The Tuapeka Times. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10,1870.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 131, 11 August 1870, Page 4

The Tuapeka Times. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1870.

Measurfii, not Men.." LOCAL AND G£NE.RAL. ■ \Yb %r«. infor«?<edf that- the gross receipts of the Congregational Church Spiree held at Wetherstones amoujit^d, to, the hspdsome sum of £27> T»E Athsn^um, Readings toojc p]?w>e last Thursday, apd wer^ but thinly attended^ The only feature of special note wag the singing and reciting, of Clark. A N.UGfiET) weiglwig eleven oapces, was found near Tokomairiro last week. . It ia.'about the size of a pallet's egg, and is apparently one mass of solid gold. It is worth about £41. By advertisement it will be seen that Mr. J,. P. Armstrong, the celebrated dentist from Dunedin, will only remain one week in this district. Such an opportunity ought to be taken advantage of by those who require liis services. Thf usual fortnightly readings will be held in the Wetlvsrajjones Schoolroom to-night. From the great success thajb always attends the readings there, .we can safely say- that there will be si good muster, and that those who go will be fully satisfied with the entertainment." Ur to the present time the Dunstan robbery ! remains a mystery, although a host of our reputedly clever police and detectives are hard at work trying to unravel it. The only -thing, fr«sh is that the thieves had horses with them,' as hoof prints of horses, seemingly fresh, were very distinct- n«ar the hole where, the boxes! were pitched into. The Lawrence, Christy Minstrels, as it will- be seen by advertisement, purpose giving a benefit in. aid of the school funds on Tuesday next, assisted by several amateur singer 3. The programme is good, the object is. good, so there ought to be a.good house, which we trust there will be. The ploughing, .match, bids fain to* be. a greatsuccess. The subscriptions are increasing, and? the committee, may congratulate themselves on having secured the service* of two gentlemen from Tokoraairiro, who have haft great expeiience in ploughing, matches, to act as judges in conjunction with one to be nonjinajjed yi. this district.

FfiOM telegrapbio information we observe that the capital of the Bank of New "Zealand ib to'be increased to £1,000,000. Ten thousand shares will be allotted to the present proprietors J at £13 each; and the 'rest will be gradually disposed of in the course of four years. The following is. taken from the " Times " : — " Married, in Salt Lake |City, Utah, on the 16th April, in the present of the ' Saints, Elder Brigham YouDg to Mrs, J, E, Martin, Miss L. M, Prendergast, Mrs. R. M, Jenickson, Miss Susie P. Cleveland, and Miss Emily P, Martin, all of the county of Berks, England." At the last meeting of the Waste Lands Board, it was decided that all land? .which had been put up by auction and not, sold should be advertised for one month, as being open for sale at £1 per acre,— Messrs. Conneli and Moodie, for B, Campbell, jimr.; applied to purchase the shingle reserve, block V,, Marewhenua. The application was declined. ' 11.I 1 . - We understand that Mr. Frederick Henry M'Coy, L.L.8., a barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and son of Professor M'Coy, of the Melbourne University, was, on the 4th inst., admitted by His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman as a Barrister and Solicitor' of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr. M'Coy has taken the practice carried on for the last three years in Lawrence by Mr. E. ff. Ward, under the management or Mr. J. L. S. Keen, the latter gentleman, we observe, has become Mr. M'Coy's Managing Clerk, and we are glad to bear that it is Mr. Keen's intention shorty to retire from all other business, and aftei having served the necessary term as articled clerk tq Mr. M'Coy, to seek admission as a member of the New Zealand Bar. The Government paddle steamer Luna arrived at Napier from Poverty Bay on August 3rd. She brought intelligence that on Sunday the 31st July, seventy friendlies attacked Te Kooti, but being too hasty in firing before the rear force got into position, Te Kooti escaped. They, however, had the luck to capture Huhuroa, Te Kooti's wife, along with a few rifles, provisions, &c. She stated that her hus-» band had only twenty men with him, and not one of them bad his cartouche box full of powder. Ropata was to start this morning (August 3rd) taking a force of 170 men with him in pursuit of Te Kooti. He (Ropata) swears he vUI not return until he has captured him. Tvs following comments on the late Shag Valley Plon.gh.ing Match, made by an "Observer " hi the " TVaikouaiti Herald," may prc ■* vent the committee of the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Ploughing Match from, falling into similar errors :— "Through the crimes of a bell, which long usage ojy- bad care had made very indistinct^ was given, the signal that the hoar of commencement had arrived^ when I observed that each ploughman was attended by aleaiter or guide, and . A in some cases, two— one at each horse. If thia practice is general in the- 'Province, it would appear to me that t&e iqsn h&s very little faith, either in himself or in Ms houses, being only prepared to hold the plough on condition that they walk straight. On account of the method in which the land, was to be ploughed, I noticed in most cases one man going down bis furrow met his neighbour coming up, quite close to his work, in consequence of which seveial collisions occurred, ending in one of the parties, at con siderable inconvenience, having to turn his. horses across his land to a] law the other to pass. Tbis could easily be, prevented by each, beginning his lot so tha,t lie would ftrst gather three rounds -the_n turning and skailing out to his neighbours. If- this was not considered; advisable,, leave two fee* between each lot, theland to be ploughed in two. equ%L ridges, with, the finish in the centre. By so doing, the man, has two, breaks to, wake, anji to. study to havethe samje number of furrows, on each, side. I was quite surprised to. find a.pri?e given for the. best break, there being only two halves, thirtythree feet apa^t. A man may happen to makeone side well, though, if called, ujjon to place one at the opposite side, m#,y fipdtHj a difficult, matter." 1 Another mysterious a<nd daring gold robberyhas taken place, which, like the ' Dunstan one,, will, we.feaj?, never be found out, though the. thief or thieves in this, case robbed smaller gamethan a Police Cajnp. From Monday's " DailyTimes. 1 ' w.e clip th>j following, : — " On Saturdayforenoon the Harbour Company's, steamer Golden Age left the i>unedin jetty at hjer usual hour with her Port Chalmers passengers, and between 40 and 50 Chinese, for the barque Queen of the Seas, which, is expected to sail for Hong Kong tor-clay or to-morrow. The Golden Age "first called at tl.e Port, landed passengers, and then proceeded to the ship, Achilles, when* otheis disembarked. She then went alongside the Queen oJE the Seas, and discharged passengers and baggage. Shortly afterwards a Chinaman, named Ah Hoon, reported that he missed a box containing 86 ounces of gold, on which he had paid duty. The gold, he said, was in a tin box, enclosed in the half of n. candle box, which was nailed down. He. had been sitting on it during the passage from. Dnrteclia, up to tKe arrival of the steamer alongside the barque, when ist the bustle of getting the baggige out lie left the box, thinkit would be placed on bQard with his other luggage. On collecting, tjie latter, however, the box wa3 missing. Information was at oncegiven to the police, and 1 Sergeant Golder, assisted by Constable Hughes, first made a rigorous search' of the Golden' Age,- and 4hen of tie barque, iroca stem, to stern, above aud below, but could flail no trace of the missing, treasure. The police are still on the search, hut no, clue has as yet been' found, and the matte* remains a u>;'jrtery." On Tuesday the., following appeared in the same journal : — "Up, to last evening no clue had been obtained to thebox of gold, said to be lost by Ah Hpon, the Chinaman, in transhipping to the barque, Queen of the Seas. The barque^ sails to-day^ weather permitting, for Hongkong,"

"We are compelled to hold over letters from *' Beformer," " A Reader," " Ned," "A Serv" > oat Girl," and otk&i matter of local interest. ' * We beg to call the attention of our readers to Mr. J. L. S. Keen's sale of cattle on Monday next, at Bastings' yards. From the excellent quality of the cattle, a good sale is expected. ■ We feel happy in announcing to his many clients, and to our readers, that Mr. John Copland, solicitor, after his severe accident, is now in attendance at his office, Peel-gtreet, and may be consulted in all legal matters as heretofore. Sous few weeks ago we mentioned amongst a list of aocidents one which befel an old man named William Banks, who, our readers .will remember, slipped off a plank while grossing the Tuapeka Creek, and fractured bis ancle joint. We are sorry to state that the doctor found it necessary on Sunday last to amputate the limb. Banks is, we hear, in a very precarious state. Thß Government are at last taking some steps to erect the much-needed foot-bridge over the creek at Evans Flat, near Mr, Hopkins. The Mayor, H. Bastings, Esq., having received a letter from Mr. A. Willis, the under secre* tary, stating that the planß were nearly ready, and as soon as they were prepared tenders would be called for the erection of the bridge. At an early hour on Wednesday morning the residenta near the Catholic Chapel were aroused from their peaceful slumbers by a great outcry, varied with screams proceeding from the residence of Mr. Pope. The neighbours, on arriving at the scene, found that a cow, the property of a neighbouring resident, had feloniously entered the garden of Mr. Pope, and in the course of her perigrinations had approaohed too near the cutting at the rear of the house, and losing her equilibrium had fallen into the chasm, thereby breaking the windows and smashing in the side of the house, causing an unwonted panic amongst the inmates. Mr. Pope, on being thus unceremoniously aroused from' his brief cessation of diurnal labour, eprang from his virtuous couch, and not stopping to put on his olothes, with his usual courage rushed out into the garden with a broom stick (that being the only weapon at hand.) On finding it only a member of the bovine family, and that of the feminine gender, lie humanely refrained from a personal attack, but sending for its owner, they, with the assistance of the neighbours, managed to extricate it from its unwonted position, and the neighbourhood soon subsided into its normal state of quietude. _