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Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2045, 26 February 1875, Page 2

An influentially signed requisition to Mr Chas. Holder, inviting him to stand as a candidate for the representatition of the Middle Ward in the Bortiugh Council, was presented to that gentleman yesterday, to which he has replied, expressing his willingness to comply with the request. Intending passengers to Eokitika will observe that the s.s. Waipara will leave for that port to-day, at 11 a.m. It is stated that measles has broken out amongst children at Westport. In the Government " Gazette " of the 18th inst, it is notified that Mr W. J. Rndd has been appointed Agent for the Industrial Branch of the Government Insurance for the West Coast Pioneer Lodge Independent Order of Good Templars, and Dr Morice, Medical Referee. At Onehunga the entire community is said to he in the hands of measles and slow fever. I%a Parnell school the whole of the children are laid up with the measles. The number of Miners' Rights, issued to Chinese in Westland for the year 1874 was in all 874 ; issued as follows :— Greymouth, 56 ; Clifton, 223 ; Maori Gully, 63 ; Greenstone, 187 ; Stafford, 274 ; Kanieri, %2; andTotara, 39. Last night the Grey mouth Rifle Bangers assembled at adjutant's parade, at the Volunteer Hall, under their new Captain— Captain Revell. There was a good muster, and after the company fell in at open order, Volunteer John Brogan was called to the front, and presented by Captain Revell with a handsome silver watch, forwarded through Colonel Reader, the effioer commanding the Wellington district, on behalf of the members of the Wellington Artillery Corps, with which Volunteer Brogan had long been associated, as a mark of their personal esteem and their appreciation of his efficiency in drill during the many years he had been a member of the Corps. Captain Revell, in making the presentation, said it was gratifying to him t > have such a, member in his company, and he hoped that Volunteer Brogan would long live to wear his laurels and the esteem of his companions in arms. Tiie company was was then marched out, a*-d put through various manoeuvres in the oj. ri frir very satisfactorily. After re-assemVag at the Hall, it was announced than the 6 : ng for the District Prizes would cocne off a Saturday at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. Se^on ne ■ members were elected, and the uniform ri the company was fixed upon — grey, with soar Jet facings. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Ahaura, yesterday, before C. Broad, Esq., the Road Board cases cam 3 in alphabetical order. The case, J. W. Jones, Chairman of the Ahaura Local Revenues Board v. George Bidgood to recover L 2, the amount of the rate levied on the defendant's property, was taken as a test case. Mr Staite appeared for the Board and Mr Newton for the defendant. The evidence of the plaintiff, the present Secretary to the Boird, and the Assessor, was taken for the Board, and that of Messrs Corbett and Maguire, the members for the Grey Valley in the Nelson Provincial Council, and who were" elected members of the Board for No Town without their consent, for the defence. These witnesses denied that they considered themselves members of the Board, and entirely ignored the proceedings of the Board. Mr Newton moved for a nonsuit en the ground— First, that the rate was a nullity, because it was not levied by a legally constituted Board j and also on the ground that the Act constituting the Board does not make provision for the recovery of rates. His Worship reserved his decision for a week to abide the result. The decision in this case will be taken as settling some sixty or seventy others. An inquest was held on Thursday by the Coroner at the Hokitika Asylum touching the d,eath of William Crossley, a patient in the Asylum. The evidence of the keeper, of an assistant, and of Dr Dermott was taken, from which it appeared that the deceased was admitted to the Asylum from Greymouth on the Bth February, 1874. On the 18th of the present month, Dr Derroott observed a large carbuncular appearance on the lip of the deceased. On the 19th, erysipelas set in, which spread over the face and throat, resulting in death on Tuesday night. Every possible attention was paid to the deceased by Dr Dermott and officers of the Asylum. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, that the cause of death was "phlegmonous erysipelas." The deceased was supposed to be about 50 years old. The harvest of all kinds of cereals is remarkably good in the Wakatip district this season. The "Lyell Argus" says :— " Disgusted with the apathy of the public in a matter so vital as the discovery of the run of alluvial gold which is known to exist in Manuka Flat, a private party have taken the matter into their own hands and are pushing on their explorations from the point were Messrs Zanetti and others left off. Another old colonist in the person of Mr William Hay, M.P.C., died the other day at Auckland. The deceased gentleman had long resided at Woodstock, Papakura, and was nvich esteemed by a circle of friends^ Mr Hay had reached the green age of (seventy. The "Tuapeka Times" says that mining operations at the Blue Spur are in full swing, both in the tunnelling and sluicing claims. The r^orth of Ireland party have about twenty hands employed, and aro driving their machine night and day. The Nelson Company are similarly employed, an< both on the Gabriel's and Muuro's sic 1 , ot the Spur the clank of the stampers is now unceasing, Sundays cxc pted. The Ot.igo Company will commence crushing as soon as I

their battery is completed. Wages at thjb Spur are now 10s per day, and a few good hands, who understand underground work, can find steady employment, although several have already been taken on by the Nelson and North of Ireland Company. By a fire at Spring Grove, Nelson, the house of Mr Stephen Leaker, with its furniture, and L2O in cash, was completely deBtroyed. From Anatori, Nelson, it is reported that the rf-ef has been struck at a lower level with excellent prospects, the stone being exceedingly rich, and a good yield is anticipated. The Colb'ngwood district is said to be assuming quite a different aspect owing to the briskness with which the work is being carried on at the coal mine, where between forty and fifty men are at work. The "Colonist" predicts that unless the put v yors of meat extend the area from which they draw supplies, consumers at Nelson and on the Coast must expect, when the grass feed begins to fail, to pay 30 to 40 per cent, more for their chops and steaks than they do at present . The quartz crushed at the Thames from January 17 to February 21 amounted to 5978 tons yielding 78530z of gold, showing an increase over the previous month of 3248 tons and 46400z of gold. The wind blew down a partially chopped tree on February 17, at the Moa block, Taranaki In its fall the tree struck a tent, thereby killing one man and seriously injuring three others. The man killed (James Wallis) and his mates were married men, who arrived from England a few weeks since in the ship Avalanche. '.■:.. n The Melbourne papers report that thirty tonß of stone from the Central Company's claim, Ea^lehawk reef, Tarrengower, have given "the very superb yield of 441£0z of retorted, gold." The streets at the newly-surveyed township of Hector in the Province of Nelson, are named suggestively, if not appropriately, thus :— Curtis, Pitt, Shapter, Hall, Eae, Boase, Ivess, Corbett, and Field streets. Such is fame— of a sort; Three men arrived at New Plymouth the other day, having walked overland from Auckland via Waikato, Raglan, and Makau. They saw Te Rooii at Mokau, who sent a guide to show them the road. The natives were vary friendly, and supplied them with foed. There appeared to be no difficulty in travelling that way, and the natives made no objection. A number of boats, says the Thames "Evening Star," in a recent issue, left the Shortland wharf on Friday evening, laden with tents, provisions, &c, for Ohinemuri. Some persons are evidently preparing for the; promised opening within a prescribed time. Uninterested persons could scarcely imagine the unsettled state to which all Thames people heve been reduced by the budding prospects of the bloom of this golden rose. Everybody is on the gui vive. Shortland, on Friday evening, presented a picture which could be likened unto nothing save a Vanity Fair. We learn from the local papers that the Resident Magistrate at Christchurch has decided that where twenty-four hours' notice of the intention of a defendant to sign a consent to judgment, or to pay in the whole of the sum sued for, has not been given, the usual fee will be allowed to the solicitor for the plaintiff. The " Colonist" of the 20th insfc. saya .— Some attempt is to be made to connect the West Coast with the settled districts by way of Wangapeka. A survey party will leave Nelson on Monday next, with instructions to explore for and lay out a road between the Wangapeka and the Karamea Plains. It is expected that an easy road will be found by way of the Mokihinui river, thence down the Little Wauganui river. This route should shorten the distance from Nelson to the West Coast by fifty miles at least, and open up new country. The " Lyttelton Times " of February 16, infornis us that on the Christchurch City Council on the preceding evening on opening " tenders for the cartage of rubble," several of the letters thus marked turned out to be valentines le iicated to the Mayor land Councillors Calvert and Gapes. Each valentine produced great merriment. The " cabbies " are supposed to know something about them. Mr E. M. Smith and others have been travelling Maori-fashion up the Mokau river, Taranaki We learn from the " Budget," of February 16, that with a break here and the.c, coal could be traced by them along the river for miles The coal was in beds between 30ft and 40ft thick, and Bteamersof the size of the Wellington can go almost near enough to the banks to have the coal thrown on board. Limestone and minerals more prizi d by white men than coal or iron. wnr« open to the eye without need for sea eh. The Maoris were very friendly to the party. Yet news of another mishap on the Charleston road. On Saturday, Mr S. Nicbolls, of the Half-way House was helping Mr BuUer to round up some cattle, but his saddle suddenly slipped and caused him to fall while his horse was going at' full speed. I ' falling he broke his leg, but is progressing favorably. Latest reports from the Mokihinui state that the work at the Halcyon machine site is progressing without a break. The wheel pit is finished and the contractors are now blasting a race to carry the water off. \ The mining manager with some hands are about to renew work in the mine. Three or four prospectors have come through from the Lvell. well supplied with provisions and necessaries, and they intend prospeting in the vicinity of Maori and ftouuh aud' Tumble Creeka, Arrangements have been made for boating on the Mokihinui river at reduced rates. , , The Wellington " Post " says :—• •" The Maori, Nuteue (Newton), convicted of the murder of a native girl named Henrietta, at Otakei, by breaking her neck, was executed at Auckland to-day (February 19). Since his condemnation he has been very callous, aud remarked when the gallows was commenced, "Kapai;" but yesterday he was very dejected An improved form of gallows prevented any hitch, and the wretched man died without a struggle. He maint ined his innocence to the last. The most objectionable feature at the execution was the appearance of the hangman, who, owing the recognition of the local Calcraft on a previous occasion and his consequent expulsion from a Good Templar Lodge, this time assumed a most hideous disguise, with a long painted mask and slouch hat, with a pocket handkerchief hung round to conceal the color of his hair, and he had generally a most diabolical and repulsive appearance."

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