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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1620, 28 January 1886, Page 2

A case .of some importance to hotelkeepers was heard at the Omaru JEJesident Magistrate's Court on . Thursday, when William McKay, of the Clyde Hotel Hampdeh, was charged with' refusing to accommodate' somd of the members of Messrs Skarman and Stoodley's circus Company, an , arrangement having previously been made with the agent to do so. The defence was that there was only, one unoccupied room m the house at the time, and no objection was made to supply meals. In giving judgment, His Worship said that, inasmuch as the'f e> was one unoccupied* room m the house, the defendant should have offered accomino'dation to. that • extent. : He would, therefore', hold that the ehaVgq. was admitted, but he would impose a nominal penalty of 10s' with costs \aid witnesses, expenses. He hoped' the case wo'utd prove a warning to hoteikeepers - not to refuse, to give accommodation to travellers without having reasonable grounds [for doing so.; ; • ; . j ■ Scandinavia cannot for the moment/ .be called the paradise of pressmen. In Sweeden the editor of the Sverigs Tidning has been sentenced to tour . years j penal servitude, 14 months', additional imprisonment, aud to pay a fine of 3400 kroner tor insulting the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Princess Royal of Sweden ; and m Denmark. Herr Horup, editor of Politikken, has been' sentenced to six months' imprisonment for publishing insulting remarks concerning King Christian. Herr Hoi up is not merely a journalist, he. is the leader of one section of the Liberal party m the Folketbiog, Herr Berg, the Speaker, beine the head ot the . other party. ; ■ New Zealand, among other, rarities, can boast of a second Tom Thumb. He IB only 30 inches iv, height and 201bi m weight,. although his figure is. well proportioned. His age is between 14 and 15. He is about to be exhibited m Wellington. The boy. was,, born at Green Island, near DuriedinV We ( f arahaki Nms) are informed that Mr H. H. Gibson (» member of the Education Board) -interviewed the School Committee the other night at considerable. - length. Communicationswere received from two ladies, iutunat* i ng their wilingness to accept nominations by the 1 committee to tlie Wcarit seats on the boards ; ..Oa,e £ . member of the com.raittee took very decided' exception to hhd action. of the person, whoever, he-, might be, who had usurped the.fiuiqtiousjj of the committee, by asking there ladies to be nominated; n»ne of the. members ! of the:coramittß« being preyioiisly aware of this .'abuse, ftf their, powers. Mr • G-ibspinwas asked whether he could m- [ form, the ; committee who w.as responsible for this, but he declined to auswer the question. .'; „ v •■ ;,,, The Minister of Public Work* has informed a' Wellington paper that' good: progress' is being made with the Ndrth^ em railway a. The line f roni Morria'svilletbLitchfittlAa distance of about' 40 miles On the route to Rotor u a, will be opened for traffic sjhbrtly ; and the railway connecting with Te Aroha will be opened by the Ist of March. • Writes the sporting contrib jtor . of an exchange ."-r-I, have received (frohi whence this deponent sayeth not/ a ; small handbill settinfi forth, m seduc-. tive t^rms, theproposplg.of "The "Syd? 4 ney Jockey Turf Club '^ ( with respect to a little—^or rather big~sweep. I.gatheT that the "Sydney Jockey Turf Club" intend to obtain 20,000 * member*" at £1 each, and that 4215,000,. minus .ten per cent, is to be divided amongst 20,000- This is eminently satisfactory. The remaining £5000 is to be" invested m making a .book on other ,races by a new systetn which has proysdjto be sue' cessful." Also i.l^arn.thatthe'jd^vidend on the Champion last year was 9s 9d m the! £, which is satisfactory; as i far as it . goes, only it does not go far enough. -Thiß' l iristructive information, tbgetlier l with an apparently trivial, but really important intimation, to make it known to your friends, is about alltlmre.'is m 'tWfajll. The Sydney Jockey Tyrf Club is an institution ,of which we have heard before/ '•' ' . ' ' .'■■•■•'■• -■ • *■ j a .-■■ • i • ■ /.:.>''