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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1044, 16 June 1871, Page 2

In the Resident Magistrate's Oouvt this morning, Thomas Bowes was charged with unlawfully leaving his dray on the road. Fined 10s.— William Adams was Charged with having, on the sth March, at Te Harotq, supplied, two glasses of rum to certain constables*, not having the necessary permit. Mr Stedman appeared for the accused, who pleaded not guilty. Samuel Cook, Albert Winterbura, and John Hynes, privates in the Armed Constabulary, were examined and deposed that ihey had, on the sth March, gone to defendant's dairy and called for a glass of rum each. The liquor was given them in milk. They did not pay, because the defendant al ready had an account against them J. D. Ormond, Esq , Geneial Government Agent, deposed that he had never given the defendant any permit. Sub Inspector Not croft, James Johnson, canteen keeper, and James Jamieson, a constable, were examined, but threw little light on the case. Mr Wilson addressed the Court for the prosecution, saying that the case had been

clearly proved. Mr Stedman said that no attempt had been made to show that defendant; was in the habit pf selling Uqiiqr, nor that he had done so on more than this one occasion. He considered that the case should be dismissed with a warning. Decision reserved till to morrow. — Steevens and B.eagley v. Thompson. A claim of ,£l2 for building a chimney. Defendant objected that the work had not been properly done. The plaintiffs said this objection had not been previously raised. Judgment for amount claimed and 19s coats. — Meihana v R. Jeff ares. A claim for a horse sold at a pound sale, alleged to be wrongly described. Adjourned.

We (Marlborough Express, June 3) learn that a suit for a divorce has been commenced in which more than one of the inhabitants of this locality are interested, and that some singular disclosures a,s to the domestic habits of a certain female once resident here, are likely to tianspire. A Melbourne contemporary says : One of the most remarkable instances of good fortune in mining is that of a Sandhurst resident who, some time ago ; accepted six shares in a now wellknown company, in satisfaction of a doubtful debt of <£4s. He has justsold one ot the six for .£3,000, and at this rate his cheaply acquired interest is worth £IB,OOO.

The hitherto unrivalled .skeletons of the Canterbury museum have been thrown into the shade by recent discoveries. The Lyttelton Times says that the Moa skeletons brought from Glenmark station by Mr Fuller, of the Museum, have been articulated, and will be placed in the Museum in the cour.-e of a few days. The tallest of the .skeletons stands about eleven feet six inches high, which is considerably more than any of the other specimens of the same bird in the Museum.

A company is to be started in Lyt telton for the manufacture of salt by the evaporation of seawater.

The New Zealand Herald says :- -The recent melancholy accident to George Ritchie, Esq , illustrates the advantage of life insurance. The deceased gentleman, we are informed, about three months ago effected an insurance on his life for £I,OOO in the Australian Mutual Insurance Company. In Queensland attention is being turned to the manufacture of castor oil, with, according to the Queenslander, encouraging results. " Apropos of the effects of a diet of ltorseliesh," says a Parisian correspondent of an evening contemporary, *' excise is being found for the National Guards who ran away at Creteil, on the plea that they had lately been fed exclusively off racehorses." The Wellington Independent says : It has been the custom lately to gauge the civilisation of a period or place by the amount of attention and respect shown to the fairer and weaker sex. By this measurement New Zealand should occupy a foremost place in the estimation of those who would hold up the banner of women's rights. Formerly lady visitors to the Parliament Houses of New Zealand had to put up with a veritable box, and although wanting the latticed bars of the Ladies' Gallery in the English House of Commons was nearly as objectionable, as so very few could obtain sitting room. This session, however, will show a difference. Where formerly there was bare room for coffee and crochet, ladies might now with a little co-opera-tive ingenuity produce a sort of New Zealand Bayeux tapestry, The gallery is to be extended as far as the reporter's gallery. As the ballot has banished many of the orators of the House this session, it is to be hoped that the ladies will not seek to fill the vacuity in the eloquence of the room below, as the re porters might be bothered under the circumstances.

With reference to the Caledonian mine the Thames correspondent of the Daily Southern Gross, under date June 12, supplies the following :—The total return for the fortnight is declared at 14.189 ozs. 3 dwt. of melted gold. This although less than the yield of the preceding fortnight, is an astonishing yield —such a one, indeed, only to be obtained from the Caledonian, of any of the mines in the world.

Mr Cronise, of San Francisco, recommends burned onions for the markets of the Pacific, and describes the product as part of the Datural riches of California and as California and New Zealand resemble each other very closely in regard: to soil, climate, and in other respects, what is good for the one must be good for the other. Mr Cronise says Jbajt, the. French make a great improvemeutTn the onion by torrifying it ami flattening it so as to resemble in shape and pack like the... fig. Burned canons are now in general use all over Europe, and no gravy or soup is complete without the peculiar flavour and colouring they impart. The peculiarpungency which the natural onion has, leaving a long-sustained unpleasantness, on the taste, is entirely removed, ami certain new combinations are effected by : the chemistry of the oven which commend it in this shape to every taste,, while the natural flivor is well preserved, in a subdued condition. They are put up. in packages of the same form and are a source of considerable traffic. It is for home use, for ship stores, and for the markets of the Pacific that we recommend this mode of preparing the onion, The French mode can only be. judged by its appearance. It is black; and quite flat, and seems to have been, placed in well-heated ovens, probably under pressure, and that the time required for this purpose is short. This passage ought to be suggestive to our onion-, growers, and lead some of them to find a> profitable way of preparing their crops, for market,

Leigh Hunt concludes an essay on. marriage as follows : —'- There is no one. thing more lovely in this life, more full of the divine courage, than when a young maiden, from her past life, from her happy childhood, when she rambled over every field and moor around her home ; when a mother anticipated her wants and soothed her little cares ; when her brothers and sisters grew from merry playmates to loving, trustful friends j from Christmas gatherings and romps, the summer festivals in bower or garden ; from the rooms sanctified by the deaih of relatives ; from the secure backgrounds of her childhood, and girlhood, and maidenhood, looks out into the dark unilluminated future away from all that, and yet unterrified, undaunted, leans her fair cheek upon her lover's breast, and, whispers, ' Dear heart! I cannot see, but I believe. The past was beautiful, but the future I can trust—rwith thee {' "

The Court of Exchequer Chamber lately decided that it is negligence on the part of a railway company if they so construct their line that any considerable space is left between the carriages and the edge of the platform. In a case wherein the plaintiff recovered XLSOO, they ordered the verdict of the jury to, stand.

At the North Shields Police Court, Mr Ralph Turubull, a member of the school board of that town, was lately found guilty of having influenced voters, at the school board election by treating them to drink at a public-house. He was fined 5s and costs, and deprived of the franchise for seven years.

We (Southern Cross) are sorry to hear of the serious illness of Mr R. W. Wynn, We understand that his illness has arisen from an accident that occurred to the learned gentleman lust week at the North Shore, and which, though painful at the time, was not considered likely to. be attended with any serious consequences. Mr Wynn was going on board the ferry steamer Devonport t*t the new wharf, when the unfortunate accident occurred. The raorniug had been wet, and the bridge of the steamer was in consequence slippery. The gangway, which Das a rail for either hand, was reaching from the wharf to the steanier, and, in consequence of the tide being very low, was at a very steep iueliue. On Mr Wynu getting on the upper eud of the gangway and proceeding a step or two, the lower end slipped on the wet boards, and the gangway fell with a great crash on the bridge, precipitating Mr Wynn forward on his knees on the gangway with much violence. The learned gentleman was. assisted by the bystanders to t,l.ie deck below; and, on reaching Queen-street Wharf, he had so far revived as to be able to proceed to his office and attend to. business. Since then he has felt the effects of the severe shock received, and, we regret to say, is now confined to his, bed.

A maniacal motion was made by Alderanan Bayles recently at a meeting of the Melbourne City Council. The worthy .alderman considers that the mayor of a large city like Melbourne should be supplied with a chain of office, as is the custom iu English cities, and he accordingly moved that a sum of .£l5O be appropriated for the purchase of an official chain, the number of links to correspond with the number of gentlemen who have already passed the may oral chair, and an additional link to be added yearly. The motion was characterised as ridiculous by some of the councillors, and before much discussion had taken place the motion was shelved by the adjournment of the Council. A farewell tea meeting in honor of the total abstainers of H.M.'s s. Rosario, given by the Auckland Baud of Hope Union, took place at the Parnell JJall on Monday evening, June 12. There was a large attendance, the hall beiug crowded to excess. The annual meeting of the Home Mission Society in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, was held in Auckland o.n the 12th inst. An interesting annual report was read by the Rev. Mr Lawry, #nd a satisfactory financial statement was read Mr Shera, both of which were adopted. From the remarks jof two of the speakers it seems an effort js being made to establish jn Auckland " midnight meetings," which has been so succesfuily carried on for several years at ftome for the purpose of reclaiming fallen -women. The Sultan of Turkey has sent a carpet value. 4 jajfc SIO,OOO for one room of the Presidential Mansion, Washington, as a present tp the American people. The body of Alexander of the three fishermen drowned at the Thames during a heavy gale on the 28th May—was found at Cooper's Creek on the J2th jnst., and to Grahams town the same night. An iuguest was to i»e held on the 13. h inst.