The Bruce Herald. "Nemo me impune lucesset." TOKOMAIRIRO, APRIL 10,1877.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 896, 10 April 1877, Page 5

The Bruce Herald. "Nemo me impune lucesset." TOKOMAIRIRO, APRIL 10, 1877.

;,FidM Canterbury comes echoes of b» r "■■■* mirtiag^Dwnt in the working of the railw»; vliitoa oT 'iinri province^ Where there i '-■"'"-Biii'Vke jthete mast -be* ffrw ; and with s» ■/.» ifiiny cimrplsiots of defective manasjetnet.- --.-,: -thfere ; ißu»ij. He some irurb in them* Th* § biil ofjiridictnaent pr«ferred is, that- fro n - ?fch« manner iiiwhichsthe lines are worked great / delay, inconvenience, and 10-- : ;jßn>wl of, grain: ;does not < ;; , :^p|»ef^t6^hav)Bbeen «»nductß<i on any thiig ■ c like^^t^^anA though the worst fault ' Vto fiiid m»y . te .that things are lle t : to t y^ tfn^r t^circumittiiinces, it ie ;■■■ • opt J«ix priiiing that imputations of;par- ;>: tiafi^^ "" itris/ tiot?' w«riting;i: : On^ ;m^n, or; ! ont* : : -as^he;' ;fca§e^inay : be, 'can, it ' if" dbtaiii trri*s:«V *hile* aoother can at;«lp Allowing a grea^ deal ■j foe this complaints that : m»y be expected to Bet8 et /^Vlheir ,stnff^}ito market, there is evident 1 j^disaatwfactfprj when drays and wajKPns Wa?e to carry grain parallel . with ( , maiq ratlway^lwefl. That the grain .traffic is : s ; ; c*rn"ed l on j iri i napETanni and promiecu pas manner it well shownr when, it is stated v £ A«fcirß^<^^ifi|^ tparifpf ruling stock, but wK.t.tfie^e is dfWfßnbf judi--.■^!«i^iy»^l^':^l^a^^r^# 1 *&n ? at no •Uted' iinws between'the brdiDary paseen g«>>trwn«^soim ofj wbicih doald r titf this MafOQ bto dtßpeneed with) and id the face of e^ft.aca^i^ pf rolling Btock: t r f mpty truckeare itsndingor running aDd others are actu- , :^llynaej f,or storing grain, while ,£arjn era cpnveyed to .the port pf shipment. -3L"«M mtiffii :V' Have cttcariHrt»n6eß relaited J appear 't#° be anything but satisfactpry. \ Hoiwwer, the Qovernmgrft -Be©m ? ;' fully ; \ • t;ili»ft^tp\tße UTjtp^ard 'po&itiori ? of pre«ent ll^ira, as on W«dne*diy last ito Minister of Pubiiei Works desired » special; meeting to be called of the Christchurch. Chamber \of Commerce, «o that he might confer J:s^9j^^|ficul|y{;,in the most s^tisfactpry , iMnner poMibie, and to, adopt means to -"S^id^ifu^re repeiitira pf the difficulty w,bich seems to have arisen from the Go-* 1 VeiTiment monopoiißirig the stomge pf pf transit by refusing to -permit *• construction of private sidinge ; ai^in- Dnne^io and elsewheire. MrOrmond f: is •troiigly ;^f Ppicipn that storage should v. &* -Ufyify^vmtfa , epterprwe, and the business j ef 'the. G-o»er,nment restricted : Ifco . cirry^ing, knji doubtlees; the adpption t'-sskade ,pf. iheC.vanterJpury . lines. It fw-m« " ■#' T*outs v pf fpr of Weeks' from •••« station on ' th^ufbern linte between furling and If O8«iel baa been uppn thewh'otto -ntia^-/fafetprily-cotfducrtd.**^^^ alsp' the cpnvey^oce iw*m-^Waitihuna to Milton of the large - product PfOreenvaleStation-sonoe 30,000 0 bu«hel». ?; wThe : Messrs Bt»gg Brothers have been somewhat ;; incouvenienced by, the. want pf storage accommodation a' Jflntfos theirextenßiye grain pro"iuQiipnsjn cpuraepf transit from Hiliend, <5r bui probaiily^ in future years this wili be •vpided i as^s^h w a requirement could not well have "been "foreseen, aDd, all thing^ g^airtd, 1 Hfc r W9b ?i i&ve every reaspntcbe^froud-pf Aeir railway inanagemWrt; as compared with the unr «a^siact«(ry state^ofvaffiira in Ganterbury. meeting at Inch €lutbmx>o tbe subject of *ihe Matau Bridge, j -we would direct the attention of those con--frcierneatbthe prpriaions' of the Public Works Act, as contained in flection 8«, clause 2, whicd provides that " Every bridge, ferry, ror ford aero** ;r river, at a point where the two banks ax^inxdi^erent counties shall be under the cpntrol of the General.CFovernmenti or of such 1 pnepfvtbe counties as the -Minister directs" > It wiil^thiiS be seen that the course to be t adopted is plainly defined -ty the Legislature, : altbPugh}«Oimuch'wa«4iiade of the apparent difficulty at the ineetbg referred to. At the present iin*e ibe -bridge -is clearly under the s^oittrtil^f^ttie'^ Oeueral' Government, and -belbre ;j iny^mo;ney : is^expettdVd upon it we -■h^a^^avisehhat^flie of Public #p*ks fe'requested^to direct 1 whetLer the ->Cluthacor Bruce Council shall- assume con'the t bridge. :i * 'As the latter Council alone ht« adopted the A^t, in til likelihood tthe; control wiir be deputed to it, jilthougb, in pur opinion, its management belbng^io fhe Clutha -»&*&£& tti place^ Iwundary bridges in the * Iplrin|%p^r^ar^n|eii^ 7 th^ r^^^falTuniderrlhe Zfoiirol of fhe / f^ruce County Ciiuncn^^' 71 /'^■' Vi :

~ W«~ would uraw attention to the prbgramnv <>f the forthcoming L'lutha races contained in this issue. " Mr v JDvkne's spacious new Hall, Balclutha, is to be opened on the 3OtK May with the church of England concert. • ' -*" :, J ' A petition is being largely signed in Javor of he Milton Station being' made the junction for railway traffic on theTuapek* Line. ' - Thb drawings at the Waihola Toll Bar for the month of February were £31 14s lid, and for March, £31 17s lOd. Thb resolution passed by the Bruce County Council yesterday takes effect to«day, so that, an a County we are now fully under the provisions of the ' Act. . . .■■ ._. ■ v ; '. : ' v .•' -i "We would remind the collector* of the Macan-. drew Testimonial Fund that the meeting to report progress takes place to-night. ' Doubtless the Committee would be glad to be waited upon at the meeting by any would-be contributors, wsbo j may hate been omitted to be called upon by the collectors. 'Thb fire which took place at : Mr Reginald:! Macdonnld'n property at Knit angata^ was luckily checked in its i infancy by a Mr Malcolm' Morrison. In' the event of the insurance companies riot handsomely rewarding Mr Morrison it will tend to act as a precedent for others so situated to s He in their beds, in place of turning out and extinguishing a fire. No more convincing proof could, be offered of the present depreciation of property in Milton than the amount recorded in our commercial columns at which the Pottery Works were sold at auction on Saturday. The price realised was but little, if, anything, in excess of the market value a few months ago of the freehold of the sections upon which the works are built. MbE.W. Capstick reports that hesold by auction yesterdaj, the 9th instant, at the Council Chambers, Milton, the late Mr Lang's farm property, I .on which occasion he had the largest attendance and most spirited bidding that has taken place, at land sales held by him for some years past. The 'farm is' situated four and a half miles from Milton, and contains 270 acres. The first bid was £8 per acip, rapidly running up to £10 Is per acre, at "which price it was finally knocked down to Mr James Maben, of the Mataura. Thbou»bc the exertions of the Mayor ol Lawrence the Government has placed a free train to ■Clarksville at the disposal of the school children of the district. The day fixed for the excursion is Friday, April 13, and the train will leave Law►rence at half-past 10 o'clock. It is expected that 'there will be about 600 to accommodate. Mr ■. Clark has kindly promised one of his paddocks for the children to hold their picnic upon, and we believe that any friends from Milton will be welcomed on the scene, which should bean enjoyable one should the weather prove favorable. Wmw the Government receive information of the adoption of the Act by the Bruce County Council, in all probability they will withhold the previous resolution of the Council providing for the first six months' expenditure voted before they had agreed to the adoption . of the whole Act, as otherwise the Council will have no power over the expenditure of these funds by the several road boards. However, the Council will be in immediate receipt of funds from other sources sufficient to provide for temporary requirements. It would appear that the Mount Stuart Road Board h^ve for some time past been in receipt of a considerable revenue' from Chinamen for permission to work a roadline in the Woolshed district, on the understanding that the roadline is to be left in better condition. This part of the agreement " John " has faithfully performed, as also the regular periodical payments provided. The Chinamen are now anxious to have their agreement implemented by the Bruce County Council, with whom they are prepared to deposit £100 as ■ecuritv that they will fulfil their part of the agreement, and leave the road in a better condition than they find it. They also agree to pay £50 every six month ts rental for permission to Tnine the roadline. A rooTBAIL metch took place at Kaitangata on Good Friday, between the Balclutha andKaitangata clubs. The following are the names of the Balclutha players :— B>. Loudon (captain), Barr, Algie, Stanbrook, Hawaon, Frier, Mooneyj Phelan, W. Mason, Hislop, Baycer, M'Kenzie, Peach, and Hogg. Kaitangata,— G. Steven (captain), W. Reid (vice-captain), T. Reid, M, Moriarty, M. Foley, J. flislop, A> N. Hislop, T- Hislop, J. Punnet, P. Sprigbtley, H. Cotton, G. Shand, J. Shand, and J. Shore. Mr JRenner acted as central umpire, and Messrs Shore, and M'Ewan as goal umpires. The match resulted in a victory for Kaitangata by two goals to one. A lunch at Mrs Murphy's followed, and a pleasant hour was spent together, when the Clutha men started by the train for Balclutha, A return match comes off soon. A special meeting of the Bruce County Council was held in the Couucil Chambers yesterday, to decide upon the advisability of adopting the whole Counties Act. Present — Messrs H. Clark (Chairman), Landels, Murray, McDonald, Petrie, Robertson, and Wayne. Mr J. E. Brown, clerk pro tern. The minutes pf the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Chairman called upon the members to express themselves fully upon the in&tter before adopting a step from which they could not recede. Mr Landels remarked that the Act had been so framed that it was scarcely permissive. The Chairman agreed that it was a mistake to snpr pose its adoption in full optional, as if they did not adopt it they could do nothing. Mr Wayne said that those who had studied the history of the Act knew that the permissive clauses -had ba^n introduced by certain provincialists without any possibility of their being of any use whatever, so. much so that s ney Apt would be required to enable them to carry out the penuissiye plauses satisfaetorilly. Mr Petrie believed it would proved to be for the good of the County their adopting the whole Act, against which flogrsp no one had previously, been more, opposed than him? self. ., Mr Robertson proposed, and Mr Wayne seconded, " That the wliolo of the Counties' Apt, 1876,' be Drought into force in" .the'" OVunfjf; of Bruce/' AH present voted in faver of s tihe : motion except -Mr Robert Murray, who did ;not: see a single ground for adopting . it. } at the. .present moment. Motion carried; "Tlie '--next meeting of Council was fixed for- Saturday; the 211st 7 irisfc., at 10 : o'clock, ii when the business of : tjws County Council will be fully catered upon, ,a-7f-

L 1 * Thb ♦Timaru Herald * leports 'that Tar sixteenth of an tcre of land immediately adjoining Mr Fyfe's residence, having a frontage of 83 feet, hue just-been purchased by the Bank ot New South Wules trom Mr Ormsby for £625, or at the rate' of £10,000 an acre. This transaction affords another proof of the confidence which ' exists as to the permanent prosperity of the town and district. Thb Westland County Council appears now desirous of bringing the whole Counties Act into force. At a late meeting Mr Seddon said.that he found that the non-adoption of the Act had been injurious to Wetland, and had indeed been nothing short of a public calamity. A general feeling exists amongst Councillors that the welfare of the district will be especially consulted by bringing all the clauses into operation. — c West Coast Times.' , Mb Waxt£B Millbb has apples growing at his homestead at Roxburgh, GHenore, in large quanti- j ties, weighing as high as lilb each. Two trees of first year's bearing yielded 33 apples, weighing Silbs 3ozs. These fairly eclipse ihoae reported a-" grown by Mr Matthew Holmes at Awamoko — weighing |lb each. Wb are informed that a chairman, of one of the Clutha Road Boards who attended the Dun* edin Convention claimed and passed a cheque for the amount of hie expenses without the approva of the whole Boatd. Our informant, who is a ratepayer in the district referred to, purposes sueing the chairman for the amount of the cheque as a misappropriation of the funds of the ratepayers. DTTBIN&ithe late floods, Mr Sinnott is reported to have lost 50 head of cattle by drowning from lis property on the island between the foot of Waihola Lake and "Waipori. This is greatly to be regretted, as he had taken the precaution of building the bridge at his own expense from the island to the mainland on the Main touth Road chiefly, with a view to avoid euch casualties. The Henley Estate proprietorsare reported to have lost 2000 sheep, but no cattle. No less than 100 sportsmen are reported by an eyewitness to have surrounded Tuakitoto and Kaitangata Lakes on the morning of the Ist inst., most of whom arrived on the acene the previous night, and whose camp fires presented the appearance of a country besieged by an enemy. So soon an daylight broke the number of shots fired all around the lake still further appeared to carry out the idea of warfare, and those who diii not succeed in making -a bag during the first hour or two of daylight had but little chance thereafter, as early in the morning not a duck was visible. It has been declared uy gazette notice that game shall be open to be hunted, jhot, taken, or killed within the Provincial District of Otago between the Ist day of June, 1877, and 31st July in the same year, both inclusive, but only between the hours of snnrise and sunset ; and it is further proclaimed and declared that it shall be lawful to hunt, shoot, take, or kill any native game in the Provincial District of Otago during the months of April, May, June, and July, 1877. The following are defined as game and native game respectively : — Game: Pheasants partridges, grouse, black game,' ptarmigan, quails, snipe, plover, swans, hares, antelope, deer, imported wild duck of any species. Native game: Wild duck of any species, bittern, pied stilt plover, wild geese, dotterel], tui, native pigeon, teal, black stilt plover, curlew, quail. The license fee is fixed at 30s. Not a few of the old settlers of this district will remember the real pioneer of gold- mining in Otogo, Blank Peter, who was then employed at the Woolehed and from whom Mr Gabriel Read is believed to have received the information which led him to discover Gabriel's Gully. The following regarding Black Peter is from the ' Tuapeka Times' : — " A. well known character, whose name is associated with the earliest gold days of Otago, has been knocking about the township of Tapanui for the past week. We allude to ' Black Peter.' He says, and there is no doubt that the statement is correct, that he worked" in Gabriel's Gully long before Gabriel Read discovered that gully. ' Black Peter' was in t his colony long before the diggings broke out, engaged aB a station hand, and he used to take periodical visits to Gabriel's Gully to make a c rise.' Peter has had the usual ups and downs peculiar to his class — one day a comparatively wealthy man, the next hard up. The chance of making an independent fortune iv a short time, Peter, like many others, let slip, and after all is still a station hand, ' hard up, and broken down.'" OtTB telegraphic columns have already recorded the suicide on the 2nd inst., of Mr F. Kuiumicb, stationer and tobacconist, Alexandra. The correspondent of the ' Tuapeka Times ' gives the following additional particulars of the melancholy event: — On Monday afternoon it was noticed that the shop of Mr F. Kummich, tobacconist, had not been opened during the day, nnd as no one had seen him since Sunday forenoon, some alarm was felt, and it was decided to force an entrance into the premises. This was accordingly J done, but nothing was found to give a clue to his disappearance. The bed appeared as if he had not slept on it the night previous, and all sorts of conjectures were :offered as to the cause of his absence. In the evening a Chinaman residing at the mouth of the Efernspleugb River, 3aine into the township, and slated that he had seen a European walking on the beach on tlij opposite side of the Molyneux during the whole day, and that ho was making gestures as if to throw hirnpelf into the river. Constable M'Leod, accompanied by several of the townspeople, immediately started off in search of him, and just as it was getting dark they discovered Mr Kummich walking on a heap of tailings close to the rlyer, He never spoke, but when Messrs Cameron and Findlay had approached within a few yards of him he suddenly made a rush and jumped into the river. The current at the spot where he sprang in runs very rapidly, and he was swept away and disappeared in an instant. Mr Kummich waa ou&-of pur oldest business residents, he was & very- abstemious man, and was generally respected by all who knew him. The only explapatipu thatj pan be given for hi? committing such a rash act, is that he nmttliave been suffering from a temporary aberration of mind, Ifrom the ruppearauee of the place where the unfortunate man was first discovered, it seems as if her had been walking backward and forward allday on Monday, and probably on Sunday night also, as he had worn a path about twenty yards in length on the surface of the sandy gravel. "The sad affair has thrown quite » gloom over pur little HfW,-/-.-;. , .-:..:. '■ .." ■ .■■.- ■ : ■;

'" Thb Kttitangata and Tuakitoto Lakoe were besieged on Sunday night) lstinst. when, at midnight, firing began, and at daybreak there were aboui three sportsmea for every duck, at least so we arr informed by. an eye-witness. ~ We did not hear oi any very large bags being made. On dit, in one instance a well-known sporting resident of Balclutha, being out-witted by the advance multitude at the lakes, deternuning not to be done, purchased a few duoks at 10s each. Expensive sport, tind particularly aggravating when it became known. ' It will be remembered that afc the time of Dr Coughtrey's resignation of his appointment as Professor of Anatomy in the Otago University, the late Dr Hulme, when the matter was being considered by the Council jocularly remarked that they had done everything in their power to assist the Professor. When he wanted a subject they had not killed a man on purpose, but Providence had- done so, and thus provided them «ith a fit subject just when wanted. This story has been forcibly brought to our mind by the following extract from the ' Guardian ' : — "A gardeuer residing at the Water-of-Leith, named George Smith, died on Sunday under somewhat extraordinary circumstances. It appears that the friends of the late Dr Hulme, who was buried about three months ago, had prepared a vault for the reception of his body, and Smith, with some other workmen, were on Tuesday last employed to lift the coffin. While digging it out they were aln.ost overpowered by the stench emitted, and a quantity of liquid . matter oozing through the seams adhered to their tools. One of the men accidentally grazed the side of Smith's leg with the point of his spade, but the bruise scarcely pierced the skin, and appeared so trivial that no attention was paid to it. The same evening Smith, who is a Forester, was at a meeting of his Lodge apparently well and happy, and on Wednesday he nas working as usual. On Thursday he felt iU and took to his bad. Dr Brown »vas called in to see him, and discovered that the unfortunate man was suffering from symptoms of bloodpoisoning. Everything that medical science could suggest was done for him without avail, and after enduring the most fearful agonies imaginable, he died on Sunday afternoon. Decomposition set iv so rapidly that the side of the body on which tie scratch had been inflicted became as black as iik almost before the body was cold, and the deceased had to be coffined immediately. The d<ceased was a hard-working, industrious man, ab«ut 40 years of age, very much respected by tae members of the Order with which he was associated, and he leaves a wife and young familj to deplore his death.