AN EXTRAORDINARY BURGLARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 238, 22 August 1872, Page 5

AN EXTRAORDINARY BURGLARY.

George Henry Chamberlain, whose name is well known oh the West Coast from his connexion with Burgess's gang, is now undt-r remand at Hokitika, on an extraordinary t charge of burglary. James Rowley, whose name is also familiar, on the Coast and, in Dunedin, where he was for a time a detective, was the principal witness for the prosecation. He stated that he had been living with Chamberlain for some time, cooking and minding hia shop, and he described how 'Chamberlain used to go through a hole in the floor of his premises, creep under several houses, ascend through a hole in Cowlishaw and Plaisted's floor, and return with articles which he had appropriated,, replacing the loose boaidsin each bate. Chamber'ain, he said, thenteok the goods to: a shop he had in Tanoftcl street^ and. ."disguised ;them by re. painting them. Detective Brown described the tracVwhich he discovered between the premise^in .the construction of which great ingenuity U displayed, '

Mosgiel Tweed. —The Bruce ffeml is our authority for saying that an order ba been received from tingland for Mosgit tweed, aoebrding to samples lent home som time ago. Ordinances Assented To. — It i •fficially notified that the Governor ha assented to the Counties Ordinance! th Roads Diversion Ordinance, and the liivei cargill Reserves Management Ordinance passed by the Provincial Council last sea sion. What is Drunkenness I—ln1 — In th Police Court at Wellington a strange defini tion was given by a witness who was askei to describe the state of intoxication a certaii person was in at the time he saw him. "Wa he drank ¥ * " No ; he was full of grog, bn not incapable. 1 ' A Valuable Discovery. — Informs tion has reached the Dunstan Times of th discovery s< me where in the neighborhood o the Carriek Range of a lode of silver and lew that, to present appearance, will in vain eclipse any of the golden reefs yet discovers in that locality. The lode is stated to b about ten inches thick, and has been tracec for some considerable distance along the sur face ; and the opinion of a practical mine: who has seen it is, that it is the truest am richest he ever saw. Active measures ti test its value are being made. . Scholarships. — A return appears it the New Zealand Gazette giving a list of th< candidates who competed for the Colonial scholarships ; the names of the seventeei prize-takers, the institutions at which the] were educated ; the subjects in which the} distinguished themselves, and the class o: scholarships to which each of the successful ones is entitled. , Mr A. W. Bell, who headi the list, gets a special scholarship of L7C "for peculiar , excellence in English and modern languages." The other sixteen receive .L 45 scholarships, for general proficiency. ri A New Industry, — The manufacture of blacking has been commenced in Christchnrch by Messrs F. A. Shaw and Co., andvre (Lyltelton Times, July 27th) arc glad to hear that they have met with a gratifying amount of success. They manufacture for the trade only, and express their ability to supply an excellent article at a less price than retailers have now to p*v for Day and Martin. They claim that their blacking possesses amongst others, the following advantages :— 1. It produces a brilliant polish in two minute*, even though the boots fee new, greasy, or wet. 2. One half of the labor in brushing will suffice. 3. The consequent saving of expense in brushes. 4 It will retain its qualities for any length of time. 5. It acts as a preservative «f the leather, and increases its durability. [Blacking and blacklead to the value of 1.2,475 was imported into New Zealand last year. ] N. Z. University. — The statement of income and expenditure of the University of New Zealand for the year ending the 23rd April, 1872, presents some curious features. The only item on the debtor side is the General Government grant of L3OOO, of which L6lB 15s 9d has been expended. Of .this amount L 326 16s has been paid to members of the Council for "attendance," Mr Carleton taking the lion's share, L 142 15s. Printing and advertising abso.b LI 11 4s 2d. The printing of the minutes of the Council cost L 53 12s 6d, and the Lyttetion Times received for printing and advertising L2l 4s 6d, no •ther newspaper in New Zealand receiving more than L 5 Is. The Council seal figures first and last for .L3G 9a. . Two items are: quite inexplicable, "Matheson, for hire of 7 ' the Bishop of Gbristchurch, 19s 6d, and the proprietor of the Nelson Colonwk-hire of f— L 2 2s. The latter item is the readiest in the schedule. — Post. Committed for Manslaughter. — ; On the afternoon of July 23, a mail named John Simmons went to Morrison's accommodation honse at Benmore, Southland,: and stayed there all night. - The next morning he seems to have given some trouble by disorderly conduct, and refused to leave the house. Morrison ultimately seized "him by the' collar, and threw' him out from the dining-room door on to the gravel in front of ' the house* where he fell on his side. He was found the following day about 200 yards to the north-west of the hotel in a partially paralysed condition, and removed to the hotel, and subsequently to Invercargill Hospital, where he remained in an unconscious state uatil his death; which occurred on the 29th ult. At the adjourned inquest yesterday, the Coroner's jnry returned a verdict of manslaughter against Donald Morrison,' the hotel-keeper, who is now in custody. Waitaki Bridge. — In the Lower House last week, Mr G. Parker asked the Minister of .Public Works, when the materials- of this bridge would be on the spot, and whether it was proposed to call for tenders for its erection ? Mr Beeves said, m reply, that the first portion of the question . was not easy to be answered, as the mattej: referred to was one- depending on circumstances over which the Government had no : control. , He would give the hon. member an the information possessed by the Government, from which he would be able to form • his own conclusions. A total weight of about 815 .tons, representing 125. spans, had been shipped., Of these 48 spans had arrived, and were in course of being landed at , Oamaru. . Some difficulties of an unexpected character had been placed in the way in con sequence of the stranding of the vessel,' but . he was happy to say the cargo would be saved. The remaining portions of the bridge i were in course of manufacture, bnt as yet the. Government had received no 'advice of. their being shipped. With regard to .the second, portion of the' question, he had to state that it was the intention of theGovernment to let the erection of thje bridge by tender as soon as the 'fittings. •nivwL , \ . ' The Bankruptcy Acr.-r-An important judgment (says the New. Zealand Herald) -has just been given by the Court of Appeal; in » matter of bankruptcy: The* ' fact's are simple. A -creditor sues a debtor and obtains judgment. The debtor therefore files his petition in bankruptcy.' The creditor proves againstjthe bankrupt estate. The debtor" gefs the' usual protection and passes, his last examination, and now proceeds^ mpon the judgment previously obtained, and puts the debtor in prison. The question' arises whether the debtor is not still undpr! - protection. The debtor, in the hope of re* tease asks his discharge from debts. He is told, however, that this will /not cure ' the consequences of the judgment and i execution obtained in another Court -k The remedy is not to ask foradiseharge in bank- 1 ntptcy or a review of the judgment in, the' Conrt below, but special-application to the Supreme Court ; upon affidavit* setting out -the "whole of the facts. .. Ultimately the debtor is released, and he seeks to bring an ■-• action for false imprisonment* against the execution creditor. He is,' however,, in- '"■ formed that an act for false imprisonment' will not lie, as there was nothing to debar the creditor from using the fruit of his ' judgment. -This decision' of the Court of - Appeal . points to some ..amendments in Clauses 202 and 203 of the, Bankruptcy - Act. > ■ • '•'':.-., ■■ ' '■ :• . v > ..<>.'') „' - A brute of a- husband says *'f that every woman is in the wropg -till ■fa««jcrisa«-and fell fe jp » ffe fjfrHßß'ti^'