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Otago Witness, Issue 1502, 28 August 1880, Page 18

News of the Week.

His Excellency the Governor, Lady Robin, son, and suite will leave for Sydney en route to England on the 3rd of September.

With referenoo to a local that appeared in our columns of last week ia regard to Rev. Mr Wilson, of Duntrooo, we under stand tbat Bishop Nevill has written a courteous reply to the memorialists, in which he en. tors into the circumstances, and states that after careful consideration he cannot nee uuffiuisnt reason to as?ree to the wiaheß of the memorialists, but will not fail to provide for the wants of the Wait&ki district in aome other way. The " canoo " landau builfc by Messw Robin and Co., and intended to be sent to the Melbourne Exhibition, is well worthy of a visit of iuspection. It is constructed of good, wellseasoned ash, the timber having been cut into shape and kept in the drying;- loft for over fc»vo years previous to use. The top is what ia known as M'Konzie'ei automaton. The forecarriage end all tho ironwork is of Lowmoor iron, which, for toughness and hardness, stands unrivalled, and is thus able to stand severe and aucklen btraina such as from jerka, &c. Of this iron alone the best steel ia manufactured. The springs have all been subjected to thorough tests, The axles are Collingo Selby's patent box. The trimmings are of wooldyed cloth. Ifc is fitted with spring backs, which are stuffed with tho best hiw'r. Tho lace is silk, acd of a neat pattern. The landau has been very effectively painf.od in ultramarine blue, picked out v-ith black and fine-hued white. The mountings are of silver, tastefully selected and judiciously distributed. In every particular, therefore, it will be seen that the utinoßt care has been takan to turn out a neat and substantial aiticle, which, m a whole, givps ample evidence of the experience, taste, and ability of the makeis,

We are pleased to hear that the Milton Royal Pottery will be well represented at the International Exhibition shortly to bo held in Melbourne. This establishment is now carried on by Mr 0. S. Reeves, of this city, and is under the management of Mr Henderson. Yesterday we were shown a quantity of ware just sent from Milton, at the retail shop of Meßßrs Matheson Bros, and Co,, Princes Btreet, and we must confess to having been agreeably Hurprised at the excellent quality of the loe.ftlly-monr.faclured articles. At the MelbourneExhibittou they will be displayed on an elegant stand so ado for tho purpose at Messrs Guthrie and Larnucb's Woodware Factory Co. 'a establ'shmt'iit, ai;d the mosb prominent, of all the (xbibitw will bo a monster teapot, capable of holding five gallons. This article h a fine specimen of the potter's art, and ia made entirely of Tokomairiro clay. It is elegant in shape, and it covered with raised fuschias, designed by Mr: Brough, Two other raaHuno f ,h teapots uf Rcckingham waro will also bo shown, theoe beiug ornamenfcnd with raised fern-leaves. Altogether nearly 500 pieces will be sent to Melbourne. These comprise dinner services, bedroom ware, fingerplates for doors, door-knobs of all kinds and colours, pie-dishes, tea s^ts, preserve jars, jugs aud mugs of several patterns, candlesticks, spitoons, porous water-bottles, and a number of other articles. We may mention th&t the ware made from the unmixed native clay is of a delicate ivory colour, but by the mixture with the clay of other substances also found in the neighbourhood, the potters have been able to turn out ware of a pure white, with a beauti. fully-glazed surface. All the articles have the genuine ring of well-made and sound crockery, and they will bear comparison with most of the imparted ware of the same clnBS to be found iv M?e6i T s Muthcaon's shop. A large quantity of ware bwj boen mado at the Milton P«>ltery fcr fehe Union S.S. Company, the name of the Company being stamped on each article. The two men charged with illicit distillation, Thonns Taylor and George M'Gustin, wero convicted by Mr Watt, R M., on tho 20Ui, and Bfenteucecl xo pay each a fine of LiOO, or in default suffer 12 months' imprfcoDmenfc. Notice of appeal w»b given.

The contractors for the Tapanui railway lately advertised (says the Daily Times of the 20th inst) for a number of men to fill gravel ballast into railway waggons at 7s per day. They wanted 30 to 50 in all, and up to this time only about 15 have .accepted the employment. One man who applied at tbe office in Dunedia refused to work under 83 6d per day. Messrs M'Leod Bros., of Dunedin, have received from the Commissioners of the Sydney Exhibition a certificate of award of the first j degree of merit for their exhibits of soap and candles, also the bronza medal. We are glad to see that the Commissioners of the Sydney Exhibition have recognised the merits of the exhibits sent from the Public Worka department at Port Chalmers, and which consisted of a number of forgings suitable for rail way -carriage mounts, &c, by awarding a brocza medal together with a certificate of merit of the first class. This reached Mr Armstrong, the district locomotive superintendent, on the 20th, and that gentleman took the opportunity of assembling the workmen who had contributed to the work, and informed them of the award. It is a matter for congratulation that euch work can be turned out' at the Port, and it is to be hoped that increased impetus will follow. Sir John Coode's report relative to Grey . mouth harbour works recommends the exeeu , tion of the following works : — Training mound and south breakwater 3000 feefc in length, formed of rubble stone j north breakwater, 1280 feet in length, formed of rubble stone ; north training-bank of rubble stone, 1670 feet in length j dredging shingle bank on north side of channel from the opposite Bide of the lagoon entrance to abreast of Johnstoco street. The amount involved in the above recommendation is L 162.040. In the House of Representatives on the sth inst., Mr Fulton asked the Minister for Public Works when the payment of compensation for land taken for railway purposes in the North Taieri district may be expected to be made. Mr Hall understood that this question related to claims sent in on account of land taken for the Ofcago Central railway. If that was the case, he had to state that the claims were considered exorbitant, and were not admitted. A gentleman was now engaged on behalf of the Government in endeavouring to make arrangements with the claimants to accept a reasonable sum as compensation. The 1 Mornington Borough Councli have deoided, on the recommendation of tho Finance Committee, to refrain from entering into any new works involving a large expenditure of money. The balance-sheet of the Wakatipu Steam Navigation Company shows a loss of L 1389 during two years. The directors are, however, confident that the jincreased facilities for communication with Dunedin, and the pursuit of vigorous retrenchment, will lead to more satisfactory results. Mr Watt dismissed the whole of the sly-grog cases from Mullocky Gully, on the ground that the two witnesses foe the prosecution had given evidence they knew to be false in regard to the memoranda they awore had been made at the time of their visits to the premises of the Heveral defendants. Our Green Island correspondent writes :— , "Messrs M'Donaldand Miller, of Green Island, have received the handsome bronze medal, aud beamif ully-illuniinated.cer tificate beer ing the inscription ' Sydney International Exhibition, 1879. Awarded to Mea3rs M'Donald and Miller, Dunedin: bams— firstdegree of merit. The inhabitants of the district aye highly pleased at their success, and deservedly so, at they have by their energy aud perseverance made for themselves a Colonial name. They; have also forwarded to the Melbourne Exhibition a case of hams and bacon which I insppcted previous to its departure. It would bo difficult to find in any part of the Oolonya better sample, and I have „no doubt it will stand the test as well at the Melbourne as at the Sydney Exhibition. Two days ago their factory contained upwards of 40 tons of prepared bacon and hams of the best quality."

The Chinese residents here are having a good laugh at the expense of the police or some of their emissaries. Within the past few days placards have been posted announcing the reward for the discovery of the perpetrators of the Kyeburn murder, and these placards are also printed in English and Chinese. In several cases the Chine3o ones ara posted upside down, and tbe Celestials ara inclined to laugh to scorn the boasted enlightenment of tho " barbarian ' Biiton. The District Court sat at Lawrence on' Friday, when Arthur O'Neil was charged with fraudulent bankruptcy. Judge Harvey expressed doubts whether he had juriadiction, as Mura was no provision in the District Courts' Act empowering the Court to hear a case of private prosecution. He therefore ordered the prisoner to take his trial at the circuit sitting of the Supremo Court at Lawrence next month. We understand that Mr Floyd, the late superintendent of railway telegraphs in this' Island, and an able electrician, has .been compelled to retire, after 11 years' service in tho' Colony, with L 490 of compensation, to which ho was entitled under the Civil Service Act. Retrenchment is, we understand, the sole cause of hia services being dispensed with. Sir Bartle Frera recsived a salary of LSOOO a year as Governor of tho Cape, LIOOO a year as High Commissioner, and a speoi&l allowance of L2OOO a jyear as an allowance for visiting distant parts of South Africa, which are now, however, no longer included in the Governor's commission.

The annual meeting of the Palmerston Masonic Lodge, No. 1749 E.C., was held on the 20ch, when, after the despatch of the usual routine bnsiness, a Board of Installed Masters waß formed, and Bro. James Ackle was placed in the chair. The Board having been closed, the following members of the Lodge were invested as officers for the ensuing Masonic year :— Bro. A. A. Catomoro, S.W. ;Bro. R. Oathcarfi. J.W. ; Bro. T. Hodgetts, treasurer; Bro. J, Keen, secretary ; Bro. P. P. Stephen son, S.D, ; Bro. A. Kilgour, J J). ; Bro. J. Drapper, 1.G.; Bro. W. Cobden, tyler. The Lodge having been duly closed the hail was, prepared for dancing, and the members and visitors were suitably entertained by the Master and officers. Bro. S. Woolley made an excellent muster of ceremonies, while refreshments were served by Bro. W. James. Dancing was kept up withfgroat spirit until an early hour on Saturday morning. The Installing Master, Bro. C. de L. Graham, waa ably assisted by Bro. W. L. Buchanan, who performed the duties of director of ceramonie3. Our West Taieri correspondent, writing on Saturday, says:— "We had a severe 'nor'wester' on Thursday night, but no serious damage has been done that I have heard of. The gala haa, as is usutlly the case, been followed by rain, which is now falling heavily, and is hailed with joy by tho Outratn people, who have had to cart water from the river for Borne considerable time past, a thing which only occasionally occurs in t&e summer season,"

The Hyde correspondent of ; the Mount Ida Chronicle writes: — "The report of theJßailway Commissioners anent the Otajjo Central railway has exercised people here' very much. The great cry for settlement in this district was mainly in consequence of the distiapt understanding with the Government that, tke Otago Central railway should be proceeded with, On this underafcanding — for at fcKprjeposterous to think that people would take up land with. no market to create a demand for their' produce— some 20,000 acres of.land have been taken tip in and around Hyde. And now, when the settlers have just got their, holdings ia working order, they are crushed with thefytelligence that their work (for years' and their earnings have been laid' out in vain." Elder George Bait,- the Mormon' apostle, after a brief residence in Duriediri, has returned to Timara disgusted. In a few" days he p'ro> ceedg to Auckland, having, it is 1 stated, risceivei aimessage from four families there, wHo paid ■hia passage money, and are anxious- to 're'CGive Mormon baptism at his hands. The<Nb*th Otago Times says that some of Mr Batt's converts m South Oamaru have .begun to wax cold in the faith, and have decided not to 'eat out for Utah. Au American lady, who has recently visited Utah, gives it as tbe result.of her observation that the female portion of 'the community there seemed cowed arid degraded, and maintains that the elders are obliged to go far afield for converts because the • 'eyes' 1 of the United States people have been' opeb'tb reahße the illogical, humbug of Latter-Day Saintism. ■ *

oamtism. . . ' ,ij We have been shown (says' Saturday^* Timaru Herald) a letter deceived by a resident in Timaru from one of hia late employed wnb went to the Cape Colouy.atshort time ago, and have received permission to publish the following extracts, which we have no doubt will be read with interest. The' letter is dated " Beaufort Weßt, Cape Colony, July 4th, 1880," and the writer, after giving a brief account of ' bis passage from ,Melbourpe, B goes on to.say :•— " J am now 336 miles inland. ' This is the terminus of the railway. It is a fine level country, but I don't- think it is, of much account' for agricultural purposes, as 1 the land seems of tbo dry a nature. Things are in a very bad state here at present. Over 100 men oame' here' for the gold diggings, but there is nothing at'aU doing. Moflt of the gold was being got at a place called Pilgrim's Rest,, but the Zulus have driven every white man out of, the < district. From all accounts the diggings are very poor at the best. About 20 of the men ' that oame with us returned to Melbourne by thefirsß steamer, and I think more will go by the next; one. There is little doing here for, labourers, at the railway works are at a standstill; and wagea are very low. Men are getting- 4s to 63 a day for nine houra' work, and plenty/of 'men Cftli'fc get anything to do at these figures. I believe it is a; grand country for anyone with capital, but at the present time it is a poor one -for working men. Beef is 9d per lb J mutton, 7$ r oats are worth 3s 6d per bushel; 1 There'^'are-no good draught horses here j such as there are fetch high prices." The following was the state of H.M. Gaol. Dunedin, for the week ending 21st August, 1880 :— Awaiting trial; 96 malea, 1 female j Ponal fervitude, 31 inalen, 2 females j Hard labour, 59 males, 20 females ; Imprisonment, 2-males, J l female: Imprisonment (defaulted bail), 47 malea ; Imprisonment (debt), 2 male's : total, 238 males, 24 females. Received during the week, 9 males, 7 frmales j Discharged, 6 males, 6 females. { A charge of larrikinism at Green Island was investigated at the Police Court on Tuesday before Mr R, Paterson, J.P. The case arose I on Sunday evening, the 15th inst,, when a couple of respectable young men, on their way home from church in' company' with some young ladies, were annoyed by a gang of boys of from 14 to 18 years .of age, who followed and threw lighted matches after them, aud otherwise misconducted themaelves. The gang were remonstrated with, when some of their number threatened "punohing," and soon. Three of the ringleaders— named Brown, Burgess, and Love— were summoned. His Worship reprimanded them severely on their conduct, and expressing a hope that being brought to Court would prove a warning to them, dismissed them. It is almost a pity that he did not see his way to inflict a small punishment. However, future offences of the kind are to be stringently dealt with. The police deserve thank for bringing the case into Court.

A very pathetic appeal waa made to the Corporation on Tuesday for compensation to the owner of certain property adjacent to the Silverstream Water-race j but the reply of the Council was a very matter-of-fact one — viz;, that tenders had been let, for fencing, which fencing, it was considered, would avert all the fearful consequences anticipated by the applicant. The letter referred to was couched in the following terms:— -"I have come to the direful conclusion that the life and property of myself and all that belong to or depend upon me in the Glen Rae Valley are placed in imminent jeopardy by the careless manner in which immense boulders of stone are precipitated down 1 the face of the cliff, and gathering a foarful velooity and momentum in their descent, make havoc of all that impedes their downward progress, be it animate or inanimate. Nor is this all; but as riot a few of those boulders have found temporary resting-places ia the face of tho cliff, protected meantime, by scrub, twigs, &c, all these must in the near future, on the least disturbance of their repose, either by rain, frost, or any other cause, mak^ ') and take a second departure ou their own as"- ' count, and thua, when least expected, prove the missiles of death and destruction, to man, beast, and property with which they may collide on their downward caroer ; bo that, in view of the circumstances stated above, and many more contingent upon them, the only alternative left me out of the difficulty, though to me and my family a very pamful one, is to quit and give up possession of all my lands there to the municipality of Duueriin to use and deal with as that corporate body may think proper, and to this step which only a cruel necessity and a duo regard for life and property gould posßibly reconcile us to." Our Roxburgh correspondent writes :— " The remains of the late Mr Ireland arrived in Roxburgh on Friday, about 2 o'clock. A procession was at once formed, headed by the members of the 1.0. G.T. The school children, marshalled by their teacher (Mr Campbell), and a great number of friends and acquaintances paid their last tribute of respect to the deceased by following his remains to the grave. The service was r?ad by the Rev. Mr Wills, resident Wesloyan minister. Our punt was more than an hour conveying the procession across the river." The returns of the Otago Benevolent Institution for the week ending 21st August are as follow :— Outdoor relief : 623 persons, consisting of 46 men, 148 women, aud 438 children, were reliavtd at a coat of L 55 133 6d ; the average outlay in this department for the last I eight weeks having bean L 5 3163 6d, 1 exclusive !ot boots or blankets distributed. There are in I the institution at Caveisuum 47 men, 15 women, and 34 children, making a total of 96 I persons, exclusive of the staff,

A' mating of fche Otago Institute was held in theTMuseum library' la3t evening. Dr Hocken presided, and about 12 members were present. A lengthy technical paper, "Notes on Borne sp&im'eris of migratory Balmonidaa, was submitted by Mr,W.,Arthur/and a paper on "Periodic verticil oscillations in the suns atmosphere and their connection with tfle formation of .solar spots, ' was read by Mr H. Skey. ' Bbth ! papers elicited favourable com. ments, "and will doubtless be printed in the Proceedings of the Instifcute.-On Tuesday next Dr'Hicken' will deliver the first . of several lectures on ' " The Early History of New Zealari'dV"/- ' A. picture of the Gilbert Arms Inn, Eastbourne, Sussex, where Sir William S. Bennett composed the cantata, "The May Queen," which the Choral Society will perform shortly, is at .present on view in, the shop window of Messrs G; K. West .and Co., musiosellers. The boat in which Mr Bissell left Porto, bellb on ' Friday evening for St. Leonards was picked 1 up on Sunday 'evening, between the QqaVahtine Islands at Port Chalmers, by two iadß''nam ; ed Lftrkins. It is therefore to be feared 'that the unfortunate man has lost his Ufa;- 1 ;?/,. „: ! ' :". "' ".' An .elderly man named William Shark was sen".t,..to, g»°l * or * ntee a 5 8 a * iTuesdayto Police Court on a. charge, of vagrancy. This charge had been entered against him by the police because he had given himself into ciwtpdy.as having nothing ,to live upon, and as being afraid that he might .do some harm to himself. ■ He told the Bench he could find nothing to do, and thought it better to give himself up than commit, crime. Our Hindon'cbrreßpondant writes:— "A yo&ng man named Win. Ledwardhad a narrow escape on Friday while working in a cutting on the" Hfadon- section. A stone of considerable Bize rolled down the face of the cutting. It caught his left' leg on the inside, from a little above the knee to the ankle: and jambed it again another Btone. The leg isbadly bruised much' • swollen, and completely powerless, Although over L6O a month is paid on this line for medical attendance, a doctor seldom or never -visits as." • We are 'suffering i na $ now rom a pressure of dent). It .does' not matter where you go, or whom you meet, you are at once' buttonholed for, a subscription to this school fence, or that Sunday.school, or the other service of song; and as.the prpm'oters of each fund are artful enough" to engage . the . aery ices of all the # bestlooking.'and' most attractive young ladies in theu'dStrict as collectors, it is impossible to refuse subscribing, so you juat have to give in at 6 qnoe and look as happy as you can. Mr>Bertenshaw, of North-East Valley, to whose 1 industry We referred a few weeks ago, has'mado up a case of exhibits for the Melbourne' Exhibition. The exhibits consist of the rabttftekin in the original state, then as prepared; of the iur 'in its various stages of preparation'; and also of the manufactured soft felt hats ready for Wear. The hats seem really high-class' atttioles,' and Mr Bertenshaw claims that/with.maohineryi he can produce them at a price that will run the imported article out of th&'market) 'The exhibits were on view on Tuesday in the' office of the National Industrial Association; which body 1 looks with much favour upon 'the proposal to form a company'in order to work' up the rabbitskins in the way Mr Bertenehaw suggests. tW J 6fcago Railway Employes* Benefit Society.is now registered under' the Friendly Societies Act This, of course, places. it f 'upon a much more satisfactory footing, and is certain to*brinpf about a large increase in the membership.- i The Society^ which was established in, March* 1§75, is in a creditable position, having a balance inland of/ 14100. . The membership roU numbers 335. .' . , Mr' John H. Blackwood, of < Melbourne, has been appointed Resident Commissioner on behalf* of New' Zealand for the approaching Melbourne International Exhibition. The ■ use of ■, poisoned oats for the purpose of killing., rabbits (says .the' Southland News) is not , without its drawbacks, as several settlers im the ,. Western, distriot can testify. One of them, for, instance, laid some phosphorised oasß in, a paddock iv which 32 .sheep were depasturing, and had the mortification, a few days afterwards, to find half, of them lying dead, Other scarcely less serious 'losses are reporte'dTrdogs, cats; and poultry having been , killed off wholesale. It is consequently becomfug. a, question, whether the remedy is not worse' than the disease; or, rather, whether the t ,old.fashioned plan, of keeping down the rabbits by dogs, cats, and traps was not greatly ' preferable— at all events in settled districts.' , ,„, .' Telegraphic communication with the North Island is still Interrupted. We were informed oirWedne'sday by Mr Lubecki, the officer in chargeoftneDunedinTelegr&ph-office,tbatthere had been no news yet received from the West CoaßtiThe line repairers at the Waiau have been heard' from. They, got' one line across the river twice 'on but ' it broke each time. They .hoped to succeed in carrying it across on Wednesday'/ but. "of course the extent of the damage on thenorthorn side is not attainable. As, however, repairers would have been Bent out' from the other side of the Waiau, it is - thought that, so soon as the break across the river is "repaired, communication will be re* * eto'red.with all parts of the Colony. According to the Mail a shock of earthquake was felt, at Oamaru at half -past 6 yesterday morning. • We' regret to have to record the death of Mr Lambeth, of. the firm Lambeth and Findlay, contractors, of High street. On Saturday last Mr Lamb'etb,' while Superintending the pulling down of a building in Princes street, ran anail into his foot.-': Lockjaw set in, and terminated fatally .oh Wednesday. Acas9,of poaching came before Mr I. N. Watt, R.M., at' the City Police Court on Wedneßday. Johu Shirley, a resident of Herne Bay, was charged with killing a pock pheasant on Sunday, the 25th of July. Mr A. Bathgate appeared foi the informant, Mr Deans, manager of .the Acclimatisation Society, and Mr Mac gregnr for the defence. The evidence given showed that .a witness named Andrew Brown, who was in the bush on the 25th of July, heard the report ,of a gun, and immediately afterwards saw the defendant, in company with a man named John Peterson, pursuing a wounded pheasant. His Worship, in inflicting a fine of 40s and costs, mentioned that the defendant had rendered himself liable to a penalty of Inquiry is being made by the police into the circumstances attending the disappearance of a rabbiter named J. Hardy, who is supposed to have' been drowned in the Waiaw last week. I rom the information to hand, it appears that after imbibing -freely in a public-house near Sunnyßide Station he walked into the water to meet'the ferry-boat, and was swept away by the ctirWnt »nd never seen again. Partieu for searching the river were organised/but up till 10 trw l °l the mißßin » man » who was. pddooW drowned, has been, fowd,

• Mr Edward Lancelot- Holland, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature, England, wa9 on Wednesday admitted and enrolled a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand by his Honor Mr Justice Williams. Henry J. Guildford was charged on remand at the City Police Court on Wednesday with having embezzled L2OO, the property of the Portobello Road Board. Mr D. Stewart appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Hislop for the defendant. On the application of Mr Stewart, the accused was remanded for a week, bail being allowed in a 1 surety of his own recognisance for L4OO, and two others of L2OO each. i Mr Bathgate, E.M., on Wednesday remarked oh the course pursued by some plaintiffs in the^Oourt, of drawing up unnecessarily lengthy and exact plaint-nofces. His Worship thought that the practice Bhould be discouraged, aB the Oourfc was a popular one, and advantage could not be taken by defendants because claims were not technically stated. ! Among the various exhibits to be forwarded t|> Ibe Melbourne Exhibition may be mentioned the woollen goods which are on view at the premises of Mr Louis Bother, Cumberland street, previous to their being packed. These goods, whioh comprise stockings, drawers, souks, jerseys, gloves, football suits, &c, are very creditable specimens of New Zealand manufacture, and should, when exhibited in Melbourne, take a high position. It will be remembered (says the Oamaru Mail) that on the 9th of November last Master George Brownlce greatly distinguished himself by his bravery in attempting to save from drowning at the Phcenk Mill dam two young children named Woodcock. Though unsuccessful, his conduct was so plucky that representations were made to the Royal Humane Sooiety with a view c having Master Brownlee's courage suitably recognised. The Society has awarded Master Brownlee one of its. medals, which was received through the Governor by his Worship the Mayor yesterday. It is of bronze, with a bronze clasp attached to a' ribbon, while round the edge are the words, >"Geor*e Brownlee, 9th November, 1879." The modal is accompanied by a letter from the secretary to the Royal Humane Society, setting out why. the medal is presented, and another from Lord Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies. The medal will be presented so Master Brownlee at the High School at a quarter-past 3 o'clock on Friday.

. The Tuapeka Times says :— There is at present a considerable demand for carpenters in the Fiji Islands, where wages rule as high as 14s or 15a a day. Several carpenters have recently left this Colony for Viti-Levu, and amongst them our townsman, Mr George Eobinson, for several yearß in the employment of Mr Thomas Anderson, Rubs place. Mr Robinson left Lawrence last week for Viti1 Levu via Port Chalmers and Auckland.' , By the last train from Dunedin on Tuesday | (says Wednesday's Oamaru Mail) there arrived in Oamaru two stud merino rams, one the pro I perty of Mr John Borton, and the other for Mr William Gardiner. These sheep are from the celebrated pure merino flock of Mr E. W. Pifcts, of 'South Australia, and were selected in Melbourne by Mr Gardiuer. We understand they cost 180 and 120 guineas respectively. The sheep were sent on by train to Duntroon this morning. i The following are the names of the Otago team in the' match with Canterbury :— Forwards— Austin T., 'Cutton, Gibb, Jewett, Mallard, Mills, M'Kinnon, Robertson, Rattray, Wyinks ; backs— Dixon, Hamerton, Murray, M'Lean," and Roso (captain). j j Applications are invited from gentlemen experienced in tuition, to undertake the establishment and conduct of the Ashburton High School. Particulars will be found in our advertising colnmns. ', Tenders are called for the leasing of Mr T. Murray's • Mount Stewart Estate, consisting of 2069 acres of land on the Lawrence line of railway. )Mr R. Quin, secretary of the Otago Benevolent Institution, desires to acknowledge the receipt of £1 IJs voted by the Pride of the Valley Lodge, i.0.G.T., ■ Ophir. ■ , By last mail was forwarded a draft for Mi 17s lid, being balance in hand contributed towards the Irish Relief Fund— making altogether the 6um of £1849 I7s lid forwarded from Dunedin. • The New Zealand Agricultural Company is now prepared to allow free selection over the whole of its estate, which consists of about 170,000 acres. Messrs Bastings, Leary, and Co. will hold regular monthly sales of this land at Gore, commencing on the 25th of next month. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns. . Messrs A. and T. Burfc, of the DuDedin Copner, Brass, and Lead-pipe Works, announce by advertisement elsewhere that they have reduced the whole of their prices. They took a number of prizes at the Sydney Exhibition, 1 The Invercargill Education Board require the services of several teachers. ' The balance-sheet of the Seaside Road Board will be found elsewhere. The application to register the Just-in-Tiine Quartzmining Company, Hindon, appears in our advertising columns. :Mr Albert Walker, 174-176 George street, has been appointed sole agent in Dunedin for the " Vertical Feed" sewing-machine. The capabilities of the machine are set forth by advertisement elsewhere. ' The clerk to the Portobello Road Board notifies that Henry J. Guildford ceased to be authorised to collect moneys, &c. for that body on Monday lost. Mr John Morrison advertises a consultation on the Melbourne Cup.