Tuapeka Times. AND GOLD FIELDS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1872. "MEASURES, NOT MEN." LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 253, 5 December 1872, Page 7

Tuapeka Times. AND GOLD FIELDS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1872. "MEASURES, NOT MEN." LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We axe compelled to hold over part of our K. M'h report, and other local matter.

A sebious fire occurred about 4 a.m. on the morning of the 2nd insl. at Mr. W. Cumming's, Horseshoe Busii Estate, Waihola district. The stable, >2 horses, saddles, bridles, and buggy harness were burnt. The swags of seveial shearers, who had only fiuished work a few days previously, met the same fate. Mr. Cummiug» believes it to have beep, the work of an incendiary.

The amount collected for the Tuapeka Hospital and the Benevolent Asylum by Meadauies (3ook, Dewes and Miss MlLensie, was £30 15s 6d. The proceeds of the concert and ball, after deducting expenses, were £5 4s 6d, making a tot(>l of £36, which anui has been allocated to the two institutions a« follows: Tuapeka Hospital, £18 16s 3d ; Benevolent Institution, £17 3s 9.?. Feom advertisement it will be noticed that Messrs. -Burton Bros. > will open their photogmphie studio in Ross .Place, Lawrrnoe, on the 16th instant.

A correspondent writes us that Mr. J. K. Kemp of Bald Mill Flat, Alexandra Boad, has commenced the election of *. new hotel, far more extensive and substantial thanthe one he now occupies. The building will be 60 x 46 ft. with walls 12ft. high, with a slate roof. There can be no doubt' when the building i» completed, it will not have its equal in the district. Mr. Kemp's, large garden is looking beautiful, and his fruit trees are laden with' fruit.

The concert in aid of the fpnds of the Church of England, Lawrence, will be h«ld in the Athenseuiu this evening. The programme bus been before the public for iome days, and from the well-known abilities of those amateurs who are to take part in it, ws venture to predict that it will be "carried out and' with spirit. The fact of many, tickets having already been disposed 'pf, : augurs 'well for the success of the entertainment.

A meeting of the Committee of the' Tuapeka Jockey. Club was helcLin William*' Victoria Hotel, on the evening of Saturday, the 30th ult. There were present: I*. Stewart (President), and MeHsra'Farrer, Armstrong, Arbuckje, Hills, Williams, J. F. Herbert, Downes, Sheath, and ,}^eeß ('Secretary). "A'fterthe minutes' of "the "<Mjtfs>\xs meeting "were read and confirmed, Hr.' '3?#. Herbferfc proposed^ and Mr. Hill* seconded, that the^um.of .£420,1*, devoted j to, prizes, for the two day's" racing. The remainder of, the evening was set npart to the drawing! up of a programme. The following is a list of the races decided upon, subject, however, to revision, by< a sub-committee appointed. — First ' Day : Maiden Plate, 35 «ovs. ; Lawrence Hafidicap, 70 sovß/; Hack> Kace, 20 soys. ; .Handicap Hurdle Race, 50 iovs., Second Day : Flying Handicap, 40 soys. ; Tuapeka Jockey Clnb Handicap, "100 aovß. ; Hack Hurdle Race. 25 soys. ;!Conaolati6n Handicap, 30 soys. , A vote of thanks to the President and Vice-President, closed the proceeding: ; '

Mb. 'Bbogden's Chinese .venture has proved a failure. • The Celestials employed on the dutha .'railway have conclusively proved thein«eltea f not to be worth half the wages, of .Caucasian navvies, and consequently, ' received a pressing invitation to leave the works, which they felt. obliged; to accept. If Messrs Brogden, or whoever is acting for them, had taken the trouble to inquire, before they contracted for the employment of Chinese workmen, the value of such labor, they would have saved , soir.e money. In California, repeated experiments have proved that Chinamen are worth nothing as navvies. A false estimate has been formed of their capabilities of laboring, on the goldfields,' owing to the perfect organization which prevails among their companies, anjl the long hours , they , *or k. , - Placed.*longside the hardy Weatejti) races, they are distanced. Ma. Mossen (of the London Portrait 'Kootns Dunedin), desires us' to intimate, that' in consequence of the liberal patronage' bestowed upon . him, and ; ttie number of unexecuted, orders on ha»d, he Spill remain m Lawrence for fourteen days -longer. /Sir. Slussen's studio is in Peelstieet; Lawrence,' w&ere those who, desire .their.portraits .taken in a truly artistic manner, ought |o repair without delay. , ' ■ ' ' ' ' 1 Qs tl^dnesday and Friday last, the | billiard \ MXhn oraw Commercial Hotel, Lawrence, 'was \ crowded T with vuitors assembled tft [witness \ bi iardfliatche* between a. local amateur aad * \g« tleman from Greyiuouth. Ou Wednesday Vi ning a number, of games were* played, the to ge*t lieine 300 points. The playefe want in |a love of jtbegupe, but tte public backed their fa orite's extensively. ' On Friday eveiiiiig a mtch'ofJ-000 np', was played. Great interest w^taken in it by the outside public, and considlrable, saws changed hands. No money how-, cv« vr*s staked between ihe competitors, they gptK in p> win' for the honor of their respective. plßH&f ; abode, TbeypUjsed^eil ; ( the,Lawrence jciMUpion, however, vrgii l>y nerve, and. play. Heiev.e'r lost confidence, and, although behiml at'ttjii^caV point «f the ft;: me. pulled up, .aud. 1 by W suceesriiou of brilliant shots ,won ; tl»e fMlfendinc a* tj&e flnish,loOj3, po 891. After. warfc* iiiKtcfi of 500 up." w«s improvised, betweajtfie mate )i&rtie»i which Msul&ed in local talenuulling off thp.vic&ry, the ganje standing