R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3389, 18 December 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CARTERTON—TUESDAY

(Before Colonel Roberts, P».M.)

W. H. Will on v E. H. Buckeridgo. ■This was a case in which judgmont was given for plaintiff at a former sitting of the Court, with power to the defendant for a rehearing, on account of some important witnesses being away. Tbo case was further adjourned till the next sitting of the Court, on. the defendant pajing costs. A. Anderson v J, Grant. Mr Fownall for plaintiff Mr Beard for defeudant. A claim for £4(i 10s for wages and half share of rabbit skins,

The plaintiff, being sworn, deposed tbat be went into tta tojytoy of the

defendant in June; 1887, • irt-,i wage of 10a per'week, and half share of all skins of rabbitg killed byjhim, The defendant denied the. liability as he - was only! manager of the property for his uncle, Mr A, Grant, Qf Hawkes Bay, " To tho Court: The distance from my place to the Oarterton railway station is about toil miles,.and. a man with a team of horses could only rnakq ono journey a day, Plaintiff non-snited with cost*. Tlios' Parsons v Suelling. This was a claim for .€5 2s for beer supplied. Mr B n ard for plaintiff, Mr Achewon for defendant,

F, J. Harris, who was acting agent for the plaintiff in his Greytown branch, proved tho delivery of the beer as set forth in the bill of particulars, The plaintiff also stated that he saw the usual form signed by the defendant in the delivery book. After hearing the evidenco of the defendant! MwSnelling, and Mr Schroder, a set off was put in by the defendunt for refreshments and cash lent to Harris' while ho was acting agent for the plaintiff.

l'ho witnoss Harris denied svor borrowing any money from Mr or Mrs Snellingi but admitted that ho had had drinks, and also played at billiards at the hotel of the defendant. The plaintiff stated that the witness Harris entered-his employ on ths 22nd May, and continued in it till the end of October of the samo year, at which time he gave up the Greytown branch of his business.

- Judgment resorved till Thursday next at Masterton. ' W. Eidgway v Thos'Johnston.-Mr Acheson for plaintiff; Mr Tate far tho defendant. This was a re-hearing of a case in which judgment was given for the plaintiff in a suit irising out of swapping of horses, and damages for a breach of contact. The plaintiff sought to obtaia possession of the mare or 18 in cash, being ■he stipulated value of the mare in excess for'the one given iii exchange.After hearing the evidence of the plaiutiff, Thos. Hidgway, P, Trotter, Geo. Osborne, E. Cuneen, and Hy. Ladd, Mr Tale addressed the Court us to the validity of tho agreement entered into between the parlies, after which he called rebutting evidence by the defendant, who stated that the mare which the plaintiff tendered in exchange for tho filly was not what sho was guaranteed to be; she, was not safe to ride, as sho was gone in the legs, (Left Sit'ing.)

The Royal Aquarium,

Tho many attractions at this popular place of amusement have just been added to by tho introduction (if a family of Onas Indians, unlives ol (lie Island of Terra del Putfjo, According . to Mr Faiini, who introduced them to a goodly number of representatives of tho press on September 2S, they, constitute the lowest stralnm of uncivil, ised humanity on the foco of th» habitable globo. This we readily buliovo, judging from what we saw on the occasion of our visit. This remarkable family, who,by the by, were brought to Europe by a French gentleman who was on an exploring expedition in PaLigonia, consists of nine poisonsa woman of about fifty, her son, a tall and not ill-looking specimen of the aub-I'atagouian raco,his two wives,and live children, whoso ages vary fiom that of the infant slung in a sort of pouch at ils mother's back (similar to the Indian papoose fashion) to' the youth of fifteen or sixteen. These, people are copper coloured, like some of the Indians of North America; ihdir faces are broad and flat, with dark eyes, expanded nostrils, low foreheads, high cheek bones, straight h lir which is as black as jet, cnt awav from the forehead like the fringe n'lfected hy some of the cosier girls in London at the present tho, and allowed lo grorfdown the shoulders at tho sides and back, They havo largo months, thick lips, and teeth as white us ivory. Their language, if the few words lliey employ may be so termed, consists of monosyllables which rolate exclusively to the matorials they usa in hunting and fishing, or to tho natural objects with which their monotonous existence renders them familiar. Thoir huts consist merely of a skin stretched upon sticks, and for soveral feet open to the elements on one side. Their ■.winter clothing consists of a guanaco skin, their summer similar to our "first parents' "in the Garden of Eden. They live entirely on meat and fish, Sometimes their food is varied byrop,istsof another kind,for these people, 11 r Farini said,are cannibals, and eat the flesh of those they slay in battlo, The weapons used by them in battle and in the chaso are spoars aud bows and arrows. The : spears and. arrows are tipped either with flints chipped into spear or arrow-head form, or with pieces of bottle grass which have floated to the sea-shofe, and have thus been utilised by the Ouas. Their knives and axes wero formerly of (lint, but during the present century they have ohiaiued from the vessels visiting their shores the hoops of barrels aud other piecos of refuse iron, which they grind as axes, knives, and sorapers, Fire tliev obtain, not by the ordinary Indian method of friction between two pieces of wood, but by striking flint sparks upon a peculiar fungus whiih serves the purpose of tinder, The fire thus obtained is coumiuuicaiu .ut umlles of grass having the singular property of retaining incandescent heat for soveral days together. All these things were banded lound to visitors. They do not cook their food; it is only heated through, and then iti torn to pieces with the fingersand greedily devoured. Meat thus dealt with was eaten in tho pri'sonco of tho audience on the occasion ot our visit. They are to be on exhibition of soma timo to come and will doubtless attract the attention, not only for tho public, hut also of ethnologists. Mr Farini stated that thoKO wero thaonly uativeaofTorradel Fuego who hid ever visited Europe; but a Mr Polak, of Cambridge, informs us that as far back as 1830, a Fuegian, hy name Janiea Button, was brought to England hy Captain FiuHoy—it name well-known in naval circles; and also that in August, 1865, Dr Stirling, the present Bishop of the Falkland Islands, brought with him to England four aborigines of Terra del Fuego, by name Threeboys, (eldest sou of James Button), Uproopatoosb, Jack, and John Marsh Sisoy. Mr Palak admits, however, that they . were different from the savages now < exhibited at the Aquarium, European Mail. !

A Distinguished' Foreigner, • The CliOYalier'Georges Solisky do Bruyeiles, a Belcian cavalry officer, of The Mansion, Wood-green, was strnimonded by.-Kate Chapman, of Leicester-place,' Wardour street, for assaulting her recently..

, Mr Arthur Newton prosecuted, and Mr E.G. Crowe defended. Hiss Chapman said she was the Jaughter of a police constable. On the d&yla ia Begwt

street with her mother, and in front of the International .Pur Stores alio saw a crowd of persons round a carringo.' They got close to it, and . in a short time after a lady c:i:ne out of tho shop and got into the carriage. Tho defendant followed, but belore taking liia seat he cxolnimed," You are a low lot of-: —why don't you go hjme ?. ,li' I could find, . tho police, I would lock you all up." Bomobody in the crowd shouted; , . " Why don't you 'go hack to ■ your own country when 'tho defendant 1 struck right and left with a heavy stick, holding' the thin end ill his . hand and striking witli tho heavy. C bone crook. Before sho had time to get out of the wi\y received a blow from it on the.forcnead whioli rendered hoi' insensible; and sho fell into the arms of a bystander. Bhe y ., , remained unconscious for about minutes. The result of the blow that she had a large liiimp 'pn her forehead, and slie had Buffered from;;; lieadacho frequently since. When' • the defendant saw what he h«d done, he epraug off. A policeman came up shortly after, anil tho matter was being discussed when the ohevalier's.. , carriage roturued and drew up at liiuimel's. Her mother went up to Bruyelles and asked him if lie was aware of the injury lie had done, Ha broke out into a furious rage, and shouting "You goto h-11; I will strike you, too," aimed a blow at her 'mother with the. same; stiok. '; Fortunately she managed to avoid itk. ■>' The constable thon took him custody. When at the police station he offered to compensate her, and on that understanding -itlie.' inspector allowed him to go. On getting outside he tendered her a half-sovereign, which, in her mother's opinion not being sufficient, she refused. He then oalled them both d—ls, and (Mined thon to give her anything. In consequeuce of her injury, she had been'unable to take a situation to which she waß going the day after ; tlie assault. Cross.eximiined: Bhe hoard no cry „ f of" bonnet him " raised, nor did sbo bear tbo obeyalier say that his wife had been robbed of some jewellery. During the examination of tho wituess by Mr Newton the defendant repeatedly broke m with contemptuous oxclainations, and twice, appealed to tho magistrate because Mr Newtou referred to him as ; "that man," asserting that he considered he had a right to he called a geutleman. At this point Mr D. Itutzeu repeated a suggestion he made at the jk opening of the case, that an attempt * should be made to compromise tho matter.

. The defended consulted bis solicitor but no good result came of it, and tbe case proceeded. . In defence, it was averred that while the dufendunt and his wife wera . in the Fur Stores a crowd colleoied round their carriage, and an absurd rumour got afloat that they were a foreign prince and princess. Among the crowd were some rough characters 'and these, when Brtiyelies and his wife were about to enter tho carriage, Jiustled them, and robbed the lady of some of her jewellery. The defendant tlien struck out in self-defence. George Augustus Nicholas, tbe M manager of the International Fur Stores, Begont-streot, said that tho defendant had great difficulty in getting from the shop door to bis carriage. He did not hoar any cries, and did not see the assault.

Edward l'airhall, ut coachmau, dressed in a striking iivery, said that lie was driving the chevalier's earriage on the day : in question. A ■ large crowd formed round it, and when bis master aud mistress came out of the fur stores they had great difficulty in crossing tho. pavement. Ho, however, saw nothing of the assault, as his wlioltj attention was on his horses, Cross-examined: Ho hud been in tbe defendant's service lor about two years. Ho had not heard that the ' defendant had been Convicted of '■ assaults several times, but bo kuew ho had once. A short timo ago he assaulted a gardener aud was convicted at Edinouton, ■

Mr Do Rutzen expressed his sonw that a gentleman who assaulted a person in the way the defendant had, and atterwards expressed regret for his action at the police-station, should not have gone a littlo furth&r and given a reasonable compensation for the very serious he had douo. -4mThat the defendant was a' little sensitive was demonstrated by the iLi manner bo as&umtd towards Mr Newtown, on that gontleman referring to him as "'that man," Ho' thought' j the host definition of a man. was a person who would never willingly canso a woman any injury. It was evident that the defendant did not wish to strike Miss Chapman in particular, but there was no doubt he meant to strike somebody, Jlo would have to pay a fine of dOs and fiR costs, (Applauso in Court,

The Negro Riot,

Particulars of the negro riot at Navasaa, a email island in the Caribbean tsea, oil the west coast of Iluyti, at the south-west entrance of the Windward passage, were received by the Navassa Phosphate Company in Baltmore from the acting superinteudant, Dr D, C, Smith, on October 1. The negroes employed by tho company rose on September 14, and killed four of the white officersThomas A. Foster, Joseph Fales, h James Mason and >Villiam T. Shea " A —and left several more for dead. Dreadful wounds were inflicted on all the white men, for (lie insurgents were armed with axes, knives, rocks, razcrs and clubs, beside dynamite bombs, which tlioy obtained by broaking into the company's magazine Tho British man-of-war Forward came to tho assistance of the assailed white men on Moptomber 28, from Jamaica, with orders to remtn] till the arrival ol tho U.S. Galena, which nothing had beon heard. Dr Smith, concluding his report of the tragedy says"Truly caoh of us, thorough Araerioans as we are, can siuceroly oxclaim: " God save the Queen I" Tho commander of the Forward has taken us on board and treated ua royally, treated us as honored guests. Wo owe our lives to the prompt arrival tof H.M.B. Forward, All work has ceased on the island," A letter from Mr Hensin, spiritual adviser of the men working in the mines of Nevassa, dated October 7, gives the Negroes' version of the affair. The letter is addressed to the American' Consul' at Jamaica, The Negroes declare that tho whites fired at them ; without any provocation,'"and tlial it wae in defence of their lives that they killed some of tlieir white boßses. They say that tlioy ate American citizens A 130 in number, and tbey want the r^* Consul to arrange for their transportation back to the United States,

In Sweden a new elevator loads a 98QQ ton relsel with |wn ia $ day,

A genuine Stradivarius vioiiu ICB years old is in posseusiou o{ Thomas Williams (coloured), of (Jlicatertou, Mil, IU value ifl £OOO, Mr Frederick Borders, the engraver and draughtsman, recently chanced to bo looking into tiie shop window of a denier in ancient pictures, when lio was iittraete-'l bv a largo canvas, which ho at once i>urcliused. It is tow believtd fu be a genuine Chuido Lorraine, %Tlto i'renei] Government has convened at the Exhibition a eim«re'-s to eoiwder the,subject of iSiii.day obEurvanco in its relation to the health and social welfare of the people, iho eo-opcraiton has beoi) invir.td of a gontlauion ticqiuinlotl Bubjeot from various countries.