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Clutha Leader, Volume XXI, Issue 1043, 20 July 1894, Page 5

Another rich discovery has this weel. been made at Coolganlie, in the vicinity of th<Londonderry Mine. The samples sent ate veiy little inferior to thu specimens sent frem the latter.. A public meeting was held at Po-t Molyneux school on Stonday night to m»ke arrangements for Arbor Diy. It is proposed to fence the recreation »roun<l at Kororo Creek. and a committee was appointed to obtain material fortliii purpose, anrl make all necessary preparations for the samp. At a meeting of the Ratanui Cemetery Boi'-rd, held on the 14th insfc., a resolution was passed asking the settlers of the district (o contiibute one day's labour each to fill bush oo the reserve on the Ist August or following days Other business trausaefced shows that the boa id is not likely to forget its duties. Considerable excitement exists in New South Wales over the general elections. The returns for 108 seats are completed, leaving other 17 yet to come. So far the Freetraders have secured 56 seats, the Protectionists 30, the Labour party 21, and the Independents 1. Sixty three members of the last House have been re-elected, and 45 are new men. The Taieri Advocate reports that Mrs J. Williams, wife of a Salvation Army officer, was severely and painfully burnt about the face and hands on Tue. day. While sitting in front of a fire she fainted and fell against the hot bars of the grate. She was discovered by the servant | girl, and medicil assistance procured. Though her injuries are severe, itisbelived her condition is not serious. Referring to the Bank of New Zealand Legislation, Mr Duthie asserted in- the House that the directors deliberately planned the scheme, calculated when the House would be in session, thought the time opportune to raise a cry of " a crisis in the bank's affair*," and sent a representative to the colony and demanded assistance, which the Government readily gave them. ' The following resolution was passed by tli6 Workers' Political Committee at Duuedin on "Wednesday evening, at which there was a large attendance :— " That this committee, whilst approving of the general policy of the Government, deprecates its action in making the appointment of the Sergeant-at-Arms a Government question, thereby placing the Labour members iv an anomalous position. On Friday last Mr Daniel H. Rakitipu gave a lecture in the Heomnana School, the subject being the life of Billy Bray. Mr .John Potiki occupied the chair, and there w.is a large attendance. Tho lecture, which was a very interesting one, was listened to attentively throughout. At the close tlnee cheers were given for Mr Rakitipu, and a vote of thinks to the chair brought the proceedings to a close. A statement has been laid on the table of the House showing the prices during the II years from 188 J to 189-3 inclutive, of t'le principal articles of export from New Zialand. Wool has fallen from ?Ogd iv 1833 to B|d in 1833 ; gold from L4 to I/> IDs lid ; giain, from 3s 10.1 to 2s 4ha ; fl.ix from LI B 5s to Ll7 8s 7cl ; butter from lOd to 9sd ; cheese, from 5$ I -to 4{fd ; frozen meat, from 26^ Lid to 245. Kami gum has risen frutu LSI Ws in 1883 to L6l 8s 3d ; n 1803. Ah tliis is tho season for cutting or pruning willows growing along the banks of the river, we have been asked to caution those engaged iv this operation against allowing the cuttings to float away with the current. When this is done the cuttings often fl ut on to shallows where they remain, take root, and form large banks or islands that will ntimately force the current on to and endanger the safety of the I banks. We hope this suggestion will be atteuded to. j Mr John Anderson took possession of the Criterion Hotel yesterday, which he will conduct as a temperance hotel, and with the assittance of Mrs Anderson intends to do everything in his power (o merit public support. He has also secured one of Alcock's Billiard tables, which is placed i© the old billiard saloon, which has been suitably fitted up. The stables are still in charge of Mr G. Lattimore. Mr Peter Black" ley left BalcluMia by the afternoon express en route for Palmerston, where he takes charge of the Eir,pire Hotel on the Ist of August. On the same date Mr Roderick ftl'Kenzie takes possession of the Oban Hotel in Dunedin. On the eve of his departure from Invercargili last week, the Itov. Mr Ferguson, was presented with an address from the officebearers, members, and adherents of the First Church ; also with a magnificent album containing views of the church and manse, together with portraits of the recipient himself, tho officers of the church, the members of the choir, and others. He was also presented with a hand - some marble clock by the members of the Fellowship Union and Young Men's Class. Mr Ferguson concluded his acknowledgment of those gifts as follows : — As a last word he wished to say that if they desired to know in what lay the success of his life he would tell them that it was in the happiness of his hom^. The wife made the man, and. to his wife was due most, if not all, of the success of his ministry. Mr Thomas Mackenzie interviewed the Railway Commissioners on Monday regardiug accepting sleepers from the bush settlers of Catlins. Mr M'Kerrow said that he had carefully considered the question submitted to him by Mr Mackenzie, and thought when the line was opened to Catlins that sleepers in quantities of, say, 100 and upwards might be bought from the settlers at schedule rates. Mr Mackeiazle explained the position of the works at present, and said that no doubt the railway as far as Hunt's road would he opened within a short period, v/hen the settlers would be able to sapply sleepers. Mr M'Kerrow agreed to accept sleepers whenever the settlers could supply them in lots of not less than 100. Replying to a question by one of a deputation that waited on him on Wednesdaj', Sir Robert Stout said he knew well enough who were the originators of clause 21 of the Liquor Act, but there was a difficulty in gstting at the evidence. The House would not give a committee to inquire, but the Legislative Council might take souse steps in the matter. Of course tho unfairness of the clause was this : Two or three people who were advised that the matter was clear applied to the court for a certiorari to have certain licenses quashed. They got the order, and then, while the appeal from that order was pending, clause 21 was passed, apparently with the object of upsetting the judgment they had obtained, and now they were threatened with an 1 appeal to the Ptivy Council, and might be ruined by the costs that would be heaped upon them. If Parliament never intended to pass clause 21 \ what he said waa that the Government should I compensate these people,