The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3015, 2 July 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1886.

The nominations of candidates for the British Parliament commenced yesterday, and at the close of the day it was found that 265 members had been elected without opposition. The returns give the following party divisions of those elected : —Supporters of Gladstone, 55 ; Unionists, 46; Conservatives, 96; Parnellites, 68. Liverpool has returned three Conservatives, unopposed, Baron de Worms being one of the number. Michael Davitt, Home Ruler, has announced himself as a candidate in opposition to the Marquis of Hartington. The rota of Justices, A. C. Campbell, and Jas. Holmes, Esqs., were engaged at the Court House for an hour and a-h'alf this morning from 11 o'clock in hearing two cases, one criminal and the other civil, as between Nathan Roth well and Ellen M'Neill. Roth well charged Ellen M'Neill with striking him on the back with an adze, and also with threatening to shoot him ; and Stephen M'Neill sued Nathan Rothwell for the sum of i!10 8s for damages in pulling down a fence on his alleged residence area. Mr M. Hannan appeared for Rothwell; the M'Neills were without professional assistance. The evidence of Nathan Rothwell, Andrew Stenhonse, James Jamieson, Charles Hood, Richard Rothwell, and Thomas Levit, showed in the first case that M'Neill put up a fence on his residence area extending the fence on to Rothwell and party's extended claim, which it adjoins. Rothwell gave M'Neill written notice to remove it, and this not being done, Rothwell and the mates proceeded on Saturday last to pull the fence down, or so much of it as stood on their claim. The boundaries of the said claim and the said residence area had been marked out by the Warden. Whilst they were in the act of pulling the fence down Mrs M'Neill rushed at Nathan Rothwell with an adze in her hand, and with it struck Rothwell in the back, took hold of him by the collar or neck and lifted her hand with the adze in it, apparently to strike a blow on the head. Andrew Stenhonse, seeing this, took the adze from Mis M'Neill and threw it away. Rothwell stated that he was not aware that Mv M'Ngill was from homo at the time. The Bench, after retiring for a few minutes, stated the evidence clearly proved a case of assault ; it was not allowed for parties to take the law into "heir O'vn hands ; a fine would be inilictcd of £2 ; with costs of Court, lis ; tw<> costs, £1 Is ; also defendant would be bom d hvcv in the sum of £2O to keep the 'ju.'.i".'. for - t .m ; 'o:>*]':■'•. Tho defendant : "I vont W !...mid co lew;- the p.vvo ! I wont, !:;; l>o;;r.'.i ! [ ",<•';\t 1 :- : b..'>nd': " Th" *<•:■'.vA "■■:■• w.'i. ; ; '). rivil <>7:o. •'••'toplion M'Neill v. I'vann 'iJotlrveU cl.-.im for damages to fenco, £lO ih. Mr Hannan For (1.-f,.;i;l-<n+, w!.<> :.:-. 1 >::::Hfd thnt. <he Icuee ne.-iii •j-ei.i \>.i.i on iut, iuiui, aiid j'toi duu-d v. h!au ot the ivhich, i.ju

ever, was not admitted.—The case was dismissed. Mr Hannan applied for costs ; but the Bench refused costs in this case. Commander Edwin wired yesterday, at 4.20 p.m., that there were indications of strong winds from between north and west and south-west, and glass falling. And to-day at 1.32 p.m.—"Bad weather is expected between north and east and south-east after twelve hours from now ; glass further fall. Indications of rain." The barquentine St. Kilda, Captain Carr, came alongside the Greymouth wharf yesterday evening. The Argus of yesterday reports :—She cleared Melbourne heads on the 16th inst., and experienced nice southerly winds until she sighted Mt. Cook on the 24th. She then encountered a series of southerly gales with a very low barometer all the time. While it was standing at 29.15 the weather was very cyclonic in appearance. On one occasion a fierce burst swept the sea just a little in front of the vessel's bows. The captain deems it fortunate that it did not strike the vessel, as it would in all probability have capsized and sunk her, as it tore the face of the water, and drove it along in an immense cloud of spray. After making the port on Tuesday last he was driven 70 miles to the north by the bad weather that has prevailed during the last few days. The St. Kilda brings a full general cargo, and one passenger, Mr Wood. She unloaded 300 barrels of powder in the river before coming alongside the wharf. Dr. Mlieod, late Surgeon-Superin-tendent of the Totara Hospital, leaves Ross next week, and we (Ross Advocate) learn that prior to his departure he is to be presented with an illuminated address from Ross residents. Benefactors. eminent physicians and chemists announced the discovery that by combining some well-known valuable remedies a most wonderful medicine was produced, which would cure such a wide range of diseases that most all other remedies could be dispensed with, many were sceptical, but proof of its merits by actual trial has dispelled all doubts, and to-day the discoverers of that great medicine, Dr. Soule's American Co.'s Hop Bitters, are honoured and blessed by all as benefactors. Read