Local.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 157, 22 April 1859, Page 2

Local.

The New Wharf.—-The following is an apr . proximation to the amounts specified in the dif- ■ f(jrent tenders received for. the erection of the new wharf at Green Point. It is said that the Council will decide upon the one^to be accepted early next ! week:— " ' '"' _. ; . •* Local > Bibbey ............1?:....:. .^6BOO \ Jacobsen ;...'./;.'■'-5700 ' Calder ..;.....,, 4600 . 1 Akersten ..,...;........... 3400. J 1 Skeleton Found.—A curious discovery has , been made of a skeleton, in a cave near the Halfway House, at Collingvvood. Marks on the skull \ would lead to the belief that death had been caused by violence. It is thought to have lain there a number of years, and according-to the opi- j nion of Dr. Turnell, is the remains of a Maori. | An inquest lias been bold, but we are not aware £ of the terms of the verdict. . j New Licenses.—The annual licensing meeting took place fit the Nelson Court House, on Tuesday < last. Ln addition to the renewal of the licenses of t all the-old houses in Nelson, Stoke, Richmond, i and Motueka, there were six applications for new houses, all of which were granted, viz;..— J. Armstrong, Prince Alfred Hotel, Bridge- i street. E. Pearce, Mitre Plotel, Bridge-street. ' F. Stock, Albion Hotel, Haven-road. J. Wintcrburn, Pier Hotel, Haven-road. t G. Richardson, Fleece Tavern, Waimea-street. IT. Bonnington, Wheatsheaf Inn, Richmond. Accident.—On Tuesday last, an accident occurred to a man named Henry Powell, acting as ostler at the Trafalgar Hotel. On his way from ' Wakapuaka, he. stopped at a house in the Wood, with two horses, and ha.ving quitted their halters, ' they ran into an adjoining paddock. In trying to catch them he received a violent kick, that caused , compound fracture of the leg. The poor fellow received prompt attention from those on the spot, and shortly after was conveyed in a spring (iavt to j the Hospital. He appears to be going oil favorably, j The Council—On Wednesday evening there were , amounts voted on the Estimates for two. objects of < public interest. One was a sum of £ 500 for a market, and the other £200 for the assistance of the Agricultural Association. In consequence of inability to pro- ( cure proper assistance, we have been obliged to oinil the proceedings of Council during the last week. This omission will, however, for the future be remedied. ; • Nelson Produce Market.—Nelson has arisen from ;- ■ its lengthened coma, and we have to announce in ; . terms of sincere congratulation that Mr. Dodson has ; succeeded in lifting the heavy eyelids of our conn-! ' ciilors, who have consequently consented to grant; ( £SCO for establishing a produce market. All hail. ! Okey Poke! rejoice, Waiinea ! No longer will your; < wives have to hawk produce from house to bouse—no ; longer need you sot in liquor shops the livelong day while chaffering and dealing with' your i customers. :: t Morality will smile rejoicingly, sobriety will look with i grateful eye on the promised attention to Nelson'^ • great necessity. Henceforth market prices will be: known; no one will now be able successfully to stop the farmer on his way to Nelson and purchase produce , at nominal prices. Agriculture is at length recog nised; and we predict that our Dodsonian market will be found far more useful, far more necessary, than many of our incipient.legislators may think.—Commit- ! nicaied. MAGISTRATES COURT, RICHMOND. ' Monday, April 11. , Befohk C. B. Wither, ahd J. W. Barnicoat, ] Esquires. " Charles Palmer v. John Kerr, junior.—This was an action to recover £5 from defendant, for having sold one cow and calf' one day before the time allowed by the ordinance. . The evidence went to show that in advertising, the cattle had been very improperly described, so that the owner had never been aware of their having been impounded until after the sale, when he had to pay £5 to redeem the same from the £ poundkeeper, who had become the purchaser. Defendant was ordered to pay £5 to complainant, with costs, and was severely reprimanded by the Magistrates for having kept the pound in a very loose and irregular manner.. Mr. Joseph Newport was fined £2 for allowing a bull to run at large. ' . AN EASY LESSON OF TWO SYLLABLES. ! Ned's rani was a play-ful fel-low, but he sometimes got his mas-ter in-to trou-ble by his fun-ny , tricks, but Ned did not care, for he liked mis- ', chief him-self. \ A lit-tie while a-go there stood by the riv-er, . Jack Winch and his mon-key, when.som.e naugh-ty '. boys'«ame be-hind them sly-ly and push-od them : in-to the wa-ter. Was not that ve-ry wick-ed. ! Poor Jack and his mon-key were al-most ■ drown-ed ; so ..some good clev-er lads said they , would pay some mon-ey to knovy those wick-ed boys w'ho'did it.. So Wed.tried to get the mon-ey, , but these good clev-er lads were not quite so . green. ■ Then be said that three boys named Brown, ■•' Jones, and Rob-son did it, but Brown said he was ; at some of the out-skirts of the world at the time ; \ Jones and Rob-son said they were at home at the j time, so that they could not have been any of , those naugh-ty boys. '. So Ned was ver-ry sov-ry, and ask-ed.< par-don, 'and said it was all a joke.,. Then-these boys said , it was nol joke, and too much of the mon-key, but they did for-give him; and Ned said he didnot know any bet-ter, for he was only a mi-nor, but he would do so no more.