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Southland Times, Issue 1770, 22 July 1873, Page 2

By clause 31 of the " Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," it i 9 enacted that every citizen who shall be duly elected to the office of Major, Councillor, or Auditor, shall accept such office by taking, making, and subscribing the declaration uforesuii, within five days after notice of his election, or shall iv lieu thereof pay to the Corporation the fiaa specifiel in tho schedule of penalties for the non-accept-ance of such office, which Bhall thereupon bo deemed to bo vaoant." The penalty provided by the Bchodule in case of non-aocepfr-ance of the office of Mayor, after being duly elected thereto, is £50, to be recovered in a summary way. Mr Lumsden'B dutios in the Provincial Council having detained him in' Dunedin beyond the fire days specified, and he not having made the declaration, he is of cou?ae liablo to the penalty, and a now election must necessarily take place. This liability is not likely to be insisted upon, but the absence of Mr Lumsden furnishes an illustration of the folly of entrusting responsible offices to persons who are necessarily bo much occupied with other business as to be UDublo to attend to them. We find on the Provincial Government Estimates a sum of £3009 provided for the Southland railway arbitration ; and a sura of £1466 11b Id for Messrs Campbell and Robertson's claim for interest and expense of arbitration. We learn that Beveral amateurs intend to give an entertainment at the Theatre shortly, which will be under the patronage of the members of the local lodges of Oddfellows, and the proceeds of which ore to be handed over to Mr Fisher, < who recently sustained such severe injuries at one of the sawmills. The programme and other particulars will be duly anuounced in our next issue.

l'r-.n'Ukm is iii:uL< on tho Erstiuvitea for v Kimgtu 1 of Uiiah Kiiurvoa iv Southland at a tia'.ar} 7 of £200 \U\v annum. On Friday evening, lSlh inst., a man namod M'Gill, a ooopar in the town, unfortunately too well known for hid h ibits of drunkenness, was brought to tho Hospital by Mr Oumpbell, of the firm of Phillips & Giinpboll, butchers, having mot with an aoeidont at their sauanga machine, by whioh hia left hand was eoriomly injured, by being smashed between the oogwhaols. M'Gill wus at tho time of his admission to the Hospital very far gone in druukeniHHu, the shock not having sobered him. On Dr Grigor's arrival, it whs found neoes9ury to amputate thro? fingers at the second joint. Clearly the man ou^ht nol to hnvo boon allowed about the maohine in a state of intoxioation, but it iB woll known that M'Qill is very troublesome when "in drink." Had the accident. occurred with the kuives of the machine, instead of the oogwheols, the result would have been far more serious than it is. Tho Inveroargill Hospital Reserves Management Bill has been passed by the Provincial Counoi 1 . This Ordmaaoo vests tho control of the endowments of the institution in the Mayor of Invorcargill, the Collector of Customs, and the Resident Magistrate for the time being, with two other trustees to bo nominated by His Honor the Superintendent. The Eegistrar of the Supreme Court held a sitting in Bankruptcy yesterday, at the Council Hall. The only case set down for hearing was that of James Shorley, an adjourned application for order of discharge. Mr Matthews appeared for the bankrupt, who was examined by the Trustee in the estate, and by the Registrar. The matter was further adjourned until Monday, 28th instunt, to enable tho bankrupt to comply with certain requisitions of the Bankruptcy Act. Mr Wood, assisted by Mr Lucas, gave an entertainment in the OddfellowB 1 Hall, Riverton> on Friday evening, which attracted a large audience, and gave gotioral satisfaction. The entliusiustio manner in which Mr. Wood was received, induced a repetition of the entertainment on Saturday evening, when the Hall was again crowded, and the audience seemed quite enraptured with their entertainer. The sitting of tho Pnmncial Council on Wednesday last, was mainly occupied in the discussion of the first item of the Departmental Expenditure on the Estimates, proposing to raise the salary of Hia Honor the Superintendent from £800 to £1000. The main point of contention was, whether in proceeding to raise the salaries of members of the Civil service, there should be a graduate! or uniform scale ; or whether the salaries of certain offijera only, or a general increase throughout the service, should bj insisted on. At the meeting of the Waste Lands Board on Friday, there were present the Chief Commissioner, Messrs Baker, Dundas, and M c Arthur. The bye-laws of the Foreßt Hill Hundred were read and agreed to. The opinion of Mr T. M. Macdonald having been obtained relative to the applications of Messrs Richard Spence and John ilorison, it was resolved that a case should be submitted to tho Judge of tho Supreme Court. Mr H. J. Gibbs, on behalf of Mr C. Cowan, requested the Board to ascertain if the 900 acres in the Hokanui district applied for by Mr Cowan were reserved on the 2nd inst. or upon the Bth inst. The application of Mr Matthew Scott for pastoral lease of 20,030 acres in Stewart's Island, was refused on the ground that the land hal bean presently reserved under tho Stewart's Island Special Settlement Act. Mr K. M'lvor objected by letter to the granting of saw-mill licenses in the reserves at Hillend Bush, and the Board resolved that no steam mill licenses should bo granted in that bush. Mi* J. B. B-iir-I applied by letter for a run at back of Mason's Beach, Stewart's Island, and tho application was refused on the same ground as that of Mr Scott. The bye-laws of tho Aparima hundred wero read and confirmed. Robert Campbell intimated by letter that he had paid £335 8s 8d into a separate account at tho bank in paynietit of land granted to him on the 9th inst., upon application 1373, being section 57, Eyre district. The sum of £1.000 is placed on the Eitimitea, as submitted to the Provincial Council, for the reception of the new Governor. The Dunedin Chamber of Corameroo has passed resolutions to the following effect: — " That a memorial (in whioh the public shall be asked to join) be presented to the Houa> of Representatives protss'inj against tho English mails for Otago being put on board bouts sailing from Melbourne for Hokitika, and asking for a more favorable service." " That a memorial (in which the public shall be' a3k >d to join) be presented to the Provincial Council, asking the Council to tuke stops to provide a mail communication between Port Chalmers and Melbourne, in connection with the Suez mails, Buitablo to tlie requirements of this Province, in the event of the General Government not modifying the arrangements lately made, bo as to give direct communication each way, via Bluff Haroor." ; , . The charge against David Oalder, for personation at Green Island, having been heard iv tho Supreme Court, Dunedin, before Mr Justice Chapman, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. In the case of Robert Moore, charged with porsonating Riohard Brinsley Heriot at Anderson's Bay, tha jury brought in a verdict of not guilty of personation ; and guilty on the seoond count, charging him with giving false answers to the prescribed questions put by the Beturning Officer ; and with their verdiofc they coupled a strong recommendation to mercy. The prisoner was ordered to appear on the 30th inst. to receive sentence, being admitted to bail in the meantime in his own recognisance of £100. A party of three ia the Bannockburn district, Dunstan goldfields, obtained between 90 and 100 ounces of gold for two months' work. A Wellington telegram in a contemporary says it is rumored that Major Atkinson will shortly resign the Adjutancy of. the Otago Militia and Volunteers, and that Mr Steward, Captain of the Oamaru Bines', will be offered the post. The Canterbury Government have initiated a system of free nominated immigration. The Provincial Secretary announces that the cash paymeuts for nominated immigrants made by settlers in Canterbury to the General Government, will be refunded by the Provincial Government on the production and transfer to the latter of the receipts of the Immigration Office or Post Office. . .... • „ .

The ninmifiuituK.' of tooth and hair brushes lias bean commenced iti Timaru. Tn discussing the advisability of throwing open tlio local Museum ou Sundays, tho C.mterbu'-y Press says : — With reference to the working men, wa fully uduiit that they are (specially concerned in the mutter, and that their wishes ought to be consulted; We should imagine that to throw tho Museum open during the only time whey they ara at leisure to visit it, would be to their advantage. That, however, ia a quostion for them to decide, and we should bo quite willing to lea re it in their hands. But we inviet say that wo view with extreme suspicion this sudden outburst of zeal for the interests of the working men, among persons of another class, who hare a point of their own to carry. And as for the suggestion that the opening of the Museum will lead to Sunday being made a working dav, and that employers will thereby be able to ecrjw another eight hours per weok out of their workmen, we cannot bring ourselves to discußt it seriously. It is not a genuine argument. It U & piece of trashy, insincere claptrap. We are certain that no one who makes such an assertion belierea in bis heart that it is true. In a country like this, with such political institutions as we possess, and with the relations between capital and labor that subsist among us, any pretence tb.it the working men are in danger of being oppressed or tyrannised over is— to i«e a plain word— humbug. Those friends of the Sabbatarian movement do their cause no credit who seek to support it by ■uoh self-evident falsehood. The Timaru Herald has been requested to acknowledge a donation of six shillings to the funda of the local hospital from a gentleman whose conscience did not permit him to pocket the six shillings won by him at " Yankee Grab." Two deathß have occurred at Clyde from whooping-cough. The proposed alteration in the constitution of the Legislative Council is reported to be to make tho Council elective, eaah member of the Council to represent a district including a group of districts returning members to the House of Representatives. There will be no special qualification \ beyond those required for members of the Lower House. The term of election is to be seven rears, and the adoption of the syatem is to date from the next dissolution. The Geelong Times reports that a suction fan has been invented for ventilating mines. It his been put in practice with complete success at a mine, where it drew out the foul air at a distance of 1100 feet. It is stated that Mr James Brogden will shortly pay a second visit to the Colony.