The Inagahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 0, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume 15, 6 November 1878, Page 2

The Inagahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 0, 1878.

, „_ _~ — ... ■■ -— 1 Thoro wao a Hitting of tho Magifllrftto'a Court yfetordny, but thoro wcro only two Cftsoa for hearing. Tho caso of Oato v. Smith occupied tho Court for soino timo, and waa an action to rooovcr damago for alleged injury to shnop, Tlio dofondant was ohargod with dogging flbocp bolongjng to Mr Oato. For tho dofonoo it wns ahown that Smith was not in Koofton on tho day of tho nllogod offonoo, and tho oaao was accordingly (Uamissod, Tlio Court thon adjourned. A foot ruco for £5 aside botwa on IS. P. Smjtk and If. tkvoll took plnco in uppor Broadway yoaturduy aftornoon, Onvoll voaoiv* ing 5 yards start. At tho disoliargo of tho pistol (S'ymrk jumpod away with ii good fituit, and boforo half tlio diatnnco w«8 oror pawod his opponont nnd won as ho liked by two yards, A coneidorablo numbor of pofsons asaombled to watch the oyont whiuh o'xoltod aomo little intoroiit, There wan a comilorablo attendanoo in Srnith'B l^addopk yostci'dny to witness .1 flcrio» of pO(to»fcrifi»i niati hos which had bpon ar^ ranged to bo run a* rUUxI. Tlio first ovonfc wao a 100 yar.ls moo between T. Lotohor y. H. M'Aloor, Uio lattor lvooiviug two yarda. Tuctohor won easily. Tho noitt ovont wan a milo raoo between H. Ijinoo und W. Oooh-> ranj. Both mon starlo.l at ooratoh and lcopt Dido by flirlo until tho last timo round when Linos put on a goo.l spurt and wns novor ovorhauled, winning by about five ynrdn. A oonsidorablo stun of money ohangod hands on tho ovonl-, Coohrano boing tho favourito, but tho wot fltnto of thoooui'flo no doubt throw tho olmncos groatly in Lino's fuyor, ho boing much tho atronpjor runner of tho two. Tho third cvont wna a throo hundred yards hurdlo raoo botwoon T. Lotohcr. and S. MMloor. At tho flrnt jump Lotohor failed to 'nogoMotj tlm timber nnd euatninod n, rather awkva d busier, M'Aloor th'n flnishod tho distanoout his oaso. Tho closing ovont waa a 100 y.irda flat raoa botwoon T. Lotohor and R. King, tho lattoi* vfiociving throo yards atari. Tho men finished well, fumo doubt boing oxprcaaad Hi (0 whioh roully oamo iv first, but (ho 0 boifc ablo to judgo awarded tho staltos to lictohor. Mr Oohoti, who represented Iho T[oflpifcnl Oommittea nl, tho fiatoa, nottocl Iho Hum of iCO 7< Pd for arlmiKance foos. To M.oßtr« Smith Hron,, who kindly pluoiid tho paddock nt tho disposal' of tho Oommiltno, froo of ohargo, the lhanks of tho community aro duo. Thoro appears to bo a porfoofc nvinia our* vonfc (or prospooting. Sin"o Monday last no loss tlinn fl?o clilTorbiifc parties of cxx plovers havo Btarlod for tho vungos iv quoet of now disojvorios, and it iv extremely probablo that nawo of oomo now finds will gain j publicity boforo many dayi nro ovor. Tho fnvorito locnlitj' for exploration ia situate to tho Bouth-wcst of Roofton, and iv tho country nt (ho bank of Devil's Orook. Tho country will bo trstod for alluvial gold as woll as quarts roofn. Mosnra M. Byvneo and R. M'Ncill woro (ho only (; wo candidates nominalod for Iho Antonio's Riding. Yoatorday, boing Gluy Fowko'e Dny, n alialit spurt wufl giyen to tho (lvowork tnulo by young Boofton. Tl-o youthful^nthtwiaflni, howovr, did not attain to Iho ominenco of an effl^y, but mnrcly "obulitod" in tho unprotonc'ing ornokor. It will bo soon by notification olsowhoro Hint Mr \V. M'Lonn, and Mr Thillip Aloxandcr, two of tho oandidutos nominatod on Friday last for tho roproHontalion of tbo Roofton Kitlinc in tho County Council, hayo rotirod from tho contcflt. Mr John Md afllu announooa ihai ho will addrooß tho County olootora nt Dawson's 110.11, on Thursday ovouing next, at 8 o'olook filinrp. * A racoting of tho shareholders of tho Morn* ing Star Company (Goldun Point line) hold at Mr Wiao'a ofllcoon Saturday last, Iho follow* big directors woro appointod :— Monsra IT. Mattl.iia, A. M'Kay, J. Dovcroaux, D, Mathoson, and J. Thorburn. Tiio meeting wns fully attoudod, auct it was dooided to rogistoj.

tho company nt once. Mr Wiao wns uppointod maungor and Mr Foingdoatre, auditor. Mr .lamed Olnrk who plaood in ohnvge of tho mino and will prooood at onoo to opon out upon the stono. During thohoaring of tho oaso of Johnston T. 8011, in tho Ronidont Mngistrato'B Court, at Palmorston, on Thursday, and whilo tho dofirodint wan undor crosa'oxamination bj Mi? Staito, tho whistle of tho train from Foxton to Foilding was hoard. Mr Bell anxiously inqulrod if that' woro tho last train, and on boing infownod by tho Clork of tho Court that it was, hnitily buttoning hia ooat, bowed to tho Bonoh, and, with a muttorod " Oh, thon, by Goovgo, I'm off, 1 mado a divo for tho door, followod by bin witnonnos. His counsel, Mr Cash, Bcmncd nonpliusod for ft moinont, but taking in tho situation at a I glanoo, haßtily commonccd gathering up his books, at tho Bams timo intimating to tho Bonoh that, no his olicnlfl and vritnoflflos lmd | vanishod, ho would do llkowiso. Mr Ward smiled noronoly, and evidently upprovod tho stop, for just as Mr Cash wuh loaving tho room ho wus grootod with 'judgment for plaintiff, with costs,' and about one minute nftor Us delivery, counsel, oliont, judgo, and wilnossod, with ft figh of relief, had taken their seats for Foilding. Such is tho story told by tho ' M'ansiwntu l'itncs.' Tho arri nil of a liro momtuirt in London from tho Wost Indies linn boon tho ooouaion of a vast amount of line writing in rognrd to tho Hyrcnp, noa nymphs, and othor mytluoa I child ron of tho eo:v. Tho distinguiohod lish holds its reception in a tank in tho Zoological ilnnicna j it has a well authontioatod tail, on whioli it obligingly sits up ' so as to ahow it* nolf in tho position whioh led Bailors to speak of a mormaid combing hoi* hair." But ll'oro appears to bo no other rosomblanoo, One ' flipppor ' slightly raised has boon thought by imaginative poiMono to suggost thu hand looking glass o'.lho legonds, whilo tho gentle paddling of tho othor, •when Boon in cloar water, gives tho hand holding tho traditional oomb. But evou this roquiros effort, and on* of tho aolontUlo critics, nftor examining tho betisfc, frankly doolurod his inability to form an idoa 'how tailors, aflor a day ashoro, could soo in it anything that should suggest a mermaid such as poets, turning sailors rough laußungo into vorso have so ofton dcacribod. I . It will bo romomlored that a fow wooka a^'o a man named FiUjeruld was urrosted at Ghridtohuroh and oomtuittod for trial for maliciously cutting down botwoon BO and GO fruit treos in tho garden of a noighbour. Tho cußo was heard yoatoH/iy at tho Supromo Court beforo Judgo Johnston, Tho oyidonoo allowed that tho footprints ot> tho pardon corresponded to tho boots bolonging to tho accused, and a tomahawk in I) is possession tho morning aftor tho orimo boro marks of grnon wood ana traces of rocont use. Tho ovidoucu hud boon gathorod wiuw pi-ofti; oai'd, ttinl eonoluiivoly pointed to tho acousod'"nT"flTo guilty person. 110 is said to havo often throator.od Williamnon with rovongo for op> posing tho grunting of a liconso to his houso, and FitzgiH'uld aud his wifo usod to annoy their neighbour in ovory way possible. O.io of tho mothods thoy took was tho sotting up 1 of an ' Aunt Sally,' labollod j -with ■ tho j proßnout6r" l B niwn»,'"uv»cl and benrina -a placard Uomomber tho 10th of May ' (the ditto I ou whioh Fitzgorald was refusod tho lioonso) . Tho jury brought in a vordiot of guilty, ana his Honor, in oontonoing prisonor, said ho " oonsidorod tho orimo of whioh ho had boon sonviutod wan a diabolical, nasty, snenking, dnslardly, moan, unmanly, and doipicablo aot of vcvongo ' By law ho could givo him thrco yortiV penal uorvi'udo, but would only inflict six month's hard labour. At present there aro flvo dobfcors oonflnod in tho Dunedin gaol. They aro not nontonood to hard labor. Imprisonment for debt h abolished in tho Homo country j but Now 9 Zealand has yot to a'dvanoo a stop in thi dirootion. There ia no money now paid for tho tnainf onanca of dabtors by tho imprisoning creditor' j tho maintounnco is paid by thn public, a point; to whioh it may not bo 100 Into to cull nttonfcion ovun in this expiring 6ossion. Tlio visiting justiooi of tho gtvol liavo Iho powor of ordering to work all prisoners who are not aonfcenood to hard labor ; but it v a power whioh thoy do not oxoroiuo. The proscnt numbor is tho largosfc that has boon in at any one timo sineo tho Mnititonunoo cf Debtors Aot wna abolished. Imirionmont for debt boing abolished in G-roat Britain, tho question may well bo disoussol in tho dobuting soooifics horo, from tho humblobt mutual improvement association to Iho Gonoral Asaombly. In nearly »11 canos whoro magis (.rates scntnnco debtors to impriaonmo/it. they do ho upon fraud Bummonsos, and nt flint night it Booms rather utrango that debtors should not rocoivo hard labor, if imprisouod at all.

Tho good timo ooming tot Roofton will ttfiaurodly load to a eousidcrablo inoronso in population, tho woafchov that has rvflliotod t,h« district so long having hrolcon up aud dfa« nppoaroil, uncl tlio rondo agn\n in gool working ordor, will throw Hfo and choorfulncsii, around nnd upoi^ lliia portion of Now Zoulnnd 80 favored, nnd so blnsaod, with nil tliut rundora Hfo agroonblo, but whioh muy nnd froquonUy do lead to thono habitn whiuh ongondcr rliocaso through oxpoauro to nicknoaa ntul clu'lls, tho houltliioat may bo Hlriokoii down by RnKfliUATMttt, Rni3U.\t,vno Goui> r.i(JMTuao, Intbrmixtmnx Ficvjcucj. I3imouh.i« NKita, &0., and it ib well lliaC all ohoulcl know tho most roliablo ouroo for thoso uro tho faiuoufl iNDtAK Ati!nrotN.R3 known <ih Uholluh'a Groat Indian Ouros," — tliojf can bo had of M, 11. Qlmiuge, OliomHt appoiiUod solo wholcaalo ngont for Keofton and diHtriot. Soo toslimoniala in ndvortising columns. — Advt: