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Southland Times, Issue 1675, 13 December 1872, Page 2

. , The following telegram has been received from I His Honor the Superintendent by His Worship the Major : — " H.M.3. Dido will probably be »fc the Bluff on Monday. Capt. Chapman says he will allow the veasal to be open for inspection. J. Macakdbkw." On Tuesdav, at about 9 o'clock a.m., a seaman on the brig Thomas and Henry, now lying at the Bluff, while receiving timber in the hold oi the vessel, sustained a compound fracture of the left leg, attended with severe and extensive laceration. A telegram wa9 at onee despatched to the hospital, and tbe seaman was forwarded to town by train, Dr Q-rigor being in readiness to give the necessary attention to the case. The man now lies in the hospital, and is going on favorably. We have been shown a specimen of copper ore brought from Moke Creok, in the Lake district, whiuh Beems to indicate that a vast amount of mineral wealth awaits development in the locality named. We believe that the deposit is so rich that in some places solid pieces of copper may be seen. A sample is to be forwarded to Dunedin to Professor Black, for analysis, and in the meantime, those curious in the matter may examine a specimen from the same place afc M'KeDzie'e museum in Dee-street. | The writer of the letter signed" " Simon Sharp," ] which appeared in our issue of tha 3rd inst., requests us to state that our Long Bush correspondent is laboring unler a mistake in his assumption as to the authorship of that letter, the gentleman so evidently referred to knowing i nothing whatever of the actiou that was being ( taken in the matter. ] The settlers in the Winton district have issued the programme for their annual race meeting. The cause of its being so light is attributable, we believe, to the fact that the Club has beea put to considerable expense in the way of purchasing the grand stand, booth, ani other improvements on the course, but as it is hoped that the racecourse will soou be vested in trustees, the Club will henceforward be in a position to issue a more attractive bill of fare. A telegram in our last issue stated that two miners remained prospecting at the Rock and Pillar diggings. From our exchanges we observe that the number is two hundred. This carelessness on the part either ofthe transmitter or the telegraphic operator is liighly censurable. The performance at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday eveuing, by the Invercargill Amateur Dramatic Club, was scarcely so well patronised at.

mi^ht reasonably liave been expected, considering that for a long time past the doors of tho Theatre have been closed. The first piece, " Catch a Weazel," did not run so smoothly as could have been desired, but the succeeding farce, " Box and Cox," made amends, and sent the audience home in the height of good humor. The Stringed Band, under the leadership of Mr Stevens, performed various selections of music during the evening in a very creditable Btyle. Last evening another performance, with a change of programme, was given, which was well attended, and passed off successfully. The Sabbath School teachers, and several friends, to the number of about 40, connected with the Presbyterian Church in Invercargill, held a friendly tea meeting in the library on the evening of Tuesday last, tlie object being to make a presentation to Mr Geisow as a slight token of appreciation of the many services he has rendered in connection with the Sunday School. The memorial consisted of two handsome Bibles — one each for Mr and Mrs Geisow — with suitable inscriptions. Our Riverton correspondent, writing on the llth inst. says : — On Monday last, in the Courthouse here, before Messrs Daniel and Petchell, J.P.'e, James Stuck sued Ranger M'Loan for damages for impounding three head of cattle belonging to him. The cattle consisted of one cow, said to be branded, and two steers, her progeny. They were driven to Wallacetown, and cost the plaintiff (who possesses v- depasturing license) some £4 to recover them. The decision was given against tha plaintiff, who gave notice of appeal. The Hobart Town Mercury contradicts, on authority, a statement made by one of the Tasmanian papers a short time ago, respecting the reported marriage of Sir James Fergusson. The following lator American intel'.igenc 6, dated New York, November 30th, appears in a Melbourne contemporary : — Horace Greeley died to-day. The event has created a profound impression in political circles. The Insurance Companies have promptly met the demands upon them in connection with the Boston fires. Jay Gould has been remanded. His defalcations are supposed to amount to 15,000,000 dollars. The Caledonian Society of Nelson has awarded a medal to Mr Hamill, the chief mate, for his conduct at the wreck of the City of Newcastle. A European named Law has been apprehended for selling firearms to the natiyes at Whanganata, in the province of Auckland. Mr James Crombie, the Cromwell delegate at the Mining Conference, conveyed with him te Lawrence a memorial, signed by 131 electors in the Cromwell district, calling upon Mr Hickey, M.P.C, to resign, which he duly delivered. On the 4th, he telegraphe 1 to the Mayor of Cromwell : — " Have seen Uickvy. H<j declines to resign, and says he wiil meet his constituent before next session. He blames the Municipal Council for any omission." The Argus says the result was not unexpected, and that the announcement will not create much astonishment ; and observes : — " We have no doubt his constituent* will accord him a very warm reception should he fulfil bis promise of meeting them ; but we don't think he has sufficient moral courago to do eo. Time wiil tell." The following ia the list of ministerial stations, as decided at the Wealeyan Southern District Meeting, recently held at Christchurch, to be submitted to tho Australian Conference, for tbe ensuing ecclesiastical year : — Christchurch ... ... Rev. J. Buller — W. B. Marten St. Albans — A. R. Fitchott Lyttelton ... ... — W. Morley Springston ... ... — W. Reall W. S. Harper Kaiapoi ... ... — AR. Bavin W. G Thomas Dunedin — 0. W. Rigg Balclutha — F. W. Isitt Fort Chalmers ... — J. Shaw Lawrence ... ... — W. H. Beck Roxburgh ... ... — G Hewlitt Timaru ... ... — W. Lee F. Dewsbury Invercargill , lt ... — Gr Harper The Rovb. A. Reid, W. Kirk. J. S. Rishworth, H. Bull, and T. Reeve are to change with ministers of the Auckland and Wellington districts.