Lake Wakatip Mail. QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1887.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1584, 8 April 1887, Page 2

Lake Wakatip Mail. QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1887.

Tuns'- of us who have travelled frt ni the oi l country to this colony chii fully »e:»list* l ie tiu'h of tlie siv»'*• "that tlic sun i-evi r sets upon the Unlish Kimi ire,'' hut n w tli.it throughout the Empire, r«en the smillest settlements are ••(■n-i-hriuy by wli.it mean* ill- Queen's, or laviier tile Empn s*', jni-il. e cin lie best celeiraicd. am one old enough to re:'l ti.e iit-wspaix rs c;«n rcalis'J 1o eo-ic extent t'ie vast-in..-3 of i-cr Majesty's dominions'. II .t the Empire's we i< undoubtedly the chief diiiulty in the way of all tin- l'r.t'sh suhj. ets a-r ei: g i= to the maimer iu which t!i y sh d • lie-or t > ih-ir much-loved Qii-fii. T. • 1 : Wa'e* has evidently net his heai i ir. oil 1.. institute, lm* be |>« «»n—t is not 1< •' g :. : >iie<i eat-;t!e the l'linee's own cli pic a- ' > nth Kensington set. Til • pro*in i.*l towi.s f are always mote or less jealous of the ei p'tril, ami they evidently think th.itnloc.il Vietoii.i Hospitu! or l'.irk would Ikj a far more sui able nnmento of her Majesty's jnhilee, than the B%iniiin>.'ct sever.il thousands of pounds to London, to hnild a p.lace or museum upon the banks of the Thames or in Hyde I'ark. In the colonics the severe depression umler which we arc laboring will prevent cither individuals, local bodies or the t!ovei nmeiits eonti lbu'ing to any extent to the Institute. Tl.is beiiiij the ca.se, ii is hardly worth our while to discuss the I'lince of Wales' scheme, hut we should rather consider is there not any common plan w hereby the citizens of thisco'ony can unite to found a lasting memorial of the 50th year of the reign ot Queen Victoria. But if the provincial towns of England, Scotland and Ireland are jealous of London, how much more are 1 >unedin, Christehurch and Auckland jealous of Welling'on and each other. Oamaru lias taken the lead in the matter, and has had a jnhilee fete, which realized a considerable sum for the local charities. A committee in Christclnirch are to report to a larger committee that i statue should he erected, and any balance of funds raised over the cost of the Rtntue should he sent home to the Imperial Institute. Aucklcnd has an impending exhibition on her hands, and evidently is reserving her strength for that. In Wellington the Civil seivants have been informed that tlvy are to have a l.o'idav 011 .Tune 20 ; this, with perhaps a vice-regal dinner, will he ahout the extent of her celebiation. In Dunedin the Public or some oilier committee of the Council aretor u port upon " the l»est. method of celebrating" the Queen's jnhilee," and if their concentrated wisdom fails in devising a suitable scheme, 110 douht "Civi»"atul Councillor Fish will come to the rescue, and the matter can be well left in their hands.

Nothing as yet, however, 1133 been formulated inviting the co-operation and assistance by the country distil' ts, unless it is that one man proposes to b> nd the Queen a present ot a golden crown, begirt with fifty diamonds crt ul>i< s. To bejjiu v ith, every centre (if population will want some sort of local fete or meimrial, and the ditiicuty will lie to amalgamate the numerous ice is of the several governing bodies so as to have uniform plan. Her Majesty lias always taken the greatest interest in th i education and welfare of the poorest of her sunjects, ami sunly no plan would be of more hinting leiulit and please her better than one which seeks to improve, even in the least dcgiee, the tone and ft unlaid of her subjects, no matter wlii re they live or of what color they may be. We v on'd suuyeft that in ea<h centre of population ei'lier a sui icripti :n list be s artid or a f« te held, the proceeds "i which shonll be devoted to the fo'tmline of s* h- larslii) s at t!>e neanst I'taut-I, c' the N.Z University, and wnicli should be only open to natives of the <li«lr ct wt.tieiu the money «a; raised. For example, public meetings mitht b. h* 1.1 at various centres in the noithern goldneids of ai d ii.vital ions issue l , to all she leading s t'ler* within a certain radius of each centre, c ni'nittces being formed to <nri* eat th. best mc .iis of r.iisinL' tnonev fioni tlie sttflers. This having been done, either by tubseription or any other method, will mipposc £IOOO has been raised it: such combined di-tret. This 111 i.ey propeily invested won hi re.'li- a*- l-.a t t'GO a year. A gold - l:i Ms jubt' -t sch 111 .-hi |i . eu.-I then be founded, tenable, snv. for ti re years. auJ open by compe'i'ion only to b ys him yn - 1-av un; the public s hools, the only prov.so licit g that they must have be« n born iu the said distiict. and their parents have lived a certain number of years within the prescribed radius. If this plan were adopted, districts could be mapped out all over the colony, ami not only would a lasting boon be conferred 011 future generations, but our University weuld at once be substantially sticngthcued.

The inward Heine mail tv« S.m Francisco arrived at Queenstown on Wednesday night. lh*j local bank keeps an uninterrupted holiday from to-day till Monday, inclusive. To-day will lie a holiday at the post-office, and on Enstcr Monday it will only he open from 9 to 10 a.m., and the Telegraph office from 7 to 8 p.m. It is reported that Mr W. L. Davis, of the Maori Point B>ucing claim, has struck a rich run of gold in one of the terraces.

On Monday evening a dance will take place at . the Foresters' Hal!, Queenstown. The rnll-call of members of Lakes district at the Easter Review at Tiin»ru will be a remarkably sliort one—about 20 altogether, we believe, from the three companies. The llev. B. F. Rothwell, late Wesleyan Minister at Gore, will commence his ministry in the Lakes district on Sunday morning next at the Foresters' Hall. Queenstown. Weather permitting Easter Monday will be a very enjoyable day for pleasure-seekers in this locality, for besides the cricket match at Queeustown there will be the races at Arthur's Poiut. The latter, which offers many attractions to country settlers, promises to be a very successful meeting. Numbers of persons to and from the district are taking advantage of the excursion tickets issued by the Railway Department during the pieaent festive season. Legs of mutton, imported from Woodlands, and selling here at a comparatively low figure, have been, we are told, disposed of in large numbers during the past week. Miss Helen Todd, of Queenstown School, has received intimation from the Inspector-General that her m;irks gained at the matriculation examination qualified her to complete that for D class. Intending applicants are reminded that tenilers for destroying rabbits on numerous Crown reserves in Like County, will not be received by the sheep inspector, Quecnstowu, after Friday next. At last meeting of the Wakatipu Hospital Trustees, three weeks' leave of absence was granted to the resident surgeon, Dr Douglas, whose duties ] will, in the meantime, be undertaken by Dr Donald- i son, of Arrowtown. | And so his Honor, Mr Justice Williams—not- ! withstanding an adverse report from the probation j officer—has allowed Walter Birchall to have the ■ benelit of the First Offenders Probation Act. The Antrim steamer brought down last evening ; from the Invincible Co.'s mine, Head of Lake, 154 ounces of smelted gold, the result of 280 tons of j quartz crushed. Mr Whytock, the enterprising boniface of Lake ! Hayes Hotel, had a great house-warming the other nit-'i't. We understand Mr Whytock intends to put j a pleasure yacht on the beautiful little leke opposite I his establishment. ) I Major J. J. Atkinson has been appointed assistant- . ! adjutant of the Southland and Lakes Voluuteer |

district. j I A correspondent writing from the Head of the 1 j Lake, under date March 29, ISS7, says " Having j recently visited the Invincible mine, and owing to ; adverse reports King cireulited to the effect that j i the mine was exhausted, I wish to give these j a. 1 verse rumours an unqualified denial. I was, under the ciicumstances, agreeably surprised to I find the iniue looking very promising indeed, and 1 remaning the usual monthly ax crago of gold. It is I true the old hacks arc nearly exhausted, hut there is as much payable quartz lode going under foot as | the mine evir contained, and it only needs sinking upon and propcilv developing. It the directory j stil! persevere a:nl c.;r:-y <>n tlie work by opening i up more hicks, tile old mine will again give a good ! ncount of itself, r.nd its future will lie nssured. j This reef, wirli its shoot of stone, will extend to J i nlold depth", and most likely improve na it is I sunk on, ll.is feature being peculiar tu some of the j 'nest mines in the rolorics. I reiterate the miue is nut one half cxhaustM yet." The Blacks Cricket Ouh. which, it is said, can I produce a strong team, will try the metal ot our 1 foal knigh's during the coming week. To-morrow j they ".re to p'ay a mat- h with H>e Arrow Club, and i on Mjnds.y they wj'l try their strength with : Qitei n-.to.ui, which latter club will be represented by the follow im; team Messrs A. Anderson, A. ll 'voe, J. Bewn (■■.•j'Uini, J. Gnidiner, M. Gavin, ' G. F. Gibb, K. Ore-n, .I. MeluEcy, •!. Moore, J. R.jhertst.n and 0. Reid. Emergency—G. Anders )ii and U Si mil'.' rs. The usual f. -r' i.igl.tly parade of M Baitery took j place on Monday evening last, when the company j was put through oeviral movement* by Lieut. Dewar \ and St ff Srrgr.-Major Scully—the Band playing I elections during the intervals. Before the » on<paity I was dismissed, Lieut. Dewar, on behalf of Bai.tt.ij, presented Mr J. Morgan with a handsome silver 1 trowel, i:t recognition of the services rendered by j tlie Masonic body in 1 tying foundation stone of new i ill ill-shed. Mr Morgan. W.M. of the Lake Lodge | of Ophir, returned thanks. The trowtl bears the following inscription"ToJ. Morgan. Esq., \V.M. i (iariisoii Hall, 1887." Immediately after parade a meeting was held, for t!:u purpose of making arrangements re opening of the new drill-shed and I other business- Lieut. Dewar presiding. After a ' :hort discussion it was unanimously resolved that the opening take place on s Birthday (24r\ ; May), and be celebtated fcy a ball—tickets. IQi Gd 1 (admitting lady ami gentleman). The following j were then appointed a committee to make all arrangements:—Capt. Wi'niot, Lieuti. Dewar and Mehatfey, Sergts. Taylor and Gilmour, Corporal Salmoud and Gunner Brooke. A few members then signified their intention of attending the Easter ii view near Timar.i. AfUr it was re- | solved 1 iwit a Church parade take plaee on Sunday i next (Easter Sunday). No other business being before the meeting, a vote of thanks to the chair I closed the proceedings. Mr Wenkheim, in view of the absorbing interest ever attaching to that n.-ver-to-he-eradicated pest — the rabbit plague—has. iu our Open Column, elaborated a scheme, v hereby, in his opinion, the trouble may tie reduced to a minimum. The abatemeut of the kea nuisance id also embraced in the plan. Mr | Wenkheim tells us that the suggestions made met j with the approval of Mr Fergus, M.11.K., when in | this district. The paper is intended as an outline I of a scheme proposed to be submitted to Govern- ! ment for approval by Parlimentary enactment, but, | as he honestly admits it may be capable of improve- : ment, we shall he happy to publish any fuither | suggestion on that direction. There is not, how- : ever, much time to lose. No doubt the writer has i devoted a deal of thought to the matter, but we j think the details may lie left for after consideration, | as long as some geucrr.l plan is adopted. In fact, | our own idea is that Government are asked to <to j too much in that direction, and, moreover, wedoubt i whether the employment of the great "unj employed" will be the cheapest or most efficacious i Way to go to work properly in a matte, of such ! vital importance.

j It was anticipated that P. B. Boult would plead ! guilty to ai le ist the greater portion of the charges | to have been heard against him at the Supreme ' Court on Monday, seeing the array of overwhelming I facta and voluminous amount of *v« ighty evidence I brought auainxt him in the It. M. Court here. The one regrettable feature in tiie atLir is that it civ u!d have been found necessary t<> bring so many I witnesses hundreds of miles on a wild-goose chase, | and the question arises whether the waste of time and heavy expenditure of money in such cases j could not he avoided by some means, such as a ' previous mideretmding between the Crown and I counsel f>r rhc defence. lii the present instance not a single witness was called except those who gave a I useless character to a scamp expert in the art of ! financial v of ihe worst stamp—wherein he J had, by years of constant study and practice, heI come a perfect master in the art of putting other I people's money into the wrong pocket. But, bad as tiie convict is. there is a tinge of pity for him in tiie fact that this disgrace to ail concerned might have been prevented had Boult's employers faithfully attended to their duties. Members of the Lake County Council are anything but blameless, and the general opinion is tiiat the chiefest sinner amongst them is the ex-chaiiman, Mr F. 11. Daniel. H"LLoway'« Pills.—lndigestion and Liver Complaints—The digestion cannot be iorg or seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countenance. These I'ills prevent both unpleasant consequences ; they improve the appetite, and with the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Hollowav's Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach and bowels, over all of which they exercise the most salutory control. By restoring at an early stage of this malady to these purifying and laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speeddy restored to health and atrength, and his sallowneas gradually vanishes.