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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1615, 8 October 1873, Page 2

The District Court sits at Greymouth on i Monday for the trial of criminal cases. The hearing of the following civil cases will probably commence on Tuesday or Wednesday : — De Costa v. ■W. Stavert and W. S. Mortimer, L2OO damages for breach of contract. J. Haiuilton and Co. v. Paroa Road Board, Ll9O 10s Bd,' moneys received. G. H. Russell v. M. Kennedy, L^OO, damages for negligence. In re the Band of Hope Goldmining Company, in liquidation, Mr Newton, pn behalf of the liquidators, is to apply for an order 'affirming the schedule of contributories. In the case of Russell v. Kennedy, the defendant has applied for a jury. There, are also several applications in bankruptcy to be dealt with by the Court. i An art' union (6v a gentleman's gold watch, for the* beir fifi of the Grey TJiver Hospital, took place at the Courb House, Ahaura, on Monday evening. The drawing took place under the direction of the local sub-com-mittee of the Hospital, Mr "Whitefoord and Mr A, White acting as scrutineers, and Mr JEayden as secretary. The tickets were lirawn by itwo of the girl pupils 'from St. Mary's School, and the hall was well filled 'with a numerous audience of ticket-holders and expectant prize winners. There were 300 tickets at 5s each issued by the committee, the greater number of which were disposed of through the exertions of the Hospital sub-committees at No Town, Nelson Creek, Ahaura, Half-Ounce, and TotarS )Flat. The prize was a very valuable one, the donation: of a lady resident of the disprict, and ,the whole of the proceeds, after deducting such, expenses as were absolutely necessary to be incurred, are to go: to the funds : of ,;the ...Hospital.- There were 260 tickets drawn before the winning number I— forty -seven; — was announced. It is not yet known who is the fortunate holder of jbhe prize ticket, but it is supposed to.be in the possession of a resident' of the No Town district. • ' ' j A man riariied Wilh'am Carlton was iveyed to town yesterday from the vicinity iof No I Town suffering from some severe injjury which he, sustained by falUng while jwalking upon a rough track, aad coming in jcontact, witha stump or spike, which penetrated his abdomen. . He was taken to Midjdleton's Hotel, where he is receiving medical ! and other attention. s j „A bad acipident and a, narrow escape took ipiace on the road nearly opposite Brunnerton, ion Monday. Some men who were engaged (with horses, hauling: logs along the road had {just passei a, place where a landslip had ipreriously occurred, when a large tree came crashing, down the range, and striking one of the horses— a valuable animal— killed it .jonrthe spot. The horse belonged to Mr: JHungerford. ...... ; At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Ahaura, : on Monday, a man, named Jackson, , jbetter known pmong his jolly associates by jth ; c : sobriquet of "Happy Moments," was 'sentenced to imprisonment with hard labor jfor one month, for stealing a piece of beefi , about six pounds in weight, from his emjployer, and selling it, or presenting it as a ilove token, to a female acquaintance of his. iThe pleaded guilty. There was another charge against him, of being conicerned in the theft of a watch and chain, rwith trinkets, from the premises of Mrs iPothan^ near Ahaura. Inspector Goodall applied for a. remand for further evidence, aud to enable the police to arrest the accom- . iplice of the prisoner.. The accused was remanded for eight days. \ Theinduc.tion of the Rev. James Kirkland ; as pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Hokiitika, took place last evening. j In the firing at Hokitika for a representa* jtive at the Intercolonial Match the scores 'were Vol. Stonebridge. 184 ; Vol. Ross, i'l77 ; Corporal Learmonth, 167 ; Cpl-Sergt. JLinstrom, 164. The conditions of the firing ieach day w.ere seven shots each at 200, 500, jand 600 yards. Wimbledon targets. | The sum of LSOO, for which thebuildihg jof the Bank of New Zealand was insured in the Victorian Company, was duly paid by : their agent, Mr Scott, on Monday. r ' S On- Thursday last/ a little' eirl about five iyears old, the daughter of Mr Kegan; of the iKanieri, met with an accident which might :have proved fatal The child was nursing a ; bottle i as a doll, ; when she' fell, and the bottle broke, cutting the sinews of her right wrist and severely lacerating her arm. ; The return of the pioneer whaler of Otago -^the.Sarah'Pile— to the Bluff from her first' '■■ whaling cruise, is mentioned. On the whole/ the report of her cruise is a favorable one,' i for, 1 -. although, she lost t^o out of the six ; "fish" she killed, owing' to the severity of the weather, yet she seenis'to have found, no difficultly in getting whales to kill, so that ; with more auspiciou^ weather her success ' is' i likely/ |d : be much greater. ■ The Sarah Pile is a, b'rigantine i, belonging to Mr Printz, a I Sbuthiand 1 resident arid was purchased and ! partially fitted but in Sydney. She is com-, . mari'ded by . .Captai'a Gilroy, whose name is ' | familiar as that of a good seaman and an experienced whaler. '„'..■ ....," i , The correspondent of acontemporary thus ; describes Mr Vincent^ Pyke's ; debut as a ; member of the House of Representatives :— '?The:new member, Mr yincent' Pyke; who i waS'to' do;Sttch astonishing things, either to ; oust the> Ministry or take his seat as on,e qi them' within a. week, does not look like set-, ting the Thames on fire now. He speaks with rather more than the average amount of glibnees, and that is about all that can be said in his favor, H/e'has rhadejitsedms to me, a very foolish blunder in getting into a succession;.; of altercations with Mr Shepherd. An interchange of chaff and horse play between the' hori. members for Dunstan arid'Wakatip affords some amusement now and then to the House, but certainly does not tend to raise the position of the latter. He has. sunk, in fact, into the position of a 'goldfields' member,' in the depreciating BGnfl^ in which that- term is generally used." ' ■ An exchange sayjs ihat the Auckland City Surveyor has recbmmend&JL the City Council to adopt a new system of burnerafor the street lamps, alleging as his reason for doing bo that a saving can be effected to the extent of . L&ljs ; per annum. The Council agreed to confer with the Gaa Company on the sub'« jeot,