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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1211, 15 June 1872, Page 2

Yesterday the District Court was engage 1 during the forenoon in hearing the evidence and arguments in the appeal case Joyce v. Kenrick, but by arrangement at two o'clock the case was stopped, and the bankruptcy cases disposed of. The appeal case will be proceeded with this monr'ng at eleven o'clock, and is expected to be finished today. We are informed that the dispensation for the establishment of a Masonry Mark Lodge in Greymouth, was received yesterday by Mr Anchor, from Lord Leigh, Grand Master of Mark Masters of England and Wales. A correspondent at Marsden fends us a complaint that there is no school at Marsden, although there are now over 20 children there of sufficient age to require instruction, and who are growing up in comparative ignorance. The nearest school is in Greymouth, to which it is impossible, from the distance and expense, for the children to be sent. Some teacher might be induced to settle there,|especially as he would be|certain to receive a Bixbsidy from the Education Board. We understand that Mr Charles Webb, from 7)unedin, is taking steps to establish a Building Society in this town. Wherever these useful institutions have been introduced, they have not only proved a great success, but by enabling men of small means to acquire homes of their own on eaay terms and affording a profitable investment for their savings, have proved of the greatest service to ail concerned. We sincerely trust Mr Webb will be successful, and promise him our hearty support. # A fatal accident occurred at the Co-opera-tive Star Company's, claim at the Kanieri, on Thursday morning, says the Wist Coast Times, to a boy named Joseph Goodyer, who was only eleven years of age. The boy's duty was to hook on the tracks ascending the incline, and he was employed in that servies about half-past five on Thursday morning, when a truck which had nearly reached the summit of the ascent got loose and ran back upon the boy, jamming him against a stump of a tree. The man who was receiving the tracks hastened down, with all speed and extricated the boy, who remained insensible for about twenty minutes. He was brought down to nokitika Hospital, but he died shortly after admission. ' It is rumored that Mr Macassey has issued a writ against Judge Ward for Uoel, in connection with a recent article in the Thnaru Herald. Major Cooper, commanding the Thames Volunteers, has challenged Major Gordon, commanding the Auckland Volunteers, to fire a rifle match, in which officers of companies will be the only competitors. The Timaru Gazette of the 10th instant has the following :— "On Thursday last a serious accident occurred to a child belonging to Mr Sutherland, farmer, at the Point. It appears that she was climbing on the wheel of a dray that was standing at the time, when without any warning being given the horses started off, throwing the child before the wheel, which passed over her head, fracturing the base of the 'skull. She lies in a very precarious condition, but was alive when last enquired after on Saturday last. This should pro to a warning to children who are in the habit of climbing on drays." The New Zealand Herald of the 28th o J May contains the following paragraph :— " It will be seen from the report of the City Council's proceedings, yesterday, that the reward of LSOO has been paid to Mr Inspector Broham, who so gallantly captured Haley, the incendiary, and procured bis conviction. There is no doubt that the reward was fully deserved, and the Insurance offices and the City Council are worthy of all praise for their prompt recognition of his services, We belieye the General Government offered a reward of a LIOOO for the capture of the supposed incendiary, but we have yet to learn whether or no they iatond to pay it.

Certainly if ifc should be paid in the one instance, it ought to be in the other. " On this the Wellington Evening Post says :-— " When we consider that this muoh-talked-of Haley is a poor weak little wretch, weighing not more than 7 or Sst, and over 50 years of age his sanity open to grave question — and Inspector F oham a tall, stout, vigorous man in the prime of life -13st weight at the least, we utterly fail to see where the gallantry was displayed. Any old woman with a broom-handle might have managed the poor lunatic who has been elevated to such an undue prominence in the ranks of criminals. Five pounds would have much more adequately remunerated Inspector Broham than LSOO, but as he is not ashamed to pocket the larger amount, he ought to do so quietly, leaving 'gallantry' out of the question. As for General Government gning himLIOOO, we protest against such a flagrant mis-use of public money." The strike by the' Otago Police for increased wages has resulted in nineteen of their number having to leave the force permanently. The New Zealand Herald notes it as somewhat remarkable that amid all the talk there has lately been on the subject of reformatories for boys, the idea of a prison ship has never been suggested, in which to keep lads of a certain age, and teach them the business of sailors. It strongly urges the experiment being tried. A curious example of rapid development of Christian affection occurred, it is said, the other day on board the missionary vessel Dayspring, whilst lying at &f.elbourne, The story is told is that a gushing bachelor missionary on the forenoon of the day of the vessel's departure was struck by the attractive appearance of a young lady, whom he then saw for the first time. He obtained an introduction, and made such good use of his time that he proposed, was accepted, .and married upon the evening of the day he first saw his wife. That man has sufficient decision of character to make converts. The following letter appears as an advertisement in a late number of the New Zealand Herald:— "To the Editor of the Herald. — Sir — We, on behalf of several of the young lady barmaids of Auckland, request 'Polly Pjum' and 'Sketcher,' of the Evening Star, to mind their own business. We are not half so badly off as they imagine. Maude Hennessey, Barbara Witdon, Ophelia Marlel. A felloW'passenger of the Earl of Pembroke on the Peninsular and. Oriental route has informed a writer in the A ustralasian, "that he thinks, unless his lordship was taking especial pains to conceal his literary abilities on board ship, the book which purports to be written t>y the Earl and Doctoi is but slightly indebted to the former. The only striking peculiarity about the young gentleman — and it a was peculiarity in a youth— was that he carried his own little tea-pot about with him, as he.was as parti cular about his young hyson as a mandark of three buttons, a London tea-taster, or s maiden lady of 60." An Industrial Exhibition will be held ii the Thames Mechanics' lnstitute in August next. The exhibition will comprise all kinds of articles of manufacture, but preferenci will be shown to those which most nearlj affect the progress of the gold field. Model! of quartz-crushing, amalgamating, boring, and gold mining aparatus are particularly desired, and with this view communication: have been sent to San Francisco, Victoria, New Soulh Wales, Queensland, and th< southern Provinces, inviting the sending o: models of this kind. One of the Ballarat Lodges of the Man I Chester Unity Order is entering upon a verj I practical undertaking. From a local papei Ji we learn that at a recent meeting a resolutioi was caftried approving of the establishment of a Technical and Practical Trades Schoo in Ballarat, for the purpose of educating boys born in the town in mechanical trades This resolution will be laid before the nexl district meeting in June for its approval, The prime movers in this matter intend, m soon as the district meeting has confirmee the resolution, to invite the co-operation o: all the xocal f rieudly societies, so as to mak< the movement a general one in the town. The New Zealand Herald says:— "W< regret to notice in our obituary column th< death of Captaiu Lilewall, late of the tirm o Lilewall and Rattray, ship chandlers, and s resident of Auckland for nearly thirty years. Captain Lilewall arrived in the Colony as master of the Wesleyan Mission vessel Triton, a command which he held for some years Subsequently he purchased the barqu< Glencoe ab San Francisco, and carried on r successful intercolonial trade. The deceased had just removed, on the day of his death, to a farm at Tamaki West, on which he in< tended to spend his declining years. It is supposed that the excitement of movim brought on the fit of apoplexy, which causeo his death in a very few hours." . Captain Elisha Freeman has been divorced from his wife in San Francisco, on the ground' of fraud practised by her in securing the marriage. Freeman alleges that, previous to his marriage, he was insane on the subject of spiritualism, and believed that he navigated his ship under the direction of an old Spanish pirate. He visited the defendant (afterwards his wife), who claimed to be a clairvoyant and medium, to consult her as to whether the spirits were genuine or not. She assured him they were genuine, and said, further, that in two days he would sea at the foot of his bed the womau he must marry. He saw at the time and place predicted the medium herself, trad, under the direction of the spirits, interpreted through her, married her, much against his will. On this showing a divorce was granted Freemau is wealthy. - Dock weeds upon land lias always leen looked upon as an unmitigated evil ; but it was found in the District Court, Auckland, that the leaves of the dock will make a jam equal to Russian caaberries, and for tarts there was nothing superior to preserved dock. This piece of information may be valuable to confectioners; pastrycooks, and others. It was also stated that dock leaves were admirable in the preparation and manufactute of sauce piquaute. As Auckland is preemiuently blessed with a superabundance of docks, we m&y yet have the satisfaction of placing on record that dock jam and dock sa.uce piquante have become two of our staple articles of export, and as affording a very wide field for local iudustry. It may even come to pass that a law will have to be made for the prevention of the adulteration of dock-leaf jam by employing an inferior jam. : . . M r Clarson, the plaintiff in the action lately heard in Melbourne, Clarson v. Blair, lias succeeded in inflicting a certain amount of punishment upon the defin lit n \ Wai I*,1 *, although the verdict of the jury was in his fav^r. Mr Clarson having alleged his inability to Batisfy the verdict in the case, the point was raised that a judge' has no power to commit the plaintiff iiv an action under the debtors' law, the act only Healing with ndn-complying defendants.. The judge, before whom tho ease was tried, virtually admitted this defect in the act by refusing to adjudicate upon it, and the costs of the action fell upon Dr Blair ; therefore the verdict of tho jury has been reversed in a way wholly uncontemplated. Tho probable effect of this will be to incite many vindictive parsons to institute libel actions upon the most flimsy pretext, knowing that under any circumstances the expense of such suits will fall chiefly upon the defendants. Thi3 is a serious consideration with newspaper pro-

prietors particularly, because their duty, to the public necessitates the exposure of abuses, in which persons without .pecuniary means or honorable principles are frequently the defendant, and who woulfl glory in using the machinery of the law to oppress tho journal that denounced them. The Tuapeka Times, of the 30th May, has a leading article upon the management and administration of its goldfields by the Provincial Government of Otago. It chaws attention to the enormous discrepancy between the revenue contributed by the gold fields and the expenditure, which in the last' three years amounted to LIO,OOO less than tho actual direct taxation-rleaving out of account altogether the indirect contributions,and advocates the management of the goldfields being placed entirely in the hands of the General Government. Our contemporary says :— " But it is no use asking the provincial authorities to recognise our rights. They have become so habituated to regard the revenues of the goldfields in the light that a highwayman looks upon the purses of his victims, that they are incapable of meting out justice to them. Under any rule we cannot possibly be worse treated than at present. Any change is. preferable to our' remaining in our present condition. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the extinction of proviucialismia near at hand. The General Government may treat us better, and in their taking over the management ol the provincial revenues lies the only hope of the goldfields receiving that justice in the future which has been denied to them in the past." _ __^__ __«„«.