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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1166, 24 April 1872, Page 2

lit is very satisfactory;., to, know that the; .hew regulations .'lately-; issued by the Gc-^ neral Gbvernine'nt have already uiven an* .impetus to irajuaigrafcion of a kind in everyday desirablef / Byifflie" mail which left Canterbury last week, "applications for no- ; minated passages on behalf of 57 statuteadults were transmitted to the Ageot-Ge-«nerairin<JLiOndon. "The xnaajorityc»pf*.the«por--sons nominated are ploughmen, farm laborers, and domestic! servants.. The sum qi LI 82= 103 was paid in cash by the nominators, jmd.-bills «w.ere takea,ipr, l4B^ 153.*--, .-u***.^ Mr J. Alexander, -reports to a Motuekn. quartz prospecting committee that he has found four well-defined reefs in the of Salisbury's Open, ICaramea, but he\h|s not found gold in the stone, and does not recommend the committee to prosecute the search further at this season of the year. The Nelson Government have prepared a High waYs Bill, ,a, synopsis .of which .we publish this morning. : The. .'Bill, we understaud^ will be, applicable to the iwhole Province. The Colonist, we observe, states that it is the intention of the Government to. prepare and introduce a Bill which shall provide foij the establishment pf Boards of Works in all towns in the which, may be desirous of obtaining such institutions. . -.- . Nelson. City,' .we notice, :■ is already in the beat of- an election for the House of Representatives, in consequence of the resignation of Mr Lightbaud. Mr J. C. Richmond was to address the electors last evening, and , D. M. Luckie is announced to do" so this evening.ntjMr Saunders, late Superintendent of the Province, is stated to be a candidate, but,., according to the latest , Nelson papers, he was only to decide " at f Wie nomination." - ! : The Nelson races take place on Wednesday and Thursday next, the Ist and 2nd proximo. The following p,re some cf the entries :— •Turf Club- 'iaiidicapj 1| miles : :c Mr Redwood's Peeress, 6 yrs, :Mr Hales' Flying Jib, aged ; Mr Hales' Black Eagle; aged ; and Mr Waters' ¥ attei ma, 6 yrs. For the Handicap Steeplechase, 3 miles, the entrances were os follow j -Mr J. Arnold's Eclipse, 4 aged ; Mi: 1 Hope's Heiress, aged j "'.Mr ' M'Glashari's Ronald, aged; Mr Proffttt's Sailor Boy, ', :: 6'yrK'-' : ' ■'■*■'£ ■[■ •• " :.;■■■'. : ; <-;; [ Messrs Pell and Atkinson have sublet [ their contract, Section, No. 3, on, the luan- ' gahua ibad. Oh Section Ko. 2* Morria and i Co.'s contract, "there are a large body of men s at tfork'7part bn wages and.part haying.taken ; a subcontract. ; The work in cbnpection L with this contract, it is reported, isbeing i proceeded with rapidly, a large quantity of the bush being already cleared. ; Section No. j 1, next to Christy's; is also being proceeded ' with satisfactorily. ( „ ' '\':J ' The deajkh of '.& 'man " named v - La\vrence » Inheen was recently, repprted in a,Charlestoir : 1 telegram. He was Killej.by a fall' of. earth, " and, according to the report of the inquest, ? Dr Henry found the right thigh to be b,pken, .; 3 '■" ' a compound fracture 1 of tUe' sairie ieg, near - the ankle, the left , knee-tap smashed into j several' fractures, * ajad' "the knee jo r jnt, comt pleteljr laid open," the upper and lower jaw [' both difl^ghed into small fragme'iits, and I several wounds on tihe face, the 1 "Mdh^ef " of ." which' v/as about 2 jiii in length'! T^ie f rac- "' tur6s bii the jaw yere of such a nature that several pieces c<irae away in 'witness's: 1 fingers. There was also hemorrhage l 'fro T ui the left ear." The deceased was a native of Garbally, parish of ICtiHsqole, 'County Galway, Ireland, arid was 33 yeats of age. He was * rj well- kpoxra ,on the Coast, for. the last five years, as a steady and industrious njjin. The overland journey of the epeciarooach' g despatched from Clirisfcchurch with the English mails is. thus described by the Jjgttdton j Times :— "Tb c special coach left Christchurch «■ for. the West Coast with the letters, at ten 3 ' o'clock at night. -Mr Stobie had charge of the coach, and in the face of such teni--3 pestuous weather as that which ..prevailed 3 on the night in question', the extra duty x imposed on him must haveVb^en.exceedinglye disagreeable and responsible. Mr Stobie |. continued his journey in good time and without mishap as far as the Kowai, M'hich I be reached in about nix hours from the ' • "time of s t biting. In crossing the. river-bed ' pome two houra before daybreak, the coach 0 came suddenly ffitp collision with a huge boulder, and the shook was §Q great .thai; I ... Mr ; . Stobie ( waa thfowa from the box, falling j heavily on his face, and sustaining several . severe cuts thereon. For j the .moment he j was stunned, bnt fortunately he never relinquished his hold 6t the reias, or the* .. result of the accident would have been more 1 Wrions. than it was. After shaking himself together, Mr Stobie mountod the box and , resumed his journey. His object was to overtake tho coach that .] had started from j Christchurch on Friday morning at the usual ■„. time, "and- he .succeeded -in overtaking Mr Burton at the'Beale}', at two o'clock on ' Saturday afternoon. The mail's ive're then ' traris'feiTed to Mr Burton's coadh', and ar- '■ rived at Hokitika on Sunday, Mr Stobie returning to Christchurch. „,N ews J received in Auckland from Sevr ' Caledonia states that an auriferous reef, believed to be very rich, has been obtained at ' Manghine. 1 It is 3ft Svide, and 35ft from the '_ surfaced Operations were suspended until j the arrival of a crushing machine. At the j alluvial diggings the men were, making "tucker. "'but little more.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, after dismissing with a cautibh a, mancharged with drunkenness, the Magistrate heard » number of civil caseß. The only case involving any point of interest was the case of'Paterson v. the Paroa Road Board— a claim of L2G, being an alleged, debt of L 24 *odd, with interest added. Mr Perkins, who, - r r«^/ifnr the plaintiff, stated that two members of the Board wi stated that the claim would 'be admitted,- but he understood 'objection was now to be taken to the service of the summons, as it had been served on a member of the Board, instead of on the Chairman, or at the office. Ho tvas prepared however to prove service. "The Bailiff, finding the office closed/ went to a member 6f the Board and the Treasurer, and the^ acr cepted ' servipa. There was no provision made in the County of Westland Act as to the form of eerrice; The Secretary to th.c Board, who appeared on their behalf, contended that the service was insufficient, and referred to the 73rd section of $he Act. It was by the merest chance that the summons had that morning reached his hands. Mr Perkins held that the section quoted referred exclusively to contracts, and he stated that he held a letter from the Board/admitting the debt. The Magistrate ; found nothing in the Act as to service, but considered the service, as described by the Bailiff, to be perfectly good. The case was then admitted on the part of the defendants, and judgment was given by consent, /with L 2 9s as costs of Court, 10a for a witueas, and professional costs. — Craig and Co v. Do Costa— The defendant made an application for an adjournment for two mouths, which the Magistrate ' granted. —Dupre.,,v.. Fleming— The defendant 'did hot -appear, and judgment was giyeu by default for LIS, balance of ah account for goods supplied. — Woolf, Austin and Co v. Hazel, and 'Austin y. Ha#el — In these cases the debts were LlO and L2 lss rgsneojijyejy. The defendant admitted the debts, but pleaded jnjjbjlity to, pay. judgment was given in both c>»s*s.— In several case? the! parties did not 'appear; . iti others .there was an adjournment', in consequence of Insufficiency of service. It will be observed that the -sale of horses advertised by Messrs D. Maclean and. Co. to ■ take place this day, has been postponed until Wednesday, the Ist proximo. , . The Warden at Westport has suspended - the protection to Langdon's punt ferry] over the Buller river, "being satisfied that the ferry is not conducted in an efficient manner, and in accordance with the' conditions." ' The machinery for the Band of Hope .Com? pany, Sbiel's line, Noa: 1 and ? south, arrived at Westport by the Northern- Light, and is now landed and ready for transmission to the reefs. •"' 1 The District Court sittings commence at lYeitport to-day, the ,24th last. The only cases for' hearing' at Westport are the dis-; puBte'd section cftse between Stitt Bros, and T. Gallagher at Reefton, and two of bankruptcy—NevilJe^ull and EbenezerGothard, who are applying fbrtheir final discharge. Mr Ejbeyeneaw, boatbuilder at Westport, has launched from his workshop anpthcr and most creditable specin^en of his skMin; boatbuilding. This boat is 04ft in length,; with a beam of and a depth of 2ft; 2ui; her carrying capacity will b.e^.ab.out nine tons. Westport, says the l imesj js becoming quite choked up i with stores, building' niaterial, machinery, waggons, and drays, intended for the reefs. Mr Etevenau is under agreement to build another large boat in foifr weeks from date, with three Others to follow, on I and as there are now two other builders at I work, we may hope soon to have something ■ like a sufficiency of local accommodation. Freight in the meantime, however, has ]e very tendency of being raised between Westport andßeefton, owing to the large quantities of goods offering at present. As high as Ll7 to L2O per ton has been paid this week for goods taken to the landing, and in one' instance L 22 per ton was given for a boat load of drapery to the same place. "•-..■ The If oss NeiM states that the seat in the County Council .vacated by Mr Scaulan is to be contested by Mr Ralfe and Mr Eaton, between whom, should no other candidate be nominated, a sharp contest will take place.