LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 184, 17 August 1871, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. William Banks desires us to express his grateful acknowledgment of ,the kindness of his many friends in the Tuapeka district, who have, by their liberal gift, placed him in a position .to go home to his friends -in the old country.

On the Blue Spur mining matters are more cheerful this week than they have been for the last six months, owing to the completion of the large flume connecting the north and-south. ends of the Spur, It is a fine piece of workmanship, and well worth a visit. The cost .will be some*

thing like £400. Messrs. White and Co., and Hales and Hinde have finished washing-up, and have again resumed work. All the claims are fully employed,' with plenty of water.

We observe in that obscure print entitled the "Provincial GovernmenfrGazette" an advertisement for a tencher for the side school at Clerks Flat, the building for which was recently^^ erected. Applications, with testunonials^J^V to be lodged at the Education Office on or hefore the 23rd instant. Why the advertisement should not have been given to the local paper, and why the tenders should be lodged at the Education Office and not with the secretary of the school committee, as is usual, we cannot imagine. Surely if cannot be the Secretary of the Education Board believes there is not a resident of the district capable of performing the duties of teacher of a side school,. The advertisement is one of a most unusual character, as the salary and other particulars are not stated, although in a similar advertisement in the same column of the "Gazette " all these particulars are stated. We refer to this matter as we know of several persons in Tuapeka and Waitahuna well suitea for the work, any one of- whom we believe the residents in the neighbourhood of the school would prefer to see occupying the position of teacher of their children to some nominee of the Education Board unknown to them.

• THE Lawrence Private Quadrille Assembly gave a ball on Monday night, which was kept up until a late hour next morning.

It will be seen by advertisement elsewhere that Mr. George Bailey, of Switzers (late of Lawrence), will give an entertainment, entitled "An evening with the Poets," to-night, in the Athenaeum, the proceeds to go to the Church of England Building P.und. During thp evening selections of music, will be p.erfq^med by some of our local amateurs.

The Protestants of Du&edin have presented a testimonial to the Rev. Father Moreau, expressive of their esteem' and respect for his kind and genial feeling towards all classes during bis long residence amongst them. , & purse of sovereigns, amounting to over £80, has also bsen collected. The reverend- gentleman is about to leave for the North Island. The "Waitahuna Dramatic Club announce .their intention of .giving a grand performance on Friday, the 55th- inst,, in the Ata«nseum, Waitahuna. The evening's amusement will terminate with dancing. :

Mr. Alexander -Gordon, says the "Daily Time 3," while attempting -to oross. t£e Teviot River near its junction with the Molyneux, on 'the 'afternoon of the 9*h insi^-'had '& ve^y narrow escape fipno,J)eing drowjied. Thej^ver at ..the. time. t was yi . a, flooded™ sfcate, and Mr. Gordon, who was on horseback, 'tried to cross at the old ford. The horse stumbfed'\wth him, and he lost his seat and was carried down the - ' stream^a boiling'torxent,. canning. $Hf: rough rocks— for a distance of over 100 yards before he succeeded in effecting a landing on the island. He af terwafSs, with a great, amount of pluck, entered the river at its mouth, and swam to the bank. "It is- surprising how he-eseapfld unhurt. Intense exoitement-prevail<Kiiß^tlia4oiis«ship of .Roxburgh for a tew minutes. >£hj^fgcjtfeiit hap* peningin full yiejy.ofjjhe town. ' Leiwsks of naturalisation/ bave been issued by his Excellency the Governor in favour of the following persons : —Henri- Joseph de Smidt, hotelkeeper, Cauipbelltown ; John Simmon Burres, builder, Cromwell j and Henri Hagen, blacksmith, Waitahuna- ;

At the usual meeting of the Waste Lands

• Board, held on the 9fch inst. , it was resolved

that the Victorian Saw Mill Company, Tapanui, -" should pay a license on a 20-horse power engine

for the remainder o! the year. The application

of Mr. G. T. Mackay, to have un acre of land ' 'adjoining the western boundary of Roxburgh . surveyed into sections for sale, was referred to the consideration of the Government. The

Board declined to grant Messrs. Cox Brothers' application to purchase 20 feet frontage to River Place, Waipori. Mr. C. T. Marie applied for a coal lease of five aores, at Dairy Creek, near Clyde. A lease was granted on the usul terms. The price of coal at the pit's mouth was fixed at 15s. per ton. Survey to be made at the applicant's expense.

A special Provincial Government "Gazette," - published os the 10th inst., notifies the appoint- ' ment of Mr. W. A. Tolmie as Deputy-Superin-tendent ; of Mr. Cutten as Acting Provincial Treasurer, during the absence of Mr. Bradshaw ; of Mr. Duncan as a member of the Executive Council ; and of the same gentleman as a member of the "Waste Land Board, vice Mr. BradBhaw, resigned. <• The salary of the Mayor of Dunedin has been - fixed at £400 per annum. AN Invercargill paper states that the quantity of' preserved meats exported by Southland during the month of July was 4776 boxes, which, together with 143 casks of tallow, repreented a dead weight of 256 tons 13 cwt. The sum paid to the railway for carriage thereon amounted to £57 19s. lOd.

. Otiß correspondent Edward Vernon informs us that in the table for the measurement of claims which appeared in his letter in last week^s issue several errors occurred. Believing that the table will prove convenient to miners, we reinsert it in its corrected form :—: — Claims the length Square Claims. double the breadth. Acre*. Yards. Acres. Yards. 1 70x69 1 98x49 2 98ix98 2 139x69£ 3 121x120 3 170x85 4 139x139 4 196x98^ 5" 155ix155.} 5 220x110 • 6 1701x170 6 240x121 .■The legal profession seems to be somewhat overdone in Wanganui, the consequence being that cases of solicitors and managing clerks lushing into the paternal arms of the Bank, raptcy Court are of frequent occurrence. The " Post " says that Wanganui now produces fifty percent, of our bankrupt, criminal, and divorce cases. Operations at the Table Hill reef have been "suspended for some weeks past, the tributers finding it not payable. They have, however, obtained a prospect of 5 dwts. to the ton on the Ocean View reef — a continuation of the same line— where a shaft has been sunk and stone HhHbought to grass. ' Mb. Alkxandek Livingston has succeeded Mr. Hislop as Secretary to the Otago University Council.

The ladies of Dunedin have petitioned the Council of the Otago University to consider the desirability of admitting women to the classes. The Centenary of Sir Walter Scott was celebrated in Dnnedin on the 9th inst., by a banquet in Murray's Hotel and a ball in the hall of the Provincial Council Chambers, both of which events were attended with great success. The Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society also celebrated the occasion by a social gathering in the Masonic Hall, which was an unqualified success. In various other parts of the province the memory of Scott was also honoured. At Queenstown a store on the co-operative principle is shortly to be opened.

The Cromwell spring race meeting is to be

held on Tuesday, the sth September. At the Blue Spur! the petition to the Oeneral Assembly ov\ jbbe wabject of national education, was signed by 21 parents, representing 65 children. It is satisfactory to learn that a company has been formed for the purpose of bringing in a race

from the Beaumont on to the spurs which line » the Tuapeka River. It is well known that the whole of these hills, which extend to Tuapeka Mouth, are auriferous, some of them highly so, and the working of them will prove remunera- „ tive to a large number of men when a good sup- ( ply of water is brought to bear upon them, f The company, we are informed, have applied to

the Warden for leave to bring in the race, which .. has been granted. r ■ The General Assembly vraa opened -on Tues-

•' - day, and Mr. Dillion Bell, on the motion of ''•Sir David Munro, seconded by Mr. Brandon,

was elected Speaker. The Governor delivered hirf speech next day. Another batch of 332 Chinese arrived at Port Chalmers on Monday by the Noord Brabantfand 250 more are- daily expected. In the 3 -weeks the 25th July to yesterday, inclusive. <~ t 1,126 Chinese iaVe lauded at Port Chalmers, or - tiAn&Ypmfg of 45 a day, Sundays included. We observe with much pleasure that a fopfc- ' ipathis in course of formation along Lancaster--ii < work', which; judging from the almost i ' impassable state- of that" street during the -< months, «must be a great boon to the ' - -residents in that locality. ■ Great credit is due ''-'ifco 'the officer in charge and Commissioner of ! tPdKce in placing prison labour at the disposal of "' ihe Municipality. ' . • I>ufflfN6 the past fortnight influenza has been a very -prevalent in this as in other districts ; /. .every peeson one meets complaining of cough •> And cold. ■ The whole- of the time of nearly •>• '.every -man weeaan and child in Lawrence seems <>-•" -to-be occupied in 'coughing and sneezing, J < Alternately and in chorus. "Itis an ill wind ' - Ifchat'bfows nobody goed," and our doctors and ""' irihemtsta" and druggists kuust be reaping a harvest' ' " ' " " From advertisement it will be observed that the goods left in hand from the late hazaar will ; .i -**jJ!£.ld. bf public auction in tb.6 Tuapeka . Aihermwn on Thursday evening next

The question has arisen at Auckland, and in a late discussion in the City Council of Auckland, the Town Clerk said there was nothing in the Act to prevent females from being emolled on the burgess 1011. It was a\ao stated that women voted at previous city elections.

It appears that Captain Moresby, of H. M.S. Basilisk, before coming to New Zealand, was directed by Commodore Stirling to take a line of deep sea soundings between Sydney and Nelson, with a view to the tuture laying of a telegraph cable. Through the faultiness of the line supplied at Sydney, it was lost after the first cast was made. The work is to be resumed early.

A ball and supper for the benefit of the Tuapeka Hospital will take place in Mr. Ormond's Hotel, Roxburgh, on Friday, the 25th instant.

We observe from an Auckland paper that the Lancashire Bellringers are giving performances in that province.

It is announced by advertisement that the adjourned public meeting of subscribers to the Tuftpeka, Hospital mil take place ©n Friday Vav 25th inst.

The renowned Edith Palmerston, we understand, intends to appear in Lawrence at the end of the present month in her celebrated drawing room entertainment.

The Loyal Tuapeka Pioneer Lodge, M.U.1.0. O.F. intend to hold their anniversary ball and supper on the 4th September. ,

The usual "Wetherstones fortnightly readings came off on Thursday last and were well attended. • The Athenseuin readings, take place to- morrow evening.

On Friday and Saturday evenings Miss Dolly Green gave her well-known drawingrooin entertainment the "Seven Ages of Woman," in the Commercial Assembly Room. There whs but a poor attendance on both eveniugs.