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Evening Star, Issue 3741, 18 February 1875, Page 2

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Chbwtchurch, February 18. The cabmen have determined to obtain a piece of ground for a private cab stand. The cases between the Corporation and cabmen have been adjourned until to-morrow. ™ • r Westport, February 17. ihe captain of the schooner Mary Campbell, from Melbourne, reports that the Vic tonau authorities offer LIOO to any ship bringing the murderer Sullivan as a passenger to New Zealand. * Vn, T , Wellington, February 17. „ cie kands Office sold, during the month. d,956 acres, which realised £4,400, L _ , _ , February 18. Xhe Good Templars here manifest great dissatisfaction because the Hon. Mr Hastings did not grant a charter for a Grand Lodge for Central New Zealand. A meeting of the six lodges has been arranged for Monday, when four lodges are expected to resign their charter. A peculiar case is now going on in the llcsident Magistrate's Court, in which Captain Whitford, of the Wellington Fire" Brigade,

chugs* Captain Mow, of th* ftaitral Brigade, with ordering hi* men to pomp upon Whltfom, About half bf each brigade appear as witnesses. It was falsely reported last night' that, although the Government had not heard from Mr Vogel, the sum of L 500.000 bad been placed to the credit of the Government in the Bank of New Zealand. The Government know nothing' of this, Mr Vogel could hot have arrived in London on the 19th of December, as published. The Provincial Government have given instructions to the police to take action rathe false labels imported here. Gbahambtown, February 17. The ‘Star’s’ correspondent states that Sir Donald M’Lean met the Ohinemuri Natives today to make final arrangements. Captain Frazer (Warden) and other Government officers came down the river in order to be present at the Superintendent’s funeral Sir Donald M'Lsan and Dr Pollen were unable to come, owing to the arrangements to meet the Natives. Dr Pollen, in answer to a deputation headed by Mr Charles O’Neil M. H.R., yesterday, said that the goldfield would be opened under the Act of 1866. He also said no concessions would be made to the. persons who had broken the law, and the whole field would be opened in a few days. The new regulations propose that the area of one man’s ground on the field shall be, for a quartz claim, 15,000 square feet; shallow alluvial, 2,600 ft; for deep alluvial, 3,600 ft; and that the aggregate area will be, for quartz claims, ten men’s ground; shallow alluvial, four men’s ground; deep alluvial, six men’s grounds; amalgamation of claims to be allowed. The gold returns from January 21st to February 17th put the yield down at 7,8530z, showing an increase of over 4,0000z on the previous month. It is believed that since the . death of tho Superintendent, the Governor's power under the Goldfields Act reverts to the Governor. He will be advised to retain the same or delegate them to a Commissioner nominated by the Government. There is a feeling here and at Ohinemuri that delegated powers would be exercised more for the benefit of the field by the Governor or by than by the Superintendent and Provincial Govem9 f Auckland. This is especially the case at Ohinemuri,’ where it is believed that Mr James Mackay should have the control for some months, at least in view of possible difficulties with the Natives. . Mr Beadon is here, with a view to prosecuting a land claim for over 15,000 acres in the 1 iako district. The transaction is alleged to have taken place in 1639, and a portion of the land is said to have been since sold to other parties. In the event of being beaten here, it is said the veteran captain intends prosecuting this suit before the Privy Council The exodus to Ohinemuri continues at a rate of something like 50 or 60 per diem from tho Thames. ■ * Auckland, February 18. At the annual meeting of the Auckland shareholders of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Dr Campbell and Wessrs H. Isaacs and Clark were elected directors. Captain Logan, of the Hero, applied at the Police Court for a rehearing of the case against the Hero, in which he was fined Ll5O for a breach of the passenger regulations. The magistrate doubted' Whether he had power, and dismissed the application, remarking that if the application were made to the Government, the fine would probably- be remitted and Capt. Logan exonerated. The ships Tnverene and Warwick have been chartered by the Government to convey railway iron to Napier. ‘ (From our own Correspondents.) Poet Chalmkes, February 18. Ihe child who died on Tuesday evening .on board the ship Oamara was conveyed, in a boat towed by the Result from the ship, to the Quarantine Island this afternoon, and buried there.

mu * „ . Wellington, February 17. _,* is the ‘Post’s’ report of Wakefield s case yesterday :—“ An incorrigible drunkard-E. J. Wakefield, M.H.R., for ( 'hnstchurch City £ast—who has just been dis* charged the Provincial Hospital after a lengthened sojourn and clothed by subscription - brought up for about the thousand and first time under the charge of being drunk and incapable in the public streets. The prisoner . me r * he accufl ation. -Constable Stewart stated he found the prisoner that morning in the street drank and incapable, and took him into custody.—Prisoner (with a ludicrous air of drunken dignity); ‘Sir, if I were drunk and incapable as they say, why was not I searched? See here, they left in my pocket this penknife—this penknife. Now, sir, if I had been drunk and incapable, as they say falsely that I was, I might nave cut my throat.* —Sergeant Monaghan : ‘No; I don’t think so. if you were incapable.’—Wakefield : ‘No matter, sir. If I had been drunk, as yon say. you ought to have searched me and not left tl is knife oa . ™ e _ (again brandishing it solemnly) with which I might have cut my throat. In Christchurch, when I was taken up for being drunk and incapable, the police always searched me and took away everything out of my pockets, aye, and did not even leave my pocket handkerchief. —His Worship; * You are fined ss, or w i /. 00n ? m itted for twenty-four hours*.*— Wakefield (with increased dignity): * And now may I ask you, sir, to whom I am to look for redress for this false imprisonment, and how I should proceed to obtain such redress. I have been forcibly thrust into gaol, and kept without my breakfast; how am I to obtain redress w ~t lleße injuries and indignities ?’ His Worship; * Really, that is not my business. You had better consult your legal adviser * Sergeant Monaghan: ‘Como now, stand down. Wakefield; ‘ Sir, I will not stand down at your command. I will not leave this Court without redress,’ At this point two policemen proceeded to remove the prisoner, whom they managed to get out of the box; but then he sat down on the floor with a sudden flop, and by propping his feet against the doorposte opposed a powerful strain against the efforts of the constables. At length, however, throe managed to get him out feet foremost; but shortly afterwards the door was quietly opened, and the form of this worthy M.H R. again presented itself like a substantial phantom, out quickly disappeared by means of some unseen agency in the rear.” A great 100 scandal has occurred at the club here. A young man, son of a member of the Club Committee, and a member himself, recently lost LIOO to another member at loo* The loser told his father, who thereupon complained to the committee, and resigned himself. He also went to the Governor, who was supposed.to have official influence over the winner and complained of his son being led into such things. The Governor properly declined to interfere, the young man who lost being Quite old enough to take care of himself, and there being no imputation of unfair play. The Club Committee censured all the five players for breaking the rules forbidding gambling. One of the players was a high bank official People question whether anything would have been heard of the matter if the man who lost had W « oonduot “ universally reprobated. 1 hei Government has not heard of Mr Vogel’s arrival in London, but, through the Bank of «ew Zealand, baa been informed of LSOO 000 being placed to the Government credit. It was v wanted, as funds were running short. v m, , , Auckland, February 18 The Girards left by the Phoebe for Dunedin {° sv,$ v ,l a shor J tbei ® b ®fore proceeding Co^pin* 0111118 *° an en PVgement 'with Mr Bftthgate’s decision in the of f , Poole, for alleged Wife desertion, the ‘Star’ says, “This magisterial dictum will we doubt not. bo rooeivXrttha deep amen by all suffering sons of Adam, who bondage!”^* 1 * BUnilarlir fSn**