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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 45, 19 February 1864, Page 4

During the hearing of a case in the i Sesident. Magistrates' Court; on ; Wednesday, -Hajicoek. ? v. Marter, in whicli tlie defendant, who ispthe" lessee of tlie Theatre Boyal, -was- sued byJhis, scenic artist for wagjjs, it was found riiecessary^T in order to test the value of the work disputed,:to produce one of the scenes in Court.. „It was accordingly displayed for the; Resident Magis-, trate's criticism by being unfolded .against the wall. The scene did not stand, the. glare'iof daylight, . although the Resident , Magistrate remarked, it niiglit" be; used as, .a , carto'6n r fpr. the adornment bf the new Court .Hpuse.% f Inthe progress: of the. examiiiatiqn 4 a r.secpncf. "scene in Court" *was given, m^wijjuch TEs Worship and the members of the. bar, werejthp cliief actors. In examining a witness', '-Mr; South had prefaced an inquiry by "using the words to the witness — :" Did you see"?^-when Mr. Harvey, who was counsel on th© other side, hastily rose to object to ithe mode o£puting the question, which was leading the witness, aud insisfed that the 'question ''sMiiild he put by fasting " what. ' he _. /saw;." "^ Mr. South explained .hte was not going to lea;cl' His witness ; , ■to which Mr.," Harvpy ' sharply retorted he would .have done soy'if he had not been interrupted by him. The wordy: warfare continuing between J the . 'cbuhselj the Resident Magistrate, 'angrily,'"interposed, and said that "counsel I In liis court put questions, and conducted' thei eases, very clifferently to the ' manner: .of counsel in the "superioi* courts. "It'jwas showing gross disrespect to the Bench';, Jthey would not dare to do" so 'before 'adjudge. \ETe had remarked tliat 'counsel were exceedingly bland before ; the judge, while ' they seemed' to think they coulci conduct "themselves 'in' any way in that 'Court. If it. was not* discontinued he should take serious notice -of 7 ' it. J "Mr. South hoped the Resident Magistrate 'did not allude to him ,• he admitted that, he/ might be taught in the Resident -Magistrate's Coprt, which was, so to speak, a school for counsel. The Resident Magistrate, 1 more,angrily,;replied that he referred to all alike, and rif th,e practice was continuedhe Bhould refuse to hear: Counsel altogether. *:ii<;.^ cA^yA; The following is from the YiOtagoADailg Telegraph,— " Of aR the great/social vices in D unedin, we have been; remarkably ,fr ee^from the curse of gambling. ;i tThat rwe may- continue so, we have to draw the attention of our detectives to the fact:thatwe,<Kay*ekte]y [re- :- ceiveda consignment" bfucard f , from -Melbourne via * Ihverp-»g*^--gentlem.en: of pleasing exterior, who have a strong f: penchant for introducing a : pack of cards upon; all : pc- - casions, or if 4esh*ed, a Bet of dipejfor a.Uttle amusement at chicken iazard. ,: As this ,small * brotherhood have .other jaccompiishments which are always to be considered uas /iimder pohce supervision, ife is tobe hoped that the members will, be .fevored with an early introduction to pur ßesident ;.; Magistrate, -who *w^ll know what sort of a •welcome shpuldbe accorded to them." ,;We. may remark that nptiung.^vjas heard of the :'^brpt'hCThoo£ i " yheYe^^s;.the.^ Telegraph states, probably ; owing. either, to th».Spi fact that jour detectives are ..too, , -sharp, /or that " pigeons" , ; were "-, hot plentiipul" enough for any ) stay of" rooks." -.- - _•• * . v;: ,_. i'yj. , " The Otago JiDaiig 4^sM S he I Taiaroa tribe of yestodayp^e^es-^i , day) paid to. Mr. S:. Jones ..tlie -AfV6nox,A% c. according to their {"manners and customs,, ot presenting : iim ' Tviiihla, piece-, of - ypoendmi ? or green stone] such^b-emg^he •fi•a-i•{:ioilary , token": of honor which oT^y^^9j^^-^J^^ : ;4^ oaA complimentary; tribute ofj rei^^iij^i^ypyP 01 the late visit of J&e >W4^4 »gi^^CTetitp"the native settlement near Ise"H^ filment pf fche;i>roi^ 'all Ithe tribc'to the'Crc^^ the late and present matches."

The dmnmtie;cpmpany .atthe Theatre; RpyaT having been- considerably jßt*rongthened by ; the Bocessipn : pf soTeral members of the profession from Dunediu, -^produced Bulwer . Lytton's drnmaof the iLady of Lyons on Tuesday and tli^ollowingjuight, with considerable sucopss. .. 'fhe ne-Wjinembers aye Miss Eloiae Juno, a lady of very iW. hUWonia. talont,. Miss Martin, Jfeaars., Riohavdson,, Haygarth, and othor eqittvUy good ewtors,*^ ■ 'JJJ.yiJy^ '"„';'/ A'JJJ J: Wo loam from the 4Qt<tsQ. .Baity Time&j&ii: tlie firafe nieeting.pf Ifoe members of the Second, Kow Zealand BjiUding , and In^es('«ont [v So* ciety wili, bo , -holdr at , the Masoiidc.H^lv .onMonday,, the 39th instant, .for the electioiiVof . oflleo-b-mrers, the^eonflideration of ~tho rules, I tho tdlotment jpf additional shave*?, the payjnont o£ tlifl; first subscription, and thp.disposal by auction, , of , tho. money received, if time permit.; ; ;. ; : -„ {The Aldinga arrived at the Bluff yesterday morning at S aim. She had on board 110 passengers fromvPuuedin,; and took 4,0. passengers from, "thej Bluff. The Omeo will , leave punedin : for Melbourno, via Bluff, on Satur* day. - ■■■... yA'y\ ' ... . •;*,-. Tho Olago Daily Times states that ,an addition is shortly' to be made to the substantial buildings, pf -which Queenstown can boast . by, the erection of premises for the Bank of Otago (Limited), "on a plot of ground adjoining the Bank of Kew' Zealand. The new Bank will have afrontage of 22ft., and will be two stories high. It will be of wood, but the safes will be built into stone work. On the ground floor will be a large telling office, a gold office, .-. parlor, kitchen, . &c. ;. the second story being devoted to a dining and bedrooms. A clock will be placed on the top of the buMing, surrounded, by ornamental woodwork ; and there will be a flagstaff at one corner. : A race of a novel character took place recently on tlie Ivaidioe Steeplechase-ground, near Heidelberg, Melbourne. The proprietor gave a silver iCup J to be raced for, iv heats, by the commercial travellers -of Mclboiirne, who rode the horses used by them in their ordinary course of busmess. . The police business in the Resident Magistrates' Court yesterday consisted of a few ca365 of drunkenness, and summonses for furious, riding in the streets. The Bendigo Advertiser has the following remarks on a photograph of the All England Eleven, and the Victorian Twenty- two Cricketers : — " The most prominent page in the Australian. News is wholly occupied with what the publisher says is a sketch of the All England Eleven ahd the Victorian Twenty-two. If oinv enemies in England were short of the wherewith to stab Victoria, they could not have tlie game betterplayedinto their hands. A more ruffianly crew than those purporting to be the chosen of England and Victoria never served on board a pirate ship. It is satisfactory to know tliat there not more two likenesses amongst the" thirty-four/ The Saturday. Review,^ shoidd it be believed in England that young Australia is accurately delineated in the ' big picture,' will have every T^.vn to. repeat its now almost historical s^lv against Australia. We have one comfort the art ol photography has been cultivated at the Antipodes." As as instance of the follies of drunkenness, the Otago AD.aily Times, gives the following : — " One of the men fined for drunkenness at the Kesident3lagistrate'.s Court yesterday, (Wednesday,) had nearly £40 on his "person at the he was arrested. He had torn up the notes into several .pieces, and will have to exert his ingenuity hi putting them together again. He was found lying drunk, and had he not-fallen into tlie hands of his guardian angels,. the police, : there can be no doubt ho would have been robbed of all he had before morning. It is no wonder that so many robberies are committed, for large sums of money are frequently found in the pockets of men in an intoxicated and helpless condition. Ufot very long ago a -man was arrested in this state, who had onhim cash to between £600 and £700." H- y-A'