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Dunstan Times, Issue 1275, 6 August 1886, Page 2

We learn that two men were hilled by a spring cart accident at Eamiltona on Tneslast.

The Clyde Quadrille Assembly notify in another column tbit the closing night of the season will take place on Wednesday next, the 11th inst., and as there ia to he a double programme and refreshments, there should be a good attendance of the lovers of the light fantastic. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Clyde, on Monday last, George Smith was charged with stealing from the brewery of Messrs Tbeyers and Beck, one bag of sugar, known as “ brewers crystals," and of the value of about .12 16s. MrC. P. Beck, of the firm of Tiieyera anil Beck, gave evidence that on the night of the 29 th ult., between 10 and 11, he closed the brewery, when everything was all right. On the following morning, the SOlh ult., about 7.30, be again went to the brewery, and found the door he had fastened the night previous ajar, and he noticed sugar lying both inside and outside Ihe door. He tracked the sugar to a pile that had been received on liie zeth, ami on counting the bags fouud one short. Ke

, than Hacked the sugar outside for a diet ■ lance in the direction of Ihe house of the accused. He then cave information to the constable a*- Alexandra of the robbery,and afterwards obtained at Clyde a search warrant. Constable Bridgeman deposed to tracing the sugar from the brewery in the direction of the bouse of accused, and on going into the house, and, its reply to a question, ar< cased said the sugar was in the house. Be thereupon seized the sugar, and took r,ccured into custody. The accused, who elected to bo dealt with .summarily, was sentenced to four months hard, labor in Lawrence gaol. Oh, how refreshening, palatable and reviving 13 a draught of cool water with American Hop Bitters in it, to a fever patient. See The ‘ Times ’ and many other newspapers demand Sir Charles Dilko shall bo prosecuted for.periury. Prom a return we find that that the total number of rabbit skins exported from the Colony last year was ,",802,372, valued at L 51,847. Towards this number Dunedin contributed 4.75G,C00 of the value of 1-42,217. Frobi this it would appear that rabbit skins have become an important industry, and af; ml employment to a very considerable number people, wbo if poor bunny was extinct would not know where to look for a day’s work. The ‘ London Times,’ so soon as the news reached Homo of the recent eruptions at Tarawera, sent a cablegram to the proprietors of one of tho leading journals in Auckland, ask-ng them to wire a full account of tho catastrophe. That they really wanted as.detailed a description as was possible is proved by tho fact that tho amount .up to which the Auckland journalists-were authorised to go for the purposo was no less than LSOOO.

The following account .cf a remarkable feat at billiards during a match between ,T. Heberts, iunr., and W. Coo!:, is from Ecll’a Life, to baud this mail The match of 12,000 up, spet barrel, whorein the champion conceded his old opponent 2000 points start, wan brought to a clone at the Billiard Kail, Argylo street, recently, and reunited in another win for the scratch man, who was in splendid form all through, and during the progress cf the match succeeded in accomplishing a best on record by sending up a grandly compiled ran of SCS, and thus winning LIOO offered last year by Mescis Thurston and Co. for the player who first exceeded 600 without the aid of the spot on one of their tables. Cook, who is in very bad healih, make a plucky show, and cu the last day made a splendid run cf 1.40, but stood no show against the champion.

One of tho members' of our Assembly (writes the Sydney correspondent rl the Melbourne ’Argus’) Las lately been pre. Denied to the public in a rather unfavourable light. Ho is a solicitor, and managed the case of oue of his clients go badly that it was lost. The client cued him for damages, and recovered L 450, This was had enough, but worse remained behind, for it came out that tho blander was due to the pleadings being drawn badly, and the pleadings were drawn by himself. Yet in tho bill sent in to the client a charge was made for attendance counsel and taking his opinion. Tho excuse made by the solicitor for this overcharge was that it was a very common thing in tho profession— a statement which tho judge refused to helrve.

The devil among the tailors, - This phrase arose la connection with a riot at the Hay. market Theatre on an occasion when Dow. .ton announced the performance for his bene* fit of a burlesque entitled “ The Tailors, a Tragedy for Winter Weather." At night many thousands of journeymen tailors congregated in and around the theatre, and by riotous proceedings interrupted the performancefi. Thirty-three of the rioters wera brought up at Bow street next day. A full account of the proceedings will bo found in Biographies Drama," under the heading “Tcilorc” ‘

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