A CONSTABLE WANTED.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 192, 16 October 1866, Page 3

A CONSTABLE WANTED.

ofthe Supreme Court, Wellington, for forging and uttering a, cheque to the amount of £5 6s. 6<l. The cheque was drawn in the name of J. C. Graham, Commissariat Department, on the branch bank of New Zealand. The second competition for the prize cup g-iven by the lieutenants of the Canterbury Volunteer Engineers took place on the 3rd instant at Hillsborough, and Corporal Cuff vas again the winner. Warden Birr, Dunedin, has sufficiently recovered from the effects of the wounds inflicted upon him by the decease* l convict Laugham, to be able- to resume his duties. The convict Robson is still suffering from tho wound he received before his capture, and is uot likely to recover for a couple of months. Under the heading of Wonders of the Empire City, the Independent has the following : — Hardly have our heads grown cool from the handling of Professor Hamilton, than several peripatetic merchants have appeared in our streets to sell Brussels carpet at one shilling per yard, and corn sacks at threepence each, ladies' silk dresses at less than a manufacturer's price, and if you are wise enough to get a piece of cloth for a suit for youi'self, all your sons wili get enough thrown into the bargain to make them ,Sund3y suits for nothing. This chance has con.e to U3 from the mother countiy, where cheap bargains are not wanted, and i»y way of Midbourne, whero tbey prefer giving 4s. 6d. for carpet, aud ls. Gd. for a sack, because there are no persous there to purchase goods belonging to the trade of others, upon principled they do not. like applied to their own. It is rumored that the s.s. Albion may bring Melbourne beef and mutton to us at proportionate rates, some bankruptcies having lately taken place there, and the old stoek having to be cleared out. Another touch from Professor Hamilton's magic hand svould, doubtless, render our softer places yielding enough to purchase even those. The Taranaki Herald of the 13th says— - The long expected boring apparatus of this company arrived in the Airedale yesterday, but, iu consequence oi the rough weatber, it could not be landed. The company has been busily engaged the last few days in erecting a smithy and a derrick, both of which are nearly completed, and immediately on the arrival ol' the machine, it will be fixed, and boring operations resumed. The Hawkes' Bay Herald ' has boen increased in size, and now contains 28 columns of matter. The Kangaroo, when attacked by man or any other enemy, iu self defence, it is well known, will light to ihe last, but it is rure that we hear of the Australian marsupial becoming the attacking party. An occurrence of this kind, however, took place last week on the run of Mr. Clappertou, Amphitheatre. A shepherd there, while out, on the run, near the Big Range, saw an "old man" kangaroo deliberately come down from the scrub and attack the faithful colley. Of course the combatants were unfairly matched, but owing to the small size of the dog, the kangaroo was unable to use with effect, his powerful hind claws, which they ave said to do after the fashion of the wielders of the American bowie-knife. After many unsuccessful attempts to rip up his foe, the kangaroo finally succeeded in rendering him lifeless. At this stage of affairs the shepherd arrived armed with a waddy. This time the long-tailed one found a toeman more worthy of his claws. A deadly struggle ensued, both man and kangaroo rolling on the ground. The kangaroo several times managed to get the upper hand and jumping repeatedly on the shepherd, seemed determined to crush him to a jelly. Aroused to a sense of his danger, thu man, after a desperate effort, succeeded iu regaining his feet, aud by a well-directed blow on the os frontis of the kangaroo at last despatched him ; not, however, without hearing unpleasant traces ofthe fray, -in the shape of the loss of a tooth, several serious wounds, and his -clothes torn to shveds. Mr. Clapperton has promised to forward to our office the claws of the kaugaroo, which he states to be the largest he has seen during his long years' residence' in Victoria. — Avoca Mail, Sept. 22.

To the Editor of the Evening Mail. t.ll. —Will yon call the attention of the authorties to the necessity of appointing a constable for the Miburban-south district. Several men have been se_n lately Ling about the public read in a state of beastly intoxication. Only last evening I saw one near iny j_a*e. They are not residents in tlie village, and therefore require looking after; and society has a rinht to be protected. My family has. been disturbul 'more than once by such characters knocking at the doors and windows at midnight ; and there are otlier familes in the neighbourhood who have been annoyed iu :i similar way. I shall feel greatly obliged by your bringing this matter forward in such a manner as you think proper. I am, &c, J. T. S. Stoke, October 1">, 13«.6. _.y. —l have been given to understand that £35 was voted by the Council last session as payment for the officer in question, but the appointment has not taken place.