Local Intelligence.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 201, 26 July 1860, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

/ Resident Magistrate’s Court.?—Before were decided during, j thd past week all in favour of the plaintiff, With costs-rrWv Kells, against W, Freeman, £3 16s. 6d.;: Corkeu and M'Carron; £lO Is. 3d.; Joshua Corken, £3 13s. 9d. Hugh M‘Carron, £6 2s. W. S. Russell against George Eldkins, for leaving his. service, before the-expiry - of- his-tirhe—* Damages £5. -

; Fatal Accident -—On Monday afternoon while James Dyke, assistant to the Ferryman, was taking over the punt with some-maori horses, the oar he was working , broke and he fell into the water in front of the punt; The other white naan who was along with him seems tp . have lost his presence of mind',' and *

only pushed, off :i in. the. boat from* the punt to save ’ him after lie had sunk. Some of the crew r of the Emily Allison, whose boat was lying atUie wharf joined.in the attetript, but they were also too late. His 'struggles were observed ‘from 1 the beach, hilt it waS Wought from tlie dilatPriiiess of the 5 man in tlie punt that it was a' dog that had' gbner PVferboard. Tlie body was dragged for uhsucessfUlly till a late hour on Monday night, and has hot yet been recovered. The deceased* Was unmarried and.iiis death is. much regretted,; Sudden Death.— -in “our obituary is a notice- of the death of ' Mr. Robert Taylor of Sydney, who died suddenly on Thursday morning lasts r ' f .'He had. been labouring under heart disease''fdr kt least’t'&o years', v and had recently s been*worse--than usual, brit;swas 5 was supposed to be recovering: and- ;on ; Wednesday was out for. some time.! On Thursday hiorning he was found dead; having apparently-expired while asleep. The deceased gentleman was, we believe, a native orAiistrutheri 'aml came out to Adelaide'under tlie, auspices -of" the South v/ustialian Company.' For some years he had made Sydney...llls,-head, quarters, and having visited this plaPeyocb&Sibhrilly for the last eight years, was -well' known, here and much respected. For some months- 'past he has benefit ted the district much by taking cattle to A ucklahd. The Vihprecedeiitddly large attendance at his funeral ‘ testified ; to 'the ; uni • versal and great respect ih which he was held, and much' sympathy is ‘ felt' widpw and two children,, now in Sydney, by whom this sad bereavement will fJ riot be the less acutely felt, because understood by them to be what was to be expected at any time, of»the dipeaseV- V; **.- " The 'Sale* of ; the Reserve ;on the Left letter faas received yesterday .'-from-' r -His tlie' -'Superintendent stating; ;that: he : had> received £ rfeqiiest-from the ißencb’off- Magistrates’ Here-; and^tKe' 1 settlers? '.betweeri the 'rind : Wiaiigaelni that the should be sold ;• in cousequ^ce f pffwluch ; lie gay.O rip. purvey ; that the government lias -nb.vdesire £to .sell it wjlLnbe^takbn.-T^ntil their wisliesfare more We regret that owing to ;,pfP matter .we. cannot - publish the letter ill full, but it will appear in next number.

;' jltouiwi of Crops in Wiuigainii', 'i'iirakina, uiul Baiigitikebfor the ibarVeit-of - x-1 ; elusive of those raised by the’M&orie3. > >i.— ln the district lying- West of JFanganui as far es' the ICai-iwi; but not -including =tbe : New Brunswick'Station. ‘ t ;

. f , The bushel, of- wheat weighs 60 lbs.; of barley* 50 lbs.:.;* of oats, 40 lbs.; and of grass seed. 20 : lbs. As, some of the: crops are''hot n , yet. threshed 'out the above; must; not. be con-- ', sidered; a strictly accurate return, but as it has been.obtained .from gentlemen in the various districts who* took some pains to make a correct .]». estimate, it\inay >be considered a pretty iclose approximation to the truth. ~ ' •

Acres:.' Yielding.. J ‘■"Ayerage.' V Barley , . ..32 ; ‘ ; . 1 .iOVteTy’: '* w ;...Al|-,; ' 1267, boh. ,;V‘840 r „ * 1280 . . ',27 Mi. 261 .. .. m.. • Crass seetls .,■■ 7,, ■-. , f G2,, ,„• s ? „; : y .,,. , 7,,t,on. . 1 ton.. /Potatoes .. ... ,41...... ... 169 .„ * ’ 'Ak .»: 1 w. £It4*M the NenrJfrunswick district, .indu'd - irig Lilybank and Upper Kaiko.kopa : . , Wh&a[t j:: "F \ f; 52 1 ' r i : 1‘590 : bsh.' V 30|bsb. -‘•V90 V. . 29 • -'Ms" 'M'- v'w 1 : i 1090 .12f,/ >-^Oii#le^lr.“ fi< 5 fv ; “ s 80. •„ V^16 f,; 3 ; tons'; •.I 1 ! 2 cnrfcV IB n . -y, ; • - ! 6|to»ni thpAis rict on', the right bank of ;. , 'the Wanganui , . ' ■ v;. Wheat:-' . ; ..95 . ■ 2614 bsh. ..; 27^bsh.

i-Barley? v.. . 24 ,.' ,472, „ 22 ■ >. ■ 780 v. 351 *• -Potatoes 11: „■ . . 41 tons; . 3f tons. v.': XV f ;ii»In the distriot on the left bank of the • Wanganui/above the No. 2 line of rbad : /wWi 7 ;;. ’v 151 485 ' : ’ 31£bsh., Barley^ '/ ; 9 X 1 350 „ / >39 „ .\Oata 18 . 500 . 27| „ .Potatoes 11 ; 46 tons. V 4|tons.,

..Vi—In' the. district ; on the No. 2 line of , . road, between, the,; Wanganui. and .Wangaehu rivers: .. ■ Wheat! . . 62 * 1950 bsh. 31|bsh. Barley H. ; ,14 . 370 „ jsfy Oats' V : . 22 . 800 „ 36i„ Grass seeds . fO .. 1000 „ . 20 „ Potatoes. > i 11 . 50. tons., . 4jtonSr / 'the district on the No, . 1 line of • road, between' the Wanganui and Wangaetiu: Wheat ' . , ■. 39 . ' 765 bsh. . 19lbsh. Barley . ' . 3 * . 82 „ . m „ ■ Oats ,. . . 36* . 1015 „ . 27| „ Grass seeds .6 . 130 „ . 21 „ Hay ... . ; 8 . 16 tons. . 2 tons. Potatoes . . 7i16 „ . 2| i, . . VII.— In the Lower Turakina district : Wheat ;r . , 33|V; 910; bsh. ; 27|bsh. Barley . . 8 230 „ . 20 „ Oats- . . .166 . 4872 ... V ;29| „ . Potatoes . • 3 : 14 tons. 5 . r ? 4ftons. ' VIII.—In the Upper Turakina district : Wheat • . .50 . 1025 bsh. . 20 J bsh. Oats . 48 885 *. ,.igi Potatoes ..? .8 . 34 tons;.!;; r. 4| tons,

; IX.^ In the, Kangitikei district : - ' '\Vhe*t . .178 '. 3565 belli . 20 bsh. Barley- . . i| . st: ,/ 1:25: „ : . Oats . ’ .404 12,114 V, . 30 „ ' Potatoes ; v 48 J’ . 388 tons/ I 8tons. a : have., therefore . been produced 111 u , . ■ Acres. Yielding. Average, Wheat ; .572 . 14.171 bsh. . 24|.bsh; Barley . . 984' . . '2571 „ , Oats . .' .944 . 23:336 . 2/4 „ Grass seeds . 68‘ . 1272. / ... • "'181:,,, . ■ H ay . . 20 - ,. 26 tons. . , tons. .Potatoes