RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' CORET

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1230, 3 May 1864, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' CORET

CHRISTCHUK.CH. —Monday, MAY 2. (Before J. Ollivier, J.P.) Drunk and Disorderly.—Owen Fitzpatrick, an old offender, was charged with being found drunk and disorderly in Durham street, on the afternoon of Sunday. The constable who arrested the prisoner stated to the Court that when he took him into custody his clothes were disarranged in a most indecent mamrej;. He was ordered to pay a fine of 20s. Drunk and Incapable/—Win Crook was charged with being drunk and incapable opposite the City .Hotel, at an early hour on Sunday morning. A pimilar fine was inflicted. Mr. Ollivier directed thGi police-to discover where drink was procured \on the/ Sabbath; but Sergeant-Major Pender informed-his Worship that both prisoners had got in private houses, and added that there was pnly one public-house in Christchurch at which driftk was sold on that day. Assault.—Elizabeth Lambert and Sarah Granger were tinarged with using obscene language towards Catherine M'Carthy; but neither parties made their appearance. I Wandering at Large: — Geo. Cotterill was charged with having four cows, his property, wandering at large on the public thoroughfare. The charge was proved, and a fine of 5s for each cow was inflicted. — Mr. 1). Barnard was charged with a similar offence, and a like fine was imposed.

Unregistered Dogs.—Nicholas Bracenwell was charged with having a dog not registered, in his possession. The defendant said he had only had the dog a fortnight previous, and that it was only four months old. The Court informed the defendant that there was now a law in existence which requires that all dogs of the age of three months shall be registered, and there was, consequently, no alternative but to inflict a penalty of £1. John Barry, a blind man, was charged with a like offence. In consequence of his having destroyed the dog the charge was dismissed. Under similar circumstances a charge of a like character preferred against Wm. Dodge, was dismissed. —Thomas Laffey and Michael Ilealey were fined 20s each for having unregistered dogs in their possession.

STEAM POSTAL SERVICES. We have received the following notification from the General Post Office. From and after the Ist of April, 1864, the following will be the dates of Arrival and Departure in each month of Mail Steamers subsidized by the New Zealand Government: —

* Denotes arrivals. f Denotes departures. The names of the particular steamers above mentioned cannot always be relied upon, ns the respective Companies may substitute any of their authorised steamers. it will bo observed that passengers from Napier by the steamer of the Oth, and from Manukau and other ports by steamer of the Bth, can proceed to Melbourne from Otago by the English mail steamer 011 the 18th. ' Passengers by steamer of loth from Sydney to Auckland can proceed South via East Coast on the 23rd. Passengers by steamer of 25th from Sydney to Nelson can proceed either North or South from Nelson on the 2nd. Passengers by steamer of 2nd from Bluff and other ports to Nelson can proceed to Sydney from Nelson on 13th. Passengers by steamer of 10th from Melbourno to Otago can proceed North on the 20th via East Coast, or on 25th via Nelson to Manukau. Passengers by steamer of 20th from Otago to Auckland via East Coast can proceed from Auckland to Sydney 011 the Ist. The steamers via East Coast, North and South, meet at Napier. Those leaving and arriving at Manukau meet at Nelson. The East Coast steamers coming North meet the West Coast steamers going South at Wellington, and vice versa. The Chief Postmasters at the various ports are specially instructed to report any irregularities of arrival or departure in the above services. Tiiomas B. Gillies, Postmaster-General. Auckland, 31st March, 1861. According to the above table the regular interpro" vincial services will be performed by six boats, pro"

needing from Otago to Auckland and back at intervals of five days. Three of these boats are to take the east, and three the west side of the Northern Island. Thus Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Otago will have five days' communication with each other; Nelson, Taranaki, Marlborough, and Hawkes Bay one every ten days with the other provinces. In addition to this regular service, there will be the call of the Melbourne mail boat at the 111 uIV on its way to Otago; and a communication by the monthly Sydney steamer with Nelson, Lyttelton, and Otago. Lyttelton is to have seven arrivals from, and seven departures to, eacli direction. That is on fourteen days out of the month a subsidized steamer from some quarter may be expected to arrive in port. The time table for our use may be summarised as follows:— Ist. Departure to Otago; N. Z. Co.'s boat Ist. Arrival from ditto; „ „ 2nd.* Departure to Wellington; „ sth.f Arrival from ditto; I. R. M. Co.'s boat sth. Ditto ditto (from Sydney); „ „ Gth.J Departure to Otago „ „ ~ 6th. Ditto ditto „ ~ ,> 6th.J Arrival from ditto; N. Z. Co.'s boat 7th.f Departure to Wellington; „ 10th.* Arrival from ditto; I. R. M. Co.'s boat 10th. „ „ Otago; „ ~ 11th. Departure to ditto; „ „ 11th. „ „ Nelson and Sydney; ditto 11th. Arrival from Otago; N. Z. Co.'s boat 12th.* Departure to Wellington; „ lflth.f Arrival from ditto; I. R. M. Co.'s boat 16th. Departure for Otago; „ „ 16th4 Arrival from ditto; „ „ 17th.f Departure for Wellington; „ 20th.* Arrival from ditto; N. Z. Co.'s boat 21st* Departure for Otago; „ „ 21st. Arrival from ditto; I. R. M. Co.'s boat 22nd.* Departure for Wellington; 25th.f Arrival from ditto; N. Z. Co.'s boat 26th.f Departure for Otago; „ „ 26th.J Arrival from ditto; I. R. M. Co.'s boat 27th.f Departure for Wellington; „ „ 30th.* Arrival from ditto; N. Z. Co.'s boat,

It follows from an inspection of the above tables and summary that if our English mail, due on the 21st, is a little late, we shall not receive it as soon as possible, but must wait for the steamer due on the 26th of the month. As we have before pointed out. this failure \Hll affect Wellington equally with ourselves, and Napier more seriously than either, since the mail if at all late, will not reach that province till the same day (the 6th) fixed for the departure thence of the homeward mail. We trust in the abundance of steamers some plan will be quickly devised to improve this arrangement.

Another fault appears to be the misfitting of the Sydney, Cook Straits, and Otago steamer with the regular line. This steamer will come down the coast 011 the same day with another boat of the same company steaming in the same direction, and return northwards a day before a boat of the other company. In other respects the task of fitting in the different services to one another appears to be accomplished with success. It is to be observed, however, that these new arrangements are not at all the same as those recommended by the House of Representatives last session. It is quite possible that the number of boats recommended cannot be employed for want of means ; and so far poverty would be a complete answer. But the services recommended were to be arranged on a different principle—that of weekly instead of monthly periods. This change has no relation to expense ; and yet no approach is made to it in the fifth month after the close of the session.

* Those thus marked are arrivals from or departures to Auckland via East Coast. f Those thus marked are arrivals from or departures to Manukau by the West Coast. J Those thus marked proceed to or have come from Southland.

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