SWITZERS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 305, 19 November 1873, Page 3

SWITZERS.

(#Voto our own Correspondent.) So our correspondence in the future is to be thort, decisive, and frequent. WelL I've no objection j still 'twas a God send to many of vi country correspondents to revel in weather description, the lnunidity of the atmosphere, and its probable effect on the coming crop — in fact, 'twas a sort of stock capital-. I, for ©ne, am prepared to forego the luxury — ('twere well if others followed my example) — ■and confine myself to conveying facts, or as near such as is customary under the circumstances ; and to begin with, we are lief c almost in as great a fix over £60 -as the Corporation <of Lawrence were with then* £2000 — in fact, we don't know what to do with it. A paternal Government placed on the Estimates at last session' the munificent sum afore mentioned to build a foot bridge across the Winding Creek, for the convenience of foot passengers, school children, ie ; and all the ingenuity of ■our .local Inigo Jones has been expended in ■endeavoring to span a7O feet creek with the " aforesaid £60. and I hear he almost despairs of -success, ' I -saggested to cur local Board of Works that a prize of £20 be offered for the most cheap and eligible design, and considered the suggestion a valuable one. Not so, however, tho- Board, as no steps, as far as I know of, have been taken to carry out the ■suggestion. However, we don't despair of success, as the Government, with that farBeeing policy which has «ver characterised «cmc members of it, have kindly permitted us to supplement the above sum to any extent at the expense of our own pockets. The escort left on Monday, with close on aOOOozs. o£ gold. As far as my peregrinations have enabled tee to judge, the crops in the neighborhood tooJf first-class ; and judgjrag from the appearance of the gardens in the immediate 'Vicinity of Frenchmans Hill, another month will bring us an unlimited quantity of ripe and delicious fruit. Onrioaity led me into the Resident Magistrate 1 * Court on Monday last. There were a few debt cases, the principal parties interested being the creditor*. A case of Job Coalums, «£ Nokomai, against Robert Shaw for damages 'lauHft^Sffl, for misuse of waggon and horses ; in fact, from what I heard of it, it seemed a vomnUofteed a£Eair. As the defendant could not procure tm material witnesses iv time for thejbearing, tb* Magistrate adjourned the CHe pa ilia paying £4 costs. Another -case of insulting and abusive language, Moffatt against Halloway, was gone into. From the evidence of the plaintiff, the only adjective defendant feted waa to call him a "liat." The Magistrate tint »f opinion thai this 'evidence did toot iwtain the chwge, and dismissed the«ase, to»dly;|>e*nrittmg tbe plaintiff to pay costs. •Jfawtt^wis* 4ntwe\y*gzeed withjthe Bench.

(as lie has read of much wotbo, though in different words, being used during the late session Of Assembly by members with the prefix of hon. to their names) and left the Court. * I understand a Tapanui firm have got the contract for sawing and delivering telegraph poets for line via Clinton, Tapanui, and Switzers, so that wo are about to receive our first benefit out of the four million loan. Dr. Stewart is amongst us, and, I. hear, purposes staying a fortnight, to enable the Hospital Committee to completearrangements, so that they can offer a suitable guarantee. It requires no suggestion from me to the Committee to use ' their best* endeavors to secure the valuable services of Dr. Stewart. We have too long known the want of a resident surgeon amongst us not to use our best endeavors to secure such when so good an apportunity offers.