THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 20 February 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1880.

There was a sitting of the Magistrate's Oourt yesterday, j;he day being for * the most part taken up with the hearing of two informations against James I. Aiken, store* keeper, for retailing fermented and spirituous liquors, not being duly licensed. The same informations came before the Courfc at its last sitting, but both broke down in consequence of an informality in the wording of the informations. The evidence tendered yesterday was merely a repitition of that given at the previous hearing, and which was duly reported in our columns. Mv Inspector Feast conducted the prosecution, and Mr TJynch appeared for the defence. In the first case— that of supplying the witness Tauglian with a bottle of gin, the Magistrate said there was no doubt whatever of the defendant's guilt morally, but it had not been proved in a legal sense, and the in forma s tion would therefore be dismissed. Upon the second charge of permitting a bottle of ale to be sold upon bis premises he was found guilty, and fined in the sum of £30 and costs. Notice of appeal was given. Mr ' John M'o-affin will submit to auction, on tho premises to-day, the household furniture and effects of Mr Dayid Stewart, Mr Brennan yesterday offered at auction a large quantity of farm stock in tbe assigned estate of G-othard and Bachelor. There was a good attendance, and fair prices were realised. Separate tenders are invited for tbe purchase and collection of the book debts in the estate of G-othard and Batchelor. Tenders close at 6 p.m. to-day with Mr J. S. Smith. Oarlotta Patti is a through passenger by steamer for Sydney. During the progress of the Magistrate's Court yesterday a man in the body of the hall once or twice yawned audibly, but the wakeful eye of tbe orderly fastened on the offender, and a subsequent yawn, a little louder than any of the preceding ones, having attracted the attention of the Bench, his Worship ordered the culprits removal. Upon this tbe police seized the man and proceeded to" run him" out with as much roughness as policemen in general are in the habit of exercising when engaged in the useful work of "running men in." His Worship, however, very properly interposed, and directed the officers to "be gentle," The rebuke was a very timely one, and had an effect which tbe force, both here and elsewhere, would do well to take to heart. It has been decided to bold a bazaar on the evening of St. Patrick's Day, in aid of the Catholic Church Building Fund. The committe are still heavily involved, and hence the necessity for tha step. Storekeepers would do well to take warning by the fate which befel one of the number, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, w'io was fined £30 and costs for selling a single botlle of ale, not being licensed so to do. The Qoeen sends £50 to the Duchess of Marlbovough's Belief Fund. The Lord Mayor's fund for the same purpose reached £20,000 by Christmas time. To the former fund the Rothschilds subscribed £2-1-20, tbe Barings £908, the Coufts £933, the Irish Society £726, and the Eight Hon. Foster £242; The appointment of Sir Alexander Gait to be Resident Minister in Lo>>don for the Dominion of Canada has caused a flutter amongst the Agent-Generals fur the Australasian Colonies. Mi--s Jennie Flood, daughter of the San Francisco Bonanza King, received a New Yetu-'.s present from her father, 2 SOO.OOOdo's in United States Bonda, the incouao from which is 100,000duls. per annum. 6G58 mercantile failures occurred in the United States in 1879. Tliern is great excitement in New York over a corner made in wheat by James ii. Heene and a few associates, and meas-jivs have beep taken to defeat it. On January 12th the Syndicate held 1, 000,000 bushels of grain iv New Tork and Chicago, and 1^,000,000 bushels more on tbe rail, besides paying storage on 6,000,1100 LusLels,