THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 17, 18 May 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1877.

Nearly the whole of Wednesday's sitting of the Distriot Court was taken up .with the hearing of an application to place the name of Louis Davies upon the list of contributories of the Sir Julias Togel Company, as the holder of 1250 shares. The facts of the ease were, shortly, that the Legal Manager of the Company, Mr Davies, originally held 1000 shares therein. Shortly before difficulties came upon j the Company Mr Daviea transferred 750 of his shares to one Charles Bobertson. Bobertsoa seems to have accepted the shares only temporarily, for subsequently Mr Davies re»transferred them from Bobertson to Thomas Cooney. Mr Button, who appeared for the liquidator, commented rather freely upon the nature of the whole transaction, and speaking in reference to the transfer itself, said that when the fountain is foul the stream whioh carries the water must be polluted to its extreme delivery. The sittings of the District Court, were continued yesterday. Several bankruptcy eases still remain to be discharged from the list. The first case gone into yesterday was an application by the liquidator to place the name of B. ID. Gullice, upon the list of contributories of the Sir Julius Yogel Company, in respect to 600 shares originally held by him, and whioh he transferred to the com* pany. Upon the conclusion of the hearing his Honour reserved judgment. The applioa* tion to remove the name of James Clinton from the list of contributories of the same company was again renewed and additional evidence tendered on behalf of the applioant. In the matter of the appeal ease of Williams v. Shaw, the costs were assessed at £9 2s. to be paid by the appellant. One or two other matters were disposed of, and the Court rose. A full report of the proceedings of yesterday's I Court will appear in our sezt issue. In the District Court, yesterday, Mr Pitt, counsel for the defendant in the case of Williams v. Shaw, moved under the 221 st section of the District Courts Act for leave to proceed on a judgment of the Court for costs incurred in the suit named. Ha said that th c plaintiff, on the conlusion of the hearing of tho case in the District Court when judgment was given against him, subsequently lodged notice of appeal, and a ease having been agreed upon, it was forwarded for argument ia the Supreme Court at Nelson. The case was subsequently remitted for argument* to Wellington but in the interim he (Mr Pitt) had received notice from the appellants solicitor of the abandonment of the appeal. Mr £}taite who appeared for the appellant, said that the facts were as stated by Mr Pitt, and the appeal had been abandoned. His Honor said that it was in one sense gratifying to him to hear that the proceedings had been brought to a close, but fa another sense he almost regretted that the matter had not gone for determination by the Supreme Court. When a judge's decesion was questioned, it was perhaps best that it should be put to the proper test. However, ; it was perhaps well that counsel upon arrtv- ! ing at the conclusion that there really was no grounds for appeal should withdraw, and so save unnecessary expense, Mr Mansforll, (says the Otago Daily Times), gave a clear exposition of what he considered the duty of a Magistrate when, during the hearing of the charge of a3sr,u'.t against Richard Wi'son suggested an inspection of the place where the assault was committed—" If you* Wovsbiu would comlescend to Tisit the place," remarked the sergei nt. M Jfo condescension," smartly replied the Bench, "'tis part of my duty, and we will visit the placo at once." Mr Oeorge Fawcott Rows and Miss Kate Grant, were recently unarrt-d hi Canada* Mrs Bowe was interviewed by a reporter of the Sun, when she mado the following singular statement: — "I regard Mr Kowe morons a father than any thingelso — he is so much older than I am (smiling), and he treats me more like a child four years old, than a woman. fact, he has always treated me as a child." ilr Rowe aud Miss Kate Grant appeared on the boards together at the Oddellow's Hall Theatre in Auckland, tbirteea yean ago. Mr Bowe was the bett delineator of Dieken's character we huve seen.— Thames Advertiser. London March 28.~-The Times says:— "When „c see how our Government does nothing, promises nothing, and exhibits only distrust anJ condemnation of Russia by restricting itself to the faintest phraseology in whioh an agreement can be couched, we cannot wonder thut negotiations are interrupted. The fact is, the two countries have gradually assumed such positions of antagonism that they are regarded on the Continent as two rivals in a great controversy, which may possibly be developed into a great conflict. The eyes of Europe now turn once

I more to tho Members of the Triple Alliance. If there is war there must be a great war, and Bay Power that inteiferea must be prepared to wage a great war." fhe Edinburgh correspondent of the Otago Times mentions that Dr. Hochstetter's work on New Zealand forms only a small part of a much larger wort, embracing, the wbole of the soientifio results of the Norara'e Tdyage. This great work was only completed last month after seventeen years' of labour, and at a cost of newly £18,000. It consists of twenty-one volumes, and the serin ia sold at 391 flovina, or nearly £40. The Emperor of Austria Las ordered a number of copies to be given away to public institution! and libraries in his own empire, as well as foreign countries. The correspondent suggests that the Council of the Otago University should bestir themselves to obtaiti a copy of this valuable work for the library of that insti* tution. From the evidence given by several neighbors at the inquest on the body of Alfred Goldsmith, who recently committed suicide at Dunedin by hanging himself with a clothesline to his bedroom door, it appeared that the deceased was a man of a quit disposition and tober habits but he was afflicted with a drunken, worthless wife. She dissipated all his surplus earnings, in drink, ordered him about like a dog, and made his life miserable Du'ing the greater part of the last fortnight Mrs Goldsmith has been enjoying a reckless and continuous spree. On Saturday night the and a female, neighbor resumed their, orgies, on account of which Goldsmith and wife had high words. Afterwards far a quarter of an hour quietness reigned, and then the loud thud of a falling body was heard. Immediately Mrs Goldsmith rushed out say* ing that her husband had hanged himself, and that she had cut him down. When the police arrived deceased wos breathing, but speechless. He lay on the floor in a sitting position with his head bolstered against the bed, and a rope was fastened round the bedroom door. Mrs Godsmith had been awakened < from her sh»p by the sound of ro-nething ] kioking against the door, and then found her j husband hanging by the neok. The Coroner! suggested that deceased had been driven to j desperation by the conduct of his wife.