RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT PORT CHALMERS.

Evening Star, Issue 3791, 19 April 1875, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT PORT CHALMERS.

Monday, April 19. (Before his Worship the Mayor and Dr. O’Donoghue, Esq., J.P..) Drunkenness. —Jas. Gardiner wns fined 10s, or, in default, to be imprisoned for twenty-four hours. Indecency.— Thomas George Wellps, for committing this offence near the railway platform on Saturday, was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment, with hard labor. Absent Without Leave. —Richard White, a seaman, chaiged with being absent without leave from the Waiter! on Saturday, was ordered on hoard his ship.

tJ«?‘o t ! I,b ? ry 4 rcll . ery cnubbad badweaher on Saturday for its match against Weljmgton, bu' tin shooting was better than in last years match. The scores will not hj« published till the aro re! ceived.

JHle sisters Dovallis at le their debut at the Theatre on Saturday. Their dancing is highly muchlikei. and not

The railway bridge across the River Ashley near Rangiora, was opened with a banquet on Saturday. The Su enutondont and members ot tue Provincial Executive and tlv !!■. ■, E Ricbatdson wore present. TS ;; j.-vi.v ■' ‘ spending to C) .• toast of i'h-. •'(i'. - . il, AUi.iatrv and iuci»v<;i’o of the G.-nciul Assembly,” said: ‘ ■.Vbeii original promises were made to carry put railways in the Colony in a certain time, there was a large quantity of surplus labor, but this had since been absorbed by private capital, and railway works had been thus impeded, He quoted the large sum per mile which had to be paid for the construotion of railways in Victoria, and said it was a very extraordinary thing indeed if the railways of New Zealand would not pay when taken generally they did not cost more thanLs,6oo permile. He was quite convinced that if therailways were made to pay, larger powers must be placed in the hands of those who are appointed to manage them. If persons we>p p, such responsible position-; mvl dl .i aut oavi v out their work satisfictori v .hoy must no superseded b- - 'japs.';'o .*f bringing about a moresi'i cmy results.” .’dr ola.c ; the Chief Immigration Officer, reports that during the year ending February last, twenty-six immigrant ships have arrived from Lyttelton i —viz,, eleven from London, ten from Plymouth, four from Glasgow, and one from Hamburg and these twenty-six carried 10,098 immigrants for this Pro ance of whom 1,120 were nominated in the Colony, and joined their friends on arrival. The total number introduced may be classified as follows Adults of twelve years and upwards, 6,935; children under twelve years, 3,163; total, 10,098. The proportion of families, single men, and single women, is as under:—l.73B families, representing 6,537 souls ; single men, 2,288 souls; single women, 1,273 souls; total, 10,098 souls.

, . , . Blenheim, April 19. a smart shock ot earthquake wa? felt at 2o minutes to 2 this morning. The direction was north and south.

• . , Wellington, April 17. It is rumoml in mercantile circles that a complication has arisen in Auckland between the Government and a Colonial Shipping Conipany, which may lead to litigation. It appears that lately a quantity of railway material was shipped coastwise, and the Company’s deivand of 13s 4dper.cea'. insurance paid thereon but account being placed before the Hon. Mr Reyn.dds, who is acting for the Minister of Public Works, he demurred to such a charge and having caused inquiries to be made, ascertained that it was more than double the ordinary charge, Similar results have some time since been found, on looking into English agency s payment for insurance, when charges were in no case less than double, and in some treble what merchants were paying for the same class of goods. x>. T m e ® on ;. ‘ Reynolds is a passenger by the Taranaki, which sailed for Auckland this afternoon.

mv . . Makton, April 19. ihe Kangitikei nomination took place to-day and the show of hands was : Watt. 17; Ballance, 15; Hutchinson, 5.

. Gretmouth, April 19. A prospecting claim has been applied for by Kilgour and CUesterfied, for ground about a mile south of Greymouth, on the Marsden road. It is reported that a prospect of half a pennyweight to the dish of coarse gold has been obtained.

Grahamstown, April 19. A trial crushing from the prospector’s claim at Tairua of GO'llbs stone gave 13ozs 3dwts of smelted gold.

{From our own Correspondents.)

A TX , Wellington, April 19. A difficulty has arisen regarding the Edwin JT°i a immigrants. The Government is afraid to land them here, as the master, matron, and several other inmates of the Immigration Bar racks are sufiering from low fever, caused by defective drainage. It was intended at first to land them at the quarantine station on Soames Island, but it was found that the barraeks on the island have never been fumigated since the iievan s fever-stricken immigrants were there, although the General Government has been repeatedly urged to have it done.