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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 716, 20 August 1870, Page 2

"We have been; compelled to hold over ■ itntil * our ' next', the report of the cases heard at the Resident Magistrate's- Court, Ahaura, on Thursday., ;. ■ ", A' post, office will lie opened at Mr 'Campbell's Store, at No Town, on the Ist September. . „ : • The first case o£ pheasants for acclimatisation at the Ahaura arrived yesterday by the s.s. Murray, consigned to Mr Warden Whitefoord. We trust that when they are Jibavated,-, they will he ..." protected" by. the residents the Vicinity, ' A public meeting ia to be held at Antonio Lardi- a Hotel, Totara Flat, on Monday evening, at seven o'clock, for the purpose of taking steps to form a Distiict Agricultural Association. -We : ,regret to hear that the, Rev. (Mr ; M'lntosh is seriously' indisposed, and conssquentlv there will be no service , jui the 'Volunteer Hall to-morrow, nor at Paroa. The adjourned meeting of the Borough Council lapsed last night for want of a quorum. The meeting was adjourned till Friday evening next. .-,..- The case of Pickup and Pitts,. - charged with larceny' at Nelson Creek, will' be heard at the ensuing sittings of .the Supreme Court ' at Hokitika, the accused having been committed to stand their trial at the. Supreme Court. ' ' .'■•... , //. TheEev. W. D. R.'",Lewis,:-of;Westportj-has been offered and has accepted the chaise of a Large district in the North Island. He has therefore tendered his resignation of Westporfc to the Bishop of .the Diocese. It is, the irirention''of "the 'Nelson Government to hasten negotiations as;far as practicable for the^ purchase' of 'the ' Orawaiti Bridge. Mr Eeid, M.P.C., at a recent meeting of the Executive, urged the necessity bf'thevots being carried out as speedily as possible. ..- : , J)iDhtheria, ■ cavised by; cold, and • wet Weather; ''\&% ihad£ it^-aptear^cejit^Clhrist-•churclv an'cl, in a'riumoer "of*"cases "of children* has terminated fatally. ■ A man named' James Reeves, formerly of the Grey District, a miner, about 30 years old, was, on the 29th ult/, whilst working \ in his claim at Hobbes' Mani-< ■ herikia,' Otago,. accideiitiily killed, by 'a fall . 'ti earth. L His^ wife "and two children are now in Greymouth in very destitute circumstances.; v * ■./■• '■ '■ ■ '•: . JT.he annexation of Southland to. Otagp may lie .said to be an accomplished fact, the Bill having passed the Lower House, and being certain to' pass the Upper. The second; anniyersary.of the.Greyniouth Literary Association^. *was celebrated ©ri Thursday evening by a co'nveractzonie, in the in the.' suite of rooms attached to the Union Hotel. Including the members, there were over one hundred: and fifty ladies and gentlemen present;, and although the pro.-. . ceedmgs, were| of a^eb/K-|>Tiv>fe nature^ vite ' tnay. state rthat they "passfe'd .'6fF hi* a'msst j delightful Spanner • ; and all who were pre- ' sent werfe -^horoTignly satisfied with the rtunnuw in'whicii ftiey we£e entertained, v an&vvyrbh the committee's arrangements for.their •' comfort. The only regret is that .such happy : reunions were so seldom in our limited community. An Invereargill chemist haibeen fined .lQs and costs s, for o'mii'ting -to' -enter, a -sale of poison in a bookktept for the purpose, as required Uy-fchd Sale 'of Poisons -Act, : Isaac Cohen Bentoleader, .a native of Portugal, was on the Bth inst., committed by 'Messrs Fforneman and Macmahon, two of ; the.Jjistiees at Motueka, ; for two months? to Nelson gaol, with hard labor, for stealing an opiera .glass and other articles belonging to Wise, "of the Retreat Inn. -. A gratifying instance of the good feeling -existing between the- Rey.^Father Gorin of Nelson and hil congregation was manifested on Wednesday^ the 10th, inst ,.- when the ; members of his church entertained the rev. • gentleinanat a wine party, to commemorate ':the sixtieth anniversary of his -birth, and tbe of Ms mission to Nelson ; and took .advantage Qf the jnvita^ujn to j ! wine tp pre-, pastor" 'with a -, most chastely- wrought silver and- gold chalice.' land-paten, duly ln'scTib'ed.' , Telegrams from Napier* on the 15th inst. " report that Kcpti passed Waihoka on August' 1. About2o miles from Poverty Bay, Ropata fpund Te Kooti's tracks and fires. It is unknown, where Te Kootl is gone; whether to : Waioeka- or Roatatuiia. ,' Nothing has been heard of Ropata since he left Tologa, but he is most likely on Te Kooti's track. Ropata says that he :" will pursue Te Kooti till he captures Mm." ..An eye-witness describes' Ropata's rage at Te Kooti's presainptio'n in , attacking the Ngatiporou settlement;- Rpgata inearis mischief.' , - '• ' i '• ! -■*; At the Resident Magistrate and Warden's Courts at the Ahaura, on Thursday, a large amount of business' was transacted. There were upwards of 40 cases disposed of in both courts. Mr Whitefoord sat for ten hours without acljoiirnirig. After the adjournment, several applications for registration, &c, were made in tbe Warden's Gourfc, and thie proceedings did not terminate until .10. 30 p.m. ■ There Were several interpleaders the cases heard, in one of which tbe parties were/ brought to the. Court from Westport. In another of the interpleader cases, Messrs John Reid and H. Hayden claimed certain property — a horse and a house —seized by. the bailiff of the Court as the property of G. Warwick— re Murison v. Warwick. ,Mr Guinness appeared for MiReid and Hayden, separately, and, by a sort df triangular arrangement, the learned gentleman also-appeared for the Provisional Trustee in Bankruptcy— re Warwick. The bailiff . was ordered, to withdraw, and the claimants, regained.. possession of .their property. The order of "the Court' le|t matters much as they were before the seizure, but one of the>MMCcss/M£- litigants is of opinion that : the- Magistrate's order has put him "legally" in possession of a white elephant. }At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before W. H. Revell, ; Esq., R.MV,; ;>iary ' Mwlliris was charged ' with having been, druuk and, disorderly. It appeared that she had.. biily that morning been discharged from custody after three months in gaol for being an- habitual -drunkard. She said she' thought she would get home that day, but she,was. "overtaken.",. The- Magistrate said he would give lier another chance of going ; htome, and' discharged her, with the caution ■'that 5f she came before him.' again* she Vould be severely .dealt with.— Henry Pellmg pleaded guilty. to keeping his licensed house, the United- States Hotel, open between 1 and 2 a,mj 'Seßaid he had transferred his license a foi tnigh't ago. The Magistrate said he had: refused .the transfer, and since then

1 persons had been seen about the house who had. formerly hoen objected to by the police. The fine would be L 3 and posts. Four men were fined 10s each and costs for riding furiously through the streets.- -Frederick. Cook was charged on the information of A." R. Guinness with having sigfied a receipt for L 6 15s 6d on the I7th Au«uSt without duly stamping the same. ••' Mr^uinuess said : On the 17th inst. I paid defendant L 6 16s 6d on accoiuit of Frank (iumhess. I paid it in gold arid silver and recei\«dd'the receipt produced;.' I wrote the body toHß'e receipt, and defendant signed it. .It is not stamped. In cross-examination this" •witness said : I took gold and. silver with me, to. make, a; legal tender because there were peculiar circumstances connected with the qase. . A summons , had been ■ issued, and/ I did. not expect thej defendant .to' take the amount without tlie ! costs. In reply to the Be^ch,,the defendant : said he had issued a' summons against the' complaihaii fc'Sf ather, and cbfeplainant told hi ll ! he had a contra; ■against^Sainp'son late partner). :>i H^.^hou^i.p^ lie might as well be the first to. summons, and did so. On Wediiesday, the 6omplainant canie into his shop and threw' the money down on his : bench- '.Mike -an iiniatu-ated • demon:^' They had words abqut the and, the costs, but he let jthe. complainant , off with it He' (defsh'daStj'' was exqited ai tlie time, and <somplainant : --^foie out the receipt;, lie signed' it withoait -thinking ofa stamp, and ~corap]airiant'4;ook it' up in 'a : quick manner and iefff the'vshdp. -Alter- , wards he remarked: .to his ■ shopman that he had not stamped the receipt ; he -went to Mr G-uinnesa's office,. but- could, not see him ; and 'he received the .summons, .he belieyed; withp an hour, from - the' time , signed the receipt. ' He oons[d^ed 'the i . wncile prqceediug a malicious transaction. Jpn_ the pa^t 'of the coihplainiut, ij^:, .belieyed": that it jwas designed, froiff^'the, begmnirig.'.' The Magistrate said that 'under the 15th clause •of the Stamp Act he hact no optitin "but to inflict the ■ full penalty. ' That was. coiiipulsdryj but he. must. say. that" tlie tfihsaction jdid'iiot- redound tb the 'credit of '^h'e &bli6itor for the manrief in a which he' hki\ acted, W at the.time,hec6ul(l' have, demanded a stamped receipt. ' "He" did riot know how far ' the defendant was not UtiMe"'hiEnself ; and he would therefore' feseVve" ; his ; "de'eision : 4ntil Tuesday,, the 20th, September; V. and take other steps in the matter iri the meantime. • • •;■ '■_', .",;' ; v " ■/'." ."."'. i Mr J. Browne; £$brict' Surveyor, ..has Received" the ipppuithieiit of . Inspector of Mines for the Totara District. r A miner'name.d Johtt C^rkiill, .working in the Welcome Home Claim, Moanataiari Creekj Auckland, _ expired A sud«lenly whilst his" mates were conveying " ; him; from the claim to the- Hospital. .. :. ..,-.. ■..,. ;■ ■• - : An eight days' crushing by-the 1 >oroo».we]l i Qukrtz; . Crusliirig.' Company, ; Otagp'j •'• 'has yielded 300 ounces of gold. This- result was obtained from fiveiist&ifrpers^'anel we- are informed- that ;fiye 'more:' 'a¥e" in-dpttrse pf erection. '. ■: ■:■ ,N Y .; : V/' ' ,':''■■ The Thdni/ss . Aclvei'l&ev. isays '" that Mr Mackay, Jun. has filed 'his 'schedule, being, niiable , : to rileet ' his engEgemehts with his t : ckditors%- '"■'/;■ ' " : -^./'V V 7 "'.'.-*. \ I Tthe If ew Zealand jierfttd pf August 6th,gives "the foliowiug. frbni the Thames gold, field :-r-The return issue^tKis morning <>i the gold for the past month., has, astonished the most sanguine of " t w^ll-wis.hers to the field. Up 'to . the las.t ..moment speculation gave it not more than 9]sCs!pz,' yet it is. very satisfactory to 'fixd that 16 exceeds .this estimate ' considerably!" b'eTd^ •':. no less than 11,8500z. -• The amount of gold brought in the last day of tbe month was, very, large indeed. ■-• "■' ' .'■■;''- .'..'..y .-!' ; " -' ' A miner, named Johii SteVvart", but better known by the. name of ?*S<SotJ;ie;-" employed a^liangdon's claim, Qplden ,(?ully, QplUngwoorl, was seriously injiifeii on Saturday last by a ot earth falling* on hiriiV whichbrolje both his legs and injured his head. The.;P')or man w^ conveyJed td. Collingwood " "by Ks mates. A privat.e^letter.received in Timaru a f ew days sincesays that on •■ •' the '3"l.st" iiltl a shock of .earthquake, .was.folt at the Haldon Station, -Mackenzie country, and , )^a^ , jn.uch, .4tr.Qngej; than the one felt throughout that part, of the country in June last. The shock was Miolen.t enough to s\ving the pictures' on the walls of the station house,- blit'^eems from information received from the Greys Hills that there the shock was. more violent, flfhe shock was accompanied by a lo\id.r«nmbliiTg : noise, and seemed to pass, as the last one did, . from West to South. The weather at the time •was cloudy, and it was '£frawing all day and 'during 'the previous nighi. . / A -third, trial crushing,.has been made of stone from Doran's Reef, Wangapeka, obtained under the direqtion of Mr Burnett, and with the same satisfactory result as on the two previous trials— over two ounces of gold to the ton. Vi Hav..ing^regard. tp;the ; extent of the reef on JBis claim, it pror HSes! to be one Pf tfie 'richest we are acquainted with, and \ the. .prompters, are taking measures to bring it into the market without delay.' '• . The application of "Mon.ro. Brothers, sheepiarmersj: Nelson, for a declaration ; of a complete execution of a deed of conveyance, brought before the Supreme Qpurt, pc,cu.pigd\ ,the? Court two days. , l Th,e total liabilities of the estate amounted to L 18..940, pf which Lll,B2ois secui«d,;,a'ndL7llO.is unsecured. The 'estimated" assets are given at L 9882. A charge of fraudulent dealing with some, of the sheep .was Tvifcjhdrawn by, Mr Acbdn 'Adams,- couiifeel fo¥ the opposing ; creditors, his Honor the Judge remarking that there was no evidence to'supporb it. The diggings on the : Mpteuka River are still turning out well, theie are some six or seven parties at work, the distance from the village of Moteuka is from- 12 to 22 miles;The gold is found in the river beaches at a a depth of from, eighteen inches and three, feet, and most of the men. are making good wages, one of the parties consisting of two riienitaking' out about half-announce a day. A water race, of : about a mile in lengthy-: which has taken some three months in construction has just been completed by aparty of two men, who have admitted a third partner on the payment of LIOO. We are informed by a gentleman who has just returned from there, that he tried the beach in one or two places and succeeded in obtaining about half-a-grain to the dish. Unfortunately there is not room for any large number of men, but the mere fact, of the gold bsing found in payable quantities in the river bed shows that there must be a rich Btore of it in the surrounding cou'ntryi ' A Nelson paper say3"that banks and gold are natural sequences,, whichever has the precedence, and gold duty in a fiscal light as surely follow^ in tUese. climes. ■ A curious fact seems to settle the discussion on the gold duty reduction questioni T-he;gold. duty is only paid on actual exportation, and although the plea for reducing that duty was made mainly in the interests of Auckland, whose gold contains a" large per-ceritage of silver, , really the; duty was never charged except on gold, unalloyed. The bank, after buying the miners' gold at a very moderate rate, in consequence of : alleged mixture with silver, judiciously lcfii^S: the.goW^ exiyactirtg,. all less valuable metals, and producing fold-worth L 4 per cunce, on which the gold- duty is paid ! It is riot between the miner and the Government tben, in such case, but between the. miner and the. bank that an aiTangement should be made. The gold 'duty is not an unreasonable royalty, payable by way of additional or actual rent, and if any bank benefits more than it

should do at the cp3t of the .miner by th<t' ? difference in the value of gold, that' is a matter.-, which competition will ultimately euro. The explanation, however, verybeautifrilly explodes^ the neat little pretentious bubble that the duty : charged did special damage to the gold, producers o ( f;Auckglaud. The bfinkknew better, and 'so did. -t Mr, Dargaville, Chairman of the Auckland Chamber, of Commerce/ who simply pointed out' 1 the fact,' and' got fiercely abused by rpme of the Auckland papers for his pains. Nobody blkmes "the -bunk because . in its . corporate capacity it manages to pocket part of 'the'clutx;' /Jju6 ' wKy should enthusiastic ddiiovs, burning to -'defend the dnassailtd purity of the bank, 1 at tack. Mr Dargaville rbr. stating the fact ? '••■■ ** J " ," j „' Petty .robberies appear te> be extremely rife in Auckland, arid suburbs at the present time, and the pilferers appear so far. to have effectually managed to escape both recogni.tinn and apprehension. ' The Golden Crpw : n Co. Auckland,, paid a dividend of LlO per scrip to tlie sharehol-' ders on Thursday last. 'A movement is being initiated by our. German friends in Hokitika, for the purpose of forming ,a club, the principal object, of which will/bethe renderiiig pf assistance to ' such of their countrymen as are overtaken by .sickness or~'wko are in. distressed circura- ( stances. The entrance fee and weekly, contribution will be small, the principal part -of 1 which will. bfi- devoted- -to the. sick fand^ttaf' I balance to be expended in books, newspapers, ' &c., and if the funds are sufficient a singing class will' be formed. 'It is intended to hold ! the meetings once a week. A Welling! oi paper says:— lt appears that 'hqn members or other persons have a decided penchant for " Hansard-" and Parliamentarypapers." During ihe present session bon: ■ members have made frequent complaints of losing^such trifles as^ copies of papers, &c, but it has now reached its - culminating point, as during an afternoon sitting lately Mr Hall "conipTairied "that his pigeon hole had beefl ßuthlessly cleared of its. -entire con^ tents of Parliameritary literature. This is really a most distressing case. Jove without hia thunderbolts would be infinitely better off th^in the hori. member for Heathcote without hia Parliamentary records. To somewhat paraphrase Shakespeare, the hon. member for Heathcote might with Shylock exclaim, — " If you do take away mine "Hansards, " you do take away the' means wherby ' I speak. " We therefore trusfc that ,-&&', perpetrator of this act of arin'exa'titfn will, 'on* reading this, overwhelmed with feriior3e, make immediate and complete restitution. R is the intention, of .the. inhabitants of Callaghan'l Creek, 1 Ahdura, to' erect aßomari Catholic Church. .Subscriptions are being J collected and the building will be commencedat oilce. Although the building w'll belong to tihe.^Gatholies,? it: is..^th'e^^. intention of the Committee >t6.3 iiiake< use V.jpf. it as' a: schbol^and also allow it to be used for the . delivery of lectures &c, not having any' political tendency. The people of this place are ; : displaying, an extraordinary amount pf public spirit. Not long since, f finding • they were not likely to get any assistance from the :Governmentj they raised a considerable sum of money which was supplemented at the Ahaura, .for the., purpose of making a track b'atween. Callagh,an's and the. Ahaura township. ' This will-be the second Eoriian ) Catholic Church in 1 the district." The "firsVandonly one, in fact, the only building iri theGrey Valley, set; apart . for the worship of God, is situated on Try Again Terrace, Nelson Creek. . . . ■ • - • A miner, named John Kiee, charged .with Bjtabliug a blacksmith, riained John Hender l ' son, at Charleston, 'has been committed for ' trial at the District Court Sittings, at WestportK From Thursday's Westpdrt Times we see that the prisoner was tried on Tuesday last, and found guilty, but was recommended; to mercy on the ground of pro vocation! His Hon'pr Juclge^ Ward, in. passing sentence, . stated that itVa£ scarcely posaible for the jury to -have arrived at any other verdict.' He did not concur with th,eir recommendation, but it would nevertheless influence him in inflicting the punishment which che pri- ; soner so deservedly merited. The act, of 'which he had been found guilty, was of. a most dastardly and cowardly character, and one which must be met with the sternest justice. But for the recommendation of the jury, arid the fortunate circumstance that the wound inflicted was not iof a iriore' serious nature, he should have visited the, offence with a far heavier penalty. The prisoner, would be sentenced to twelve months' iinprisonmeiit with hard labor. ' ' .On August 3, a cart laden, with flour via • baap, was going from Otahuhu (Auckland) to a MrfWalker's farm, a mile or two, on; the other side of. that village. A man, named Storey, was fjriyiug it, and oh getting to; a narrow part of the - road the hprs.e shied,' arid upset some of the flour, which the driver afterwards placed on the top of the side rtone wall far safety, intending to call back for them. Then, it appears, another cart was passing alone with two men in it; named M'Ginley and Luncton. There horse shied,' , or bolted with fright, directly it reached the bags which had been placed on the wall # The twomen were immediately pitched out; ;. the wheel passed over M'Ginley's head, killing him. on the spot; whilst the other man was severely bruised by the fall. With respectto the recent case of. blowing' up machinery at Charleston, the Nelson Colonist reminds its readers, what, it says, every man_ knovrs, that the tender mercies of a baln&ing eorj.oration,' which. -looks solely to dividends, are cruel ; and if people place themselves in the power of such corporation, they may ''look .out" .accordingly. For a bank to Jiolil 'a mortgage for. L4OO over a paying mining property, including five acres of •good ground, with a steam-engine, and, a, battery of eighteen stampers in work,' worth probably L3OOO to L4OOO at the least— and to foreclose ssuddenlyy y tp give J4 days' notice, and at the end of that time" to place a bailiff in possession, may, no doubt, be perfectly legal, ; but jt is what may be termed a curious way of "helping its customers." .Is ib true that; the bank at one time had shares in this company ? : Is it true that they hoU or held an interest, direct or indirect, in a claim now nearly worked but ; adjoining the Southern Cross; claim, with a set of .first-rate machinery attached? Is it true that the.: -Southern Cross claim has lately been sold by private contract to persons concerned in.the immediately adjoining claim ? These things are freely talked of on the Coast. It is no business of a newspaper to interfere with the •manner in which banking business is carried oil, but perhaps some "talk" is warrantable i£ such dealings are patently offered as excuses by sympathisers with crime, orime which has been shown to be most detrimental to the . clasa among whom such sympathisers are to be^found. ■'.■.-. A ne.'w Militia Bill has been brought into the House of Representatives 'by the Hon. Defence Minister. From our "files we get the following information regarding it. The Bill ,%iiß been framed with the view of remedying .the defeats and abuses of the present system and establishing a new one .which will ac-. the"ends the other has failed to aoditeve. It provides that, the; Militia shall consist of all the male inhabitants of New Zealand between the ages of seventeen and ffty-fivc, who have resided six months in the colony. The exemptions are^ very numerous, and 'are Jas foUdws t-^ Judges of the Supreme Court> members of the Execu- . tive Council of the colony, members of the General Assembly, Superintendents of provinces, Secretaries and Under Secretaries of

the Colpnial Goverament,'. Judges 0f... the. Native Land Court or Compensatjon C^irti . Civil Commissioners, Chairman of $he County.' Council of Westiaud, Resi^eni;' I^jfgisirAtes,, clergyyand ministers pf/ail derionuriatip^s who shall for'thp time bei^g. be A ofgpiating /ministers within Pse ineaning' of "Tjhe. Marriage. .Act r l'8?i8." apA, |he ■■■ Act; arileridirigthe same, professors in any College or University, members of Provincial Councils .during session;- ' members of the: County Council pfWestland'-d-uring session;'. Sheriffs and. constables,- Wardens .and-other officers "6f a- proclaimed gold field, duly qualified medical men in practice, telegraph clerks, wardens, "kCeipers, Warders, and guards v .'o^fit^^^Ps^iß l!^^^?llß^*asylum, and the attendants on the 'sifekiui' every public hospital/ postmaster^,. mail car-: riers, r a*nd ferrym an, r masters, of /public and : common schools actually engaged in teaching, seafaring men -(other 'than'; watermen. *and> boatmen) actually engaged in their calling, ■ all volunteers Enrolled urider any Volunteer' Act for the tinae being in foi;ce "within the , colony,' ; all persons afflicted i with any infirmity, the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand,- and.-jevery person holding a miner's right, resident on a proclaimed goldfield/ % clause, however, provides that the Governor shall have power to suspend the^ exemption of Maoris and miners in every district, ..The militia are to ; ..be -devided into only, two classes, men hetrwem'Berenicen »ud. forty, ..and xn^p, b^tjye^.f oriy and fifty-five years .-.of age' ", Marriage is no longer an exemption from the -first =olass. Battalions are to \>e7 formed and necessary officers appointed, the country . being divided,, into battalion districts,;. the officers are to be: carefully selected, and all their proceedings, as fat .as pos- . sible,.,carried out on the i n>©del- of a . regular army.} ' Offences, and the. -punitive powers of the civil and millitary authorities, .are more ~; clearly, defined than heretofore,' and when the militia is .on actual service, strict discipi line will be maintained, and the Mutiny. Act .enforced.. . .t- „,... ■...■ -- ■