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Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1751, 21 May 1886, Page 3

consequence Mr W. Parlane, telegraphist at Clinton, has been promoted to the Dunedin office. Mr Hurst will move in the House that all ministerial residences be abolished, and allowance made for house rent instead. Mr J. C. Brown received a vote of thanks and confidence from his constituents at Lawrence on Monday evening. A cohcert in connection with the singing class will be given in Lovell's Flat schoolhouse this evening. The Colorado Beetles who visited Milton some weeks ago, announce a performance for Tuesday evening. They appear at Kaitangata on Monday evening. Section la, block X., Waipcri, containing an area of 4558 a. 3r. 27p0., is gazetted as set apart for leasing as small grazing runs under the Land Act, 1885. Me Bryce received a most enthusiastic reception at Wanganui on Wednesday, and was banquetfced in the evening in the Princess Theatre. The volcano Ruapehu Bhows signs of eruption. Immense volumes of steam are issuing from the summit, apparently from a crafcur which the natives say has been extinct from time immemorial. Services will be conducted in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday next by the Rev. J. Smith, of Balclutha. Mr Smith will lecture in the Church on Monday evening upon President Garfield. The funeral of Mr J. J. Lane's eldest son James took place at the Fairfax Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. A large number of mourners followed the remains of the deceased lad to the grave, including maDy of the boys of the High School. The Rev. Mr Cameron officiated at the grave. At an inquest on the bodies of the children burned to death in the Mornington fire, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," adding a rider to the effect that had there been a Fire Brigade or Salvage Corps in the Borough the lives of the children might have been saved. The first of the series of entertainments for this winter in connection with the BlueRibbon Association will be given this evening in the Presbyterian Church. Mr James Adam will deliver a lecture, illustrated with limelight views, upon " A Sail up the Rhine." Family tickets for the courae may be obtained of members of Committee. The Education Board yesterday granted £7 for completion of buildings at Waihola Gorge. Mr Begs; moved, according to notice, " That members of the Board be allowed railway fares actually paid both wajs, and 10a per day when attending meetings to members residing more than 5 miles from Dunedin." After discns3ion, it was resolved that 203 per day be allowed. The ' Evening Post' states that during his defence of a bankrupt the other day, "Mr Jellicoe said that he did not shut his eyes to the fact that the way to get on in Wellington was to plunder the public as much as possiblo and give as many balls and parties as one could, in which case the debtor was pretty safe when ifc came to the question of his bankruptcy." The Committee of the Bruce Rifles have decided to hold a shooting competition on the Queen's Birthday. The Company voted | £5 towards the prize-list, and a sub-com-mittee was appointed to canvass the town for subscriptions, and were very successful, having obtained no less than over £5 in cash and 23 prizss in kind, from a 10-gallon keg of beer to a bag of potatoes. The cash and goods have been arranged into 15 prizas, so that the rawest recruit will have a chance for something. Firing will commence punctually at 10 o'clook. With reference to the accident to the Canard Steamer Oregon, the 'Southland News'says: —Mr John Burns writes —"ln the public interest I think it right to inform you that, in response to a message which I cabled to the agents of the Cunard Company in New York, the following reply was received : —' Absolutely convinced that schooner was in collision with Oregon, Sensational reports to the contrary entirely unwarranted by facts, Chief officer, fourth officer, and three look-outs saw schooner.' " There are pigs without number, wild and tame, in New Zealand, but scarcely any of the numberless articles of utility of which tbat animal is the source are ever quoted in

the markets, while so far as Milton is concerned even pork itself is rarely offered for sale. Hoe's lard, the value of which in pastry making all housewives in other oountries fully appreciate, is never mentioned in market reports, and not often offered for sale. It may interest those who own pigs to know that this apparently waste product is quoted in Sydney at from 41 to 6d per lb. All recorded experiments with ensilage are emphatically in favor of the process. The marvel is that so few farmers adopt the system . A farmer at Emu Plains, New South Wales, has been feeding 30 horses and a mob of cattle on ensilage, and declares that it has come out so sweet that the animals enjoy it much, and are so fond of it that they lick the boards of the empty mangers ! That farmer is preparing 1000 acres for next season, which he intends to sow with wheat and store away green for ensilage. Mr Guinness has tabled a very sensible notice of motion in the House which certainly ought to be carried. Ifc is to grant free passes to children attending other than Government Schools. It is doubtful, however, whether the superstitious reverence with which the Educational system is regarded does not result in the House refusing to grant this obviously fair and just concession. The system, according to its most zealous friends, is so shaky that the slightest alteration of existing arrangements, even the method of electing Committees, would endanger it. The result of granting a slight concession to other soholastic institutions might be fatal. In the Speech from the Throne, the Governor was made to say :— " New Zealand is suffering from the depression that appears to prevail throughout the world, bufc which is affecting this Colony much less than other countries because of its great resources." Mr Johnston, a prominent member of the South Australian Parliament, recently said that he had travelled all over New Zealand, and added " there was no doubt that the scenery was splendid, and if people could live on scenery Naw Zealand would be both fat and prosperous. The depression which was everywhere apparent teat certainly much greater in New Zealand than in South Australia." Which prophet shall we believe? It would be very nice if we could accept the assertion of our own Governor, but we fear J the record is against this country. The ' Southland Times ' is very hard on the Government, but it can hardly be said unjust. In the course of a recent editorial upon the prospects of the Session, our contemporary says :— Of one thing we may be quite certain, that they will let no consideration of honour prevent them from sticking to office with the tenacity of leeches or limpets. They have really done more to demoralise the politics of New Zealand and turn Parliamentary government into a degrading farce than all preceding Ministries put together, and it now appears that they have hardly enough virtue left to be ashamed of themselves. How a Ministry composed of British subjects could endure so much disgrace and yet make shift to live, is a question which we commend to the now Professor of Casuistry in the University of Otago." Mr G. B, Dall has recently returned from a trip to San Francisco in the Miraroa, having had charge of the mail. While there he was interviewed by a reporter of the *Alta California,' and gave a very satisfactory and truthful account of affairs in this country, which was published in that journal. Mr Dall put up at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, and while there he was one of no less than 1700 boarders who all slept under the same roof. Railway fares over there, Mr Dall informs us, are slightly less than they are in this country. The charge for 1800 miles is only £1 0s 101, while from San Francisco to New York, about 3000 miles, it is only £3 43 2i. These extraordinary low fares are certainly created by competition, but the lines there are owned and managed by companies of sensible men and not muddled by a Government that knows nothing about the business. The Tokomairiro Mutual Improvement Society has commenced its session with a good attendance of members, who all maintain their interest in the proceedings of the Association. At the meeting on Tuesday evening there was a debate on "Property versus morality as the basis of representation." Mr M'Caw took the affirmative, and Mr Golding the other side. The opener in a well written paper set forth that the basis of the franchise should be morality, intelligence, and industry, while Mr Golding contended that nothing had been given him to answer. It was the general opinion that the proposition had been wrongly put, and did not at all set forth the idea intended. In order to bring the matter to some sorfc of an issue, votes were takeu on the questions of " morality v. property " and " property and morality." Only a small number voted, 5 for the former and 12 for the latter, which I was dechred carried. A young lady gave a reading on "Reading." The subject was sensibly chosen, and intelligently read. A terrible accident happened in Dunedin on Monday afternoon, which resulted in the death of one person, the serious injury of another, and casualties to other persons. Ifc was caused by the explosion of a blast in the Dowling-Street Cutting, which was discharged a little before 5 o'clock, and hurled massive rocks, and showers of smaller stones in all directions. A heavy stone crashed through the roof of the London Portrait Rooms, killing Mrs Finch, the sister-in-law of the proprietor, on fche spot, and Mrs Irwin, who was with her, sustained injuries of a dangerous character. Miss Vivian, also in the same room, was also severely hurt. There were quite a number of minor casualties aud narrow escapes elsewhere. The blast, whioh it is alleged was unusually heavy, was discharged by one of the " unemployed," under the superintendence of Mr William Barnes, overseer of the works. The inquest upon the accident was commenced yesterday. The evidence taken so far points strongly in the direction of oars-

lessness and ignorance on the part of the foreman. A Thames man has been touring in the South, and has favored the local ' Advertiser ' with an account of what he saw. Talking about Dunedin, he says : — " In Dunedin the stagnation was frightful, and labouring men were standing about in groups, and wishing they could be sent to Melbourne. Verily the glory of New Zealand seems to have departed, there is not pluck enough left even in a Dunedinite to blow about Otago." He writes very flatteringly of our neighbors at Lawrence : — " At Lawrence the hotels are kept open for show, as there are no oustomers. Mining is at a standstill, and the Blue Spur which has kept the town alive so long, is nearly worked out, only two claims doing anything. The whole Tuapeka District is like the Ashburton in pawn, and in the played out town of Lawrence the Bank of New Zealand just erected—dwarfs all the other buildings in the place." The Thames tourist did not apparently visit Milton. This was fortunate, for his account of us would have been so flattering that we Bhould all be on the eternal blow. Dyspepßia, billiousness, nervousness and miserableness all cured with Hop Bitters. Genuine made by American Co. See. Dont Die in the House. — "Rough on Rats " clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jackrabbits, gophers. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agents, Dunedin.