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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1171, 30 April 1872, Page 2

In Ifraoptaw tbat-MrCattis, 'the Superintend jdenfc of NeJsonp'will' do everything' in his kpo'wer>to'>hin^BiHhepro3perity:o^he'Grey ; Valley;- - < Only? yesterday anothfer 'instance .bofott«d;Hra:wtoch-he might have advanced tae>4ttstrictJniaterially,'bul; in whichOie only displayed his determination'^ retard 4 it.j :lt fjjasfoftfcen knowu^ foir some time' that ;tbe ipenprA^BovernmeiitT are about to clear a 'twolc'for the telegraphr line from the Ainold itmAh«nra:aloug ther;«urveyed main^roart. /^Ve'uavo 1 toe .best authority for stating that >|he General Government asked Mr Curtis to avail himself of the opportuuityof constructing the roadf far.wfcicb suyis have frequently been voted by the Nelsou Provincial Cottncil, so as to complete the connection between Kqeffcon. and the Grey.,- Mr Curtis's cpply to the General Government was that^Zte 'vote' had.lapse.il, and he did not see his way to joiu in,<;arry.mg ontithe wqrk,.althoiigh it v .sKe,mpsVnecppsaiy!6uejiu.t^e*Ga:ey District. ' ■' : -la the Resident; : Magi»jirate's Court yesiterdayy John Archer^*aa"f fmed:ssjfor widowing sevefcews aad a^.buHito'w»i^e»..at Ilftrge1 lftrge -lnr.tne puDUc sti'eets.-TJohn. Stretch, who had been . Jqckedy vp t all. ,ni§ht K was ; charged with drunkenness, • and V .discharged;^vith ai "iiaTition/^ ' . -•'■ '^' , # ' ',*/,"" ..'] t .': ■'■ , "' " A' Calcutta 'sweepiipph the kelson Turf handicap will-take ; place;this evening at .the" Albion Hotel, hei;*..,, rAs the race takesfplace : to-morrow, and as this.«weep is an impromptu one, intending' holders of tickets must take .them out, to-day, or ;at the .latest, before 9 „f»m,,,' .'.-,) y-,-. 1.y.-. l ,;-- : y.i.i ■■>•'; .^-J\'''" . „ Last .'night the; fiomp'any^now, playing at the Volunteer Hall, including MissiStephenson and' Mr^Biirford, again appeared. The first piece was ''Milky JVhite," in lioth' 'artistes 'appeare^. < tb great advantage! There was a'crowdedionse, and the iM Rough ; Diatnondv' sent ; the audience- away in high good humor/; The piecea'for thin evehingar^ a* ThevrDaoghter of ..the Regiment,"! and' .' "fehristine'a 'Wedding." ■ / , ' - ; '■ - "Mr jGarreras; 'it is-'stated, L is a' candidate fof the" repreaeutation-vof "'Okaritd in the" 'GoWnty^Council: f--»_ ..Yf;^ '■ ' ' Judge B^ry.eygay.e it' as liis bpiriioninthe:. '■District^Couft/ at' Westport, on \Vednesday j^ast, tb^ata sectipjicQuldrbeTilg^llyi occupied ion tlie gold fields, by the hbl'der ot a viuineSS! license,- -"'wnetter he " built for himielf a palace, a tent, or a hut, or Kved in a tree, or !< tike*'4ne'ground. ;'; i , ! "^ '- ■ • n ■■„ A ft lit^e^ri,^twp;years,gnd niuempnths 'old*, nameaTHaryCostelloi died lastiSatUrday nkhtj v at ' ?/ ''ifl . cousequence of' having taken so'tuo'cliloi^dyne' wticu Was inher reach. -- A woman named Margaret Keen, an old ?bffeudery crekted 'd tremendous" disl&ijbance in Johston street last night, aud \to* very properly -arrested, by the police. She will ibe.^broUßiit.before'the BeucUithia day, aud ■•^•ill'uoxlourit'nieet-'withher deserts-' ••■■' The .Ne\,.;ii ;j(nnual.; race-meeting : takes" • ! -u^'htid the following day. The " ,en,tiTes,,jahd acceptances,; yith decl4red ' • Weights-, for tho'Tnrf^lub Handicap, lard follows :- Pecrpas, (i years, 9st 101 b ; Flying. Jib, ased.'Ost 21bV ; Black Eagle, svged.'&jt' 41b ; Yatterina, (3 jears, Ost, For the Handicap Steeplechase, 3 miles, the entrances • were sib follows :-^.Mr'Arnold's Efclip^se, aged; Mr Hope's Heiress, aged ; Mr M'Glashan's Ronald, agedij-'Mri-Proffitt's Sailor Boy, 5 years.- ; : '^'^h-e^cial^declAiaok^of^tliepWSinfthV election for the representation of thl-GJrey • District in'th^ Neliion ; Provincial ' Council ! 'tobk^kce'at ■•Gbbden Y a«^jnpoii ' yesteWa/., • CWQitefoord. R. MLy Vead" out the numbers 'polledJ^lricK vtlh pre^sel^ similar; to '.thioie published by us yeSttetdayi '•' Tie' totals yejr? 88 fojMT fhmm^aid 30 for Mr Drury, ' being aj^jorlJ^Qf. 44. for I^r Guinness. Tlie

■ '•••' .' ■ <■ •■' # Ketuigiing %fficet #Ken declared Franfc?' Ihiinjftess duly" efectifl,sf-at the same time #/ :ook^occasiouft6je£pfess hia regret thatWa nuctt , apatlijl had Been rfhown throughOTjc, khe»^sfcrhst}yrejgar<^fc;-this election. Hft^ knewVthat^irt theraiaura and Half-ounce^ bhere were plenty of men who refusedgk)-* vote, saying they cared nothing about it ;nn9^wa£,& sjat^ gretiecf. fafiue e biffl<}irig?' situate U Reef tojv ancl <nb jit" tiled as a lockup lias been declared: a public gaol*,, .-s .11— v -v •'■"-•• •ir-««'«»»<«'«''-': T " ; *-'"f* WI¥ »" A woman named wife of a at work on the Arnold road contract, j has been informed against for haying assaulted one Michael Clancey with a tomahawk on Sunday evening :lasfy •. It-, appears that: the parties liad ' some dispute in reference to board alleged to be dji'e by Clancey,' and the lady in- question 1 brought the "question to an, . issue by striking /hin£on ; . the ; head; with a tomahawk, and inflicting; ; a severe 1 ;. wound. The ifi j uted man was' titkeri to the . hospital. Dr Maurice says that; tho.ugh the' cut is a severe one, there, is little danger to life. . The wounded man, for some reason or difchfer,: declinea to prosecute, and. the, fair assailant is consequently still at" large. • / ;.-_ . ' ; ; „ , ' ' .The' ,cpntajjn^.a ; . list of eighteen applications fpr ;goM,miping leases iui the luangab.ua District which hay:e been refused by 'the Superintendent. ■> • V ..;Mr.li'ouisEisele, an pld;r.esidenjt-of Hoki« taka',' and.much respected, died last Saturday ( at the hospital, where hethad beensn&iihate for* about nine weeks, under treatment for pulmonary disease; He "was unmarried, iand having no T^_ativ f ei ,in,,the Colony,, he left to the Hokitika German- Society such"' property^ ashediedpossessed'Of.' He was buried cii Sunday ajternoon, when [his sremaina! were: followed -to, ( jbhergtayfe ; byva large number of -h4s-friends?jßid-ac€[uainta(nceß.'- -~.-^~-rrs i * iafis; ; pending ioitfestablish-iug-a Lodge of Mark' Masonry in- Auckla9d/t»nd«;ntb^3Englfeh r jG!ons{iifaition:v The dispensation will be .applied for to tße^Grand Loagebf'EnglECfi^ wMcfi' no doubt will .forNyarded'out m "due^on^e. ,- j? „;. : '£;■. ' "The following regulations have been made' by the JMson. regardiug ■, -the ocfcvipatibii "of y quattz ? claiins." ''-It comes into force-'on^thV Ist May-:— " In all quarte claims containing not less than, four mens ground It beUrt^vful^fof the registered owners thereof to work, hold, and occupy the sanie fbr> r thre'B mbntbsi' front : th : e on 1 which sucbhclaifli was first ocebpied'b^ them, with'lialf'tiie 1 riUfaber ; of' : -m«S dtlienvise re:'|w'irea .fo ! work^holdi'aria W&ipf tM fame." -■A mail imp7oy^nb>^W.^L; t Pijwell, . excavating, ear % 'wljicbi^Jis'" being Veinoved tsfillittwe. ipp^o^aiesto' 1 * bndge at Garrdnier's'Creeki'ii'ear JKaiapoi, CanterbAiry, the otHeV'day/ came uiiawarea i tipon sundry, pieces of .yreensfcqnej' : X "beautifu^y shappd and ■'^ofi'shed littte'axe i ''of , tfiafc stone/ and the skuUof a^MaoriV^.>..i' '., •,.- : ■.;.>.' Itls Reported that- 1 the new machines for ■ printing,' composing, andj distributing typd, y which jQ.a^e.TecentTy be,en^.perfected . at the 'wili.be exhibited in '^qrlv.at^ ■ ' ', .At thc'close 6f:the caseStittv; Gallagher, the District Court," Westportj on .Wednesday, a little dispute and banter' took place between the members of thelegal profession.! ■ The : Judge; 'ih.; taxing "the costs of r'tlia witnesses; enquired-what' the distance is between Wfcatport; and Beef con. Mr Pit? considered the distance; s2 miles^vbilo Mr : 5 contended' it' was 58! ' '"At ?last the sergeant of police, was referred to* who; ! assured his Honor that it was 59 good miles. Mr Button disputed the go.odne.ss; of. them, and r consifl'efed the^ ' distance should be 100 miles" for the badness of the road... Mr Pitt _•; could -not, agree j.with his learned friend oil this secoiid point,' inasmuch as he nau, jusi, riaCiCiL ci«,.,» ;» *u~ja parf^ of a day, to which Mr TBiitfon retorjied that prdbably his leSrnecT ff iehcrnatr travelled all night, a mode of travelling which' all yviP' messes' could 1 not "be expected to undertake. Finally tho Jtidge' resolved : on sfcatifig the dpuble journey as one of five Mys, inclusive of the^one day atCpur|. ""l .; / .., ,'.' T . A .correspondent. ■ of,. the . SouiMr^fGrosa writes :—" I. have just seen Bomething new in the matter of barmaids. An hotelkeepei; ■ here;advertised for one,- when "he received a jreply. from, a^ youngvlady in Christchurch. The oomniuuicatio,n . enclosed' .three , photographs. These were all of the same young ■lady, but /each in a different kind of get-up.-They wqre numbered.- one^ •. two, . and three respeefciy'elyV V*£ &dy, "^9t& as follows i— ' My terms .for style No. 1 are 30s per week ; for No. 2, 35s per week ; and for number 3, %2." ' ' Kos 1 .'2 and.s aj-e, very ■expensive to keep up,' "aricV I.\voni^"as leave cdnie down as No. ,I, : .unless you prefer tp- the contrary... ,My^ w'asliuig'must'be paid; for, 'and 1 decliue to clean -glaßses. I .tinigt" Refuse -"to enter the bar'fiefoie'ieieven'bkjiock'in the morning. I have always doubled the bar trade of any hotel I have been engaged in. 1 " •■\^THe;)r^p^,^M«.'ji^ys : manyywjio have fec^lrbly come' tto : wn;from Eeeftdn sji|iak of tne"d6ld-' «p ; tKera as V " cantiotij'^and say that "the crowds who : Were 'recently %oht %& stroll along~ the ' tiidrouglifafes during the evenings, now either seek the shelter of,fa hospitable hostelry, or stop at hpmejn their ' h uts. A; great ntany comfortable . small dwellings,' whose , chief • oh'araoteristic is thtf fireplace, have ilately'Been'etecyd, atld'their occupants ieel the advantage of 'foresight in this resp'eb'fc. : ' ; The'cortsequen'ce is^at niauy who are not compelled to stay^have "migrated lately, and purpose. Raiting till the, seasons are move faypra^le. ' We.qre't6ld th'at^many building inictfrirde Ofi^ctipn have been stopp'^f for S tin^e, .^b^ing to ■ this exodus.: '■ JJeVertheless 1 : reefing' generally is' flourishing, •«»d'mafcingiß-progressiog,-and* despite the cold, the dist^iftfr is, ni&kiug rapid strides. —The Queenslaniiersayß :—"lb would almoflT ,B.eem a.s.tbongh' j thejfrencjippjuld outijo'us in the. oonatyucjtioiv : qt .railways fpr. agricult'uraj.rpu d 'r j p >^sas. now upon oirf tablfc a diagram takeit from a Frericll journal, illustrating! ali ;ht railway used upon beet-, I root plahfettbra. '&fib\ys^a train of jSmall * jvi^ti.its'Jiasltet of rqoifsr and one Tnan 3^ the trucks before fiimTh^^lboilirio-B.ouse,/ By hooking the/, .back.pa^'^riafch-irfcli' to, the front of the 'dnecbmi'ng' s immedia'tely'b'ehiiid, two wheedsi »re,made to jinsvyer 'fov each ; tlie last truck) bhlj^haiviiir four wlleels^; c^ncriyaace is neat, comp^ and look's' serviceable. The railway is moyeafiro'^and. complete, and, costs: lesß/iH^.2Bp"'eif I y^rd,'.' t ;; l .'' / *Y.' A „;,.;.«• •" >; , ,We' Xplayo pqliy fivjesjiie-veheen sho^fl" a s^Braujien f»i coal lrojn tbenewly-discovered Kajtarigat-i co»l;lie,ld* seam now opened laeightand ar.half;feet,jn;tluckne3s; and the co^ appears jjo^Jje .eo^ual 'ill, quality \to any liitHerto diacbv'ercct in that part ,of the. Pro* ' yinco. The pit ;is situated at about a quarter of a wile, fro'mtiie.riYe.r, and.pc.ar Mr. Pavid-?bii!s.;flas;-mill, jand.i* also (1 9p^iyenient.to the ; Jlutha Bailwiy;.; The proprietor, Mr. M'Far- , lane, expects, ' when ' the pit . is .'. properjy, opened, tosbe A able to rai&a a,bput 200 tons : per day. tfh^ycoaj^s, believed to cover. ai largo area, anct j»pp"ears,, f rom. • the, sample wa. have" seen, td' \> o . of fij superior kmd to the , ordinary PrpyigcialjCpal.. „; • ;.? v , „ Mr.-PtfionV Bell;{adjdfo36ed a crowded meeting ot his constituents-ivt-fovei'oufgill the other ,day» a Q d fayorably. reoeived..-: He Si^id tb'e main 'point which wofild be befQre the, Hoabo next^essiou .jwouldrbe the ; jjairie.i^a the'las^t, hatnelyj/sfliißther to /.carry . out'^he pMQj; recep,tly s^ ijuaiuguratedior, nob. "that pblicjr mus^. eitjier . ipdupe,- great )pi-03----perity . pp^p^njge.* the^cojpny^into.^sp^utd liiiu. Next aeasibu a atrong effort would b^

'made^to "#et t|&j; vd%<^*fj&faQg&ybri^ exgmse aud^futu^ taxatioffij|but4w,Go^^» me^t'coulcl evet&fvdopt a i^iogif^i^^ 1 "^ Thjgcfrdinary; regime wa^Sjiffioi^^^tHlpa^ .thojuterest oS^pie'tlebfc an^o'sb omt&gftjfl&Z gfratlafcybufc wo must borrow- to develop our 3€§§apßs by public works. Railways were TtetHdiflly preferable to ordinary, roads. The between the settlements "rendered railways W.absolute necessity. He was glad X°;^i indications of. the abolition of the farce of .Responsible Government in ProyiudgJiiQJftn*. advautage;,as a; sp\nal*and* commercial bond with America. He was not quite satisfied with the steps taken regarding itntniggation, but believed if a vigorous effort vre'rf made . in the agricultural counties , of^Great Britain and irela'tid, a sufficient; 'supply of laborers and small capitalists could be obtained. He was in favor of free selectibtiiof land over the whole colony, as ah attraction^) settlers. A • voteof confidence was. carried'' by a large majority i-;'-:-) ; : •; ■?•'■' „^ The Swiss. TMs s#y's tbafc>it, '^iintanumr, 'the celebrated" Professor' oT 'Astronomy at Geneva, has lately discovered a new comet, which ia, volume far surpasses all comets' hitherto • discovered. ' According, to his: observations arid 1 * calculations,' ' it'"'is" tlartiug, witKiiininlense'' velocity,' 1 prbceeding.Ju *a direct line towards bur globe 1 ; and wiil come into' collision witK it : on tbe,l2tli of August tioxit; 'Its'appvoacU will'Ke •sensible'by an extraorainary^dfigfee-, of heat:"' 1 The; catastrpplie cannot- possibly be i avoided 'buiriiy tne deviation oji /the .rapidly-approaching coiiiet, produced by its, cjpmiugs within the scope of the ; attrac^iy^-influenqe of .spme 4 heavenly ■i. Tan \Lyltdton\ Tipw,, of the 26th instant, says .—"Shortly 'after midnight on Wednes-, day, Constable .Hams found a man lyin'fc i\i Market Square >insensible;i : with his 'face covered witb< bldod; „Thoman.wa9r emoved to the Victorian- Hotels andJßr^NedwiU sent for, ; who .found t^owouiidsidnxthe rjglit side of the head. On the man recovering his •senses, he ■saidi^fiab.'Jiis name- war ßeaniish, ,that lfe r iWfls) a cattleydaalial tradifigtito' tjie West Coast. ' He stated tttafc?'aa.>tte iwasf ■driying along inia toiap he dropped his hand kerchief, and whilst stooping over the side iofithe vehicle to; pi&kHt'up/itbHhbrife su^i denly swerved round and pitched hiin&ri his, heAd^stunningidiSm, iindiiKe Jay insensible until found' by the'eonßtable. He does not know what became of the horse and trap," but supposed that the horse-ibolted liome.td Mr Pihe's.-a.t.iSppeXcl^feH '■ : The Neio Zealand JfSmSijW- the 16th instantpAMp^l't^iithe'^ollo'wiiig^iAelancholy case of drowning:— "Mr ; jJoh*i' i praile, accompanied^ hy'JM^ v flis't6r» B :Mfs'-Wilkinsop, •went Aut 7 a day- or-tw6' since-jto' the Rawhiti : from f NlanaWftraiiwhej?e l they"resided, to bring in some working bullocks. In returning the^ cattle went uotlnd Spine rocks covered by the^ -tide.ru Jti'y/beingf'nea^ higln.^fatef at rffe time, CraQe followed them ronnd,-his~hor3e haMng/to'swiin'ln;' places. /^TUg'Kor'Be'ffipp.ed^ over the submefgedijroot of a pohufukawa tree and the deceased was thrown off the , horse,.,. whjc^, somehow. .getting his jforeleg^' Entangled 4 with j'jthe/rein^,7J[elL o^eif^ftn his ri3ef'and sti'ug^lirig violently,, .must,, have struck hini, rendering him' insensibre, as I Craile'-'coulU swimHvell, a\id ihe Bista\ice wasonly about ten -yards from the shore. He sanlc after^ HriefcstrVrg'gle Wid rbse no more.. < but her long ridinc,hab^li,pr.eye|aj;ed hei from swiiii'ming. After nearly* reaching him, she only aayed., herself by catching hold -of an overhanging hmW of J a pohutukawa tree. | Again reaching the t shore she tppk off her clothes and again ventureu oiitY'bub by this time it was, too. late, as he had disappeared. Finding 'she coiilil n'ot''savb'liimV J she returned, home for assistance. Thebudywas found' (the tide, havmjj. left, it^about fifteen yards iKn<<t«U.' .'j . -tjia" . s^r attyihg caught in some Jf.elp;: prevented the body— &om ririftinc 'farbher-awftyr 3i -y~'"~-if»~"^ t ' *' " ■-■" •&*'!*

With r^3pectitp if t^'r|cent prize-firing,ati ChrißtchurcH^*the'' correspondent .of the ? Otiujo fDatty Timqq ;Ba^3^:j-^ ct ;Oif?.ijincidenJ; j "iii connection "with the presentatiojiof 'the prizes ; ]p.iu^st ( npt i .omj > t.,to;notice. "On the " last day I>ut one of the nring, Colonel Hari>ngtpn.informed the staff pfficera.that t^e; ladies ; - were ; going-'t'o' givW^'a '''pm£ ] fov a match between them. .The match was fired, and Major Atkinson.' was the winner. Then the Colonel proposed a sweepstakes amongst Jhe^;ff;jsj?Jp^ mounted whisky jars which he had seen 111 some shop-in>t6wn.>*'Tne staff officers subscribed their guinea apiece, and fired the," ; match, Major Stapp" ! proving'tKe VictorANexfc day the, Coloiiel got up^twomore^natches amongst' the staff, telling'them that he had been. promisecl. prizes by the. ladies. Colonel Cargili won one," aiid Major Atkinson the other. When' the presentation of prizes took place every one was astonished to see Colonel Hnrington place the whisky jars , purchased by the 'sweepstakes in' 1 -the hands of Mrsr Eolleston,.andtbhear-himaskher to present? it to Major Stapp lo as the- prize given by tUe. .-ladies of Cantierbury. ...BMlVfnore'were! they surjprised.tp 'hear '.'.no "meutjorr ioiadeVof the prizes won ;by- Major •-]Atluu^pii/ah|f..'jC!olone}: , Cargili -f: two J)y. , the, f prjiner and one^by the- latteri -..Maj.or Atkinsoh7st;epped vp I 'to the platforro iAud^.'fqrmaUy^. protested a ladies prize to, Major St/ipp, as it was he, affd* nofi{Massr-'Stapp- 5 -w"nfv'?i ! haßl won the ladies I ' prize. Colonel Haringtoa took nntq t of' the-pro^dst^aSdHb'isUiltlf.fiatter' is a fair sample of the way in wliicVtho., Colonel has -acted throughout, more espe'-~ . ojallyi towards, ; your; ;t,tyo ": Otago.., Staff officers, whom he Beems to have taken a special, ''delight 'in- siiubbi^g .Svh'enever' he i- 'got ah opportunity;" 7 "'■'" r:;:f "