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Southland Times, Issue 1049, 2 November 1868, Page 5

A Second Edition -will be issued, containing the summary for Europe, &c. • . ' The lasttwb months have been remarkable for ■ "an amount of sickness never before known in thia - province. The same has been experienced in Victoria, and numbers of lettere from medical men hare been published there, accounting for it on the ground of severe atmospheric changes. The following taken from the ' Mount Alexander Mail,' is perhaps the most probable of the speculations that have been made. It says:— "The tellnrio disturbances which have recently taken place in several parts of the world have caused equal disturbances in the higher strata of the atmosphere, inducing a descent of vibrios. The : disease is parasitic, partaking of the vibrios character. It is not the least remarkable fact in connection with the development of the parasites in the human system, that at the same time the blight on flowers and trees was never in greater excess. Mr Harris of Stindley Park, Melbourne, the owner of the celebrated racer Playboy, has met with a. Berious accident. It appears that while riding in the Govenment Paddock on the 15th October, Playboy bolted and threw him. The unfortunate gentleman fell on his head,, and one - of his feet being entangled, he was dragged for a considerable distance along the ground, and sustained a severe fracture of the skulL We^^Uie 'Melbourne Leader ') have been shown specimens of a new crystalline candle, which has been invented by Mr Praagst, of the Star Stearine Candle Works, Latrobe street west, especially for use in mining operations, its chief recommendations being excessive hardness, enabling: it to resist any temperature, and superiority «f light. . ' The Wellington Telegraphic Correspondent of the ' Daily Times,' writing under date 28th October, saya : — " Common rumor states that Mr Haughton has been appointed to the control of Defence Department. Messrs Stafford, Richmond, Domett, Etzgerald, and Hector havebeen_ appointed a Commission to approve a design for the new Government House. Major Turner has refused the appointment to the command at the front, because the Government decline to make r him. a lieutenant Colonel. Mr Richmond and « Colonel Haulfcain will accompany the Governor to Wanganui on the 9th proximo. As at present arranged, • the Governor" will commence hi 3 Southern tojw'by'visitnig Nelson. Lady Bowen tnll-iiotaceompaiiy him, but will go to Auckland. Letters from Napier confirm the late telegrams to ther effect that the despatches of Mr Deighton, . &.M., and Captain Take were the result of a groundless panic. In the General Synod of New Zealand, now being held at Auckland, at the dose of the debate on the report of the Committee in Dr Jenner's case, two amendments having been negatived, the following resolution proposed by Archdeacon Harper was carried : — ! "That whereas the General Synod is of opinion, that it is better for the peace of the Church that Dr Jenner should not take charge of the Bishop•pric of Dunedin, the Synod hereby requests nim to withdraw his claim to that position." There was a general holiday and a public demonstration on the occasion of Bishop Selwyn's departure. "The late earthquake was felt at Auckland, and several shocks were also, felt at the Thames. The steamer John Perm also felt it off TaranaH, and it was thought she had struck on a rock. The Court of Appeal was occupied to-day with the case of Rhodes v. Robinson. Sundry judgments will be delivered next Friday. Under ' dote 28th Oct. — Mr Haughton's duties will be practically those of Under Secretary to the Defence Department, but he will not be bo styled, -nor will he vacate his seat. At a meeting of the Ni^SJN". Co. held to-day, the Inspector's report ! was read. It stated that the dividends paid . heretofore resulted from the subsidies paid the Company, and that even if they had been allowed to accumulate they would not meet the present depreciation. There was no hope of the.Company proving self-supporting unless a large and unfore- , seen traffic should arise. The meeting was adjourned for the furtherjfconsideration of the re- ; port to the 10th proximo. One of the practical • effects of tha recent discussion in the General -Synod at Auckland on Christian unity is to be - Been in the advertisement of the Wesleyan Pitt ■ street "Church soiree to be held in'that city. The | ' meeting will be addressed by the Bißhops of Waiapu and Nelson Archdeacon ■ Brett, Rev Dr Ifftunseri, and others of the Episcopal clergy. A meeting of the Committee of the Acclimatisation Society will be held in the Government Buildings, on Tuesday, 3rd November, at 3 o'clock, p.m. ...... : . ; •■- J The 'Daily Times/ 27th October, says:— "A '' serious' accident happened : the other day near >Switzer»/ tosMr James M'Lean, a well-known c resident hv^he district. It appears that whilst on iria return from- Southland, his horse threw chim,; •occasioning a severe fracture of the leg. The portion of the road where the accident happened being jery lonely,, it is said that he lay for twenty-four hours without assistanca, but when . found; he was .immediately conveyed to Switzers, t rwhere he is now said to be progressing favorably. most unfortunate part of the affair is, that the day on which the accident 'happened, was the one appointed for his marriage."