Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 75, 10 August 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

* Tub Maoibthaoy, — Mr Matthew Hall, Mayor of, Kalapol, took tho oatlw before Mr Justice Gt'OHflon thlfl morning, under tho 133 I'd olauso of tho Municipal Corporations Act. Tiiio lath PmiMo MnjoTiNfl,-— Tho Mayor of Chrlntchurch forwarded eleven hcU of (ho rcsolulioiiH piwHod ivt tho Into jmhllc mooting, to Mi 1 Stafford and tho Cautorbury members In tho llouso of ltopresontatlvci) by ln.it Tlmrflday'a mail. BouTiuminoH. — Tho committee oH the Southbrldgo School mot on Wednesday, Aug, 3, to flousldoi' tfludfli's for tho erection Of a Hchool and moHtor'a houso. Mr 1). Pctrlo, of! Southbridgo, was tho Hiicccstsfnl tenderer, Tho building will bo commenced at once. Co (mit ov Ai'i'KAr,,-— ln a Now Zealand Gazette, published on August 0, tho following notification Jh published i— " IIIh Excollency tho CJovornor, with tho advice and o.onnout of tho Excctitlvo Council of New Zealand, doth hereby fix that a sitting oC tho Court of. Appeal of Now Zealand shall bo hold within tho Bupromo Court, In tho City of Wellington, and l'rovlnco oi! Wellington, upon tho twcnty-Hccond day of October, ouo thousand eight hundred and ftlxty-clght, at olovon o'clock In tho forenoon." Gazutti^. — Numborfl4o and 47 of tho New Zealand Gazette, dated Aug. 0* and 7 respectively, havo boon received, Tho appolntmontrtoE Messrs T, Mcrson, W. Wilson, and M, Tlall, tho poi'KoitH electod to bo Mayors of tho. boroughs of Lytlcltpn, ChrlHtchureh, and ICalapol roflpoctlvoly, t6 bo iJ'ustices oi! Iho J'oaco, undor section VM) oi! " Tho Municipal Corporation's Act, 18(57." Mr T. VV, Maude Is appointed an Deputy Commissioner of Stamp I)utlc« r from Auguttt l, Tho appointment of. CouHlablo T. M. Minchin, an an Inspector undor tho Diseased Cattlo Act, ia also gazottcd. I'lXl'Olir Olf TIMIIRH I'KOM \VkBT[,ANl>i"Tho West Coast Times of Aug 0 says j— lt ift with much pleaxuro wo aunouueo that Wiwtland will shortly havo othor cxportn than gold, A cargo of sawn timber will Mhortly bo sent from Hokltlku to Duncdln, whoro thoro In a demand for thU artl<!lo, which in out at tho «aw mills lv lloklllku. But tlmbor In another form will Hhortly form a portion of export. Tho foreHta of WoAtland aro full of red plno, soino of .which grown to an onormotifl al/o. Tho worn] from thid tree, whon properly iimsonod, takes a ilno polUh, and hiiH boon manufactured into furniture, tho beauty of whloh linn attraotod groat attontlon In Vlotorla. Wo loam that iho ilrm of Moflurs Cohen UrotluTii, of Melbourne and llokltlka, Intend dipping a quantity of thin wood to Melbourne and that timber is lying cub In tho bush ready to brought down for shipment, TiciiHoitAPiiio Ulundioiis.— A gentleman who wan latoly staying in NrlHon, a member of a wulMcdowu inoromullo ilrm In Dunedln, oonmnlcatoe to tho Ndion Mail tlio following amusing UlUHtratton of tho mistakes which telograph operators oeoasionally mako: — " Uo loft Duncdlu, about a fortnight ago, by iho AllmmVu, in rathor bleak and stormy weather. On arriving at Lyttolton, lv order to allay tho anxiety of! Ulb wlfo, whom ho bad loft in Duiifldin, ho handed in nt tho Lyu tolton Telograph Offluo window, writton in fair loglblo (ilmraoterfl, two wordo--' l)oll«htfully right,' bollovihg that ho would thus brh/ly convey to bin bolter half what sho dcslrod to know. Our roadera may Imaglnu his surprise (doubtloHS not unmlnglcd with ainuHt'iuont) on receiving a lettor shortly after hiii arrival at Nelson, omiulnng what he moant by being 'delightfully tight?' The good lady wan evidently In blUHful Ignorance of tlio nliuiß moaning of tho word < tight,' or anxioty an to hor ' Inmband'H safety would hardly be allayed by Ills communication, Vju.uam,m HuoouflTiONa.— Tho Hokltilca livening Star of Auiiuxt 0, contains the following; »"Tho oommlttouof tho llokltlka (iitorary liiNtlluto, eomo tlmo iliwo, placed wllnt it) callod ft « #Mtffl<>«tfon book " in the reading room to allow members to write down HuggOHtlons generally, which might bo considered of valuo in the more o/Holunt working of tho Institute, Mombera were aloo Invited to name books and newspapers U might bo conoldoitd doiirublo to add to the library and roading room. It was a liboral ace on iho part of tho committoo, intended to do much good. Wo will bco how lightly a numbor of! foollnh mon havo trontcd tho iirlvilo«() conceded thorn by copying a fow of tho " HiiggoHtloiiß " from tho book in iiuomion. Iloro they aro ;—." Koop a supply of brandy and otbor light llnjiorH for tho rofrcfllunont of mombora. ho that calling at hotclti may, in a nioiiHuro, bo dono away with," " A good huji]>ly of tobacco ie highly desirable, and flay 801 l and Dlaok'H matches." In huh war to tho above, nomo porson very properly ohHcrvcH, •« The book in intonded for Hobor HtiggcHtloiifl, not for tlioflo of a playful and incbrlatod character like tho above." 11 Wanted, two toweln, and an indefinite numbor of bat and cloak poga.'/ •• That tlilw room 1h lcopt opon on fciundayfl, and umokliiß allowed," "'That a now commlttco bo appointed— n pointed remark," " Got a fow oditlouH of Widow Malono, for ovonlng partion." " Place a dictionary alongside tho nook of suggestions to facilitate tho or* thography of thoHO who mako suggcstlona-j many of thorn ohoor rot—bosh." Wo may hero mention tlmt 'many suggestions of a practical or- son/ilblo naturo liaro boon carelully attended to by the committoo.

Bankruptcy,— -It, 1). Bustj commission agent, Chrlstchurch, lias filed a declaration in pursuance of tltc Bankruptcy Act, 1867, Hint lie is nnablo to met his engagements with his creditor!). Tub Pour.TKY Show,— Mr Rcadc, the hon. Iroiwurorof Hie Poultry Association, attended at WhUo'a Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, for tlio purposo of! paying tlio prizes won at tlio Poultry Show, hold on tlio Ist inst. Kmai'oi Voluxtiwus, — Tho amateur performance lit aid. of the fund* ofi No « Company, C.lt.V. will take place in tlio Kaikatnul Concert lioom, this evening. Tho pieces to bo produced aro " Used Up, and " A Desperate Game," The cswt is ft very atrong otic, and tho acknowledged merit* oC tho performers aro such as to. insure a good ovening's amusement. KnPOnTKuDISCOVKUTOFANKWGoi.miKI.D. —Tho Wat Count Timcn of Aug. 0, has the following ; — Yvtflvrdivy Bti\rllli>g rumour* wero circulated (a town to tlio offoat that a largo paruol of coarso gold luul boon dinposed of to ono of llit) Dunk* by a party of foreigners, wlw tinted that they had found It high up in tho ranges', «hrn to Uw shdw Htu.>, and furthermore ttdlod that it lay on a main liottotn, In nine feet sinking. Wo give this for what it is worth, with tho remark thai between thirty and forty diggers wcro neon wending thnir wi»y tip tho llokltlka Rlvor yesterday nionilnt,', that being tho indicate*! direction of tho dirfcovory. Wo fdiall take the earliest measures to find out the truth or falsehood of thin roport, which, if true, will bo welcome. '1 ho Observer of Aug. 7, Hnya ; —Wo havo been favoured with tho following particulars of tho reported find of gold at the foot of tho Dividing Range, by a gentle* man in whose veracity wo place implicit confidence, our informant utatea that tho dny boforo yoatcrday, an old friend of his— in Italian— allowed him a mimplo of gold which ho had obtulik'd from a place above the ICnnlvri. He statod that be obtained the gold, which w,is a flplendid namplc, being nuggcty and mixed with quartz, lit a dopth of nine f cot t but gtvo no description of th.nntnre of tho ninking. do refused to dlvulgi* tho locality, but staled that whoa bo left »nuw was lying on the ground, and that if a goo 1 trnck wero out to it, ho believed a payable field would bo opened up. Several of the prospector's fellow-countrymen wero "laid on" yesterday, and lnvvo procecdo 1 to tin.spot, Huiiniko GitAiK. — Our Timaru contemporary of Saturday latit Buys :«~<)n Wedm.s day evening bun, ahout nix o'clock, the inanngor of the Into Kobert »Smhh'« farm at the VVallil (Mr Win Hmlth) observed flame* issuing from a pile of bugged grain and mra* lying in the middle of a flold about a mile from tho liouhc. lie at once procio cd to tho spot, and with tho iisnintunco of a labourer auc eccdod in putting out the lire, but not be fur v considerable damago h-id been dono, Several stacks had recently been threshed, and tho oau —some 1250 bugs— wore left piled in two heaps, and covered with otraw for protection, awaiting cartage. Mr tfmlth, on going honv in iho afternoon, ha<l oci<»lon to piw«j doa« by tho grain, but at that timo there was ii.> (dgn of llro, and ho observed no person in the neighbourhood. At live o'clock, amok'j wax firm seen limning no ir tho spot by a labourer working at another part of the farm, but In-, it appears, having only just come on ibe plaw, wiis not a\rnro thoro was grain .stored there, and, consequently, on bin return home, did not report Roving amokoto his master, and It wa« an hour later that Mr Smith filmself hiiw thu flre, Thoro b every reason to think that tho fire was the work of an incon-dl-tvy, for whoro the grain was stored was in a lonely spot, far removed from any thoroughfare, and no person had business to bu any whoro near tho place. Tho loss of (ho grain falla on rapt-tin Crawford, of tho Lauding .Service, who had rocoiuly piifciiadod It, and It wan unltifluivd. The allatr in at present in tho hands of thu police, and wo trust they will nucceed In ferreting out tho origin if tiuch a mnplolou* and disastrous fire. Tin: Waim.ikauiki, — Tho Provincial Giixulln of August 7, contains a notification by the Deputy-Superintendent, that tho following Kcserves have been temporarily made under the 10th clause of tho Wusto Land* HcgulallouH, for purposes of .Protective Works In connection with tho overflow of tlio rlvei 1 Walniakarlri -—No. 040 (in red), two hundred and forty- two acres (more or less), Hituato in the Chriatchurch district, commencing at tho junction of the road forming th« ««v»l«m Ixmndat'y of Hsotlon 2209, with the road forming tho northern boundary of flection 2782 ; thonco northeasterly, following the latter road to the torrace, forming the north-western boundary oftjcctlon 2810 j following tho .said terrace north-easterly to the road forming tho northwestern boundary of Hcction 4GI ( thence noi'lh-eiuttcrly along that road to section •2812 •, thonco following the noutlrwcatcrn boundary of that ncctlon to hcc(Eoii 2818; thenco following tho terrace forming tho Houthcrn 'boundaiy of that section to the custom boundary of ncction 2107 ; thence following that boundary, and the southern boundary of tho wimo sccilon, to the road Unit mentioned j and from thence returning along tho name to tho commencing- point. No, 047 (In rod).— Klevon thousand four hundred acres (more or leas), Hituato in the Clirlfltchurch district, commencing at a point on tho Harowood road by Hiccarton, the same being Ihe north-wctftcrn corner of flection 7/507, following westerly along the southern Hide of that road to a point in line witli thu western side of tho road forming tho western boundary of ncction 1 1068 ; thence northerly, following tho fluid road to tho Hvor Walmakarlrl ; thenco following up tho river to lite high bank or tcrraco forming tho north* eastern boundary of section 7.J14 i thence Houth'Castcrly, following tlio Httid tcrrucc along tho northern boundary of section* 730-1, .'I7OB, 2800, 37C5, and 0453, to the Coal road on (howoHtcrnsldoof reservc.i42(ln red), following up that road to where it is intersected by tho terrace forming tho northern boundary of section 6104) following tho said

terrace in an easterly direction by the northern boundary of sections 5194, 2645, and 2993, to the road forming the northern boundary of section 7718 ; thence southeasterly, following that road to section 6152 ; thence north-easterly, following the northwestern boundary of that section to tho south-eastern boundary of section 7741 j following that boundary, the southern and north-western boundariesof the *imc section, and a Hue in continuation of the lost-men-tioned boundary to secliou 7850 • thenco north-westerly, nlong the south-weitem boundary of the latter section to its westermoat corner ; and from thence, returning along the western boundaries of sections 7850, 4897, and tho before-mentioned section 7597, to tho commencing point $ save and except tho land reserved and purchased to date, and also to pre-emptive right*, viz, ; — Canterbury Association l\ll» 252, I.PJI^ A.K. and 1). on Run No. 37 ; U\U.,s D. E. F. 11. I. J. It L. »l. on Uun No. 37.\. nnd H. r. H. on same run.