The Arrow Observer, AND LAKES DISTRICT CHRONICLE. Arrowtown, Thursday, Aug. 22, 1878. Local and General News.

Lake County Press, Volume VII, Issue 380, 22 August 1878, Page 2

The Arrow Observer, AND LAKES DISTRICT CHRONICLE. Arrowtown, Thursday, Aug. 22, 1878. Local and General News.

An important notice to the local Volunteers appears in our advertising columns. His Honor Judge Harvey, during the hearing of the case Healey v. Cope in the District Court last Thursday, passed some very severe remarks as to the evidence given by Donoghue, which conflicted c n siderably with his evidence in the bankruptcy sittings at Queenstown The Union Sunday School will re-open, after the winter recess, on Sunday week, the Ist September, at 3 p.m. At a special meeting of the Borough Council on Tuesday evening. Mr John Wright was appointed Returning Officer for the Borough. There were three applications for the office. The new books for the Arrowtown Athenaeum have arrived, and are now ready for distribution. They number IGO, and comprise many of the most popular works of the day. The books have been uniformly and strongly bound, and should prove the means of securing a larg" number of additional subscribers for the institution. Steps are now being taken to secure a still further addition of books to the value of £4O. On Saturday evening last Mr J. A. Lowe, agent for the Mutual Life Associa* tion of Australasia, delivered a lecture in the Library Hall to a tolerably numerous audience. The speaker set forth at cou« siderable length the benefits of life assurance, and cited many instances where policies had been effected and almost in stantaneous relief had been afforded to widows and orphans of suddenly deceased insurers, who would have been otherwise penniless and helpless. Mr Lowe concluded by expressing a very sanguinarywish to " take the lives " of those present, and we believe he succeeded in several instances. So far we have not heard ot tlie police having moved in the matter, therefore it is likely he will be allowed to pursue his avocation. He left for Queenstown on Sunday, appointing Mr Preston local agent here. The following are the boundaries of the borough extension as advertised in the last Gazette. :—All that area in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement two hundred and sixtyfour (264) acres, more or less. being part of the area known as the .Mining Reserve, Block X., Sholover I'istrict. Bounded towards the North by Arrowtown Borough from the north-eastern corner of Section numbered 38. Block VII.. Sholover, to Srrow River; towards.the North-east hy the Arrow River loa point in con iuuation of the southern boundary of Section numbered 25, Block VII., Shotorer District; towards the South by other part of Mining Keserve, being a line due east and west in continuation of south boundary of Section 25, Block VII., aforesaid; and towards the South-west by Sections 25,30, 31, 32, 83, 33, 34, 35, 67 ; 36, 37, and 38,

I Block VII., Shotover District aforesaid, to the starting point, and intersected by a ■ road line one hundred (100) links wide. We have been shown some stone taken out on Saturday last from the Tipperary mine, Maeetown, from the upper level, which is really magnificent. Heavy gold is freely distributed through and through the quartz ; which, when crushed, should yield a startliug return, even for Maeetown. The company will shortly commence to send stone to the public battery, and ere long, we hope to see everything at the reefs in full swing. The snow, except on the mountain tops- uas partially disappeared and there is nothing to prevent resumption of work in all the mines. Some gentlemen from Dunedin who visited the reefs last week were astonished at the progress made, and were especially loud in their praises of tbe public battery, they having no idea of the existence of such extensive and well-fitted reducing facilities as are offered by this fine mill ; of which we hope good use will be made this seasonIt is rumoured that the Hon. John Martin intends to commence criminal proceedings against the ' Timaru Herald,' for its remarks upon his elevation to the Legislative Council. —' Herald,' Talmage said recently to his congregation in a sermon : —" If all the newspapers, save one, should refuse to publish anything improper, you would all drop your present paper and buy that obnoxious sheet." The Kumara Borough Council has at least one member versed in classical lore. I luring a recent debate, the gentleman in question, in ord>r to afford a simile of a man in suspense, said that it was "like a sw( rd that hung over Belshazzar's head at the feast, or on the wall—he didn't care which." The wife of Professor Bassett, of Waturopka, Ala., recently found, on the bank of the Coosa River, a diamond of enor<> mous size and remarkable purity, which has been appraised at 75,000 dols. It is said that the boarding out of pauper children is taking a decidely .favourable place in the popular, and even in the official, mind. In Scotland alone no less than 5000 children are boarded out. Mr Arthur Arnold, in an address on " Free Land," at Bolton, said that 50,000,000 acres—nearly four-fifths of the United Kingdom—know no freeholder. These acres are the patrimony of the landed gentry. The friends of the late Mr Robert Craig, who, it will be remembered, met his death by violence at Smithfield, Queensland, some months ago, will be glad to hear that, though his policy of assurance with the Australian Mutual Provident Society for 1500 lapsed some weeks before his death, the directors of the society have most liberally made a gift of £4OO to his widow, for investment under trustees, for the sole benefit of herself and children. When it is considered that Mr Craig, at the lime of his death, had been a member of the society for less than three years, this generous act (remarks a Queensland journal) speaks well forthelibenl management of the Australian Mutual Provident Societ3 7 . 1 .ast week, at Akaroa, says the ' Sun,' an unusual and somewhat comic contretemps took place. It appears that the local sergeant and the constable had resolved to keep watch in a Chinnman's garden on the same night, but unbeknown to one another. Cabbages had been stolen wholesale from the enclosure, and the question was, who was the culprit. The sergeant was the first to scent the quarry, and with stealthy steps was advancing on his prey, when the constable, seeing a form quietly stealing along and evidently seeking to avoid observation, followed as stealthily behind, then made a sudden spring and downed his superior officer. For a few moments there issued » strong edition of official literature, bound in blue cloth, then the mistake was discovered and the officers separated to at last make the capture of the offender, who got one months' imprisonment. The Government have issued an order that a supply of pass-books, account-books, and other papers necessary to carry on Saving Hanks, shall he furnished to the Education Boards throughout the Colony for the use of schools. The books are now in coarse of preparation, and will shortly be i>sued. Mr Eees, MJIR., has reliable information (the 'Chronicle* understands) that when summer sets in in this Colony there will be a very large iufiux of the almondeyed gentleman who now do Queensland the 'honour to reside there. This influx is in'need, no doubt, by the straits which tlic Chinese have been put to in the northern parts of Australia through want of proper supplies of food, water, and the overflow of their countrymen to those parts Here the Chinese have a more equal, if somewhat cold climate, to deal with, with greater certainty of procuring ground of a payable character upon which to work. It is proposed to ask the Government to impose a heavy poll-tax upon Chinese immigrants, making the proprietors responsible for the payment of the t,un:e lipKii huidingthem. At Woodviile, in Hawkc's Bay, lately the weather b !l s been very cold and sormy. The e have been severe'frosts and 1 i\.\ *!<>r:v,s. and one fall of snow A severe shock of earthquake was also felt on Thurs- • a, ; i was accompanied by a rumbling noise like distant thunder, and had a rocking motion- There were two distinct shocks, the the most severe ; bottles and tins, &c, were shaken from shelves, and the chimney attached to the hotel kitchen was cracked from top to bottom. The item "Usher of the Black Eod, £250," was rejected by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night. The

' Star'says it was an open question with Ministers, some of whom voted with tlie majority, while tho Premier and the Native Minister left thechumberwhen thedivision bell was rung Mr Manders has given notice of motion in the House of Representatives for granting a fortnight's holiday every year to the railway officials. The Way the money goes. After two days' sittings, at a cost ot nearly £6OO, the House of Representatives has been able to reduce one class of the Kstimates by £350! —'Star.' The following letter appears in the' Star' of the 16th inst :—Sir,—l notice in the return published in your issue of the 6th inst. of the expenditure of the various County Councils in Otago for the year ending 31st March, IS7B, that your correspondent in Wellington is considerably astray in his statement regarding this County, hence 1 am not surprised at your remaik, " there is no understanding this return." In order to correct matters I enclose a copy of the balance-sheet of this Council for the period above referred 10, and similar to that forwarded to the C lonial Treasurer in June last, and from which I presume your correspondent has erroneously taken his figures, and also omitted to show that the expenditure on roads and bridges amounted to £5,59(5 Is instead of £450. as stated by him in the return as published.—l am, &c, Philip B. Boult, Sub-Treasurer.— The return in question shows on the side of receipts a total of £12,543, the principal items being —Kates, £1,516; subsidies, £1,700; gold duty, £1,761; the land revenue, £5,618. The expenditure includec £0,596 on roads and bridges, £1,023 on salaries, while £4,000 remains as fixed deposit. According to the ' Sussex Daily News,' a match entitled " Married v. Single "was played at Horsham, the bachelors going first to the wickets. Two wickets had fallen when Mr C. Sharp joined Mr G. Wright, " and," says the local chronicler, " the game became monotonous from the fast scoring." Three wickets produced 363 runs, four 398. and the seventh went with the score at 5L2, of which number Messrs Sharp and Wright made 149 and 163 runs respectivelv. In a match against the ln» cognita and Uppingham, H. Kotherham, on behalf of the School, clean bowled four wickets in one over of four balls, taking during the contest ten wickets for 20 runs" The 'Tablet' comments severely on the fact that the cost of Government education during the past year for 50.000 children was £470,000, while in Kngland the cost of educating two million and ahalf of children only amounts to £2,000.000. A. Dunedin contemporary says:—\n occurrence which may be accepted by outsiders as a practical illustration of the state in which some of our thoroughfares are allowed to remain during "moist " weather, has been communicated to us. Two gentlemen employed in the city were wending their homeward way on Thursday erening, and had just reached the junction of Stuart street and Upper York place, when a plaintive cry for help, proceeding evidently from an infantile throat, sin .te upon their ears. Looking to the side of the dimly-lighted road, they espied a little girl bogged fast in the mud, and painfully endeavouring to extricate herself while holding on loan empty kerosene tin. The gentlemen with some difficulty released the youthful maid from her aw k war; predicament, and went on their way, wondering much at the indifference of the Corporation and the uncomplaining spirit of the eitzens who accept with equanimity such a condition of things Would it be considered treating under the Attorney-General's new Bribery Bill? On polling day the electors at Invercargil! who supported Mr Feld wick's candidature received nourishing food a: the hands ot a young lady of pron unced I iberal(? sympathies, and her efforts have been suitably rewarded by Mr Feldwiek's committee, who, according to the ' New*,' paid an unannounced visit to her father's residence on luesday night and handed to her a very handsome gold watch, which bore this inscription:—"Presented to Miss Jessie Honthron by the Liberal Election Committee as a token of esteem." The ' News ' adds that the recipient, said she had felt amplv repaid by the side she worked for winning, while the courtesy with which she had been treated on the polling day by everyone made her labors more a pleasure than a toil. In consequence of the number o; resignations that have lately taken place in the police fotce, both in Canterbury ami Otago, it has been found necessary to reinforce the strength Irom Ellington On Saturday last five men arrived by the iiotorua ; three of them are now doing duty in Christchurch, and the other two were forwaided to Dunedin. It is stated (adds the ' Press ') that recruiting is continually going on in Welling'on to keep the police establishments in the Southern Provinces up to the necessary strength. At Gisborne lately the R.M. Court sat late. There was a want of candlesticks. On the R.M.'s desk was an enamel candlestick. Facing Mr Rogan was a bottle which had once contained Kinahan's LL. Mr Ward had a James Hennessy j n front of him, while to Mr Bromfield was appointed a Long John's whiskey Opposite the reporters Mr Giunner had very properly stationed two Sarsaparilla bottles, sacred emblems of temperance and purity. The Magistrate's Clerk was honored with a Schnapp's bottle. 'lbis advertisementappears in an English paper : —" A clergyman of the Church of England, 39, oft. 9in., considered good looking, a widower, with an only daughter, wishes to hear from any lady with a view to marriage who has from £6,000 to£l2 000 at command, and would be willing to invest about £5,000 in the purchase of an advowson (that is, tho freehold of churoh

rectory house, and grounds), i n beautiful locality, to produce £j3 year. This modest genilemar give/! address, and states that his advertise* is genuine and bona/ide. S