WEEKLY EPITOME.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 43, 21 February 1874, Page 6

WEEKLY EPITOME.

The Widlingtoi police have arrested Q-oor^e Sluiri c Dnm nOii 1, the tib -cr>ii'li'i!» 'nan-iger of tliu ]?i o\ racial and Suburb in 13 iuk, Kuh'nond, Melbourne, aboard the it'kido. He ha. I saddj [co.n Otx^o, .in I \\.\a en roi'i'e fjr Sm Fnu'ciaco.

It 13 said that tho spwices of tho llivi. Tl. D. Ire 1 , md, Q.C., of Melboun ■ have been ret'iined 1 y t'.ie d"fviubn f s in the no >' celebrated cn-e of •'' ito v. M'Kellar, and th >fc tlie atiitu.il r criifio i f e of the " Jolly Q ' ' ," (us th ■ 'Argus' s'jles Mr I re] an 1) baa been taken out in the S i^ (.-mo Court OOi.'e at Durediu in view of tho future stages of the ret ion

The lid<rt t-mes anticipated for .-omc months in A-ruvioi have at last com o on. i late eiblegr-im brin;;s information 'hat working men arc return 1 , <; ii slioa'a from Ainericn, in consequence of the distress (hero. YVt h energetic emigration agents Amu. ;ci'.3 uillle.i 1:^1 :^ should be New Zealand's opportunity. A yoi" a man 'lijiaed John Elair not long arrive 1 fron. North OriKii, v vho lias been employed iv tho S l'ireme C) irt, Danedin, has boon cv ,'ud v;ilh lriving stolen a cheque for £'iO 13-j 3i, tlie property of the and has been coir muted for ti-i.d. Orii lucid md correspondent ropor's business donp : — CaVdonur, £11 ; UoUen Cdf, (new issue) £9 11* ; Golden Oidf, louble, C2O. Mr 0. llolloway, a prominent member of ill Agricultural Laborer*' League, and delega'.j and chairman of thr Oxf >.■! district, i 3 a passenger by the .Monjol. ilr Ho-lbwuy comes out iv e'urge of

the immigrants on board, and has also been instrumental in forwarding those who will conic out by the Scimitar. There is every reason to believe that Mr Holloway purposes making himself acquainted with the special ndvantages which New Zealand offers to agricultural laborers as a field for immigration. It becoming known in Punedin that Sullivan, one of the Maungatopu murderers, and who had been confined in Dunedin Gaol, had received a free pardon from the Government, and had been allowed to leave the Provmre by (he ss. Mikado, bound to San Francisco via Auckland, telegrams were sent, North by some who were greatly indignant at such a cold-blooded monster being- set at large without a word of wnrning. In addition to telegrams known toiiave bee 1 sent to Auckland, a number of gentlemen subscribed and dispatched a telegram, to bo sent right through from Melbourne to the American Government. This warning was, however, fortunately not needed as, in consequence of protests by the American Consul, and the objection of the passengers by the Mikado, Captain Moore refused to take Sullivan any farther, and turned him off the vessel at Auckland. Sullivan, who was accompanied as far as Auckland by Sergeant Watson by whom he was va ! ched in his peretation in that city, fearing violence from the inhabitants, gave himself into custody for his protection. He is still a prisoner of the Crown, the pardon having been granted conditionally ou his leaving the colony. Sullivan has been cent from Auckland ; ir is believed to the South. The total impoits of the colony for the quarter ending 31st December were £1,784,605; for the corresponding period of 1872 they were £1,498,193. The comparative value of imports for 1872 was £5,142 95l ; and for last year, £3,462,981. The exports for the colony for 1872 were £5,190,665 ; for last year they were £5,613,711. Waddeix, a cattle dealer, claimed in ■ the District Court, Invercargill, £200 damages irom the Superintendent, as proprietor of the Southland Railways, on account of his servants, the railway officials, having agi eed to convey a heifer belonging to plaintiff from Invercargill to the Bluff. Through the carelessness of the servants the heifer was put into a truck or van unfit for the purpose. The consequence was that the heifer attempted to jump out, and broke plaintiff's leg, incapacitating him for business. The jury assessed the damages at £200. At an adjourned extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Carrick Water Kace Company held at Cromwell, the Directors were authorised to bonow £4GOO from the Government. A resolution was also passed to re-open, the share list. Nine of ■theGhareholders present at once applied for 800 additional shares. The greatest confidence was ezpres-sed in the success of the undertaking. A deputation jepresenting the passengers by the Surat has waited on the Superintendent of Ot-ago in regard to the much agitated question of getting back their luggage. It appeared that Mr Larnach had ofiered to give possession of it on payment ot half valuation, and that the passengers were willing to subscribe something towards it. His Honor stated that the Government was willing to contribute, and promised to endeavor to get the Relief Committee to give some of the luuda it had in hand, towards the same object. The Gruhamsfcwn Railway Committee have appointed a subcommittee to procure data to lay before the Pienuer, to induce him to place the Thames Vulley Line on the next schedule. A movement i« being organised at Grahamstown to endeavour to obtain Government assistance towards the expenses of the deep drainage of mines. 'Jue revenue derived from Crown Lands in Ot.igo, exclusive of Southland, during the financial year eadingSlst December, 1873, was : —Land sales, £154,724 l lßs 2d ; assessments on stock, £59,892 2$ lid • miscellaneous, £8917 10s lOd; total, £223,531 UssHd. Goia> has bctn struck in the Golden Calf mine, Grahamstown ; 86 ounces of etcne contained 30 ounces of gold. The shares are advancing. The mine has been woiked four years without paying. The woman Powell, whose nefarious doings in the way of decoyrag children and women, have lately attained such notoriety, has been sent to Dunedin Gaol for three months for having no lawful means of •«übs.'6t nee. The great Blue Spur case of Clayion and Others against Morrisson and Others, which has already cost so much to the litigants, and which was to have been tried again next month before Judge Chapman, hn>, It en settled satisfactorily by private anangenient between (lie iai ties. Each side pays its own costs. A telegram received in Dunedin from Puhnerston states that Mr G. foes, iarmer, Blue Mountain, has had a barn bi.rned down, and property to the extent of £700. Mr Boss, unfortunately for himself, was not insured. Governor Weld made but a short stay in Otago. He came to Dunedin overknd from Southland in the morning, \isited tome o( the public institutions, and left for Lyttelton in the afiernoon. A charge of malpractice being a rare thing in Dunedin, considerable interest has been manifested in a rase heard in the Resident Magistrate's Couit, in which Mr Jamas Hunt sued Dr Sorley for £100 damages for alleged improper treatment of and injury to Ins Ie». lh. damages were originally laid at £3t!o, but the amount was reduced to £100 to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Court. The barristers' table was stiewu with legal and medical works and bones, and the doctors mustered in great force. The hearing of the case occupied two days, and at the conclusion His Woislnp, Mr Strode, said •— " From the eviden c in tins case, I am of opinion thet the defendant has not, in the treatment of the plaintiff, brought to bear that fair and competent degree of skill that should be brought to bear on such an injury. I will not animadvert upon the owdence now that I have stated my opinion. Theio can bu no question as to the amount of damages, and juogment wiil be for £100 and costs." We read that at a bazaar to raiso funds for Catholic Church purposes, held at Wellington, £-100 was taken. At Arrow a bazaar •for a .similar purpose realized £200 clear of all expense j. I