Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1880.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 224, 21 September 1880, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1880.

Albeady the Government have taken; in land the work of reduction and amalgamation. The Judicial Department is among the first to be dealt with, and it is rumored that, in addition to dispensing with several Kesident Magistrates, six out of the j;en District Judges are to receive their compensation for loss of office. The five senior District Judges, according to the dates: of their appointments as such, are Judges "Ward, Harvey, Kenny, Weston, and Broad, and the four juniors, Judges Mansford, Macdonald, Shaw, and Hardcastle. The fifth was Judge Bathgate, who has already retired. But though among the junior Judges, Messrs Broad and Mansford are the oldest judicial officers, both those gentlemen having been Resident Magistrates for neatly seventeen years. Judge Weeton has, t we learn from our West Coast exchanges, [already received an intimation that his services are to be dispensed with, and [we believe that similar intimations have reached Judges Shaw and Hardcastle. Judge Mansford will, it is said, retire on his pension.and Judge Macdonald, if there is any truth in rumor, will succeed Judge Ifenton as Chief Judge of the Native Lands Court, the latter being desirous of retiring. There can be'po reason why, if the colony is judiciously divided into suitable districts, the remaining four Judges should not be able to keep pace ■with the work, provided they are relieved|of their other duties, and thus a very appreciable saving may be effected. They are fill of them men in the prime of life, and, wqat ■with steamers and railroads, the means |of getting about the country are so much ijnproved that one Judge can. now do work that used to require two or three. The only exception isithe West Coast of this; Islard, ■where, the n rivers are Btill, unbridged, tpe roads-imßonie places very had, and the ba^rs ;gf -ttye rivers; noti always navigable, j

At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday two children named George and Alfred King, aged respectively eight and a half and six years, were charged with breaking into Messrs Hodder & Co.'s Btore at Richmond on Sunday morning, and stealing money and goods therefrom. It appears that they placed a packing case under a back window, climbed on this, opened the window, and so entered* They then found the cash box, which they opened with a knife, and took from it 4s 6d, leaving a half-sovereign and some more silver, and then helped themselves to a couple of pocket handkerchiefs. Constable Knapp said that the elder boy, who admitted his guilt, bore a very bad character in the village as a thief. Mr Broad said that the yotinger boy was too young to be dealt with on such a charge, and remanded the elder until this morning, when he was again brought up, his father also being present. His Worship said, It U a pity that a boy so young should have a conviction recorded against him, as would have to be the Case if I sent him to a Reformatory, particularly when the same 'object may be attained, and he may be placed under the discipline to which he evidently Is nbfc subjected at home, by adopting another course. I shall therefore order him to be sent to the Industrial School at Caversham for five years. It is a melancholy Bight. td see a child of such tender years given to such practices, and, not content with erring himself, leading his younger brother astray, and I cannot believe that you, the father, have done your duty as you ought* Td tell me that you cannot keep a child of eight yenrs of age.athotne after dark iB simply ridiculous, ■»nd t cannot but blame you td some extent for the position in which he how is. (The rather > I have tried all I could. I have treated him with kindness, and I have beaten him, and shut him up for hours without food, but all has clone ho good.) It is hard to believe that any attempt has been made to place him under proper cqntrol and discipline, and I think it better for him knd better for you that he sb'ould bfe Bent where more care will be exercised, end I trust that the training; he , Will receive at the Industrial School may lead to his becoming a useful member of society. I'Th'e1 'The Taiaroa with the San Francisco mail left Qnehuuga this morning, and will proceed direcUb Wellington, whence the Nelson portlbn will be despatched to-morro\v night arriving here on Thursday. There is also a Suez mail cruising aboM in "these latitudes, which was due at Weljingtqn'last Friday and should have arrived here by the Hawea Ibis morning. No one, however, appear to know anything about its whereabouts; the"' postal authorities being as much in the dark on the subject as the public. j A suM>LEMEKi'AnT Suez mail will be despatched by the Albion to-morrow morning. The first concert given by the tlar jnonic Society Since it has been placed oo a, new footing will take place in the Provincial Hall on Thursday evening neit, and is looked forward to with a considerable amount of interest by all lovers of music We are requested to state that all old subscribers to the Society as well as those who have lately joined are entitled to tickets, which wjill be issued by the Secretary, Captain Webb, at the Harmonic Hall between the hours of three and five to-morrow afternoon. j ; The: absence of English telegrams tp-day is to be accounted for by a breakage in the overlaud line between Adelaide and j Port Darwin by whioh communication with Europe is interrupted. 1 The Shelbourne-Btreet schoolroom j was crowded in every part last night, there not even being standing room for all tbe visitors who sought to obtain admission. The entertainment passed off most successfully, and a , handsome little sum must have been nfetted for the school building fund, in aid of wjhich the series of entertainments, of which last night's was the final one, has been giveri. The Reefton Times believes that there isa good time coming for the Inangahua. In a late issue our contemporary said : — Althpugh at the present time there is no mine mj the Inangahua which is turning out the precious metal to an extent sufficient to secure for it the measure of attention which the United Alpine now enjoys, we stand as it were ;on a volcano, which is just about to burst in an eruption of wealth such as Inangahua has not yet seen. The Golden Fleece is just getting her grinders fairly into play, nnd all those who are best able to say, bespeak for Her a destiny in full keeping with the best of j her past days. All eyes are now concentrated upon the Welcome, and as the erection of a battery approaches, interest appears to heighten. There can bo no manner of doubt that this company is approaching a stage of gre nt productiveness, and it is the wide-spread confidence in this "belief which has of ! late created such an eager demand for the shares. The Fiery Cross too is full of promise for the future, as also is tho Golden Treasure, and other mines, so that on the wholej we have fair reason to view tho future hopefully. We .(Inangahua Times) understand that his Honor Judge Weston's judgeship is to be abolished from the 31st prox. It is not iyet known how or by whom the Coast work is to be done, but probably tbe district will] be added to that of the Nelson Judge. A good lawyer, a careful and honest Judge, and a thorough gentleman t Judge Weston's departure will be greatly regretted. \ A London telegram to the Melbourne Argus dated 9th inst, says:— An exciting scene {occurred in the Houbo of Commons on the Brd instant. The Home Rulers were pursuing their tactics of obstruction, in which ,Mr Philip Callan, the member for County Louth, made himself prominent. He was several times called to order, but defied the authority of the Speaker. After warning ; him in vain, the Speaker proceeded to name the bon member, and called on tbe leaders of the House to maintain the chair. Acting unjder the new rules recently agreed upon, and for the purpose of preventing obstruction, jthe House resolved that Mr Callan should! be suspended from tbe exercise of his functions as a member. During the continuance of! bis sentence of suspension, Mr Callan will! be unable to take part in the proceedings' of Parliament ' ; We clip the following from the Lyttelton Times : — The petition asking the Minister of Justice to allow Mr Guiness, the present Resident Magistrate, to remain in Ashburton, has been very largely signed by the principal business people and residents throughout the County, and will be forwarded to the head of the Department in a few days. The legal gentlemen resident in Timaru and Temuka have also taken in hand a similar petition, which, we hear, will also be largely signed. Mr Guiness has received instructions to retire from his position as Resident Magistrate | at Ashburton, or accept a similiar position i at Collingwood, at a salary of £225 per annum.