MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 44, 17 June 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A caso of some, importance* n« eoncora" iug the co^ywrigUt of telegrams, ha« («aya tlio Argus) been recently docidod in tlio Supremo Court at Singapore, before thfi Chief .Justice Sir Thomat Sidogroavea TUe plaintiffs wore tlio proprietors of tlio StsiiUft Tii«o«i And tho defendant was the owner of a pnpor oaltod tho Daily Shoot. Tho former pnpor had purchased tho ox« elusive rigUt of publishing hauler's telo»

grains in Singapore, but had allowed tho defendant to use the toiogntms in li-s paper after tb«y had nppoarcd in tho Straits Times, on payment of a small sul>* sidy. After ft tirao tlto defendant gavo up paying tho subsidy, but continued to publish tho tolograms as boforo, nnd application was mado to tho Supremo Court; to restrain him from doing so. Tho enso wos nrguod on tho 6th March , nnd on tho Bth tho Chief Justice gave judgment. Ho was entirely with tho plaintiffs in tho mattor. 'The defendant/ he said, 'is confessedly taking advantage of tlie plain-, tiff* enterprise and expenditure to mnko ft profit for himself. Th's tho law will not, permit.* Tho injunotkm proyod fof wns granted, with cos's. Tho ynluo of nd?ortising was I «tolvr strangely illustrated by a novel caso which camo before tho Sydnoy Metropolitan. District Court. Tho decision mi von is ono of considerable importance to newspaper proprietors. Tho plaintiff* sued to rocorer tho sum of U10(H damneoa occasioned by tbo neglect of tho defendants, who arc thoproprietors of tho Sydnoy Morning Herold, to insert an advertisement, which, was paid for in- their journal, retorting to a conoort held on a certain nfffht ir» MioSohool of Arts, Sydney. From th« evidenco givou on both aides »t appeared Hint tho plaintiff had mndo nrrangsraonts to hold • concert at the School of Arts on tho cf oning of tho Anniversary Pnv. ami that nn ndvertiamont was sent to tho Herald, and paid for, but was not inserted as agreod, and tho result was that ihn proposed concort was a fniluro, as they only took £8 2s at tho doors, although their expenses woro about £l& For tbodefence it wa* alleged that tho defendants woro not Iwblo in tho amount claimed, n» th« concert was not snfßoiontly attractive to attraot a largo audience, and the defendants wero not liable for aofual damngo sustained 1 . His Honor found a verdict for the plaintiffs for £10 7s actual damned and £15 probablo damago, making #25 7». A courier on his way from Tangior to Fez, saw a man running wt a manner which oxoifod his suspicion*. He searched tho spot from whonoo tho man had eonio nnd found tho body of a woman with both hands and enra ont off, obviously for tho sake of tho carings and bracelets sho woro. Tho body of tho poor woman who had boon war her confinement, was litorally divided in two. Tho courier followed tho direction taken by tbo man, and on coming to tho next village, informed tho pooplo of what ho had soon, and oxprossed his belief that tho murI dorcr was conoenled there. The villager* wont back to tho spot, and having found! everything as stated by tho courier, returned nnd commenced a search for tho murderer. A ftor a timo ho was found' i secreted in an uppor room in a honso with tho hand of tho murdered woman with tho bracelet on, concealed in hi* clothes. Snmmnry justioo was resolved upon ; tho culprit was dragged thorough tho villnfto, and both oars nnd bund cut off. Tho populaoo thon lighted a gront. fire, in which he was burnt nlivo. Alt »h -» happenoi within five dn\'s voynßO from England, nnd n day or two's }our« ney from a British garrison; V correspondent of tho Wakalin Mail wriiost— 'ln oonneetion with reefing* tli. ro is ono thing 1 should liko to sco enrriod out. The University hnvo nfc present a Professor of Minos. During tin 1 recess this winter, or at any timo in «!»•• immodinto future, if the gentleman holding that appointment could bo induood to visit the chief roofing centre? in tbo district — say Skippors nnd Maootown and thon giro a lecturo on mining, illustrating it with speoimons of tho difToront kind of rook to bo mot with and their relations favorable or otherwise to tho ex* isfoneo of auriforous lodes, h • would oon l'er a gront boon on tho mining community. Mr Ulrich'B report on t 'io Goldn Helds of Otago, fooling how utorly ignorant I was of tho host of '''chnicnl terms cf rook.s ho slung nt the 'loads of his untaught renders was sometl ing to bo remembered. Mr Ulrioh utter' v forgot that not ono in a thousand hud eceived a technical education. Moro Irving information could bo acquired from •< lecturo auch ns indicated than from re ding a doicn reports. Anothor reason <>liy the* above course should be pursued i;i hit it is utterly impossiMo for mimrs who follow roofing «s a profo'ssion (<> Hi-ink nt the Uuivcrflity fountain owing to Mw «-s-----pens© Jhnt would bo inoarrcd, wliilut nil who wish to becomo bettor nr^uninti'd 1 with tho nature of rooks that nre con*, tinually met with underground would mako it convenient to attend leolnre^ in their immediate vicinity having for their object tho bringing boforo them in a form tho accumulated knowlodga of yoars of study and roscaroh. Tho following telegram, dated May SO, appeira in tho Post:— Affairs iv Mcl," bourne aro in a torriblo stnto, And tho situation is becoming positively nlnrmmg. Tho number of unemployed is increasing^ and men arriving from all par's of tho colony, having been discharged from tho numerous Government works which have, been stopped. Money is very scarce and numerous mercantile failures have oocurod. The largest was that of n firm en« gagod in tho timber trade. The exports for the year will probably bo )ess by a million sterling than hist year, if Mr Berry continues his pro.oont oonfflo, nnd tbo Op* position continue to resist him. A Napier telegram dated May 91 snys: -—The funeral of tlio oKiof To Hapnkn took plnoo to day, It was very largely attended. Tho banks, public offices, nnd* a good many other plnoos of business woro closod. A spooial tram carried passengers free to To Auto, tlw Into ohief's pah. Tho- Napior volunteers muttered in pretty strong nnmbora, aad prooeoded in, tho spocint train to. tako part in tho coremon,y. Oti tlw arrival of tho train it was with waving of handkerchiefs and lower* ing of flags» nnd with loud oxolamationa of wolcomo. A number of natives fully armod and in, aenai-nudo wnr attiro. Mot tho voluatcwrs and conducted) them into the pah. AUho-maeting at tho house a telegram was road by Mr White,, a nativo intorprotor exprossing tho toarot of Sir George. Groynnd Mr Sheohnn that they woro unabJo to attond K and conveying tUoir sympathy to tho relatives and tribo. of tho docoAscd chief nt tho loss they, liad sustained. Tho funoral sorvioo was road by t\\e Kov bamool Willianvs, and thew was a good deal of latnonUtion on tho part of tho nativos. A London contomporary says— Threo ladios woro romarkablo at tho Drawing; Iv'oom last week. Mrs tnvendi«li-Hen-tiok wcro a sort of sandal inlaid with gold. Mrs Tom Brassoy had a gorgoou*

(run, i'o-i-mo >li:i^ noniovvluil. n poiuiook'ti t=ul, Hi it, 11 .i,« ItV >v lim 1 ••»!> >v .lors — a >b ]„„. vvihi ; < >l Lik Vlnri'irot Bdttuin»nt cin-i-vl in In- In i I a l)»q n't #i> r h a kinj'< "<h « it '> tli ■ inu'rin.l wixnon Li fy W i irii-lill i '»iirrirt.l o f tho pulm fti \o liimu y;v\ I .•*«»•' i» f i (J c ' IHO oforlo imly with a t'di'i of swuHi'lnvvn, thr-ro was a iVtoul »ib«oMOii of fcuitt futal giffc Amj..nlin< io CiiiHMo Uis»tocy ihe'eiiß. torn of profaning feat iwnon« tho fomaloHof llut pnoulu oriyjinitod aovcrul ootiturioi hiolf. whnii a liUlo b >dy of wo* tnon roso Against blm g ivo -nmont and en. d'tavoiirod to ovorlhrow it. To provont tho roourronflo of suoh n oontrotompt, thoro Wfifl onforcml on all fomulo infants """the i»o ofwoodoii shocH ; «o smnll n* to disablo them, exoopt with aront pain, from making any mo of f lioir foot. Tho St Prtl;eM»«urg News puUlnnw ft poem on tho subject of a tradition said to |» cherished by tho inhnhihintsof Sophia. When tho Turks cntornd that city npwardn of four conturion ogo numbers ot the inhabitants took rofuno in the churches nnd ospn«ifllly in tho eaUiodral, whore, however, tho Tnrk< continued to out them down. Tho biihop romained at the altar, whoro tho Turks, unwilling to disturb him bricked him up. Tho people of Sophia beliovod, nnd according to tho poor, con-, tinno to bolipvo, tint tho good bishop did not rlio in his narrow plajio of confinewont, Ir wn* written in the docrcoß of J'r.tvidonoo that ho should stay thoro until rt Christian army camo to deliver him, When, tho wall which closod him havin'K'bepn pulled down, ho would walk out as well n« ovor. Tho tirno for liberating him is now declared to have arrtvod ftin.-o the. Russian* have entered Iho town. Sophia is tho anoient UlfU Serdm of tho Romans. Tl wits tho scat of a convent in ♦ho year 311. Entirely rebuilt by the Kmperor .fusHnian, it wnfl eonriuorod in 800 by the Bulgarians, who give it tho nnmo of Triirlitza. In tho time of tlte Ornsados-thu Christians oallod it Stiahts or Storvit*. In 1883, Sophia foil into the hnmls of tho Turks nnd ainoo 1834 no Christinn soldiers had entered tho town until, on the 3<d of January it was occupiod by tho lluasinns.