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THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1880.

Upon his Honor taking bi» seat on the Bench at the opening of the District Court yesterday morning, he said he desired to refer to a paragraph which appeared in the Inangahua Herald of that morning, in reference to the case of Eegina v. Brandt. In the paragraph «n question the reporter had made ! it appear that he (his Honor) had said in tho f cou'se of summing up that a verdict of ac^ quittal would be to brand the wife of the prosecutor as a perjurer. His Honor said ' nothing could be more opposite to what he did say. He had taken particular pains to banish such an inference from the minds o the jury. Such an argument had been pu ' to the jury for the Crown, but he (hi Honor) dissented so completely from such a proposition that he put the matter in un« mistakeaWe language to the jury, and was at a loss to understand how any other construe* tion could have • been placed upon his re^ marks. He felt bound to make this explanation as an act of common juitice, and more particularly as it was the reputation of a woman that was involved^ The case of Heslop v. the National Bank was begun and concluded in the District Court yesterday. The facts will be quite freßh in the minds of oar readers. Plaintiff claimed £14 16» 6d, money alleged to have been wrongfully retained, and £100 as special damages. At the close of the case the jury found for the plaintiff, damages £50, and costs £10 2s. Notice of appeal was lodged. The young woman Sarah Ann M'lnnis was formally arraigned yesterday morning in the District Court, but Mr South, Crown Prosecutor, intimated that it was not bis intention to proceed with the indiotment. By direction of his Honor the jury returned a verdict of acquittal, and after an appropriate admonition from his Honor, the was dis« charged. ■-. The sittings of the District Court opened on Wendeiday morning last, before his Honor Judge Weston. The first case proceeded with was that of Regina v. Allen and Helen M'lnnis. The case occupied the greater part of the day, and resulted in the jury bringing In a verdict of guilty against both prisonm, but with a strong recommendation to mercy. The male prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor, in Hokitika gaol. The female prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for one day. The oase of Eegina v, Brandt, being a prosecution for oommon assault, next occupied the Court, and after the close of the evidence the jury returned a verdict of acquits). The evidence in the case waa a mere recapitulation of that given in the Magistrate's Court a few days ago, and we do not therefore repeat it. . The Carandinis have come and sang and coDquored. This may be said to fairly re* fleet the state of publio feeling in Reefton in regard to their reception here. They have charmed the ears of the publio, and have gone, leaving the raptures of their sweet voices still hanging upon the. senses. Their reception in Beefton was regal, and does credit to the public taste. We shnll not attempt to criticise their performance, fearing that we s'lould be lo)t in extremes of admiration. Reefton is, however, their debtor for two of the most pleasurable evenings yet spent in the town, and the prospect of enjoying yet another is hailed with real delight. The company will return from Westport on Saturday, and appear here for the last time on the same evening, and wa hope to see them greeted with a bumper house. We understand that the company will be invited to take part in the choral service at the Catbolio chapel on Sunday next. The sitting of the District Court will be resumed at 10 o'clock, when the cases of Hunter v. Inangahua County Council; and Crow« ley v. the Golden Treasure Company, will be proceeded with. The correspondent of the Lyttelton Times cays :— The following circular, signed "A. T. Maginnity," has been issued to officers of the Telegraph Department : — " The Cabinet has decided that from August Ist a reduction a*the rate of ten per cent annum bo made from all salaries, pay, and wages. In rendering abstracts show full salary with amount of deduction. This order applies to every officer in the service, without exception. If abstracts for August havp been forwarded please render amended abstract." Jm ara given to understand, on semi-official authority, that this will lead to something very like a Btrike in the Telegraph Department, and that a number of the best, operators, in - eluding some in Uhristchurch, have made arrangements for going to America and elsewhere. A similar circular has been issued to the Pplice and printing Departments. It is rumoped that in the printing Department all hands contemplate immediate resignation. With respect to the Representation Bill, 1 may say that there is not the slightest intention to make any real attempt to have it passed this session. The correspondence which has been printed in the London Times on the wide-spread use and abuse of narcotics is ft painful commentary upon our civilisation, and one which adcla great force to what a writer in these poges hus often alluded to, namely, tljc evils arising from our present unnatural syetem pf, living TJw ' over-em led Kcvve-system tf-'*Engtisb

ladies induces them to fly to morphia chloral, chlbrodne, and a host of patent medicines the chief agents in which are deadly poisons. It is useless to warn the victims to such a habit, as does the Times, that « from the beginning to the end the career is one of misery." So long as the causes of worry and sleeplessness areuncheoked, so long will the sufferers have recourse to some means of alleviation, These causes are to be found in the high-pressure system of living, which is rapidly producing social anosmia, and is consequently unnervats ing the race. No less than thirty pearl-divers in the Persian Gulf fell victims to the sharks during last year. The fact that some £3,000,000 worth of pearls were found in 1879 explains how it is that men can be found to engage in this perilous occupation. A story (says the correspondent of the Melbourne Weekly Times) that many .rears ago the famous trainer of race horses, the recently deceased Thomas Dawson, paid a visit to Swinton Park, the home of his employer, Admiral Harcourt. The admiral invited Dawson to accompany him to the adjoining paddocks in order to inspect the brood mares and foals. " I will show you an o!d favourite of yours," said the owner of Bwinton Park, at? they approached a cluster of brood mares ; "If Ellerdale is among them," observed Dawson, " depend upon it 1 that she has not forgotten her old grudge ngainsfc me and that she will run me out of the paddock." The mare in question lifted up her head as the voice of her former trainer reached her ears, and after gazing upon him for a minute, she set off to pursue him, with ears laid back, and flashing eye und snorting nostril. The Grey Valley members got awfully sold about 330 on Tuesday morning. Masters had gone home to his virtuous couch, and Reeves was recuperating on oystars in Bellamy's neither of them dreaming that the Estimates would be touched upon at that ungodly hour, but the House was, as Oliver described it, in good working order, and they waded in. Among other rotes considered was the G-rey Harbor Works, £33,910, aud Hurst, member for Wallace, who, having made his own marble tolerably right, has a perfect mania for cutting down votes, proposed that this should be reduced by £20,000. Reid did not want to be unneighborly, but as reduction was the order of the day, and much money had been literally thrown into Grey river at Greymoutb, be would vote for the reduction. A division resulted in 22 ayeß and 21 noes. Oliver's face was a sight, and it is said he rushed incontinently into his dear friend Master's lodgings, woke him up, and soundly rated him for sleeping while the enemy sowed tares. Yesterday Masters tried to get the vote reconsidered, but could not succeed. His only chance now is to get something put on the Supplementary Estimates, which will give Hokitika members a chance to urge a similar concession. Mr Pyke has introduced a Bill to amend the Education Act. It provides that private schools shall be entitled to receive the same capitation allowance as is granted to public soh'ools under the Act, on condition that the average number of pupils attending the school is 25 or more, and the school is conducted strictly in accordance with the Education Act, 1877, and the regulations framed thereaunder. ■ ; :

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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 27 August 1880, Page 2

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THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1880. Inangahua Times, Volume II, 27 August 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1880. Inangahua Times, Volume II, 27 August 1880, Page 2

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