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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3167, 23 August 1881, Page 2

The oase of the " wood-cutters" in the bush beyond Makatoko will come on for hearing before the Eesidenfc Magistrate on Monday next. Mr S. Locke was a passenger to Wellington by the Penguin yesterday, hia evidence being required by the Native Affairs Committee. It will be seen by our Parliamentary report that the amendments made by the Legislative Council to the " Gaming and Lotteries Bill" have been agreed to by the Lower House. The Act will, therefore, not come into force until January 1,1882. Mr Robert Stout whose return to Parliament at the next elections was generally regarded as very desirable in the interests of the colony, has, in a letter to a friend residing in Napier, stated that it is not his intention to offer himself as a candidate. The Rev. De Berdt Hovell desires to acknowledge the receipt of a cheque from Mr R. T. Johnson for £23 15s, the same being the net proceeds of an entertainment given by the Gaiety Dramatic Club for the benefit of the widow and orphan children of the late Stephen Page. We have received a letter from the Seventy-mile Bush, in which the writer complains of being discharged with five others from the railway works. The consideration of the circumstances as related by himself can lead to no other conclusion than that he was very properly treated. The approach of the general elections should induce every one to ascertain whether he is registered as an elector, and if qualified and not on the roll to take steps to rectify the omission. The electoral rolls are open for inspection every Tuesday and Friday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., at the Registration office, Government buildings, Napier.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning , , before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., R.M., the following cases came on for hearing:—Blythe , and Co. v. Murphy, claim £16 Os lid ; judgment for plaintiff for the full amount with costs ; at the request of the plaintiff the amount was made payable in instalments of £1 per month. Newton v. W. W. Yates, claim £15 7s lid ; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Monaghan v. Whelan, claim £17 10s; Mr McLean, on behalf of defendant, asked for an adjournment for a week; application granted. Leonard v. Mrs Harris, claim £4 13a 4d ; the defendant, represented by Mr Lascelles, pleaded " coverture," and His Worship said, if he had to give a decision in favor of the defendant, it would be " hard " upon the plaintiff; he would oonsider the matter, and give his judgment in a week. Wrieht--Bon v. Clayton, a claim of £15 16s lid for wages, goods, &c ; the claim for wages in the present action was withdrawn, and judgment was given for the balance, with coats and counsel's fee ; Mr Lasoelles appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr White for defendant.

The Wellington correspondent of the Taranaki Herald thus refers to Mr Wright, the chairman of the committee which has just pronounced so decidedly against the Taranaki harbour works:—" Mr Wright is for the vacant portfolio, and is now posturing in the attitude of a public works administrator of the virtuous type. If Mr Wright did succeed in attaining office, nothing suspicious would be allowed to exiHt outside Canterbury. Within that sacred circie all things would be righteous and unquestionable, because Canterbury could do nothing wrong , , even in gridironing."

In the last Australian papers a statement is made in regard to the Detached Squadron, which may possibly account for the order from the Admiralty not to touch at New Zealand. All the vessels have, it seems, suffered greatly from desertion, one ship having lost nearly 100 men. This colony has always borne a bad name at the British Admiralty for promoting desertion from the ships of war, and it is just possible that the Admiralty having been informed of what had taken place at Melbourne and Sydney, decided that New Zealand should not be encountered by the squadron, with the danger of leaving the vessels entirely undermanned.

The Rev. Joseph Cook, the famous Boston leoturer on freethought and eooial problems, it is stated, will in all probability visit Aus«

tralia and Now Zealand. He has just concluded a series of 136 lecturer in England and Scotland, meeting and combating scepticism an its own ground, whether scientific or literary. A few captious critics who regard " orthodoxy an their doxy, and heterodoxy as another man's doxy," have hinted at his being unsound. Mr Spurgeon, in the Sword and Trowel, has ganerously splintered a lanca in Mr Gock's defence. He concludes an article thus:—"lf anything could rnako us doubt the grand old eveiigelicil it would be the narrowness and bitterness of certain of its supporters." Patsy Butler, we learn from an exchange, has given up bookraaking and taken etablea atChristchurch, where he is training his team for the coming Reason. We learn from the American papers that the Legislature of New York have unanimously passed a bill " compelling " shopkeepers to provide seats for their employes. "An owner and Trainer " writes to the Australasian eouiplaininsr of the " flattering" handicaps for this season's big Spring races, and aaya that in the Melbourne Cup Progress with 9st 31b must hold at least half of the 119 other horses safe.

Quadrille party in Emerson-sfcreefc hall this evening at 8. Mesars Banner and" Liddle will sell tomorrow forest trees, fruit trees, shrubs, &c, at 11 a.m. Messrs Miller and Potts notify that they have for sale 300 steers. Tenders are invited for fencing the Hastings racecourse. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman will sell to-morrow, fancy goods, &c., at 2 p.m. The Registrar for the electoral Districts of Napier and < live notifies that the electoral rolls are open for inspection every Tuesday and Friday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Registrar of the Supreme Court notifies that he has taken in execution the fee simple of John Sutherland, of Mohaka, in certain parcels of land. Mr Oassin announces an important clearing sale. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted" column.