TE AROHA. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Wednesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2011, 28 May 1885, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha , W ednesday.

Thk foitnightly bitting of the K.M. Couit was hclil yesterday, \\beu the following e,i>e-> wen- heard. Police v \Vm. Holden. Tlie accused was charged by Seigt. Kineisi in with giving liquor to a prohibited peim>ij. He adaiitted the offence, but pleaded ignorance of the prohibition oidui at the time he gavethedunk. There being no o\ idencu to show that he was aware of the existence "f the order the excuse wat. accepted, but the bench wished it to be nndei stood that whenever a charge of thu kind could be pioved the full penalty of ±Ti or one month's iiiipii.soninont would be inHictod. Police v George Graves, for slaughteiing ma place not duly licensed. The defendant ploaded guilty of the charge, .oid furthei acknowledged having on previous occasions committed a similar offence but st itod in extenuation that he had made applications for a l'conseto slanghtei m the •-.inn* place and was iv expectation tji.it it w ould be granted. The magistrate, in re>niikmg upon tilt) serious n.ituie of the offence, said the accused had rendered liiinsi'lf liable to a hue of £10, but as this was the fiist charge of the kind that had been bi ought before him here, he would impose the mitigated penalty of t'2 and ci.sK George Gr.i\es was charged by K. Mackie with unlawfully assaulting him in his own house on the 22nd nist. The charge was pio\ed, and a fine of t'2 and costs was inflicted with the altein.vtivp of 14 days mipiisonment with hard labour, if tine not paid within 24 houts. JamcH Roycroft \\a* charged by his> wife Elizabeth Roy croft w ith wasting his >übb til nee by excessive drinking. An outer was made prohibiting all publicans in the Woitoa and Te Aioha licensing districts from supplying accused with alcoholic liquoi for a space of twelve months. CIVIL CASKS. Montague and Donovan v Piako County Council, claim £15 10s for work done. MiHay appeared for plaintiffs and the council was represented by the chairman, Mi Williams, who admitted the liability, and requested that all further proceedings might be stayed for a fcituight as he expected that before the expiration of that time the council would be in a position to pay most, if not all of their liabilities of the same kind as this. The request was acceded to, defendants paying cohto amounting to £2 l(is. Montague and Orr v. Piako County Council, claim £3 Is. This case was similar to thu last and was settled in the b.tme manner. .). W. 11. Gnilding v. G. Given. Plaintiff in this action sued for pound charges winch had not been covcied by the sale of certain cattlo that had been impounded, the property of the defendant. The case was dismissed on a legal technicality, but is likely to be brought on again for hearing at the next sitting of the court. Much satisfaction is expressed lespechng the railway time-table that is to come into operation on Ist of .funo. The change is regarded hero with special satisfaction, as apart from the conveniences it will afford to travellers, it will put an end to the present clumsily arranged postal service which ever since the introduction of the existing tune table over my months ago, has been a standing grievance. Mr La Mone, whose name is now so associated with the treatment of quait/, p.ud a hurried visit to the Waiorongomai mines in the beginning of the week. He was favourably impressed with the appearance of some of them, and believes that they will increase iv richness as greater depths are attained, but the present system of extracting the gold does not meet with his approval. Some dorreo of reticence is displayed, as to the applicability of his own process, but it is understood that there are several of tho reefs in which it might be used with advantage. Nothing, however, has yet lo.ikod out as to whether an effort will be made to introduce the system here. Tawhiao and his followers have been hero foi sonic days past, and will remain a short while longer. He and some of his retinue aie ensconced in tin 1 lesidenco of the old ohiof M<>kenr>, having lemoved there from the Omaha has two miles down the river, vtheie tliov fu>t took up thoir nbode.

7lie limsc ot jn hoinit.il endowment near Hamilton tor i period of 14 jenrs will be offered by public auction at thu Crown landi office, Auckland, on the 10th June.