OHINEMURI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 2

OHINEMURI.

H.M. CouiiT.—Tim R.M. was vpi-v bu.<y cj.n .Muiiduv :i!!fl Tiicsd.iy Inst. :<ti innnrix-:iii-;.y .:f it :m.i ..time b-.oiiio-s Ijuniu' biif.ue liiai. Xiio clvief civil (.vs.; wns tli-il of Thus. Li)|;,m v. I'rancis Li;i-,c.y, Mnrie fciiU an'l GrPf.' l "' Iγ'"^- 1 . Tills \v:\< nil accmti Id rac. ivef A.'2l 7h as iJainiit't-s dnii-j iiy thu scvoi"il ili-.foiiii.ints , d.urs It ;:|.i.iMi-.--<t fn.m tlio ovidouce uf l!,s pl.-iiutiil .;ml lii> wife awl child anrt als.. tint i'f .loim Wrißllt, tliut the cK.;;-. hu i l.ei!:i :■.••...,! [ilaintiti's hmi-e ami land, an.l nil f-evei;il OL-uusHiMs liad boon c.iiiylit in tin' :u:t i.f wi.rryni!? sliivp. Tl.e »K-fe:mv i. I-α denial, :iutl :il>ii til it t .i.-iin:iti refiis -J t-» shuw tlio defeiidaiiis tlio all.'trcd d.'ad -Mwi'v wllcii ii'qni.'si-iid. After a 1.-up> cjiiantiiy uf •.■videiu'u had lu-un adduce I j'ldu'nu'iit was (■ii-eii f.ir tlm plaintilf fur t'lS 0s and cn-t* f>. Defendants liai-o α-kud f.ir a rehuarinjf, and an order hus been madfi by Mr Nortlisnift FI..U. thut the plamtitf .should hliow the of the sheep tn tho dofMtidants. Tlib only police caso was that of Gonstabla A. J. Mitchell v. P. Barrett (a native) and Charles Odium, both youth-. The prisoniMs were charged that they did on the 22nd Deceinoer, unluwfuiiy break and enter the I remises of Mr Oliver ■Siiienson at Mackaytown, r;iid steal tliorcfrom j.!wo'l«ry to the value ot i! 39 10'. After volmniniiiis i.'viduiica li.irl baen t.ilcsn for tho prosecution, Mr J. A. Miller, who au- |, u aie(H(i.-tlio pi-isoiiuf Odium, .iJdressedthn court in l.is clinnt's defence, and Carii-tt made a lons rambling statement in liis own defence. The court sat until 10 p.m. on Monday, and adjourned until l> a.m. nn Tuesday, a< Mr Noithcroft held a conrt at Ta Aro'ba Mies mm day. Aft.-r a farther I'.saniiu LtiiHj by the Court, Uirreit was L-imniittod foi , tii il and Odium W. Styles w.,s fined Is and 1(U c»<U for ahu-ive lanßUHge ti W. J. McKeo r.t RAiiKinra. Tlni fiuiahed tlio siuined cif tha i llesideut Magistrate f.ir this mtmtli.

Find or liACltl Gl'll. — A large aud valuable tin- J of kauri gun; is reported at Puriri. Some time since un unexpected iiud was made at B,iKiuill'.s busb, Turna—aluhikatea bii.fh where kauri was never dreamed of. One of tlia nativas working hors had oaiwsion t>) g<> euros* (ho river. At tliq );;.>>- ing piace he picker) «)> v.-h-it Iv* ttimviit was n stone, but found it to lie u'lim, . Ite went for his spear ami pruddeiJ arw.uid, ■aid gut iihiiut 2i:wl-. liufo-o evening, lit , ir-'t rtoiije (it 'u:itcjs to come across, jtrvi ti , . , '/ "lay low " fur smiie ii,i\v, nut p.ven ii. , !;') / a fire fur fuar »f thuir find betrayed. lint "the best luid sclimnet uf men .'md mice oft gang atilßU,' iiiiiJ uiiß ufler discovared the fip.isuro tnivc, until now then! aroniTr ];"iO liitui on the field. Tlj-j gum is s:iid to b,'. the bust ever disovortd in tlifi Tli,inn's di«tiict.

MlNlNii.—Mining lnaUiiis uro very ijiii.it, as is n<ual sit thii time of thfi ve:ir. (.i'»M-i gold li.-.s been discovered on tlion..id leading to Dwliann fiMin but it is in the prccincf. of ihn Grand Junction Claim, a mine which xh'nvrf si-itis of coining to ih>j fore. The. Crown, an adj.icunt mine, i.- a is, i sliowiiiSßplo.nriid prospects. The greatest eard evor played in Karangahako «il! Ii ■ when Mr Melville arrives from Glasgow with tlianecciswius wlieiewith put un the uew Cassell plant "" karanguhakH Hat. I liear tl.at -Mr T. H. of Waihi, lvis oliered Messrs ArUims ani party, .vim honulit the Wainrfiugnmai Battery, £3,500. They are, however, I understand, holding for a rise,