Local Intelligence.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 331, 18 February 1874, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

IT is with much pleasure that we announce that Morrison. and, Company and CJay.tpn and Company have come to an arrangement amicably, which sets, at rest the litigation between the two companies. - We have been informed that all logal proceedings are stopped, '§ach side p.iying its own costs, and expenses. ■ Morrison and Company surrender a portion of lan^, and on the other hand receive a'paymenfc'of £1000. There are some miner matters provided for, but the above aie the salient points of the argeement, and have been communicated to us with permission of the parties by the solicitor employed.

, Mb. Michael M*Cabtby, of the; Dumbarton Rock Hotel, Moa Flat, informs' us that the report which appeared in our issue of the 11th instant, of his, having soK^rhis,, property to, a runholder for the sum of £900, has no founda" tion whatever. . The information was supplied to us from what we considered a' reliable source, otherwise we would not have published it.

We learn that the Rev. Dr. Copland has obtained leave of absence from the Dunedin Presbytery for eight months, in order that he might visit Britain for the good of his health.

, A ooaRFsroNDENT writes : — The "Waitahuna annual pic-nic, to which all the children in the district are to be invited, will be held on Friday, the 27th jnst. Judging from the many liberal offers of assistance xeccived by the Management Committee, a fine day only is necessary to ensure the affair 'being an unqualified success.

ON- Saturday afternoon a Chinaman in the employment of Mr. John Grundy at the rock cutting, Clarks Flab, while wheeling a banowful of stones over a plank into a waggon' below was precipitated to a depth of nine feet, and iecei»ed some ugly bruises on his arms aud legs. The waggoner, whose business it was to be at work under these planks, ao-aS toybe near his horses, had a narrow escape. Had he lingered a moment longer, he would have had the Chinaman, barrow, stones, and all on the top of h jm , Shortly after this occurrence, a stone mason employed .in the construction of a bridge opposite Mr. Tabbrn's, darks Flat, having made a fire ia his tent, went to fill' his billy • with water — a distance of about 15 yards— and before he returned he fo&iid the side of his tent next the chimney had caught, -fire. As. may > be imagined.. tlie whole of the tent was in a blaze iv a few seconds, and ,the contents completely destroyed, fwo tents situa'te'd'one at each side of the burning one had a Very* narrow escape of catching fire, but were protected in time 'by two men who were'ou the spot. v Owe of these tents was full of hoise feed, " ' Two more deaths have occurred "atnoiigsfc the Mongol's passengers —a boy and a girl, aged respectively, 17 and 12 months. There are now only five patientß; ■.*!.' We learn with touch pleasure that the; result of the recent examination t>f teachers held at Danedin by -the i Education Board? and superintended by the Inspectors, has resulted in Miss 'Da'rton passing tbre examination'for the secondclass certificate, Miss Pope -for the third-class, and Miss Fowler for tlje fourth -class. Miss Herd passed the third year's examina'tidn af a pupil teacher. • For the information of 'oar readers, we may state that the examination for a second class certificate -is the final examination. Before receiving a first class certificate it is necessary that a teacher should teach for five years with satisfaction to the Inspectors,

' HIS Excellency Oovernob Weld, of Western Australia, is on a visit to New Zealand at present. A meeting of stewards of the Tuapeka Jockey Club" was held at the Vfo&ria H&tel^rt, Monday. evening.-- Present:' Mr. R.'WilHains ' (President) in tho chair, Messrs. Farrer, Sheath,' Hills, Clarke, Hay, and Quin. Messrs. Farrer, Sheath, $nd HUls explained the action taken by! the stewafda in reference to the sale^ot booths, in order to obtain a fair price for the same. Their action was unanimously approved of by the meeting. A letter was received from James Malone, asking that his disqualification be removed, and that he be allowed to ride at the forthcoming meeting. .Absolution, waa passed that, in consideration of his youth, the stewards would remove the disqualification, at the sitme J time advising him to be more careful in his f uture conduct.- Messrs. Hay and Clarke were appointed to, take charge of the scales, and to attend to other matters connected with the •weighing in and out of jockeys, also as to giving orders to jockeys to dismount. &c. Mn B. Hills was appointed to take, chaige of the racecourse during the meeting" with instructions to get any necessary work performed. Messrs. Mobbison & Co., of the Blue Spur, have presented the Tuapeka Athenceum with a beautiful specimen of blue cement from their claim. It is thickly impregnated with coarse gold, and is a valuable acquisition to our local museum. The result of the polling at the election of a surgeon for the Dunstan District Hospital was as follows S— Dr. Thompson, 112; Dr. Staling, 86. Our Clyde telegram states that the excitement was greater .than on any previous election of any kind there. A miner named Hoffman, a Russian, working at the Nor* 'West Creek, near the Waipori township, was seveiely injured by a fall of earth while at work driving in his claim on Wednesday last, his hip being dislocated. He was conveyed to the Tuapeka Hospital, where he is progressing favorably. A correspondent writes as follows :- On the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the citizens of the l enowned city of Ettrick were furnished an intellectual tre.it by the performances of Messrs. Clifton, Con Dell, Miss Sara. and Master Hydes. These artists are so well known that any detailed criticism appears somewhat out of place ; yet it is impossible to refrain from passing a warno tribute to the high clitss character of their entertainment. Miss Saia possesses a voice of wonderful compass and surpassing sweetness, admirably displayed in the beautiful ballads which form the chief ornament of her repertoire. Mr. Clifton is more th.m a mere coniique singer, he is a lyric actor of no ordinary ability. His efforts were rewaided with aide-splitting mirth, while they ■ are free of anything approaching to buffoonery. jnhu^xaaninS^.'- <• »«i kgk q forgotten without a word of appreciation. AltogeiheF'tfre ~~pwformance is of a very high class order. The troupe intended performing at tlie Bcuuuiont on Tuesday evening, and iv Lawrence on Wednesday and subsequent evenings. The performance at Ettrick took place in Mr. Nicholson's new assembly rooms. Miners will read with satisfaction the following notice, which appears in 'our advertising columns, issued by the Ooldfields Secretary : - " Parcels of gold of not less than 10 ounces each will be received by the Gold Receivers for transmission to the Melbourne mint," We are {jlad to obswve that tonders aie invited for the erectiou of a post and telegraph office at Roburgh. Tins will provide a decided want in Roxburgh. The room at present used is not worthy of the name of an office, as there is hardly space in it to turn round. ' THE jpassengers of the Surat, being anxious to obtain their luggage, htflil a meeting in the the lower hall of the Dunerlin Athenoeum, on Saturday night, to elect a committee to make the best amingements possible for the attainment of the object in view. The chair whs filled l>y Mr, J. Robinson, ai^da warm, discussion ensued, seveial persons speaking at one time. Messrs. Rohinsou, Isitt, and Fountain formed a Committee, aud the passengers e.ich agreed to pay Is. towards the working expenses. At the Resident Magistrate's Court held yesterday there were seveial civil cases, but we are compelled to hold over our- report till our Saturday's issue. In the report in our last issue of a deputption waiting upon the Government with referetice to the establishing of' an -Assay Office, in DuiiPdin, we were in error in stating that Messrs, Pyke and 'Bradshaw were present. These gentlenje.u, we are informed, had promised to attend, but owing to other engagements were unable to be present. We would draw attention to Messrs. Capstick, ' Duthie, and Capatick's annual sale 6f pure-bred stud sheep, which takes place on Thursday and Friday, the 19th" and 20th inst., at their Yards, Miltou. A grand,, ball is announced to take place in Athenseum, Waitahuna, on Friday evening, 20th inst, A" young boy, a son of Mr. Wm. Sheath, met with, an accident yesterday morning whilst liding aloug ELilmarnock-street. The saddle, which was not tightly girthed, slipped round, throwing the poor lad to the ground. One of his feet remained fast in the stirrup, and he was dragged - along the ground some distance. Though severely cut aud bruised, his injuries, we are happy to say, are not of a seirous nature. Drs. Stewart and Halley were in immediate attendance on the sufferer. The Carandini Family gave one of their popular concert's in the Assombly Room Lawrence lost evening, the attendance was only moderate. Is is needless to say the concert was a treat, Madam Carandini and her daughters have always been favourites with the colonial public, aud deservedly so, Mr, Cotterell in the comic .business is very amusing ; his rendering of speeches from a Charity Dinner elicited great applause, Messrs. Sherwin and Gordon's singing is of a superior order. We feel assured there will be a bumper, house to-night, when an entire change of programme will be given. An opportunity of hearing a concert such as this should not be thrown away. Judgment in the case of Hunt v. Dr. Sorley was given on Monday for the full amount claimed -\\z, £10.0. The river steamer Tuapeka has been repaired, and is Said to be as strong and stauch. as ever. A MEKTIKG of the promoters of the annual union Sunday school pic-nic was held Monday night at Mr. Squiie's office, Mr. Stenhousein the chair. The following business was transacted :— The day for holding the pic-nic was altered to Saturday, February SSfch ; estimates were formed of requirements of the pic-nic, and an eqaitable system of contribution agreed upon ; next meeting of Committee fixed for Tuesday, February 24th, at same time and place. With regard to Mr. T. L. Shepherd** meeting at Arrowtown, which was noticed in our telegrams last week, the " Daily Times " has received tbe following information, which has been sent by telegram: -"Mr. Shephero's meeting was not advertised. Attendance very poor.* Only one question asked about two heads of water. Mr. Vincent ,Pyke was referred to as a 'new broom.' in no very complimentary terms."

CONFIRMATORY of the statements made by our correspondent "Humanity," we are informed that four horses were observed in the old Cemetery .yesterday.

Cicebo said that he had seen the entire Iliad, which is a poem as long as the New Testament, written on skin so that it could be rolled up in the compass of a nutshell. Ndw\this is 'imperceptible to :the ordinary "•§£%• V«ry recently tfie whole contents of a London newspaper were photographed on a paper half as long as: the hand. It was put under a dove's wing and sent to Paris, where they enlarged it aftd read the news. ! This copy of the Iliad "must have been made by some such process. Pliny says that Nero, the tyrant, had a ring with a gem in it which he looked through and watched the sword play of the gladiators, more clearly than with the naked eye. So Nero had an opera glass. Mauritius, the Italian, stood on the promontary of his island and could sweep over the entire sea to the coast of Africa with his nauscopite, which is a word derived from two Greek words, meaning to see a ship. Evidently Mauritius, who- was a pirate, had a marine telescope. The signet of a ring in Dr. Abbots museum, said to belong to Cheops, who lived 500 years before Christ, is about the size of half a dollar, and the engraving is invisible without the aid of glasses In Parma is shown a gem once worn on the finger of Michael Angela, of which the engraving is 2000 years old, in which there are the figures of seven women." A glass is needed to distinguished . the forms at all. Layard says he would be unable to read the engravings on Ninevah without strong spectacles, ; they are so extremely small. Rawlinson brought home a stone about 20 inches long and 10 wide, containtng an entire treatise on mathematics. It would be perfectly, illegible without glasses. Npw* if we are uaable to read it without the aid of glasses, you may suppose that the man who engraved it had pretty string spectacles. So, the microscope, instead of dating fromj our time, finds its brothers in the books of Moses — and these are infant brothers.

The Lord Chief Justice of Queen's Bench, speaking on the treatment of witnesses: — "I deeply deplore that members of the bar so frequently put, unnecessarily, questions affecting the private life' of witnesses, which or only justifiable when they go to the credibility of a witness. I have watched closely the administration of justice, in France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, and a little in Spain, as well as ia the United States, in Canada, and in Ireland, and in no place have I seen witnesses so badgered, browbeaten,, and in every way so brutally maltreated as in England. The way in which we treat our witnesses is a national dissrace, and seriously obstructs instead of aiding the ends of justice. In England the most honourable I and ■ conscientious men loathe the wituess-b tx. Men and womp.ii of all ranks shrink with terror from subjecting themselves to the wauton insult and bullying, misnamed cross-examination, in our English Courts, Watch the tremor that passes the 'frames of many persons as they enter the witness-box. I remember to have seen so distinguished a man as the late Sir Benjamin Brodie shiver as he entered the -»^it~.,^— -L^ue — j_ jJa.Ee__say -his. apprehension amounted to -exquisite torture. are just as necessary fox- the administration of justice as Judges or jurymen, and are entitled to be treated withthesame consideration, aud their affairs and private lives ought to' be held a3 sacred from the gaze of the public as those of the Judges or the jurymen. • - I venture to fchiuk that-it is the duty of a Judge to allow no questions to be put to a witness unless such a3 are clearly pcrtineut to the issue before the Court, except when the credibility of the witness is deliDerately challenged by counsel, and that the eve libility of a witness shoul.l not be wantonly challenged on slight grounds." Mr. Thomas W. Keitpthorne, a brother of the Kempthorne who was murdered by the S ullivan, B urgoss, Slelly and Le vy villains, writes to the '' Daily Times " asking if it can possibly be ti>u,e that Sa.Uiv.iii has been libsy ited. Ha writes as follows :—": — " On tbe 13th June, 18G0, this Sullivan, in company with three others, shot five men, and amongst this number an unfortunate brother of mine, under circumstances too dreadful to particuiari&c. It will be remembered that Sullivan confessed the crime — that they were aE tried at Nelson, found guilty, and condemned to death ; but for some reason the Government spared the life of the worst of the gang, and changed tbe sentence to imprisonment for life." Mr. Kem.p! borne concludes his letter in these words : — " Believe me, the matter is not done with." By declaration the " Thistle Ordinance 1862 " is declared to"be iv operation within the Ihvercafgill huhdretls distrfdt The Register say 3 : — "A recent estimation made as to. the proportion between publio-houses arid population in Greymouth gives one hotel for every fifty-nine persons — men, women, and children -^or more than three times the number of public-houses, in proportion to population, that exist in Melbourne. A similar disproportion of public houses could be shown at Wesfcport.'* From a Dunedia contemporary we learn that the Surat salvage still keeps the salesmen busily employed, and the growls of the drapers, storekeepers and boot vendors are loud and long in consequence of the cheap, damaged goods interfering with their profits and playing the deuce with their usual trade. An Invercargill correspondent writes as follows to a contemporary : — Prqbably nothing proves better the proaperity'of a' district than, the measure of support accorded to " entertainments of the stage," whether they be interlude, tragedy, comedy, farce, burlesque, burletta, melodrama," pantomime, opera, or the other one hundred and one old and new synonymous terms which have been devised to attract attention. .Hence, our old friends the Carandinis, whom we have not seen for years, have paid us a visit, and mil r not return with the treasury any lighter ; whilst the Pantascope of a -tour across the* American Continent, and the Ixion Troupe, have no reason to despise InvercargilL , Placards throughout the town announce five nights of th& Kennedy Family, and a season ; of twelve nights of the Coinmomvealth Dra- ; matic Company. A few years since, the boards of our comfortable little theatre were months without the tread of professionals, I and it took a most worthy object to attract j a crowded ,house to.. an amateur entertainment. Long may the present state of niat- ! ters continue. By a " Gazette " notice the Board of Wardens for the depasturing districts of Waitahuna Tuapeka and Waipori, elected on the 21st January last, are declared to hold office, and exercise all the powers of . Wardens tijl the Ist August.' ' A person named Thomaa Pavletich convenes a meeting on the 16th instant at the [Jni'Versal Hotel, Dunedin, of persons interested in the formation of a cooperative assoction for feeding andcuring pigs. A large eel has been caught in a stream near the Union Mills, Taranaki, which weighed fourteen poitnds, and measured four feet six inches in length. . - . Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Female Complaints — The disorders peculiar to women are the most delicate and difficult to conduct to a favorably termination, unless they obtain prompt relief from well accredited sources. Upon their early and judicious treatment hangs tbe momentous question whether women enjoy strength, soundness^andche-rful-neas, or pine awa^ in weakness, diease, and misery. HoJUoway'sinPsiiwaWe preparations ore the "most reliable remedies f jr restoring weakened or suspended functions. The Ointment should be rubbed on the back and stomach at least ten minutes every night and moring till relief i 3 obtained, and perfect functional regularity is induced. Wbile thus using the Ointment, Holloway's Pills should be fieely taken, in order to purify the blood and Iceaase the Bjetem,

It is hardly necessary for U3 to remind our p readers of the excellent entertainments provided c for them on the evenings of Thursday, Friday, ( and Saturday by the Ixion Troupe, and the Clifton Concert Compauy« Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns; £ We remind owners of horses that entries for { the Tuapeka Jockey Club races must be made with the Secretary, not later than 9 o'clock, this " evenings J Oor Danedin correspondent's letter, on the liberation of Sullivan, was not received by us till Saturday, being by some .means or other delayed in its transmission, otherwise we would have supplied our readers with the information sooner' than any newspaper in the province. This ia very provoking, as our correspondent having obtained the information late on Thursday night, inconvenienced himself to no small extent to enable us to publish the- news in our Saturday's issue. Mdlle.'Jenny Claus, the eminent violinist with the assistance of Madame Rekel. M. Rekel, and Signor Cecchi is advertised to give her first concert at the Princess Theatre this evening. - Harvesting; operations (writes the " Western, fcjtar ") will be general in the Western District in the early part of next week. The wages ottered are £2 lOs per week and . found ; but it is probable, taking into consideration the scarcity of hands, that higher rates will prevail.' ■ Thb " Wellington Evening Post" comments ,as follows upon the present . meeting of Parliament : — This extraordinary session might be regarded as a good joke, were it not that very serious consequences to the members of the House of Representatives are involvedi- The Constitution Act provides that any member of that House who. absents himself for a whole session without leave shall forfeit his seat. This provision is one which the Colonial Legislature cannot alter without the Act sa altering it being reserved for her Majesty's pleasure. Thus, if the Governor now issued a proclamation proroguing Parliament, fehe' seat of every member of the Representatives, except the half dozen who were present yesterday, would be ipso facto vacant, and it would be the duty of the Clerk of Writs to immediately issue new writs. This is a difficulty which no legislation can surmount. Unless a quorum can be got together to grant lea. c to the absentees, what is equivalent to a general election throughout the Colony must ensue immediately on Parliament being prorogued. Probably the Government, if it comes to that, will advise the Governor to dissolve Parliament, so that a real general election may take place thi3 year, ius,te..d of the year after nest, when the term of the present Parliameut expires." The Resident Magistrate's Court of Dunedin has lately had several very distressing cases of juvenile depravity brought before it. On Friday last the following case was iicana — before Mr. Strode, and is reported by the '- Daily Times " : — Margaret Ann Laws'on, alias Dawson, a pretty- little halfcaste, was placed in the dock, on a charge of stealing a lady's shawl, valued at 10s. In reply to the charge, she whispered that she had "taken the cape for a loan. Two days ago' she was taken into custody with some other children, for committing a series of thefts, and was proved to be the instigator of them. Jane Wilson sail that she lived at the Waverly Boarding House, where accused was employed as servant until the evening of the 4th ult., when she suddenly left, and on the following day witness missed the cape produced. Detective Sliury had received information of the theft, and subsequently saw accused about ten o'clock at night wearing it in towu, with a>erowd of boys following her. She slated that she resided in Canongate, but had been stopping with Mrs. Powell, a woman living in Manor PLtco, and that she, Lizzie Powell, and a man who co-habited with her, slept iv one bed. In answer to Mr. Strode. I it was elicited that Lizzie Powell was the 4 vicious character who hai been charged at the Court a short time previous with abduc- ! tion. A further charge was then preferred [ against, Lawson of stealing a muff valued at 10s. Elizabeth Keenan employed accused at Waverly Boarding House last month, ' and she suddenly disappeared ; and Detective I Sliury afterwards brought a muff belonging ' to. witness, which he had -found upon* her. Witness had heard she was leading a very 5 bad life. Mr. Strode : What iff the history of this child ? Sub-Inspector Mallard was sorry to say that her history was a bad one. Her - father resided in Dunedin, but she stays away \ from home against his will, and is quite uni controllable* Her • conversation when in - police custody was something horrible, and i it was a most lamentable thing to hear her. i He considered her too far gone for reflemp- - tion. The child displayed the greatest indifJ fcrence throughout-, and answered the questions' readily, but in a half audible tone of t voice. She was fourteen years of age. Mn . Strode said she appeared a fit subject for the ; Reformatory Industrial School, as the Gaol j would^make her worse than she was. The fact of her admission into the houße of the 5 notorious woman Powell was something shocking, but it "would not do to let her associate with hardened criminals in the Gaol. ' Some robberies committed in North Dunedin I twelve months ago, which were never made public in Court, had since been traced to her. r He would remand her for a short time until some information concerning her religion, &c., could be procured, when she would be I committed to the Industrial School. The t prisoner was sentenced to three years' detenL tion in the Reformatory School at Caversham, . after his Worship had given her a severe [ lecture on her past conduct.