The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1884.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1356, 1 February 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1884.

Th.i legal firm of Brandon and Brandon, Wellington, are pressing their suit in the Supreme Court for a settlement of the basis of the dissolution of the late partnership of Brandon. Sluw and Brandon. The matter was a^iuu brought before His Honor Judge Richmond in the Supreme ourt, Wellington, on t!:« 2 JMi instant, by Mr Chapman, on bvaif of the petitioning partners, and from what has already leaked out some extraordinary disclosures are looked forward to. The Wellington f ost has the following in relation to the affair which will to somo extent prepare the public mind for what is to follow :— Reference was made at the Supreme Court, to-d»y, to the civil s lit of Brandon- >. Shaw, Which h*l been held over in the hope that it would be settled out of Court. Mr Chapmfcn mentioned that parties were exceedingly anxious to settle the matter, but unfortunately they had not been-Able :ti»-d» »j. Consequently ft wiis necessary 'that the jsase should no* jrfoeWL' Mr Jus- ■ tieeßichtaond remarked that from what he knew of the case, he did riot think be . should try it without a jury it he could j help it. He was altogether against doing so, and if he had power to declare as he ; rather thought he had he should order a trial by jury. It was, he added, entirely opposed to his goodwill that cases of libel, slander, malicious prosecution, bronelie* of promise of marriage, and ao on. »h<juM be tried without a jury not that it was agreed that a jury was the best means of ascertaining truth. No one was disposed t ; to think that, but it was the best means of giving confidence to the public in regard to the administration of justice, while it blbo preserved the bench from a load of odium which it would be utterly unable :to bear. In a free country the verdicts of juries were soon forgotton, but the decisions of judges remained, and were remembered for years. After looking over the rules, his onor said he thought that this being a case which would necessarily effect, personal character profoundly he had he power to order it to be tried before a jury ; bat he would enquire further, and tho'niatter could ba mentioned to him again to-morrow. The directors of the Homeward Bound Company yesterday en ered infc> the ; necessary bonds for the prosecution of their appeal against the finding of the jury in the District Court in the case of ' Anderson v. Homeward Bound Company, • in which judgment was given . for plantiff fur £136, and "'£s 10^ costs. 'the hearing of the appeal will come on at the next sitting of the- Supreme Co rt, and he costs involved in he suit will by that time bring the claim to considerably over £200. i Treloar and party, the successful -tenderers for driving 'the low level for the j Wealth of I\atii ns bmpany, have lost no | time in setting about their contract, a I start having teen made on Wednesday I last. The number of miners employed in the Boatman's district at the present time is said to be the highest yet reached, the total being close upon two hundred. The Welcome heads the list with between sixty and seventy, the Specimen * ill being next in order with about half that number. Jf all were in full work the Boatman's mines alone would give employment toSkbout four hundred men. The Golden Treasure winze is still being carried 'clown on good stone, and - the min^ manager yesterday started an from the low level to connec with the foot of the winze. The distance to go is about eigh y feet, and directly hia connection is established, crushing will be commenced. . The Willmott Combination Company have reached Greytnouth, and, after a short season there will come on to Reefton. Their repertoir is a very high class one, including such sterling and popular productions as "Crutch and Toothpick," " Hand in Hand," the "Lights o' London," and innumerable other comedies, dramas, and burlesques of the modern " sensational and spectacular type. Mr Andrews, Inspector of the Bank of * New Zealand, who has just opened a branch of the bank at Takaka, Nelson, is now on his annual visit of inspection t»» • the agencies in this part of he Colony Mr Leitchtfeld, manager of the Grey- ? mouth branch of the bank, is also on a \, visit to Reef ton. The Chinese last night treated the [ townspeople to another of their displays of fireworks, but the competition for ex- : ploding the. a-rial magazine was not so successful as some of th« exhibitions of i last year. For upwards of an hour and a half the contestants wero projecting

lighted bunches of crackers at t!ke ulovftted target, but although several of the competitors hit the mark, the magazine could not be mad* to go off, owing, prob* ably, to the dampness of the. paper, enve lope. It eventually ignited, but, apparently 'oVidar" protest, going off in a most leisurely luaritior. The hine'se, however, made good the failure of this branch of the display by sending up an additional nmnuur of v.ic'.:t*f/} and Roman candles. -^ all ->i wiiieii were voted " welly good "by f { the large European assemblage. Close D upon 2,000 packages of crackers were con- t aumed during the evening. h The nomination for the Swlwyn election V is fixed to take place on the Bth instant, Q and the polling will be held on the 15th February. Mr Waketield's return, the A»hbu>ton Mail says, is beyond doubt, 1 and that nothing he Government are 1 able to do in the opposing candidate's < interest can make it even a close fight. We understand that the Oriental Com- < pany's battery started on Wednesday last, ] but shortly afterwards a breakage occurred, and the machinery had to be stopped, and Mr A cGreggor, engineer, was sent for from the Phiani* works to eftect repairs. . Although' Parliament standa prorogued , till the second week in February, there is very little doubt that it will be further prorogued till ay or Jut* nest, that being the period of the year in which the House ordinarily assembles. . , A meeting of the Boatmen's Jocky. Club was held at Walker's Union Hotel on the 23rd inst., when a considerable number of persons put in an appearance. The balance-sheet showed a net balance to the credit of the club of £32 17s 9d, a totaliaator valued at £13 0s od, and a quantity of hurdles, as good as new. The secretary's balance-sheet as read was unanimously adopted, and the meeting then proceeded to discuss the feasibility and advisability df arranging for a race 'meeting to be held on the 17th and 18th of March next. All agreed that it was highly advisable that the race meetings should be Continued, and some of the meeting being under the impression that a good course could be got close to the township, it was decided to interview Duffy; Bros., the present tenants of the Gorge Farm, and ascertain their terms for the use of part of their ground" for a race course.' This was done by a com- '> mifcteo appointed for that purpose. The result was that their terms were consid--1 ered excessive, (being £30 for each meeting, or the gate money). Canvassers were then appointed for the different districts j i',) ;!i:liset subscriptions, and ihe meeting j , adjourned to -tht; 30th inst , when th-u ' following business was transacted. It was arranged with Duffy ros., to get, a ' dune in th«ir upper pa-Wtwk, the. Club to have power to enter on the ground at ' once, for the purpose of forming the course. The club deckled to hold this t year's meeting in M'Ginley's Paddock, i a* the course thav are a-bimfc to make was 1 eo'isi'Wed by the tvajority of the meetinjj J not fit to be run upon this year on ac- * count of so ni'i- h tilling up and stumping ' requiring to i-e done, and the limited time ' to do it in. The club will therefore only have one meeting on the new course during Duffy Bros, tenancy, for which they have agreed to pay the sum of £25, ' and after that the sum of M 5 yearly for ten years The club to have the use of the course for training purposes only, six weeks prior to each race meeting. . Mr Boardman was appointed secretary for the ensuing twelve months, and the , meeting then decided to adjourn to Wednesday next, 6th February, when the ' stewards will be appointed and programme decided upon. C. Mirfin was present and offered to do all the advertising in connection with the ensuing meeting for the ' uum of £4, but the offer was rejected. The meeting then adjourned. The Westport '/*•;'«* says : — "The track through the Mokihinui Gorge the blockB ade to the new goldfied -is being rapidly 5 pushed forward. Over a mile is now t completed, and there are between 30 and 7 40 men on the work. The country met with is found to be exceptionally rou^h, heavy rock bluffs, spurs, and boulders 8 impeding progress, and making the track 8 more costly than was at first anticipated. 9 It is said that more money is asked for to complete the road. The men on the | work are only awaiting the opening of the road to push on prospecting. Some fresh finds at the rush are reported. Great B complaints are made at the dejay in completing the sections between the made road and the new road to the rush, the * packing on- men's backs costing 9s per * cwt. for the three miles. 1 The 2V\ Z. Times report* the return' 1 from England of Mrs George Cotterell 1 who was accompanied by her mother, a Madame Carandini. s An exchange says :— " Lord Rosebery, in reply to the City Council of Syduey, v impressed a hope at no dis' ant day to * renew his visit, having left a sort of - .pledge of fortune to New Zealand." 8 Three different parties of surveyors (the * Press reports) are actively engaged in looking out and laying off a route for the " railway line to the West Ooaat via Lake ' Lyndon, v..-; recommended by the late oyal C-i'.ti mission. The 11 kitika Guardian says : — We understand '"'at. Dr ftionckton relieves a Dr Porter, V» ia resigning the Kumara s hospital at ♦;■..> end of the month. We „ congratulate -'a Kumara inhabitants on obtaining t '. ■>:■. ar-.v vices of a Surgeon who has been lo..:- and favourably known on ' the Coast. a Nothing pur;tu;s and enriches the blood and destroys all poisons in the system c like Hop Bittess. Read.