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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 385, 26 August 1874, Page 2

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{From our own Correspondent.) > On Sunday last a case or sudden death occurred. , Mrs. Charnock,. the wife, of Mr. E. Charnock,' wheelwright, Having been attifteked by 1 a fit which caused her death within a few houra, after the commencement ©f the attack. On the 18th mstant,:4n inquest was held before W. L. Simpson, Esq.', when Dr. Thompson, who had, iuade-a post mortem examination of the body,-deposed to the existence of extensive organic disease, sufficient [ to account for the death of the deceased. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Those of our residents who are possessed of sporting proclivities do not intend' to allow the dull times to interfere with their usual summer amusements,- arrangements having been made for holding our annual spring meeting on the 18th September ; and from the amount of subscriptions already promised, it is expected that about £60 will be available for stakes, so that if there is only a gopd entry of young Choristers, Roebucks, and "scrubbers," a good day'B sport may" be anticipated. The action of the goldfields members is being keenly critised by the miners, and the conclusions drawn are anything but flattering to our representatives, some of whom; in the event of a dissolution, may find their seats rather too hot for them. It may suit our representatives to allow their personal feelings to so outweigh their sense of public duty, as to cause them to throw out the OoldGelds Bill without taking a "single clitUßO into consideration — merely because the "Bill was introduced by Mr. T. L. Shepherd ;.but the miners fail to see the point of the joke. 'By 4be action of the goldfields members, legislation for the goldfields has been .postponed for another year, when doubtless another will be framed, and (if the miners again consent to be humbugged) another mining conference hold, and after sending in an elaborate report, the whole affair will terminate with the usual barren, resujts. The Wellington management will have pleasure in announcing the revival of the notorious farce of " The Goldfields Bill ! " which was received last season with bursts of laughter ; the performance to conclnde with, the laughable extravaganza, entitled, " The Circulation of Another Bill ! " 2T.8.— " In consequence of the flourishing state of' the Exchequer, the audience will be paid for their attendance." However, it is a precarious game ; and if the goldfields members coutinu© to put their Bill 3 in circulation without attempting to meet any of. them, the result? will probably be political bankruptcy and a compulsory sequestration .of their estates. Whatever f aults Mr. T. L. Shepherd may possess* he has manfully fought the miners' battle j and bis aetioa during the present session affords a favorable contrast to that of the other goldfields members, whose professions and practice are so much at variance as toirresistably remind one of the ouce popular lines — "That she still loves me fondly, she vows and declares : But wby, tell me why, did she kick me dowa stairs ? "