THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 6, 16 October 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1878.

The adjourned mooting of tlio County Council will bo hold to>diiy. Business tTo oloct. returning ofllocrs for tbe gonorul oloction forthcoming, and othor business of tho usual ohamoter. , An Auckland parson, who always ohoososi siwonablo subjoot* for his sermons anp nounoos thai ho will discourso .next Lord's l)uy on ' A Pluto of peas.' This i« tho fli'flt of a series of • Spring Subject?,' tho second, will bo entitled ' A Lamb Chop,' tho third 4 A Chiokcn Sivltid,' tho fourth « A Goostm borry Kool/ mul so on, Speaking of tho Into ou»os at ITakitika, tho West Coast Time* of the 10th instant) flays ; —" Tho laws of New 2louland gives tho most porfeot immunity la any ono desiring, in slang lflgal pliritsoology, to havo n shot ac any ono possessed of moans, Kvcn though thoir aotiona, fail ridiculously, thoy cm at least put defendants to flcrioun oust i\nd in-* convenience, Hut tlio law U not content wilh giving tho fullo»fc fling to plaintiffs on tho civil fltilu, but iritorpiosoi in tho most obnoxious manner to aid private yiosuoiUions wbiuh aro oonvortod into aotions for criminal libol. An esimplo of tho clangorous fuoilitios thus afforded to ug^ricyed poiMono was ehowu in tho Sujiwrno Court sittings this week. Koofton is a vory hotbod of mining squnbblo* and bad fooling apparently, and in oonuomian with one of tho former, a correspondent »ont a r.tthor wunn lettov to ono of the local pupcrj, seriously rotating oi» the porsons namod thoroin. and libellaun, no doubt, n& far as thoy wore concerned. Whether the allegations woro truo or not, w'uothor- they contiiinod tho very cason6o of libol, or wore harmless as posfiblo, thoy moroly affected tho privato individuals ro'erved to» nnd though doubtlessly tlio lattor nnturally, felt iudig-. nant, and wore entitled to a legal remedy, still that remedy ought not to huvo boon sought at publio expense. By merely laying nn informal icvn for onminnl libol f Iho wholo Otiiuaancl cost of prosecution ia shiftod from (ha ihoiildors of oouiplainauts on to those of tho publid,and tho general rovenua of the Colony ia Applied to wreaking revenge- for privato wrongs. Tuko this instunoe, us a vefy faiy one, to show the unjust working of the luw as it stands. In doing so, we do net for a moment menn to offfr any opinion whut* owr an tho merits, but simply to provo IjO^ rondily the mnchir.ory of tho law oan bo sot in motion, and how oury it is far any ono with a lib^l griovanoo to saddle tho country \yith l\envy expense In tho case in quo»tion, four persons woro libelled in a lot tor to a uewspapor, bat boyoud thorn, tho wrong dono did nat alFrot ono singlo porson to tho Tftiuo of a, brufs farlhinjj, However, thocaie wns tiiken oror by tie Govormneut, witHOBBOJ word subpoonaod, and brought a dis* tauoo of Homo Imndiod miles, the down Prosecutor was inatruotod to oppenr, oownxol in addition woro retiiinod, and, in foot, had Clifford boon a murdoror and Bc<Mindn I of tlio docpotb tlvo, iiiHtond of a liannlcss mmciv who hiu\ written an ill-advised and foolish loitov, gwivtoi' zoul on tho purt of the criminal ofllccra of tho Crown could not huvo boon displayed in endeavouring to procure » conviciKMn This einjjulnir activity on the part of tho Government wilt oo*t the Colony somo £'JOO, nnd whon tho dobit and credit balance of tho various IVovinoinl districts is next struclt, this item will aid to swell tho cost of the ' Admiiutration of justico in Wostland'" It is tho intention of the authorities of tho Romuti Catholic Ohuroh in this distriot, aavs tho Ljttfllton Times, to orect a College for tho higher cdiicution 6 r tho youth of that per suasion, nnd with this object in view 20 a?r os of lund hnvo been ptirchased at Ran* giorn. A man nnmed Tolprson, who is einpbyed at tho Coal Cr«ok Sawmills, had a vory unr»;ow ejenpo <roai drowning on Saturday

night. He \vn» crossing tho river in a smnll bout; nearly opponito Coo's, wlior. tho boat camo in co .tuofc with a Ming, whioh rippod it into piece*. Potorson thtew off his ooat and venl, nnd alter »omo diflloulty managed to ranch tho bunk on tho sumo sido at ho had loft. JTnd ho not boon nn export swimor he must have boon drowned, as tho river wus in full flood at tho time. Potovson lost his boat, coat, voflt, and watch, A sad citso of mioido Id reported in tlio Northorn papers. A Bottler fat Wniuku, nn Auokland villngo, quarrollod with hid wife. Sho in oonsoquonoo . left lic-r homo and wont I to a neighbour's homo. Tho husband ttiod to inriuoo lior to return, but sho resisted his solicitation. That ovening ho prcparOd sup* per for h'msolf and oon, and ■they both rotirod to rest, but noxfc.. morning tho lad found hid fitth.br hnnging doad and bold. Ho had coin* mittod puioido during tho night. Tho vor* diet was temporary inxnnity. This in tho oditor of tho Southland Timo* opinion of tho modern sonman i— • Wo aro not exaggerating when' wo sny thnt the latter-day salt is a hybrid oompoied of one part lonfor, ono of imvy, nnd one of sailor, His condition is ono of ohronio disoontont, rostloss and defiant at sea, next to useless on shore, ho is a positive burdon to himself and to those who have tho misery of being in authority ovor him.' If tho dotraotor usor 1 similar language in tho forooaatlo ho would run tho tisk of boing smothorod in tobacoojuioo. The following conundrum wn» naked at a f«Riiionablo guthorins tho other night, but not o/io of tlio company could think of tho long answor tho inquiror hud in his mind. Tho question was put by a young swell-— Why aro womon liko oliuraht's ? Aftor ianumboi'uhlo guoasas, tlio iiiquiroi- said — Fifflt, buouUMO tharo ia no living without ona j secondly, buoauso thoro is inntiy a-spii-o to thorn j tnirdly, booauso tlu i y ava objoots of adoration t nnd lastly, but; by no inonn* lonatly, beoniiMD thoy have a loud clapper in I heir uppor storey. Tho Now Hu-alandor rumarks >— • Tho Argus ai.d Außtraliuinn aro bittor opponents Of Sir Goorgo &"oj, nnd anything, whother it bo true or fuluc, whioli enn bo publislioJ dotri mental to tho l J romior of tills Colony, U pounooP l upon <»a tit«bif, and ombullin iod to suit tho osigonooa of tho ooonssion,* By tho byo, wo should likn to know why tho Mel* bourno Ago. whioh \* tho popular organ of publio opinion in Viotoria, is rxoliulod from tho Dunodin Athoneum, while tho Ar^us and Australasian have a prominent popition thoro. We hnvo honrd sovcrul subscribers to tho institution oomplniu of this ovidont ovor« sight, The good timo coming for Roofton will aflsurodly load to n oonnidorablo inoroaso in population, tho wouthor thnt !»ts aflliotod tliu difltriot so long having broken up and dip* appeared, and tho roads again in good work* ing ordor, will tlirotv lifo an 1 (.'honrfitlii^ita around and upon this portion of Now Zouluml ■a fftvorod and bo blonsoct, witlx nil tln.t rondura lifo agreonble, but whioh imiy and froquontly do lend to thoso hnUitn whioh ongondor disease through oxpoauro to siuknooc and ohillfl, tho hoattliicst may be striukou , down by RnRUJUTIBJi, lliikumatio Gour, LUMn^QO, iNTKKMITTHN'Jf FETBnS. BlHOUssi NE9B, cko,, nnd it is woll thnt all sliould know tho most roliablo ouroa foi* those aro tho Vinous Ikdj-vn Mbimojnk* known m Gholluh** Groat Indian Ouros,"— thoy can bo had of M. K. Gisaingo^ Olioini«t, nppoinfod solo wlvolooulj agont for Tlooftou and dintriot. Sco tostimonials in udvortiaing oolwmns.— -AdvtJ