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West Coast Times, Issue 238, 27 June 1866, Page 2

Tho lioiivy rain which continued to fall during tho wholo of ycstorilay has fiad tho offoct of completely flooding tho town, and tho greatest inconvenionco is occasioned hy (ho want of raoro ofTcctivo provision for draining off tho surfaco water. A vevy slight expcndlturo would havo been sufficient to obviato tho interruption to trafllc of nil Idndn, whioh a succession of two or threo wot days now occasions. Tho stbnmoi 1 Auckland, with his Ilonor tho Superintendent on board, loft Nolsou fo. 1 Hokitika at 5 o'clock on Monday evening. . Sho wns to call at tho Groy for slupmont of i gold and passongors for Molbourno, and may bo oxpcoled to arrivo off tho poit oarly this morning. Sho brings tho English mail. Wo havo to add tho naino of Mr F. L. Olarko to tho list of candidates for tho Municipal Council, that gcntloman having ticcoptcd a requisition prosontod to him yostovday. Wo tako tho followiug from tho Canterbury " Pross" :— " We understand that, by lotters recoivod by <ho last moil, tho office of Recoivor of Land Rovonuo lifts boon scpo'atod from that of Provincial Treasurer, and unitod with that of Sab-Troasurcr of tho GonorarGovornmont, and that Mr Hamilton has boon appointed to it. Hitherto the offico Of Receiver of Land Rovonuo has boon invariably hold by tho samo gontloman who hold tho offico of Provincial Treasurer, and thoro was a sort of impliod guarantee in tho union of tho3O offices that tho Land Rovonuo wns intendod to bo loft sololy in tho hands of tho provincial authorities. Tho separation of tho two offices rather displays an animus than oroatcs a dangcv. But tho alteration of tho officor recoiving the rovonuo docs not alter tho illegality of Mr Stafford's regulations, bocauso Mr Hamilton is bound, and wo havo no doubt will bo compolled, to pay ovo? tho Land Fund to tho Provincial Treasurer without passing it to his account na Sub-Treasurer of tho Gottoral Government." Wo clip tho following from tho " Otngo Daily Times" :— " Mr Wnrdon Wood roports as^follows from Nokomni, for tho month ending May 81 :— Mining on tho Nokomni during tho last month lias boon very dull, in consoquonco of tho very limited supply of wator, and a good many havo loft for Iho Shotovor and Skippors. Afc Switzors some good wator races aro boing brought in, whioh will make miners independent of tho wenthor. Acton's extended claim on tho Winding Creek is in full working order, putting through tho boxes at tho rnto of about 150 tons per dny j but they havo not yet washed up. On tho Dorm Crock, Fox and party havo struck good gold. This portion of tho district is looking up. Rates of wages, Nokomoi— Creek workings, LI j dry sinking, L 3 10a ; woodcutters, L 3 por wcok, without rations. Pricoß current : Flour, 5d per lb j bread, 2s por -1 lbloafj meat 8d to 10c! por lb j candles, 2s j ten, 3s ; sugar, 8d to 9d } tobacco, 8d per lb 5 fvosh butter, 3s por lb 5 milk, Is por quart. Population : Minors, 210 j persons othorwiso oniploycd, 120} women and ohildron, 110: total, 440." Wo tako tho following olorioal momoranda from tho "Lyttelton Timos" of Thursday last:— "Tho Lord Bishop of Iho dioccso ha 3 issued a lottor uudor tho episcopal seal, constituting a Capitular Body nyjonneotion with tho cathedral of Ohristcluiron. By this nrrangoraont, tho Von. tho Archdeacon of Christchurch is appointed Dean of Ohristohuroh and Commissary General of tho diocese. Tho Qthor members of tho Chapter aro, tho Von. tho Archdeacon Harper, tho Roys. B. W. Dudley, J. Wilson} and G. Cotterill, Canons. In connection with tho letter croating theso appointments, his Lordship has addrossed aifother lotter, defining tho duties of tho Dean and Chapter. Thoso duties aro dosoribod as boing diocesan, and not parochial. As soon as tho Cathedral is comploted, tho mombors will bo required to coaso their pastoral duties, and to dovoto thomsolves to thoao of thoirnow o(Iloo. Under tho prosont ciroumstancos, many of thoso duties will remain, in aboyauco. Amongst tho speoial duties, will bo to assist in training theological studonts and candidates for Holy orders, to visit and examino parochial schools, reporting upon their condition and progress, to visit, us commissaries for tho Bishop, tho churches iv Ohristohurch and ito neighborhood, and to not ns examining chaplains for tho Bishop. Tho establishment of a Capitular Body has always accompanied that of tho colonial bishoprics, such ns thoso of Molbourno, Sydnoy, &0., and it formed part of tho original schomo of the Canterbury Assooinfion, several clcrgymon having boon nctunlly nominated to tho difforont offices. But tho project wns not ronlisod at tho timo, and hns boon almost lost sight of, until tho subject was revived by tho Bishop at a rccont mcoting of tho Diocosan Synod." Tho following oxtmct from tho "Wotlaud Obsorra 1 ' is full of e!gnificauco touching tho stato of tho sou thorn township :— " Yostorday,' in tho principal street of Okarita, thero was a burial— of a hoim Tho gravodigger, having a proforonco for shallow-sinking, only sunk a paddock dcop or wido onough to contain tho enrenss aftor tho logs woro choppod oft with nn axo, and, when tho thin layor of sand wns thrown on, tho obsequios woro considered complotod. It would bo a propor reward for tho ln/inoss of tho ownor, if ho woro compelled to rusticato, for tho boiiofit of his nasal organs, on tho emno spot for iv couplo of months in tho hoot of noxt summor ; but ns it is, with no extension of tho Town and Country Polieo Ordinance, thero is no nltornativo but la lei- this perpetrator of a nuisunco go scot (vciif'