The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1044, 8 January 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1884.

The Ashburton District Licensing Committee was to have sat to-day to determine as to whether licenses should be granted to the Wheatsheaf and Wa*-orton Hotels, was adjourned for a week, the majority of the Committee being at the Tinwald sales.

A cricket match will be played on the Domain ground to-morrow between the Borough Club and the Geraldine Wanderers. The Borough Club will bo represented by the following.—Messrs G. W. Andrewea, Crocker, Prebble, L. F- Andrewes, Caygill, Fooks, Davis, Amos, Coffey, Purchase, Patching and Dr Leahy. Play will commence at eleven o’clock. The Ofcago Cricke era’ Association have agreed to do all in their power to make the tour of the Tasmanian team a successA three days’ match will bo played on the Association ground at the end of this month, and in order to allow of this fixture taking place it has been decided to ask the Canterbury Association to postpone the Interprovinciat Match to a convenient date in February.

An inquest was held at Dunedin yesterday touching the death of Thomas Cochrane, whose body was found in the harbor on Friday last. He was last seen oh Wednesday afternoon, aud was then sober and quite cheerful; He had been at the Caledonian games. The tendency of the whole evidence went to show that^ the occurrence was accidental, and the jury returned a verdict of found drowned.

. A crowded public meeting was held at the Town Hall, Hokitika, last evening, the Mayor presiding, to urge upon the Government the necessity of bringing the Westland Education Subdivision Act into operation at once. The meeting unanimously resolved to send a delegate to Wellington ; and selected Mr H. R. Rae, member of the Hokitika SchpoL Committee, to proceed at Once toi: interview the Minister of Education on the subject. W. A. Spiers, of Dargaville, Auckland, formerly a first prize taker for dancing at the Dunedin ga 1 es, telegraphs his willingness to dance a Highland fling with Donald Dinnie for LIOO. Donald, has agreed to dance young Murray “ if judges who understand the Highland fling can be found.” W. Matheson, of local hammer throwing damp, has also accepted Dinnie’s challenge to him in that feat on level terms. It is not considered likely that any of the challenges will come off.

At the Court this morning the only cases adjudicated upon, were two cross summonses for abusive and threatening language brought against each other by H. W. Barrett and Dan Lea. The latter will be remembered as having some time ago been sent to gaol for indecent exposure before Barrett's children, and one of the youngsters, according to Lea’s evidence, had mocked him, on his requesting the father fco correct the boy, the language complained of had been used; Barrett told a different story, and the Bench said that it was oath against oath, and both cases would be dismissed, each party to pay his own costs. The Mayor: and Mr R Alcorn were the presiding justices. Everybody who had occasion to go down East street to day on arriving within two hundred yards of the station had their nostrils assailed by a most unsavory odour, which proceeded from a truckload of offal standing on the line. That a nuisance like this should be Allowed to exist so close to the main thoroughfare is nothing less than disgraceful, as when a hot wind is blowing the air is poisoned, and the germs of a dangerous disease may be disseminated. Surely if it is necessary to carry such material as bullocks’ bones and skins on the railway some siding further from the centre of the town might be: found to deposit it in, and it is to be hoped that our reference to the matter will cause the disgusting stuff to be immediately removed. A peculiar incident happened in the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday. A man by some extraordinary blunder took his seat in the jury box in placi of another bearing a somewhat similar name, the proper juryman being under the impression that his name had not been called after luncheon. The presence of the wrong man was not discovered till one trial had resulted in a conviction, and the whole of the evidence in another trial had been taken, and the judge had summed up. It was somewhat curious that in the case in which a conviction had been recorded, no sentence had been passed. His Honor took a note of the irregularity, and announced his intention to consult his brother judges as to the best course to be pursued.

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The gigantic gooseberry reason ha commenced, and Mr G. T, Smith hassent us some enormous specimens of the fruit grown in his orchard. Judging from these we should say that few places in the province could, show larger gooseberries than Ashburton,

At the Christchurch Supreme Court sittings yesterday, the Grand Jury ignored the bill against the three men Talbot, Beard, and Groth, who were committed for trial by Mr Baddeley, R.M., for alleged robbery with violence at Mothven.

At the settling on the Christchurch Jockey Club’s Midsummer meeting the following, amounts were paid over:—Hon. W. Robinson, L 494 IDs; Hon. George McLean, L3IO J3s ; D. O’Brien, Ll7i ss; B. Hereford, L 23 15s ; P. Butler, L 47 10s ; Brien, Ll 9 ; total, L 1,067 2a. As some misapprehension may _ arise respecting the parents of the children who attend the school picnic at Windermere to-morrow, we may mention that the train will convey them from Ashburton entirely free of charge. The picnic itself promises to be a great success, as there is from present appearances every prospect of fine weather to-morrow. The Committee appointed by the Christchurch City Council to consider the offer of the Board of Governors to hand over to the City the public library, recommend that the oiler be refused, as maintenance would coat too much. At the same' time the Committee suggest that they would reverse .the recommendation were the endowments to which they consider the library entitled applied to their legitimate object. An inquest was held on Saturday at Lumaden on the body of Geo. MoOlintook, runholder, Duncragen, Lake To Anau. Dawson, his partner, deposed that he left deceased in good spirits on the Ist imt. to post a letter, and on returning next day found him dead in the hut, with a bullet wound through his head, the gun on the floor, .and a stick with which he appeared to have pres.ed tbe trigget. Deceased’s c rcumstances were good, and he was the last man witness would have thought of committing suicide, A verdict of suicide while suffering from temporary insanity was returned. Ah inquest on Mark Wilson, who cut his throat at Waianawa on Friday, held at the Invercargill Hospital yesterday, disclosed great determination of mind and strong vitality. He,cut pieces out of his throat with an old taole-knife. The deed was done after dinner. Wilson was a man of sixty-one years, yet was able to walk to a bugiy and drive to the Hospital at midnight. He had been depressed in spirits Jor some days, having become intoxicated on New Year’s Day for the first time that his friends knew of. His brother attributed the deed to the effect of that imprudence. The verdict was temporary insanity., r ■, . The Committee of tha Ashburton Summer races mot at Quill’s Hotel last evening. Present—Messrs T. Quill (in the chair), Dolman, Hicks, Jourrieaux, Bell and Saunders. A number of accounts in Connection With the recent meeting were passed for payment. Mr Glasson wrote applying for the refund of “Mermaid’s” acceptance, his letter accepting having been subsequently countermanded by telegram. The telegram not having been confirmed : by letter and the mare only scratched a few minutes before the race, it was determined not to accede'to the request. The Secretary of the Ashburton Racing Club wrote stating that his Club had considered Mr Le Sueur’s conduct,at the Summer Meeting and resolved to warn him off the course for six months. An approximate balance-sheet was submitted by the Secretary, exhibiting a surplus of L 66 Is 9d. An honorarium of Ll 5 15 1 was voted to the Secretary, and after some discussion in respect to the Hinerm affair the Committee adjourned until Monday next. At an inquest held at Dunedin yesterday the jury brought in a rider commenting upon the wretched morgue that is at present in use in the city. It is a small room belonging formerly to the old Supremo Court buiidings ? which has lately been pulled down, and it is in a most dilapidated condition. No one seems to’hkvC 'the care of it, and the two corpsei Which were on view on Monday were covered with old rags, While ] the clothes tak>n off dead bodies previously brought in lay strewn about The rider was as follows “ The jury desire to say that, they found the morgue in a disgracefully dirty condition, containing an accumulation of dirty rags smeared with blood. In their opinion proper provision should be made for a Coroner’s Court with morgue attached.” The coroner. Dr Hocken, in, endorsing this, spoke of the injustice of; always holding , inquests in the hotel nearest the morgue, as the landlord did not receive the slightest remuneration. He added that he had, several times written to the Government on the matter, and would do so again. A meeting of the Wakanui School Committee was held in the main school on Wednesday, the members present being J. Kilgour (chairman), P. Stewart, T. Walsh, T. Dalton, W. J. Wilson and G. W. Leadley. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Chairman reported that he had the gymnastic apparatus erected, the Board promising to pay for the amount incurred; at the same time he had got„eight posts pqt up for the purpose of tying horses to; springs pub on to the water closet doors, : and other small jobs done. The school-, room had been let to the Sports’ Committee for New Year’s night on the usual terms. He had paid into the Bank the sum of LI 2s 6d, which had mostly been received for rent of school. The teachers’ salaries for December had been paid. The actions of the Chairman since last meeting were approved of, and he was authoiiaed to pay all accounts duo by the Committee. Three applications were considered for the position of master, (or the side school, and one applicant was recommended to the Board for their sanction, at the same time the names of,all the applicants were forwarded to the Board in accordance with instructions issued ,in last June. As the school was not loft in a clean state by the Sports Committee, and certain damage had been done to the school property through the meeting on New Year’s night, the Chairman was instructed to have the school cleaned out and everything put in; order before the school time next morning, and the damaged property repaired as soon as possible. It was further agreed to that Mr Cockle be asked to do the work. The Chairman said a few loads of shingle were badly required a out the school, and, it was resolved to carry out the Chairman’s suggestion. The Board wrote stating that Mr W. L. Edge would examine the schools on Dec. 28. The Chairman said that that day was very wet, consequently Mr |Edge did not come. Mr Edge had since then intimated to him that he would attend on Tuesday, J an. 8, for the purpose of examining the children. 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A chess game with living pieces at the Industrial Exhibition last night was a great success.

The Reporting Committee of the Exhibition have decided to draw up report? on the various sections, and forward them to Dr Hector to be incorporated in his official report. The District Court will hold its sittings on Thursday next, Judge Hardoastle presiding in place of Judge Ward, who, we are sorry to hear, is still too ill to take his seat on the Bench.

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