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Kumara Times, Issue 929, 22 September 1879, Page 4

The Eev Father Larkin, well the West Coast, purposes leaving Dunedin shortly for England. On Friday, in the Supreme Court, Mr C, Malfroy brought under the notice of the Chief Justice the hardship he bad suffered. He had been summoned as a grand juryman and had waited in HoUi'ika since Monday last at considerable expense to himself His name had not been called, and heVas entitled to no expenses or allowance. There were other persons from Koss similarly circumstanced His Honor, after explaining that the-delay, so far as he was eonoeru-d waa unavoidable, expressed a wish that in future cases of postponement of the sitting the officers of the Court would give tU fuilest publicity to the fact, so that the public might be saved as much trouble and expense as possible. He regretted be had no power to do any thing further. Burglaries seem prevalent in Christchurch On Saturday night a tobacconist’s shoo in Colombo street was broken open, and property to the value of between Ll 5 and L2O stolen. The thief must have been somewhat of a connoiaeur, as he picked out the guinea meerschaum pipes, the bestO.BD wooden pipes, and the choicest cigars and tobacco, leaving the cheapest lots behind. To orevent interruption to business, he also left a little in each of the three tins of cut tobacco. A box containing several penny bits waa left behind, but about” a shilling in coopers were taken—The Theatre Eoyal was also entered between the hours of 9 a.m on Sunday and 9 a.m on Monday, an entrance being effected through a. broken window at the rear. The only property removed appears to have been two revolvers, and ,a policeman’s bull’s eye, the article’s being valued at about L 4 Too bad to steal a policeman’s bull’s-eye, Mr Saunders, the member for Cheviot, can claim the honor of being the representative of the smallest constituency in New Zealand, He was returned by 133 votes.