LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 115, 21 April 1870, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sale of the township of Gisborne, Poverty Bay, took place on the 13th inst,, and realised the sum of £3000. Information has been received at San Francisco that Mr. T. M. Stanton, the late war secretary, is dead. We observe from telegraphic information that •JMr. Justice Chapman and Mrs. Chapman hav6 arrived in Melbourne by the Somersetshire. At the last sitting of Court Star of Tuapeka, iMr. Douglas Love was elected secretary in the room of Mr. F. Lange, who is leaving for the •Dunstan. Mr. Moorhouse has been nominated for the Superintendency of Canterbury, in opposition to Mr. Rolleston, and it is anticipated there will -be a sharp contest. The Honourable Premier has arrived in Dunedin. It is rumoured- that a requisition •will be presented to him to address the electors of the city 6u the politics of the day. • WEaie informed that the Rev. Mr. Beaumont has accepted the Lawrence cure, and that he is expected to enter ujion his duties in the course of a feW days. " Upwards of 20Q Chinamen have left TTaitahuna and Waipori districts during the past iweek. They have mostly gone to the Cardrons, and Queenstbwn Sistricts generally. ; Heavy floods have taken place in New South Wales at Morpeth and Patersori's. The flooding * of the Richmond River has destroyed a large quantity of corn.' 200 cattle were drowned at Dungarrabba. ' ' '' According to the " Daily Times' " return of the fortnightly Escort, "which will be found . elsewhere, it would ajSpear'thab the palmy days ' of Tuapeka have again visited us. 5000 ounces '• of gold look extremely healthy ! : In future the sittings of the Supreme Court for the hearing of criminal' cases will take place • on the first Monday in March, June, September, and December." Mr. I. N.'Watt has been ap--pointed a Resident Magistrate for the districts of Dunedin, Oamaru, and. Clutha. There is likely to be a keen contest for the representation of Caversham. Messrs. Cutten, ' M'lndoe, Robertson, and" Graham are the candidates. AYe have about as much faith in th« one as in the other. They are equally un- • deserving of the honour of such a position. : At a meeting of the Tuapeka Athemeum Committee it was decided to start the Readings • | on the first Thursday in May, provided a good programme can be got up. The absence of a pianist iv the district has been the only reason * why those Readings have not been commenced weeks ago. We are informed that the friends of the Congregational Church.' in Wetherstones have invited the Rev. Mr. Menzies to hold a service there every Sunday morning, instead of every x alternate Sunday, as hitherto. This must be pleasing 1 to Mr. Menzies, ""who has in so short a 1 time established himself in the people's good graces. J A GOOD opportunity will be afforded the inhabitants" of Lawrence and neighbourhood of - having their portraits taken at an extremely moderate price duiing the i.ext ten days, ' Messrs' Nicolas Bros., of Ross Place, two doors from the office of this paper, having intimated their intention of executing cartes de visite afrthe rate of 20s. per dozen. l

A man named Ronnie, who had received a severe accident, at Tuapeka Mouth, to one of his legs, was brought up to the Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. We have not heard the particulars of the accident further than that it occurred in the Tuapeka Mouth Bush, and the fracture of the limb is so serious, and the swelling so- great at the knee, that nothing can be done to it for two or three days. . -

The s.s. Airedale, 286 tons register, succeeded jn steaming from Port Chalmers to Rattraystoreet jetty in about an hour without any difficulty. The Airedale is the largest vessel ihat 'has ever reached Dunedin, and her trip proves the success which has attended dredging operations "in -ahe harbour, which, have, been carried on for some time past. A Boiling-down and Meat-preserving Company has been projected by some gentlemen in ibis city interested in" pagtoral pursuits. The prospectus will appear in a few, days . A. second Company is also in course of formation 'for the purpose of purchasing a' Thomson's Road /Steamer, and running it between' Dunedin 1 &nd Tokomairiro.' Should the project prove a success, the operations of the Company will probably be extended.—" Daily Times." We learn from a gentleman who arrived in Oamaru on Tuesday last from Benmore Station, ninety miles up the Waitaki from Oamaru, that a Tery heavy fall of snow had taken place —as much as eighteen inches of snow lying on the ground opposite the manager's house. He adds, that he had great difficulty in getting bis horse to the Ahar^ri, tHe sno% balling in the anynal'e feet, three hours were occupied d'ding about ten miles of the journey, and the horse repeatedly fell with him.— "Daily Tim.es. 1 " On Monday evening last the small and scattered district of Benger Burn had a lecture on "Absalom" from the Rev. \V. Keall, as he passed through, oA behalf- of its day-school. Not only are repairs' necessarj- to the building, but a boat for the children on the east side of the river is also needed" "An amount of cash has been placed in the hands of the secretary, we believe, for these purposes. Though not more than two dozen attended the lecture, there waa a" liberal response by a collection' of fifiy shillings at the close, There is some, chance yet of the Clutha railway being carried oufc on the' Government guarantee. 1 We, are informed that a letter was ftiund anfongst the papers of the late Mr. Pater80h, engineer, coniainirig the tender of a'capitalist, who was prepared to. undertake the, work on the terms offered b^. the Government.' Mr. Paterson's untiniely. and 'accidental death just happening a.s ttojtitne, accounts for the tender not having been" lodged. We learn this tender is likely to come under the consideration of the provincial Council. ' • " ' On Sunday afternoon last a very painful accident, which we regret to say terminated latally, happened to a child of Mr. John Bryant of Beaumont Ferry. The 'little fellow, •who was some 20' months old, was stanSing on a box or footstool ai the table, wien his,mQther, who had just made tea, placed the teapot on the table, and had no sooner turnedher" back than the child caught hold of it, and, 'putting his mouth to the spout, drank some of the all but boiling liquid, and scalded his mouth and throat to a frightful extent. Dr. Halley was at once communicated with and visited the child the same evening, and remained all night, endeavouring to mitigate the pain and allay the innammation, but all in vain, the poor child died on the following day, The " South Australian Register," speaking of New Zealand, saysj— "If Lofd Granville were told to measure the terror and expense of Fenianism in Ireland, by 'the ratio of O'Donovan Rossa's followers tp the whole population, he might perceive the absurdity of the standard by which he estimates the Te Kooti gang. Ip. Australia we know what a single bushranger can do in a sparsely populated district, and we can imagine how much the danger would be increased by transforming him into a blood-thirsty fanatical savage. Snying to the colonists, as the "Times" arid Earl Gramcille persistently do,— 'You are nearly 200,000 to ' 30,000; why don't you fight it out?' The New Zealand Goyernment might retort on its English bottleHolders, 'You are nearly 30,000,000 to 3,000, why can't you stamp Fenianism out V " The number of persons who arrived at the Port of Dunedin from places beyond New Zealand during the quarter ending on the 31st of March was 809, of whom, ' 551 were males, and 2j£ females. Of these, 231 males and 170 f^ales came from the United Kingdom, and &2-I ihales.and 88 females f^om. the, Australian coloniea. The remaining three male.s came from the Fijiislan'ds.' The number ot perjsons who left the pott during the same period : for places beyond the colony was 308, of w,hqm 217 were males, and 91 femaleb. Of these, 70 males and 30 females left for the United Kingdom ; 135 males and 55 females for the Australian colonies 6 males and 3 females^for other British ; and 6 males and 3 females for the Fiji . Islands. The excess of immigrants^ over emigrants during'th'e period named was' soJ* or at the rate of 195.129 per cent.—" Daily Time.s." On Friday evening last the Loyal Blue Spus Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., celebrated their third anniversary with a soiree and ball, which proved a great success. It was estimated that upwards of 200 ladies and gentlemen were present. During the tea the schoolroom, which, has recently been enlarged, was crowded in ;t every corner, and ample justice w^s do,ne n to th£ many niceties supplied. The ladies, as usual at the Spur, vied with each other in having their tables neatly arranged) and. in their attention tj> the wants of their numerous guests, and all pfesent appeared highly satisfied. After the tea was finished" P.G. Bro. Williams took the chair, and gave a short report of the affairs of tjie Lodge, which showed it to be in a prosperous condition. A "short address was delivered by Mr. M'Lellar.d. Songs were also given by the following gentlemen : — Messrs. F. Bastings, King, Tanton/ Smith, and Kell ; and recitations were given by Mr. T. F. Morris and Miss Scott. Several "of the. Lawrence Christy Minstrels, also eute.rtajned the^ meeting ■with some of their laughable pranks. "' A good number of brothers from the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Lodges were present. The ball which followed was kept up with great spidt till daylight. * «^ —^ — — — -