The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1886.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 16491, 6 January 1886, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1886.

A difficulty lias arisen in connection with tlie tendering fur t!ie construction of thu Manna- Amuri truck, which onuses a good deal of annoyance t-i intending contractor . It seems that llie conditions of contract x are not the same as those ordinarily in use by the Government, the sureties demanded of contractors in the present case being all Imt prohibitive. The matter was yesterday represented by wire to Mi- Mwiiteath, M.H..R., who at once interviewed the Miniater on the subject, hut tha reply he received was that the Department in Wellington had nothing to do with the tenders, ax the ni4»ter was wholly in the hands of Mr J. C. Browning, Chief Surveyor, Nelson. i We f«-el quite sure that any communieatii.n on the subject forwarded to \lr ' Browning will receive prompt considera- ] tion. We understand that Mi J. Ghing has s-'ld the race horse Billy Kraft, the purchaser bejng a well known spotting rest j dtiut of Ross. Mr Ching evidently believes that there is a tide in the affairs of a rare horse which require to be taken at the ebb. Billy wan in the sulks at the Oieyniouth meeting, and quite reversed in's grand performance at Reeftou, However, we trust his new owner wiil be not I lera successful with hint than Mr Chiqg was at Recftou. The uniform* fir the Inangahna Rifles were delivered in Reofton yesterday, and will he worn for the first time at the inspection parade of the corps to be held on the eleventh instant. The InjMigfthu* Public Domain Board will n'eet at Dawson's Hotel, at 8 o'clock this evening, for thp purpose of electing a Chairman, and transacting other busine**. Mr James Connolly was, Chairman of the Board during the past year. A grant of several hundred acres of Crown Und situated on the short track to Boatman's, lias been vented in the Board for recreation purpose*. Another addition has been made to the *'Ki:ights of the Clever" in Reefton, Duffy Br«<s., of Boatman*, having opened a brunch nf their buteheriug I. miners in Shirl-stiefct, adjoining the GWicil Chaml*ra. This is how an American paper speaks ofthekes pest :- A queer i fern conies from Kew Zealand. The owl* in that district used to be hs harmless as dpres ; indeed, they once wore "nmnsirg owls," and, therefore, useful. But one night a settler left a sheep skin nailed to his roof, and an owl came along and tasted of the fat mutton 1 eft thereon. Tlje () tvl became a vlieep kilter, aligbtjng on a •beep's back three nk'bts. Jntter. Still more straua«, all the otlier owls began to like mutton, and now the New Zealand bird of that species slays thnuaands <i|w»n thoi|«anils of (iheen, their appetites growh\X by what they ft-ed on, and their numbers increasing in proportion to their prosperity. They light on the backs of the sheep and t«>ar the poor beasts with their b*»aks, going; at mice down through the carrasM to the kidney f»t, which to the owl's tongue is the daintjest of morsels. The "sprfired hand" mystery a?rnin came forward at tha Obristehiireh Police o'<urt <m Ttipeday, when Mrs Howard and tb<> two Oofifrevs wpr« chnrsed w^h consnfrintf to d^fi-and thft New Zealand Oorernnvnt Tn«nrnncß D<*naHm<»nt. the Mutual Life Association of Aiistralia and th« Aficilen* Tu^umnce o'imnanv, of ttionnv ftmoiinttntr inth«» wh"|«» to #2400. Mr Holm** annMrwd for Mrs Howard. A ffffat d«»1 of excitement w «« mnnifested by the ptlHie ov«>r the nffair. Long bp. fore thp Court opened, the f!m>r was ornmmed wUh ppop^p, inc^ndinp ntflnv f«<mnli'». When the profppdmsr'i «'«d commpnee, the puMic irallpry was packed to nnrh nn extent as to crentp in the minds of those on th« floor of the Court a fwMing of a^arm, which wis hy no means ailaved by the way in which it stayed under the weight. Portnnate'y, however, no accident occurred. The police asked for A further remand, but both counsels o^joctpd til? pAmti f.'Cte pvldnnep hnd bp»-n l»d snffici'-nt to iits f 'fv a remand hrir\v gra?j*<'^. Inspsctor P«*ndpr givp pvidpn^e re!*'j' B To i"f"rm««t«»n ben? r»H!f»ivpn on 0.-t.-»bnr 11 of the drowning of Arthur Howard, that men had b*»f>» s«nt to drasr f'»r th«> body, but without sncce*«, and tl»at tl>e clothps of the sun. posed decpnqcl had been fi.nnd. TTp went on t<> «tate that on Dt'cemVu-r 16'1i the two O<idfr«ys bronj/bt a Vnman hand to the Police Sta l i<'ti. a»'d lih wh<» yvtt s/jvn-.if the worl-» ns^ii by T!li»' a OKflfrev 1 \vliuij c<>v]i(Rci {>•!' t-ie ac^uied obit-clod ty

. Rush evidence beinir given until a print* \facie case of conspiracy had bean made I out. Afti->- argument the Bench stated \ that they did not wish to stand in the way <>f public j'ißtre, and if the remand were required it would be granted because, as had before heen pointed out, the accused were under no disability, heing out <>n bail, but if Mr Ponder wished to give any evidence he must make it relevant to the three accused by proving h conspiracy and connecting them therewith. The law was clear on the subject, that iv a case «>f conspiracy it must first be shown that a conspiracy existed ; theu, that all thoßO accused were concerned therein, and were acting iv concert. The police could not give the evidence they were now giving as against the three. The accused were then remanded until the 7th January, with the uuilerstan liiis? that a further reumnd would be granted if required. Speaking of the prevailing depression the ' tatfo Duily limes says: - We arc suffering from a grievous depression brought about not by mere borrowing, but by reckless and wasteful expenditure of borrowed money. JVery businessman knows that mere borrowing i* not of itself injurious, but that borrowing fur niireinunerative purposes is always disasj trims. Considered from any and every point of vit w it is a wrong thing that the proposals circulated as emanating from Sir Julius Yogel should have been allowed to pass current so long without endorsement or denial from Ministers. Their publication has tended to unsettle the public mind and consequently their effect has been mischievous. It will therefore be with general satisfaction that the expressions of the Premier will be accepted as evidencing that neither he nor his Cabinet approve of these extravagant proposal*, which must now be regarded as those of Sir Julius Yogel. i There is a 'common impression that a barrister cannot (sue for the recovery of his fees, but it appears that there are cases in which Jie pan. Mr Fullerton, barrister, brought an action iv the County Court, Melltoiirne, recently n train at Mr J.v».. Scott, solicitor, for the recovery of £37 4*» alleged to be owing as professional fees for attendance in a case iv the Equity Court. The defence was that Scott was not liable for the payment of the fees, that he had not promised to pay them, that ho had only received £17 &* on account of plaintiff, and had paid him £"8 4m Oil, and that a barrister could not sue a solicitor for Ms fees. Judge Quintan, who tried the case, held that a barrister amid sue a solicitor for his fees if the Solicitor had been paid them, and that the defendant was liable in this ea.se for what he had received. E« deducted the 84s 61 a t ready paid to the plaintiff from the . £'17 6-» received, and gave judgment for I the plaintiff for £9 Is 6.1. with costs. i Page Woodcock's Wind Pills have for thirty years held the iirst place in the world as an effectual antidote to indigestion, wind on the stourich, biliousness, ■■ and all complaints arising from disordered stomach, bowels, or liver. Tonic, invigorating, and purifying, they form the best i emedy extant, and may be taken by old aud yotmg with equal benefit. — Is. l|d., 2s. 91, 4«. 61., family B*xes 11s., *>t all Chemists. Proprietor Page Woodccek, I fyncoju England i Old people whose Mood has become thin aud steps feeble are praising American Hop bitters for the good they have done them.