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Inangahua Times, Volume 95, Issue 95, 20 September 1878, Page 2

Tn tho District Court on Tuesday lost, t lio question of the dato of tho next flitting of tho Distriot Court horo was mentioned by ooun* ael. Tho eltting is already flxod for an early dato in tho month of Ootobor, but owing to tho numbor of Iloofton oases for trial at tho ' Supromo Court, Hokitika, somo doubt wob oxproneod os to wbothor tho basinoss thoro would bo ovor in tirao to allow of tho roturn of oounsol in tirao. Tho opinion wftfl oxpiossad thnt tho criminal business at tho Supromo Court would not oooupy moro than a wcok, and aftor dinousaion His Honor flxod tho noxt sitting of tho Distriafc Court horo for tho 2 lot Ootobor, whon ifc is cxpootod thor« will bo an unusually lodjj list of business for disposal, InthoDißtriot Court on Tuosd&y last Mr M'Lpan; Liquidator of tho ill-Btnrrod Rainy Creek Company, stated that tho balanaa of tho uncalled capital of tho company remaining wan 8b 7d por Bbaro, tho full amount of which it would bo neooßnary to oall up, and pyon thon there would not,bo suffloiont to pay tho oroditorß 20b in tho £. Tho large numbor of original shareholders in tho company had bcion groatly reduced by doath, bankruptoy, and othoj* oamot, bo that thoflo who romainod had a hoavy burden to bear. It is the intention of tho mombors of tho Rpefton Hibernian Sooioty, to oolebrnto tho anniversary of the foundation of tho Ordor in Roefton by a banquot, on tho 11th Octjbor noxt. Mr Q-ardnoj*, County Bngineor, yoetorday paid a visit to tho Little) Groy Junolion, and pnsßod auoh portions of tho main Groy road an woro completod. Not a thousand miles away from tho Mtvimwatu reaidos a good-hoartod fellow, wliofio lanfjttago Bomotimoß bocomos conaid* j orably mixod up. A short timo ngo, our hero attended a Ilonevolont Sooioty mooting and as ho listened to tho nooount of tho doings of this aasooialion, bo dotorminod to propoiio a Ladioß H ranch to assist in tho work, Standing up and clearing his throat, ho bogan I—' I hnvo a groat ronpool for ladios. My mothor was one. So wan my Bister. We arc all greatly indobtod to thorn. I propofio that wo have a Ladios' Oommittoe, and that they havo powor to add to their numbor," The shriek of laughtor which burst forth drowned thoroico of tho ohainpion of woman's rights,. Tho best wit h often unconßoioun. A oablo meWgo (says tho Auokland Star) reppr(B that tho I^ing of Siam is about to Ohrintinnizo his dominion?. |t may be intorefltlng, thorofort, to know somothing about him. A\) oxohango says ho \\nn f|oo com* miafiionnd wiyos, and 2,400 by tiroyet, all of thorn living in o«o Vftst imUoo at Bangkok. Most mon wquld rafihor relinquish all power and royal authority than bo quito ao much married j but, wo proaumo, tho polygamous sovoroigu has got nocastoiruod to bis Bupetabundftul oonnnbinUty. H« U (iftld to bo an nmiftblo and onlightonod Prinne, and to bo Buflloiontly advar.ood npt to griovo QTor the vcarnt doath of tho white elephant, a floored beast among tho Buddhists. Ho probably thinks liis 0000 wives olophant enough for him without concerning him^olf about the aptual quadiupod. Ho must bo amiablo, Buvoly, to got on smoothly no ho is said to do, with 8000 woinon, all of whom aro rnpulod to estooin and liko him. Wo wondor how ho tnanagos, It would be yory intoroating to know how ono man could Hyo comfortably with 80Q0 womon, whon bq many mon find it Tory hard to liyo comfortably with ouo woman. A few dayo ogQ» flftyo tho Nowoastlo Chroniolo, a praotioal joko of a moat extra* ordinary and ohoolsing charnotor wno playod at H»Bwell Wo«t .Uluo House. Ifc nppoars that ft party of minors woro aasomblod in that puUio«houjip, \7hon a rninoi' mur(od Thomas Ltvoriok told a minor named Braty that ho did not dare to piok off with a pin a piece of wb,it« pjppv 9a tlio ei}4 of a Bma.ll m&tallio

oaso he producod. Brain did not know the patijro of tho artiolo handod to him j but ho OJtprogned hia loadincss to piok off tho pieo« ofwhitp pupov, and a pin havinn boott pro« ourod ho proooodod to pevform hit task* In doing »o ho did not obsorvo that tho otlior mon in tbp room, inoluding Latesiok, hq,d quitted tho apartment, Pro»ontly tho pin penetrated tho end of tho oaso, whioh proved to be ft dynamito oartridgo, and an osplosion at onoo followod. Brain states that ho was ronJorod unoomoious, and on regaining hi* lODBOB ho found himaolf lying on his baok in tho room, his arms atrotohofl out on oaoh lide, and his loft hand olmttorod, whilst the right hand wnfl nloo injurod. Ho soramblod to his foot, and tho other men oamo in looking very muoh eoarod at tho result of thwir joko. Brain was takon to Dr, Jj'othorgill's whoro it was found that his loft hand had boon blown to piooos. Ho was othorwiso sovovoly injurod, and two montliß will probably o'apso boforo ho pan leavo his homo again . A uovol, and at tho samo time interesting oauo will oorao boforo tho law courts ohortly It ia a prosecution on two ohargoßi one for illegally marrying ft dooonnod wife's flietor, and tho othor for miaroprcsonting foots and ' iiuluoing tho Rogistrar of Marriages to marry j tho eouplo in question. Wo beliovo that for tho first of thoflo offonaos this will bo tho fli'«t instanoo whoro tho law hits boon not in motion, mid how tho po'lioo will sheet homo an indiotablo offonoo mit romains to bo prored. Xho faota aro vory simplo and unquostiouable. Tho bridogroom is well known in Hokitikft, ' and unsuccessfully ondoavored to bo married horo, but as tho relationship of his lato wifo was known ho, could not got tho knot tied horo. In Kumara, howovor by, as is allegod, a misroprosontation of faots, ho was married by tho Registrar, and tho polioo hare roooiyod inßtmotion.l to proucouto for tho dual offonoe of marrying within a prohibited dogroo of kinßhip, and for doooiving the oflloor in question. At proaont wo with -hold names, but know that tho matter ia untlor investigation, and that n pronooution will oortainly follow present onquirios,