MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1054, 27 February 1882, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr Hunt, late Chief Secretary for Samoa, has instituted proceedings in the Supreme Court of Wellington to recover £8000 damages from lus Excellency Sir Arthur Gordon, the High Commissioner of the Western Pa.itic, for an alleged assault and false imprison-

ment Mr E. Shaw, of the firm ofi Messrs Brandon, Shaw and Brandon,^

has been retained as counsel for Mr Hunt, and the Crown Solictor, Mr H. D. Bell, will act for His Excellency.

A novel walking match, recently took place at Hampden, is thus described in the North Otago Times : — We had a little excitement in our otherwise, quiet township a few days age, our sporting boniface, Mr Wm. M'Kay, backing himself to walk any | horse in the district one mile for the j sum of 10 guineas. The offer was taken up by Joseph Culling of Hillgrove. The contestants met at Moeaki Hotel, and after a few of the usual preliminaries made a good start The pedestrian grained at least 40 yards in tiie first hundred, after which the horse — an 18 years 'old one— gradually diminished the distance, till at the finish there was only about a dozen yards separating them. The time was 10 minutes 27 seconds. There is likely to be smother match, the loser not being at all satisfied with the result. She-aid they start again, there am many who think the quadruped will stand a good show. The affair was done in a sportsmanlike manner, the stakes being paid over with a little homely chaff

Sir Charles MacMahon was a passenger from Melbourne by the Arawata. He has come to New Zealand to visit the Gisborne petroleum field along with Several other Victorian gentlemen who are shareholders in the company which has been formed to work the field.