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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 61, 10 April 1869, Page 2

We underanstand Mr. Charles Nicholson, Mjller'fl Fl^fc, h^s ojjtamed from Government boring.apparatus for the purpose qf proapeoting the Island Block, Horse-shoe Bend. Whatever

the. result may be, it will be satisfactory t^«^l, classes, for if payable gold, is found the wealth' of the district will be. inoreased, and, if not, 00 cavil con be, urged against tbrQwing opea the land for agricultural settlement. ' j

A»ooT-BAci! will take place between Mr. J. Davison> and Mr; J. Low at three o'clock thi* afternoon in Boss-place. The stakes are £s•'aide, axugibe distance 110 yarda, .' \ Ws Miev* ktep* have been taken for s^H formation of a court of the Andent.OrdeTo^ Forresters ai Waitahuna Flat.

LovTOS of what our penny-a-liner, would no doubt call tht Torptkhorean art will be glad to leant ttac » dancing class has been formed at C*gM?» itaembry/ Booms, Faitahuna. The afttadknoe is excellent, the room presenting quite a gay appearance on the practice nights— Wednesday and Saturday.

Wit learn that the lUv. Mr. Martin £has kindly consented to read, at Wetherstones, H. Stowell Brown's lecture on " Telling Troth and Shaming the f Devil," on the 13th inst The popular and mobeMfnl fortnightly readings whnftfteecsrad *ndr te«it«d so cordial a rapport last winter, are to be rewinied en Wednesday the2lstißßt. r when we hope to see a- crowded audience.

Luscoh bb and Pabtt, Wattahuna, hare, weundewtmnd, •truck a frean'lead on the Spur they are working, which jritldi on UftTenge £1 per man per diem. Tht dirt ii a, heavy xti. wmli, studded with large boulden, and, » remarkably rich. VT» radenfand the fortunate ducoTeirera intend »pplying for an extended claim.

Thb weather throughout the week has been antirely changeable. On Tuesday there was a. slight frost both here and at Waitahuna, but Thursday and Friday wer* almost sultry, and appear to promise that winter has not yet begun.

A public meeting was held on Monday, the sth inst., in the Assembly Room, Bridge HoteL Waitahuna, when the deputation appointed to meet Mr. Hughes reported the result of their interview with that gentleman. A resolution was passed expressing dissatisfaction at not having the whole of the Flat made a mining reserve. During the meeting a question was asked the chairman, which he confessed his inability to answer. It was—" What steps can the miners take to prevent the abolition of the miners' right electoral qualification?" Our answer would be in two words— Organist and. Agitate. Lawbence, in spite of many drawbacks, continues to progress, and is a complete refutation of the often repented croak "the country is cooked." Mr. Jeffery has commenced the erection of a handsome store in Boss Place, and Mr. Coverlid, of Wetherstones, has started work in Whitehaven Street, on the section next Mr. JI'N-cJde's paddock, vrhere he intends erecting a large gingerbeer and soda-water manufactory. Mr. Coverlid is bo well known and respected 'in the district that w* need hardly say he wj^l prove a most valuable member of our community. We believe a petition is lying for signature by area holders at Wethentones, praying thai those at present holding. %r,saa, s.ho3^hMflßfe( preemptive right to the land. It hasbeen already aigneji by a large number, and we have no. doubt will receive a. fovour^ble answer wb^n. presented..

What the gardens round Lawrence will become in the ortirse of few y^nrs may be surmised, after a visit to Mr, SHrsWv^ g*ftsea, Tuapeka. Flat. One apple tree only five jean! old, and from vr^ich, 8; apples were blown daring *¥M^ ?*A e ' TBH I»°in«¥ ?▼?' 3jpO magnified specimens of this favorite fruit. The quality. of these may be testejl by paying a visit to the Commercial' Hojel, where several speckneoi weighing over lib. each are being exhibited.

Ocb readers will observe from our corresP9??. < ?,? n 9f columns that the. bread question CO £% U H fa engross a considerable share of public, attention. We learn that the desired reduction hjH l^eß made at the Blue Spur, where bread, is now retailed at the price of 1M per «b:'loaf. On, Mcj^d^f next it is rumoured the Lawrence bakers will fojjlow su.it The arbiters appointed to value the Island, Block, Horse Shoe Bend, have visaed the ground this week. They are— For the Provincial Government, Mr. T. L. Gillies, Tokomairiro ; for the ranholder, Mr. Robertson (of the late firm of Wright, Kobertson and Co.) ; and^ umpire, Mr. Jas. Smith, runholder. While we feel convinced that every confidence will be felt in the honour and probity of these gentlemen, we believe it would be satisfactory to al^ concerned if inhabitants of the district interested were allowed Jo choose an arbiter.

A JtSERNCk of ■$$ n».w Comspittee of the Tuapeka Land League wil^ be held in the Commercial Hotel, Lawrence, 911 Monday, erening, the 12th inki The principal bosineu be brought forward will be the adoption of a memorial for transmission to the Provincial Conncg.

Thk new reserroir was formally opened, on, Saturday last, And cTery one- seemed satisfied with the manner in which the contractor had done bis work.

The result of the election of M.P.C. for the Taieri district was as follows :— Shand, 95 ; fulling, '7o ; Maddock, 38.

All penoo* who i*kc an interest in the glori9Ui rtrnjtglefgain»taU«ty wikged ra^oessfully by our Amer^im from 1860 to 1865, wUI have an opf]portnnity afforded them on Tt^^iday, Wednesday 4nd Thnnday'of ob-' taining tome idea of the gallant deeds and heroic sacrifice by which the sons of Columbia •aved their natwe land. The panorama of the war of the Great Rebellion to be exhibited here by Mr. Baohelder ii, from ail accounts, a speci> men of great artistic merit, and this, coupled with the^thxilling interest of &c scenes pour, trayed, will no douty attract large houses. ' The funeral of that noble martyr and enlightened A patriot, Abiaham Lincoln, i% we. beUev^Bfl^P sented with peculiar skill ; nor is the acjHS^ between the rebel pirate Alabama and the gallant Kearsage less graphically pourtrayed. Altogether, amusement and instruction are so judiciously combined that* tine" greatest atify tarian can hardly rtfuK hi« support.