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Southland Times, Issue 1797, 23 September 1873, Page 2

It is announced that Mr George Lumsden, o! Invercargill, has resigned his appointment as s Justice of the Peace under " The Otsgo Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865." At the meeting of the Railway Committee last evening, the Secretary read several telegrams and letters received from Mr J. It. Cuthbertson relative to his action with the General Government to obtain a refund of the pasßage-moaey paid by nominated immigrants from Porl Chalmers to the Bluff. Mr Cuthbertson having obtained from the Secretary the names of nearly forty persons who had so paid, laid the same before the Government, and received the intimation that until such representation by him, they were not aware that an instance of tho kind existed, Some discussion arose upon a motion for calling 'a public meeting with the view of dissolving the .Committee, to which an amendment was made, 'Both motion and amendment were lost, and the ' Committee adjourned sine die.

The number of shares in the National Fire and Marine Insurance Company applied for in Invercar^ill up to the time of closing the list last evening, amounted to 4555. Our telegrams convey the information that the items on tho Estimates under the classification of Militia and Volunteers have bean passed by the Assembly. For last year the amount voted was £27,891 7s 6d. This year the vote is £24,049 17s 6J. Of this amount the North Island receives £13,799 17s 6d, and the South Island £6933 2* 6d. We have to acknowledge receipt of the first number of the Otago Christian Record, a journal, according to the prospectus, "to be devoted to the interests of the various Protestant ' and Evangelical churches throughout the i Province, and conducted on strictly nonsectarian principles." The number before us is ■ a very creditable production, both as regards th c selection of articles and information, and the style and appearance of the journal. Time, of course, will prove whether or not there is an ' opening for a weekly publication of this nature. ' Messrs Coulls and Culling, of Dunedin, are the ! printers and publishers, and Mr L. Rodgera is 1 the local agent. At a meeting of the Directors of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, held at the Prince of Wales Hotel on Saturday, 20th in.*t., it was resolved to hold a walking show of entire horses ( in the Association's grounds at midday on Satur- , day, 11th October. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Catnpbelli town, on the 20th inst., before H. M'Culloeh, ; Esq., R.M., W. Hunter applied to have J. i Warren bound over to keep the peace, plaintiff i alleging that he had been struck by defendant. i This being proved, defendant was ordered to enter into a bond for six months, himself in £40, and two sureties in £20 each. The only representation of New Zealand scenery or events in the Illustrated New Zealand Herald for this month is an engraving of the ' wreck of the Rangitoto as it lay at Jackson's Head, Cook's Straits. An entertainment was given by the Clifton and Sara Concert Company, in the Exchange Hall, on the evening of Saturday last, when there was a moderately good attendance. The programme } comprised several of the favorite songs of Miss I Sara and Mr Clifton, which , it is needless to say, were rendered in a highly effective style. " Old I Sarah Walker" and "Silly Bill and Father" > continue aa popular as ever ; on this occasion ) they elicited warm applause. Mr Wood sang I "The March of the Cameron Men" with con- ; eiderable taste, receiving an encore, and Mr ■ Wotton, in a stump speech, amused the audience ; for a short while, although it must be confessed , that the effort was not up to our versatile friend's i usual standard. Another entertainment was > given in the Exchange Hall last evening, but the i attendance was not ao good as might reasonably ' have been expected. An attractive programme ' was produced, including a repetition of Mr ' Wood's song, " The March of the Cameron Men. 1 ' Mr Clifton's illustrations of the streets of Lon- '. don amused the audience immensely, the different characters introduced being very successfully ' portrayed. At the meeting of the Waste Lands Board \ on Friday, the Chief Oomtmssianer ani Meters Baker and M'Culloch wore present. The applir cation of Messrs J. Stock and Co. for a sawmill . license over 430 acres at Halfmoon Bay, Stewart's Island, using a water wheel of ten . horse power, was ordered to stand over for 14 . days. We learn that the New Zealand Shipping I Company have received telegraphic advices from f London that the Cardigan Castle sailed for Lyti telton on the 20th August, with 230 passengers. . The Caller Ou has sailed for Otago. The Duke , of Edinburgh cleared on September sth for I Otago, with 180 passengers. The Hindostan was ' to sail for Auckland on September 11 ; the 5 Elizabeth Graham for Otago on September 15 ; r the Star of India for Canterbury on September ' 22 ; and the Surat for Otago on SeptemOer 27. All these are vessels belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company. Contracts have been eutered into for building first class ships, and other vessels were being purchased or chartered. ) The Australian Gazette, published in London , j speaking of the necessity of a stream of immigra- | tion flowing into New Zealand, says : — " There is ) the soil, it s fertility, its mining wealth, the happy b climatic mean, the immense seaboard, with all its r commercial facilities, the practically unlimited l supply of land, the railways, with comparatively > now very little to carry to any extent, and, in ■ effect, all that constitutes a progressive, solvent, 1 and prosperous country — the population alone " excepted. Herein lies the true peril of New ' Zealand. It is a deficiency of persons to enjoy and multiply the great things with which Nature has so richly endowed these favored islands. | When the laborer sets foot in the country, hia creative power must be made available — employ- ' ment, in a word, must be waiting for him. Then ' we shall have no round men in square hole*Money will beget money, and all the fears will vanish with the morning mists of a New Zealand ' sun." j A man on horseback, while crossing one of i the Canteibury railways, was killed by a train l running over both him and hi 3 horse. '' The Wellington Post, of September 3rd, says 1 that in the debate on the Provincial Loans Bill, "Mr White made a most amusing speech, in ' which he read a draft of a bill, which he said 5 he should like to introduce to the House, 1 entitled the Provincial Borrowing Mania Extinction Bill, which kept the House in roars of laughter. He concluded by saying he should support the Bill brought in by the Government." t At the enquiry held at Nelson into the disaster } which occurred on board the Claud Hamilton, Frederick Henry Fisher deposed — I was at the wheel at the time of the accident ; it had been blowing hard from the southward from the time of leaving Melbourne till after the accident ; I saw the sea coming which struck the vessel ; I sat on the break and held on to the wheel ; . when the sea broke on board it appeared to be heaviest at the captain's house, which was carried away ; I did not see the captain, but I heard him cooey ; he cooeyed once, and I heard him cooey a second time faintly ; nothing could have been done to save him. I think the accident would not have occurred if the ship had r been hove-to. It is said that the Governor a nd Lady Fergus- . son will make a tour of Otago early in December.

The following is the official notification by the Provincial Government regarding office hoars : — For the mouths of September to March inclusive, the office hours at the Provincial Government offices will be from 9 30 a.m to 5 p.m ; and from the Ist of April to the 3lst August from 930 a.m. to 4 p.m., excepting on Saturdays, wlion the hours will be from 9.33 a.m. to 12 o'olook. " His Majesty the King" or some of his satellites are said to be making anxious inquiries for a man learned in the manufacture of whisky. Perfect safety is guaranteed to any ona who will invade the territory of his Maori majesty with a worm as his sole protector It is nearly true, as a native remarked at the meeting ia Ngaruawahia, that the Governor only exercises his functions over half the North Island. The Timaru Herald regrets to hear thit the recent bad weather ha 9 played sad havoc amongst lambs on exposed runs. Present information leads to the belief that the front country runs have suffered quite as much, if not more, than those situated in the hill country. The Mayor of Cromwell has received a telegram from His Honor the Superintendent, to the effect that the Bill empowering the Province of Ofcago to raise £300,000 for the Tuapeka-Grom-well railway has virtually passed the House of Representatives. The Rev. Mr Bluett, M.H.R., and President of the Ellesmero Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Canterbury, has consented to'pre pare a new edition of the New Zealand Herd Book. j In the Provincial Government Gazette, applications are requested from persons who would be willing to undertake, on behalf of the Government, the settlement of disputes between District Road Boards and the owners of property through which deviations of district roads were made prior to the election of District Boards under the Roads Ordinance, 1871. At the meeting of the Otago Waste Land Board, held in Dunedin on the 16th inst., an application from Mr J. B. Black for an acre of land, more or less, of the reserve at the Mataura Bridge township, for a flour mill and spade manufactory, was declined. Erysipelas is reported to be spreading at Naseby, in the Mount Ida goldfields district. Two fatal cases have occurred. The Hokicika Gas Company's operations are commencing in earnest. By late arrivals, says the Star, they have received a quantity of piping, bricks, lime, and other materials necessary for the new works, and in a few weeks all that is required will be landed. No delay whatever will take place, for the company, fortunately, are well provided with funds, and the directors are men of business and energy. Shares are at a very high premium, with very few sellers, and in less than five months it is expected that the j company will be in full operation. The Jewish New Year commenced on Sunday evening last. To-morrow week is the Day of Atonement, the greatest fa-it day of the members of the Hebrew persuasion. A Hokitika journal states that it is a feature of ] grave-yards on the West Coast that in the majority of instances tombstones record the inmates of the graves to have bejn drowned or killed by mining accidents. A somewhat novel application of the skill of a ' diver haa recently been shown in Westland. Something went wrong at a depth of 100 feet with the pumping aha't. of Mr Cassius'a claim at Ross, and in order to repair daraiges, it wa3 found necessary to sen 1 to Chriatchurch for Mr Watson, a well known diver, who came, donned hie dress, descended, and after some trouble, per- , formed hia task.