Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1271, 12 March 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1872.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning (before H. B. Sealy, Esq., {3. G. Brandon, Esq., J.P., and Robert Stuart, Esq., J.P.) the licence of the Pakipaki Hotel was transferred from Mr H. C. Robjohns to Mr. J. J. Kelly ; sureties, H. C. Robjohns and N. Williams. —Mrs Cleary applied to be protected against the ill treatment to which she was subjected by her husband. As hhe failed to make out hei- case, the ap plication was dismissed. Peacock, Smith and Co. v. Tatton.—-Claim of «£8 17s 4d on a dishonored order.— Judgment by default for the amount claimed, with 13s costs. Rymer v. Dempsey.-—A claim of ,£5, damages caused to plaintiffs coach by defendant's negligent driving. Mr M'lntyre appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Lee for the defendant, A good many witnesses were examined in this case, and on the main points their evidence was conflicting. On Monday, March 4, the plain tiff was driving his coach into town from Meanee, having eight passengers, six of whom were ladies. Defendant was. behind him, without any passengers. At a narrow part of the road plaintiff'dvew up his coach to allow a passenger to alight, and at the same time the pole of defendant's coach, which was close behind, van into plaintiff's coach, smashing the door, and doing other damage. Plaintiff contended that though the road was narrow, he was close to the left hand side, and there was room for the defendant to have passed, and he also stated that when he pulled up he bad no idea that the defendant was so near.—The defendant stated that before the collision he shouted to plaintiff to give him a little more room that he ruight pass, and that instead of doing so, plaintiff had once taken the middle of the road. He also stated that plaintiff stopped quite unexpectedly, without giving notice of his intention.— The case having been gone into at great length, on both sides, his Worship said that the collision was evidently entirely accidental; and the only question was whether tbe defendant had been guilty of negligenca in keeping so close behind the plaintiff The blame appeared to him. to attach to Rymer, in neglecting to give the usuhl signal of his intention to pull up,—Judgment for the defendant. Barry v. Dempsey.—Claim of £l2 5s lOd for goods delivered. There was a dispute about one or two small Stems only, the sum of Jgll 12s 6d having already been paid into Court.— Judgment for amount claimed, and 23s costs,

The Canterbury Press urges the tornation of a deep-sea fishing qompany ia Qhristchurciu

The outward mails for Europe, America, &c, via San Francisco, vnll be forwarded hence on or about Mondaynext, 18tk inst. Acoording to the time-table, the mail leaves Auckland on Thursday, 21st inst Our contemporary, the Nelson Ex aminer, to-day completes its thirtieth year, having been established on the 12th March, 1842. Examiner is now the oldest newspaper in New Zealand, and is one of the most ably and consistently conducted. Jt has outlived papers which have in their day appeared more firmly established—the New Zealander and New Zealand Spectator, for instance—and the principal cause is no doubt to be found in its well-known consistency and independence, qualities in which many of its contemporaries have been, and still are, noticeably deficient. The possible creation of another billet, if not of more than one, is foreshadowed by the Wellington Independent in a recent article. Referring to the proposition to take promissory notes from assisted immigrants for the payment of their passage money, the Independent says —" No doubt there is a strong objection to the creation of a large class of State debtors which this system is likely to result in. It i« often productive of serious political consequences, and, judging by past experience, the liabilities are seldom paid. But the difficulty might be got over by the creation of a non-political Immigration Board or Commissioner, whose duties should be clearly defined, and discharged as any other public trustee is expected to discharge his."

Tbe Dunedin Evening Star has been endeavoring to pour oil on the troubled waters of insular jealousy. This is what it says : —"The two islands form one colony, and are likely to do so till the end of time. It cannot, therefore, be to the interest of one island to allow the other to remain a barren, undeveloped wilderness. Rather is it our interest to make the North a productive estate as speedily as possible. Those who pander to local prejudices, and take advantage of ignorance '.o raise the cry that the people of the South are robbed for the benefit of the North, are no true friends of the province or of the colony. Unity is sure to be strength in this as in most other like cases.

The present days are prolific in changes, and particularly so, perhaps, iu all matter* which affect locomotion. When Brunei first started the Great Western Railway, with its broad guage, he little dreamt that the time would soon come ere that guage would be pronounced too costly and cumbersome for general use, and that it would be gradually dispossessed by the narrower gunge. After a trial of some 30 years, the Great Western Company is gradually doing away with its original guage, and coming into comformity with that of its neighbors. Perhaps, ere long, even the narrow guage will be found too broad, for there ate even now signs that a2it guage -villbetheaccepted roadway of future engineers. A proposal is on foot to make a complete railway system of the 2ft. guage through the mountain districts of North Wales, which shall adapt, itself to the sides of ilib hills, and require neither tunnels nor viaducts. Such a line is in existence already, between the slate quarries of Festiniog and Port Madoc, and does wonders in the way of traffic at an exceedingly small expense. There is very little doubt but that such lines will as a general rule be infinitely more useful and paying than lines on a larger scale. Did you hear of that chap who attended the sale of a hotel, recently in a town in Ohio ? He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he stood up and bid boldly, <c Twenty-eight thousand dollars." Itwas knocked down to him; and, when the question was asked, " who is the purchaser?" this audacious si'amp replied, "The Pennsylvania Kail road." Of course, he was not in person required to put up the money from an imperial buyer like that, whereby lie was able, in the course of a couple of days, to sell the whole to another party, for $.35,0,00, and clear the difference.

The Empress Dowager of Brazil has freed all her personal slaves.