THE ELECTIONS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 56, 8 October 1864, Page 2

THE ELECTIONS.

Mr. Tarlton addressed the electors and non-electors of Invercargill, at a crowded meeting in the Theatre Eoyal, last night. A report of the proceedings will be found in another column. We observe that Mr. C. Cowan intends meeting the electors of the Oreti district on the 24th current. Mr. T. L. Bright, to whom a requisition had been sent by forty-three of the electors of Eiverton — not Invercargill, as was stated in our last issue — will, we understand, decline to accede to the wishes of the requisitionists that he would become a candidate for the representation of that district.- He does so for private -reasons.

His Excellency the Governor has assented to f the Church of England Cemetery Ordinance, 1864," which was passed at the last session of the Provincial. Council. „ _ - The business transacted at thd Resident Magistrate's. Court for the past two, days has been very trifling, both civil, and criminal eases being unusually few and unimportant.' ' Tho tender of Messrs. Man- and Garven for tho supply of clothing .for 'tlie übo of .the: prisoners at the gaol has heon accepted by Hii Honor the Superintendent: "" , . . Vi '„ „ „ His Honor the Superintendent has notified in the -Provincial { Gover.ivment Gazette that M^ William. Hately. ..'! has ceased, to act as., sheep and cattfo 'inßpectoirtor the Bluff an<T New tßivwr dig-

tricts ; " and thafc Hugh M'Lean, Esq. has been appointed an inspector of cattlo in the Erovince of Southland, under the provisions of the " Diseased Cattle Act, 1861." v The principal items of intelligence brought per the s s. Gothenburg will be fouhd under the"head of " Australian Intelligence." The latest Australian telegrams will likewise be found in another , ..parfeoflrthis issne.^. .-.,,*•-.. ~. v . .-v.* ■ - „-; . - - y- -yy --y- r-.y :_■* By the Gothenburg, we have received a copy of the .first?" number; ofTthe &<stralasiqn, a new weekly newspaper, published "in "Melboiirnd. With it is incorporated the Weekly AArgus, the Yeoman, and the Examiner.^ _ It is a. sixteen page journal, ably edife^and,- as may be -looked" for, most admirably got Tip in every respect; ' We'have like- : wise received thethree"firstX« ra^eriS'of Thf /Sun, -meinher, df the/?\Foafth, Estate" in • Ballaarat: ' It's l appearance, alsd; is 'in every way creditable, and we jwish it'aUjucqess.lThe Weekly Age (Melbourne) was to appear on 30th September in an enlarged" and improved form, and with .it.is'to be incorpdratedthe' Farmers! 1 Journal. There are : now eightyiieven;. members enrolled in^tlie Riverton Volunteer: Rifle Corps,- and on and after Monday first, drill will be held moaning and evening, until the services of the company are accepted by the Government. During the present ( -week, "Mr.. Thomasf Escbtt has kindly volunteered Ms services _as_ acting-sergeant, and has expressed- himself highly pleased-with the intelligence of his men.' ■'.'• ---" - : >•:-»'- ' :i 7 - At the Police Court, Rivertbn.-on'Mc-nday last, Dr. Hodgkinson, 'J.T.,' was ' complained, against for allowing shefj> to- depasture on the Jacob* River Hundred,' contrary .."to '. tlie' bye-daws passed by the wardens for the same Hundred. The case was, however, not decided ; the presiding justices, Messrs. Taylor and Lawlor, remanding it for a fortnight; in order that they might obtain adyice on a certain point of law involved. . A rough looking miner sold to one of the banks, on Thursday, last, twenty : five ounces of gold ; but, on being interrogated as to tlie whereabouts of his finds, he evinced a most determined disinclination .to- disclose the information, and maintained a sulky silence on the subject. " He- was, however, anything but. well pleased at. the price he obtained-for histoid, saying he coiild get more on the goldfields themselves than in Invercargill. A committee meeting of the new Mechanics' Institute, took place in the office ofthe Registrar of the Supreme Court, -yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock. The following members were present: — Messrs. South ;(m the chair), Geisow, Beaven, Johnston, Stock, and Mai-chant. It was arranged that the next lecture WiH be delivered on the evening of Tuesday first, by Dr. Berndt. Subject — "Phrenology," Ac.'' Mr. Geisow then moved that Messrs. Beaven and. Johnston be appointed to audit the accounts of the institution after the formation of the ? new committee. The motion was seconded by Mr. Marchant, and carried. It was next moved by ' Mr. Stock," and seconded by Mr. Geisow, that the election of an acting secretary to the institute be postponed till next meeting, to be held at same hour and place on Tuesday first. The subject of the appointment of trustees for the institution was considered, but after some discussion it was moved'by Mr. Stock, and seconded by .Mi-. Marchant,— " That a special general meeting of the subscribers to the institute be convened in accordance with tiie rules, for the election of trustees, and for the adoption of new rules." The motion was carried/ It was likewise proposed, seconded, and carried, that those gentlemen who have sold tickets should send in a list of the parties to whom they have been sold, to the Treasurer, on Tuesday first, and account at same time for what monies they may have received. We understand that a foot-race will be run to-day, on the Bluff Road, the first turn being the starting point. The sum staked is £5 a side ; the competitors Mr. J. "P. Tierce and ■ Mr. John Kinchelaw ; and the distance 100 yards. Three o'clock p.m. is appointed for the men " going to the scratch." *■"■.- The following good news is from the 'Wakatip Mail. A rich quartz reef has been discovered at Butcher's Gully, about three miles from the junction of Skipper's Creek with the Shotover. The Deep Creek rush is turning out well, and that at the head ofthe Twelve-mile, on the Arrow, is expected to be extensive enough to afford "ample remuneration " for 1000 men. Two Cornish miners, tunnelling at Butcher's Creek, Skipper's, are taking 16 lbs! weight of .gold per week from their claim. They employ five wages men, and have struck splendid ground — an ounce to eve^y foot of wash-dirt — and it is said that they will certainly make between £3,000 and~£4,ooo. The mining community in the Lake district generally appear to be well satisfied with their present success. The following is the state of H.M. Gaol, Invercargill, for the week ending 6th October, 1864. — Sentenced to hard labor, 20 males, 1 female-; imprisonment only, 1 ; committed for trial before Supreme Court, 4; , debtors, 5 ; lunatics, 5 ; total, 36. Received during the week, 1 male, and 1 female. Discharged during the week, 2 males ; total 4. The Government Gazette contains a return of the cattle slaughtered for sale, during the month of August last, in the Province of Southland. From it we find that for Invercargill district there were killed as follows : — 73 great cattle ; 377 sheep ;10 pigs. Campbelltown district — 8 great cattle; 14 sheep. Riverton district — 6 great cattle; 10 sheep. Winton District — 6 great cattle ; 4 sheep. Lowther district — 8 sheep. The totals stand as follows : — 93 great cattle ; 413 sheep ; 10 pigs. Grand total, 516. The want of public baths has been long felt in Invercargill, and it is gratifying to be able to state, now the warm weather has set in, that the inhabitants will have the privilege of availing themselves of the luxury of hot, cold, and shower bath at a very early date. Messrs. Brockley and Co., tinsmiths and zinc workers, are presentlyfitting up an establishment, adjoining the Southland Tlsies office, Esk-street, for this purpose, and announce that it will be open to the public on the Mth current. We predict a large share of patronage for the establishment ; the charges being fixed, we understand, on the most reasonable scale.