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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 75, 17 July 1869, Page 2

We are glad to learn that the much-talked-of flour mill at Evans' Flat is certsin to go ahead. As a guarantee of this, the stones have arrived on the ground. The further delay is occasioned by the non-arrival of the turbine wheel, 'which has been ordered from England. When the mill is in full working order, a great and longexperienced want will lie "supplied, and our farmers given some enconragement' to grow' wheat. The contributors to the Presbyterian Sustentation Fund in the Presbyteries of Clutha, Dunedin, and Southland for the half year, ending June 30th amounts to £2613, yielding a dividend of £101 3s. to each congregation. The state of the roads between Lawrence and Waitahuna must be even worse than aa yet reported, at least such' is the conclusion we draw from a letter posted at the latter place on Saturday not arriving in Lawrence until Tuesday.

The second annual ploughing match will take place at Mount Stuart Farm on Friday, 20th' of August. ---••' The two great sporting events of the year in England have resulted as follows :— DerbyPretender, 1 ; Pero Gomez, 2 ; Drummer, 3. Oaks— Brigantine, 1 ; Morna, 2 ; Martinque, 3. , IT will be seen frem an advertisement that Wesleyan services will be resumed in Wetherstones! next^Sunday. Tb Kooti has been joined by 500 Ngatimaniapotos and 200 Taupos. Mr. Stafford's motion in favour of a dissolution was lost by 37 to 31 . The Schoolhouse, Tapanui, and the Court House, Switzers,- have been appointed pollingplaces for members of the Provincial Council. From the " Timara Herald " we learn that quartz reefs have been discovered on Banks Peninsula, situated in M'Queen's Valley, ad- . joining the Kaituna Valley, about fifteen or wentjr miles from Qkrjetclnireli. The land has been purchased by Justice Gresson, Mr. Bowen^ 8.M., Mr. De Bourbel and' Mr. Keynell., who intend to test, as soon as possible, whether the extensive reefs are auriferous. No gold has yet " been discovered in them. .At a crowded public meeting held in Christchurch, Dr. Haast expiessed his belief that the quartz was goldbearing. A company was formed to prospect the district, and one hundred £3 shares were at once taken up. There is no likelihood of alluvial diggings being discovered.

Our local municipal elections promise _to cause a good deal of excitement. 'The contest is likely in some of the Wards to be very keen, as several candidates are already in the field, and others are spoken of. For the Councillorship vacant in the East Ward, Messrs Clark (of the Masonic Hotel), Pressly, and Coverlid are. candidates ; and requisitions are being got up to Messrs. Barnett, Meyer, Harrop, Henry, and M'Nickle in the Middle Ward. For the West Ward, Messrs. Harris and Tuckey are spoken of as probable candidates ; and Mr. Harrap has received a requisition from. the ratepayers of this Ward. From a telegram we learn that at the nomination of candidates for the Mayoralty of Dunedin the following gentlemen were' proposed.* — Messrs. T. Birch, Fish, Dods, and Millar. Ttie meeting was very noisy. The election is to c onic off on the 21st inst. ' -. Frosi an advertisement in auother column ifc will be seen that a meeting of those favourable to the formation of an Agricultural Association in this district will be held in the Commercial Hotel on the 2Gtli inst. "We trust there Will be a. large attendance. A susnro.YED meeting of Court Star of Tuapeka A.O.F. (No. 5193) took place on Tuesday evening last, when the-following brothers were elected office-bearers for the. ensuing half-year r -Geo. Morison, CR. ; Geo. -Murray, S.C.R. ; John Donovan, Treasurer ; John Bennett, Secretary ; J. Peters, S.W. ; David Herd, J.W. ; -Paterson, S.B. :J. Sutherland, J.B. This Court, although only seven months started, has sixty-one members, and we are informed that there is a goodly number on the list for initiation. We have inspected a map of thenew cemetery drawn by Mr. Nicolson. It is done in a very superior manner, .and by a judicious division " into blocks, facilities are afforded for allowing a separate burial ground, for the" members- of each sect. By the large jscale on which the map is drawn, room is afforded for entering the name of each person interred, thereby making it a complete record. A; most distressing accident occurred at the Blue Spur on Monday -the-12th inst. It appears that a' small shot in the Perseverance Co.'s claim had missed fire, and Mr.- James Thomson, one of the shareholders, proceeded to drill it ou*. In doing this he observed,' all the usual precautions, yet in spite of this the powder was ignited and exploded. - The unfortunate man was fearfully lacerated; his face was completely charred, and several severe wounds were inflicted on him by the gravel and boulders. He was at once conveyed to the Hospital, where he was promptly attended to by Drs. Stewart and Halley, On examination, it was f6und that his left arm was so badly burnt and mangled, and the bones between ,the wrist and elbow being completely shattered, as to render - amputation below the elbow joint necessary; This operation was performed on Tuesday, and we are glad to learn that the unfortunate man is progressing as favourably as could be expected. . > ' - '-i •■ •

[ The .quarterly meeting of subscribers to the - Tuapeka Hospital was held in the Schoolroom, Lawrence, on Wednesday evening, to receive the balance sheet for the quarter ending Jane 20, 1869, and transact thef ordinary business. The attendance was very small. Mr. Keen occupied the chair, and called upon the Secretary to read the quarterly report,, from which it appeared thai the amount paid .during' the quarter for the working expenses of the Hospital was £441 Is. 2cL ; contract work, which included additions to the dead house and" gravelling the walks, £7-ilßs. • total^ £516 19s. 2d. The receipts were as follows :— Balance in the bank on April 1, £257_193. 4d. ; cash re* ceived from paying patients, subscriptions, sale, of pigs, &c, £71 3s:, which required an^oye.r« T draft at the bank of £18<} 16s. 10a.< to -meet tne '- expenditure, although, according to the financial statement, the large sum of £917 19a. was due by 'the Government £or subsidy, &c. * The balance sheet and financial statement were read and adopted. There being no other busi, ness to transact, after thq usual t vote to"ihV-v chairman the meeting broke up. We are glad to notiee-ftom one of the local jpurnals that Mr. James Goodall, who has long^ been a resident in. Tokomairiro, and who.iai much respected by the inhabitants, has received^ j a namejously signed .requisition to stand for the Mayoralty of Milton. "We believe there ja ever^ change of his having » wait-over,-

The usual meeting of the Blue Spur Mutual Improvement » Society was held on Monday evening. The subject of debate was "Immigration." The principal speakers were Messrs. Morrison, Morris, M'Lelland, Manuel, and Cormack. MX <AHK> <*t Waiiahuua is working ihe coal i pit at the back of the Bridge Hotel, Havelock, with great success, having disposed of a hundred tons during the month he has worked it The coal seems very similar to that of Mr. Walker's pit in Lawrence. From Stewart's Island, we learn that Buckley and party are still working at Ruggedy Beach, making wages, where they intend remaining until August. Also, that two more oyster beds have just been discovered, promising to be the source of profitable employment to a good number of fishermen. One of the banks is about two miles off Port William, in fifteen fathoms of water, and was discovered by Cross, the master of one of the boats trading between the Island and the New River. • The other bed was first noticed by Scully, another trader, and lies off Garden Point, about four miles from Port William, It is by far the largest known on the coast, and is likewise at a depth of fifteen fathoms. It is to be hoped these new scources of wealth may be properly economised. — "Southland Times."