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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 14 March 1868, Page 2

The English Mail via Suez closes at Lawrence on the evening of Wednesday next. We notice in a paragraph from the " West Coast Times," that Patrick Dolan, native of County Cavan, Ireland, was drowned in attempting to ford the Three Mile Creek, near Okarita, while it was in a flooded state. We give notice of this, as Dolan was at one time . engaged in mining at Wetherstones and Wai-

our readers in both of these places. THE bagatelle match which took place at&e I Shamrock Hotel, Lawrence, on Saturday^even tagtart between Messrs. Donovan and B£m, vu o d in Mr Donovan winning by thirty nIL The interest in the game was b—, on account of the score, of the hpinc nearly equal throughout. VN c match being played this evemug. W our issue of the 22nd fart., ™ drew attentiontoa part of the road about a mile on i£l* sid! of the town of Roxburgh, which , was in a most dangerous state, and we s U gTested the desirability of the Inspector of Eoads falg the plax* a visit. No steps, however, Seen tin as yet towards drawing off he £Le accumulation of water which crosses the ;X road and thus endangers the We of ! »» and beast, as the ditches f^^f^ on each side of the road are filled up, and Z& P-ve snares to draymen or to strangers on horseback. I THE following intelligence, clipped from the "Melbourne Argus" of the 12th instant, will be re ad with interest by the man, - fnends »r Oeorse Grey has made in this colony :- We ob 3 e?ve^mthe home papers that Sir George srx-srr=w?= Hone" The London correspondent of the Slpaper writes :-«It is expected that S. TorgeLy, l^te Governor of New Zealand, SddSirP. Wodehouse as Governor o j^Cape. Thelatcerisabouttoreturnhome. \

Early on Saturday morning last rain commenced to fall very heavily at Waipori, and in the course of a few hours the river rose between three and four feet, and we regret to say flooded several of the claims, including those of Carter, Rogers, Wyly and party, and Riddle and party. These parties had scarcely recovered from the effects of the late very severe floods, when they are again thrown back. We would draw the attention of those of our Lawrence readers who are the owners of cattle to a meeting advertised to be held at the Victoria Hotel on Monday evening, for the consideration of some most jmpoitant matters affecting their interests generally, and we would also call attention to a correspondent's letter which will be found in another column, bearing upon the objects of the meeting. We hope to see some decided steps taken at this meeting to check an evil daTy increasing in our midst— viz., that of cattle stealing. We have the pleasure to report that the crops in the neighborhood of the Teviot are in beautiful condition — oats and potatoes especially are excellent. The ladies of Wetherstones, we are glad to say, are bestirring themselves in getting needle and other fancy work prepared for the Lawrence Church of England Bazaar, to be held shortly. We are informed that one of the ladies has received a present of two pigs for the Bazaar, a most unusual gift for such a purpose, but one nevertheless which we doubt not will realise its own quota of the "needful" towards the object in view. We believe a few such gifts would not meet with a refusal from the ladies interested in this praiseworthy undertaking. We are glad to state upon reliable authority, j that a coach between Lawrence and Switzer's is likely to be commenced about the beginning of next month in connection with Cobb & Co. The following are the resolutions adopted at the Waipori School Committee meeting held on the 3rd March, 1868:— Mr. Wilson proposed, and Mr. Pilling seconded, " That Mr. Buchanan be Chairman." Carried. Mr. Lewis proposed, and Mr. Wilson seconded, " That Mr. Cairnes be Secretary." Carried. Mr. Lewis proposed, and Mr. Cox seconded, " That Mr. Ritchie act conjointly with, the Secretary as Treasurers." Carried. Mr. Pilling proposed, and Mr. Wilson seconded, "That Mr. Reynolds act as Treasurer." Lost, original motion carried. Mr. Ritchie proposed, and Mr. Wilson seconded, "That Widow Raynes' three children be placed on the free list, with her consent." Carried. Mr. Cairnes proposed, and Mr. Wilson seconded, "That Mr. Cox be allowed the use of the school-room to hold Band of Hope meetings." Carried. A Summoned meeting of the Loyal Waipori M.U.1.0.0.F. was notified to be held last evening in the Odd Fellow's Hall, Waipori, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for the celebration of the anniversary of that Lod^e. Owing to the meeting being held last night, we are unable to publish the particulars in this issue, but we trust to be able to do so in our next, so as to enable intending visiting brethren in Lawrence and other places to make arrangements for joining in the festivities of the occasion. We understand that efforts are being made to establish a Band of Hope in Waipori. This is surely a step in the right direction, and we trust that the more " steady " among the population will give Mr. Cox (who, we believe, has taken the initiative in the matter), every assistance in this truly philanthropic work. Already application has been made for the use of the school-house, and the first meeting is to take place on Wednesday evening next, at half -past seven o'clock. The Lawrence Athenseum Brass Band Committee held a meeting in the Athenjenm on the evening of Tuesday last. Present :— Messrs. Monaghan (in the chair), Morison, Tattersall, Roach, Garrett, Francis, Marriott, Speedy, Boulton, Henderson. Ford, Fletcher, and Harrop. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and then the two following resolutions passed at that meeting were rescinded, viz. : Ist. "That a collector be appointedat once, andalsothat3aidcollectorshould receive 5 per cent, on the amount of subscriptions already entered, and ten per cent, on new subscriptions." '2nd. " That Mr. Charles Russell be appointed Collector on the terms specified in the. "above motion.^|^Those two r^^^^^^^^jNs^been rescinded, Mr.

Jattersall propose W/ Wappointed seconded; "That of honorary Sectary a ™lL sse ii & itten to Mr. Russell, and that mm fl explaining the cause of« an ,r sec onded, of the Committee, the "That the collector place _^ t Bank of New Zealand, and drawn hy cheque be signed by the a two members of Committee." Carried. «rs Speedy and Henderson were elected mcmbl of Coißinittee. Mr. Henderson was elected Andent pro. tm; Mr. J. Boulton, Secretary ; Ir. Morison, Treasurer. Mr. Morison propel, !ndMr. Henderson seconded, «Thrt«-J-Uarybeinstxictedto wxlte to the SecretaiU School Committee, astog ; rf U» Wd be kind enough to allow the banlto practice in the school-room, and of so, ,: Lire which night would be the most sm^e , Xo^at the Secretary should ask the , SecreW to the Lawrence Church of England for \rnussion to use the lamps in the school-rofc, the band finding their own oiL" Camed. Secretary was then instructed to obtain k necessary writing materials, also a mmute bk and an account book. A vote of [^&k then tendered to Mr. Francis j his hben^ offer to collect the subscriptions ate. It w**J then proposed by Mr. Ford, a 1 Mr. Speedy, "That any per*. ashingtolxK come a member of the band, .s^prove^ of by the Committee, shall pay a J-"*^ one guinea." The usual vote thanks to the | Chairman concluded the procef igs. / f

Mining operations at the Teviot are just commencing. The Molyneux for some days has been gradually falling, and the miners are busy clearing their river claims j some of them have commenced sluicing. , Some months since a deputation from the Teviot waited upon His Honor the Superintendent, with regard to the opening up of the valley of the Molyneux from the Beaumont to the Maunherikia, for agricultural and mining purposes. His Honor promised that deputation that he would not leave a stone unturned towards the accomplishment of their object. We are not aware, however, of one stone having been turned as yet. According to the arrangements made by the Government some 15,000 or 20,000 acres of this same valley of the Molyneux were reserved to be .thrown open without any compensation to the runholders on the expiry of their leases. We trust the Government will carry out their promise in this respect — it is one of those promises which does not involve any outlay on the part of the Government, and on that account we may surely expect it to be speedily fulfilled. Robert Smith and party are constructing a race from the Teviot four miles below the Dismal Swamp, to terminate at the Dumbarton Bock, East Clutha — a distance'of eighteen miles. The party have been working at it for three months, but it is still likely to occupy them fifteen months before completion. A Memorial, signed by 120 persons, has been forwarded to the Chief Postmaster, Dunedin, urging the advisability of the Post-office at the Teviot remaining at Messrs. Mackay Brothers' store, and setting forth the inconvenience which would result from having it transferred to the Telegraph office. By the present arrangement the inhabitants, and especially the miners who live some distance out of the township, can either receive or post their letters at a much later hour than could be done if the office were transferred to the Telegraph building, where the latest hour for the purchase of stamps or the delivery of letters would in all probability be five o'clock in the afternoon. In our report of the public meeting held at Waipori for the purpose of electing a School Committee, we made an error in the name of one of the members of Committee — namely, substituting "Hall" for "Cox." The names of the gentlemen composing the School Committee for the present year, now stand thus :—: — Messrs. Buchanan (Chairman), Ritchie (Treasurer), Cairnes (Secretary), Lewis, Wilson, Pilling, Reynolds, Cox, and M'Laughlan. On Sunday morning Sergeant Bullen arrested a man named Walsh alias Scranny Jamie, at the bar of Roger's Beaumont Feny Hotel, on the charge of robbing the sluice boxes at Switzer's of one and a-half pound of gold. When arrested Walsh had only one shilling in his possession. He was taken to Switzer's in the charge of Sergeant Bullen and Constable Mee. Oub new local brewers, Messrs. Clark & Co., have turned out two or three excellent brewings, and bid fair to carry the trade before them in Lawrence. If they continue to brew as good ale as we have had the pleasure of tasting at their brewery this week, they cannot fail to succeed in secuiing for it a large sale. William Latewood alias Chemist, was arrested yesterday on the charge of stealing a pair of boots, the property of Arthur Henderson. It appears that J. Boulton had employed the prisoner to build a chimney, and in the course of his examination of the work his suspicions of Latewood were aroused, and he drew the attention of the boy in charge of Arthur Henderson's shop to him. The police were immediately communicated with, and after arresting Latewood found a pair of boots in bis possession, which J. Boulton knew to be the property of Arthur Henderson. The prisoner will probably be bronght up before the Magistrate to-morrow for examination. A cobbespondent at Tapanui writes as follows :— I have received some very pretty specimens of views and portraits, taken at Tapanui by Mr. W. Gibb, photographic artist, who is well known to the public of Tuapeka, and whose life-like portraits have delighted so many. The photographs are well defined, and possess a sharpness of outline, and a degree of clearness rarely met with, especially in openair photography. lam glad to say that the inhabitants of Tapanui are eagerly availing themselves of his stay among them, which is

■•^necessarily limited, as he "2? •usmn I tionstowSSSevenirportions of the up-country districts, prior to his return to Tuapeka. The Education Board, we are informed, has signified its approval of the Lawrence School Committee's proposal, and appointed Harriet "iKarton as pupil teacher in the Lawrence School. VThe Government have decided not to grant ans\sum of money towards the further testing of the\j>l ue cement at "Wetherstones. It is difficult to^fey whether this decision will have a good or'bad effect on the district. The miners I will be thrown on their own resources, and we hope lihat our Resident Magistrate's decision in the impending case which is to be heard on Monday will be such as to bring any existing pi y squabble to an end, and give one party or I anooher an opportunity of testing the cement I which has been so much talked about lately. James Charles Thomson was convicted of I embezzlement, and sentenced on the 6th inst., to twelve months imprisonment with hard 1 labor, andOSVUliam Geddes who was indicted I for murdering his wife, the jury returned a verof manslaughter under great provocation, ffijpd Judge in passing sentence on Geddes on iJjnday? the 9th last, said that all the circumatinces pointed to one conclusion that when the entered the house, his wife probably ,'jiadeisome drunken observation, and the priioneriin a state of aggravation struck the blow which proved fatal. The sentence of the Court was two years imprisonment with hard labor.