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Inangahua Times, Volume 19, 15 November 1878, Page 2

It, will bo observed that tho sittiugi of tbe Hititrict Oourt, flx^d for this piorni ig, have been adjournod until to-moi*i*'o'r^saturdivy). morninf-nt, 10 o'clock sharp, umt'^s^aiid witncpimn will eftivrqunnlly not bo" roquircd to attend until Ihe hour montionod. Tho inoinbers of tbo newly olootod County Counoil aro tw follows. — Ttoofton Uiding, Mcenvd Hvonnan nnd Davies 5 Eontman's Riding, Mopsi's Oallaglipr aid Caplos ; Murray Riding, Mr .Tobn Trcnncry j Crushingloi li'idinef, Mr William M'Lcnn j Antonio's Ri'liiift, Mr Matbow Ryi'ne, and Hampden Riding, Mr Waller Williams, Ilia Honor, Judgo Weston, was a pasncni per from fj-vny mouth: by tbo ooacb on Wod" nesday evening last, Tho sittings of tbo Court will opon to-miofow morning j ond tho first on tho list will probably bo tiifct of Rrown v Vulcan Compnny ; thero will also ho ono or Iwo applications undor Iho Bankruptcy and Mining Companies Acts. A rumour wns wniapnred about town last night, of the finding of another romnrkably rich roof somowhoro in tbo Devil's Crook D.fl.rict, We -wevo unablo, howovor, to ob« "(ain any dofluito information upon iho sub' jeot, but if (hero fs roally nnylbl.ig lit tho re|iort wo shall probabtf hoar of it thi moMiing aftor tha opening of tho Wardon's offioo. It sclibm bnpprm (bat nn election ins 10 dosly contented, and lbo candidate*

*mmm*fimmmmmmm*mmmmmiM**mmmmmmmmmmmHlMmmmMmmdd^m brought «o near o.ioh other at tho closo of tho poll as was tho oaso at tlio vcoent On pi luston oloction. In iho numbers polled for each of tho four oandi lates thero is only % diflTorcnoo of four botwoon tho highest nnd tho lowost. Tho tr.tcrost takon in tho contort by tlio electors as a body was roinarkable", and it is boiioved that every voter in Iho Riding was brought to tho poll. The wbole affair was oarriod out, as at Roofton, with tho groatsst possiblo good feeling and fniriioss, and thoro was no attempt on either sido to resort to any of tho hundred and ono'bl.o»---tioneori'ig dodgog whioh aro somotimoa prao^ Used. It was tho intention, we boliovo, to got Up somo athletio sports to bs run during tlio Christmas hoHd ys, but tho Hospital Oorftrt mittoo having beon first in tho Hold for ft demonstration in aid of that institution, the idea has beon abandoned for tho proaent. It has beon suggested, howovor, that possibly tho objools of botltt tho Hospital Committco and tho sport loving wection of the community could bo equally mcfj if it woro arranged for tho Sports Committee to got up a two clays programmo of ovonts, and allow tho Hospital Committee- the takings at tlio galas on euoh day. It is urgod that unless tho Hospital Committee can get up an altrftolivo -programmo many porsons will go olsowhero to spend tbeir holidays, and iho only quostion romains then i,*i ns to whether tho committee can provido suoh a programme, If not, and tho duty of doing so is loft to tho townsproplo, it might suit tho Hospital Committee ,bottor to. bo content with tho gato money, howovor, tho suggestion nviy bo takon for what it is worth. Through somo laxity on tho part of tho ' i Press Agont in Groymouili, wo nro without Uho roturus of .the ; 3roy County oloction. 'From a .priviite! souroo wo learp, hoyvoyor, that Mr- Guinness is tho only mombor of tho old Council who has boon ro-olcct'cd. Messrs Noonan nnd M'Laughlin havo had to givo way to Messrs Reid and Marshall for Ahaura and Wivpuno, 1 whilo Mr Harrison has boon rot timed for Oobden, Tho Woloomo Company clo-mod up on Tuosday Lst, whon a magniflcont parcol of gold woighiug nino huudrod nnd seventyono ouneoH o;m pennyweight rotortod gold was obtained, Tho quantity of , atoiio crushoo was 205 tons, but in tho return is includod tho gold romniiing in tho stamper boxes from the lust orunhin'g, and it ia ■bolievod that fully .100 ounoos still remains ii tho blanketings. Tho yield, howovor, is an astonishingly -jood ono, and will go far to re vivo outside oonfldoneo, It will bo soon that a dividond of is per sharo, has boon declared, In roforring to tho reoont successful amateur performance, wo inadvertently ominittod to montion thi valuable rervioes rondorod on tho occasion by Mr M'Donough, who gi'iiluiously paintod two now stage seen os for tho ooousion, such an aot of kindness dosorves tho publio recognition wo now give it. Wo also omitted to montion 'that tho pioco 'was plaoed upon. tho etugo by Mr 8011, and ; tho entire performance directed by bim with 'tho aa.islanbo of Mr ftoiid, v ' | ''11i.:-!^il^6'. ,, M.nV.i«^'fe.onl'ly sl'Mctf ¥.hnt ( the nativos woro in a "thoroughly demoralised' condition. Tho'-'causo. was not far to seek. Botwoon. Poverty Bay and tho East Capo no loss than 00 grogshops existod, only M of them boing liconsod. Moat of thorn are kept by Maoris, Many of, thorn are kopt cvon by tho paid oflloora of tho Stato— tha assessors. Almost tho wholo of tho £000,0,00.. paid to tho natives by Gbvoinmoiit . iiitho purchaso of thoir lands within a fow years bars boon di-sipatod in liquor, In addition to largo amounts roooivod by tho .nativos frpm privato land piiroliasors, Mr Slieohan lias oirnostly taken tho matter in band, and 1 is detormiuod to uso tho most strenuous exertions for chocking the vice of intompoiunoo amongst tho nativos. Mr Slieohan intends to exterminate tho sly grogs root and branch. ' A Melbourne correspondent of the Ota o , Daily Timca writes : — Woll, I think, for a genuino eyo~openor, there was novor anything in Melbourne- to oquul Madame Lotti Wihno't.'s Sunday evening* loeturo, at the Opera House, on tho Social Evil, boforo. a roapcolablo audionoo of about 1000, including, perhaps, 50 ladios thoso inoludisp*, buido who would be donomhiat-id tho young girl species although not, ono of tho domi-'mondo. It would not do to write all Madamo Wilmott unblusbingly spoko, and she loo!<flayoungi?h and handsome woman, too. Clmrgos of admission to loeturo * Dress o ; relo, 1« G I j Btalli, la t uppor circle and pit, Od j gallery only 3rd j audit was tho best placo in the wholo houso, fo sco a throng and hoar a sormoA whioh would havo almost surprised ! ViotoriaWoodkuU. . Tho New fJJaland Times gays t— tl.ii a phi-yiur Itumbi* We Houae -y'qs'tordny decided by 'resolution 'that llio next 'sit'tiA^" o'fYlW Parliament should bo hold in ohi-is'tohiiroh7 The same thing hns been agrood to bo f oro, and onoe it was deoided to sit in Dunodin ■ but it hns always resulted in the samo thing— tho Government disregard tho resolution, nnd exouso ihotnselves whon questions are asltod by saying there is no convenionoo in thoso jilaoos for the Parliament. It would oost at least £100,000 extra to giro accoaiß modation and roinovo books, papora, printing offloe, &c. Tho Napier Daily Tol graph Ji as, tho follow ing litllo itoma about tho City of Auokland— Until lonf*. voyr.go Captain Rolls -owned a fl.'lb of tho vonaol, but whilo in Auokland parted with bis sharo to Mr Seeo.imb, a son of tho browor of thht name, who was then, nnd- probably is now on oflleor on board. Il is not lbo first timo misfortune hns bofahen tbo ship. In 1871, while lon.ing wool at tho Auokland wharf, sho took flro, and wus , seuUlod to ntiYo her from dostruotion. After tho tiro was by this means oxtinguishod, alio was rniaod. by . Mr George Ellis, now of Napier, nnd loaded afresh for London, Somo notorioty was attnohod to tho ocouronco in ooiieoquonco of it happening during tho excitement osus.d by tho inoondiarisms of the noted. Cjrui .-Haley, tp -ffliom, wo bjojiom

untruthfully, was attributed this attempt to destroy tho flhip. » Tho Dunodin Jlornld says i—' A good deal of unonahiesi has beou occasioned in oommoroial oirclos during tho lant fow dsys through the diupositiou raunife«ted by ono of our local banks to tako scaro at tho pnnio which has boon oa;«.od at Homo through ths failure of tbo City of Glasgow Bank. It is understood tbat tbo institution referred to is calling in its ndvnnoos in a manner likoly to bo vory inconvoniontand dirantrons in its rosults. It iaonsy to oroato oommoroial .rids, and bard ''••onoujj-lito renosuro the publio mind whon it Ims been disturbed. 1 It would bo welt for tho direotors to take timo by tbe forolook, and ico that noithor the interests of tho sharoholdorr nor mr-tomcrs are imp.rilled through hasty or iueoniddoroto action.' Tho yiold of gold at Kumara ornithines to koop up, and the avorago quantity sold to tho vnrios banks thoro ia ostlmntod by those most oOmpolout te judgo at ovor a thousand ounce, per weak, Last wook ono of the banks purchased fivo hundrod ounoos. Somo of tho best claims aro now in full working ordor, and up to Christmas tho yield is oxpootod to stoidilj inoronso. At Qoldsborough nnd 'Stufford tho roturns of lato from many of the claims avo said t6; bo equally satisfactory. Tho shipments of gold from Hokitika for tho prosont quartor, and for tho quarter to follow, aro anticipated to surpass in valuo thoso of any quartor for years back. Tho • Oaa;niu Mail ' gives tho particulars of a oaso— Oroogo v. Loca nud Mooro— which is interesting. A roadman working for tho Wahnato Cotnty Council, had a tout pitobod upon a road lino running through tho defendant's property. A flro wns liuhtod upon tbo dofondant's land by their managor to burn off tho tussooks, and burned tho ■plaintiff's' tent and certain proporty iv it ; also tho tents nnd properly of somo eight othor mon working on tho samo road. It was proved that it was uooossary and oustonmry at tho spring timo of Iho year to burn off tho tussocks. That when this flro • was lighted tho wind was blowing away from tho plaoe whero, Ihe plaintiff was oampod, but suddenly changed to an opposito direction, and notwithstanding all tbo efljrts mado, it ■ carried tbo flro down upon tho oatnp Itwas also proved that tbo plaintiff had not ,la'<cn the usual precaution of buridng tbo long grass round bis tout. For tho defonoe tho following points wero muod .—l. That tbo defendants hns been guilty of no negligenoo and that owing to tho sudcloil ohango of wind thoy woro not responsible. 2. Tbat tbopluntiiriiad by his contributory negligcnoo in not burning roun 1 bis tent barred any claim bo might havo had, ovon if thero bad boon nrgligonco on lbo part of tbo defendants. 3. That the plaintiff's tout being pilchod not upon his own land, or any bmd bo had a right to ouctip,,, bo was bound to exiirciao even moro than ordinary caution, which ho had not dono. ilud-jmeni was given for tbo defendants, Tbo cnsJ was tried by Mr R. lluotbam, The gqol timo coming for Roofton will i assuredly ioail.to a, obiisldfljrabli), iiprej^ mi |" population, MiitwWlioi* that lias afflicted lbo' 'district so long having broken up and dUnppoarol, and the roads again in good working order, will throw lifo ani cboorfubicas, around and upon this portion of Now Zealand so favored and so ; blossod, with ' all tba renders lifo agreeable, but wbicb may and froqnnntly do' lend lo thoso habits which engonclor disease through cxposuro to nioknosn - nnd ohills, tho lioaltbiost may bo striekon •down by Rn wit atibm, Riii*u.\ujrjp,'Gouiv '' Lumbago, Inteiimittknt ihMoirflnXX«?, itc, and itis well that all should know i tho most reliable- Wares for tbeso aro tbt famous iMnTAMJ' Mrdioi.hrs known as itlbolkh'-J Great Indian Curo.,"-— limy .can bo bad of If. It. Qissingc, Choinist, appointed sob> wlwlcsulo agont for Roofton and dWrioti | Bop Icstiinoiuale iv advertising coluinn-i.-- -Advt :