LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 164, 30 March 1871, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The English Mail, via Southampton, closes flrf^rf L iwrence this evening, at 8 p.m. '

Tiik shooting ssason commences on April Ist. Victoria, won the inter-provincial cricket match by 47 runs.

Ik the Melbourne Town Plate Whiffler beat Xhnblefoot easily.

It is proposed to bring Ir.vercargill under the ope.ntions of the Municipal Corporations Act.

A Ni- lson police sergeant has lately been fined £10 for being drunk and knocking down a tiddler

The usual monthly meeting of the Tuapeka Hospital Committee of Management was held in the Commercial Hotel, on Tuesday evening. Present -Messrs. Bastings (president), Simpson, Abel, Hiirrop, Farrer, M'Beath, Dr. Stewart, and Hayes, secietary. After minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, Dv ijtew.ut subinitt'.d the monthly medical report, which was received. A discussion took place relative to an exchange of land which the committee were desirous of effecting with Mr Jeff ley. It appears that Mr Jeffrey owns a three quarter acre section adjoining the Hospital grounds on the main load, for which tho committee were authoiised to make a reasonable offer, in the shape of rural land. Mr Jeffrey's demand being between 300 and 400 acres, the commiEtee thought it unreasonable, and declined tv iccomuiend Government to accede to it. Ultimately Mr Gooday moved a reso'ution to to die tfijct, " That the secretary be instructed to m.ilve an offer to Mr Jetfery of ] 50 acres, which, if he should accept it, the committee will petition the Got eminent to sanction.'* Seconded l>y ?.Ir Abel and carried. Mr Abel then read t'm Vi-jiting Committee's report, from which it anpeired that the tender of Mr Humphrey, for tlie .sup, 1 of boilste.ids and mattresses, had been Mceepttd Uepoi t adopted. Mr Farrer suggested aevei.il alterations as to the sideboards of beds, &j., when it was agreed to leave these mattere i'j tho hands, of the Visiting Committee to be uariie.l out as they thought best. Mr Goo Jay was elected a mem'ier of Visiri.ig Committee woe Mr A!>el ivfche.l. The usual vote to the chaii uniicluded the business of the meeting.

Tac iiiht smow on the Lu'.iiiiis)!aw this ne.isoa fell on Sunday li^f, when die weather, it is .said, was extremaly cold.

Is ouneport of the Town Council meeting last week an emn ojcmed in the matter of tenders for the co.iafciuction of a culvert in Colonsay* street. It should have read— Vye, £183 ; Whittefc, £ICI.

Trie Ilev. M 'Cosh Smith has bean appointed to the Presbyterian Church of Ot-igo, and sailed f>r his dsjstuiatio-i ia tho Heleasles. from Glasgow, oa the 2ith January.

Tr-K "'Oamaru Ti:ne3" is informed that a seam of e\ciilL-:it co>il lias been discovered en th-3 propei fy of Mr Feuwick, Otepopo. It is stated by co.npt'tsnt judges tliafc this coal i 3 superior to j any yec discovered in the province. '

A Ppovixcivl "Giiz.^tto" of the 22-id inst., <jo'it.m3 a proclfl.irn.sion by tha Superintendent of Canterbury, declaring tlie province of Ohigo, Together with other parts of the Middle Island, •ufocte 1 districts within the meaning of the Diseased C.ttle Aots, ami making regulations concerning the transportation of cattio from Uioau didt.iccj into Canterbury.

A brutal murder his been perpetrated near Orange, S/.l'iey. A body was found partially charred, with its face cut off ; bsing so disfigured ■is not to be identifiable.

In Adelaide thin year there has been a fine vicM of wheat, v>hich is quiet, bat os. is freely ufff-red for goal simples.

Thi<: tint meetinj of s"ia Bilcluthi Municipal C'oincil was held on the 2Dih inst, when the following gentlemen were appointed to offices in connection with the Council:- Mr Ralston, Town Clerk; Mr G rigor, Town Surveyor; Mr Ken'lcson, assessor.

A lloxxtikv telegram says that Messrs Find'ay ami Haworth's lower saw mill was Imrniiil down oh thi* 21st inst., with Mr Findlay'a house and most of liis furniture. The loss sustained by the firm is estimated at L6OOO, and Mr Fm.lhy's private loss at L7OO. The whole was insured. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.

Very unfavourable accounts of the state of the crops in the Mooraki and Oannru districts are being zeceived. In consequence of the late wet weather a large portion of the crops is almost totally destroyel, hiving commenced to gro-.v in the a task, a-i I in some insiance3 they hci>'e been stacked too soon and have heated. A gre it quantity of the grain will not be worth th resli ing.

Tac EngVsh thrush has nude its appearance in many plucks along the line of railway between the Bluff and Win ton.

We are informed that over 2)3 additional claims to ba placed on the Electoral Roll have bc-en rejwtarel within the la3t few day 3in this district.

The "Daily Tira? " of yesterday states that the final resit 15 of the polling for the Mount Banger district show? a m-ijo: ity for Dsan of 24. By a reference to oar Switzers correspondent's letter in unofchet column it will be observed that a majority of 40 was recorded for Bradshaw. Ths B line journal also st,ite3 that the polling for the X i w.irau took place on the 22nd instant, where is, as will be seen by a telegram elsewhere, t took place yestetday (29ch.)

A iarge addition to our population has been made within the last few days by the arrival in Lawrence of over 300 Chinese, who, we believe intend to commence mining operations in the Tuapeka and neighbouring district! These Celestials, who are newly imported direct from China, seem to have brought a considerable 0 amount of money to start them in the country they have temporarily adopted, and the business people of Lawrence spexfc of them as being good. <.<.sh eastomeis, a r,;k.i]y to ha pi ete: re<! in th mj respect to jiidßy of their v/hue bretkren-

■\Y"e cannot give publicity to a letter from Switzers signed "Bodach in Breeks," as there happens to exist such a thing as the Law of Libel^&ti . t . . \\idMPkdesi*ed to direct the attention; or' pfiriifcJ^desirous of depastuiing stock on the TuHpeku, Waitahuna, Waipori, Beaumont, TiMpekn Mouth, and Table Hill Goldtields Commonages to the advertisement of Mi Mack.iy, in another column.

O>' th« departure of Mr C. B. Cairns, of the Bunk of New South. Wales, from Waipori, a handsome gold watch, of the value of £40, was presented to him by the inhabitants as a token of the respect in which he is held, together with the accompanying testimonial engrossed on patch tnent :— "To Claudius Beresford Cairns, Esq. Dear Sir,— After having resided in this district for six years, we cannot let the occasion of your leaving it pass without testifying to the tiuthfulness of your character, and to the esteem and respect in which you are held by the community. Being amongst the number of your well-wishers, we therefore beg your acceptance of this watch, as a token both of our regret at your departure and our sincere wishes for your good health and success in futute."

A curious accident occuned at the Blue Spur on Wednesda y last. Oi>e of the sbar -holders in the Amalgamated Company's c;aun, in driving » tutmel for a blast, broke through into au old shaft that had been sunk ahouG eight years before, the water from which buistiuto the drive with great force. The driving was discontinued for that day, in order to allow the water to drain away. On the following dny, a shareholder of the name of Geoige Ports proceeded to resume operations, when he foun 1 the drive filled with fi edamp, which, coming in contsict with the lighted caudle, causing an explosion, compelling Mr Potts to leave the tunnel in a lemarkably rapid manner. With, the exception of a slight singing, Mr Potts sustained no material injury.