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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 October 1880, Page 2

We v cllp *it!e* folfowiDg from tbe^ Auckland Star :— " At List tbe worm bus turned. At Bega a man named C- fiasmu^sen sued a publican named M.ildon for £32 18s' amount of cheque spent on a ' spree fat Mnidon's public bouse at Panbula. Plaintiff said he gave bis cheque toMaldon, and five ! d.iys afterwards was told tbat there was only £l left, for vvbicb be received two bott!e9 of grog and 8s to go away. A sei off wag put in by defendant for the full amount — part for refreshments and part for cuah lent. Tbe set-off was disallowed, oniy £4t beiug awarded defendant, for meals and horse feed. A verdict was given for plaintiff for £28 183 and heavy cost?." Again a New Zealand borse — nnd & tight good one — is to the front in the bettiug market for tbe Melbourne Cup. Mat », tbe animals we refer to, is now quetedj at 10 to 1, and the sporting editor of the Australasian Sdlecfs him as tbe winner. Tue West C >asf Times learns that >ome s^xty miners have recently corns over Haast Past from Otago, and most of them have set in lo work at Bullock Oetk, near the Haast. Many other miners have also proceeded from Otagp to Okairto, where they have taken up claims. Generally speakin?,tbe pros-r pjjct of the southern country are look* ing well. Dr Tanner's fast has revived^ story on record at Pestb, of a mau named Kerdoe, who, an account of his patriotic 'deea, was imprisoned about tbe year 1869. He refused food for forty ona days, when be wag compelled to take forae, and was afterwards liberate!.