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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1160, 17 April 1872, Page 2

Yesterday morning we took occasion to insert a paragraph stating certain facts regarding the imprisonment of James Bergin a L j Cobden, and the attempted ejectment of his wife and family from his premises during the term of incarceration as a debtor at Cobden. Ye3terdav the matter was dragged before the Court in a very irregular manner, in order to give Mr Warden Whitefoord an opportunity of explanation while he was -present. He ma<le an explanation which was highly unsatisfactory, and which will require the ; evidence of several other wit- : nesses to interpret at the next sitting of this Court. It may be well to remind those who intend tendering for the mail service between Greymonth and Beef ton that time for receiving tenders closes at five o'clock this afternoon. The members of the, Flood Relief Committee again met at Gilraer's hotel, yesterday afternoon— Mr E. Wickes, Mayor, in the chair. After the minutes were read and confirmed, Mr R. C. Reid, on behalf of the Committee appointed to select from among all the applications that had previously been made those that were most . deserving of further assistance, laid on the table a list of names, with amounts set opposite. The General Committee smathn^ aud with a few slight alterations, confirmed the Committee's recommendations. The report, prepared by a sub-committee, was reatf and adopted, and it was resolved that it should be published in the local papers and West Coast Times, as also copies of the report to be forwarded to the several Mayors of Municipalities from whom subscriptions had been received,, with a view to their distribution among the subscribers A vote of thanks passed to the secretary and treasurer brought the business to a close. The District Court will sit again this morning, when his Honor Judge Harvey will give judgment in the casoDrury v. Cooney and patty. , Mr John Jebson, of the Canterbury Collie^', Malvern Hills, has been requested by a number of the Coleridge electors to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of that district in the General Assembly. There was a very poor attendance at the Volunteer Hall last evening, to witness the varied performances of the members of .the Star Cornique Company. 1 hey will appear for the last time to-night, when there will be an entire change of programme.- : The Company appear in Hokitika on Thursday night, when they will receive a benefit. The committee of the Presbyterian Church met on Monday evening, Mr J. S; M. Thompson in the chair. Mr M'Millan, hon. aecretary, read, the minutes of the preceding meeting, which were adopted and confirmed. Mr F. Hamilton gave in the report of the number 1 of tickets sold for the Art Union lately held on behalf of the Church, and showed the amount of expenses attending' the same. After' paying the amount for goods, printing, commissions, &c., a fair balance was placed to the credit of the Chnrch funds, but totally inadequate to cover its liabilities, the amount of about L2OO still being on the debit side. The thanks of the committee were awarded to Messrs Thompson and Hamilton, the former for the care and taste which he had displayed in the purchase of the goods in Melbourne, artd the latter for the indefatigable manner in which he had carried out the preliminaries to a successful issue. The psalmody of the Church was next' taken into consideration, when it was stated on behalf of Mr Hunter, who has lately conducted the choir, that, owing to the apathy of the congregation in rendering him assistance, that gentleman would have to resign his oharge unless the committee introduced instrumental

music. It was resolved that the secretary convey to Mr Hunter the thanks of the Committee for the manner, in which he had conducted the>psalmpdy of tltt Church for the lasf twelve months, aricrinform him that any assistance he may require by the introduction of instrumental music, or otherwise, would be immediately supplied. It was likewise agreed that the Cburch should bo lighted with gas. .= Some unimportant business was then transacted, and after a vote of thanks to the. Chairman -.the Committee adjourned. *■-■-■• ■-■ * -"■■-- -■■■--• •.■.-.-•■--.•as-'--Miss Clara Stephen 3bri, supported by Mr Charles Burford, of Australian fame, and Miss Grace Folland, have lately been giving successful performances in Westport and Charleston. On Monday, an inquest was held at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Woodstock, before Dr Garland, Coroner, on the body of William Beattie, who was killed last Saturday,' while working in a claim at the Eight-mile, by the fall of a tree. The evidence was in accordance with the account of the accident which has been published in the Hokitika papers. The funeral of the deceased, which ' took place shortly after the inquest, was very largely attended. : It is in contemplation by the Christchurch Orangemen to build, at no very remote date, a handsome hall in a central part of the city, for the purpose of holding their gatherings. A special meeting of the North Westland District, M.U 1.0.0. F., was held in tile Lodge Room, Charleston, on Monday evening. The principal business of the evening, says the Herald, was the considerabion of an application for a new. Lodge at Reef ton. P.G. Bishop represented ithe Reef ion members of the Order. The application was granted. The name of the new lodge is to be the Loyal Reefton Lodge, and every Friday evening i 8 fixed for the Tneetings.-r ' The Hokitika Star is informed that Mr Carreras who at one time represented the Paroa district in the County Council, will be a candidate for the seat in the Nelson Council, reudered vacant by the resignation of Mr Wilkie, one of the representatives for the Grey Valley. ■ The case of Joske v. Cassius, recently tried in the Supreme Couit, Melbourne, was an action brought to recover L 360, the value of spirits, wine, &c, shipped by Mr Joske, in 1865, to Michael Cassius, of Hokitika, New Zealand. . Defendant admitted the receipt of the goods, but contended that they were not equal to the price charged against him. Some was so bad that, after storing it for a time, he offered it to the owner of the store in payment of the charges— an offer which was declined. The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff, damages L 333 Is 2d. . The Charleston Herald reports that Mr .1 Jonathan Harle's race from the Totara on to the beach has so far advanced that in a fortnight he will be in a position to supply 45 claims with water, At the present time Mr Harle has 23 men at work bringing in the water. When these claims are at- work the money available- for expenditure in the district .will be enhanced some L2OO per week, or probably more, which added to fully double that sum when the several other water races are finished, will make a material difference to the commercial interest of the district generally.: One of the largest flocks of emus seen in the Ararat district put in an appearance at the Welcome Rush one day last week. A vanguard of about 30 was first seen, and while a crowd of miners and shepherds were admiring these, the remainder came up. Some present estimated the flock at not over 130 in number, but the majority agree in affirming that there were, over 150 in all. They appeared very quiet, and not at all alarmed at the close proximity of the genus homo. A case of death under somewhat suspicious circumstances occurred on Friday last, at Waltham, Canterbury. It appears that a mnn named Birch, residing at the Hurunui, engaged a young girl, thirteen or fourteen years of age, named Isabella Thompson, whose mother resides at Waltham, as servant. At the time of her leaving home to proceed to the Hurunui the girl was in perfect health, and with no apparent signs of disease. On the 27th March, Birch came down to town with a waggon, bringing the girl with him in an almost insensible condition, and on arriving at Waltham, finding the mother of the girl away from home, he asked a Mrs Kaye, - resident there, to take • charge of the girl, alleging that he wished to get back to the Hurunui as soon as possible. Mrs Kaye took charge of the girl until her mother's return, when she was removed home on a hand barrow, and Dr Campbell was sent.for. The girl, who continued wandering in her mind, only had one or two lucid intervals, during which she spoke of ill treatment, and also complained of being starved, and gradually sank until her death as above. Several marks of ill treatment were visible on the body of the girl,, as to whose death an inquest was to be hVld. \ : " The Lounger," in the Bendigo Advertiser, writes : — "The 'Town of AJavan. Duffy;'— where.is that ? lam afraid, we are going to greatly overdo theßeGavan Duffy demonstrations. Ballydnffy, Duffyfcown, the Gavan Duffy Company, the Charles Gavan Duffy Company— l took Tall these in good part. .The Town of Gavaa Duffy (why not «C. Gavan Duffy;' so that there might be no mistake ?).;is, I confess,. rather too much for me. lam getting perplexed, and I fear my knowledge of Victorian geography may become confused. I fear my children will never be able to get their tongues round Victorian nomenclature. I fear the future schoolmaster will teach the young idea that some of our greatest politicians andj3tatesmen were, celebrated aboriginal savages, who have left the\r names on the Victorian territory. Just look at this propable future 'list of towns ' : — Cgavandiiffytown, Willianimountfordkirisleyvaletowh, Grahamberrytown, Jamesmac-,-phersongranttown, Wacabeckettjstown, Mogradystown, Flongmorestown." The Hon.- Wm. Fox delivered a public address under the auspices of the Christchurch Total Abstinence Society oo the subject of Total Abstinence Mr Saunders, ex-Superintendent of Nelson, occupied the chair. Before introducing Mr Fox, he said it was now more than forty years since he had adopted the principles of total abstinence from all intoxicating ,- drinks, and he might • add that no step heihad ever taken, had caused -him so little, doubt -as to its propriety. He had been surprised, : and even amused, to ; find' that people spoke and wrote against Mr 1 Fox for' his conduct in reference to total ! abstinence. Some had complained that he (Mr JPox) had spent some of his time in addressing total abstinence meetings, and he (the Chairman) hoped that no Premier of New Zealand would ever have any greater complaint laid against' him* They, often heard that ,teetotalifm ,was riot the proper means for removing the;great evijf of intemperance, but when anyone could point to any other better course for bringing about that result, he should be ready to , adopt it. :': ■: \ \ The lioss NeiOß of Monday gives the foty lowing items of local intelligence' :— ln thfe Resident Magistrate's Court, on Saturday! a riinaway debtor "was brought up to be'dealt with. He had been arrested on board thl Waipara, steamer, at Hokitika, and-rpaid some of hiR creditors, but others had been almost as sharp, whom he was unable ; tp satisfy and had to return here to be dealt by our Resident Magistrate, who ordered hini to pay his debts, or in default take up his residence in Hokitika gaol for three nionthp, — An accident happened to Mr Johnson in

riding up from Hokitika on Saturday.. "His I: horse, in" crossing "the lagoon, near the pfe-; sent outlet of the Tptatra, got|intq. a hole, and, in the plunge gave his '-rider a severe "blowand dismounted him.' Fortunately however botli-liorseran'd rider got out with a swim and a-ducking;— The Goldon Gate party are. reported to have struck the Caasius lead in a monkey shaft, near their boundary, 14ft below their main drive, and, as the difficulty of foul «iir has been overcome by means of j ventilating-pipes, it is hoped that a season^ of prosperity is opening to this ; penevering* party. ■. ,■ ■■,■■.;,:■ .<.,;:?..■:.■ i Paragraphs in high praise of wonderful arrests, exhibitions of superhuman cleyer,ness and courage, &c, by local police are a great resource with country newspapers. The Swan Hill correspondent of the Riveritte Herald writes :— " Great credit is du3 to our gallant constable, T. M'lntyre,.for rescuing a little girl from a pig which attacked her in the street." He goes onto suggest that the heroic constable should receive a gratuity from the Reward Fund. And all in the most solemn earnest. . ' '