MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 April 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

— » Leonard Price, a merchant- hat been fined £5 on a charge of assaulting a young lady named Elizabeth Johnston by attempting to kiss her at Waimate on the 3rd instant. Speaking of the recent Adams prosecution, a Nelson paper says'; The charge of perjury against Acton Adams has ocenpied a bench of Justices Consisting, of Messrs Sharp, N. Edward*/ E. Beeves, P. M'Donaid, andJT, Mackay, two days, and at the close of the ease for the prosecation Mr Connelly, who. appeared for the defendant, vat stopped by the Bench who said they wanted to adjonrn for a few minutes. At the expiration of the adjournment they dismissed the ease, say* ing there was no perjury, and that the defendant in alluding to the agreement meant such agreement as would be bind* ing under the statute, Mr Connelly asked the Bench owing to the position the defendant held that there was bo ground for bringing on the charge. The Chairman, after consulting with the others stated that they had already said there was no perjury. At the conclusion of the case a fracas occurred at the door of the Nelson Club. Mr Bunny who wh junior counsel for the proieoution in the charge of perjury, was returning to his chamber*! bearing legal books and . doca« ments under his arm when be Jti^^| sailed in a cowardly manner hn^^^^M Adams, brother of t^defJ^^^^H struck Mr Bunny w^9Jjtf|^^^^^H the head. They ck|^^^^^^^H freely, blood strea^^^^^^^^^^H moustache. Mm^^^^^^^^^^^J Langley Adams j^^^^^^^^^^^J fray, which appetl^^^^^^^^^^^H serious breach of t^^|P^^^^^^^| adyice of friends tueqP* r tfes.j|^^^^^J Club and separated. Whenwf^^^H maker reappeared in the streetW^^H cheered by a large crowd which hao^WJ gregated together and shortly after on Mr Bunny-leaving Jie was cheered vociferously, whereupon he addressed the assemblage, claiming that be had done his duty as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. In his conduct of the case he had unpleasant things to say, but if the same necessity occurred again to*morrow be should be ready to do bis duty ; whereupon he was further cheered and groans were given for the Bench. At a public meeting just held at Nel son the following resolutions were passed i —That the evidence in the case Boyes versus Adams be forwarded to the Minster of Justice. and, that Adams be requested resign bis seat in the House. If he does Curtis will probably be elected. The Westport Times says :•— Mr Cook, of the firm of Lightband and Co,, Nelson. ! hired a horse from Mr Schuloff, of I Beefton. on Friday afternoon, and came 1 down the Buller road as far as Berlin's that night. On Saturday he continued the journey, arriving in Westport in the afternoon. During the latter part of the journey the horse was very siok, and immediately after arrival here it died. A glaring instance of inefficiency of the j present bankruptcy system occurred in the case of Mr Berry, of Wellington, who stated in the affidavit filled by him when he became bankrupt that he was indebted, in the sum of £1100, to various bankrupt estates in wbiou be bad been trustee ! A contributor to an English paper writes ;—Of the £5000 entrusted by the Baroness 13urdctt-CouUs to Mr W. Aih*

mead Bartlett, for persona! distribution in Ireland, £200 has already bets givtn to help straggling fishermen in Galway, who hire had a bad fishing season, to paj toeir little debts to tradesmen, with* oat incurring the ruinous system of borrowing which so much prevails. I hear one of the special objects of charity to which the B«roaess wishes this oontf te be devoted is the organisation of small loans to tradesmen and little farms** to be repaid at some future time, without interest. Helping people to help themselves is far better charity, asd capable of far wider extension, than the simple doling out of bread or money. The family of the Irish agitator Par* i nell appeared in Ireland about the mm m time that Cromwell took his trooper* over 1 there, and it has been a prominent one 1 ever since. It was a branch of an En« * glish stock, but like the Norman Irish, it has in the course of time become mor Irish than the Irish themselves. The last Chancellor of Ireland, previous to the Union of 1800, was a Parnell, his farther was Sir John Parnell, and another Farnell was a wit and a poet of consider* tble note in Dublin. &n Parnell, the mother of the Irish agitator, is generally regarded aa the leading lady operator in Wall street, New York. The Montevideo Farbor Improvements Company have had a enrions slice of luck. In the coarse of their operations in dredging the harbor of Montevideo they have raised two ingots, which www at first supposed to be of iron t bat one of tbe sailors in cleaning off the shells whith covered the metal, discovert tart tfrty were two bars of silver, each of 70lb« weight. On one of them inscriptions were found which were effaced, but that marks of oc and yn, and the date 1? 72 were still legible. There is no doubt thai these ingots formed part of tbe treasure which the Spanish galleon Aurora took from Chili in 1772 and which according to the historian Lozaa, was lost in this port opposite the powder magazine dor* ing tbe frightful storm of August 19th in that year. As it is probable that in this spot there would be other remains of these treasures which have been hidden daring a eeutury, the dredging company have arranged with divers, who will make far* tber researches nnder the superintend* enee of the Procuraior-Fiueai on the part of the Montevidean Government who are entitled to half the proceeds. The apot^ where the^Jiscovery has.lwen made is 300 yards to the south-east of the rock* in the bay called Ptedras de St. Pedros. The obelisk which has been erected ia the Old Cemetery by the Corporation of Donedin is in memory of a snmber of the early settlers of Otago. Ihe total cost of it will be under £300. Of tbe working population in New Zealand very nearly one third, 48 to ISO, are employed in agricultural and grazing ; while in "Victoria only about one fifth, 75 to 337, are so employed. Three ladies hate availed themselves «f the privileges recently granted by the Council of the Melbourne University and matriculated. On December 90th the Emperor of Ruioia found oo his bedrooaa table a letter from * tbe governing committee," which told him that for tb» fifth ttaM fate had preserved him from their deertee, and advised him to beware of lie sixth. Tbe writers addthat they do sol attack the Gx*t*s ped^bi^ii, principles. the gambling the police used forget* present la Christ* ih-rTy-fott? etch. The BaVaPi^HpWRRe, who came to this poionyl^the Amelia Thompson in 1841, died at Wellington on the 17th I instant, in his 9 2nd year. Donedin usea 10,000 tons of coal for gas purposes, per annum ; Christ* church, 5000 tons ; Wellington, 5000 ; Auckland, 4500. Fines for breaches of the Bdacatiou Act, are now aa common in Victoria aa in England. 'Truant Officer* ia the designation of the official charged with compelling the attendance of tha children at school. The Auckland Criminal calender k unusually heavy. There arj thirty prisoners principally cases of brutal assault, rape, arson, intention to ante* der and larceny. Carlotta Patti sang m Melbourne last Thursday night for the first time, The population of Victoria at the end of last year numbered 899,420, A He™ debating society has been formed in Christchurch, with Mr B. C. J. Stevens as president An attempt will be made at the next; meeting of the Christchurch City Council to have the mayoral salary increase to £400. Over five hundred Chinese landed in one day, in Marcb, in Sydney. Now that California is virtually closed to the Celestials, it is stated that a large immigration will take place to the Australian Colonies,