not yet civilised a century !" The bone-dust dealers of Auckland are accused of having been addicted to giving short weight. The Cross mentions the following instances — " One case was an order for 2 tons 2 cwt. This order was found to be 4241 b short. Another order for one ton was found to be 2241 b short. The third order we refer to was one for five tons, and on weighing after delivery this was fouu 1 to havo a. aefici!?ijcy of 1 2OOlb-" The following telegram from Hokitikn s dated the 30th ult., appears in the Otago Daily Times :*-The p.s. Wallace has returned from Southern Ports. She reports that the settlers at Martin's Bay were starving. Nine of them had left overland for Queenstown. The women and children were suffering greatly, and in want of the barest necessaries of life. Several of the settlers came off in boats to meet the steamer, and were taken on board. One whole family, including the father and mother, who were in. a wretchod condition, were taken on board the steamer and supplied with food. Dried seal, parched corn, and fish were the only provisions in the settlement. A daughter and son of one of the settlers lately remained ou t all nigh t on the rocks several miles from home for two tidesi to gather shellfish to supply the other members of their family with food. The ouly other food obtainable was boiled ferna. The weather throughout the Wallace's trip was rough. She supplied all the settlers with provisions. The settlers at Big Bay were in the same plight a* those at Martin's Bay. At the Haast River, Marks's prospecting party had been unsuccessful in finding gold up either the Haast or Clark's River. Two of the party, Meyer and Spiers, were ill, and the Wallace brought them to Hokitika. The show of the Ota^o Agricultural aud Pastoral Association is to be held on Boxing Day at Forbury Park, near Dunedin. The number of classes under the various sections is very considerable. The prizes consist of silver and bronze medals, and honorary certificates, in addition to a number of special prizes of the value of £10 10a. Money prizes of smaller amounts will also be given in the sections comprising dairy utensils, produce, &c , and Colonial manufactures. The latter section includes specimens of saddlery, fencing, bricks, New Zealand hemp, wool and woollen goods, whiskey, beer, furniture, timber, soap, &c. Mosquitoes m England, if not absolutely unheard of before, must still be regarded as something rare. Several swarms of these insects, it is stated in the European Mail, have made their appearance in the cornfields in Keut, »ud on one occasion some reapers employed near Brasted were visited by these invaders. They were at first thought to be harvest-bugs, but the " initiated" soon discovered their real character. They are supposed to have taken flight from ships lying off Woolwich or Gravesend. The women and children engaged tying up corn were the greatest sufferers. We take the following about the English cricketers in Canada from the European Mail :— The match between the English Eleven and the Eleven of Montreal was played on August 22 aud 23. The English Weren scored in their first \ innings 255, and the Canadians 48. In their second inniags the Montreal Club made 67 runs, the English winning by 140 runs in one innings. The match between the English Eleven and Twenty-two of the Toronto Club commenced on September 1. At the close of the play the English Eleven had made 243 runs for eight wickets down, Mr Grace scoring 142. There were 1000 spectators present. Potatoes are reported to be selling at 5d per pound at Tauranga (province of Auckland), or something like £46 per ton.
It is said that the larabing season in fche Upper Waitaki has been favorable, and tha per contage of lambs, where they were not dropped too early, iB satisfactory. Importers (says the Dunedin Evening Star) are to reap a deoided benefit by the opening of the railway. The owners of lighters, determined to compete with the Port Chalmers Railway Company, offered to convey freight to town for 49 a ton, or 3d less than the company's first offer, whereupon the latter have reduced their price to 3s, A couple of months ago, lighterage from the Port was 8a a ton. Mr Woodward, who has been for many years connected with the Treasury department, is to be appointed Trustee under the Public Trustee Act. The proprietors of the Californian News of the World have issued their final number, and it is now catalogued with the things that were. It is said that Mr Moorehouse (lately Registrar - General of Lands,) intends following his profession as a solicitor in Wanganui. By " The New Zealand Post-office Act Amandmont Act, 1872," which will come into operation ; on the Ist January next, the rate of postage on « I all newspapers posted and delivered in the ! Colony is reduced to one half-penny. j It is reported that over 200 ozs of gold hare been received in Oamaru withia the last few days from the Marewhenua, being the result of a preliminary washing up in three or four claims.
A meeting of the Kailway Committee will be held thie evening, at 7.30, in the Council Hall. A meeting of the Invercargill Cricket Club is announced for this evening, at 8 o'clock, in j Colyer*9 Princess Hotel. ! The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce takes place to-morrow at noon.
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