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Western Star, Issue 378, 8 September 1880, Page 2

We understand that Mr George Douglas lias received instructions from the company to commence sinking on the reef he discovered last week near Specimen Gully, and employ assistance to expedite the work. It is in-

tended to bring out and send to the null between two and thrt?o tons of the stone, and if the result of Die crushing proves satisfactory, to at once erect a battery on the ground.- -

M'Leod’s party are now sinking in their, lease adjoining tbo ©oleonda. The stone met with looks very promising.—Mr Carew, lute of the Thames, has been appointed amalgamist to the Lcngwood Co.—A quantity of stone from Port’s (Aretbusa) claim has been on view at Mr Lvel’s office during the past few days. The stone was taken indiscriminately from tbo reef, and more or less gold may be seen in nearly every piece of it. The following tenders have been received for contract No. 8, by the Wallace County Council for Wniraki and Blackmount road : Cunningham and Skegg*, £176 11« Scl (accepted) ; J. Gallaber, £lB6 3s 91; T. Power£2oo 10s j J. P. Young, £2ll 14s 9d ; Anderson and Co., £273 lls 8;1 ; M. Green, £285 ITs-

Tn noticing on Saturday that tenders were invited fo” the erection of a Temperance Hall’ we stated that tenders would be received up to Friday. This was a mistake ; the dale should have been Tuesday (yesterday). A well attended public meeting of the ratepayers in the Aparima R»bbit District waa held at Foster’s Thornbnry Hotel yesterday afternoon, to take into consideration the Amended Babbit Act. The meeting was convened by Mr J. W. Hamilton, upon requisition signed by a number of ratepayers. Mr Hamilton was vot»cl to the chair. A long difCussiou took place upon the provisions of the new Act, the action of the Aparima Babbit. Trustees, and the best means of abating the rabbit, nuisance. The following re?elutions were carried r— Proposed by Mr Lyon, seconded by Mr Laidlaw, “ That the Trustees be requested to make every effort to destroy rabbita on Government and other reserves.’’ Moved by Mr Carmichael, seconded by Mi F. Sutton, “That .this meeting is of opinion- that tbo Babbit Board should be abolished, and the administration of the Act be vested in the County Council.” The latter was put ns an amendment on the following motion by Mr Drabble, which was lost“ That seeing that so large a portion of the district is excluded from the rabbit rale, it. is inadvisable to levy a rale in the future, and that the destruction of rabbits be left to the private exertions of the settlors until the County Council take the matter up.” The discussion which ensued upon these resolutions was of an interesting nature, but on account of the length of the report we are unable to publish an account of the proceedings until Saturday.

We again call attention to the oomplimon tary dinner to Mr F. M’Carthy, in .the Oddfellow’s Hall, to-morrow (Thursday) evening, at 8 p..m.

A meeting of Iho Committee of the Biverton Athenaeum will be held on Thursday, 9th inst., al 8 p.m., in the Eosidiog, Boom. Before T. Daniel, Esq., J.P., on Monday, Andrew Wald man was charged with being drunk and disorderly at an early hour on Sun* day morning. After a reprimand from the presiding justice, accused was fined 5s with the alternative of twenty-four hours imprisonment. The fine was paid. The truth of the aphorism that “ honesty is the host policy ” w generally acknowledged. Occasionally, however, incidents occur throwing doubt on the wisdom of a too strict practical exemplification' of that excellent precept. A traveller between Riverton and Orepnki a few days ago Jlost a pocket book containing £75 in notes, pn discovering his , loss, an ineffectual search was made by the unfortunate owner, assisted by some friends. Luckilv the pocket book was picked up on Paihi flat by on individual who happened'to be travelling towards Orepuki, and safely returned to its owner, who was so overjoyed that he forgot to. give any other reward than profuse thanks.. The Sydney Colville Album Company are announced to appear at the Oddfellow’s Hall for one night only—Saturday, 11th inst. The company consists of Mr Sydney Colville, a capital mimic and ventriloquist ; ‘ Mr Robert Patterson, negro delineator; Mr Geo. Lingard, flautist and musical Mourns. In ibe absence of the Chairman of the Licensing Commissioners yesterday, the quarterly licensing meeting was postponed till 21st inst. There were only two applications to be considered—that of Mr F. A. Price for a license for hotel at Fairfax, and Mr F. H M'Lean for a license forj'premises at Orepuki. A meeting of the shareholders in the St. Georg* Quartz-Mining Co. will be held in the old Council Chambers to-morrow evening at eight o’clock. The time for sending in returns under the Property Assessment Act has been extended to October 15, and it is not improbable that it will be further extended to the end of that month.

EL Two men, named Sutherland and M‘Kaj wlio have been prospecting for the last three years in the country between Jackson’s Bay and Mill ford Sound, have discovered the existence of an amphibious animal, hitherto unmentioned in the history of New Zealand It is described as of a brownish color, 20 feet in length, and between four and five feet high, the legs, of which there are four, being not more than fifteen inches in length. The body is round and in shape something like the cow fish. Not one, but five or six ata time of these animals, our informants state, they have seen, and not once, but frequently, generally in the water, when they have been within twenty yards of them. They do not, however, confine themselves to the neighborhood of the sea, for their tracks, which are described os perfectly round, some nine inches in diameter, and very like those of an elephant, have been seen thirty miles inland. Smaller footprints of a similar description were seen last summer, from which our informants conclude that the animals breed there, and that the tracks were those of their young. That the animal whatever it is, must weigh pretty heavy is shown by the fact (hat the footprints are sunk into hard beeches to the depth of a couple of inches. —Nelson “ Maili^pig? Acnrions incident showing the veneration of the Chinese for their dead occurred in Sydney the other day. A Chinaman passenger from Melbourne by the steamer Rodondo. was passing out of the gates with a carpet bag in his hand. The active Customs official on duty naturally expected contraband, but to bis astonishment, the bag contained the bines of the Chinaman's father, together with a certificate of “resurrection ’’showing that the bones had deen exhumed from the Cnstlenaaino graveyard. John was enroute to the land of his nativity, Canton. Maetyks to Neuralgia and Toothache bead this. —The Eev. W. Green, when in the Home Country, was afflicted with neuralgia for nearly two years, and could get no

relief from the ordinary remedies, including the drawing of teeth, and had begun to fear that this distressing complaint would be the companion of his life, when he providentially consulted a physician in Rondo’s, who prescribed for him a medicine (to be used internally) which, in spite of decayed teeth, cured him in two davs. The prescription has since been used for other obstinate eases both of neuralgia and toothache, and has not Seen Tcnown tofail in a single ease. All persona suffering from or liable to be afflicted with neuralgia or toothache should send at once for the prescription, and keep it by them in case of need. A copv will be posted to any address on receipt of 2s 6 1 in postage stamps. Apply direct to Rev. W. Green, South Riverton ; or to J. W. Chapman, bookseller, Ac., Palmerston street, Riverton.