TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1361, 25 June 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPRO VIN DIAL [Per Press Agency.] New Plymouth, June 25. At the meeting of the 'Taranaki Jockey Club the disqualification of McGee by the Auckland Jockey Club was considered, when it was decided there were not sufficient reasons adduced for the decision come to by the Auckland Club. Dunedin, June 25. The police have obtained various samples of kerosene from this province, and have forwaided them to the Government Analyst for examination. Referring to judicial changes, the “ Times” this morning touches upon the administration of justice in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, and states that the feeling prevails that those members of the bar who are not connected with Mr Bathgate by ties of kinship, cannot gain the ear of the Court, and that in more than one house in town the practice, was, unless specially instructed to the contrary, to set down all cases for Wednesday, on which day Mr Mansford used to preside. The “Times” trusts that the Attorney-General will take steps to satisfy himself of the correctness of these statements. Before proceeding with the business this morning, Mr Bathgate said that his usefulness as a magistrate would be impaired if he did not refer to the “ Times’ ” article. Ho then remarked that it was always difficult to meet statements of a vague and general character. He had always endeavoured to hold the scales of justice evenly, and had taken all possible precautions against charges of partiality being made. He had taken notes at greater length than usual, and these had been preserved for reference, and in all important cases he had delivered written judgments, explaining his reasons for the conclusions arrived at. He was thus enabled to challenge enquiry into every act of his official life. He had endeavored to give satisfaction to the public generally, and he had reason to believe that he had not been unsuccessful. The safeguard of the purity of that Court was the power of appeal, and further, any person aggrieved could lay his grievance before the Minister of J ustice. Timaru, June 25. A young man named Mark Smith, a farmer at Saltwater Creek, near Timaru, was killed through the kick of a horse this morning, whilst ploughing.