LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 300, 30 October 1873, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messes. Wright, Stephenson, & Co. have sold by private contract the Beaumont Station to Mr. P. 0.-Neil, for the sura of £19,500. Detective ]?ARRELt is to be transferred to .. Lawrence; Serjeant Shury. late of the Dunstan, will fill his place- in Dunedin. Mb. Chabnock, of the Newcastle Coal Pit, Alexandra, fell down the shaft, breaking his thigh. He also sustained severe internal injuries. Mb. M'Donald, of the Criterion Hotel, Alexandra, is making extensive improvement* on his premises. The Government intend making arrangements with the Beaumont and Tuapeka Water Bacd Company to sluice away the Beaumont saddle as soon a 9 they finish the race to that spot. Nd doubt the arrangement will pay both the Government and the company. The hot winds of last week rapidly "brought down the snow from the Old Man and surrounding ranges-. The Waikaia river was at strong flood and unfordable for some days. Water races taking their rise from less permanand sources are already affected^ and are in many places already running very slack. , Messrs Finlay & Morris are about to open a commodious store on Sptargrass Flat tor the" accomodation of their numerous customers in that locality. Steps are being taken to form a company to work the celebrated Black Horse Claim. The 1 capital and appliances at present in use being totally inadequate to work the ground. SIH. Smailie, Road Engineer, has been re* surveying many of the worst portions of the road from Lawrence to the. Teviot. About a dozen men are employed in luvelling and reforming, • previous to the contractors commencing to gravel the worst portions. " It is said that the Government have reserved ninety-five thousand acre 3 as a commonage for gieat cattle at Wakatip upon which no sheep will he allowed to wander." The " Dun* stan Times" approves of the leasing of commonage by sheepists. It appears that a^ftvweuatown as well as at Lawrence, the sheepists havd unduly monopolised the commonage to the exclusion of the cowists. The difficulty is not solved by giving the former a lease of the commonage which was originally and properly iv» tended solely tor the cowists. But the difficulty m coald be solved by empowering a Board of Wardeus to limit the number of cattle on the commonage-, ;is far as refers to each cattle owner, aivl power should be given to prohibit sheep from using the commonage at all. With praiseworthy intentions, the ''OtagoDaily Times"- publishes periodical reports of the institutions of the pi oviuce. These reports will sometimes, however, bear only- a very supeifici.il inspection, simply because they are leports of reports, not authentic narratives given by eye-witnesses locally acquainted wjtli the facts referred to. For example, our contemporary lately stated that the Lawrence School Committee had decided to build a new class room, because that addition would suffice 1 for two years. Now. the latest resolution of the Committee was to the effect that a new school buililing should be erecteil on the Obanstreet Market lleserve/und the idea reported hy the " Times " was abandoned many months ago Ijy the Lawrence School Committee. The latest trouble at Maerawhenua ia A notice issued by Messrs. Barton and M'Masters, who own a river froutage on the Maerawhenua river : That miners must cease wotk for six weeks, while they wash their sheet). The "Mourtt Ida Chronicle says. — " We hear tha miners are not likely to submit, and Mr, Parquharson bus been dispatched to Dunsdiu for advice." The editor of the " ftew York Tribune " says that the new "Tribune" office will be "builfc to last for ever." We are glad to perceive that the Premier, in his capacity of Immigration Minister, has initiated the -system of free ' nominated iinrni* • gratioD to .New Zealand. #In view of the COW* petition of Canada, the United Scatas, Brazil, and lust, not least, in view of the good wages now paid in the United Kingdom, this radical - change for the better for the recruiting cf our population does not come out one hour too soon. The only wonder is, that it never entered the conception of the Ministry many months ago. JaMes PILIiAN Maitland, Esq.,. has been gazetted a Returning Officer for provincial elections for the electoral district of Milton, Al*lau, 1 and Waihola. A "Gazette*' notice announces that Thomas Coop, Esq., has been appointed Registrar of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the district of Mount Benger, vice «T. B. Borton, Bag., . resigned. We are informed that the Rev. Mr. Menxies purposes to devote the collection .of at least one Sunday service to the benefit of the Hospital. "Hospital Sunday" is now an estab : lished success in the neighbouring colony of Victoria ; and we believe that if this mode of supplementing our leading charitable trusts was made an annual voluntary charge on our churches, a very pleasing method of benevolent taxation would be initiated. Once this really pious habit is commenced, we have no fear as" • to the result. A vert welcome addition has been made to the Lawrence Athenaeum. We allude to some very interesting shells lately acquired, and wood from the North Island, both of which are donations from Dr. Hector, the well-known Government Geologist. That g&t\tlein&& haa also presented the Athen&uui with some standard works on geology ; and through the influence of our member, J. C. Brown, Esq.. a very magnificent map of Victoria, published quite recently, has been presented by 3. Casey, Esq., the Victorian Minister of Lands. Cartage to the Dunstan is being charged at a very high rate. £13 per ton is the present price. The high price of horse feed is ,no doubt tha principal cause. 8s per bushel is the trade price of oats. His Excellehoy the Governor has appointed W. Lawrence Simpson. Esq., to be Registrar and Returning Officer for the election of mem- , hers of the House of Representatives for the electoral district of Danstan, vice Vincent Pyke, Esq., resigned. Mr. Watt, R.M., has -been appointed by the Provincial Government an arbitrator in road disputes occurring within the province. j WHAT we wish to characterise as merely wanbr of forethought, in reference to petitions, Jtfs ooine to oar knowledge. Some people sign/two petitions— petition No. 1 being diametrically opposed to.the* prayer of petition No. 2. People should read before they sign. Probably, Governmental action is frequently influenced by petitions.slgned by subscribers who are not aware of the contents of what they sign. It is satisfactory to know.that the body lately discovered on the banks of the Molyneux, near the Tnapeka Mouth , in a very decomposed condition, has been identified. Pieces t>f the clothing on the body were forwarded to the Police Station at Alexandra, and were identified by the following persons :— Thomas Graham* Lewis Cameron, Sarah Cameion, and Mr. Forrest. Mary Allen Hastedt identified the shirting as being part of a shirt made by her for John BroWn sojne months previous to his death, and produced & remnant of the same cloth. James Sampson, Clothier, "identified the trotisers as being Similar to a- pair he sold John Brown some time previous to his death. The said John Brown was a Scotsman, 40 years of age, of a stout build, with brown hair and whiskers*' and having his right arm somewhat contracted, He was drowned at Alexandra on ox about ih» J.7th Jaly, ISO.

- " #■ The want of building timber ia the Manuheiikia district has been severely felt during the last winter, several new buildings have been delayed in consequence, amongst the number beiDg the new store in course of erection by Messrs. Finlay & Morris, and the addition to the Geelong HoteL Even now, when the roads 'are good, the high prices ruling at the present time for cartage deter many people from improving their properties. THE Case of Herbert (Trustee in Vernon's estate) V. Dnigan, which appears in another column, will come before the District Court in Lawrence for re-hearingt The flopded state of the Molyneux during the last week, compelled most of the claimholders at the Teviot to knock off work for a short time. Many of them will no doubt be enabled to resume work shortly, as the fickle river is again falling. Mr. Febaud's orchard at Monte Christo Farm, Dunstau, promises a very large yield' of fruit this seasou ; every tree is covered with blossom, from the topmost branch to the trunk. The vines are also looking exceedingly well. We trust ttere will be nothing to mar the EtOWth Of the fruit, as the present proprietor has for years laboured under difficulties almost insurmountable, endeavoring to turn a stony desert into a miniature paradise. The Messrs. Tamblyn, of Coal Creek, will , be enabled to supply Lawrence and the surrounding neighbourhood with large quantities of fruit during the summer months. The straw- . berries will be ripe in about three weeks' time should the weather continue warm. Unfortunately the blight has attacked the peach treess and promises to be the means of considerably fcurtailing the supply of that delicious fruit. AX inquest on the body of Samuel John Vial, who met his death by a fall of earth air Waipori. was held before Ev H. Carew, coroner, at the Provincial Hotel, Waipori, on tire 25th instant. Mr. Robert Buchanan acted as foreman. From ihe ■evidence of Robert Evans it appeared that when lie was possihg- the claim where deceased Worked in Pipe-clay Gully, he noticed there had l been a fall of -earth j jumping into the paddock be observed * portion of the shirt of deceased | protruding from under the earth-fall, he then 'obtained the assistance of three other miners i who were at work about fifty yards off, and they set to work and cleared away the stuff and had the body out in about ten minutes from the time he first discovered it. The body was quite cold, and life appeared -Quite extinct. The arms and parts of the body were quite discol ored. Th c deceased had been working alone for the last four months. The fall of earth was four feet in 'depth and twelve feet in length, and there were eeveial loads of earth vesting on the body. ! Corroborative evidence was given by John Morrison. -'Dr. Stewari examined the body. He said he had heard the evidence given, and from the position in which the body was found and the quantity of earth above it, he concluded the cause t>f deceased's death was suffocation from the pressure on the chest and the impossibility of breathing through the mouth or nostrils. The evidence appeared to agree with the appearance of the body. There was no appearance of any hones being broken. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, according to the Evidence. We perceive that, at Alexandra, Mr. Simmonds. who recently met with an accident, is about to receive a benefit in the shape of a -'■concert. 'We wish Mr. Simmonds well, and hope thai' the concert will be a substantial benefit. We have leason for believing that if those interested in the Tuapeka commonage question j>etltione<l the Proviucial Government on the subject of leasing the so-called sheep country — that is to say, the commonage— the authorities '■wuuld abstain from leasing the land in question. We speak on good authority when we s;\y th.it a numerously signed i emonstrance would stop all further proceedings so far as concerns the ,proposed leasing. It will be the duty of our leading resi<len is to act immediately in this matter, for •any delay now may be construed by the Government a«i. that kind of silence which gives consent to the abridgment of their rights of commonage. The Government, we learn, intend opening a block of land on the deferred payment system near Coal Creek. Another block will be opened ■on Captain Henderson's run. and one an Cargill and Anderson's run, opposite Roxburgh, under the agricultural lease system. Theie is a scai city of surve}ors in the province, and this cause wil' ■delay the opening of the blocks in question ; and the Tuapeka surveys cannot be done sooner than four months. Not wore than one block can be legally opened under the deferred payment system, and this impediment has, \re believe, led the Govjeraurent to revert to the agricultural leasing system. " Mb. Adam, tbe newly appointed Provincial Immigration Agent, during his visit to Lawreuce 'on Friday, received a considerable number of applications from persons who are desirous that their friends or relatives should remove to Otago. We see that the Government announce. that Mr. Adam will be willing to get letters of intioduction to persons in the United Kingdom who Vould be willing to assist him in promoting immigration to this province. Letters sent to Tokomairiro will be du7y forwarded to Mr. Adam, who will not leave till the expiration of two or three weeks. THE Gorge Greet race, which runs at the foot "of the Old Man Range, and which is intended "to betaken on to the banks of the Molyneux River at some futare date, is being rapidly constructed. This race will command an immense -area of auriferous ground in the neighbourhood of Conroys, Butchers, and the adjoining gullies, not omitting the celebrated localities of Bald Hill and Spear Grass Flats. MB. Kemp's hotel, 'on Speargrass Flat, is nearly completed, the want of timber being the of defay. When finished it will bp the largest road-side house between Lawrence and %he Dunstan. Dr. Hector states that the bones of the unknown bird recently discovered in a cave in the Dtmstan district belong to the goose tribe. Of this family, the only living representative in New Zealand is the Auser Nova Zealandice or Paradise Duck. The "specimen which has been obtained from the cave is much larger than the latter bird, and is of greater size than the common^ goose. This stranger, curiously enough, "was unable "to swim, and being possessed of only rudimentary wings' like so "many of the extinct birds of Hew Zealand, it could not fly. Timabtj, with less thaa 2000 inhabitant, has a fire Brigade. The International Society includes editors, Sawyers, kings, and clerygmen with its catalogue of human drones. Fanny Saka and Fred Clifton have been very succesfully giving their excellent entertainments ia the Dunstan District. Young Delaney, tile "ped," who has re-, cently been astonishing the people of TaraHaki *nd Wangamii, is now in Wellington where he will proUadly run against tim,e. As far as his looks go, the "young fellow looks every iuch a rannefe He is a- Victorian native, and has run in Melbourne and various other parts of that colony with considerable success. Though a good »' spurt " 'runner, he prefers long races anything from' ialf a mile up to twenty. _ The Punedin spring race meeting is to take place on St. Andrew's holiday, December 1. 'lhere "Will be six events, representing a total sum of money to lie distributed for competition of about £200. The programme includes the St. Andrew's Handicap of 75 , soys, a Handicap Hurdle Race of 30 soys, .and a Sellingjtace of 25sovs. In ]Vf archjihe -races will extend over three days, and among ithe fifteen programmed items representing a -•total sum of £1500, five of which are to be disposed of each day, there are some of a •character sufficiently tempting to bring to 'the fore many crack competitors. For in«tancd, among the good things provided there ; 'are thw Dunediu Jockey Club Handicap of Boys. tlie Dun din Oup of 300 soys, the Town Plate of 100 ',• -a, the Forbury Handi tcap of 360 soys, and ib.e Novel Eace, a hand- , aosp of 100 Bovß.

The largest cake of gold yet produced by Tasmania was that obtained a few days ago from the City of Hobart Company's mine at the Black Boy. It weighed 3190z., and resulted from a crushing of 228 tons^of stone, giving an average of loz. Bdwt. to the ton. In the Wealth of Nations claim, in the Inangahui District, recently, two and a half days' crushing realised something over 200oz. of amalgam. From the appearance of the plates it is believed that the yield of this weeks operation will exceed 400 ozs, This splendid result of upwards of GOOozs. for 84 days' work is most cheering. Amongst the property burnt at the Bank of New Zealand, Hokitika, were a considerable number of valuable specimens, several of them containing large proportions of gold, also nuggets and jewellery. In order to recover at least a portion of these valuables the debris on the site, consisting of charcoal, ashes &c., has been carted to the upper end of the town, and is there being sluiced in the most orthodox manner, through ripple boxes. Referring to the partial method of publishing the novel " Wild Will Enderby " the "Grey River Argus " remarks that *'.It is strange that, for a story of gold-fields' life readers have not been sought on the West Coast. ; A meeting of the Arhenseum Committee ( was held in the Library on the evening of Monday last. Present : - Mr. Brown, President, and Messrs. Thompson, Abel, Ferguson, and Dr. Halley. The minutes of i the previous meeting were read and con* firmed. A letter was laid on the table addressed to C. E. Haughton, Esq., by the private secretary of; the Hon. Mr, Casey, Minister of Lands for Victoria, acknowledging a request, from J. C. Brown, Esq., for a copy of the map of Victoria for the Lawrence Athenasum and Mining Institute. The letter staged that a copy of the map had been forwarded per Claude Hamilton as requested. The President under' ook, on behalf of the institution, to thank the Hon. Mr. Casey and Mr. Haughton for the map The President stated that he had received some shells and specimens of Colonial timber for the Athenieum from Dr. Hector, of the Colonial Museum: The Secretary was iustructcd to thank Dr. Hector for the same. An account from Mr. Humpbrey for L 2 2s. ■was piissed for payment. A letter £rom the Town Clerk, with reference to a charge made by the Athenaeum Committee for the use of the hall as a polling booth during certain Municipal elections, was received. The Town Council declined to pay the amount charged on the ground that they were not entitled to do so, aa the the Athenssum was exempted from rates. The Committee were of a different opinion, and passed the following resolution, moved by Mr. Abel, and seconded by Mr. Ferguson, " That the Town Clerk be informed that in future the use of the hall will not be given for Corporation purposes, unless payment be guaranteed by the Town Conncil ; and the Athenaeum Committee still hold the Corporation liable for ihe amount of the account rendered to tliem." A statement of receipts and expenditure of the late concert, showing a credit balance of L 8 55., was read. The President presented to the the Museum some specimens of tobacco and cigars manufactured by natives of the North Island. This concluded the business of the meeting. We are informed that Messrs. Hay and Son of Wetherstones are the successful tenderers for the teacher's residence to be erected at Clarks Flab, Waitahuna lload. The sum is stated to be L 173. - ■>. * B.TCH- news comes from Cromwell. We learn from good authority that the antimony reef at the Carrick Ranges, Cromwell, pro mises to be a very rich mine of wealth. Mr Win. Buchan, one of the few shareholders in lhe reef— we believe there are only I three — has informed a frietid that he sold in Dunedia lately for cash 1000 shares for £1000. He reserves 1000 shares for himself. Professor Black has analysed the antimony specimens of the reef, and he pronounces the ore to be of superior quality. In Lon don it fetched £96 per ton. Here the appliances are comparatively rude, and only £40 per ton can be calculated on. A company will shortly be floated, with little or no difficulty, Thb "Timaru Herald" says:— "Asa proof of the demand which still exists for servants, both male, and female, we may mention that forty-five applications from employers are still in the Immigration ! Officer's hands." , The Island of Suva, one of the Fijee I group, is now yielding an enormous growth ! of excellent sugar canes. At a late meeting of the Timaru School committee Mr. Hunt said he'had frequently suggested the propriety of a separation of the sexes. Mr, M'KiNLA.Y%a3 shown to us a curiosity in. the shape of an old gold miners' license, dating to 1854, aud issued by the Victorian Government in the days immediately preceding the far-famsd Eureka Kiots. The licenses, of which the one shewn is a surviving sample, cost L 2, and it was this highngure which caused tLe riots referred to. The document in ques ion will now end its days in the Lawrence Athenssum. During the hearing of the case of Ah Sum v. M 'Beath, his Worship, in reply to a remark, stated that there is no necessity for preceding the issue of a debt summons with a request to pay. Many of our readers doubtless think that every summons must be preceded by an ordinary application. His Worship's recent remarks settle this question. We have seen some cigars and some twist tobacco presented to the Lawrence Athenaeum by Mr. J. C. Brown. These samples of the grateful weed were grown by- New Zealand nativea in the North Island. We are srlad to perceive that Mr. Brown periodically gives practical evidence of his good- feelings for our local institutions. The Euston correspondent of the "Pastoral Times" reports a) curious fact for physiologists. An aboriginal became furiously mad. This is the first on record in the district. M. Vbenay relates in the "Lyons Medical" a very striking case of the mischievous consequeucs which may result from the abuse of wine drinking in a nurse. A child was taken in convulsions, and during 'five days sll sorts of means, like calomel, hromide of potassium, the hot bath' musk, bellamonna, &c, were uselessly employed- M, Vernay was eventually told that the ntirse drank 61X or eight glasses of French wine in the day, and some more at night. It occtired to hmi that the convulsions in the child might be due to the quantity of alcaholic liquid tmiabsorbed by the nurse. The wine was or dered to be stopped, and the convulsions ceased immediately after. The "Heathen Chinee" is proving more than a match for his astute American friends. The Celestials who carried on shoetnalung in little sequestered colonies have saved enough money -to start in business on their own account, and they are now almost ruining their former masters by underselling them. The Presbyterians at Wangamii have decided to introduce inatruuient^l music into 'jtlteu*<o2uQrc2}.

A public meeting was held at Mr. Coghill's hotel, Havelock, on the 22nd October ; Mr. Moyle in the chair. The object of the meeting was to elect a committee for (he management of ihe Christmas sports. The following gentlemen were duly elected : — Messrs. Movie, M'Clure, Al'Taggart, Ryan, and Gilchrist. We are informed that the sports will be open for eoinpeiition to the surrounding districts. Tie commit 1 cc are very active, and have already collected a considerable amount of money towards, the object in view. The ( larks Hill tunnel is now in 905 feet, and, according to calculation, the reef should be struck when another 38 feet have been driven. The following communcation has been handed to us for puolication. The first paragraph is just what we expected. 'J he petitioners asked for too much. The second paragraph, we should imagine, carries a sufficient sting with it to awaken the settlers and miners to the true position of the commonage question : — "Goldfields Office, Dunedin, 24th October, 1873. Gentlemen,— l have been directed to acknowledge the receipt by His Honor the Superintendent of the memorial signed by yourselves and other setilers, &c, in the Tuapeka district, praying for the appointment of a Board of Wardens under the provisions of the Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872, and to acquaint you that His Honor has not the power to comply with your request. The only way in which efl'cct could be given to your wishes would be by the proclamation of a hundred, which is not contemplated by the Government. lam to add that it is assumed that the grievances complained of by the memorialists will in some measure be obviated as soon as the sale of leases of the sheep country takes place. — I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your obdtiservant, Alex. Willis. Under-Secretary. Messrs. P. Robertson, W. Draper, G. S. Walker, H. L. Squires." The quarterly meeting of subscribers to the funds of the Tuapeka Hospital was held in the Commercial Hotel on 'ihursday last. The President occupied the chair. .Beyond the members of the Committee, there was j only one subscriber present. The Chairman said he was sorry to see so little interest I taken in the Hospital by subscribers. He hid no doubt the neglect exhibited by subscribers was due to the f a.gt that they had i great faith in the Committee, but this, he I considered, anything but a aatiafactory s a;e of things. He would much rather see the public faking a lively interest in the concerns of the institution The Secretary then ■ read the quarterly statement, which, upon the whole, showed a very satisfactory state of affairs. On the motion of Ik. Burns, seconded by Mr Hay, the report and balance sheet were adopted. This concluded the business of the meeting. The Waitahuna Presbyterian Church have accepted Mr. Lawson's design for a manse to be erected at Havelock. If the design is approved by the Presbytery, who contribute considerably towards the cost of the building, tenders will at once be called for its construction. flls.. Geo. Mobbisoh is making rapid progress with the erect-ion o> the Congregational Lhurch. The same miy i-e said of Messrs Miller and Anderson with the Wesleyan Church. The total amount of money collected in Waitahuna by su l scription lists during the year 1872, in aid of the funds of the Tuapeka Hospital, was £18 17s. Cd. By a telegram from Roxburgh, we learn that the body of a man was found on Monday, last in the Molyueux, ac the -Te riot (station, brought up by the landing stage of the punt. The description given, is that he is a tall, large-framed man. Had on Balmoral -boots, one woollen and one cottou sock, and a pieca of woollen drawers on legs. The body appears to have bten in i\ c water many months, and cannot be identified at the Teviot. The usual monthly meeting of the Tuapeka Hospital Committee, which should have been held on Tuesday evening last, lapsed for want of a quorum. There were present — Dr. Halley, Prssident, and Messrs. Armstrong, Harrop, Hill, Hills, aid Hayes. These gentlemen waited patiently for one hour for the additional member required to form a quoi uin, but without success. By the j courtesy of the Resident Surgeon, we are enabled to state that there were 15 patients in ' the Hospital at the commencement of the month, fifteen admitted, and fifteen discharged during the month — thus, leaving the same number in the institution. Six outdoor patients received relief dm ing the month. We learn that Mr. Bastings and the Provincial Engineer will visit Waipori next week to take steps with regard to the drainage channel, and the road from Lawrence and Waipori via Bungtown, Waipobi is awaking from its Rip Van Winkle slumber. Whereas, a few months ago, it showed no signs of animation and had but one committee to look after its interests, it has now five or six committees, exclusive of a Board of Wardens. V An - adjourned meeting of the Blue S ur School Committee was held in the Schoolroom on Mouduy evening, to cousider the. plans and • specifications for a new school buildii g, rendered necessary by the large increase i>f attendants. The plans, with Borne slight alteratiens, were approved of, and the Committee agreed to call for tenders. Correspondence was read from the Government, and from the Secretary of the Education Board. The Board agreed to raise Miss Pope to the position of assistant teacher and mistress of sewing — an honor well deserved. Mr Robert Grieve was appointed Chairman of Committee vice Mr. John Cormack, who has left the district. Mr. M'Lelland was appointed clerk pro'-?*tem.) and during the temporary •absence of Mr. T. 3P. Morris, who has filled the situation for several years. We would remind our Tuapeka readers of Mr. J. P. Armstrong's lecture" in aid of the funds of the Tuapeka Hospital, which takes place to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Commercial Assembly Room. Potatoes (say the "Wangauni Chronicle") must be very scarce in the district this season, as we hear on good authority that the Governmemt are paying a settler £4 per ton for them to supply the natives on the Waltotara, the latter taking them off the ground, some twenty miles from their kianga. Who would not be a Maori, to be able to j murder, destroy pilfer, &v., and then to be allowed to return to the arms of a beneficent Government to partake of the fatted calf ; The tale of a marvellous escape comes from Beechworth, Victoria, A girlr named Millie Cogan, aged ten years, who was '' assisting " at a sluice-box at the Wood's Ravine Mine, fell over, and was swept away as if she was a feather. After being carried a dis'aace of nine hundred feet, she was washed over a ' dump " eleven fdtt in height, falling into another sluice-box seven hundred feet long. Passing through the latter, she was swept over another precious " dump " twenty feet high, falling among rough jagged rocks Here she managed to crawl out a few f get from under tie heavy body of falling water, ami was shortly after rescued by Mr. Barbletfc, •foreman of -the mine.

It will be seen from advertisement that the couch fare to Dunedin and Tokomairiro is reduced to 15s. and 7s. 6d. respectively. Lady candidates have come forward for election as members of the local school boards in : cofand. At a meeting in Edinburgh, for the purpose-of nominating a lady candidate for the Edinburgh School Board in addition to Miss Blyth. Professor Masson, who occupied- the chair, stated that the response to the nomination of Miss Blyth had been, so far as the Executive Board could ! judge, very cordial and very wide. Councillor Millar thought that in Edinburgh they were justly entitled to have two ladies on the School Board. Mrs. Duncan M'Laren thought that when half of the parents iv Fdinburgh were women, and when more than half of the children were girls, the men of Edinburgh would not hesitate to help them in electing at least two ladies to the Board, It would seem rather strange to confess that there was only one woman lit to sit on the Board, when they found that men were proposed very little qualified for the office. (A laugh) Some of these men when asked to stand said they could noi. at: end, and it was replied •' Oh, we don't want you to atiend; we only want your name." When they had a lady to propose who was so admirably qualified for the post she thought the men of Edinburgh would only be doing their duty to put her into the Board. Mr. Forbes Irvine proposed Miss Elora Stevenson, who was in every respect qualified to be a coadjutor to Miss Blyth, and who, in the words of Dr. Alexandra Wood, was, by her business talents, good sense, energy, and right principle, fitted for the office. Airs. Mcol seconded the nomination, which was agreed, to unanimously. At a Presbyterian Church soiree at Timaru, the ''Herald" states that Mr. Alee gave a highly humorous address, which completely upset the gravity of the audience. He sketched with much force and truth, the characters of style in preaching of some of the clergymen who had visited the congregation, and concluded by adverting to the over fondness for criticism which such frequent changes might have uevelopcd, ami the necessity for nifinbers of (he Church falling back into their true position of learners tinder their now settled minister. In tin's issue we cannot do more than nitfr.-lj nor ice, iv a vnry brief manner, the variety performance of Alurumoth Troupe of comic vocalists, instrumentalists, comedians, and ucrobats (the latter being monkeys) who nil perform this eveuing at the Commercial Assembly Rooms. We have not room in ihis issue, for even a condensed report, of the case of Taylor v. M'Nicoll and others, which took place to-day at the Warden's Court. This; case was noc concluded at b o'clock last evening.