DUNSTAN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1015, 21 March 1865, Page 4

DUNSTAN.

* (vsox om* owif wautsKatwwt) - March 13th. "Hie exodus to the Grey still continues nntthated; almost every return wsggon ancidrsy being loaded with passcngerß. The coaches also depart with full freights, and hear tfway those whose impatience will nol; jwrniit them taking their departure by way other than the most speedy conveyance., A large number are also proceeding overland by way of Chtiataharcb, taking with them pack horses laden with proviaioas and mining implements. Last week, two hone teams left Cromwell determined to push on as near as they could to the diggings ; others I believe propose following, To parties intent upon inventing im mining speculations, the present ia altruist favorable opportunity—shares ia vftluuble. chaims . being sold at s> merei tithe of their value- Among the Gold Fields townships, the Dunstan or asi it is officially termed, Clyde, has Bufferedlless than most others, being straight on the main line of ro id, nnd also a goocl starring place. The trafF c has been largely increased, so that in reality many tradespeople have been benefited. The prevailing opinion is, that the Okiiik rush—especially if*it proves equal to the expectation!} formed of its excellence ami lasting capa • bililties—will uldoiately become the means of largely increasing our population here. Those that have left will soon return back, especially when they find their golden virioifis fail in being realised , while they will ttlso, unwittingly, be the means of disseminating to others tbat information which we so earnestly, desire, should be published, for no body of miners assembled on a new rush , can congregate together without canvassing well the valiu! and capabilities of the goldfield they have just left, and when it becomes known that so many have run away from where a sure and easily earned livelihood can at any time be made, there will be plenty who will avail themselves of the opportunity to take their placet). In the Police Court, on Saturday last, Ann Quadri was charged with maliciously and felonuously cutting and wounding one John Hancock, at the Hearing Meg, out the 4th instanc. The evidence was very conclusive. The prisoner wa« fully committed for trial at the next criminal scsuions to be held in Dunedtn, In the Warden's Court, on the samo day, a very lengthy case was heard before Mr Warden Robinson nnd four assessors. Sedgley and Co sued Novdlo and Co for £150 damages, sustained through defendants, who held a sluicing claim at Quarts Beef Point, encrofiteH?"g npon the adjoining one held by piamtiffs and flooding them out with waiter, also causing them to lose about ten loads wa«h dirt, valued at one ounce to the load. Mr Pattison conducted the c-se for the plaintifFu. Mr Brodie, for defendants, urpeel that the damage was caused by plaiimlffij* own act, who, instead of beinp; encroached upon by defeudands, had actually committed an encroachment themselves, tbat the evil complained ol wa« of ttieir own seeking, as by their driving through the wall ordered to be left between" the two claims by the Warden, they had caused an aperture through which the water found its way, notwithstanding they had carefully and artl'ulfy filled it up with stones. Mr Mining Surveyor Coates proved that he hud been throxigh all the dams that were accessible in the tunnelling claim belonging to plaintifft' that they had driven eleven feet into the dividing wall bends, enciroiching one foot upon the claim of defendants. After the volnmtDOua evidence which was adduced on both sides was concluded, the Warden summed up very carefully before leaving the ca«e to the"assessors, who took some time to coneider their verdict which resulted in an award! of L3O in favor of plaintiffs. Notice of atppeal was at once given. Tins Sunday School at the Church of England is in a very flourishing condition, yesterday, when I visited; it, the children attending numbered 53, what ban been what bus been about the average ior some few weeks past. There are 4 teachers, one male and 3 females. The Superintendent1 is Mr R. Barlow, and to whom must be' awarded the credit of having brought the, RchcioJl up to its present state of efficiency. ■ Some of the scholars are progressing very1 'favorably;.' and there appears a generali desire among the juveniles of Clvda to avail thenselves to the fullest degree of these Sabbath teaching. ;

CEOMWKLL,

y«LMiness mailers are extremely uuu, and aeonaewhat desponding tone prevails: amffDjf the trading community. The rush tb the "Grey"', has very much diminished the population; consequently the demand: for supplies! has fallen of considerably, i: The jnver eontinnes to, fill very rapidly, j and a large' number of beach claims that have■'■(been long submerged, are now; worltable, ■• ■ - /;■■..,;!'■■',,,. ■, >J That celebrated claim at Poverty'Poirit, onee1 belonging to Anderson and, Co.; has.] ; lately come into the possession of a coin- ; pany ltnown as the TheyJ poasESB a large water wheel and extensive ■' para pi Dg apparatus, made by Mr William Grajatio? Cromwell. On Thursday last it was started to work, andthe whsle, was chrintcned by. Miss B. Charchwell, one of the;;;sbareholders» the "Prideof GrbniTyei|!i"iThesffair was made the- occasion of a half holiday by moat of s the tawnijpeopl*,¥ who attended io large numbers; the' good thingsi of this life were freely* dis- : peused among the assembled guests. ■ V'-Tjuij "Waitcouniti Herald" aayst—"W« are gliid to state that the harvest in ilbia district lias turned oat renr»arkably well—the whent crop especially being, pronounced, excellenl.. A long continuance of the nso»' favorable weather, -which, , however, ■ J»&« now broken, has enabled! aae form"? to pioceed almost, anintetrnptedly w«h the reaping and ingathering of their crops. Reaping machines, and •team • thrashing macbiuei, are being: rapidly introduced, and are destined to bring with them all tho bonefits ibsy confer on toe agrfculturiiU of the old oonnbty." ■ • < '' ■ 'I