LICENSING COURT, BRIGHTWATER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 146, 18 June 1878, Page 2

LICENSING COURT, BRIGHTWATER.

[Before J. W, Barnicoat, Esq.., Chairman, V Hugh-Martin, 1 jun.; and 1 Fedor Kelling, Esqa., Commissioners ) : , - All the old licenses were renewed. Golden Lion Inn. Mr Bunny, on behalf of John Siggelkow, asked tbe Bench to reduce the" annual fee paid by Mr Siggelkow;. for his license. He stated that the trade was so small that he could not -afford to continue paying £10 a year. The house was. a great convenience to travellers, and ifc was necessary thafc it should have a license. The Commissioners reduced the annual fee to £5. New House. Mr Acton Adams applied for a license on behalf of George* Hopgood -for a house situated at the junction of the Motupiko and Motueka rivers, known as Louden's crossing. Mr Adams stated that the house was well built, and had good accommodation for travellers, and would be a gteat benefit to the district;, as & ferry was very necessary there. He presented a petition in favor of the license being granted- signed by 75 residents in the district. Inspector Kiely stated that the Licensing Bench had/ previously decided that one house waa enough at that place. There was one already on the other side of the river, viz., Bromell's. He asked the Bench to consider whether there was any necessity for another. District Constable Gibbs stated that travellers could always be heard at Bromell's if fchey required the ferry. He also slated that anytime of flood Hopgood's house might be washed away at any minute, :■ Mr Adams: Ifc has been there twenty years at all events. * * The Constable: The house, your Worship, is like Mr Tovey's stable, past repairing. After considering some time, the Bench decided to. grant the license on the following terms : — Proper accommodation to be kept for travellers, good food, and good liquors, and stabling aud.forage to be of good quality; diso a sufficient ferry to be at all times maintained free of charge. License for £1.

The following notice, with the view of obtaining funds in aid of the Reefton Hospital will be posted in future by order of the directors of various companies iu the Inangahua district on the respective mines : "Notice is hereby given that the sum of sixpence per week will be deducted from the wages of all men working in or upon this company's mine or works; aud in the case of contractors a like amount will be deducted for every man (working on any contract. Holders of annual tickets are exempt from Such deductions."

The Hokitika Evening Star, says7of the Westland County Council :--" There' 7is a chairman who does literallyf nothing, l is repeatedly absent on his own business when he should be present in the Council, and yet is hot ashamed to take .£3OO a year from County funds for such very indifferent discharge of duties. There is a clerk chiefly remarkable for over-wcening vanity and matchless effrontery, who has time to devote himself to other pursuits of a most varied nature, and draws a little sum; and there is an engineer costing nearly £600 a year- overseers without end at heavy costs; there is a constant drain for travelling expenses of members, and in short, the expenses of administering tlie County of Westland's affairs is at least double that of any other County in the Colony in proportion to income."

Owing to the recent disgrace attending the embefc2lenietit of yoting Hauier iu the bank of New Zealand, his brother, who has also held an appointment in.the bank's service, resigned. He states that she f elj'Vbe affair so miich, and the talk about it that* he could no Idiiger hold^ a positioh ia the service His friends advised him Hot, acd the bank held his services in good repute yet he would not stop, but carried out his resolve. Tha Rev. Mr Hamer received letters of condolence from frieuda far and wide, even from Sir George Grey himself. Mr Hamer, who resigned the bank has entered .into; a General Governmeut office. He is much respected for his ability aud gentlemanly courtesy.— Buller News*

He was a smart Yankee who stopped up the boastful Frenchman by telling hira that he need not brag so much about the wines of his country^ for that they had forty-three cnampafne factories iu New Jersey city, Smart as he was, his impudence is eclipsed by what is actually taking place at the other side ofthe Atlantic at presents Russian leather is made in Connecticut/ 1 French lace is wofen iri New York, Italian marble ;is dug in Keritucky, Marseilles iineu is produced in MassaehusettSi English cassimere is made in New Hampshire, Parian art work comes frora a shop in Boston, Spanish mackerel are caught on the New Jersey coast, and Havana cigajts are rolled bjr the.million iu Chicago. . Lytteiton never bore a busier appearance than it doea at present. The numerous larga stores are cram med with grain and other produce, as the vessels cannot receive it as fast as deUvered, and between the lines on the Railway Reserve, hundreds. of tons of potatoes\are lying stacked,- waiting shipment. All the lumbers available are engaged about the wharVes; aud as every* one is busy, every one seems-plaased. ~-*-

Truth is very rough on Mr O'Connor Power, M.P., in the following choice morceaux :— -O'Connor Power, in his strictures upon. the Gl &e article ori O'Donnell, stated that he would not wipe hia " brogues" with many of the Metropolitan journals for fear of spoiling the spotless purity of those coverings. This is, indeed, terribly severe. What, I take.it, is the sore point with this M.P. is that Metropolitan jburnala have exposed him as a sham, masquerading under the Hibernian "0," when his real name is Heming The blatant humbug does not like to be stripped of his borrowed plumes, and more than O'Donnell was pleased to have it pointed out that his father served in the British army as McDonald and that his mother is now, as Mrs McDonald, in receipt of a pension from the Saxoii. How the Irish, who have a keen sense of humour, can allow themselves to be cajoled by the "0," trick, and to allow themselves to be represented by such dreary and dismal bores as O'Donnells and O'Connors, surpasses my understanding.

A horrible railway fatality, aud one, it i3 asserted without parallel, occurred recently at Frederick Junction, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad, in the United States. A brakesman on a freight train left the engine a short distance from the junction and went forward to adjust the switch. We then signalled the train to approach, when to hia- horror he found himself a prisoner, his foot having been tightly wedged in the " frog." The train was swiftly approaching, and the wretched man, realising his perilous position, struggled desperately to free himself but without effect. He shrieked loudly, but the noise of the moving train drowned the sound of his voice, and, as the night was dark, the driver bf the engine could aot see him. When the locomotive was nearly on him he gathered ail his force and hurled his body over tbe side of the track. Just aa he did so the wheels passed over his leg, crushing ifc to atoms. His body was also twisted round and fearfully mutilated. He was, however still alive, and lingered for two days before death put au end to his suffering.

Bishop Selwyn, says the Auckland S'ar, writes from Norfolk Islands that on the 25 th March he confirmed 17 Melanesians. He reports affairs progressing satisfactorily, and was in hopes.that the sickness resulting from the drought would be dissipated by the first rain. The building of the large memorial chapel which is being builfc in the memory of Bishop Pateson is rapidly approaching completion. It is expected that the masonry will be finished in October.

The St Paul Despatch is disposed to be shocked because the rowing dress of the oarsmen consist of a shirt with ho sleeves and a pair of pants with no legs. It will get so after a while thafc you can't tell a fower from a lady iu a ball dress.

When you are tired of twirling your thumb sit down and see how fast you can say, " Shoes and socks shock Susan in an inexplicable manner, and inexorably she ceaseth sheathing her shoes." Tli a New Zealand Herald is informed that Mr Lusk, the soliciter of Mr Owen M'Gee, has caused a writ to issue to the Auckland Racing Club, claiming £2500 as damages for the action taken by the stewards in disqualifying the horse Falcon, and in suspecding the plaintiff from running horses for two years on the Auckland course.

The literary staff of the Wanganui morning. and evening papers are waging a fierce war. As a specimen of the compliments paid to each other, we take the following from a late number of the Chronicle :— " In replying to our yesterday's reference to this matter, the brainless witling who does the paragraphing for our local contemporary accuses ns of meanness and nngentlemanly conduct. We may be permitted to remark that of the firat he knows just a little too much, and of the want of what constitutes the latter just nothing at all." In the House of Commons one night lately in the debate about Sunday closing in Ireland, a distinguished member of the Temperance party openly broke the pledge amid the laughter of the House. Mr O'Sullivan, the representative of "silent whisky," was perorating, when Mr Sullivan (without the O), wishing to prepare to follow in the debate, thought it.well to take a phll at Mr O'Sullivan's tumber, which contained, as he thought, only water. It was half of it whisky, and the wry face and despuinatory gestures of the hon and teetotal member when he discovered his mistake convulsed the House.

The following tall story appears in an American paper : " Princess Mary of Teck is so patriotically warlike that she is called the Queen of the Jingoea. The other day the Premier was dining with her Royal Highness. "You have," said she, "the Queen with you, the Parliament and the country ; what more do you want ?" Lord Beaconsfield glanced at his plate, and solemnly replied *' Potatoes, ma'am."

The latest returns show that, the Italian Army has a grand total_ of 18;836 officers, and 867,866 non-commissioned oncers ahd men.