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Otago Daily Times, Issue 1310, 10 March 1866, Page 4

"' The Honr Jntnrs •• Patereon and-Mr TV. H. < Reynolds—who were two of; the representa- < tives of Dunedin and irs suburbs—have been 1 elected to represent the city, which wag created i a district of itself -by. the Representation i Amendment Act, 1865. The polling took place yesterday? and" the; contest . was spiritedly conducted. The following was declared by Mr Gillies as the numbers polled, subject to correction before ithe official declaration, which will be made at noon on Tuesday1, nt Milton Hall, Stuart street:—The Hon. James Paterson, 610; William" Hunter .Reynolds, (.608: James Gordon Stuart Grant, 215; John."Millar, 213; Thomas Birch*, 119;j John Graham, 4. -There was a large crowd gathered to hear the result; and each of the six; candidates made a 1 speech. 'The number of; names on the electoral roll is 3106. . ,-. ■ . ' At the Prit cess Theatre, last evening, there; w.*B a first-rate house, the dress circle beingj particularlytwell:filled,/ The .first.piece wasj the comic drama "A Handsome Husband,"; Wiich we had not an'opportunity'of witness-; ing, but we are informed . that it was well1 played. Daring the interval the presentation of the-'bahner wMbh!WaSito:;haTO been presented by Lody Don to the Volunteer Fire Brigade, took place." When the curtain wasj raised the flag, the- description of which we have already published^ was displayed to adyant&ge* "Wltti' 4he: iifflcdrs 1 Jland tnemi bers of the r Yoluateer Fira Brigade

grouped around it. Easrpon said~ehe jelf .mttch pleasure in pKse*£ftg.ti»eifenner,to thg.. ${rd. Brigade,,; and; shg^toofreji: tfiafc wjiejieyert they were called upon fotactive service, they would. always^ be,pfou'n&y ( irt,- r tb.ejrj. post.—. (Applause.) ,| ; $he, T had t , ( f»a r^oppprumuy.;.©! ' witnessing;, thelr^e^er^onß on. r Sunday eyen.ingflast, and of testing how valuable an institution tho; Fire. Brigade tWua to theiCity of Dunedin. (Loud applause.)-;Sli*j trusted that on the occasion of similar calamitous fire?, the motto of the Brigade^wpuld be, *i Ready aye ready." (Applause.) -Capt'Eees said lie thanked Lady Don/in name of the Brigade/ i for the handsome present she ha 4, now given them. They felt the honor doably.as this was the first present of,the kind which had been made to >a Volun'eerbody in Dunedin. lie hoped that the example1 get by lier lady- ' ship would stimulate the ladies of. JDunedin to present the various Volunteer rifle corps with their appropriate colors." (Applause) He had been. requested by the members of the. Brigade to express." their griti&eation that her ladyship" . : w,as likely to re* main for some • time in Dunedin, but when she was removed to distant lands, her kindness Would' always be before them— (pointing to the banner?) This curtain fell amidst immense' applause, which continued for some time. There were loud calls for Captain Ities, who appeared before the curtain. Thare were then loud cries for Lady Don, and when she appeared, led on by Capt Bees, she received quite an oration.. The banner is really a magnificent present, and a very clever piece of workmanship. The artist is Mr John Irvine. , For an afterpiece the burlesque of "Prince Amiable" was repeated, and was very successfully played. This,evening the programme includes "The Wreck AShore," and "Perdita, or the Royal Milkmaid." jjjf ~,;' ■~ : .;/■'.■', ■' ';':' Under the heading of Bigamy Prevented, the "Marlborough News " of the 27th lilt, has the following :—"A married rain named Tindall, left here some time r.30, and from thence went up tho country, and whilst there became enamoured of a young woman, whom |ho subsequently engaged to marry. A magistrate in the Wairvirapa, however, hearing from a respectable Marlborough settler that Tindali was already married, and bt-ing desirous of making doubly sure tho news was truo, wrote to the Resilient Magistrate here for information, who in reply stated that Tindall was married by him some years ago,, and chat liis wife-was still living in Welling- j ton, he believed." " '■ The sitting of the Snpreme Court, in banco, for hearing appeals from Wardens' Courts, which was appointed for yesterday, was adjourned until Saturday, the 17th instant, when they will come on, if tho business will p.rmit. The Judge aaid he would give the preference to the casts to bo tried by jury. 'We extract the following from the " Bruce Herald "of the Bch inst: -" On Monday, the 2Gth ult, the opening, of the South Clutha Presbyterian Church was celebrated by a soiree, at .which about 200. persons were present, including all the elite of the surrounding neighborhood. After tlie tea equipage had. been removed, the minister of the congregation, the Rev. Win Binnermon, took the chair, and delivered a brief address, after which Major._' Richardson,"Janv;s Thomson, Big., M.P.C., the Rev Messrs Kirkland nn! | Waters, and Dr Burns, addressed the meeting. In the course of his remarks, ihe Rev Doctor referred to the great improvement that had taken place in tho district since he had last seen it, and congratulated the congregition on their prosperity. He also expressed his surprise and satisfaction at witnessing the apparent rrsjurces of their districts. The Rtv Mr Kirklnnd, on behalf of the ladies of: the congregation, presented the Chnirman with a very handsome silk gown nnd bands, and ";Mr Bannerrnan made a suitable reply. The tea whs provide! by Mr Ancell, of Port Molyneux. and did him Very great credit ; in fact nothing that couM be procured to gratify the guebts was omitted, and the whole i.ffair was one of the most successful that has taken place in this part of the Province." The attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening was very limited, but, notwithstanding that, the performances were carried through in a highly successful manner. For the con yenience of families, there will be a mid-day performance to-diy, at half-p Ist two o'clock. : In the evening, the entertainment will be under tho patronage of Major Cargill and the Officers of ihe Volunteer Corps. , Anniversary, services will be held in the Congregational Church, Port Chalmers, tomorrow, when two 'sermons will be preached by the Rev R. Cohnebee,and collections mnde for defraying the.debt on tho Church. The following even^nij a social tea meeting will be held at C o'clock, at which his Honor the Superintendent will preside. . The " Oamaru Times'.' thus summarises the political views of the candidates 'f<<r thut district.—" During the past week the itwo caudi "atts for the representation of' the Oamaru district in the'Geiieral Assembly have been expounding their political views to the electors. Mr Campbell has held meetings at Qamaru, Otepopo, ond Hamp !en; Mr Ing am hasasyet been before the constituency at Oamaru alone, but he goes to-day (Thursday) to Otepopo,"nnd to-morrow to Hampden;. From the reports of the. meetings already held, it will bcevident to all that the views of the candidates on the subjects of the greatest importance to New Zealand at*tnc pri'sent' time are identical. Both advocate the remodeling of the legislative nnd adminisfrativis powers of the colony, and the, rfidross; of the grievances so long borne and hitherto | so ineffectually complained of by ouMyingi districts, such as that of Oamaru. Both trace] the, germ of, this crying evil to. the present j pernicious system of provincial misgovern-, merit,; and each readily?pledges himself, if; elected, to do all that in him' lies -for"the' working1 out of a great reform in that diree-i tion. Th? -electors;jriust doubtless be grati-J fled.at the expression of sentiments, cqnform-j ing so closely arid completely to those so long cherished by themselves as a community. On Separation, Messrs Campbell and Ingram hold the same opinion, i.e., against it; an.) fora •bong and.valid reason,^that it;,OQUldmot be be obtained. On incri-astdtiiiation, as hinted at by Mr c^f!^rd^,|aUip,pjK^,fte candidate! ded«e^ it, Mr Ciuripbou would prtr

fer SStamp'TDnty to an Income Tax, should .??!&«*■ be necessary /;Mr Ingram the opposite, |We tajip^BfifTljlhk that slr;Ca^pbell takes the most practical and common sense view, of the matter,, and the reasons he adduces ifor •the .faith that is In him,' fire,; we should thinki1 »ot capable of, being easily disproved. On many-other subjects* the candidates »hold the same, or nearly the same, opinion i.''' • Thelast case on-the criminal calendar was disposed of yesterday;, ; John Lamer waft foun*goilty of stealing fnim the premises of ,his employer^ A]cora|*' Kew and Co. ; He wilt; be sentenced this morning. The first of the 'commoil, jury cases was heardjiTomison and: Another, w the Superintendent! This a claim of £203, the balance alleged to be fdue to one Thomas Dickson," for the erection of the Court House at Tokomairiro. The plaintiffs are Dickon's trustees; but ifc> appeared that he had parted with his interest in this contract some time before ha filed his schedule. Judgment -was given for the'defendant. The Court sits again to-day at ten o'clock. • . ' ■ :, ■;■.• v ; The " Southland Times^" correspondent.at what our contemporary terms the Riverton Gold Fields,r writes the following, under date February 26ii :—"The gold discoveries are becoming very important,! the feeling of mistrust, the reluctance to believe that a genuine gold field existed in our district, has led me to be | careful in my- statements—to . give only ha|£ the accounts which I 'believe reliable. But to the subject matter of my letter. Southland has■ a gold field which, although, at present, I would not designate of ' surpassing richness,' bids falrt in time to prove of great value. ;A gentleman who arrived from the Pahl Diggiogs last night, states that notwithstanding a number of minors have arrived, all afe satisfied, and acknowledge that they were making good wages (lit least £1 per day), and that over many miles he had prospected there was ground for any number of men who would work; which would yield from fifteen to thirty shillings, a day. He has had considerable experience on the West Coast, and believes that tliis field^will prove of great extent and value.Several* parcels of gold have been brought into town,, and for the most part sent to luvercargiU for sale. There can now bo no d übt - that a payable gold field exists I have hod a party with me to-day who more than confirms all th»t I had previously heard. He isah experienced miner, one of a party, the majority of whon» are at the West Coast. He has written for all his mates to return at once ; and there can be no stronger evidence of his confidence in the place than the fact that to ensure dispatch he has forwarded the letter to Invercargill, with instructions to send it on with all haste, at any cost. I send you the, name of the party, whom you will acknowledge is a rnnst reliiblo person. -Mr Closkey'a party came in fro-n Longwood oa Saturday, and divided LG por man for the week, after paying all expenses. Others are doing better." V