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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1129, 13 September 1882, Page 2

The many friends of Mr George Tilbrook will lerrn with deep regret of his untimely death, which took pliice on the 22nd ult. The news reached us late last night. In the Magistrate's Court, yesterday a man named Charles Dowine, a new arrival in the district, was brought up before Messrs Bowman and Potts J.P's, on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The offender pleaded guilty to the charge. Constable Bamford, the arresting officer, proved that the man was going about from house to house in a state of boisterous intoxication, and caused a good dual of annoyance. He said the man was a recent arrival, and called the attention of the Bench to the fact that a large number of strangers were arriving in the district, and the polico had their hands full in looking after those who overstepped the mark. Fined 10s in default twenty-four hours imprisonment. The same offender was further charged with insisting the police in the execution of their' dufy', but as no- serious injury \vaa done he vas let ' ( off with a iino of iKtuxs^impre'sidetff' administered a strong caution j to the offender. The Court then ad- | journed. i John Mackenzie, a well known and greatly respected old resideiit in the district, died in the Hospital on Monday last. Deceased had been long ailing, and his death was nyt unexpected. The funeral will take place to-day. When the concession of opening for an extra half-hour in the evening at the Telegraph office was made, business was very brisk, and the " spurt " fully justified the extension. At that time brokers and others could not get through their business in the allowed half-hour and great inconvenience was thereby occasioned. The department, on being asked, at once granted the required extension, and for so doing deserved the thanks of the community. At the present time business is slack, and as a rule, there would be no difficulty in giving in telegrams half an hour before closing, and thereby enable the operators to begin to clear off work. Instead of that people ■very unfairly wait till .nearly the stroke of. 8 o'clock before giving in their messages, and the consequence is that a pile como in a few minutes before that hour that require fully an hour and sometimes more to transmit. This cause 3 the otHears of the department and unnecessary detention, and it is to be hoped .that in future more consideration may be shown to them. Of course, there are messages necessarily held over till the last minute, but amongst those sent every night there is a very large proportion that could well be handed in from' half to three quarters of an hour previous to the time they are ! now received. J?he death of Mr "Waters, of Auckland, will be learnt with regret by every sporting man in the Colony as well as by a host of others, many on the West Coast, to whom the late sportsman was known. He was one of the most genial and upright of racing men, and for many years, his colors, rose, and white stripes, have been prominent at West Coast meetings, where he brought some of the best animals that ever raced in Westland. The names of Peeress, Yatterina, Slander, and a host of others, his property, will be familiar to a large number of our readers, who will be sorry to say that their owner has had to succumb to apoplexy at the age of 54 years. His stud, which is numerous, is to be sold, and some of the best blood in the Colony will thus be distributed. The correspondent of an Auckland paper who recently paid a visit to Papakma, Mr Walter's stud farm, give 3 a description of the horses there, from which we learn that they comprise the following : — Brood mares — Peeress, Yatterina, Fanny, Fisher, Slander, Rosarina, the first named in foal to Yattendon, the others to Musket. The horses in or about to be put intrainingarePiscatorious, Libeller, Billingsgate, Irishwoman, Hip-

porcras, Grand Duchess, and Fitz-Her-cules. The two-year olds were Musketeer, by Musket from Yatterina, Fishgirl by Yattendon from F^nny, Fisher, and Herculaneum, and several yearlings. The

only stud horse named is Hippocampus. No doubt there are several others not mentioned by the writer that will come to the hammer with the rest, and it is very certain that competition will be keen for the possession of such valuable stock, and racing men will look for the announcement of the day of sale with great interest.

Thackeray 'b picture of the abject servility nf the British public is as absolutely true now as it waa forty years ago:-. Suppose (says Tnnh) a nobleman is of a jovial turn, the^public will sympathise goodnaturedly with his amusements, and say he is a hearty honest fellow. Suppose he ia fond of play and the turf, and has a fancy to be a black-leg, the public will fawn on him, and many honest people will court him, as they would court a .housebreaker if he happened to be a lord. Suppose ho is an e.diot, yet by the glorious constitution, he is good enough to govern us ; he may be an ass, and yet reSpecte p; or a rogue, and excuses will be found for him. Snobs will still worship him.