Local Intelligence.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 364, 13 June 1874, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

We ball the attention of those gentlemen who subscribed their names as memben of the brass band, and others who take &n interest in the formation of a band, to the advertisement in another column. The numerous fnends of Mr. Wm. M'Beath will fte glad to learn that he has arrived safely in the old country. / The Rev. Mr. Beaumont, who has b«en absent at tbe Synod in Wellington, will arrive home this evening, and preach in Trinity Church, Lawrence, to-morrow. An accident happened at the Blue Spar this morning to Mr. Gilbert Ralston, who whilst walking nlong his claim was struck by a piece of cement falling from the fnoe of tbe claim. Dr. Stewart, who was immediately sent for, informs us that the unfortunate gentleman's shoulder Hade is broken, and that he is otherwise severely bruised about the face and body. Mr. Rignet, of the Horseshoe Bend, sends us the following copy of a letter received by him from the Provincial under-Secretary : — "Provincial Secretary's Office, •• Dutiedin. 30th May, 1874. " SIR, — I have been directed to acknowledge the receipt by His Honor the Superintendent of yon r petition, praying that an inquiry may be marie into certain complaints preferred by you against Mr. Wat den Simpson, and to acquaint you that his Honor has no power to grant your request. Any complaints against Mr. Simpson in his judicial capacity should be made to the General .Government.— l have the honor to be, &c, Alex. Willis, unrier-Secretary. '• Mr. Rigney, Horseshoe Bend, Mt. Benger." Mr. Rigney informs ua that it is his intention to apply to the General Government for the inquiry he wishes to be made. The new forest regulations hnve been tbe means of increasing the price of timber and firewood at Qneenstown. A similar result has taken place at Lawrence. We understand that there will be a 4arge sale of stock at the Coal Creek Hotel early in July, particulars of which will be duly advertised. We call the attention of farmers to the advertisement which appears in another column of Messrs. Oapstick. Duthie, and Cnpstick's sale on tbe 22nd instant. They will offer, on account of Messrs. M'Lnrni and Co., a lnrge flock of sheep suitable for the farmers of this district. Thb "Wakatip Mail" says that Mr. John Quin, an old Arrow miner, has died in the Hospital. He has left all his money— some thousand pounds — we hear, to bis old Californian mate, Mr. Walsh, of the New Orleans Hotel, Arrowtown. Thp whole of the quartz crushing machinery and plant of the Conroys Gully Quartz Mining Company, is advertised for sale on the ground, Conroys Gully, on Wednesday next. Operations for the extension of the telegraph line from Naseby to Alexandra, via St. Bnthans and Blacks, have been commenced, and tbe erection of the poles will be proceeded with immediately. Thb Town Council of Cromwell are adopting measures by which to obtain the control of tbe local cemetery. Tbe complaints against the miuingeinent of the Cromwell Cemetery appear to be greater than those against the management of the Lawrence one. We have been anxiously watching the proceedings in the Provincial Council for tbe Provincial Ordinance to have the Municipal boundary of Lawrence extended so as to embrace the cemetery. Another fire has taken place in Dunedin. Thepremisesof Mr. G.F. Reid, forwarding agent, Stafford-street, were completely destroyed by (ire on Wednesday night laat. The upper portion of the preniisos were'oeenpied as a wareroom by the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company. The houses adjoining Mr. Reid's escaped without much damage heine done to them. It is estimated tbe insurance will only cover one half of the value of the property destroyed. There are now about 90 families, numbering in all about 300 members, in the Immigration Bflrracks atCaversbam, The proposed Herriot Hundred covers a considerable poi'tion of the Tapanui plain, and the ridge and the spurs between the Herriot and Spylaw burns for two or three miles on each side of the Dunrobin Accommodation House. This Hundred adjoins tbo Crookston Hundred, and is tbe natural extension of it. The plain will be from 600 to 700 fei-t above the sea, and the highest point of the ridge is 1,500 feet above the same level. A piime field of oats was grown at Dunrobin this season at an elevation of 1250 feet. The surrounding country comprises in the Hundred some equally fertile limd. The roads from Tapanui to Teviot, and from Lawrenoe to Switzers each run through tbe Hundred for several miles. There is r.o, available bush on the land, but the b»sb on Wooded Hill and along the Tapanui range are accessible at distances of four to five miles. The saw mills of Tapanui are distant about ten miles. A man named Dorlson was sentenced at Oamaru to three months' imprisonment, without hanl labor, and a fine of £95 for making a false declaration. The number of wrecks reported at the United Kingdom for this year, to date April 6, is 549. A bitting of the Warden's Court was held at Waipoii orTThursday last. The business transacted was unimportant. Several applications for extended claims on the Flat, adjacent to the Sludge Channel, were granted. Mb. Courtier, of Coal Creek Flat, has purchased tbe property belonging to the late Mr. O'Brien, at the Gorge, between Boxburgh and Alexandra. In Waitahuna, a goat may frequently be seen in full harness drawing a small four-wheeled cart. It is thoroughly quiet, and is driven by k little boy. A Havelock correspondent informs us that an uccident, which might have had serious results, happened to a man named Robert Brownlie about 10 o'clock on Monday night, when crossing tbe new bridge on Murrayg Flat. Tbe horse shied at something on tbe road, and immediately backed over the embankment down into the creek below. The driver jumped out, and found himself in tbe creek up to his neck, and the horse kicking close by him. The night being dark, it k was some time before assistance was rendered' and they were extricated from their perilous position. Next week the Mount Benger and Waitsbuna ploughing matches will take place, the former on Thursday, the 18th, and tbe latter on Friday, tbe 19th inst. The prizes offered are exceedingly handsome in both cases, and we trust the entries will be numerous and the competition keen. Tbe Resident Magistrate's Court was oc(oupied the- greiiter part of yesterday withftnother case of rhe Beaumont and Tuapeka Water Race Company. Although they lost the previous Ciißes, ami agreed tr> appeal on one« l f them, it appears they are now backing oat o% this arrangement, anct determined to. die game. Surveyors (says the " Dairy Times "} evidently bave fine practices hi present. A Tuapekn resident applied, > through- his' solicitor » at the Waste Lands Board yesterday, to purchase the ' piece of land on which he whs settled. The District Land Officer reported that if surveys proceed at the present rate of progress, and ap- ° plications be dealt with in proper order, this application could not, he ■thought, be surveyed tntreht trithJA two .fire*w» t