Untitled

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 44, 13 May 1875, Page 4

o ( nr Tapanui correspondent wrfte*«*r ; sWe are, to o haye^ races, o% ffis^j^defiV: birthday, and .the prizeawhl^be "quite up to; our usual liberality^ The, programihe is ; cot yet published, or I would Jfor^ warded ad wedt of it, The Oddfellows aie going to celebrate the holiday by, a ball, to be held im^the;, torn hall— -racing, and danci^J&rag\^ ■. .TttSMtix&tSm^^ } y,t' ?i > : <A a i *yy-W-^jrr j , ? >.* v '^^^oMki^k 'VeeW un^unrallf liigfc dgriag* the r l^fc* wefek; K inconsequence -of &wffltmW coach' has been ; unable 1 to ford * $b¥Mv& «'o^say£ o^ , &^^jW^W>qgffif fc&¥^^iocC cumnce unless the i^ bet weeh Tapanui andtbfc-^ « *the winter fairly iej^ffctf^s^q-i ■ -? ! yr m a^a a-fij s'isrir ..''(y-iy vtfs &e f-,^K i We: are infprin^ on good authority that j gittb^^ iifell»»^ fceld ist^h#i£dißUßhed|«6li

A soiree in connectidn ,with the Presbyterian Church will be held in the drillshed, Inch Clutha, on the evening of Tuesday first, the-lSth inst.

Our up-riyer contemporary, the ' Dunstan Times,' reports t— A most decided break has taken piece in the weather, snow on the hill tops, and rain in the valleys. To all classes the change is most welcome. It enables the farmer to plough his ground for next season's crop* and affords the miner ' the motive power he cannot dispense with.

The following motion has been passed by the Provincial Council :— " That it be a recommendation to his Honor the Superintendent, under section 2, Southland Waste Lands Act Amendment Act, 1872, that the upset price of land in blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6 Mataura west, be fixed at L5 each, and blocks 7 and 8, Mataura north, at L8 per acre.

In consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, the s.s. Lady of the Lake did not reach the Molyneux until the afternoon of Thursday last. She proceeded no further than Port Molyneux where the up-river portion of bar cargo was transferred to the Bilelutha.

We quote the following from a late report issued by Messrs Maclean Brothers :— Latest telegrams from the Home market briefly report wool firm. Prom our advices per mail, however, we gather that the impression ti as pretty generally prevalent that the unusually large quantity to be offered at tbe May series (over 400,000 bales) would bring about a reduction in value.

The following are the movements of the stern- wheel steamer Baiclutha during the past week: —She left the Port on Friday last with the in- brought cargo for Kaitangata, which she discharged at Macdonald's wharf. Started again at -7 a.m. on Monday. She steamed up to Baiclutha by the Quoa branch in 8J hours, 1 which is, we understand, the shortest time in which the trip was accomplished by the Tuapeka. jShe discharged cargo at Baiclutha on Monday afternoon, and proceeded up to Greenfield station to load grain on Tuesday. She returned from Greenfield station yesterday afternoon, but did not stop at Baiclutha; proceeding direct to the Port.

We regret to learn that Mrs Jas Gray, of Summer Hill, Wangalos, met" with rather a severe accident. He was in the act of oiling a chaffcutter, when through some misunderstanding or another, i the machine was set in motion. Mr,Gray*B hand was caught in the revolution of j the knives, and .a severe laceration inflicted. One of his forefingers had to be amputated at the laßt joint. Another of his fingers was severed by a horizontal cut extending from the nail downwards. From the nature of the cut, however, fthelseviered portion has been replaced; and the opinion is the finger will be saved. The surgical operations were performed by Dr Smith, who was called; in to attend upon the sufferer.

A notice appears in . our advertising columns to the effect that Messrs Philp -Henderson, and Co. will hold a sale on Saturday first, 15th inst., at L!oyd?s yards, Baiclutha. We have been requested to say that the sale has been, postponed till ■Saturday, 220d inst.—a notification ( of; the alteration having been received by us too late for insertion in the proper column.

A petition to the Provincial Council, soliciting a sum of money sufficient for erection of, a goodsshed and jetty at the landing place on the Owake river, is just now in course of receiving signatures at Uatlins. The petition will be" forwarded t^fhe Council through the district members ih a few days. A goods shed, as also a jetty, is very much wanted at this place; > JThe settlement extends a considerable distance back from the river, and unless parties are prepared to stand, bye and receive their goods at the ship's .side,, they: are left exposed to "the weather until an opportunity arrives for getting them away. The request is one which should meet with attention from the Council. ; "'■/', - -y

A- feeling of dissatisfaction having been expressed regarding the mode in which the construction - of the Kaitangta railway has been undertaken, the following- explanations have been made to lis' for public information : — A~ meeting = of ; the 'shareholders was. held in Dunedin about a month ago, ot which a detailed schedule of the work to^be done, and. the ; lowest price at Which it could' be '. performed, was submitted. The total 'amount represented by that. schedule was LBooo.'- "At that meeting Mr—A.-- J.- Smyth was elected general manager. -The schedule Was subsequently transmitted to Mr R. Macdonald; who let contracts for the following works at sums even lower than those set down io the schedule, viz.: For 'fencing the line; for two miles of formation, and for cuttipg ythe ; requisite; rails. Theformation work is being done by Chinese -labor;.-;';; :-.-.-, y-.\ .-1. y'y- ■'' % : ""'

The. Presbytery of Clutha has secured* the service of Mr Beid "wi. instructor of ' psalmody for the next three nwm^.' |He *$,4u£agtha%.ti^ the (Mngregetioii-c^^erajv War^ clUtb^l J^^^^^ats|W'ClSia ! on BlWalprue^ and; ;Fridayv ,e?enmgg respectively. .. The Presbytery -are^ very^ abxiOus 'ip g#their,3 congregations inetracted in this important branch ot the church services.

the - pastrmonth , twelve erif^ 1 representing ■485'.t6ns^ arrived in ythe river. Thirteen, representing. ,526. , tons, sailed diurin#thefßa^ of ; eight of r these -was Dnnedin jClnfee," Timaru ;yarid two.' WmkbiiWft^'i&ilight /loaded /at $ M^^^^^m^i^^^di^Q^ new *■ mill, and ytne other!: five lat the Owake mill. .The weather during the month hwbera.^e^pffkablyrfine wtha to have seen it in tfew' Zealand.— Captain Tall lately brought round a numbeii of sheep by the HaJMah Jane, which Were safely lauded on Jack's laland.— lt is re^; [toedMrittV^iaa^ HSte^fp the Inew :^m, hw been sold by Messrs Guthrie and^{^^ Bremuer, who,lWbeehra Q^in 9 z -W

Mr Pillans, of Inch Clutha, has kindly forwarded to us a really splendid sample of that delicious fruit the quince, grown in his garden at the Island. ....It wai taken from a tree some 12: or'l4 years old, which has this year borne an exceptionally large crop— something, like seven dozen of good sized quincea have been taken from it.

_We Team with much satisfaction that Tapanui settlers are bestirring themselves for the purpose of providing their district with rail way communication. A numerously f signedpetition is about to be forwarded to the Provincial Council, asking that pro- ' vision be made for construction of a branch line to connect Tapanui with the main trunk line at Waipahee. While on the one hand communication of this kind would open upa> vast extent of country admirably suited for agricultural and other settlement, estimates- have fceen already made to show that the line, could be formed at a figure considerably below the average cost

Q J?o Uritlg J he J? ar 1874 5- the police made 3223 arrests, being 1168 more than were made during the previous year. The principal increase was in drunkenness, for which there were 742 more arrestd this year than, last. The other increases were iu crimes of not a very serious nature— larcenies, obtaining money by false pretences, habitual drunkenness, vagrancy,.ship desertion: and breaches of the, Shipping Aefc being among the principal. The number of neglected children arrested during the year was ?i against.34 , inlß7a : & . ' '

In the Provincial Council last week MrWood, (Southland), asked the Government it the wnole,.or any portion, of, the L250 voted as a bonus for the establishment of pottery workshad been paid, and, if so, tie .date and ampunt.of such payment, and the- : name ofithe person to whom itr was made. Mr Keid explained that the whole of thebonus had been paid, namely, L23; on the Ist October, andthe balance ia tftebruarv festgtOiMr Whke f - of iMilton. fl«. (Mr Reid) had not been allowed to forget the casereferfed'tobythe^hon. member, but ,he believed the gentleman- to whem thenanrmembered referred did ' not CQmnlv mth the terms specified." y ; ■ tJ

: ;?*« fondly-cherianea hope that the crew of one of the boats whibh put off front .the burning Cospatriak might have reached; the Inaccessible Islands, in safety; haa been completely extinguished. H.M.& Sappho, which was directed to- call at TristanD Achuna, the largest .of, the , rocky^islets, has arrived at CapeColony with the news that nothing of; the jOospatrfck or any of its pasaengers has ever been seen or heard. Times' says-.-" Sir George Grey is said to have_ arranged a^ programme with the large Middle Island ;pa%. it is understood they Jiave... agreed, to the genera* zito: land fund! of the Middle Island remains local revenue. Large constitutional : questions will be raised m the Assembly Relative to the suppression of Sir GeorgenGrey's petition u ir!-.??^ Government regarding th& abolition of provincialismy The land fund questions wiir be raised inline openine speech m the Council on Monday.'^ -

. Ne * Zealand Times' of the sth. instant ma&e the following remarks on the speeeh delivered by his Honor the Superintendent at the opening^f the Provincial Council :■—" Our, readers" must have been, struck by the marked contradiction between the speech ofthe Superintendent of Otajro. Mr_.M9Q S n4rew^ when-, opening his Provincial Council* and the extracts: from hia. sneeeh m the H^se 9 f. Repreaentatives, in \^}i,^f^ abolition of the Middle ; lslandprovinces.^v No man could, by any pofsible qhanpe, more completely torn "ias "back upon hie former principles, than M^^candrew, has Jdbne. r Then : hfr regarded Provincial Government in the Middle Mand as entaUing waste of time, waste of money, and waste of political energy ; now proclaims it to be the reverse of all this. Then he spoke with undisguised contempt of • the five provincial execoiivesr and five provincial talking shops' which squahderefl^tbe resources of ; the Middle Island: now hereveres these as the embodiment of political sagacity. .Then, he denounced provincial administration as wasteful and inefficient t now, h6 proclaims upon the housetops hisadmiration for then-^blunder* and their jobs."' ■ '•■''*;■* y '• : : y '" ■ '

We C Kelson Colonist ') understand that the various oWturntog. bm^raitnioughoufr the .colony; have rec# ye d insfcractiena frpm the General Government tn have the electoral rolls for, the present year prepared bv the end of August riexty If .this be true and we^fiav^no 'reas6^% doubt it, it is highly .probable ther* will'be^t#<f y»iona sent time and Christmas. It is mmt%obis#?' that about the middle of July,. Earii^QC. would meet v andy afterl-pa^^^Srt! mates, dissolve iwithou^deaK with an v ?^ms&^#swh& they are over the m^^mm^^m eaikditomtteg^ It is generally believed thatr^i^ ment knew full WeU^bht,Sning^annted, they will ascertain what the^ple'tbinlc respectmg«ttieKprovtec>^^&t^ftie consee^^^^%^y^^y* < s!?i?^he^e witt weeks betwfcfr^ sent Parliament and themeetiiffof the next. „. ~ ....,-/' at.,* - . . ZZ>r}M l -.m^milXMT£. .StiKCM alt- 1 i^S-S^A^ sl^^^^* 0 the landed estate^ofthe province as on the 31st : intereft :±. I^*^^ contain and ,28£80£ a^yarptocenpilcl by laket, leaving 1Q£29,60D acres qnKb ayiul/bie f<s have been either: ltit or sold by the i- i^bwn. revenue de^M^|»;eo^«SJ amounted to L17a26& mad^n fe S ?waj*MSate* oirorMliiid^^^W|^ land,*&Bs2(fc^

A special meeting of the school committee was held in the schoolhouse on the evening of Tuesday. The members present were Messrs Cramond, Bain, Hope, Mason, Ross, Barty, and the Rev. Mr M'Ara. ' Mr Cramond presided. Explanations were made to the effect that a cheque for L7 issued by the treasurer had been dishonored by the Bank of New .Zealand. Information was also supplied that the. amount of the overdraft at the bank did not exceed L6, and that the refusal to cash the cheque for the committee was a departure from the usual practice of 'the bank. After the matter had been discussed, Mr Mason moved and Mr M'Ara seconded : " That a subcommittee be appointed, consisting of the secretary, the treasurer, and the chairman, to wait upon Mr T. T. Ritchie, with the view of making such arrangements as would enable the committee to transfer tbe account to the National Bank." Mr Ross condemned the motion as- being altogther irregular, and maintained that their proceeo.i n gs were illegal, in respect that the meeting bad not been duly notified. On the chairman declining to stay further pro* ceedinga, he (Mr Ross) moved as an amendment: "That a subcommittee be appointed to see Mr M'Owen, ofthe Bank of NeW Zealand, with the view of getting an explanation as to his reasons for dishonoring the cheque." Mr Barty seconded the amendment. On being put to the meeting, two votes were recorded in favor of the amendment, the remainder of those present voting, for the motion. Mr Robb then intimated a formal protest in respect that the proceeding was irregular, and the meeting had not been duly convened. We understand a meeting to consider the protest has been called for to-morrow (Friday) night.

At the usual meeting of the Municipal Council held on Tuesday eveningpresent, . Councillors Mason, Stewart, Dunne, and Kilgonr — a lengthy communication from Messrs Connell and Moodie relative to tbe Municipal reserves was read and discussed. The communication contained various suggestions forgetting the reserves vested in the Council. The members present eventually decided that the letter should be held over for consideration and explanation by the town surveyor.

At Tuesday's meeting of the Provincial Council, JMr Henderson moved, " That the petition of the inhabitants of Inch Clutha and surrounding districts be referred to the favorable consideration of the Government, with the view of giving effect to the prayer of the petition." On the motion of Mr G. F. C. Browne, the resolution was amended by the omission of the word "fayorable,'" 4 and of all the words after the wofd u Government.*' The motion was agreed to. ■_-■...

A special general meeting- of the Clutha Property Investment and Building Society was held last night in Barr's Hall ; 27 members were present. The President, Mr T. T. Ritchies, occupied tbe chair. Resolutions were carried authorising a new issue of shares, as also the alteration and remodelling of the rules ot the Society in accordance with the Act. An announcement in our advertising columns intimates .that the new issue will be made on the Ist proximo; We learn from the •Lyttelton Times' that, of 100 partridges shipped by the Tintern Abbey, 74 arrived in good health ; 117 blackbirds, none died ; of thrushes, 83 were shipped, and '74 received ; of yellowhammers, 180 were put on board, and all survived the voyage; 120 red-polls and 110 goldfinches haa equal good fortune ; 9&ont of 100 linnets shipped arrived ; bnt out of 100 starlings only 33, and of. 140 hedge- sparrows only 11 came safely to hand.