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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 358, 8 January 1880, Page 2

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[from our own correspondent - :i .t.WE'L'LINGTOM 1 , . i.:...:.;...,., XtimAf.At a meeting of the N.Z. Times share'a^ternbbh l- waa carried unanimously that the company be r<f . mt jfy-j• m Wi be 'formally carried into e'ffeet by a meiting to be held within a month. The plant and gaper has been sold for £3OOO, The company retains the premises and freehold property ant the fWfi deWsptheilatter at S7OOO. '"-i •'' • law of considerable pi Mj importance was made known by the Chief Justice in Bankruptcy yesterday. He pointed out that not only every traier, :bqt| every nrivatp incliyiduiil' Jf fvi^ili ible toOiwelliis discharge became bankrupt and was found to have kept no books. r ■ An- ! undbtabt6fl ,w caSe' of'fisK poisoi.ing occurred la ? ,t pining,, jtlTOgh.eating Ufa wholesome fish'. - ;A- lfidy 1 'after paftrtkiin g of flounders was seized with yjolent pj ins, "craiflps, and vomiting, which contirued all night. Supposed the fish had leen ?e|pps|d /o theb|qVl %l. / J

The telegraphists strike terminated torqnwj# tfj the! Blenheim land the Dnncdin operators returning to t leii •''duty."''' ,;rj| " l ! ,ki ' The result of the recent court mai tial into the charges recently preferred aga nst Lieutenant Leahy, of the Naval Brigi.de, understood the Governor approved of his being allowed to resign his [.commission ; • in the ..volijjiteer force. , ¥esey Stejyart is about completing . .arrangements with the .Government for jof another large blocl of : land in the Bay of jlenty district for ;he : extension of the Katikati settlement, or tlie formation of ajwwsettlemont. The ■area : of the block is hot settled, but Tall -"not be less than 30,000 acres, Stew irt is anxious to "get mare. "The pripef till not be less than As soon as i he purchase is settled' Stdwart intends p'oceedjng to Ireland td arrange for.p'ersc ns to occupy it,,|" '''' ! "! G, W. -'Beerftj has jbeen committed i or triaLunder the Debtors and Creditors Act for-frauduM concealment, of property At the Supreme [Court to-day,. M. B, Ryott, for forgery, was sentenced to two years on'ieScli i-clfarge, sentences to run concurrently;; Toko Mace, for ing, ; was sentenced to: one day and then sent;'to the': Clavej.'sham l -Reforinatory, OtagTS, for' two^ears; Christopher Cornell; charged ivith an unnatural-oilencb, found'guilty: of an attempt to commit the offend aifdiemandqd'for sehtenqdr v ■imm NEWS, JjJf loss of lifs, occurred distobandeg.aro^einjCQn^eiJuence of tie ejectment .o£. § tenant. The mob which a'ssem.bled;refus?;d to disperse when calle'd oil to do so, : ; : ; Tji? Riot Act was read, and the inob still refusing tb- disperse, tie police'used, force.and the crowd retaliate!. The police then used pistols and carbines, 'firing itto .jfit i nm?*! ]^ 01 $. 3 '. ;§ ora^9fi' le Wfe. Vj 6l ® fatally injured and. soijje., moi e' or leas. , • % . of ilia: saily Ne* saccompanying. th&Hussian army waa oft ■ cially notified that cqrrei • :pondcnts;;Y.ouiibe, oxpiditibn,' !: p. y'jj Tlie campaign at tlio Capo is concliidec. 1 General iWM-ts issued'a pjrpctamation.a t .Cabjil. gifanting-all iebels a-iree -ip'ivrdo i ffhdgWin'suhMisslon;' Russia i/unasaing .large Mies-of%)op j •in Poland. Considerable uneasiness is feit on the subject in Germjpy, It iLun ■ cWstood an official representation lia i been addressed through the (lerman am ■ bassador to the 'Czar.'"' 1 V-.i iv .KCOrj ..j i -i.kiti -ifi-i ,

COURT, till 21st v, J/'Beere.-Mr Skipiwjprjefendjint. ...Stawlover till 21at '■'"" ~ f/Oooper.—Debt, £3lßs p" ( - : .Ju^rae^for .PJPjflt E.ljitiEaO atii t • DUAL VOTING. >n;•./:..) i> fpa ui (From the New Zealand Times,) William Hale was. with illegally voted 'twice'..pE' the 'JEpr the nf' ty Districts on tho lltli of September,. 1879, saajjj it- jtiiu hi M .Mini ju:rj _ The prisoner, FitzGerald, plpaded-nbi^-gjUiU-jji The Crown Prosecutoi, r case, stated ieliSt;W' J #a3; ; btbug]it- ii Aiifer the ( 18fOi'BOfcli provided that anyJpersoyotmg' ; Wfr iri : one certain penalty.- . .dmolmnif'maemfma tajjp William Pattera'oifJatoes, Ha waß returning trict of Wellingtb|iQbuntyJ.:.That^isti:ict;. was qualified to return one member t'o-the 1 House of Representatives. At . the last election three candidates were nominated. The poll was taken on the 11th September. The polling ls>t]* Ttele foi Kai- ' warra and Ohiro. Mr H, McCulloch Lyon to., be, .his deputy at the Ohiro btiblfiif 'if the Kaiwarra booth. Had known the defendant by sight for some years. His name was, he but.had known him as Hale. Un the 11th September prisoner came tn the Kaiwarra booth and asked for a ballot paper; The roll- produced was the copy of the roll he had "BLaiwgrra' that day..', j'Thoj ; as ' He came to the table as an ordinary voter and was given a ballot paper. The paper was marked 294 in the lower corner, and stamped with the electoral seal. He took the paper away, and MljjrejufciMt and . marked it. He must! lldvy puV it 'in the ' box. The name was then scored off the ; roll by . the poll clerk. At the close of < ills goJjUig-SEalfd thfrpapsrs'Uf) wid'scru- ; tinised them the next day. On examining the papers from the Ohiro booth he found the same number, No. 294. He put them with other, Jioqut. seleijteda •. for the same reason in a separate parcel, and forwarded them to the Clerk., of Parliament,. The ballot paper prodiiceil was the one .he, delivered .to the defendant, m ml ballot papers'lie had sent on to.the Clerk of Parliament; «•*'«. • i•> • '•> - •••••,. Crdss-exa.miried by. Mr FitzGerald: 3 .dSaiteWiii My Haltf'fol' yei#. 'Nevfer '■ knew anything!' Against him. Knew him bo_ well that thenrei ohuld-' boJii6 l p63sible>.' mistake.' Did not think he was quite sober when terent^rtd-thie bdfitli. ffij • was talking a good deal. Witness put no -questions to him, which the Act entitled him to. . ; Thomas William Pilcher deposed that on the 11th September he was scrutineer for Mr Brandon at the Kaiwarra booth. Sawtiie defendant there on that day. He received a ballot paper, and was under the impression that he afterwards put it' in the ballot box, Was sure it was the defendant, as he had known him for yeqrs, Always knew him as Bales, and knew that the " Hales" on the roll referred to him. ' | • By Mr FitzGerald: Could not say that defendant asked for a paper, or put it ! in the box, Had known him for ten or fifteen years, and he had always borne a good character. Witness put it down that he had been drinking the health of the candidate he was going to vote for. Mr FitzGerald: Or that the candidate had been treating him. Mr Bell: You had better not say that. Witness: No, I don't say that. j His Honor : Drinking the health bf all the candidates, perhaps, (Laugjiter.) | H. M. Lyon deposed that lie was deputy returning officer for the : Ohit-o booth, Late in the afternoon, just immediately before the closing of the poll on the 11th September, the defendant went to the booth. Witness asked him if lie wanted to vote. He replied in tlie affirmative, and witness then gave him .a paper. He never for a moment doubted that he was the person whose name was on the roll. The ballot paper produced was the one which defendant returned to the box, On the following day he (witfrom the Ohiro and Kaiwarra packets, i Charles HenrpEllaby, scrutineer for Mr Brandon at. the Qhiro booth, gave some Mttbdfcftlvb' evidence! 8 This was the case. ■ • ; Mr-Fitzgegtld'-submiM tlia't there was no case, and QPJiithat no evidence had been given that the election was a valid, ioneriSjield safcoording' tcr-i law, The point in England m the case of Eegina v' Vail (6 Cox, 470.) (The learned gentleman read the case in which Mr Justice Oronipton laid it down that adßsaAjWifaii no proof of the election being a valid one, the writ' not as he knew the case^s& : ihe l rinly oife-oMlie subject; and it had never been questioned so far as he knew, The Crown Prosecutor contended that the absence of the writs would not affect the case before the Court. ! Mr Fitzgerald asked his Honor's ruling' on the subject. His Honor would not stop the case' upon the point, but would reserve it. The ; 61st section of the Act might cover the objection. Mr FitzGerald then contended that' compliance with the Regulations Act had : not been shown, as they ought to have: been, according to law. His Honor overruled the objection. Mr FitzGerald then contended that the' return of the writ had not been proved i and also contended that it had not beeiv proved the votes had not been given four o clock. There were other objections i of a similar character of matters that had! not been proved. Lastly, he laid stress: upon the difference in the name of the accused and the name on the roll. His Honor said he would certainly reserve some of the points put forward, but the case must go to the jury. Mr Fitzgerald then addressed the jury, and the learned judge summed up, after which the jury retired, but shortly afterwards returned into Court with a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was fined £2O, certain points being reserved for the Court of Appeal.

MASTERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, + —; —j Report for 1879/' On behalf of the Committee appointed t0 'n^geihe' Publl lf !^ r # |l to fl 1. f!Saj|]ie |fim||tee has met d|gwlarly (with a good'^iyOTi&e attendant ,?$ % Vl'-'ijJw 2, Thai the l)'uildii| has throughout, except the hall, with aa much regard to the convenience and comfort of the public as the funds .would permit."9. Thstlhe interest' on the Bank overdraft has been paid, and the debt on the building reduced by raoro than £IOO. ~-4r-Thstiirrang<sMnts havo Eeen'made with the Bank of Australasia for an overfa idiiriftg the firiit-year,'uy L2ou second year, and by L2OO durWg the •third year, Several members of tlw Committee have given their personal security for the amount. The building and' ordinary current 'acfeofintJ Rdfein consequence been transferred from the Bank ofINW? Zealand to the Bank of Australasia, and ,jnerged:into one/»to be called " TheMasiterlon Public Library Account," I i (,6.--That •oVfirig*. to the expenses iij furniehing'and' extris to the building, the lias 'nb't been able to increase the:'stocbof:f)boks as much as they •ffi3Wed, 1 ' ' 87 subscribers to the 'farge!^- -us \ i ?•.. duly auc ited, "lowing tbp'veceps and expenditur sTof ;th.e.year, is Jiereto; annexed. Feist, Ohairmin. Itfjf Teakie > Hon. Sfc. J..'\ 'i iSi i, (™°.f . . : . .... January 1,188 ( 0. |«/ the mjtter of the robbery reported in my last, the cash box has been ftjund by Mr Abbott,, the cash, of course, having been abstracted. There is a strong suspicion oV'a' person well-known in the township. [ ©ur BocaKßoard met for the first time in its Chambers in Fitzherbert-streei on Monday evening. The building now presents a much more respectable appearajnce both inside and out. The Board will now ;be able : .to meeUij'pdhiflbrtf, iaW the rom I will accommodate a goodly numbeij of' visitors. Notwithstanding the propensity for road making in all conceivable andfinconceivable directions, the business! of itjie BoariJ is always carried on in a crldi;/tjible manner, and will stand any public scrutiny." | On the 23rd December last a meetLg. was held ill the Odd Fellows' Hall! to make'arrangements"for lices'and spirts., to be held early in the New : Year, Irid the following committed appointee! I; Messrs W. Donald, J. Hodder, W. Nidols tf.- D, Snlithj 1 'E, Hodder, Faber, Tocker, 0. Gundy, and Toogood. A subcommittee was appointed to wait on Mr • Nicols, to get permission to hold ihe: W'te P>\liis Thisj fiermission vas; kindly riven, pud a most suitable site obtainetl, subsequent meeting the wliole matter was ' thoroughly gone into jnd at an early date, These sport's* ana races will probably be held year by year, aid' m future on New Year's Day. T

CARTERTON. ~, , t ( pr 'osl OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) "•'•"J«n^lV1880. A serious accident happened to an employee of Mr T. Price's mill pn Monday, whereby the sufferer's thumb was crushe'd by a log. l)r 'OAihpbell/' his • 'Aieclicil attendant; ■ hopes; -hou ever, to save the . and. that, ajnp».tation will not to 1 necessary. j : 'The" VoluWteera'" dnll' on' %"'sublic Reserve-next week.' The covps will "b!j put ' through'their oxfircwd' 'by' instructor Recently' Appointed to the district, and this, combined with its being . -the quarterly night of >meeting r will; I trust, secure a good muster. j {To the' Editor of 'Hie •W,i v KAkM^Da]LT,' Sift,—'Mayl crave a short: space in yoi r valuable issue <to contradict-an -itjea tkt •seems ' prevalent l that : my leaving the service-of't]ie Council' is iii cpnse'qiience of matte connected with iuy late' accidenl.' This is not the case, as my resignatio 1 was plafced'iii the" hands of" tiie'bhairman J on communicate'ddM" the 15th Decent ber last, and, consequently, three dayis previously to my acciaent/ wliicli occurred on the 18th December!' ■ • j I have, &c. , j Tiios.; Gora,' j, Olork. and' Treasurer, Wairarapa West'Coimty. j Carterton, Jjtii. 7th ? 1880.j FARMING j J { •* J !!" i.nir ( f » Tlle f ®. e d that produces jjutljer also proauces the best 1 ' j i Every : farmer kriowa'.that his t&amjmust be well fed in-order to' £et godd worki 'Try'a!generous.diet. ;.y | It is estimatedthat, the hayiicrop oi America reckoned at only.:five dollars pet ton, js worth three times that of cotton, ten ..times: that .;of ■ wool-,' and twice that of) wheat. -a A- German' chetoist reports them'amifAfcture of artificial clover as a flourishing business in that country. "Fragments -of gDaveLoka auitableaize-are 'obtaihed'by are then agisted, wifh jcprtain coloring matter in a revolving drum till their appearance is considered satisfac-' tory." Thia'is'ail'i'titragb'on tli'epatientg of the husbandman who sows in faith ah| waits for the early and-later*rain, I In the New River District, six ewfl with nine lambs at foot, intended bytfl owner, M? J. B. Sutton, for exhibition M tl^Sih^^ f M l e?,oHiyand,A'gi)icult« ral and Pastoral Sopiety, but excluded fl neglect in entry, ; were shorn on the 18lfl iiist., with the following 'result woeks' growth of wool :-No 1 ewe, 201)1 JSfiS.-2,..3 f .-.4 T _l l 7lb- eaoh-;-No-5--10ib-T-j™ GJplb-or an average of- 171b per'ihfaM This result, says the Southland Nefl cauple/Lwith <th& successes of <4He rMe'Sil Sutton attheChristchurch' an\J-J)Me3B Shows,, plainly'demonstrate tile useM high-bred sires' and 'careful feding." ' : H

: A German opinion on Englg amcJ .ty*® I-Thp Berlin Postkys'that Pieaaing,"decline, of 'English' agficultun Way have in the future politicaWnd sbdig coimnces which may se riousty threstei .the. British State'fabric/- A's .dbl'd nial possessions' diminish, it "is' true'-itKl danger of the position, but at the sam, 1 time she cannot save her agriculture because the price for doing so is the surW her ddibiiiiort "of tM l world, _ Germany however, pro feS her agriculture" ffitlibut'raiVmg th e .price of tf«.pduce,y., i '