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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 117, 4 May 1880, Page 3

The Borough Council will meet this evening at the usual hour. Meetings of the Awatero and Wairau Road Boards will he held to-morrow at the usual hours at the Secretary’s ofliec. The matter of Owen and Pickering against Dive is set down for hearing tomorrow before the Resident Magistrate. At a meeting of the Marlborough School Committee yesterday it was agreed to get the system adopted of giving marks to the boys and examining them. A sitting of the District Court is fixed for ta-morrow morning. The only cases set down for hearing are two unopi ored applications ?or discharge in bankruptcy by Mr J. Ragg and Mr J. Gibbs respectively. The following tenders have be received by the Lower Wairau Rivers Board for making “Rose’sßank”: —W. Desmond Ll4;> J. Aberhart Ll2O, Jos. Gridley L 123, D. Bishell LI 90, and J. Andrill LOO 4s Cd, (accepted). At a meeting of the Lower Wairau Rivers Board in committee yesterday, the Secretary was instructed to inform the Spring Creek Board, that the Wairau Board is only carrying out the functions of the Act under which it works by the diversion of the Omaka into the Opawa. We hear that a petition is being got up by some of the Marlborough settlers with a view to put a stop alb 'ether to the driving of infected sheep. V e have not seen the petition, but we presume it is intended to make it public, as it is an important matter which should not be “ done in a corner.”

We again take the opportunity of reminding our readers that the amateur concert in aid of the funds of the Blenheim Literary Jnstituro takes place to-morrow evening atKwart’s Hall, when we hope to sec a crowded house.

At the late Agricultural Show, a coop, containing 2 ducks and a drake was removed from the ground without the consent of the owner. The party who took them is request) to lie kind enough to return them to Mr Gillespie, [ami]. A correspondent writing to us in reference to the registration of electors says a mistaken idea prevails that it is necessary for persons qualified and on the Roll, to reregi ter in order to appear on the new Ro! This, he says, is a mistake, and quotes flic sixth clause of the “Registration of electors Act, 1ST!),” in support of his view of the case “ As soon as conveniently may be after the commencement of this Act, the Registrar of every electoral district, shall form a new Roll for such a district, by placing thereon the names of all persons who are qualified in such district to vote for members of the House of Representatives, and who are on the Roll of any

electoral district in force at the time of the commencement of the Act.” The Act also provides that tho itoil shall he printed at the expiration of four months after the first Roll of any district is formed. Printed Rolls may be purchased at one shilling each if not exceeding 1000 voters’ names, if over 1000, one shilling and sixpence. A new Roll must he formed and reprinted whenever 100 names are added to the Kolb In any case the Roll must be printed once in eacli year. Our Havelock writes this morning :—“Chief Inspector Raylcy has been inspecting the Mahakipawa and Grove districts. Owing to bad weather Mr Cullen's sheep arc in a had state, hut the Inspector kindly took charge of the dip aim superintended the arrangements, and he is now visiting Havelock and the Pelorus. On all sides the settlers speak well of his kindness and courtesy.” We learn that Mr Charles Yates Fell has been appointed Crown Prosecutor and Solicitor for Nelson district. Vc congratulate Mr Fell on his appointment to this important legal position. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, before H. Melntire, Esq., R.M., Robert Baxter, charged with being drunk and using obscene language in Alt red-street was fined £1 and 2s costs, or in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.

Notice is given by apvertiscinent that that the Electoral Roll of the electoral district of Wairau is kept at the olliee of the Registrar (Mr John White) Government Buildings, Blenheim, and is open to public inspection every Wednesday and kriday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. without charge. This is in order to comply with the provisions of the Act, hut when not required for ollieial purposes will he shown at any time during olliee hours by Mr White, also without charge.

A correspondent writing from Deep Creek says:—“Morgan the prospector, who has been at the Upper Wairau lately has left that side of the range and is looking for gold towards lie head waters of the Wakamarina and Pelorus rivers, and on towards the head of the Heringa. I hear that lie has found gold in small quantities almost all the way and has also found some traces of iron and copper. —A few days ago John Hunter, miner, whilst working at the Big Beach met with an accident. He was felling a tree, in the branches of which part of another tree had lodged. When lie had nearly cut through lie mistook the direction in which the tree at which he was at work would fall and he placed himself on the wrong side As the tree came down with a crash it knocked him down and pinned him so fast to the ground that he was unable to extricate himself. A woman coining by shortly afterwards did her best to extricate him and tried to prise up the limb of the tree which held him, but found it too much for her strength, Further assistance was procured as soon as possible and the sufferer was released from liis pain-ful-position and was found not seriously injured, though much cut and bruised about the head and legs.—The “ Gorge claim which has lately been worked by Messrs Crichton, Norgrove and Co. is, I about to be worked hv some men from '' Ellington. who are going to bring machinery over.—From the Upper Wairau it is reported that several miners are doing tolerably well and making 13s or 15s per day, but this is not the case with all of them. There are about 70 miners there so far as I have been able to ascertain.—Several persons (some from Blenheim way) paid a visit to Oliver’s claim at Wilson’s Beach on Saturday and seemed favorably impressed with the prospect.”