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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 903, 11 February 1875, Page 3

The tender of MessrsMackay and Tofiin for the formation ol druy road between Arrowtowu and tbe Crown Terrace tor £196 , Fr<»»n a letter received, from Sandy Creek an Australian paper takes .ijie foliowiug': A rumor ma* current here a few day*. ago,, that a prns- ? feting pafty, whilst out near the head of the aimer, came suddenly, upon a white maUV camp, and found the bodies of niters lying dead all around; on a further investigation they discovered the remains of white men —the hands and feet only —a tent and various other articles were lying about. The supposition is that the camp was attacked, and the nigsjers *ti«d, and most, probably the main body driven back;-afterwards, when all was quiet, lliev returned with additional strength, and murdered the J'Tty and eat them. Ibis, ot course, is merely a rinnor, and is generally believed on Sandy Creek, so I give it for what it is worth. Tl.is is encouraging. The Melbourne Trader, while speaking of a Cape mail service, thus refers lo the St. "sytli steamer, which lately made such a s> lendid run frotn Plymouth to Melbourne Coming here under present circumstances will, it may be nresuiiK d, scarcely pay the owners, for not only lias immigration practically, ceased, but the colony is. as regards a-iu.-ul subsidy. tied neck and heels to the P.. and O. Company for five years to the tune of a £'iSU.(XM subsidy or thereabouts. This splendid grant trom the Treasury reduces, there is no doubt, the cost ot the overiAnd passage to wealthy colonists, and at the same time keeps the. fan's sufficiently high to maintain f«>r the P. and (). boats an exclusivly select character. The subsidy diws more than this; it handicaps heavily in the race for public patronage such vessels as tlie St. "sytli, which at enormous expense to the owners run without a subsidy. For the benefit ot the colony, and in common fairness to all classes of colonists, either subsidies should be entirely d'»ne away with, and the mails be cartied by all lines of fas* steamers, or a subsidy shoul 1 be given to t» e Cape line, to place it in at least as favorable a position to compete f»r pub ic tar or as the P, and O. Company. Failing this we may rest assured that such vessels as the M. Osvth. after proving their speed and carrying c«|»acity t and finding that we are incapable of appreciating either. will bet »ke tliemsi Ives to other waters, uher-s their merits will be practically recognised. The Tuipik'i Time* thus refers to a very strmge instance - f sliearing under difficulties : However much Otago may have progressed, the hardships of the early pioneer ing dnys are not altogether unknown At 'east from the description a correspondent gives us ot the shearing operations of a Mount Bender sheepist we draw some such conclusion. " The dome Station." an old diggers hut. has fir the none tu officiate as a wo ilshcd, where the sheep are draughted from the hall to the kitchen, and « ion in the drawing room, passing tliet'ce to i lie c mservatory where the enterprising slicep'st who is also a member of Parliament, has rigged a l»ox tor wool pressing, bv the primitive metiiiNl of hard tramping. No suspension o o;«eraiions is required in wet wea»h<*«\ as the sheep are c- r- fully dried at ilie ki'cheu fie b fore proceeding to the shearing o art. li fflCt, the whole esaWishnient is a strikin: i istance of how mu<*h nny be accomplished by ingenuity and pe s.-voraitce. The Western Mail gives an account of the marriage of Mr James Br gden, of Ton lu House, near Bridgend, who, it will be remembered, paid a visit to this colony a lew \ears ago. I lie bride was \|iss »lary Carolina, daughter of Major J Pictoii Bvte. I'll* marriage was celeb.'ntfd ill the parish church of Kweiiny, oli November 26' h. The esteem in wtiieh Hie families o' the b ide and bridegroom are held iu t'e locality gave rise to a general hiiiii'estation of enihitsiHsm on the part ol ih > iiiSahiiants. who assembled iu large numbers to w lines* 1 he cercmonv

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