LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 132, 18 August 1870, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. B. B. Cargill has been returned for South Ward, Dunedin. We are informed that a Jockey Club is about to be formed in the Mount Benger district. News from. Zanzibar via the Cape of Good Hope leads to the belief that Dr. Livingstone is still alive. The body of a boy named Scott, drowned in the Molyneux at Cromwell during the last flood, was found five miles down, the river. Mb. Moorhouse has been returned for Christchurch for the seat in the House of Kepresentatives, vacated by the resignation of Mr. Travers. In our report of the meeting, to discuss the Financial Scheme of the Government, the following names were inadvertently omitted from the number appointed as a committee to carry out the wishes of the meeting, viz., Messrs. Mouat, Cormack, and Hay. From a Hobart Town telegram we learn that the Tasmanian Government have made arrangements with Captain Dudley Coote on behalf of an English Company, for constructing the main line flof railway for £650,000, the Government guaranteeinginterest at 5 percent. In the District Court Extended Jurisdiction there were no cases for trial. There was a notice of motion on the paper in the case Mullan and party v. Hall, Morris and party, returnable on the 9th of August current, but by agreement between the solicitors of the parties the argument therein was adjourned until the next sitting of the Court. From a report published in the Southland papers on the search made by the Daphne at the Auckland Islands, we clip the following paragraph, which should be published all the world over :—": — " Before closing this report, I would draw attention to a fact mentioned in Mr. Armstrong's report, namely, that in Imray's general chart of 1851, the Auckland Islands are placed thirty-five miles to the south of their true position, and it is my opinion that many of the wrecks which have occurred at the Islands may be referrable to that error. I have compared the chart alluded to with a great many others, and find that it differs with them all in this respect. Subsequent charts published by Imray also place the Islands in their correct place, but as the Australasian trade suddenly acquired great dimension in the year named, it is quite likely that the chart of that year is still in use on board many vessels trading in these seas. I trust that the utmost publicity may be given to this iinpoitant matter." The following extract is from a private letter, dated Bendigo Gully, Ist August, to a gentleman in Lawrence :—" The Aurora reef is looking well, they have struck a splendid body of stone in the tunnel, the gold showing plentifully in it. They have not got through the width of the reef yet, and have leason to suppose there is a great body of stone. — This is a poor place just now, but I think there will very soon be a pleasing change. Colclough's reef is looking pretty well. The company are going to put up machinery, and intend crushing stone at a cheap rate, so that will give the miners a good chance of doing well. The Alta Reef is also going to have a machine There will be a good many reefs opened here this spring. Last week a man brought in some rich stone from tha ranges, and said he had discovered a reef, but he would not disclose any particulars until he obtained a prospecting claim." "We beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the August number of the "Evangelist." The Rev. Mr. Wohlers, Ruapuke, contributes a most interesting article on the dying out of the natives of New Zealand. Mr. Wohlers' experience amongst the Maoris extends over 26 years. The true cause in his opinion of the dying out of the natives is given in the following paragraph, which we extract from the article referred to :— Uncivilized races, who regulate their ways of living by instinct, like the lower animals, may be very healthy and increasing, so long as they do not offend against the laws of nature. That at some former time the natives of New Zealand lived in such healthy simplicity may be presumed; but when the Europeanb came among them they had already become disgusting cannibals. To butcher human beings — not only in battle, but in quiet domestic life— to cook and eat men's bodies, was thought no more of than now to kill pigs, sheep, or oxen for food. This, with other abominations, as the eating of putrified flesh, must needs work their own destruction. This has nothing to do with the question whether human flesh be wholesome or not. Man was created in the image of God ; and God's order cannot be offended against with impunity. Their constitution became enfeebled, and being exposed to a changeable climate, they caught frequent colds, which led to consumption. When a consumptive patient felt the ravages of this disease, as his flesh wasted away, he believed that the spirit cf a dead cannibal was eating him up. This belief became so prevalent, that every one who felt the least ill became possessed of the tormenting fear that a cannibal spirit had gone into him and was devouring his flesh, so that recovery was impossible. All the precautions which were taken, and all the remedies which were administer, only tended to cause more fear and to increase the evil.

We understand the residents of Havelock are about to petition the Postmaster to have the Post Office removed from the gully bridge. The township of Balclutha has been, at the request of the inhabitants, declared an incorporated township under the Otago Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1865. We understand that From, the quantity of work Mr. J. Armstrong, dentist, i 3 getting to do in Lawrence, he has made arrangements to prolong his visit for another week. The "Echo" of Saturday last contains the following paragraph. Mr. John Hay, formerly of this city, has been appointed editor of the "Wellington Independent." "We wish him success in his new field of labour. From a Napier telegram we learn that the owner of the Enterprise was fined £100, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment for not carrying lights ; and the captain £10, or one month's imprisonment. The fines not being paid, both defendants went to gaol in default. When we mention the fact that twenty-four entries have been already made for to-morrow's ploughing match, we do not require to say that the turn out is bound to be a decided success. We hope the weather will be favourable as many residents of the district purpose being present to witness the match. A public meeting, called by advertisement, and having for its object the forming of a Total Abstinence Society in Tuapeka, was held in the Athenaeum last night. The attendance, con sidering the darkness of the night and the unfavourable weather, was large, and the meeting was very enthusiastic, in fact, thoroughly in earnest.' We have a lengthened report of the meeting, which we shall publish in our next issue. At a committee meeting of the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Ploughing Match the following rules were drawn up to be read on the ground, in addition to those already published- "That the Junior Clabs will not be allowed to compete with the Senior Class in the ploughing.'" " That in Special Piize List, for the Best Turn Out, Best Groomed Horses, Best kept Harness, Best Pair of Horses, these must be the bona fide property of residents in the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Goldfields District." "That each ploughman shall back his own feering." "That teams start <it 10 a.m. at the dropping of a red flagLunch from half past 12 to 1 o'clock. Finish: - Horses, at 3 30 p.m. ; Bullocks at 4 30 p.m." i' That the prizes be handed over to the prize takers on Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. at the ShamDck Hotel." "That ploughs used at the Match must be the bona fide property for at least one mouth of residents in the Tuapeka and Waitahuna districts." A few days ago a gentlemen in Lawrence whilst transacting some business with a son of the " flowery land,"' in the matter of reining change, gave £14 instead of £4. The mistake was not discovered for some time, and John no doubt was jubilant. The matter was placed in the hands of Mr. Blewitt, Provincial Government Chinese Interpreter, and a description of tha person given. After a peisevering and continuous search, and having met with manifold obstacles, he succeeded in finding out the whereabouts of the person wanted, some seven or eight miles distant. It is well known that John has a decided aversion to disgorge, but in this Instance1 nstance by a judicious exercise of the sauviter inmodo combined with the determination to exercise the fortiter in re, the money was duly returned, no doubt to the delight of the loser. Mr. Blewitt certainly deserves credit for per_ severance and tact in this matter. What has the honourable member for Bruce done that he should be so severely criticised by various writers of the press. We shall inform our readers. Mr. Brown is anti-squatter, and is not amenable to the winning ways of Mr. Mainthe whipper-in of the Fox Ministry. He, howver, will not be led by the nose in the Hundreds Act, and hence the rage of his honourable colleagues from Otago. Eveiy scrap that can be written about him is industriously circulated *rotn Wellington, and greedily reprinted by the " Times," because he is anti-squatter, and by the " Star," because he is anti-Main, -cum-M'lndoe,-cum-Reynolds. This is the secret of Mr.Brown's so called failings. Let the honourable member for Bruce only become squatter in action and Main-cum-Reynolds in voting, and it will suddenly be discovered by our contemporaries that he has legislative ability, and is a shrewd practical man, even equal to a AlMndoe or a Birch. — " Echo."

How to Cook a Husband: — As Mrs. Glass said of the hare, you must first catch him. Having done so, the mode of cooking him so as to make a good dish of him is as follows : — Many good husbands are spoiled in the cooking. Some women go about it as if their husbands were bladders, and blow them up. Others keep them constantly in hot water, while others freeze them by conjugal coolness. Some smother them in hatred, contention, and variance, and some keep them in pickle all their lives. These women always serve them up with tongue sauce. Now it cannot be supposed that husbands will be tender and good if managed in this way. But they are on the contrary very delicious when managed as follows :—: — Get a large jar called the jar of carefulness, (which all good wives have on hand), place your husband in it, set him near the fire of conjugal love, let the fire be pretty hot, but especially let it be clear. Above all let the heat be constant. Cover him with affection, kindness, and subjection. Garaph with modest becoming familiarity, wi& the spice of pleasantry, and if you add kisses and other confectioneries let them be accompanied with a sufficient portion of secrecy, mixed with prudence and moderation. We should advise all wives to try this recipe, and realize how admirable a dish a husband it when properly cooked. — Jacobus.