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Evening Star, Issue 4119, 10 May 1876, Page 2

The Richardson Fusiliers have been gazetted. Their services were accepted on February 3. It is reported that Mr Joseph Shephard, ex-M.H.K., is to be appointed Provincial Auditor of Nelson. The alleged cattle stealing case which have caused some little excitement in Waikoiiaiti during the past month have terminated in the committal of the accused, Richard Nelmes and Henry Francis for trial at the next Session of the Supreme Court, They have been admitted to b«U*

The Nelson City Council is anxious to carry out a complete system of sewerage, but it has no money, and the question has been deferred until the next meeting of the General Assembly, in order that it may find out what the Corporation will receive. The De Murska fever has set in strong at Oamaru and Timaru. At those places, though the prices will range from five shillings (the lowest) to fifteen shillings (the highest) there is a rush for tickets. At Oamaru the day the box plan was opened nearly all the reserved seats for the first, and a great number for the second concert were taken up.

To-day’s * Gazette ’ contains a notification proclaiming the municipality of Maori Hill, and _ appointing the 17th inst., for the nomination of candidates for Mayor. It is also proclaimed that ‘ ‘ all that area lying between the Waitaki River and Gatlin’s River, and ten miles back from the sea coast is open for hunting, shooting, taking, or killing cock pheasants, between the hours of sunrise and sunset,” during the season of the months of June and July in the present year.

A curious case of the tables being turned occurred in the City Police Court this morning. A man named M'Guane was charged with assaulting Richard Davis, who keeps a coffee-stall at the corner of Stafford street; but three witnesses called for the defence deposed that complainant was the aggressor, and that he had supplied defendant with brandy for which he was paid. The charge accordingly broke down, and the police immediately laid an information against Davis for sly-grog selling. The case will be heard to-morrow.

On Monday, the Ist inst,, three serious accidents happened at Port Moeraki. The * Palmerston Times ’ reports that a seaman belonging to the ketch Anne had two of his fingers smashed by the crane on the jetty while discharging timber. Dr .Smith, of Otepopo, was sent for, and took one of the fingers off at the first joint. The other, fortunately, was not so badly crushed as to render amputation necessary. The next patient had his spine seriously injured through a niece of timber falling on him, but he is now ttoing pretty well. Then, another man named Thomas Smith, an old sailor, had one of his finger nails taken completely off by being jammed between two logs of timber.

The following are from yesterday’s ‘ North ' itago Times ’ ; From some unexplained cause, concurrent sickness and diarrhoea have, during the past week, being exceedingly prevalent—adults, children, and even infants suffering alike. As this sickness has occurred in all parts of the district, it would seem that it must be traceable to some atmospheric cause.—ln the R. M. Court E. G. Bickerton was charged with embezzling from one John Milne the sum of L 6 Is 6d. The evidence of three witnesses for the prosecution having been taken, the Bench committed the accused to take his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, to be held in Dunedin in July next. Accused reserved his defence. There are two more charges against the same prisoner. Councillor Isaac finds his scheme of a paid Fire Brigade will not go down with his brother councillors. Yesterday when he moved in that direction he could not find a seconder. He adduced some figures which showed that a paid Brigade would not be a "saving to the City in a monetary point of view, while he did not appear to be iu a position to prove that a more efficient body would be produceable under his scheme. In Auckland, the newly-established Brigade, which comprises twenty men, exclusive of of Superintendent cost L 414 in salaries, besides which they receive a shilling per hour while working at fires, and refreshments at fires only. The Dunedin Brigade at present costs LSOO a-year, and Mr Isaac is of opinion that a paid Brigade of nineteen officers and men (including engineer), with all necessary gear, could be maintained for a yearly expenditure of L 757. The law’s tedious delays, as exemplified in Supreme Court procedure, are condemned in this month’s ‘Jurist,’which says : - “The cause of the decrease is to be found in the current public opinion with respect to the Supreme Court. The patience of the public is exhausted by the delay and the expense which attend the trial of causes in it. Both are excessive. Recollecting that six months frequently elapse before a case is set down for hearing; that, when heard, it is generally followed by a rule for a new trial, the argument of which sometimes involves three or four months more delay, it often happens that a twelvemonth is gone before any final decision is arrived at. The expenditure involved is a still greater cause of complaiut; and it cannot be denied that the complaint is wellfounded. The scale on which bills of costs are framed in these proceedings is exceedingly satisfactory to the solicitors engaged for the time being ; but it has been too good to last. The public are scared, and will not go into the Supreme Court if they can avoid it.”

The session of the Otago Institute was commenced last night, when Professor Coughtrey read an interesting paper on “The Transportation of Salmon Ova,” in concluding which he said:—“ I believe I am not exaggerating when I state that hundreds of pounds sterling have been spent in endeavors to introduce salmon into this and the neighboring colonies; and reviewing the methods that have been pursued in these experiments in the light of physiological knowledge and of common sense, with all due respect for the experience and enthusiasm of the eminent pisciculturists at Home who assisted in these experiments, in all humility I cannot regard the failures that have occurred as being consequent to faults and mismanagement of the ova after they have been*received on this side of the globe (and this I say with certain reservations, since, if the reports which reached this Colony regarding the treatment of some of the ova intended for Victoria by the late transhipment per Durham be correct, then the disastrous results recorded would undoubtedly be accounted for by the high temperature to which the ova were suddenly exposed), but rather to faulty methods of transmission.”— Messrs Joel, W. C. Smith, J. A. Miller, and Dr Batchelor were elected members of the Institute.

The City Guards Cadets will celebrate their fourth anniversary by a ball in the head-quar-ters drill-shed on the Queen’s Birthday. We have been shown by Mr John Hislop, jeweller of Princes street, a tell-tale clock, patented by him, and made to the order of Messrs Guthrie and Larnach, for their night watchman. It is enclosed in a brass case with silver dial, which revolves once in twelve hours ; round the dial is fixed a roll of cardboard, which shows by means of knobbed springs, turned by keys, whether the watchman has been doing his duty. It may now be seen in Mr Hislop’s window. A new lodge, 1.0. G.T., was opened at Anderson’s Bay on Monday evening by the D.D.G.W.C.T. Bro. B. Greig, assisted by the officers of the Dayspring Lodge, No. 97, Kensington. t-ix members from sister lodges deposited their clearance cards, and thirteen persons were duly initiated as members of the order, after which the following officers were regularly elected and installed;—W.C.T., Bro. Daniel Dutton; W.V.T., Sis. Mary Jane Dutton; W.S., Bro. Thomas Begsr; W.F.S., Thomaa Sanderton; W.T., Thomas i-omcr-ville ; W.O , Joseph S'nth; W.M., George Johnston; W.1.G., Thoa. Davey; W.O. i., Bro. Wallace; W.R.H.S, fcis. Sanderson; W.L.H.S,, Sb. South, jua,; t W.A,S., Bro.

John Casey; Sis. South, sen Bro. Wm. Somerville was unanimously recommended as Lodge Deputy. It wa* also resolved that the name of the lodge be the “ Break of Day Lodge.”