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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 668, 7 June 1870, Page 2

In another column we puhlish an address from Mr Kynnersley, in which he solicits the honor of representing the district of West! and North in the General Assembly. Mention has been made of two other gentlemen, as having been requested to come forward as candidates, Messrs Donne and O'Conor, but no intimation has been yet received as to whether either or both purpose contesting the seat with Mr Kynnersley. That portion of Gladstone street laid laid waste by the fire of December last, has once more assumed a more cheerful aspect; and the air of desolation that so long settled on this portion of the town has given place to business premises which, though not equal to the previous buildings either in extent or architectural pretensions, still serve to fill up the unsightly gap that had, until recently, been permitted to continue as an eyesore. Immediately adjoining Mr Horn's handsome and commodious shop, Mr Mailer has erected premises, where he purposes in future carrying on business. There now remains but a small portion of the block available for business purposes.

Tho engine and plant of the Nile Steam Saw Mills, the property of Mr Hennelly were sold for the low sum of ,£2OO on the Ist instant to Messrs Bickle and Morris, the lessees.

Fortunately the severe weather experienced on Saturday and Sunday did not come in conjunction with high tides, or the consequences must have been serious to property holders adjacent to the beach. A very heavy swell was roiling home, and the sea has encroached considerably upon the spit at a point near the old ceinetery, and on Saturday night washed over into the river. There seems every probability of a channel being cut through the spit by the action of the waves very shortly, when the river will again form for itself a northern outlet. Amalgam robberies have become somewhat frequent of late in this district. A copper plate, thickly coated, was stolen froju the boxes of Mees and party, Eochfort Terrace, about midnight on Saturday; and the following morning Graham and party, of Deadman's creek, missed a copper plate from their washing- site; in the latter case the plate had not much amalgam upon it.

A sitting of the District Court of Westland North, in its criminal and bankruptcy jurisdiction, will be held to-day. There are no appeals nor civil business, and the following is the list of cases set down for hearing to-day. Criminal Court—Eeg. v. Joseph Tottenham, larceny, adjoumeoffrom last sitting; Eeg. v. George William Brown and Eeg. v. Owen O'Neill, fraudulent bankruptcy; Eeg. v. Pickup and Pitts, larceny. In Bankruptcy—G-. 11. King; G. W. Home, solicitor. G. Limbrich, Eobert Dutton, Cesarei Nosei, Owen O'Neill, James Simpson, Thomas Cato; W. and H. Pitt, solicitors. Henry Harris and C. M. Fox, in person. Since the above was in type we learn that the bankruptcy cases will be disposed of on Thursday.

A spinning and weaving company is to be established at Middle Eangitikei for the pm;pose of manufacturing woolpacks, sacks, scrim, and the coarser fabrics, which can be easily produced in the colony. Mr Dudley Ward has been appointed as District Judge at Hokitika. The Government steamer Sturt has been sold to a Lyttelton firm for ,£9OO.

Mr Kaye is to be removed from the postal department, Nelson, to the General Post Office at Wellington. Mr Felix Wakefield succeeds Mr Kaye. A company has been formed, to be registered under the " Limited Liability Act," to renew operations at the Waimangaroa. The Company is entitled the " Enterprise Quartz Mining Company, and the proposed capital is £IOOO in five pound shares. A meeting, held at Ballarat, and attended by about 1000 persons, unanimously passed the following resolution:—-'That in the opinion of this meeting the principle of government assisted immigration is unjust, inasmuch as it involves taxation on the mass with whom the imported labor is intended to compete, and should therefore be discontinued." The resolution was forwarded to the Government. Mrs Bennett, the victim of a savage assault, recently committed at Christchurch, is pronounced out of danger. From her statement, it would appear that her husband knocked her down with the broom handle found broken by the police. One of the main arteries at the back of the head was severed, and the great danger existing from the first, was the excessive loss of blood.

The Tilde-pendent states that up to the departure of the mail, Dr Featherstone had been unable to come to any terms with Mr Kennard, relating to the patent Blip now lying in Wellington harbor. Timaru has been visited with the heaviest flood ever experienced there. The rain began to fall on the 18th ultimo, and continued without intermission until noon on the 20th. Some damage was inflicted, but nothing very serious. A bundle of ignited straw was found under a house in Tory-street, Wellington, on the night of Tuesday, the 24th ultimo. Fortunately the discovery was made before the fire had got hold of the building, but the circumstances under which it was found no doubt of the fire being the work of an incendiary. We leam from the Independent, that when the mail left England Dr Featherston was contemplating a journey into Wales, in company with a gentleman interested in the proposed railway to Cobden and Westport in the Nelson province. The object of Dr. Featherston's journey was to see and acquaint himself with the working of the narrow guage railway which has of late excited so large a share of attention in the engineering world. On May 4th Donald Cameron murdered his wife at Smytheadale, Victoria, by cutting her throat. He has been committed for trial at Ballarat.

A telegram from Sydney dated May 16th, states :—" Governor Belmore attended the benefit given by Herr Bandman to the Randwick Asylum on Saturday night. The house wa3 crammed. An incident happened during the performance which caused great excitement. A man, who has since been proved to be a lunatic, entered the dress-circle and put on a hat bearing the word 'Fenian' and a death's-head. Great commotion ensued, but the police speedily removed him to the watch-house."