SWITZERS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 284, 10 July 1873, Page 10

SWITZERS.

(From our own Correspondent.)

The supporters of Messrs, Bradghaw, Nicholson, and Ireland fought the cause of their respective candidates with good pluck and tern per, and polled their men till they exhausted the panel' of electors. Mr. Beighton was out of the running from the first. I partially account for this by his answers to some of the questions put by , electors, and which envinccd the fact that in his opinion Roxburgh, would be his first consideration. Let us hope now that we have succeeded in gettiug a practical miner ; that wo have arrived at the end of our grievances; and that the question so often asked, "What has Bradshnw done for us," will give place to the congratulation, " See what Ireland has done for us." Of course it is nonsense iv us to expect anything like good metal roads made either to Tuapeka or Invercavgill, but we do consider that the worst places on the roads, which are now unfathomable, should be made navigable ; and that the tracks to the outlying districts, which draw their supplies from hero, should be a1 tended to. A few of the friends of Mr. Robert Burns met at the Camp Hotel, on Friday evening, the -Ith iust., to pay him i a token ox the respect with which he was held during his residence at Switzers. The suppei"pr ovided on this occasion by j Mr. Ferguson reflected tho utmost credit on cook and providoiv. The j evening was spent in son^s and rccita- j tions, Mr, Broderick officiating very successfully with an accompaniment on the piano. "The Successful Candidate." "The Press," "The Ladies," and " The Landlord " were amongst the toasts proposed and ably responded to. After spending a most enjoyable evening. "Auld Lang Syne" was Bung in the usual orthodox manner, and the company separated one and all heartily wishing Mr. Burns Grod speed. At the monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee, ou the 2nd inst., Mr. Chamberlain in the chair, the quarterly accounts were remitted to a sub-com-mittee, consisting oi' Messrs. Davidson and Williams ; also a sub-committee was appointed, viz., Messrs. Skene, Braithwaite, and Davidson to take the necessary steps to get up an amateur dramatic performance. The Secretary was desired to take legal opinion and proceed to tho recovery of gome £15 odd owing by Edward Vernon, aud which account the Committee considered he (Mr. Vernon) was now in a position to pay. The usual vote to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. The monthly meeting of the Miners' Association was held on the sth inst. The correspondence on this occasion was easily dealt with, owing probably to the attention of this, like the other associations, being pretty largely taken up with politics during the last month. The Secretary was authorised to take opinion as to the ulterior proceedings of the Committee, re 50 acre sale. Mr. Wilkie tabled a motion having for its object the concentration of the mining interest to a common center, in order to secure the return of a suitable M.P.C. On the motion of Mr. B. Shaw, the further consideration of the motion was adjourned till that day month. Mr. White, landlord of the Pyramid Hotel, was lodged in the lock-up last evening, charged by Sergeant M'Nally with— well I'm not a lawyer, and can't tell under what particular phraseology the police will lay the information ; but the fact is that the prisoner is accused of attempting with a tomahawk or half axe to strike on the head Mr. Matthew Moses foreman of the bridge now in course of construction across the Mataura at Pyramid, and he (Mr. Moses), in guarding inVhead, received a blow on the left forearm. The origin of the row i.s the old story, well known to the frequenters of the Pyramid, that White is an habitual, cowardly wife- beater, and Mr. Moses. being for some weeks a boarder in the hotel, easily became aware of his peculiar weakness, and had (I hear) threatened him, should he contiuue in the same line, he would interfere. Unhappily for Mr. Moses, as it turned out, he had soon to carry his threat into execution, for, in attempting to rescue Mrs. White from a beating ou the next day, he has been rendered unable fur work for some time to come. T!ie case will be heard before Mr. Wood on Wednesday, and I will forward you paaticulars next week. There we some other things of local importance which must stand over, such as the telegraph, the Committee of which, lam happy to say, is resuscitated. The cause is your lealing article of last week, some letters from Ml*. Bradshaw, M. H.E., or " your own ;" but of course he never would be so seif-opiuionatod as to imagine lie contributed to the cause , however, that apart, we have the effect that the Committee is again alive to the importance of telegraphic communication, and effectual steps arc being taken to remedy the evil.