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The nomination of candidates for the offices of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors for the Municipality will take place this day at noon, at the Council Chamber. There is every probability that as regards the first-named office, Mr Lunaden will be allowed to walk over. The four vacant seats in the Council will be contested, there being a large amount of dissatisfaction among the ratepayers as to the expenditure by the present Council, both as regards the value obtained for money and the distribution of the outlay. It is also considered that in the matter of the decision recently arrived at by the Council, in reference to the gas question, the Council has acted somewhat precipitately. In view of tbe fact that four vacancies must necessarily arise, it is generally considered that it would have been wise to have had an expression of opinion by the public upon a matter so important as that of a provision for lighting the town on the present system, or upon some other of the rival projects which are now so confidently asserting their superiority. Mr A. M'lntyre, the late contraator for the conveyance of the mails between Invercargill and Dunedin, has just imported a large and handsome omnibus, being the first brought into the Southland district, which he intends running between Invercargill and Riverton. The vehicle is constructed to carry fifteen passengers, namely, twelve inside and three outside, and which number may be comfortably accommodated. To meet any public occasion or emergency, it is provided with roof accommodation, by which the total number of passengers carried can be increased to thirty-two. The draught pole is. adjusted to meet any inequalities of the road, and the body of the omnibus being well balanced, the probability of oscillation or jerking is reduced to a minimum. It is intended by Mr M'lntyre, as soon as some slight additions are made to the interior fittings, to rua the omnibus with four horses, changing at the Waimatuku (at which stage he is about to erect stabling) making the journey between Invercargill and Riverton, and return, in one day, allowing time in Riverton for transaction of business. An accident occurred in Esk street last night, to a man named John Straohan, resident at Barwheys, by which he sustained a comminuted fracture of the leg in three places. This is another instance of the fatality attendant upon drinking. Strachan, ordinarily a well-conducted laboring man, left his home yesterday on horseback, to attend to his work at a distance, and arriving in town, commenced and continued I

iliiiikiny lV<ioly. .Mounting his hoi'so, l.ti galloped t'uriouoly u;> uu.l .luwn the stroold, to the imminent < l;»iii»ei- of |maaenr;era, and upon bt in;> remonstrutmi with, amioun. ivl an intention of LnviiU'mg hid uerL that day, whiuli in the fecquel j lv: was vor.y nour doing. Continuing his mud pranks, hi 1 r.iune tin.iru 1 the notice of Constiibh; Macdonald, and hy him was taken into custody in Jed street. While en route to the lockup, near to the corner of Deveron-street, Btraeh*n managed to pull the horse over upon himself, as well as endangering the constable. When taken I up he was found to have broken his leg, und was Uken to the Hospital, where (he limb was set hy Dr Grigor, the man being so inaensib'e from the effects of drink as not to be conscious of the operation. He will in all probability be chargeable to the institution for half a yeur at least, and, as we understand he has a family, it will be well if they are not dependent for the like time on the community. The entertainment given at the Theatre on the i evening of Friday last did not meet with that amount of patronage from the public that the merits of the performers deserved. The thinness of the attendance, however, had no apparent effect upon the spirit in which the programme was carried through, the singing, instrumental music, dancing, &c, eliciting frequent rounds of applause from the audience. Mr Lucas's musical selections on the piano and harmonium were particularly well rendered, and Mr Wotton's comic lecture was, as usual, highly mirth-pro-voking. It is only necessary to add that Mr Wood's versatility contributed largely to the enjoyment of the evening. A lecture by Mr Perkins, on behalf of the Athenaum, will be given to-morrow evening at the Theatre, the subject being (as announced) " Ghosts and Magic." We are not permitted to venture " behind the scenes," or to anticipate the mode in which the somewhat startling subject may be dealt with. Whether " ghosts" be a reality or not, any allusion to them carries us at once into the regions of the spiritual, and it may be assumed that reference to " spiritism" in some phase or other will form part of the subject # Be that as it may, it is moderately certain that all who attend will find themselves interested. We may also predict, without much risk of failure, that the " magical incantation" will be sufficiently potent to attract a large audience. We have received from Mr John Henderson, the representative in New Zealand of Messrs Brogden and Sons, a small pamphlet bein^ an explanation of their proposal to entrust to a company " the construction and management of the public railways in New Zealand," with the correspondence in reference thereto, and an appendix, accompanied by a " Sketch Map," showing " authorized and proposed railways." We will take an early opportunity of referring to the pamphlet in detail. The Revising Court for the amendment of the Electoral Roll of the Municipality, sat at the Council Chambers on Friday, 11th inst. Messrs Garth waite, Goodwillie, Jaggers, and Ross were the revising offi.e^a, but their duties on the occasion were but light, as there were only three new claims to dispose of, which were directed to be added to the roll, and no objection to the existing roll was lodged. At the meeting of the Invercargill District Road Board on Thursday evening, 10th inst., Messrs Angus, Brown, Brownlie, Burrows, Gilmour, M'Nab, Waddel, and Hare (in the oh"air) were present. It was resolved to drain and gravel the footpath in Mary street on the M'Master's estate. Tenders having been received for completion of road at Campbelltown, it was resolved that the same should be held over until a survey had been made by a Government surveyor, Mr Harvey having protested against work proceeding on behalf of an owner of land on the line. Some discussion on the formation of a footpath in the Avenal road resulted in instructing the surveyor to prepare specifications and to report as to cost of the work. The clerk was instructed to write to His Honor the Superintendent, to induce the Government to form a footpath on the East road, at least as far as the various townships extend, and promising that the Board would assist as far as possible. All accounts presented up to 30th June last were passed for payment. The timber regulations passed by the Southland Waste Land Board on the 6th December, 1872, are published in the Provincial Government Gazette of the 9th inst. A correspondent, writing from the Hokanui, informs us that, owing to the mildness of the weather, stock of every description is looking well. The friends of Mr George Duncan, an old and much-respected citizen of Dunedin, rendered that gentleman a farewell token of their respect prior to his departure for America, by a complimentary dinner, at the stores of Mess r s Driver, Stewart & Co., in Dunedin, on Friday, 11th inst. There were about 250 gentlemen [ present, under the presidency of His Honor the Superintendent, who proposed the toast of the evening, namely, "The health of Mr George Duncan," remarking that the Colony could not afford to lose such men as he from its midst, and ! trusting that he would soon return. The toast having been enthusiastically disposed of, with three cheers for Mr Duncan's family, was replied to. by Mr Duncan, contrasting the present appearance of Dunedin with that of the time when j it was regarded as " a slow Scotch town, with the streetß paved with flax." Had he known he had bo many friends in Dunedin, he should perhaps not have thought of removal, but as he would probably return he would then let them know what he thought of America. From the report of the Provincial Surgeon regarding the Lunatic Asylum at Dunedin, we learn that on the Ist April, 1872, there remained in the Asylum 153 patients. During the following twelv« months 74 persons were admitted, 36 were discharged recovered, 2 were relieved, and 15 died — leaving 174 in the Asylum at the end of the financial year, being 21 patients more than romainei id the Asylum at the time of the last annual report. The daily average number resident throughout the year was 163 — the total number treated 227. Private letters, from England and Vienna, are to the effect that New Zealand will be well represented at the Vienna exhibition. The spase allotted to the Colony was found too small for the exhibits sent, and part of that set aside for South Australia was in consequence appro- ; priated.

The G.'ii.iral Assembly meets at Wellington to-d.ty. VYYuiug of the prospects of t!ie S'3s«ion, tins Wellington correspondent of v contemporary says : —No ona seems to antk'ipato that th? | coming session will be a very es ■iUnj <.>no in thi' way of party conflict. Sharp debates on immigration iatul Nulivc' matters, the usuil siTAinb!--for railways, and imiumerablu attempts to obtain autliority to borrow niom-y may fairly be expected, but no attempt eeems to have been made to organise an Opposition, and it is generally concede 1 that the Ministry is safe, barring accidents of course. Bu h , if we have no factious party Opposition, no three weeks' debates, and it is to be hoped no seven hours' speeches, it is not at all likely that the session will be a short one ; in fact, there are indications of a more than usually pralific crop of bills. It is said, and I believe correctly, that the number already prepared for introduction approaches very closely to the 100 which may be taken as the average number of new laws added to our statute book each session. It may not be generally known (says a North Island paper) that Purukutu is not the correct name of the murderer of Sullivan, his real cogDomen being Mohi. The meaning of his assumed name being a destroyer of vermin, he was christened by the King, " Purukutu," on account of his mission to efface the white man from the native soil. The Timaru Herald states that owing to the present high value or oats, a number of the farmers in that district are feeding their horses on seconds wheat. j The following tenders have been accepted for the fire sections of the Tokomairiro and Law .-ence I railway : — Tokomairiro section : Messrs J. and N. Campbell, Invercargill, £11,023. Glenore section: Mr W. Strachan, Wellington, £16,491Round Hill section s Messrs Morrison and C. D. Irvine, Dunedin, £19,780. Tuapeka section : Mr J. Goodfellow, £13,846. Waitahuna section : £12,414. Messrs J. and N. Campbell threw up the Glenore contract, and the tender of Mr Strachan, Wellington, was then accepted. We learn from a contemporary that the County Council of Westland was opened on the 9th inst. The Chairman, in his address, stated that there was a surplus during the past year of £16,109 over the estimated receipts. There was an increase in the land sales, and a decrease in the revenue derived from the gold duty, miners' rights, and spirit licenses. The decline in the gold yield would be remedied by the construction of the new water races. The County required to be recognised by the Legislature as an integral portion of the Colony. An Education Bill would be introduced, and the Waste Lan Is Act would be amended, as it was desirable to lay out blocks of land as homesteads. It is satisfactory to rec ive the following information from Auckland : — " The Kingites cay there will be no fighting, ar,d as evidence that they do not mean to commence hostilities, it is worth while to observe that not a single pah has been erected since the unfortunate occurrence at Moanatuatua swamp. By all accounts it appears that our frontier in Waikato is now as safe as we ca,n reasonably desira it to be j in fact, the patrol has been dismissed as unnecessary since additional redoubts have occupied sites between the old A.C. posts." One of the goldfields members of the late Provincial Council has been Bent to the Lunatic Asylum at Dunedin, fcis intemperate habits having rendered it necessary that he should receive proper care and treatment at that institution. The trout sent some time ago to Queenstown are reported to be thriving remarkably well in Lake Wakatip. A number of the immigrants who recently arrived in Canterbury by the Edwin Fox have been engaged at the following rates : — Married couples, £60 per annum, and found ; single men farm laborers, £36 to £50 per annum, and found ; boys, £10 per annum ; single women, general servants, £20 to £25 ; nurses, £12 per annum. The number of immigrants nominated .in the Colony is at present, according to the Wellington Independent, at the rate of 3,000 per annum. A spring has been discovered at Waitaka, Okarito district, which discharges water too hot to permit a person's hand being held in it. The Lyttelton Times, in speaking of the late session of the Canterbury Council, says that " not more than half the time of the session was wasred in mere talk." The Examiner puts down the time wasted in Cl mere talk" in the late session of the Nelson Provincial Council at fully two-thirds. j Writing of Sir James Fergusson, the Wellington correspondent of a contemporary says : — There is nothing pompous, or, to use an expressive phrase, " stuck up" about him ; but at the same time there is certainly nothing " gushing." He is in fact a complete contrast to his predecessor. One thing he has already made pretty clear, and that is, that he will not be content to accept the position of a mere dummy in the Government o. the Colony. Ido not by this mean to imply that he is going to in any way infringe on the privileges of responsible Government, but I mean that he intends to make himself fully acquainted with all that is done, and that without attempting to be dictatorial, he is likely to fully discuss with and give his responsible advisers the benefit of hi 9 opinion and advice on public matters. He has, I believe, already requested that all Ministerial papers may be submitted to him day by day, bo that he may know what is going on, and he has also directed that all papers intended for signature at the Executive Council may be sent to him twenty-four hours before being required or consi lered. Being a thorough business man and one of considerable official experience, he will probably be able to suggest a good many reforms in the way public business is transacted. ' During the six months of the present year ending on June 30th, there were exported from Lyttelton 10,481 tons of wheat, 1173 tons of flour, and 140,000 bushels of oats. A large number of the citizens of Auckland have presented Mr T. Macfarlane, the trustee in bankruptcy (who, it will be remembered, was, a short time ago, charged with conspiracy to defraud), with an address of condolence. The cases brought against Mr Macfarlane were dismissed, there being not a tittle of evidence to support them. Mr D. Macrorie will sell by auction to-morrow, on the ground, Sylvan Bank, house, Bhop, section, furniture, miscellaneous goods, &c, the property of Mr S. Stanford. In consequence of the number of lots, the sale will commence at , 11.30.

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Southland Times, Issue 1767, 15 July 1873, Page 2

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Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1767, 15 July 1873, Page 2

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