Local Intelligence.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 384, 22 August 1874, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

The Chief -Postmaster intimates thnfc there will be no mails despHfched by the San Francisco route this month. The Suez mail will close in Lawrence on Saturday 29th instant, at 6 a.m. Several complaints have reached us lately from people residing near the Hospital, who complain that the drainage from that institution is allowed to run into Harrington-street, causing! a very unpleasnnt smell. The Visiting Committee should give the matter their immediate attention. The railway contractors, Messrs. Goodfellow and Co., have made a proposition to the Government to fence the line between Lawrence and Havelook with white manuka posts, instead of blnck pine, which the specification states sli.ill be u^erl. Black pine is very scaice in the neighboring l>ush. whilst the formei timber is abundant on the banks of the Molyneux. White manuka is one of thp best kinds of timber for fencing in Otago, therefore tho Government wiU no doubt accede to the tequest of the contractors. We hear that Mr. Chathnrn has disposed of his house, furniture, and two ncres of land situate at Coal CreeV, together with one-eight share of a sixteen-acre claim at Potters Gully, Campbells, to Mr. Cornelius O'Brien, for, it is stated, the &üm of £300. Ifc is Mr. Chatburn's intention, we are informed, to return to England. The new post .and telegraph offices at WaikaSa were finished this week. Mr. Smith, Inspector of Works at Lawrence, passed the work on behalf of the Government on Monday lasfc. The contractor for the work was Mr. Robert Burns, xtl ose handiwork at Switzws in the building trade is widely known. Thk programme of the Alexandra Spring Meeting appears in our advertising columns. We believe there are several horses in training for the various even's. Wednesday's " Gazette " contains a notice to the effect that nominations of Wardens for the depasturing districts of Tuapeka, Waitahuna, and Waipori will be received by the Warden at Lawrence on or before the Ijlsfc instant. The rules and regulations for the elections are also published in the same " Gazette," and appear identicil with those under which previous I elections took place. Two of our respected townsmen Mr. William Theodore Johnson and Mr. Hemy Erringtou left Lawrence yesterday morning for California, We are at all times sorry to lose any of our population, especially those who . by their industry and steady habits have placed themselves in comparatively independent positions. We would rather that they could have seen there way to remain with us. They were allowed to leave without any demonstration from their friends. Two of the rams puichaspd in Diiipxfiu a few days ago by Mr. J. F. Kitching, of Moa Station. ' The third one fell out of the coach at Green Island, and broke one of its fore legs. Mr. Douglas, veterinary surgeon, was sent for, and the animal will most likely be removed to' Dunedin for treatment. Two handsome greyhounds also arrived for Mi. Kitching. They were bred in Victoria, and were brought over by Mr. Alex. M'Lean.

A ball will be aeld in the course of next month for the benefit of the funds of the Brass Band, the members of which deserve encouragement from the public. They are assiduously practising in the hope of being able to enliven the town with music during the summer months. TpK d^bfito on Mr. Vogel's resolutions resolutions for abolishing of provincialism in the North Island was brought to a close on Thui sday. We expected a much closer vote, but welcome the result as indicative of the growing feeling in favor of one Government for the whole colony. The result was :— For resolutions, 41 , agairst, 16. The following is the division list : — Pairs for resolutions .• Paratn, Inglis, O. W. Parker, T. L. Shepherd, Carrington, Against : Takamona. Brandon, jlfurray, J. L. . Gillies, Thomson. 'Ayes.— M' Lean, Brarlshaw, Yogel, Gibbs, Jackson, J, E. Brown, Tolmie, Luckie, Steward, Monro, Mervyn, Seymour, Fox, Cuthbe'rt.son, Tribe, O'Conor, Andrew, Staf. ford, Sfcuiiholme, Katene, M'Gillivray. J. Shephard, Richmond, Kenny, O'Neill, Taiaroa, Webb, Bucklnnd Bryce. Bluett, W, Kelly, Reynolds, Cieighton, Wood. G. B. Parker, Ormond, M'Glasban, Wilson, T. Kelly, Atkinson, Richardson. Noes. —J. C. Brown, Curtis, Fitzhprbert, Hunter, Macandrew, May. Reeves, Beid Rolleston. Sheenan, Swanson, Williamson. Bunny. T. B. Gillies. Montgomery. Jlfembers on precincts who did not vote : Harrison. O'Rorke. Pierce. Johnston, Wakefield, Wales, White, Von der Heyde. Me. Reader Wood, in speaking on the abolition resolutions, said : " The arguments from North and South were these, The South says, f Carry these resolutions, and it is the thin edge of the wedge to abolish the Southern Provinces and take our land from us " — as if the land fund had anything to do with Provincialism. Tho North said. " You strip us of our local self-government, and leave ns nothing instead ; " hut neither was true. The resolution was supported by many in the both Islands. In the early days the Provincial Governments did all the work of colonisation, and did it well ; but now they had delegated the work of cities to municipalities, the work of harbors to Harbor Boards, works in the country to Road Boards, and the country recognised how well they did their work by subsidising thpin. This left the Provincial Government only hospitals, lunatic asylums, and gaols. What would be the result if to-morrow the Provincial Governments *verc swept Hwny? Nothing. Things would go on just as well." Mr, James Milner sold by public auction in Dunedin on Monday, 3<3 sections, comprising 4f acres of unreclaimed land, adjoining the training wall. The total amount realised was £10 660, or an average of £3,500 per acrp. It is calculated that it will fcnl?e £2000 per acre to reclaim the land, thus making a total of £5 500. In his speech on the abolition resolutions. ATr. Macapdrew characterised the General Go--xerntnent. administration as extravagant and inefficient;, ana said tnnFwhen £lO,00().OUU vns spent, nofc £.">,000.000 value would be received thp Colony. Such a statement from one of Mr. Voxel's most sanguine supporters could hardly have been expected. Ojr Tueiday last, in thp Honi'e of Representative*, V.r. T. L. Shepherd asked the Premier whether Hie Government wou'd cause a case to be pubmitted to the dicssion of the Supreme Court as to the right of miners to fo>il rivers md streams! nndor the existing Goldfitslds Aefc. Mr. Ginssford bad entered a cuse for damages of £2,000 against same miners. If some legal provision was not nmdp for the protection of miners, it, would he necessary for the House +o legislate upon it.— The Prt-mier said the Government, could not do what was proposed but. if any two litigants would agree to state a case for the Snrpreme Court, the Government would have it argued, with the objpet of determining the rights of the respective parties. The town of Cromwell is showing great signs of vitality, if the erection of public and oiher buildings may h> taken as an idpx of prosperity. The " Arguß " says: Quite an aatonißb'r<» number of buildings have recently been pveof cd. or pro now in course of erpction in Cromwell. Opposite the post-ofScp, higher up the street, there is quite a collection of houses where thiee months ago there was not one. Then there is the schoo^ouse, now completed and occupied ; a very neat and creditable erection. The new Athenssntn building, the construction of which was hindered by the frost; is now being pushed on with ; and the Church of England is also under way. The School, the Athenfeum, and the church are all of stone, and when the last two are also completed, they will be a credit to the town. Messrs. I. Hallenstein and Co. are to proceed with the erection of what will be a very handsome and commodious structure. The tender of Messrs. Heron and Drummy has been accepted for the work, at what figures we have not heard. This building, when completed, will be the finest in the district. And, to sum up, tenders are at present being invited for the erection of our district hospital, which is to cost something like £900. It was long a repioach to Cromwell that there w.s not a decent building in it. The comthouse was a miserable hovel; the schoolhousc was little better' ; there was not a church except the Catholic chapel — certainly a neat iittle structure, and a credit to the body ; the only public building worthy of the name wa3 the post-office, for the Town Hall was (and is) nothing to boast of. But now we are improving rapidly, and when tho erections we have enumerated are completed, Cromwell will be very little way, if at all, behind any of her neighbors in this respsct, Mr. J. Y. HENRY Bays the " Cromwell Argus " has disposed of his line of coaches between Clyde and Queenstown to Messrs Parsons and Co. We have not heard any particulars. Mr. Henry's was a well known face on the road, and he gave very general satisfaction to the travelling pnblic. We hear it is his intention to remove to tire North Island. The "Cromwell Argus " states that some excitement has recently been created by the fact of some rich ground having been struck at the Roaring Meg flat, on the opposite side of the river from Mr. Nulty's hotel. A half-share in the fluming across the Kawarau was disposed of the other day for £150. The great drawback to the working of {he ground is the want of water; if water could be brought directly on to it. and hte ground sluiced} from the face, "piles" could be made. As it is, very handsome wage 3 are realised, although the wash-dirt has to be sledged down to the river-bank, where the water can be brought to play upon it. From the report of Mr. D. M'Gregor, Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, recently laid on the table of the House of Representatives, we take the following paragraph : — " A large proportion of the cases admitted are found to come from the goldfields. After making allowance for the peculiar circumstances and mode of living of miners in Otago, I think it can be shown that their needlessly unvaried diet is to. blame for the laVge number of lunatics, from this class. As.a rule the lunatic" mhier is extremely constipated, the bowels being loaded with hardened faeces. Once this is removed, rapid recovery ensues. lam of opinion that the chief cause of this state of things is the enormous quantity of strong tea daily consumed by miners, and the entire absence of milk from the diet, Could nothing be done to remedy this by encouraging miners to settle on the land and adopt a more rational mode of life ?"