R. M. COURT, QUEENSTOWN.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 140, 31 August 1864, Page 3

R. M. COURT, QUEENSTOWN.

, (Before Richmond Beetham, Esq., R.M.) Tucsd y, 30th August. Obscene Language.—Harry Pearson wa charged on the summons of one Terence Fin 1 with making use of obscene and abusive language towards him on the night of 22nd August out. aide Bracken's Hotel. The defendant, whe pleaded guilty to being in liquor, was fined £5, or 14 days 1 imprisonment. Using Threatening Language.—John charged by William Thompson with the above offence, did not appear. The case was adjourned for a week. CIVIL C'-SES. Cassius v. Bob Dale—£l2. Verdict by default Miller, Bros. v. Kawlings—£6 12s 6d. Verdict for £2 2s. 6d. I On reference to the report of the proceedings of the Town Improvement Committee, it will be observed that the Committee intend calling a public meeting for the purpose of discussing the necessity of having the lands made easier of access. The committee are powerless to act in the matter without instructions from the public, and heuce the meeting. The subject is a most important one. The place of meeting will be given in our next issue. In its issue of the 2oth inst. the Southland Times discloses the locality of Campbell's reported new gold discovery, as given by the prospector himself. Considering the source of this information we strongly advise people to wait for corroborative testimony before they think of acting on it. It says:—"As we hmted in a recent issue, the locality of the new gold district lies westward from the head of Lake Wakatip. Campbell, the discoverer, or rather, the person who lately caused such an excitement in Invcrcargill, when he brought in his 41bs. weight of gold, h;is at last disclosed the spot where he obtained his rich finds. It is, he says, twenty miles west from the head of the Lake, in a gully midway between it aud where l)v Hector abandoned [itfi] his boat. There is but one approach to it, he further asserts. C.anpbell returnei to luvercargiil by way of Te Anau, and is still residing in town. His mate left for the scene of his discovery on Monday last." Gold is said to have been found on the Mataura. The£ utldand Times says that "reliable information has been leceived that payable gold had been found wilhin a mile and a half of Mr Rogers' home station, on the Mataura. The gully in which ihe discovery was made is about twenty feet wide, of considerable length, and runs into the Mataura. The first gold was obtained on lOih inst., and since that time several parties have been at work, making good wages. There are three feet of vvashdirt, and of stripping. Tile surrounding country has every appearance of being auriferous." On 24th a trial was made with the new engine on the Southland railway, and with every prospect ofbuccess. The Southland Times says:—- " Yesterday steam was up for the first time ou our Northern line of railway. Mr Davies was in attendance, superintending the operations. The engine is being gradually brought into beautiful order, and after the stiffness which is com- ! mon to all new m .chinery, wears off, it is fully anticipated that it will answer c\try purpose, and great confidence is placed iu its locomotive powers. Tlie steam was got up yesterday for the purpose of examining the Working ot the machinery, and seeing that everything was in proper order. She will be run up the line tomorrow on a trial trip." j

The following caution to cattle-owners appears in tiie Southland Times, which might serve as a timely warning to owners in this district:—" We would particularly draw the attention of stockowners to the tact that cattle-stealing is on the increase in the Province. Warrants are now in tne hands of the police for the apprehension of two offenders in cases of this kind, it is the duty of anyone missing cattle, to lose no time in communicating with the police, as the chances of capturing the thieves are thereby materially increased. The "Slaughter-house Ordinance," which provides for the registration of the brands, &c, of cattle slaughtered, will be found of great service in checking the spread of this evil." The arrangements made lately for testing the auriferous character of the Dome Pass in the Province of Southland have failed. A Dunedm journal thus kindly comments on the mishap of her younger and less experienced sister :—" The boring apparatus brought from Invercargill for the purpose of testing the Dome Pass has gone back again. The affair was a bungle from beginning to end, owing to the incompetence and stupidity of those in charge of the apparatus. An offer was made for its use, in order* to have the Nokomai Gorge tested, but without avail—it has gone the way of all bungles—lnvercargill—and the question of the presence of gold in both places is still unsolved." The latest accounts from Picton are dull. The correspondent of the Havdock Mail says:—"The City of Dunedin is fast tilling up with diggers and others.for the South. The people, are being fairly driven out by the suicidal policy of our petty rulers."