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Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 4, 25 September 1878, Page 3

Kx«*kki»ix«s *ms Powers.— ln the House of 1! -presentative* on Wednesday last, Mr. Sutton asked the Minister of Justice whether he is aware that a person who lias not been appointed a Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, is now presiding at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay ? and under what act has the same person committed a prisoner to Napier gaol, sentence*! by him to imprisonment for four weeks? Mr Sheehan, in reply, said he had endeavoured to get information on subject, but had not yet succeeded. As soon as he got the information he would lay it before the House, lie might mention that a Mr. Williams had been appointed Resident Magistrate for the purpose of witnessing some deeds, but he was expressly instructed that lie was not to assume judicial functions. If lie had gone beyond his tether, so much the worse for him. The Banks.—A fear has been expressed, says the Dunedin Herald, that the apparent intention on the part of the hanking institutions in this town to offer more favorable terms for deposits indicates a stringency in the New Zealand money market. We believe it does not. We are inclined to dhink that a contemporary is nearer the mark in a reference lie makes to the fact that in the Australian colonies money is hardening, and an anticipated withdrawal from New Zealand to meet Australian requirements may be prompting the New Zealand banks to adopt this means of protecting their deposits. We have, in times gone by, experience* 1 serious inconvenience from a drain of this kind, and we trust the present action of the New Zealand hanks will prevent a repetition of it. Exhibition Barmaids. One of the greatest attractions at the Paris Exhibition is the collection of young ami pretty K.iglish barmaids. These young people bdo rig to most respectable families. Their parents have entered into a contract with the manager of the restaurant that h will return them safely to their homes. Every evening a huge break ami pair of horses takes them off to their house at rr * 1 * * Inhabited ed admitt»i by two eu red orders to _ , dares to force his way into the sacred precincts. This has so far had the effect of producing only proposals of marriage. One of the young ladies, who is of Irish origin, and very beautiful, has been painted by Charles Landello, who wished to make a portrait of her, but was obliged first to obtain permission of her parents.