THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 77, 2 September 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1878.

Owing to tho flooded stato of thp Inangahua river on Fridny morning laqt, tho Qroy c^aph wns unable to, got away, In tho Resident Magistrate's Court m Friday lost judgmont was t|olivorod 'in tho oaso of Smith and Co., v. Williams, olaim for £08. Tho plaintiffs olootod to tako * nonsuit and wero nonsuited nooordingly. Somp excitement was ourronfc in Roofton Qn Friday and Saturday last in oonsccjuenco pf tho rooipfc of intolljgonoo of tho striking of an ontirely now lino of reef in tho Dovll'a Crook diatriot. I'lio situation of tho disoorory is afc tho junotion of a stream running into DovO'e Crock. Two, or throo leases on tho lino have already boon applied far, Messrs Braoklo, Byrno and othora being tho prospectors, The stono is laid to rival in richness tho Pao tolas stone at Boatman's. As tho ground has only just bepn appliod for wo can givo n 0 pnrti" culnrs aa to tho probablo extent of tho line, Or thiobneas of tho lodo. About thirty or forty persons visited tlo locality from Rsofton on Saturday last, and thoy all express most favorable opinions of it. Purthor information will no doubt roach us in tho oqurae pf a day or two, Tho conoort given on Friday evening last by tho Raofton GHoe Club, in aid qf tho widow ! and family of tho lato Wjlliara Leonard, wan not bo nutnot'onsly attended as wns ejpeotod, and tins is no djubt largely attributable to tho unclmrituhlo stato of tho ovoning. Tho night besides boing intonsply dark, was bitterly cold, and to oomploto thp drawback a heavy fall Qf snow ooourrod. Tho arrange* inonts for tho conoort, howover, had boon njl oomploted, ond it oould not woll bp pontponod and though tho attondanoo was not largo, tho whole affair passed off moat agrooably. Tho various gloos by tho two olubs woro rendered in a highly creditable mannor, and equally so tho other difforant items on the pro#ra?«mo. Mrs Harplav, a moflt woloorao amateur dob v tan to, quite took tho audionoo by surprise in her. rondoring qf '« .Larry Doolaa," and at tho conolusiqn of a warm enooro roooivod quito a s^orm of applause. We are ooir,pollod to hold ovor till Wpdnpaday a woro full report of tho conoort. Tho attaok of tho Timaru Horald on tho Hon. JoJm Martin foitnod a eubjoot of diacußsion in thpljogialativo Counoil this afternoon. Colonol Orott, with his oustoiaary chivalry, raiiod tho quoslion of privilogo ren gnrding the otrong reflections on Mr Martin's early onroor in tho Colony, Tho matter gavo rise to a very long debate, but tho majority of tho mom bora wero strongly averse to taking any aotion oonoorning tho article Although it would bo incompatible with thoir dignity to do so, and no good ovor rosulted from theso breach of privilege qursiions. Mivny mombors advised Colonel Brett to withdraws a motion ho had tnovod, tho Spoakor aaying that aa Mr Martin had takon no part in tho business einoo ho had boon sworn in, the nrtio)o could not possibly refer to his conduct ns a member of tho Counoil but to his private oharaotor, whioh it was not tho businesss of tho Council to dofond. Tho speakers vied with enph othor in lauding Mr Martin's good qualitios. Colonol Whitmoro oaid, ' I really do not th«"k article* in out»of«way papors will altor tb,o opinion of tho publio oonoorning— our— our— our (Loud laughter.) I think gontlomon understand mo.' During tho whole dobate tho mpmher moot ooncornod (Mr Martin) did not nso, but shiftod unonsily in his soat at oyory oomplio mont paid him. Colonol Brett ultimately withdrow hio motion, giving ozprosaion to a pathotio lamont on tho doolino Jof ohivalry in thoso dogonorato days, ond assuring tho Council that things woro fur di/Feronfc now to what thoy woro when ho was in tho ormy. An appoal oaso is boing hoard in tho 8u« promo Court at Ohristohuroh from th» do* cioion of tho R.M. of Timaru, oonvioting tho holdor of a publican's lioonso for haying kopt his house open aftor 11 p.m., in contravention of tho licensing laws, It appeared from the oaso stutod by tho Resident Magistrate, that tho profent appellant had a billiard* room, attaohed to his lioonsod house, kopt opon between tho hours montionod. Tho doors botwocn tho billiardtroom and tho bar portion of tho hotel ocoupiod by tho appd lant wero olosed, and no liquor was offered thoro aftor 11 p.m. Tho billiard*room was oonnootod with tho othor portion of tho hotel by moans of a lift used for supplying liquor to tho billiitrd-k'oom. Tho Resident Magis* trato hold that a breaoh of tho law had boon oommitted. and fined tho appellant 6s, against whioh dcoision ho now appealed, Tho point of law for tho deotaion of tho Hupromo Court was whether suoh a broach had been committed as hold by th« Resident Magistrate Tho Court adjourned tho oaso, to enable tho Magistrato to inform tho Court what conclusion ho arrived at on tho faots as to the ciroumstanoos of tho billiavdnroom door boing open, Tho Gfazotlo (says tho Now Zoalandor) is about tho last periodical in whioh one wonkl expect to got anything interesting, Somoi times, howovor, ono lights upon what is at lonst ourious oven iv in this dry-af-duafc ropository. In a rccont issuo, for oxatnplo, it jsnotiuV, with any amount of flourish about Viotorio, tho graoo of G/od, nnd tho dofonco of tho faith (is nono bravo enough to rid us of tliio intolerable jargon P) that tho loto Mr Mr Bossonot of tho Hutt mado a will, bequeathing all his proporfy to a oortain Mrs Lockotfc (wifo of Cnptain Lookott, lata of Welnon) »o»iding there, and uppoiuting Moflsrs W,A. M'Dowoll and John Korby as his oxocutora. Sp far everything floema plain onough, and tho publio nood hardly have boon takon into tho oonfldonoo of tho parties really intoreHtod j laf, somehow tho will has bcon lost or miHluid so that it cannot bo found and licnce abituh and tho gazetted notioo, 'XJip

facts of the will and thd oxooutory aro voriflud I by t'no aflUhvlts of various porsons,„ among wkom wo find thooo of Mr OlliTor and Mr Dftffßon, Btill bofqro any Btqps pan.bo takon towards obtaining probate, it appeara that tho ncjft of kin in nil ports of tho worjd have to bo lolomnly informed of what hai taken pUoo, nnd if tjicy mpan to offer any opppaitlon tkoy must appoar at tho Supromo Court in Wellington so»o t'rop in January noxt. Tho moral i«» that pooplo should not only make wills but flhotild good oaro pf thorn aftor they aro mado. Tup Dwnodin Herald flayfl i—Wo havo b«on informed tbut somo of the publioans of thi« pity aro dotor-mined that tho beer tax shall not fall upon thorn, and with that object in yiovr thoy have inntrqotod thoir barmen to draw ' Colonial 1 with < a ho<»d' upon it. It Beonaa that, after all, tho oonai}n}ors will be thp losers by tho impost upon bonr. At a prayor mooting at Melbourne (wo loam from tho Moibourno Argus) a farewell address from Dr. Somorvillo, who has ftluaady •tared |s loaving the colonies by tho San Vranoisoo mail for Sootlnml, wa» road by lii« aon. Jt closed as follows :— I libto dictated to you tlioßO broken eentonocs from the chamber in whioh I have experjonoed so muoh •ufforing. Tho oriels, I hopo, is now past. X blots God that Ho has carried mo through theao oi-aitgolUtio wanderings, and that only at tho ond has bo bid mo keop nilenoo. After a few months of interval, by His good hand I hopo to enter upon His work agato» though novcr for «Q protrnotod a ppriod at ono time I return my warmest thanks for tho Unnumbered tokono of sympathy—nomotimos dcolioato and silont bqt not tho leas expressive —whioh I have, roooivod from you all j from tho vonerablo Dr Cairns,, from tho good physician who hao attended mo- downward to tho littio ohild, I fool dooply grateful to God and to raw,'