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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1871, 4 August 1874, Page 2

A woman named Emma Parker was brought before the Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday, charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury during thn hearing of a case in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Clifton, on 29th ult. The case arose out of one of the recent prosecutions for sly grog selling in the New River District. Serjeant Moller applied for a remand until Friday, to enable the police to procure material evidence for the prosecution. The application was granted. Bail would be allowed the accused in two surites of L 25 each, and on her own recognisence of LSO. John Noonan was charged with riding furiously through the streets on 27th ult. The defendant pleaded guilty, but j tried to fix the blame on his horse. His I Worship fined the defendant 10s, with costs. Hannah Lodge was summoned for using abusive language towards Patrick Hanney. The defendant did not appear, and the prosecutor requested to be allowed to withdraw the charge, as the son of the defendant had promised to provide a cottage for his mother on the Stoney Lead, and to keep her away from the town. The Magistrate permitted the charge to be withdrawn. There was no other business, and the Court adjourned. Daring the hearing of a case in the Warden's Court at Cobden, yesterday, it transpired that ground of more than ordinary richness is now being wrought in the locality of the Razorback Range. One person declined to state his opinion of the value of some of the ground in a certain claim, giving as a reason that he oould not expect any one, who had not tested the washdirt, personally to believe in the richness of it. Attention is drawn to a cheap clearing sale of drapery by Mr Henry Young, to commence to-day, ' and to be continued till Thursday, at Johnston's Private Hotel, Mackay street. . Mr Duncan M'Lean, Boundary street, is the successful tenderer for supplying the Greymouth Gaol witn rations, &c, for the ensuing twelve months. Miss Aitken (Mrs J. L. Bunten) gave one of her entertainments, consisting of readings and recitations in poetry and prose, interspersed with those admirable delineations of character for which this artiste, is famous, at Hamilton's Hall, Marsden, on Saturday evening, to a crowded audience. Miss Aitken proceeded to the Greenstone Creek on Monday to give an entertainment there. The Premier as Minister of Immigration, writes to the Agent-General regarding Mrs Howard's little arrangement in procuring \ouny girls from the Cork Workhouse for New Zealand. Mr Yogel is certaiuly plain, if not particxilarly pleasant, in the following terms :— " It is difficult to believe that you could sanction such emigration j whilst, on the other hand, it is as difficult to believe that you could be unaware of the published proceedings of your agent, the woman Howard, whom, by the by, you seem to have employed after informing me that you would not do so, vide your letter No. 551, of 29 th November, 1§72. At another Board meet- ; ing, a copy of report of which I also enclosed, legal proceedings were aotuaUy threatened in your name to enforce completion of the miserable bargain entered into by Howard. I endeavor to think that you knew nothing about the matter ; but, if so how singular must be the organisation of your department that with a proceeding so panvassed in the place, with a ship calling off the town, and, it is to be presumed, some of your officers in attendance to see the emigrants off, you should have to be informed from New Zealand of what occurred under the immediate notice of your officers. I find it impossible to adequately characterise the indignation such a shipment produces, or the alarm which is felt at the intention which' is apparent of sending further similar shipments." The follpwing is a gem from the Parliamentary report in th^ "Sydney Morning Herald." Mr Robertson, referring tp the Colonial Secretary, Mr Parkes, used the jolr lowing language to which no particular objection seemed to be made :— After the manner in which the hbn. gentleman had addressed the House to-night they might think it necessary to compel him to go to the country. They were ready to go to the country and lee them go, for that was the proper remedy for their present trouble. (Hear, hear. ) It was no use talking like a lot of fish fags at each other acros3 the table. The hon. gentleman went out of his way to blackguard jihe hen, member for Camden, whose boots he was npjb fit to clean. The hon, member fyad not the courage to remain in the House while he was speaking, but was f oi-ped to run away. (Bear, hear.) The hon. and gowardly, ' enealfing, snivelling, cringing hound oould not stand fire, but slunk but of the ohamber | He listened to the bon, hound's abuse, but the hon, hound

now sneaked away. [Attention called to the state of the House, and a quorum was formed.].- The lion, member the Premier, who had delivered himself of the grossest falsehood that had ever fallen from the lips of any snivelling, whining fellow, now ran away. [Attention called to the state of the House, and a^truoram formed.] If there were any truth in tins boasting impostor he would go to the country. (Opposition cheers.) A general meeting, called by circular of the members of the Greymouth jockey CJub, was held at the Albion Hotel, last evening. The business was to receive the Treasurer's annual report, to hear the progress report of the Secretary, and to elect a Committee of Management for the ensuing twelve months. Mr H. Kenrick was in the chair, and there was an unusually large attendance o£ members. After the reports had been received and adopted, the following gentlemen were balloted for and elected members of the new Committee. Mesers W. H. Bevell, J. Middleton, D. Maclean, D. Carroll, J. Jones, J. Hamilton, W. F. Strike, W. M'Millan, G. H. Gilmer, P. Cameron, R. J. Tonks, and J. Bulstrode. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the retiring Committee and officers, and after transacting other business the general meeting dissolved. A meeting of the Committee was .held afterwards, when Mr W. Strike was appointed Treasurer, Mr Jas. Payne Secretary, and M essrs James Kirton and John M 'Millan auditors until the next annual meeting. It is notified in the "New Zealand Gazette' that vessels from Lyttelton are liable to be quarantined on arrival in Victoria. The first section of the Bowen and Okarito road is now completed for a distance of four and a half miles, with exception of the culverts, but these are now in hand, and will not be long before they are put in. Messrs Moye, the contractors, are making a' most excellent job of the work, for which they deserve great credit. We ("Guardian") understand that tenders for another section at this end will shortly be called for. A sitting of the Westland Waste Lands Board will be held at the usual hour to-day, at Hokitika. The first Good Templar Anniversary was celebrated by a soiree at Christchurch on the 23 rd July It was a great success. Over 1000 persons were present. It was decided to draw up a petition opposing an attempt about to be made by the Christchurch Licensed Victuallers' Association to get a clause introduced into the new Licensing Bill, permitting hotels to be opened on Sundays from 1 till 3 and 8 till 10 p.m. The desirability of establishing a juvenile Good Templar Lodge was also strongly advocated by those present. It is stated that there are at the present time no fewer than 120 Good Templar Lodges in New Zealand. Some reference was lately made to the fact that a small expedition was about being fitted out for the uurpose of rescuing the sole survivor of Leichhardt's expedition — the old man Glassen. There is no doubt that there are believers in Hume's story, who are willing to prove their faith in him by a little sacrifice. A norrespondent of the "Tuapeka Times," resident in New South Wales, writes on the subject as> follows :— "Hume states that he saw Glassen twelve months ago, and tried to get him away from the natives ; but the poor old man, who was 70 years of age, when put on a horsa had to be held on, thus making it impossible for Hume, who was single-haDded, to take him away. The old man, according to Hume, has three children and if the old man is dead their party will be able to secure some of the children. The expedition was to leave Sydney on the 2nd July, and is expected to return in eighteen months, or say about December, 1875. It is said that Glassen cannot talk his own language, but the party are taking a letter with; them from the German Consul, which, if; he can read, will show him that there is : something for him in his own country." The consignment of natural history specimens from Paris for the Otago Museum have arrived safely and in good condition. There are numerous varieties of birds of beautiful plumage, and some of singular appear- ! ance, particularly the Hornbill, a native of : the Indian Archipeleago, which will, in it- j self, prove an interesting addition. There ; are skins of several wild animals— tigers, monkeys, racoons, &c, but none of these can be exhibited through want of soace. The Museum is so cramped at present that a doubt is expressed whether the birds can be exhibited. During the discussion in Committee of Supply recently in the House, the following opinions were expressed with respect to the ' control of the police force : — On the item "Resident Magistrates" coming up, Mr Fox complained that the relationship between the magistracy and the police was of a very unsatisfactory nature. He thought if the Auckland plan of the Armed Consnabulary being entrusted with the police supervision were extended over the Colony, it would be beneficial. Mr Reeves, on the authority of a recent division of Judge .Richmond, said the only control Superintendents had over the j police was a financial one. Mr O'Rorke and Mr Sheehan were understood to say that the plan at present adopted in Auckland was not satisfactory to the people there} while Mr Header Wood was of opinion that there was a strong feeling among the townspeople of Auckland in favor of the control of the police there being retained by the General Government. Messrs Fraser, Wishart, and Buchanan have just finished a locomotive, of which the •• Otago Daily Times" of July 21st, states -.—The locomotive has a pair of engines on the diagonal principle, of 8-horse power. This, we believe, is the first loc ■- motive with a horizontal boiler constructee iv. the Province. Other locomotives have been manufactured, but their boilers were upright. This boiler is in fact, a diminutive I specimen of the ordinary railway type, with the difference that it has the tooth-gearing, which reduces its xpeed and gives greater haulage power. — Twelve waggons, to be used for ballasting on the Clutha railway, and which are constructed on a new principle, are being made to the order of the Colonial Government by the same firm. In the centre of the floor of the trucks is c trap door, through which nearly all tha material in the truck may be dropped on the line at pleasure, and tfce door may be opened to such au extent as to regulate the manner and rate of the stuff falling-through. The contents of the waggon are also let fall from each end, there being a door at each end which works with a quadrant. Owing to the construction of the waggons, hardly any shovelling or manual labor in any other shape is needed, the amount of hard work being reduced to a minimum. The capitalists of Victoria, we se.e froni our Melbourne exchanges, take an interest in a new company, the scene of the operations of which will be,. Golden- Bay, in the Province of Nelson. The company is called the Pakawhau and Victorian Coal and Pier Company. The capital is prosed to be L 30.000 lin shares of LI each. The company appears to have had its origin chiefly in Ballarat, but there is one widely-known name in the list of the provisional directors — that of Mr George Coppin. The mine to be worked is describe J as being situate on the Pakawhau Gorge, not more than a mile and a half from the sea, and the prospectors and promoters, have secured a lease of 775 acres of a coal-field, besides the excjusjve right to a water frontage jn Golden B^y. " •■'• ' '■■'■■ Counterfeit florins are being circulated at the Thanigq.