THE PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 123, 1874.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1913, 23 September 1874, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus, PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 123, 1874.

The Regulations for the conduct of the the forthcoming election of Local School Committees under the Westland Education Ordinance are published in the "Provincial Government Gazette" of the 21at inst. "With respect to the nomination and polling the regulations are similar to those to be observed at municipal elections that is to say, the nomination paper must be signed by two ratepayers, and also by the candidate, and the papers must be left with the Returning Officer before 4 p.m. on the day of nomination. The poll, if such should be required, is to be taken at the place where the nominations were made. If only the required number of candidates are nominated they are to be considered elected, but if a greater number of duly- qualified candidates are nominated than are wanted, a poll is to be taken, to be opened in each district between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four in the afternoon of the polling day. The voting is to be by ballot, co be taken by means of voting papers to be provided by the Returning Officers, and it is specially directed that the Returning Officer shall provide a convenient place or places in which the voters " may erase the names from their voting papers without being seen." It was the omission to provide some such convenient place as that described above for the use of voters during the polling at the late Municipal elections in Greymouth that gave rise to so much complaint. It has been a matter of discussion for the last week or two as to whether those entitled to vote at the ensuing election could exercise a plurality of votes, seeing that the fact of being on the roll of Municipal ratepayers was a sufficient qualification to vote under the Education Ordinance, but the regulation now published settles the question, for it is carefully, stated each voter is entitled to one vote only. The ' clause referring to the subject is as follows: — " For the purposes of the first election, the roll of ratepayers for the time being in force in the respective districts, shall form the roll of voting ratepayers. Provided that with regard to the towns of Hokitika and Greymouth each voter shall be entitled to one vote only in the same manner as the voters in the other districts." Exception has been taken to the basis of the qualification provided for above, because by laying it down that only those on the roll of ratepayers fo r the time being dan vote, number* who

will be compelled to pay the education rate will be disfranchised at the first election. According to the Ordinance every householder must pay the annual education tax, unless specially exempted by the Local Board, and a large number of these householders are not on the ratepayers roll, or even among the list of those liable to be rated. The "West Coast Times" writes warmly on this subject, and draws attention to it in the following remarks: — " In a majority of cases the landlords of houses pay the municipal rates, but the tenants will have to pay the education tax. Consequently, whilst the names of the landlords only appear on the roll, the tenant must pay a special impost without having any say whatever in the choice of the Local Board. This is clearly unjust, but complaint is met by saying that on the first election it cannot be helped. In the country districts, we may add, where the Road Board rolls will be used, the iniquity will, if possible, be still greater, for a larger proportion will have to pay for education, who are not on those rolls, than even in the towns. Not only will so large a number of people be deprived of their vote, but many more desirable candidates will also be disqualified." At all subsequent elections, the persons j entitled to vote are to be those whose names appear in the rate collector's book aa liable to pay rates, and with reference ! to the wholesale disfranchisement likely to take place at the first election, it is suggested that the polling should be postponed, to enable the rate collectors to be appointed under the Ordinance an opportunity of compiling the list of those occupying tenements of sufficient value to render the occupiers liable to be taxed. Whether the time specified in the Ordinance, within which the election must take place, would be sufficient to allow the collector's roll to be compiled for the first election, is a matter for the Government to consider. There is another great cause of complaint and one directly affecting the ratepayers of a very extensive dis trict. Through an unaccountable omission on the part of Government, there is only one polling-place proclaimed in the whole of the large and populous district of Paroa, and as a consequence a majority of those who will be called upon to pay the rate will be practically disfranchised unless some alteration be made before the election comes off. We have received a communication on this part of the subject, and as the writer has an intimate knowledge of the facts of the situation we give his remarks at length : — " There is not a very pleasant feeling existing at present among the ratepayers of the Paroa district in regard to the pending election for a candidate to represent it at the Central Board of Education. In fact the election will prove little short of of a real sham, so far as the vote of the ratepayers being taken is concerned. The nomination and election takes place at Marsden, and it must be understood Marsden is but one town in this extensive district. There are tour other mining centres, the voice of whose ratepayers is to be considered in the matter, and yet there being only one polling-booth gazetted, only one-fourth of the votes are likely to be recorded, and for this reason — Paroa is five and a half miles from Marsden, while the Greenstone is nine miles, Maori Creek is six miles, and Maori Golly is twelve miles, from the same place, and ratepayers, no matter how patriotic (taking a Colonial view of things), will not travel double distances on this business to exercise the right of voting. It is generally thought that to facilitate the means of voting, and to give the fullest scope to have public opinion expressed on this important subject, it is really imperative more polling booths should he provided. According to the printed report of the discussion on the Education Ordinance one of the members for the district, Mr P. Dungan, drew particular attention to thi3 point, and instanced in more than one case where dissatisfaction would arise if the subject were not dealt with in a comprehensive manner. Prom the prevalence of the feeling alluded to, the members of the district, Messrs Guinness and Dungan, have telegraphed to his Honor the Superintendent on the matter, and it may open a means of meeting the difficulty, for there is provision made in the Ordinance giving special powers in this respect." This scarcity of polling-places is a standing grievance at all elections both in Westland and Nelson, and is one of the remnants of the time when miners' franchise and education rates were not, and manhood suffrage was only a dream of the political enthusiast.

The Resident Magistrate was engaged for some time yesterday at the Court, in hearing the evidence in the case of John Mitchell, who was remanded the previous day on a charge of vacancy. The defendant was remanded at his own request to enable him to procure the eyideuce of Mr M'Carfchy, brewer, and Mr Titter, brick manufacturer, to prove that he had worked for them recently. The testimony of these witnesses did not make the case for the defendant any better, and he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labor. Among the civil cases were Martin v. Bascand, of the s.s. Waipara — A claim of L 9 3s 6d, for , coals supplied. The defendant paid L32s 6d into Court, but Mr Perkins, for the plaintiff, declined to accpt this as a settlement, and on the application of Mr Newton, for the defendant, an adjournment was granted for one week.— Crogan v. Sullivan— Claim for LI9OsGI for horse hire, &c. The plaintiff was nonsuited, as a copy of tbe bill of particulars was not attached to the summons. — Griffin v. Hungerford was a claim of L 6 12s 2d for work done on the Brunnerton railway line. The defendant did not appear, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict by default, with costs. Subsequently the defendant came into Court, and Mr Newton gave notice that he intended to apply for a re-heariDg of the case, as he had a good defence to the claim. A number of unimportant undefended cases were disposed of, and the Court adjourned. Mr J. T. Clarke, who styles himself " the Star of Tndia," gave a concert at the Volunteer Hall last evening. The attendance was very poor, and so also was the entertainment, as the " titar" can neither sing, act, or recite, all of which he attempted to do. The result was that a scene occurred which we do not believe ever before took place in Greymouth. Something passed close to the "Star's" head, the remains of which he picked up and proved to be a rotten egg. He stated that he had never been treated in such a manner before, and challenged the man who threw it to come and face him. Shortly afterwards another minature boomshell of a similar nature exploded on the stage, slightly disfiguring the scenery. The performance, which was one of the most amusing we have ever witnessed, was rather hurriedly brought to a close. The " West Coast Times" of the 22nd inst i

has the following :—" It is currently reported," says the "Reefton Courier, "_ "that a change is pending in the habitat oi some of the Resident Magistrates on the West Coast. Report says that a vacancy will shortly occur in the Magistrateship of Hokitika, and in that case the position will be offered to Dr (sile3, of Westport." The journal which gives forth the above statement does not state whether the report is authoritative, neither from what quarter the rumor is circulated. We should not be at all surprised, however, to hear of the first portion of the statement being confirmed, bat that the position would first be offered to Dr Giles, of Westport, we should very much doubt. Considering that we have in the Province, Warden Revell, in the first place, who is senior to Dr Giles as a Warden and Resident Magistrate, and to whom the appointment would be promotion we should surely think the offer would first be made in that direction. Then follows Warden Broad, of Reefton, and Warden Price, of Okarito, two gentlemen who have been much longer in the service of the General Government than Dr Giles. Perhaps the " Courier" will inform us on what authority the information has been received. It is notified in the Provincial " Gazette "' of Westland that Sergeant Moller has been appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Grey District j Constable Douglas to a similar office for the Hokitika District. We (" Times") regret to hear that Mr Birch, Clerk of the Bench at Stafford, met with an accident by which his arm was broken. Tuesday is the weekly sitting of the Resident Magistrate there, and Sergeant Blanc will be sent up to do temporary duty as clerk in Mr Birch's stead. At a public dinner recently held at Westport, Mr Dobson, the Provincial Engineer of Nelson, spoke of his own intimate knowledge of the vast coal deposits of the Buller district. From Mount Frederick he said lie had seen a face of coal extending a mile and a half in length and 20ft in depth. "No intelligence," says the "Register," "of the exact whereabouts of the Westland portion of the San Francisco mail has been wired through to Hokitika. It is probably, however, at Wellington, where it was left by the Luna, and may be likely sent down here by the first vessel leaving Wellington with, a cargo of Waimea water-pipes. The General Government has promptly paid over to the Province the sum of L 7294 193 9d, the payment of which was authorised by the Westland Loan Act Amendment Act of last session, which, sum represents the balance of the L 50 ,000 loan of the previous session, We also learn that a great portion of the money was as promptly disbursed from the local treasury in payment of outstanding claims. It would seem to be "hard times" at Westport recently, according to the following : —The steamer Go-a-Head arrived at Westport, on Monday last, with a cargo of cattle and sheep. This news will prove highly interesting to our (" Times ") readers, as the vessel's arrival will once more place our local fleshers in a position to supply the inhabitants of the district with fresh meat who, with few exceptions, have been trying to exist on bacon and preserves during the past fortnight. The following Ordinances passed by the Provincial Council, are assented to by the Superintendent of Westland on behalf of the Governor, intituled " The Education Ordinance, 1874 ;" " The Trespass and Impounding Ordinance, 1874 ;" " The Appropriation Ordinance, 1874;" and "The Bokitika Street Closing Ordinance, 1874," having been laid before the Governor, his Excellency has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance in respect of the same. A very welcome addition to harbor appliances arrived by the Tararua at Hokitika at Hokitika (according to tlia " West Coast Times," of 21st instant), in the shape of some Boxer rockets, short and long, complete with all the necessary primers, port fires and rocket staffs. These have been very kindly supplied by the Victorian Government to the Provincial Government of Westland, through the good offices of Captain M'Lean, of the Otago. They are procured from home by our Victorian neighbors, and are very expensive necessaries. Their value in cases of shipwreck can hardly be estimated, and in thousands of instances they have been the means of saving valuable lives in all parts of the world. This may readily be imagined when it is stated that they will carry a line to stranded vessel fully 800 yards, or very little short «f half a mile. Should they be needed here they will no doubt prove as effective as elsewhere, and the very fact of having them at hand is assuring. The thoughtfulness of Captain M'Lean, and the courtesy of the Victorian Government, deserve the best thanks of Westland in the matter. His Honor Judge Harvey during the recent sitting of the restrict Court at Hokitika, had occasion to make the following remarks, as reported by the "Register" about the " Tippling Act :"— "ln an appeal case from the decision of the Trustee in Bankruptcy, Judge Harvey gave rather an important ruling with reference to the right of publicans to recover for liquor sold in bottles. He said that the Tippling Act was for the purpose of preventing imposition by unscrupulous landlords, who, when a man 'stuckup' perhaps 2s 6d over-night, might bring him in a debtor to the amount perhaps of 15s. The Victorian Legislature had passed an Act with the same intention, but the quantity instead of being 20s worth was two gallons in that Act. But neither in England nor Victoria was the bottle license known. But here a publican's general license included also a bottle license, and it appeared to him that if the publican was by law entitled to sell a bottle of grog, he was also entitled to iecover for a bottle. He believed the Magistrate had given a different ruling, t> the effect that bottles came within the Tippling Act. He would, however, allow the claim, and, if the decision was appealed against, would be glad that the matter should be settled. The first ploughing match under the auspices of what is called the Westland Agricultural Assosiations came off on Saturday last on the farm of Mr Uharles Glass, Rokatahi. We are informed by the "Register" that, despite the unfavorable state of th 9 weather there was a numerous attendance, and a contiderable amount of interest taken in the day's proceedings. The ground having all been staked out two daye previously everything was ready when the competitors apppared on the ground to make a start. Nine of the ten entered came to the scratch. The absentee, Richard Mollinson, who is a resident in the New River district, having been unable to secure a team and plough, was compelled to become a spectator instead of making a competitor instead of taking a more ective part as a competitor. Great praise is due to the Stewards, Messrs Smith, dimming, and Graham, for the very able manner in which, they provided for and carried out the arrangements of the day, and everything passed off with the greatest decorum, and to the entire satisfaction of all parties. The following are the prize winners :— First prize, Mr Thomas Crough ; second prize, Mr Walter Williams, ploughman to Messrs Atkinson and Dawson; third piize, Mr Mchard Thomas, ploughman to Mr Thomas Harris ; fourth prize, Mr John Lang. Mr F. C. Tabart's Speoial Prize for best Fiering, Mr Richard Thomas. Mr G. W. Ualrymple's Prize for best-kept Harness, Mr Phillip Gaffney.

The great encouragement that the Stephenson and Bur >:ord Troupe have received during the last week in Hokitika, has determined them to proleng their stay for a few days, prior to proceeding to Greymouth. The coat of arms (says the Wellington "Tribune") of the New Zealand Shipping Company which is put on the stern of their vessels, represents a Maori and a missionary contemplating each other in a weird cannibalistic manner, which is by no means fascinating. "iEgles" supplies the following to the " Australasian ":— A friend of mine was at a bank counter the other day when a welldressed gentleman paid in a sheaf of various sized bank notes. " Gambling money," said the teller, "and won last night." " How can you tell ?" said my friend. "Smell them," said the teller. "I can always recognise the flavor of last night's Havannahs from notes won at loo ." The Wellington "Tribune states that it is a remarkable fact that on the night of the debate on Mr Vogel's Licensing Act Amendment Bill, there were more drinks sold at Bellamy's than on any other night of the session. The receipts were L 9 higher tnan they had been previously — a practical protest, we presume, by certain members against the views propounded to the House by the eloquent and earnest advocate of total abstinence. In the Supreme Court, Canterbury, the other day, his Honor Mr Justice Gresson, referrine; to cases in which persons gave credit without any reasonable expectation of their claiuis being met, said the only comfort he felt was, that they suffered for their indiscretion. In Ms opinion, creditors were as much to blame as those who went to them and contracted debts in this reckless manner, and failed, as a natural consequence, to meet their engagements, On the 7th June the Rev. J. C. Snow, of , Sau Francisco, chose " how to overcome obstacles " as his theme, and, having remarked that prayer was to be the first means, , said :— " The grocer should pray that he may give honest weight, the dry goods ■ dealer that he may deal out honest measure, 1 and, if a man is so unfortunate as to go to Congress, he should pray the Lord would ' help him against plundering the nations treasury. When a man is far gone in these 1 several directions, we fear that all the prayers of the righteous, much less his own, ' won't save save worth a cent." ' Mr James Tanner who does a little ' popular speaking at election times in Ken--1 dal. disposed of an ultra-Radical argument ! against royal dowries by reducing the ' question to "a pipe of tobacco": — "They [ were going to give the Duke of Edinburgh 1 25,000 a-year. That seemed a large sum ' but if they reckoned it up, they would find it cost exactly a pipe of tobacco per annum ; from every man that smokes in the three ■ kingdoms (Hear, hear, and laughter.) There b was not a single man who agreed with him E in the delightful habit of smoking, who, if i he wore to meet Prince Alfred on the road, , would not give him a pipe of tobacco." 5 (Laughter. i This is how Sir Hercules. Robinson, the • Governor of New South Wales, assists in ' " making up a book " : — There is a good yarn i going about Sydney in re the Very tfev. Canon Smith. When his Excellency the 3 Governor was at the Bathurst races some 5 weeks ago, he came across the Canon. 1 " Making up a book, Canon ?" said Hercules. 1 ' Yes, " said Barnaby, ' ' here it is. " Hercules - looked and admired. It was a subscription i list for the addition to the new cathedral. 1 " Put me down for a tenner !" said Hercules. 1 "Done," Barnaby. Up comes Mr Eales. 3 "Going in?" said Horcules. "Yes, your • "Excellency," said Eales. "Put him down for two tenners !" said Hercules. " Done," said the Canon ; and it was done ; and so , t were Hercules and Eales. ; The following is from the Marlborough I "Express" of the 12th inst.:— "One of j those neighborly acts of kindness towards a 1 new comer to a district, which have made ' New England famous, took place in this • vicinity the other day, and deserves to be ■ placed on record, if for no other reason than l it is worthy of imitation, and an example [ to be followed in all sparsely populated L countries more especially. It appears that i aMr Allan has taken Mr M'Lauchlan's farm ■ on the Renwick old road, and his neighbors ' turned out en masse and gave him a day's 1 ploughing. Our informant is the recipient ' of the favor, who deeply appreciated it, and I requested us to note the circumstance, adding I thereto his grateful thanks. He added such , econiums upon the quality of the work, that 1 we shall feel bound to go and look at it for '. ourselves. ! That curiosity the passion flower was first 1 discovered, in the Brazils, and its wonders ; were soon proclaimed to Christian kingdoms : as representing the passions of our Lord, whence its present appellation. The leaves 1 were said exactly to resemble the spear that pierced our Saviour's side, the cords that 1 bound His hands, and the whips that scoarged Him; The ten petals are the twelve apostles, Judas having betrayed, and Peter deserted. The pillar in the centre was the r eros's on the tree, the stamens the hammers, the styles, the nails, the inner circle about the central pillar the 1 crown of thorns, and the radiations the glory ; the white in the flower the emblem of purity, and blue the type of Heaven. In ' the Passiflora also drops of blood are seen on the cross or tree- The flower keeps open three days, and then disappears, denoting the Resurrection. An inquiry touching the death of a young woman, named Agnes Morratt, a recent arrivalfby one of the immigrant ships, was held at the Hospital, on the 14th inst., before Dr Coward, district coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr Thomas Purdie was selected foreman. The evidence went to show that deceased was engaged by Mr Andrew, of Green Park, at the barracks last week, and was taken to his farm, where she at once began to conduct herself in a very strange manner. On Friday night she was heard to make use of odd language, in a rambling manner, and next morning she was missed from the house. A search being made, she was found with the upper part of her in a tub of water, and her feet in the air, life being quite extinct. A verdict was returned to the effect that deceased committed suicide while temporarily insane. There is nothing like advertising, and the Government seem to be fully aware of the fact. The right of advertising at railway stations, and in railway carriages in this Colony, is to be let by tender, and tenders for the s©le right of advertising on the lines constructed, or about to be constructed, are being now called for. It is to be hoped (says the " N T ew Zealand Times") that sufficient attention will be paid to the preservation of the appearance of the stations, in ke-ping with something like good taste and seemliness. To judge by recent specimens from Auckland, there seems to be a disposition, even on the part of newspaper proprietors, to convert their sheets into posters and handbills, and there is a possibility that, without some exercise of taste, our railway stations and the interior of our railway carriages may he made offensive to the eye, while being legitimately used as media for the information of the public as to the merits of the newest form of sewing-machine, the most piquant sauce, and the most life-prolonging pill. A match at football was recently played at Kelson between , fifteen of .the. crew and officers of H. M.S. Blanche and a like number

of Nelson players. The latter were victorious. The "Colonist" remarks on the match:— "The sailors throughout played pluckily and well, and in 'following up' gave our players a lesson well worthy of imitation. A great number of scrimmages took place, partly in consequence of the neat way the sailors had of stopping a player attempting to run. They had themselves peculiar ideas of the relative effects of concussion and rebound, for generally when a sailor charged a landsman he would, if resisted, cannon off his nearest neighbor, and with him come to ground. With the exception of an unpleasant blow on the head, received by an officer belonging to the Blanche, no accident occurred, and through- ( out the game* was played with the utmost good temper. On leaving the ground cheers were given for the visitors and heartily returned." The necessity of paying more attention to ths development of our mineral wealth, especially coal and iron, has often been referred to, but still there does not seem to be much interest manifested in these important undertakings. Last year iron was imported into the colony to the value of L 514.004, and coal to nearly L 200.000, or, together, over L 700,000. The consumption of iron in the colony will steadily increase, but the present demand for that article shows that a very extensive market is already open for the local manufacture. Coal we have in abundance, and ironstone too, and they only require the application of capital and labor to bring them to light, to turn i them not only to profitable account, but [ make them the means of creating large centres of population, which in turn will become large consumers of agricultnral and othfir produce. To show how extensive ironworks create large centres of population, it is only necessary to point out those at Creuzot, in Flanders, where in the course of thirty years they have gathered a population of 25,000 around them ; and those of Messrs Krupp and Co., at Essen, in Prussia, have no fewer than 35,000 people. The Wellington " Posb " is responsible for the following : — " Wanted, a Cabinet Minister. Must understand the Department of Justice. No North Island man need apply," We should not be at all surprised to see some such, advertisement in the Government organ some of these days, under the Royal arms, and signed "Wm. H. Reynolds, Acting Premier." It is understood that this gentleman is to be the nominal head of the Ministry during Mr Vogel'* absence, and that then* is a great desire to get a good man to undertake the portfolio of Justice. A seat in either House is not essential, as, of course, one can always be provided in the Council. It is said that an offer of the situation was recently made to a Southern Resident Magistrate, but respectfully declined. It would have been strange to have had one Minister of Justice transferred into a Resident Magistrate, and then the reverse process gone through by a Resident Magistrate being transformed into a Minister of Justice. However, the offer was declined, a seat in the Legislative Council and in the Cabinet not offering sufficient inducement for the abandonment of a less prominent but more comfortable and permanent position Amongst suitable men there is said to exisl a very evident disinclination to join the Ministry under existing circumstances. For some weeks past (says the "Posb' r the Wellington police have been troubled by a kind of Will o' the Wisp, in the shapf of a man named John Albert Halbitter, alias Hans Nisen, alias Kohn, &c. He was severally heard of at Palmerston, Foxton, Masterton, and all the other up-countrj townships, and everywhere he went he victimised some on 3. either by means oi valueless cheques or by stealing horses, No sooner where the police informed of his doings in any one place than he disappeared there, to re-appear somewhere else under a fresh alias. A few days ago he victimised several hotel-keeperi in the city by means of forged cheques, pro fessing to be drawn by Mr Monrad of the Manawatu. One police officer is said to have ridden over 100 miles in pursuit of this in dividual, and no fewer than four warrantstwo for horse-stealing and two for forgeryhave been out for him for some time, and to-day Sergeant Price succeeded it effecting a clever capture. Mr Halbitter was ju3t on the eve of accompanying two ladj friends to the Hutt in a private carriage hired by himself, when his career was cut short by being arrested and his fair friends had to return disconsolate to their homes. He came out as servant to Mr Fergusson, A.D C, in the Jubilee. The proprietors of the Theatre Royal, at Melbourne, in addition to the precautions already take nto prevent fire, have had a large bell placed on the roof of the building, having a communicating wire leading to the stage, where the simple touching of a spring will set the bell in motion, and thus create an alarm that can be heard alTover the city. In addition to this the man in charge has been furnished with one of Sullivan's smoke respirators, so that in ths event of a fire breaking out on the premises he can in an instant fix the respirator on, and at once, in defiance of the smoke, proceed to the immediate vicinity of the fire. While on this subject it may be mentioned that Messrs Banks Brothers, Bell, and Co., Sargood and Sons, M'Naughton, Love, and Co., and most other leading merchants of Melbourne, have provided themselves with, these respirators, and that the M. and H. B. Railway Company has ordered six of them ; so that in case of spontaneous combustion, or the outbreak of fire in the goods sheds, the exact spot may be reached at once. More especially are these repirators usef al in cases of spontaneous combustion, where there must be much smoke and but little fire at the coinmeucement, and where, by their means, the fire may be reached and extinguished before it has time to obtain a hold. We recently announced that a carpenter ha I been brought before the Court in Dunedin for working on the Lord's Day. In dismissing the defendant, because it was the first case of the kind that had been brought before him, the Magistrate said - "I believe that, physiologically, a man could not work 363 days out of the year, and that it is possitively necessary, in order for proper working during the six days, that the seventh should be a day of rest. That has been proved over and over again, and in short, the same thing has been proved in regard to the limitation of hours of labor. I have no doubt whatever, from what has come before me iv this Colony, that men do more work in this Colony during the eight hours than their brothers in England do, where they are bound to slave for ten hours, and in the same way we can get the sams labor done in six days, without trespassing upon the seventh. It lias been found necessary to curb the selfishness and greed of persons who" would; not scruple to set the law at defiance for the sake )f gain. Now, having satisfied that the jolicy of this enactment is good in itself, and seneßcial in its operation as regards the workneri of the Colony, I am of opinion that the aw is one of those which are applicable to his Colony. I cannot in my own mind see yhat peculiarity there is in New Zealand that Idr working men should be compelled to rork seven days in the week. His Worship pent on to state Judge jDhnston's opinion on he subject as given in his Alphabetical Mgest, in which the Statute was considered uitft applicable. . to this. Colony. The case eing the first' of the kind, he would allow he information to be •withdrawn., Mrßar>n asked that it be .dismissed, which His Pbrsliip admitted." :