MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 303, 12 November 1873, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Vogelia reported in "Hansard" asmaking a reference to things going on behind the scenes, namely, "to rumors that the Agent-General has keen carrying on private correspondence wi:h honorable members of this House, with the view of embarrassing and censuring the Govenment." We take the following from the ' Shetland Times":— "Mr Barclay has been lecturing to the inhabitants of this island on emigration—at Uyeasonnd, and at the Free Church, Hillside. Mr Bare ay had large aad attentive audiences at different places, and we understand he has succeeded in securing a considerable nura' er of emic^nnta. The fair sex were completely captivated by his glowing account, add of them a considerable number have made up their mmds to g«. Electoral Reform is the great constitutional necessity of the present time. Ihe anomalies of representation in respect to constituencies are s:ill more striking. The district of Wallace, with a population of 9D7, has its member, The Thames, with a popu'ation of 11,650, has also oidy one. Grey and Bel district has its member, with a popul v ion of 1,4(50, and -the Waitaka district only one with a population of 5,218, while Kden and Paruel enjoy their solitary member, with populations respectively of 4,006 and 50,33. At present, as it requires, fur practical purposes, from one and-a halt to two tuns of Green Island coal to do tha work of one ton of Newcast c, its bulk prevents sfceauiurs availing themselves ef it. Dr. Begg has been very warmly welcomed wherjver he has been in the province. For many years he took a prominent part in the advococy of national educ itioa. In short, he may be said to have been a leader in educational, social and ecclesiastical matters during the last 40 years. It is his intention to spend a month or tw.i in the colony. I A part of a piece of beautiful fabric, was ! presented to l<ady Ferguson by Dr. Fcath^c- ' ston, on the occasion of her ladyship's depar lire for the colonies. - This elegant gift was entirely made of New Zealand fiax. The Cetennial Exhibition of the United States of America is to be opened on the 19th of April, 1870 ; and already we perceive, by the "Argus" and other Australian exchanges, that our southern siater colonies are awakening to the necessity for being ready to assume their proper places in the exhibition. A miner, who sned aahesp farmer afc Neloon lntely for £20 the value of a dog alleged tp have beeu poisoned, stated that the d»xj hail kept him in meat for :en months when he was out prospecting, by bringing him kakapur, kiwis, and wood hen 3. The case resulted in a nonsuit. Bishop Gould and the Rev. Dean Moore 'eft Melbourne for India, in tlae maiL steamer last week. As an evidonca of the public interest in tlw new Mosgiel Wool i oinpany, {> 500 shares have been applied for. At the second session of tho Church of Euglan.l Diocesan Synod, the Eev. Archdeaeou Edwards moved the following resolution : — ''That the insufficiency of the religious instruction, as given in the Government schools, is greatly to be deplored ;" which, after much debate, was earned. The question .as to whether or not the teacher should impart Biblical knowledge was met by many negatives from ctergy as well as laity. The following are the weights for the Ohrisfcelnu-eh Jockey Club Handicap of two miles, at the ensuing Metropih uu meeting :— '

There is at present on view at the Empire Hotel, Duuertin, a very large and massive silver cup, the presentation of Mr. Pritohari, to be run for by the produce of Master Howe at the I >une lin .March races, 1575. Tho cm> weighs 104 ounces, and is of very chaste workmanship. The complainls made by immigrant regarding rlieir treatment, on board ship are notoriously great. The American Government has hi- on an ingenious me. hod of finding out whether these complain s are well founded or no*-. VVi h this object, a number of Treasury elerka hare been se»t to Ksrope wi'h insf ructions to come back in the s eerages of the various lines, to make a personal examination of the food, accommodation, and ireatment of Ihe passengers, and report upon them, so as to give the authorises a ba r is for acion. Ihe plan is a very good one, provided the "amateurs" are not found our, and are thus exceptionally well (rea»ed. so as to influence their reports Perhaps our Government might take the hint A Wakatip settler sends the following remarks to the " Otago Daily Times " — Never did our Provincial Executive meditate a step more against tho interests of bona fide settlement, more prejudicial to tho advancement oi' a district, than the proposed subdivision and sale of the Wakatip Commonage as small runs, that will probably .fall into the hands of two or three capitalists. If that rash, illndvised, anl unwisely considered proposal is carried into effect, it will most uudoubkecßy be the means of driving -away from our district hundreds of our bobl and modt revenue-pro-ducing settlers. Even granting that the halfdozen semi-squatters who monopolise the great proportioa of tlie commonago themselves, and wuo have been clamorous to git the lea3es of the country sold (but who, at the last moment, are doubtful of the result'), do manage to buy sufficient country o.i which to graze their flocks ; there will still be sonic 15,000 sheep coiuitryles*, if the rumour be correct as to the probable bo-unJaries of that portion -ef the countay which is to bo reserve^ for great crtttle euly. This, in itself, -vriU^be ruin to those unfortunate settlers who have to remove their sheep from this resorve.l ground, and drive them, in all probability, te some distant market to sell them at ou^ sacrifice. In some cases, the farmer's expenditure is considerable. In a late DtineJin Court case, a Mr. Wallace said : — I have spent over £"700, besides my own labour and that of my family, over the iaud in live years. I sold 700 poalu and wh'efori;iß 13--' The cry for labour is resounding throughout the Province at present e\ en m.>re loud'ty than it has dove in fcho past. Shearing in about to begin, and after it there i 3 the harvest to say nothing of the railwsy auti other public -wushanow in progress, or shortly to be entered upon. This, want of labour ia indeed becoming a =teri Aid aff.tir, a*wiif -it a not supplied we fear that there will be fraud some thing amounting to absolute distress among the poorer class of agricultures s, tp whoia *he price of 'labour, eve» whea attainable, willbe^omethiugrJtoyeSherp^iifeitary. The late Solic tor-Clener.il of Victoria, the Hon. Howard Spausloy h.is saiit frain London au interesting report of fclio urtustruueiu^. traffic. &c, of the Denver asul luo (Jmid.* Kail way f«ir 137-- The linudj of 3ft. gauge, an. I s:> ur tiro cGs»struot*;-i ( il mile*) carried xdiritd of wi-ie, the iufcttr article, from its purity au:l slreu^tli, h .viu*j al.iiO3t entirely excluded the impo ted article. A plain spirit i 3 also made by the company, which i» almost exclusively ns&d by-tho manufacturers of cordials all qwr the colony. The distillery ia capable of distilling 8 000 gallons o? spirits monthly, working twelve hours per day,-; but the production couM be doubled by -wm&ipi* night and day sliif fa.

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