THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY. JULY 21, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 21 July 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY. JULY 21, 1880.

i . — . . The Courcil will meet for the despatch of ' buGiness at the usual hour to-day. We learn that a claim for the very modest enm of of £300, compensation, has been made upon the Council, by a resident in the upper Inang.ihua, for damages alleged to have been done to his land through the construction of a rond in the vicinity. To-morrow U the day fixed upon for the trial of the parents of the girl M'lnnis, for I concealment. We believe that the fullest , evidence will be forthcoming. Mr Lynch has been retained for the defence. We understand that the oottage and grounds on the south side of the Inangahua ' and formerly occupied by Sir Colin Camp* bell, has been let to Mr Gray, one of the contractors for the erection of the bridge. Mr Brennan held a sale of cattle at the . yards, Smith's paddock, on Wednesday last. i The attendance of buyers was numerous, and i very fair prices were realised. The cattle were small, but in very passable condition. , Although the worst of the winter season is passing by, we have as yet had in reality no wintry weather, and owing to the extreme ' mildness of the temperature most of the 1 earlier varieties of fruit trees are already > bursting into bud. The mountains around show a fair too dressing of snow, but though August is usually the snow month, there appears a probability of our being denied the luxury of a snow.fall this year. The General Government Gazette contains a notification of the appointment of Alfred I Caufield, as a cadet in the Warden's office, at Beefton. It is not thought that the con« templafed retrenr-bmeut in the civil eervice will affect any of the branches of the service here, beyond, possibly, the 10 per cent, ductionA most painful accident happened at Cronadun yesterday afternoon, to a little girl, a daughter of Mr John Gallagher. It appears that the child was passing near a horse, when the animal kicked out, striking the little one with terrible force on the side of the face. The poor little girl was rendered ins • nsible, and a messenger was at once despatched to Beefron for medical assistance, and Dr Thorpe proceeded at once. It was , found that very serious, if not fatal injuries had been inflicted. Dr Tboipe remained in attendance. Tho Masonic ball held in Dawson'a H4II, hist evening, was very fairly attended, and p passed off successfully. The arrival of the Australian mail last niglit brought the, by many, anxiously looked , for, Victorian illustrated pnpers, with views of the iuoidents in connection with tho capI ture of ihe Kelly gang. Eager purchaeers of the papers must, Lowevi r, have been woei fully disappointed, for the cuts as a whole are almost as bad as the deeds of the out--1 lp,ws. If there is any one man, woman, or child in Ihe Inangahua who entertained .a latent spark of sympathy for Ned Kelly, one glance at the rocumbent figure of the outlaw, as given in the Sketcher, is sufficient to clc?; el it for ever. Jt is about the most un-

beroic, un-bushranging, unhigbwayman, and specifically and generally unpictaiesque Sgure imaginable, sans slouched bat, sans big boots, sans everything. I am told also that it has been ascertained that Mr Macandrew paid a bonus of £500 to Mr Conyers last year out of the Railway vote without the slightest authority, and there are many speculations as to how the item came to be passed on audit when some other illegal payments such as the £300 to Mr Rees, were so promptly " sat upon." The many friend? of Bret Harte will be glad to learn of hii promotion from the comparatively insignifloant and inadequately •paid office of commercial agent at Crefeld, Germany, to the highly important position of Consular at Glasgow— the second city in point of population in Great B.itain. and next to London and Liverpool in point of consular emolument, the salary being 3,000d01. a year, and the duty not too great. Whoa Nathaniel Hawthorne was consul at Liverpool, one of his most uncongenial duties was the taking of depositions of sailors — swearing them as he says, "on the office Bible, greasy with perjuries." Doubtless, Mr Harte will have more or less of the some irksome duty to perform, but he will have the compensating comfort of being in a city where the American language is spoken with some degree of purity, and where he will be received with the cordiality that is always extended to successful authorship, especially when supplemented, as in his case, byezceptionally rare social powers.— Harper's Weekly. The Wellingtou correspondent of the Lyttelton Times says :— Another Royal Commission has been appointed to enquire into the question of the adminis ration of JHBtice in the Colony. It consists of the following persons :— Judges Prendergast, Johnston, Richmond, Gillies, and Williams, Mr Whitaker (Attorney-General), Mr Reid (Solicitor* General), Messrs Ward, and Maedonald (District Judges), Robert Baratow, William Qisborne, C. C. Bowen, and John Sharp (Justices of the Peace), and the following barristers and solicitors : — E. T. Conolly, Robert Stout, J. M". Wilson, George Harper, Allan Holmes, and A. E. T, Devore. Judge Prendergast will be Chairman. The Commission is instructed to enquire into the con-, stitution, practice and procedure of the Supreme Court and other Courts, namely, District Courts, Resident Magistrate's Courts Petty Sessions Courts, and Courts held before Justices of the Peaoe. The instructions go on, " And further to enquire whether any and what changes nriijht be made with advantage in the constitution, practice or proceedure of the oaid Courts, or any of them, with the object of rendering the practice and prooeedure of such Courts, or any of them as may be thought convenient auxiliaries to one another; or for any other purposes, and also to inquire whether the jurisdiction of any of the said Courts (other than the Supreme might be increased, restricted, or limited in. any or what respect, and whether any of such jurisdictions might be abolished and other provision made in that behalf. And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect, we do authorise and empower you to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such plaoe or places in the Colony as you may deem expedient, and to call before you such persons or person as you may judge necessary by which you mar be better informed of the matters horin submitted for your consideration and also to call for and examine all such records, accounts, books, documents, and papers as you shall judge likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject of this our Commission, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. Three are to form a quorum, and Mr Martin Chapman, barrister, is appointed secretary. The Maoris are not great speakers in the House, but they ra"ely take possession of the floor without displaying in a quaint way a graat amount of shrewdness and common sense. Unlike the majority of the European members, ve>y Jews words suffice them, and they prefer giving their vote to airing their eloquence. Thesa are the words of Major Te Wheoro • I think a great doal of money lias been spent by each successive supporters, and as each Ministry comes in they give their supporters emjloynunt, while the original ones still stand and they only have the same work to do, alhou^h you increase the number of persons to do it, (Laughter nnd cheers.) There are some natives who a-e detained in prison on the West Coast. There is a great deal of money being spent on them, and we are getting no returns from them at all. (Laughter.) Since then we have seen a lot of soldiers upon the Coast and there is a great deal of money being spent on them, and we have no returns from them. They are there looking for a swamp (renewed laughter). I dent know whether it is the Piako Swamp or not. There is no use in this, for Te Whiti is perfectly quiet. (Hear, hear.) The native warrior wound up with a recommendation to spend no more money upon railways, and an expression of opinion that the modification in the Property Tax was ■• only a statement to pacify the people."