GENERALNEWS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 14, 8 October 1874, Page 3

GENERALNEWS.

The' HawKeY/m/ Heiald* be-rina »•< leader. with the following:— -",' An alii- ' gator,' " says the showman, "•is an animal' x that can't, live on land, and. dies in the : water,' and thia is exactly . , the position _ which Mr. Vbsel has found for Mr. O'Rorke , r and other Provincialist members of the, same kind." -..'.,; •"' ; ' ; ' Noticing, the execution of the murderer Hawthorne at Sydney, a Victorian content- '< . porary flays ;— Seldom, even in the Aus-, tralian calendar ,bf crime, has so dark a tale of horror been told, us a« , in the " last dying speech and confession" of the murderer Hawthorne. , n Human nature S'irely ' ; never .more nearly' japprqacbed the' fiend than in this murderous monster; this criieV cutthroat of the. bush. : ' The most, ferttle-pl .- sensationalists never hit. upon pp.- brilliant an idea, so sure, an expedient to ' bring ; down the house, ' or sell " a , yellow. backed aboroinatipn, as a '* villain of the piece," who amused himself by tying defenceless' travellers tp trees, and coolly,' jt wbulaY v : s^em,, cutting their throats. • The ! ruffiari'fs gains q-m .never have been large, while his ; daily lite, except in the moments pf his * fienoinh ftm^emehtjrnnet have, been one ofV . continued' termr. Yet he stuck to hia horrible pastime, until at least four sap f - Jinijs in the lonely bush, .were beuding, bert eath their ghastly burdens, "as. •', possibly still may he as many. 'more. Picturing, the : horror of those lonely, deaths} the despairing' terror of the doomed men, and cold cruelty* of the^-murderer;' gloating; with fiendjute pleasure over his victim's (lying. .aabnjfJf*; i' onjp is inclined to win h that Japanese; justice could. have, taken the.place of. th« milder, vengeame of- pritisb law, and the mahmonster.have experienced in his own execrable person, some bf the torture be inflicted so Tuthles«ly upon others. ;. . .' ',,, r piP , The diroctiona of the Poverty I^ay Petroleum and kerosene Company have, .issued their report for the past year, in wbich they state : — : u Your directors made last Christmas. a a per t sorial examination, of the f springei and the roads to. tbem; accompanied by Mr Winter, surveyor;, and, contrary to 'their expectations, were so far successful as' to difcoyer dray ./road., to the ; * spring^. Several- , other adjacent. springs , have Fince been discovered. ; The unayoid- . able detention pf the ..Splendid' in cbhse- ' , quenceipfhavin^ been dismasted b^'ahurri- ' ,cane. has delayed tbe .manager, •' who is a passenger.by her,. and ' has prevented/ the/ commencement of boring operations at. the springs, as fy was considered imprudent, to . aftempt works of that nature, nave', under the supervision, of a man. of practical knowledge and experience.;. Me may* however, now' be expected ( at any moment;;' All that, could h aye been done in The, meantime t ha*, been dofie ; everything has, been for^ mouth;*' / in reaiclioepa for immediate operations pprhi-j < arrivaj ; and it. is more than prq.bab^tbat'a/ . yery few w^eta— perhaps poly; dayfj—pf borinjjmay prod ucetne long- hoped-foriftpw ofoii'v. ... \ r ,... ;. '•;•'/.- - , Mr. Duncan, emisrdtion agent for' the ," . Province of Canterbury* Appears to.be pnrt ..' bis ; yocaf ion. with zaah.. Addressing a meeting r .pf agricultural laborers jpme- '. where, in thcEastern Countlea pf. England, , he to have said:— lv thia land, blesf-^'d, with'a beautiful' a'pd temperate *cli- ; mate; the, lowestj. wage I*'paid;1 * 'paid; to, laborers, ; were,ieight shillings^ day, . Breaking fbrth: . into rhyme,. Mr. Duncansapl that the -state of the labor market in New Zealand migbt Be thus described :tt p v : ; VX^' -.«; ;- ,f• „ -, . Eight Hours' work, ' Z ''•*' '■" ■'-, R.ght hours' play, ' ', Eight bptirV *l£ep, * ' "• And eight bob la -day. The * Dunstain Times' hfts been privately i ' informed that, on-an analysis ""by, Prpfesaor. Black, of D.nnedin^ of a variety v of braßdß\, .', of brandies, thaVsulphuric v acid, in agre^ter , or le^s deairee, was d.etectfjd.iu each r . ' . y_ ".'. ' t . ; Bivprtbu ! .buiat be;a"nioe.place i to' live in. ' A correspondent ip., the i local H journal wrjtps : —'Jlt is a ; Wonder *that *lp'ng' : lpn^ ere th[s showers of fire, siiph as destrpyedSodom and Oomorfahi have npt deaceode^d, , or that tbe. waters bt thp Apanma have npr . aris'mland submerflred. nq 9i to ..in,^he .time of .< the Dtduge, aa a judgmept for r .tbe,Bcand^|- , ':■, mongering.; and; lying .propensities, of t niai , small 4 > city." 'IJpcm t|.\e slightest pretext,/ ': and : without .nny^obnJlaiiobv l^rdmorß^ ;?of r P ewry kind are fabricated, apd ; ! ) circu'aredi and madje to< Sincreaiie^inpror j portion as they tra^ti:' Op course,, sir, ;thi9 pertains to, some, extent.in an^.;Bjp%n',cpni» ; ». ;, mupitv^ biit m^t piitraaeppaly fjoitt^River^ „; • ton. Ladies, »re .said *to sit *jrt 'their^^.wioppwa 'p for tbe; purpose 'b'f 'pfatbering^tb'e .' i ßl >r fwS»t > -: : . reaspnjfor.a BM*adal ? and,; inyCbns^quytf^ y are credi ted; with - the f acuity > oi} '.^e'eob'd- tp sisht,'t j whereas it", should only she ralledv ■ - '.imp^r.tinpn^Vcprirtsity.'^ n^b'p;.Bpop^rrft;bia't;| . kind; ' bf th|ng ,ss , looked "[dpwn^^pi^^'t^aji'^; betfer it^will be for all parties. coni^K'ediijfe y VhUS being, attended to v '»» \u tK(|*«r^J||^ r worild,.. conduce to the benefit of r,aU"^n^^rf,- 3 ;| lected, will- eventually bring its own j>Uj#^| ,; ,;' , 'l[/\p':^iry^Wfmi