The equinoctial galea set in with great violence on Tuesday. The sea overflowed Gladsto »e street owing to the force with which the surf was driven home by a northwesterly gale, and during the night a piledriving machine, belonging to M'Leod and Atkinson, was blown over by the wind. It fell close to where some quartz crushing machinery is lying until prep»rations have beeu completed for its carriage to Reefton, but, beyond fracturing one of the minor pieces, effected no injury.
No information was received yesterday as to the 6teamer Charles Edward leaving Greymouth. She is expected to leave that port for Westport this morning. The steamer Kennedy, leaviug Nelson to-day is announced to sail from Westport for Hokitika and Greymouth to-morrow.
Mr Inspector Shalcrass arrived overland from Brighton on Monday, and will proceed to Nelson by the steamer Charles Edward.
Mr Fox has obtained leave to bring in a bill entitled an Act to make further provision for the protection of Justices from vexatious actions for acts done by them in the execution of their office.
We understand that the bodies of Mr Webber and Miss Reynolds, who were drowned at the Boulder Bank, Nebon, a few days back, huve not yet been recovered. The cabinetmakers of Dunedin, with others interested in local industries, have forwarded a petition to trie House of Representatives praying for an increase of duty upon imported furniture. The petition is signed by 642 persons, 47 of whom are cabinetmakers.
During a late gale at Wellington, one of the bar windows at the Bank Hotel was broken in, scattering a large plate glass pano into a thousand pieces. Luckily no one was in the bar at the time, or serious injury might have been inflicted.
At the sitting of the Warden's Court, yesterday there were twenty-two applications granted—eight being for head-races, seven for dams, six for tunnels, and one for an extended claim at Dirty Mary's Flat, Addison's, applied for by Peter Peterson & Co. The claim consists of one acre, adjoining Anderson's extended clahn, and O'Toole's lease. The party are engaged bringing in water, and they intend draining the ground either by the erection of pumping machinery or construction of a tail race.
The Provincial Government have consented to give £50, to meet equivalent subscriptions, towards the formation of footpaths and metalling the roadway in Bright street. They know how to punish men at home for damaging telegraph wires. At the Dublin Commission Court a man named John Power was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for cutting down and removing a portion of the telegraph wire on the railway near Milltown.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 867, 28 September 1871, Page 2
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