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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 43, 6 May 1875, Page 5

•f *.'* ':' s: ■■ ' — — — — i—^—^., .. .. .. ; _r ' • • : The births, deaths, and' marriages registered in this province during the past year '. amounted to 3,583, 1067 i and 131, respec* i >ti^ely. i t- ! -i :■. „■.■:-&- y/j .r.-.r : ;■-,<* \. ■ The annual soiree in connection with the Waiw^ra^ Sch r ooli ; wfw Held* on the 22nd ; ; inßti ; ' The^eatherbieirigfGforable and tbe assenjbled-to cjelebrafe -ttie * eyeiit/iwhich^ thanks to the judicious arrangements made by the committee was ithe <most succiessful that^as yet?tske> plic^iihthe^ diatri^acd everyone appeared to be highly gratified witH' the evening's entertaiiiUieQt. The; cbmpan^fiter^wtakmg bf » in %xcel-1 • lpnferepaßt« r wias^ etftertaiffed^Mt^Slidrt; addresseß, headings; recitatio^^ and^ instrumental - music/ were e^ieciftSa -ih n a-iMyle highly creaits^&tb^he "talentralid'liiteliigence v »f^^thfe r arfd|lleaßisg»ai %ellas instrflctiteCf6\ther aadienw/ ;The evenm^'samusenients'were concluded ;by a dancey ;^ with spirit to au : early- hour in the indrDing,. after iwMcH tKe Assembly broke, trpiahd ber; ;tookj themselves to < their! several,homes,highly gratified^ with the performances of i-to.xA L-z& t z(A oi ?ro-j.i v

We are informed tHat .last week Mr Jos. Smith, of fiilieWp-tKresHed out -1700 bushels ofc oats) in the; short space; of ten and a. half hours* with, one;- : of- Howlesten Brothers', machines... . , ; ■-'"- -1 : The following , appointments have been made by ; the Postmaster- General in the postal service of this . district :— P. F. Stoddart, Kaitangata; and T. P. Wilson; Puerua, to be postmasters in their several districts. "Both appointments date from the Ist Aprii last.. Up to the 31st March last, 56,377' acres of land were thrown open for sale on deferred payment, of which 37.204 acres have been taken up, leaving 19,173 acres stiil on hand. Mr C Hagan, photographer, has submitted for inspection, his album. It contains the portraits of many well known persons, residents in and about this district, executed in a very neat and artistic style. We observe from advertisement in another column that he has now commenced business in Balditfha. Amongst the list of accepted' tenderg for performance of mail services for the year, published in the last General Government _' Gazette ' we find , the following : — *♦ Between, Dunedih and Balclutha, Milton and Lawrence, Dunedin and Oa'nnru, Oamaru and Waitaki, Palmerston and Naseby, Palmerston and Naseby via Macraes and Hyde, Naseby and Clyde, Clyde and Queenstown, Lawrence and Clyde, Balclutha and Kaitangata : J. T. Chaplin L 3500; Balclutha and • Port Molyneux via War'epa: Alex. Ayson L 10 0; Port Molyneux and Owake : Robert Shiels Cj33 : Cinton and Tapanui: M'Neil and Williams L 140; Switzersand Waikaka: Thomas Hunter L5O. . After the sale of stock at the Puerua market on Friday, Mr A. Maclean, by desire of the Committee of Management for the cattle yards, offered the lease of the yards for 12 months, commencing from the 10fh inst. for sale under the following conditions : ;— " That the purchaser should have the sole right to hold sales in them save and except the usual half yearly market sales held in April, and October, also that no sales should be held for two months respectively previous to those sales." Some strong objections were made upon the ground that the committee had no right to thus sell the lease of the yards, while handing them over to one' auctioneer en* couraged raonoply and. tended to injure the : place as a District Cattle Market. The objections were unavailable, and the lease of the yards were knocked down for Ll2 to Messrs. Capstick, Duthie, arid Co., auctioneers, Tokomairiro. ••--•» A consignment of valuable sheep, purchased by Mr P. Oakden, forming part of the .celebrated flocks of Mr Kirkham, of Biscathrope, lately imported into this country, passed through Balclutha en route for Mr Oakden's station. A hundred guineas were refused in England for one of the rams, arid it was only on consideration of its being taken out of the country that it was sold at all. They are said to be the finest lot of sheep that ever left England for the colonies. They were conveyed by rail from Port Chalmers through to the Molyneux ; the breake at. the Chain Hills, &c. being provided for .by road carriage. This is, we understand, the : first flock of sheep brought to the Clutha by this mode of conveyance. The Matau Road Board held its ordinary meeting on Monday, the 26 th lilt. The members present were Messrg Inglis )Chairman), Bell, M'Boaald, arid Smith. The minutes^of last meeting were, con-, firmed. The punt comtiiittee "reported their acceptance of the tender of Mr Wm. Ramsay for gates on the Inch Clutha bank. ;Mr M'Donald ; reported that Mr Bassett had laid ten chains of gravel on the r^ad^ between the Episcopal Church arid the, river, according to specifications. Tjie* amount due for this work was ordered -tip, be "settled.' A letter was laid before the Board. from Crichtori Road Board relative , to the opening- of a certain' toad-line, consideration of which was postponed until next meeting. The clerk, was directed to advertise the annual meeting of ratepayers forrthe election of fresh members in place of those retiring by rotation. A report,, which on a previous occasion was , laid be- ' fore the Board j in re ditching arid boxing required "near the bottom of^the Island, wasithein considered. ; It was resolved to call for teriderfr for the requisite [w^rk?; under., thei supervision of Mr Bell, ; Accounts were then passed, and the next, meeting, fixed to.take place on the last Monday of themonth.v : . '■■■ j '--' : \ ! ' ■ A Waippri corresptoffent' writes :~i cannot let c fthe . present^ ' opportunity ; pass without trespassing on your space considerably; for three:of:>the chief motors iri the following i are ; Jremarkaljly -> yrell known in Balclutha, ,*n,d . after s -having, shown their ; enterprise. , and . iridomitable pluck in your, di?trict ! haye^m^ her^, 'and ' fofyH of tHe'mbSt kinfl; -arid haviripnd* pretensiorisas to mechianicg, have-erected the «NU j ©ißsp^ra%dum ; '!r quartz crushing : battery^whioh alone is capableofetampirg ;them aslmen pftthe^il^esperandum type. Oh: the ,^6th April a largg^crpwd assembled to .witnesB^tne *firs't,cruBhing of this .battery., AfiertiiCWfieierh^b^^^^ by having a bottle of cb'ampagne broken on 1 its grea|i arc, 'thV water wSs turned on amid . the shdiits'^f the^ bysfanderaic to the i enterprise wa^prdposedf -and carfiedf by three , times, tbre'eg 7,MrrCpx,:oii.'behalf', ,of the] shareholders, replied, t , numerable follo^ecl., bat: "amongst themw^jtiat of r m^ who WererajgejiJ npid^piit^WiMieiic&f' to whom 'they We^fe mtroi3ticel3jibleing^cdm.' ? paratfv^sti^ngera b'efe. '(^hej'tife^f^i lows :-^Meswa John Thom'pion^Ar«hibild .T-hompsorii John , Sharpe,-,of ,r Sfce*a^?ri|n4i Gpw;npJoriety^§ud^Rip^ some one would reply for Xhem:*bW^nm>h& :t*%^otns^ concede' to the wisti of his : mafeslahd "inoun^ iWrdeliFaMl Iri'^aifew marks he thanked the audience rfora;theiii spirit; dismayed jto.^a^d^ihem.^irhe^^^^^ JsamassiYestructiareojf^fe^ and;calcula^ r^ bfjthe^pirdpreora^WcrMfrtli^ havfe fai^gi^fiw^^^utitodh^wKiclP they average; at 1 2 pzs per ton. ; ■Mhtni)i\6 > .'is done^they^vftj|ujtt|fja ijfl^&tiMfa. i# nscDine spins*. 1 -JLuavtnevniav be succss--Hepil VpspMs^'smfsi^ia 3inivfflis^W

s sewt ew . art » pamter arid paper- - ; ->j banger, Balclulh^-hlas-adaea-ta-Eis^sfeeK M ! n t r * a . c » larse; and -;ya ied assortment>6f -'-il landscape " and' pther jT pai^Wg:'beion¥in# *! chiefly to the! oiloeraptiio^nd cromo- * lithographic branch ofthe-profession. • The ! collection is undoubtedly the Ibest that could be met with outside of Diinedin. ''■■ Rovers of the fine arts coiild' not do betted than pay Mr Stewart's establishment an > early visit. .. • :■ .; .-■ ■_ ,•_ t -„ We have been requested by Messrs Seobie " 8r05.,. Wairuna, to direct attention to ins advertisement announcing a great clearing sale of their stock, etc. : ,A ,• perusal of the advertisement will show the firm contemplates doing business for the next Veek' or two on most advantageous terms,' so far* aa customers are concerned, v ' .. We learn that the road and bri Jge works along the Popotunoa Gjrge to utaria are progressing more satisfactorily than they were doing. some time since.. At present, over thirty men are .engaged, and the contractors are sanguine of .getting the job finished within a few weeks, ; The bridges over the (Jorge crossings: are completed and open for traffic. ' That" of itself is a great convenience to the heavy traffic -and when the Waipahee and neighboring streams are bridgfd, the vicissitudes attending winter, traffic between this and the MatauFa will be reduced to a minimum. } . Information reached the police on Tuesday evening that the body of a man had been found at the run known as Cairn : Station, about, 14 miles from Clinton, on the line of country between Otaria- arid Waikawa. No information; has transpired as to how the deceased, ..whose ? name we i understand is unknown,, came by his death. It is surmised, however, that he was caught in the late storm, and that he perished from exposure. ; The police proceeded yesterday to the place where the body was '■- lying, .with instructions to institute' the i necessary inquiries and .take possession of ■' the body, preparatory to an inquest beinc ' nela. • < .' ° i Th« stern-wheel steamer Balclutha, expected back from the Port yesterday did not put in an appearance. -This is at- j no d«u ; t to; the fact that the : ■outside steamer had not reached the ! Molyneux. The Balclutha will proceed 1 up the river to load grain for the Port. \ In last nme we mentioned that she was '- expected back from her up.trip on Thura- • day. In consequence of an accident, which carried away one of her s rudder3, she did not reach Balclutha until the following morning, and on Sa urday ehe continued I her down run to the Port. 1 Reports to hand from TirnaruV dated 1 'the I 3rd inst., state that the Gfatlin's River 1 ketch Good Templar put in there in dis- i trees. Coming from the Molyneux to JPdr t I Chalmers she was caughtby.a squall, which carried away her mainmast; with ?all'herforward rigging, .j. bboon, jheadrsails • and mizenmast. . . She ran to Otago" Heads Where she anchored on Friday night/and on Saturday morning, ' ; fearing ,to be • swamped, slipped heir anchors : ar;d made • for Oamaru, but failed to reach that place I She steered> with difficulty for: Timam I roadstead wjthonly ten. fathoms of cable 1 Si? ar< lVm L She; }> orTo y e t gear^from the 1 Eliza M'Phee and made snug. • She ia re- I i fitting temporarily, and' will return to Port I ' Chalmers. as soon as possible.". :J , . | A Catlia's River correspondent; writes • 1 —In the event 1 |of the? Govtrrimeht : En- 1 • gineer, appointe'di to.;iinake tfae'-prelimioary VI survey to this place,- finding the ; gradient I'l too great in crossing. the saddle. between jh Ahuirira and the Qjvake .Valleys, t would fe respectfully suggest ;that a line with" "an P easy gradient could Be m'ide by' following il the banks of the Puerua riverfrom 1 a bbint ■ 11 near Sir J. E.. C.^Rienardson'tfresiaMce H where the two branches;' fork <off.ifq the -M wafer-shed between it f, and: the tsQm&al -fc Valley. From that point -the Jon^Jwoafif II follow the Owake river to whatever, place 11 might be considered suitable for "a tlfminus, il or for any juoction that' toight'b'e required I in future to continue, the' line *&rou'*ti L Ihe I heart of the buah . ' Of cbirSe rid'extSneioa ! of line for new supplies ofTitimb'eri'Beyond i the Owake or Catling Valley would/foe re- I quired for many years to come. !jWh<in sd I required, however, ., and that, requirement I inußt eventually spring up, it ibutd, jeasily lj be carried on to the valley at' tKe Bead tf ¥ Catlin's lake,; from which;a firi^Wve 1 ! track # could be got all^the -way to Totttukuf 1 ~lf P this suggestion: m ere foltowea^gooaaarge il extent of agriculturallland wouldri be made I! available ior settlementjiiKHh 4hej uHimate m prospect" of $, great, extenfc of jmagni6cent il timber land being broiigjjt , into use* the P r true value t of which it; wbu'ia^'e'a difficult 'M l matter to over estimate. '" v J^.-r,v - ||; '■'' ' '.:'■"'* "_ -iLll- h'-J^ r :*<S l-:;',\!l j ;'>,,i! f|j !