A memorandum received yesterday from the Telegraph Department informs us that the Amoy and Shanghai cable is repaired.
The case of M. McCredie v. Joseph Nathan and Co. was concluded last night at a few minutes to 9 o’clock by the jury bringing iu a verdict for £199 6s. in favor of the plaintiff. The first sittings of the Wellington District Court will be held in October, and subsequently on the third Friday in each month. It is probable that until adequate provision is made the sittings of the District Court will be held in the Provincial Hall.
The first of the locomotives—named “The Florence”—for the Wellington City Tramway was safely landed out of the Pleione yesterday afternoon. It was manufactured by Merryweather and Co., of London, and has arrived in first-class condition. Rails were laid loose on the wharf, and it was pushed up nearly as far as the Post Office. Another locomotive will be landed to-day.
Agreeably to the wishes of the legal profession, Mr. Mansford has decided to hear civil cases on Mondays and Thursdays in each week, commencing at-11 a.m. It was Mr. Mansford’s original intention to fix Tuesday as one of the days ; but* ho adopted Monday in-’ stead, on its being pointed out to him that the Judges eat in chambers and in bankruptcy on Tuesdays. ...
A report of the meeting of the members of the Church of England held in the Athenaeum Hall last night, will bo found in another column. His Excellency the Governor occupied the chair, and .resolutions were passed affirming the necessity of erecting a new residence for the Bishop of the diocese.
In answer to the deputation appointed by the Hutt County Council to wait upon the Government with reference to procuring a site on the reclaimed land for the establishment of a public market, a reply has been received to the effect that the Government will grant a site adjacent to the Thorndon Baths (on the Kaiwarra side) as soon as further intended re* clamatioua are carried out; and the Council has been asked to express an opinion as to the area required for the-, purpose. At a committee meeting of the Council, held yesterday afternoon, it was resolved to ask the Government to make a reserve of three acres. The committee of the Industrial Exhibition lately held at Ballarat have forwarded to the care of Mr. W. S. Reid, of Wellington, a case of returned exhibits. The several articles can be obtained by their owners on application at Mr. Reid’s residence. The committee, in a letter sent to Mr, Reid, intimate that the awards made at the exhibition to New Zealand exhibitors will be forwarded here in a few weeks’ t:me.
At the conference held 'yesterday between Mr. Hansford and members of the legal profession that gentleman intimated the scale of professional fees that would be allowed in the Resident Magistrate’s Court. In cases lip to £5 (where parties are sued for debts owing to 1 butchers, bakers, and the like) no professional fee will be allowed; between £5 and £lO the fee will be half a guinea; between <£lo and £2O, one guinea; between £2O and £SO, two guineas; and between £SO and £IOO, three guineas.
The Hutt County Council have received a letter from the Colonial Secretary’s office, declining to make it the duty of the police to collect the dog tax, but offering to recommend the Governor to appoint as registrars those persons whose names the council may decide to send in.
On the initation of the new Resident Magistrate, Mr. Mansford, several gentlemen of the legal profession assembled in the Grand -Jury room yesterday, for the purpose of holding a consultation with reference to the sittings of the Resident Magistrate’s Court, the District Court, and other subjects. A report of the proceedings appears in another column. There was a large attendance at the Theatre Royal last night to witness the the Marionettes. As on former evenings, the performance was on this occasion thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.
.As before intimated, it is Mr. Hansford’s fhtention to change the hour of opening the Resident Magistrate’s Court from 10 to 10.30 a.m. The alteration is made to suit the convenience of everybody concerned, the opening* of the Court at ten o’clock being considered alike inconvenient and unnecessary. The building lately used as St, Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Lambton-quay, which was recently sold for £220 to Mr. Alexander Macdonald with the intention of its being reerected in another locality, was not, we hear, deemed suitable for the purpose, and was resold on Monday last by Mr. Fiunimore to Mr. Powles for £l6O, and it is now intended to be used for a Church of England Sundayschool in Tinakori-road.
Afc Titmru a few days ago (says an exchange) a reporter made his Honor Judge Johnston say “Kibosh” to a remark that fell from the Crown Prosecutor. Cut bono was what his Honor said. Referring in Court to the frequency with which he was misrepresented, his Honor observed that he was quite unaware of the meaning of “Kibosh," but he presumed tjie word was of Turkish origin, A match took place yesterday (says the Press of the 2nd instant) at Ashburton, between and Haven, for £SO a side. The distance was three miles, over the same course recently used for the Ashburton Steeplechase. Mr. James Campbell officiated as judge. A considerable number of people turned out to see the match, which excited a great deal of interest. Dan O'Brien rode Haven and Murfit Faugh-a Ballagh. The latter was a decided favorite, 2 to 1 being freely laid on. him. At the fall of the flag Faugh-a-Ballagh went at once to tho front and led for two miles and a half, both horses jumping well!' In the . last half ..mile both horses were dead tired,, but Raven stayed the longest, and wearing blit Faugh-a-Ballagh in the run home, won eventually by six lengths. The weights were the same as in the Ashburton Steeplechase, viz., Haven lOst. 121 b., and Faugh-a-Ballagh list. Eavou, the winner, is by Caledon, from Lady Sale. . , .. , ,
A new lamp is about to bo erected at the approach t > the wharf, opposite the Post Office. In McKenzie V. Hannah the plaintiff has given notice to withdraw'the record from trial, and the attendance of- special jurors in this case will not be required. Final orders of discharge under the provisions of .the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1860, were granted yesterday in the cases of Thomas Lovejoy and Carl Peters. We are requested to state that the time for receiving applications for shares in the West Wanganui Coal Company expires on the 15 th instant. The list will positively close on that day. ’ The Exhibition at the Working Men’s Club was well patronised yesterday. The manager continues to have new exhibits sent in. This evening a great attraction will be a concert under the direction of Madame Mailer, who will be assisted by several well-known amateurs. No extra charge will bo made for admission.
Wo would remind our readers of Mr. W. H. Warren's extensive sale of land and other properties this morning. at the Chamber of Commerce, at eleven o’clock, and as the properties to be offered are in themselves attractive, we may anticipate a largo attendance, but the more so as this will bo Mr. Warren’s first attempt as auctioneer.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5393, 10 July 1878, Page 2
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