Oamaru Times and Waitaki Reporter from Oamaru, Waitaki District, New Zealand • 2

'I 2 riday ebruary 1 1867 DUNEDIN we find that the COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE culvert and approaches at Creek I Her representative Should the weather tria juncta in uno berancc of its demonstration ree and duty paid 947ft tim over the entrance to the house of New Zealand in Lemon A meeting took place to day between a Committee I am not in possession The Prospector cleared Otago Heads on Monday A commit POST OICE NOTICE himself as a candidate friends may as so often happens induce the and on the front of the station the word AND WAITAKI REPORTER on Wednesday the 12th instant RIDAY EBRUARY 1 1867 south east to north west quiverin The Building vertisement which will I hope have attention among BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH at three TROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT nver which during rainy weather washes over both spits and submerges the lower lying banks to the depth of many themselves in the matter of his reception after the fatigue of the long journey he had under I hope all those who are in TOWN COUNCIL MEETING probability that the City Council will have its own was vociferously cheered by a concourse of persons approval are to be made public We trust therefore HAMPDEN to return to pass the Vice regal quarters were reached and the RESIDENT COURT that year by the Government to destroy last crop in for illegally detaining a certain horse purchased by II II II 1 I 1 It II it ii i II i st It it it 4 It i It IlK II II 17 ii it it hh i it ti it it ii ti it I fl 1 ti II tt 'f II i ii it it ft i 17 II I 3 Hill 9 ti IS At 99 II a It 1 vj i I A If 3 II I 1 I 3 I II ii it 3 i i i VI 9 9 It It 9 I II 9 i it it II 9 i ii it rt Vi It' i it 9 9 II At Vi 3 3 II 9 It mi ti i ii 3 4 Hill I II II tl I II II II VI ii it I I If fl III It I I If ft VJ tl ft I ii it i i it1 it ti rt II Vl It A II vt II It 9 1 tt I 1 VJ I tl It II II II It 99 I fl II it 3 It tt 3 If It I I ft I 3 Vi It II If tl II II 3 fl tl I II II II ti II I II fl It II 14 i 3 HUH it Vi II I it 9 If If ft fl I 9 II L7 ll 9 It 3 tl At tl 3 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pkg Dalgety Rattray and Co 1 pkge and bdle Cargills and 2 Hart for Dunedin January Star of Tasmania 632 tons Culbert IaNIIAPY 31 "M'ntilrfn Havpfl Rnwnni fnv ThinAlln Driver for Dunedin he schooner Isabella as the Canterbury has The name of the in oilt nn I VAlVXiauiU aJUIl U4 Next day the bodies of four men and two rom our Christchurch Telegram we observe that His Excellency the Governor wan CHRISTCHURCH Business has resumedits wonted aspect now that the holidays are over and the opera I than usual activity Staple articles of first class brands a The Dunedin coach met with an accident on Wed nesday about two miles south of Waikouaiti A dray was coming in the opposite direction and on the top of she was requested by the driver of the coach to put down in order not to frighten the horses She obeyed the request by putting the umbrella to one side and immediately afterwards shooting it up again which caused the horses to bolt They were pulled up just for six months THE RECEPTION Cr Miller moved that a Committee of Citizens and Councillors be appointed to consider the best means however the coach went but at the bottom lay a large stone which occasioned a capsize The body went right over with its living freight but we are glad to say that none of the passengers were seriously injured although Another coach was procured at Waikouaiti and the lost time was ade up ere reaching Oamaru Committee Messrs Locke Gibbs Smeall Booth Clapcott Godfrey A Cr Quarrie seconded A lengthy and animated discussion ensued and on being put to the meeting the motion was lost by the casting vote of the Mayor Those for it were Ora Pinkerton Quarrie Payne and Clendinnen against Reserve besides in other parts of the district and even in the township especially in that part adjoin tonously troublesome particularly to the farmer and thunder on Monday especially in the evening Copious rain fell last night Like many other places we have a superabundant reception of His Excellency I above is correct A meeting of gentlemen who support the re elec I gentleman is now definitely in the field for the Su and Mr Vogels return at the top of the poll is an Of our old the Dunedin Bench charged with disobeying a iu: mons sequently admitted to bail to appear before the Bench there on Saturday 2nd ebruary Mr John Lemon was charged by Mr Clayton turn of sheep in his possession at required by the Sheep Ordinance Mr Lemon did not consider himself bound to do io as the sheep were not grazing on a run but on private property Decision was reserved till Tuesday next Mr Miller was charged by Mr Robertson ceived the Governor retired the escort was dismissed and the crowd gradually and reluctantly dispersed rode up between them and crossed the bridge leading After a few words of ac knowledgment for the way in which he had been re rriage and its attendant escort pro I undary arch simultaneously Sir I Hon the Superintendent to the Mayor and the boundary His Excellency very courteously acceded I entered the carriage which started on its way was conducted to a covered platform I to Hokitika in the name of the town and assured THE RECEPTION IN HOKITIKA The general effect un Sn aftnArnl fViA Hi tan! aw VAiv Uvvvulj LIlvlX lu uv UU HUJJuU Will vOUvlIiUO Wool continues to arrive daily and in considerable quantities illusion to the well He will I I responds to the toast of the occasion at the banquet meut have been duly gazetted Thomas Hill Esq to be Collector of Customs at Dunedin James Hackworth Esq to bo Lauding Surveyor at the Port of WelUng Lemon 800 do do 12 bars iron 1 bdl do 1 case Reid 2 DArcolSs bdl TrJiilL IXoxbv find Co 7 cs wine I ck soda CHRISTCHURCH Thursday 450 pm His Excellency is expected this evening from Westland There is to be a sfiam fight and a flower show and other entertainments will come off" after which the Governor proceeds to Dunedin stort (we give the words precisely as re ceived we are puzzled to know their meaning) Ash burton destroyed by fire A case of bushranging has occurred at the Buller The man was speedily apprehended an Nearly the whole of the way his Excellency rode un The English Mail via Panama will close at this office on RIDAY the 1st EBRUARY 1867 at 8 pm scribed God Save the thus representing the three nations under the one Sovereign of whom Sir George Grey is the representative The whole i back of hurry to which we have referred it was most excellently well carried out To conclude our story of the arches we may add that a sixth decorated SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE on ar at least effectually check its rapid growth for undoubt nip The efforts of private indi I nuisance on their own land and its immediate neigh I it were on waste lands adjoining I would not Islands wo have intelligence of the ma on Palmerston Island The intelligence was conveyed to Rorotonga by one of tbs Tahitian traders that on the 25th ebruary last the wreck of an iron vessel supposed to be either a barque The Box will close at the Times Office Wansbeck street at 7 same evening 0 LEMON Postmaster 4 r4 a £4 A meeting was held yesterday afternoon at three Present The Mayor Ors Miller Roxby Luke Quarrie Payne Clendinnen rance and Pinkerton The minutes of last ordinary and special meetings were read and confirmed and correspondence read THE BANK ACCOUNT Cr Pinkerton proposed That the account of the Council be transferred from the Bank of New Tuesday 29th January 1867 (Before Thomas Windle Parker Esq Hugh was brought up on a warrant from He was remanded to Dunedin but subso steamer Bruce when he inspected the coast line south I that this river is navigable trance wide and deep with good holdirg ground for vessels inside The spits at the mouth resemble those at Hokitika but the entrance is easily approached from soawaids the depth of water half a mile from the mouth being four and a half fathoms gradually de Oamaru Times Office Thursday Evening The Star of Tasmania the second wool vessel from this port sailed this morning with a cargo valued at L37776 The A Stevens is now daily expected but mean while a considerable quantity is being shipped to Port Chalmers The Wainui to day received the first ship ment of oats from this district consisting of 42 bags grown on the farm of Mr Easton Cabbage Tree Hill In general business matters wo have no change to report or the past few days the weather has been very unfavorable for harvest operations being showery and PORT OAMARU INWARDS January Geelong ps Hart froi Traill Roxby and Co Agents January Matilda Hayes Bowers from Dunedin ranco Agent January ly Hill from Dunedin rance Agent January 31 Wainui ss Driver from the North Traill Roxby and Co Agents OUTWARDS January 29 Geolong ps Traill Roxby and Co Agents for London Dalgety Rattray and Co Agents I via Shag Point Henry iance Agent January 31 Wamui ss Traill Roxby and Co Agents be excluded from his old seat although his return The nomina tion is postponed till after the polling for the Super intendency orial to His Excellency is in course of sig Mr Ingram for some timo connected with the editorial department of this journal is a passenger per the ship Star of Tasmania for England on board of which vessel previous to her sailing many friends paid it sat perched a woman holding up an umbrella which him a visit to bid him a kind Mr Ingram while a resident in Oamaru has by his courteous and gentlemanly demeanour and kind and affectionate dispo Koss a few days ago A miner mamed Henry Thomas had during the Christmas holidays been indulging so freely in the debauchery that is so common at such a time on a goldfield that his mind became affected On Monday the 7th instant his mate left him alone in their tent and was gone but a few minutes when dog followed and commenced a series of such strange demonstrations that induced hi the tent where to his horror he found his friend coolly sawing away at his throat with a common blunt table knife Before the poor suicidal course could be arrested he had inflicted such severe injuries that inflam mation of the lungs ensued by reason of extravasation of blood and he died on riday evening last at ten The River of the 9th January reports accident of a serious nature befel Christchurch coach yesterday morning as it was leaving Hokitika Passing along Gibson's Quay the top of the coach came in violent contact with a rope which was stretched across the road from a derrick in use on the quay The driver (Sheppard) was thrown off the box as also was a passenger and the body of the vehicle was swung round and wrenched from the king bolt The horses at once galloped off with the rest of the coach but were stopped without doing or receiving any harm The driver was stunned and was found to have sus tained a severe concussion of the brain but the passenger escaped without The proceeds of the sale of rural lands in the Pro vince for the month of November last amounted to only L484 and in December to L2518 18s Id In Novem ber the sale of town lands realised L409 in December L12 10s There are three candidates for the Superintendency of Nelson: viz Blackett Curtis and Barnicoat It is said that Mr Blackett is the most popular and stands the beat chance of being elected A ZX rr ZX xosE umce uamaru Jan 31st 1867 Star of Tasmania did not leave port till yesterday morn cleared out with a fresh southerly wind clock she was out of sight will make a rapid passage to Cape Horn haying started accompany her all the way hips to reach London this season passengers from this port viz Master Gibson The ps Geelong Captain Hart left Lyttelton rived here at 4 pm on Tuesday I nent at Port Chalmers and she left at a late hour same evening We were indebted to Captain Hait for Christ church files to the 28th January The Wainui Capt Driver left Lyttelton on Tues day at two nm calling at Timaru arrived here at an early hour yester day morning rom Capt Driver we acknowledge re ceipt of Christchurch files up to the 29th January The sundries White 26 packages sundries 2 warden chairs 42 sheets iron Reid and Bathgate 8 bars iron 8 axlenns 1 parcel Ogilvio 20 boxes tea Bee 3 bls corn sacks 1 cs starch 2 do lobsters Traill Roxby and Co Per Wainui from Lyttelton 6 cait axles 1 case Traill Roxby and Co 1 case 1 machine 1 pole Reece and Co Prom Akaroa 45 bags flour 4 doharps 18 do bran 1 keg butter 4 crates cheese Traill Roxby and Co 1 box fruit Ashcroft 4599 ft timber evening at 9 clock with a SW wind Owing to foggy weather and an absence of wind the ing at five when she dropped her moorings and At seven she was out of sight It is expected that she I with a very favorable breeze which will it is thought accompany her all the way The Star has hitherto made speedy voyages and should be among the first She carries two Mr Ingram and In view of the visit of His Excellency the GorerA nor to Oamaru the following extracts from tho West Coast describing the reception at Hokitika on Thursday last may prove useful as well as interesting at the present time The triumphal arches erected as part of the public demonstration were no less than five in number They consisted of very substantial wood work pro At a meeting of the Committee of the Pastoral Association a few days since Messrs Miller Black and Locke were appointed a Yard Committee to make arrangements for the Ram air next week The entry money was fixed at Id for all sheep over 200 in num ber 2d for over 100 and under 200 and 3d for under 100 Applications for space arc to be received up till to morrow according to advertisement and another meeting of Committee will be held same day in the Northern Hotel at 2 pm The Oddfellows intend this evening to celebrate the anniversary of their Lodge and the opening of their New Hall on a grand scale Supper will bo served in the Hall at half past six and dancing will com mence at nine this quarter as well as in other places but here ap parently to little effect I presume that the principal reason why this endeavor proved so far ineffectual was the lateness of the season when the attempt waf made If then another effort is to be made this year the sooner the better or at all events no time should be lost It is perhaps late enough now and ii the matter be not attended to soon a more luxuriant harvest of thistles will be the consequence next season The Blue Jacket has completed her loading at The friaate built ship Talbot Captain James was to sail about the fusely decorated with branches of foliage and sur mounted by legends The first arch was situated at the entrance to the town at the north end of Revel street and the words inscribed on it were 11 Web come to The second wai placed at the part of Revell street where the theatre is and boro the inscription Better ye canna The third stretched from the Bank of New Zealand across Revell street to the Empire hotel and was sur I These legends were intended to express the welcome Wl VUU VUXUO UQV1UUO VI Scotland and Ireland The fourth arch at tho south plaintiff at auction from defendant on 26th January The summons was withdrawn Lightholder Proudfoot Debt and cost LB 7 6d Judgment for plaintiff by default Markham same Debt and costs L6 17 6L Judgment for plaintiff by default nature on the subject of Separation and it is intended to present it to him when he is here The annual meeting of the members of the Athe nceum was held last night but it passed off without any of those stormy scenes which attracted so much attention to the Institution three or four months ago The Acclimatisation Society has put forth an ad your country readers changes is one of the most important of tho means by which such Societies can help the general cause The Otaero Societv invites nresnntft nf nufivA Kiwi flood twelve feet of water was found There is a large for pear shaped lagoon iuside the bar navipablA on AifchAr ide of a sandbank in the centre The only discovered see yesterday that the Town Council had at last deemed it incumbent on them to bestir ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Hampden 30th January 1867 Since my last some wheat has been cut in this neighborhood but harvesting will not be general for some time yet The weather during the last day or two has been freshing in some things It has got into considerable diicredit heie for wasting the revenue of the district and has made a bold effort to regain tho esteem and tions of the past week have been characterised by more have moved off freely The market is bare of Bass's pI pale ale has met with a leady sale and inferior brands have also been quitted Candles aie being dealt in a heavy rise being anticipated the prices disposition to quit at even those prices I to 11s per bushel Advices from England point to a rise in prices there but we do not think this will in fluence this market as our barley crop is very superior this season Very little is doing in cornsacks little or no gram being delivered as yet No alteration has taken place in breadstuffs first quality flour being quitted for export at LI2 per ton small lots 20s higher No sales of wheat have been reported although advances are being made the opening prices are expected to be low probably 3b 6d per bushel Barley is offering 5s ba is offered for best samples for malti I buyers have the advantage one or two sales were ef fected at Saturday's market at 2s 3d per bushel whilst other sellers asked 3s 6d Beans and peas are quiet Potatoes are only quitted in small lots to suit the re tailers L5 per ton is the price given Press 28th anuary Lyttelton and was to sail on Monday last oum imp laioor vaptain dames was iahio time lhe Sir Ralph Abercromby is the next ves sel from that port The Brighton of Saturday says that portions of a vessel have been washed on tho beach between Charleston and Westport The debris consists of part of to belong to a ichooner of about 30 tons The following appointments in the Customs Depart ment havo been duly gazetted Thomas Hill Esq to be Collector of Customs at Dunedin James Hackworth 1 9 to bo Lauding burvoyor at tbo Port of elbng ton William Sydney Munday Esq to be officer in I A I 1 1 uitru uuuu ttppuunuu wueiisHig vuiuors uuuer rue pro visions of "The Arms Act Od Tuesday afternoon the ketch Jane Elkin which has for a considerable time been ashore on the North Beach was launched Owing however to tho steep fall of about thiee feet from the ways to tho water the ends of tho wrjs wcie forced through her bottom caus ing her to leak badly The tug Perseveie was in attend ance for the pui pose of towing her out of the surf and towed round before she had made much water in a very few minutes she heeled over and sank right the bar vessel had fortunately sufficient warning of what was bottom when she turned over The boat belonging to the Wild Wave at once put off and took off four of the crew and Captain Coulson in the harbor boat rescued Capt Priest and two otheis ortunately the bar was unusually smooth or else there would have been small chance for the lives of those who were on board thechoonor Tho hull washed ashore shortly after waids near to the Wid Wave and was yesterday sold for L19 River Argus The Ceylon papeis state that almost as soon as the at Point de Galle telegraphed to his owners at New York He telegraphed to the agents in London and they telegraphed to America but the answer was sent direct from New York to Galle the telegram and the reply tiavelled was 20000 miles for had they not done so we can easily fancy that not only would they have brought a certain amount of disgrace upon themselves being the only body in the place to whom we may look for the carrying out of what is necessary in honor of the event but a stigma would have been cast upon the town and district which years could not efface It must be remembered that the visit of the Governor of these Islands is a circumstance charge at Westport Buller Messrs Hill and Munday of no ordinary importance and the more loyal and enthusiastic the reception the more certainly will that visit be productive of good to the district at large Betides Sir George Grey is the representative of Her Majesty and it becomes us to accord him the best welcome in our power that the Committee just appointed will set to work in earnest the time at their disposal is very limited but with proper energy we doubt not that a reception which will do honor to the town will be the result Space does not permit of our entering upon the consideration of the question of the benefits likely to flow from the forthcoming visit of His Excellency We are confident however that a single glance at the country around will tell its own tale will tell of its soil climate and resources and its rapid progress despite the many difficulties which have been placed in the way All this and more we trust will be patent to the eyes of the distinguished party about to visit the district so that we cannot help feeling con vinced that His visit will be productive of good the extent whereof it may not now be easy to realise of their own personal comfort than careful of the of fellow traveller The tender of Mr Joseph Beattie for the erection of TT I dinptivU) has been accepted The contract price is L419 Ils 1 In the Bruce Company Otago Rifle Volunteers Lieut Tait has resigned and Edward Pettit fills the ap pointment Ensign Scott has also resigned and John Dewe has been gazetted to act in his stead Captain Allan of the East Taieri Rifle Volunteers has resigned his commission and the same has been accepted The resignation of Captain Robert Paterson Dunedin Naval Volunteers has likewise been accepted and gazetted The Daily supplies the following particulars respecting the recent importation of American sheep per the A Stevens Bates Sise and Co of Bond street have recently imported by the A Stevens from Boston some sheep which have already attracted much notice from flockowners in this Province as well as enquiries from others in Canterbury and Southland The sheep comprise 20 rams and five ewes and they were selected from the flocks of five of the best known breeders in Vermont Into that State there were imported in 1810 through the then American Consul in Spain a number of pure Spanish Merinos belonging to the celebiated Paulor and Infantado stocks and it is claimed that the breed as it now exists thank to great care on the part of the breeders and to the climate of the 4 Green Mountains' is remarkable for combining a veiy heavy fleece of excellent quality with a strong and symmetrically compact frame the sheep being singularly haidy Several of those now imported here are of precisely that breed which at the great Hamburg ram fair in 1863 took the first second and third prizes there being no less than 1761 other animals shown in the same class including many from Austria Prussia and other parts of the Continent the Emperor of the rench being himself a large exhibitor General and 4 two rams formerly imported by Messrs Bates Sise and Co and which were the first of the kind brought to Otago are of this Vermont railed Spanish merino breed They are now the property of Mr Dillon BeU The rams now im ported range from a year to three years old and they are with the ewes at present at the Commercial Sale Yards They have not quite recovered from their long voyage but that is not likely to interfere with a proper estimate of their merits by any competent judge of" The service of the Timaru Artillery Volunteers have been accepted by His Excellency the Governor a of date 31st October 1866 The following promotion are also gazetted In tho No 7 (Timaru) Company Canterbury Rifle Volunteers Lieut Phillip endall to be Captain vice Stericker resigned Ensiga Stanley Briscoe Seymour to be Lieutenant vice endall pro moted It is notified in the Government that the following days will be observed as public holi days 23rd March (anniversary of the Province of Otago) 19th April (Good riday) 24th May Birthday) 13th June (Presbyterian ast day in Dunedin only) 9th November (Prince of Birth day) 12th December (Presbyterian ast day in Dunedin only) 25th December (Christmas Day) A Smith Esq has been appointed Revising Officer for the Province of Otago under and Land Societies Act 1 have noticed lately both in Otago I of caterpillars amongst some of this crops ex tensively attended to in Victoria as a remedy for these insect depredators I hope all those who are in terested in agricultural pursuits throughout the country and all lovers of nature will bear the adver tisement I have referred to in mind Each may only be able to do very little but if the little that each can do is done the total xesult will be beyond expec tation Tho Question of the Town BAlf TiimRAfl whieh As was remarked by a friend on his departure Mr Ingram is one whom a dis trict such as this can ill afford to lose and we are con fident that this is the feeling with which his departure the top of the coach itself was damaged is universally regarded We call the attention of our readers to three notice made up ere reaching Oamaru We trust this will advertised by the Rev 0 (1) To a special prove a warning to other Mrs Gamps who maybe fonder ermon on Sbbath evening first for young men and women (2) To a Bible Class for their instruction every Sabbath afternoon and (3) to a Union Prayer Meeting for Christians of all denominations every riday after noon We trust that these classes will be well attended as they are certainly worthy of every encouragement It will be observed that all are invited to the sermon in St Church on Sabbath ie those who are not seatholder as well as members and others pos sessing sittings The Congregational meeting in St Church con vened for last night was not held being adjourned till riday the 8th instant at 7 pm The usual monthly meeting of the Oamaru Building and Land Investment Society will take place on Tuesday evening next in Assembly Room at 7 The subscription list for the raising of funds for the establishment of an Hospital for Oamaru i filling up with very handsome amounts In addition to the sub scriptions already published the following names have been put down Mr Hodgkinson L10 Messrs Royse Mudie and Miller L10 10s Captain Sewell LlOlOs Mr Locke L10 10s Mr John M(Lean L10 10s Messrs Hood and Shennan LIO 10s Messis Traill Roxby and Co L10 10s Mr James Bee L5 5s Mr John Pringle L5 5s Mr Edward Campbell L2 2s Mr Black Ll Is Mr Grenfell Ll Is Mr John Thompson Ll Is Mr Tumell Ll Is Mr Alex Paterson Ll Is Mr Ingram 10s We observe that tenders are called for the formation of Wansbeck street fiom Tees to Tyne street Owner of property should inspect the plans at the Town Clerk's office early as from the alteration in the gradient it will be found that some attention will be necessary on their part if they would preserve easy ingress to their places of business Mr Lande! who represented Tokomairiro in the Pro vincial Council during its last session intends to agai offer himself a a candidate at the forthcoming elec tion A Mr Jame Cunningham is to contest the election for the Wakaxi District with Mr Driver or Dunedin the Daily state that there are that two or three of the seven late candidates will not again offer themselves and Mr Turner is pretty confidently men tioned as one of the new Mr Main is to be a candidate for Manuherikia the late representative Mr Macpherson will not come forward Messrs Dick and Macandrew are now fairly in the field for the Superintendency There is a rumor of Major Richard son's not being unwilling to come forward for the repre sentation of Lawrence The late member Mr Brown and Mr Grove of Wetherstones it is said will contest the election A correspondent of the Sydney Morning writing from Eden Twofold Bay says 44 A storm of an unprecedented and truly frightful character broke over this town and the immediate neighbourhood at one o'clock a on Wednesday the 12th instant At eight on the previous evening the entire coast line and horizon became suddenly enveloped in a dense and impenetrable cloud whilst the atmosphere became close and stifling in a few seconds sheet after sheet of lightning does not describe illumined space from south east to north west quivering or becoming suspended as it were for three and four seconds at a time one flash succeeding another in rapid and constant succession This continued until five minutes to one in the morning when an extraordinary rushing sound like the charge of a large body of heavy cavalry was heard instantly followed by a storm of ice in square triangular oblong and round pieces occasioning a fear ful noise This storm lasted with some intermission for upwards of two hours and was accompanied by the flashes of sheets of fire before described and continuous rolls of thunder In the morning a large block of con gealed ice was found at the kitchen door and upon breaking it some of the pieces which formed it were perfectly defined and were upwards of an inch in width and length ortunately there was very little wind or much more damage to glass would have occurred As it was the fruit trees especially peach and apple trees in some of the gardens are cleared of the fruit peas and beans shelled and beaten down cabbages cut down as if fired into with errapeshot whilst in the flower garden all the more tender plants have been trim ed off as with a knife the flower buds and branches alike being cut away together The storm appears to have caused much terror to the residents in the town many of whom in their affright thought the end of the world had indeed come The crops I trust are not much injured as the storm does not appear to have ex tended far inland but within the space to which it was confined the 4 oldest inhabitant will not soon forget that of last Wednesday Having been in Sydney in October last upon the occasion of a very heavy hail storm there I can say that it bore no comparison for violence or in the size of the hail or pieces of ice with that just A melancholy instance of the effects of excessive drinking says tho West Coast took place at Zealand to the Bank of Otago" 3 II 3 if ri i I I If II I I If If It 3 fl II I 3 It The Bruce found the en mi i i iue spica au cue Tuoutn resemble tuose eawaid the depth of water half a mile from the creasing to the bar upon which pear shaped lagoon iuside the bar navigable on either drawback to the navigation is the flooding of the Monday and after calling at intermediate port A considerable quantity of wool was put on board of her for tranship MVUl auuiv We were indebted to Captain Hait for Christ up at Auckland on 15th January but left again hands of the Customs authorities there parcels 1 bdl Traill Roxby and Co water Bennett 2 columns Hewat 4 octave sherry bacco Luke 3 tons iron Ogilvie Traill Roxby and Co Loaded timber at Akaroa and after rom Capt Driver we acknowledge Governor on his arrival here that the Council ap the following Councillors (with the Mayor ex officio) and the mover and that the Clerk write to the fol lowing gentlemen requesting them to act on the Ashcroft Waddell Gibbs Smeall Booth Clapcott Godfrey A Thompson Harper Shrimski Black and Prender gast appointing a meeting for Saturday 2nd eb ruaiy at 1 pm in the Council Chambers The motion wa duly seconded and carried for ensuring a loyal reception to His Excellency the point on their beahalf with power to act for them Councillors rance Pinkerton Clendinnen Luk the large in threatens soon to overspread the whole place pro bold invader taken root iu several parts of the Bush I think would object I refer to that plant co: invaded our district but (judging fro close and warm There has been a good deal of Copious rain fell last night tat ion Tho question of the Town Belt Leases which created so much excitement here at the close of last year is not yet settled but there appears to be every way A draft lease has been submitted to the Su perintendent and its terms if approved or before If no further stir is made I think the leases will be duly issued but A A A a ten The City Council has in tho meantime struck it is likely that they will be for seven years instead of work! brt for a young colonial town but the welcome to occasion altogether into the shade Vauxhall in connection with the event a procession to Of course a determined effort for the return of Grant will be made by his followers iug men cannot get the odds they offer against him re even greater in Dan January 29th of the City Council and the Committee of the riendly Societies to arrange a programme for the I am not in possession of the results but believe that the outline given supporters took place to day tee was formed but no information as to Mr Mac Bench there on Saturday 2nd ebruary Sheep Inspector with failing to make the usual re Sheep Ordinance 1856 and on his ascending and descending the platform A 4 which by this time had swollen to at least 4000 The carriage with its flue team of six bays wa of these brief proceedings Sir George Grey acceded request made to him through his Honor the Superintendent to pass through the town on horseback and the procession being re formed his Excellency slowly proceeded down Revell street through Camp and Wharf streets along the quay and up Sewell street to the Commit I was greeted by the acclamations of the thousands mounted with the following Cead mille to His Excellency of the three nations of England through the town on horseback and the procession down Revell street through Camp and Wharf streets waiting to receive hie Excellency on the conclusion however most promptly to accepted the invitation of the Hokitika and Grey special carriage to the Arahura station also at the two bridges on the line branches and poration and the citizens for the yery cordial reception he had received He said he had already been district which he had seen and assured them of hi posite the tramway station the timated the wish of the directors that he would make wonted appearance We will add only that many of the houses were de II III matisation Society in reference to the fencing in of a Public Gardens so that it may be made a suitable Cr Miller seconded the motion The consideration of this matter was postponed and the motion was carried Cr Quarrie protesting Public Works Co it fall of about thiee feet from the ways to the water the ends of the wrjs wcie forced through her bottom caus ing her to leak badly The tug Perseveie was in attend a a into the river aud it was honed that the vcsel could be But when jint outside tho Lar she began to fill lapidly and on The captain and five other men on board the I going to happen to enable them to stick to the bottom when she turned over The boat belonging to the Wild Wave at once put off and took off four of the Capt Priest and two otheis ortunately the bar i I I 4 I 3 3 YROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Dunedin 28th January 1867 expected Governor is gradually strengthening No of any definite infor: he i son (somehow or other the little deserved unpopu creases here) is blamed for not keeping the Superin and thus affording us some data from which to cal I rise above our horizon it i dar at two pm day morning Wainui left for Dunedin at 1 pm yesterday The brig Rona and the notorious Capt Hayes turned up at Auckland on 15th January but left again same evening after having narrowly escaped seizure at the hands of the Customs authorities there He had sent ashore a false report of the vessel but the Captain de nied that his chief officer was Instructed to that effect and luckily for him his papers were found all right He II tl 3 17 1 If II II 3 3 and the cost was L50 The ciudity of the present Government is really re freshing in some things discredit heie for wasting the revennn the confidence of the public but in doing so it has only in creased the ridicule which it so justly obtained We as plain language as lournahst could do written down tho person as extremely weak in his in in loading the wool ships at the cost of L225 per the Government appear to be for they have admitted have committed a greater error If 3 3 3 I II II reach town about six in the evening but a the morning led to the belief that his Excellency uuur xuu urjuugemenus ior vne reception were made by the Corporation and were sufficiently car I the mayor and corporation of Hokitika attended by asonic body in regalia the Oddfellows in regalia the preceded by the band was formed in front of the jMLunicipai uouncil Chamber at three clock and shortly afterwards marched to the triumphal arch at II I 3 3 II 3 IMPORTS Per Matilda Hayes fiom Dunedin 6000ft timber and Robertson 2 3 boxes 1 package Mitchell I Cargills and M'Lean 1 package Waddell 1 pci to bacco Luke 3 tons iron Ogilvie Per ly from Dunedin Under bond 20 cs geneva Traill Roxby and Co ber Hewat 495ft do Lemon 3 bls woolpacks 5 do foggy alternately There is now however a change for cornsacks Driver M4Lean and Co 1 cs furniture Sumpter 2C cs ale rance 4 bags sugar 6 pkgs sundries White 26 packages sundries 2 warden chairs 42 sheets iron Reid and Bathgate 8 bars iron 8 axle acks 1 cs starch 2 do lobsters Traill Roxby and Co Per Wainui from Lyttelton 6 cait axles 1 case Traill Roxby and Co 1 case 1 machine 1 pole ihfirwL Ifi dn hniTK 1 4 nrfitPQ Traill I AV VMUUUI rom Timaru 38 sacks Traill Roxby and Co EXPORTS Per Star of Tasmania for London bales wool Dalgety Rattray and Co 948 do Cargills and MLean 251 do Cargills and 9 bales sheepskins 179 wheat Dalgety Rattray and Co 45 bags wheat 1 box JB AM A pecimens or tone Traill Koxby ana (Jo 2 cs speci mens of stone soil and timber 20 bags wheat Per Geelong for 1 pkg Dalgety Rattray A hhds ale 1 ck bottles 1 truss Traill Roxby and Co 85 bales wool Royse Mudie and Miller Per Wainui for Dunedin 42 bags oats Booth Bros Per ly for 25 bales wool to Order 3 pool the sand and also a white cambric handkerchief the collar of which wa marked The I 1 ll I ine iNortn nainted in nn letlArw The only sition endeared himself to an extensive circle of friends oreature saved alive was a goose On referring to the h0 ever manifested a most lively interest in the Wn ul advancement and welfare of the district whose claim hi they approached an easy embankment down which Captain Thorpe built in Sunderland in 1853 owned by pen has advocated not only frequently but ably wil eight years vessel on arrival applied to the Port Officer for instruc ted received no and had nothing for the stupidity Timaru Herald 2 inferior brands have also been quitted in Melbourne being 12d to 12jd per lb and with little disposition to quit at even those prices Malt is sufficient quantities for our requirements we quote 10 to Ils per bushel rise in prices there but we do not think this will in fluence this market as our barley crop is very superior this season Very little is doing in cornsacks little or a taken place in breadstuffs first quality flour bein No sales of wheat have been reported although advances low probably 3 6d per bushel Barley is offerin Oats are offered freely but as no definite price seems to be fixed fected at Saturday's market at 2s 3d per bushel whilst Potatoes are only quitted in small lots to suit the The course and are generally Who is to blame may be hard to say but there cannot be a Ct filYlAA Tiayya Loan visionally fixed for His arrival here so duration of Vice Regal which he could be expected The matter is not one shall be out done by any other Province or Dunedin 3 3 ACCLIMATISATION After some business of minor importance Coun cillor Clendinnen read a letter he had received from Mr Black Secretary of the Oamaru Branch Accli portion of the Reserve in the Oamaru Creek for place for the reception of birds and animals The City to meet and escort His Excellency when he lands astonished with Canterbury and called it the Ugly known story of Hans He will I hope be hard put put to it for a new simile when he which Mayor and citizens will invite him to ifteen years has at least made as great change here as at Christchurch and if my information is correct the signs ot material progress edin than in that city 4 house Throughout his way his Excellency was greeted by the acclamations of the thousands who thronged the streets Seldom has there been witnessed a more animated scene and never a more genuine and hearty welcome given to a public i I covered and bowedhis acknowledgments At last and through a long line of street Sir George Grey had to pass the Vice regal quarters were reached and the procession forming into double row his Excellency into the Camp reserve 94 At this point a dense crowd had collected waiting the ap proach In the meantime a large cavalcade of horse men started to meet his Excellency on the road The four members of the Provincial Council for the di trict at present in town desirous of meeting his Ex Corporation received him at tho town boundary mouth Tramway Company to proceed with them in Our faith in the ultimate arrival here of our long little dissatisfaction however exists at the absence Xion as to the date at which ay be expected Our bete noir Major Richard larity of this former idol of the people steadily in creases here) is blamed for not keeping the Superin dent well informed about His movements culate the hour when this long looked for star will And th era fvnnAara tz Ke 1 reauy some reason ior complaint 1 wanderings pretty distinctly diffused beforehand doubt that the day might Ion that we ought to know at least the earliest at I of mere curiosity It is not intended that Otao by any other Provincial capital in its reception of Iler Majesty representative Should the weather be favorable and at this season we can almost count on it Dunedin will certainly surpass itself in the exu berance of it demonstration The celebration of the Prince of marriage in 1863 was not a mean Sir George Grey will throw the ceremonies of that occasion altogether into the shade The friendly so cieties of Dunedin are arranging a grand fete at Council has taken in hand to organize here Sir George appears to have been somewhat Duck was washed ashore bearing the name Next day the bodies of four men and two children were found near the wreck partially buried in arked 44 Elizabeth Murray and a piece of a shirt on stern frame of a boat bearing the name of the vessel a C9 IHOV 1VUUU1 AUUIUOVVUImV or tne vessel consisted cf wheat in sacks goose On referring to the was a barque of 375 tons commanded by Mr James Patchett of Liverpool and classed Al for Imgly and peweveringly ing the buh has it unfurledits banner Being no toriously troublesome particularly to the farmer and of no great utility to any one it would be no small boon were prompt measures taken to eradicate it or edly it is best in this case as in many others to 1 1 mt vuc evil iu wuj uulu viduals however strenuously put forth to subdue this borhoodwill be vain so long as it stalk defiantly have it to be forgotten that an attempt was made last crop of a kind generally if not univerally considered obnoxious and to the destruction of which veiy few only known as the Scotch thistle Not only has this pest crease in the number and extent since last year) it vided its progress be not arrested Already has the will not offer themselves again but possibly their cellency to welcome him to Westland before change their minds but his defeat is assumed to be so certain that sport taken up Of Mr Cargill intentions I have not learnt anything but it is not likely that he will will be opposed by a numerous party A judicious system of ex by which such Societies can help the general VA most of them not difficult to procure such as the paradise duck the tui the kaka and the Maori hen If well supplied with these it will be able to obtain to obtain supplies of foreign birds without the neces sity of purchasing them bearing only the expense of tneir transit and Auckland papers great complaints of the ravages The introduction of the English sparrow has been insect depredators 9 tion of Mr Dick took place yesterday and that perin tendency A similar meeting of Mr Macan supporters took place to day It included no men of any standing in the community own intention was forthcoming Betting on the result of the election if Mr Macandrew stands is very freely going on in town I have not heard of odds being given but the backers of each gentleman seem to be equally sanguine of suceess I election except that Mr Reynolds has advertised erected for the presentation to his Excellency of an IlllLlnHII LH VJLIHl U1HLH avauxxw ATAX Carrick Mr Barr and Mr James Turner are freely spoken of as men whose election is probable event on which bets have been offered members I believe Mr Kilgourand Mr Jas Paterson Here a I ferns had been freely used for purposes of decoration was conspicuous After describing the interval of impatient waiting and eventually the arrival of his Excellency and suite with escort our contemporary goes on to say: Arrived at the part of the road immediately op embers for the dis trict presented themselves to his Excellency and in use of one of their carriages to proceed to the town to the request and attended by his suite tho directors Meanwhile tho ceeded at a rapid pace along the beach and both 1 1 1 9 arrived uu uue George Grey having alighted was introduced by hi embers of tho Corporation by whom his Excellency The Mayor (James Bonar Esq) then welcomed his Excellency to Hokitika in the name of the town and assured him of the satisfaction which all classes of the people felt at hi visit Ho said that an address to be presented to his Excellency had been prepared but after tho fatigue of the long journey ho had under gone the Corporation would not then ask his Excel lency to receive it but would reserve it for a more fitting occasion His Excellency briefly replied thanking the Cor poration and the citizens for the yery cordial reception he had received Ho said ho had already been greatly struck with the marks of prosperity of the I desire to promote in every way within hi power tho welfare of Hokitika and of Westland His Excellency both on hi arrival at the arch niud that his chief officer was instructed tu that effect and luckily for him his papers were found all right He i bound for Tahiti Captain Turnbull during a recent expedition in the ex and especially the Haast River discovered pected to return from his Westland tour last A to to to 11 to 1 La 1 4 night and that after witnessing some spec tacles and entertainments got up during his absence he will proceed to Dunedin His arrival in Oamaru mav therefore be looked no distant day We were pleased to have ii written down the person as extremely weak in his in tellect who sent down the chooner Canterbury to assist in loading the wool ships at the cost of L225 per month What martyr to a sense of duty the officers of the Government appear to be for they have admitted their folly and in attempting to get out of tho difficulty I Jackion owned by the same fir been sent down to take the place of that vessel as more suited to the work What work The captain of the I tions but that officer knew nothing about the matter as plain language as journalist could do vessel to do Thi is urely the climax of Government stupidity By a private letter received from the South Sea total loss of the barque Bellissi I the Tahitian traders that on the 25th ebruary last the or a three masted schooner was driven ashore on Palmerston Island with the loss supposed of all hand casting vote of the Mayor Those for it were Cr it Crs Miller Luke Roxby and rance THE WEIGHBRIDGE Cr Luke proposed That a Weighbridge be erected in some convenient part of the town Cr rance seconded The meeting was generally in favor of the sche against such matters being left so frequently to the ittee The matter was referred to the Public Works Committee end of Wharf street combined the three welcome iu a harmonious unity symbolised by the legendj iriajuncta in Next in order came a handsome arch between the JPost office and hotel in scribed God Save the thus representing the three nations under the one Sovereign of whom I idea was a happy one and notwithstanding the draw excellently well carried out To conclude our story simply but very prettily with boughs was erected whore His Excellency takes up his residence during his stay amongst us The streets were very profusely decorated with flags of every variety of color and device The chief hotels were especially noticeable for their rich di plays and it was a marvel where such prodigal sup plies oi bunting had come from was exceedingly gay and lent to the town a very wonted appearance So general was the display that it would be utterly impossible to particularise corated with ferns and other ornamental contribu tions from tho native bush and we think that we said sufficient to convey a general aspect of the holi day aspect of the town Wo come now to the actual incidents of the dav it had been understood that Sir George Grey would reach town about six in the evening but a telegram received from the Bealey in the course of the morning led to the 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