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Charleston Argus, 16 March 1867, Page 2

i even in this district, for j Provincial Council honours begin to crop up. As lias been previously stated two gentlemen at Fox's have already signified j their consent to being burdened with • public duties, and we now hear that Mr. i. Dwan. auctioneer, of Charleston, has expressed his willingness to stand lbr the j Pakilii, Mr. Dwan is an old Victorian j public servant, where hj.; displ lyed bot!i intelligence and industry. it is hardly likely that the New Zealand climate can have effected any great change in hiin, and j the electors will act wisely in securing such I a representative. A medical friend has called our attention j to the fact tint there is no provision for vaccination on tlie Pakilii, and the Government take no t-teps to enforce this very necessary precaution There are now a large number of children lu re, and this matter should be looked to. We h ive 110 registrar of births and deaths eil her, and the absence of such an official is greatly felt where so large a number of people are congregated. At present eertifi.-atesof death may be a farce, and foul play, if such should arise, could not be traced uh :er the* present loose system. We have no coroner either, but are given to un-er-taud that J Mr. C. Broad. of' Brighton, .vill act as such. Considering that we have a full staff of j officials here surely it is fitting that one of] them, the warden more especially, should fulfil the functions of that office. There seems to be a general migration of I banks in Charleston. The Bank of New Zealand is nioviig to Carter's corner, and i tenders for a new building for the Bank of New South Wales were received on Tliurs- j day nii'ht, for a handsome building also in | the neighbourhood of the camp. The I Union Bank, we hear on reliable autlio- | rity, is also about to open a branch, and j Mr. Grant, the gentleman at present at the j lira I of the agem y in West port, will be phi'ed in charge here. Jt is a healthy >i 411 to find that alter lonir consideration | llie banks find it advisable to establish 1 branches in Charleston. As the early j bird catch's the worm so the first bank established here, the Bank of New Zeal-, and, has, and will, reap the reward of their ent rp: ise 111 a large degree, but. yet new comers will no doubt secure a: least j a .-hare We take the following from the "Nclsn Examiner."—Mr Justi-e Kiclimoi.d, in li s late address to theGr.jid Jury at Otu.o. f.t.itcd that he was about to re-'

re h rl ;is Mr. Broa4 ma}H!^^S^!Sm^M feel tar better satisfied if a magistrate amount them. As matters are at present, j cases that arise cannot be determined but once a week, and business men are thereby greatly inconvenienced. If a defaulting debtor wishes to abscond lie can do so to a certain extent with impunity, and if a man is charged with an offence whether justly or not lie has to remain in custody, it may be six days before his case can be decided. The police do all in their power to mitigate this state of things by allowing bail when possible, but even then it is not fair to the accused. Mr Broad's time is possibly occupied five days a week at Brighton but we doubt it. If the Government do not intend to make any additional appointment we think it would be only fair that the lirsident Magistrate should at least divide time as he does his duties between each place. The distance is liut great and this arrangement could very easily be carried out. Mr. Warden Jones is 110 doubt fully occupied with mining cases, but why not appoint one or two territorial magistrates who could at least sit and dispose of trilling cases in the necessary absence of the stipendiary magistrate. The medical profession at the Pakihi has been reinforced by the arrival of Dr. O'Kelly who has taken up his quarters in the main street. This gentleman is highly spoken of and will 110 doubt soon receive a fair share of support in the district. The sons of the Green Island, who muster in force in this district, are determined not to let the natal day of their patron saint pass without worthy celebration, and great arrangements are in progress for keeping it on Monday, as 't th:s year falls on a Sunday (tomorrow). A committee ; have issued a capital prograine of sports i which appears in another column, and on | Monday night, a banquet and ball will be 1 given at Creed's Commercial hotel 111 the main street, other arrangements are also ! projected, and altogether Monday next will i be a holiday in the truest sense of the word. The ' k Lyttelton Times," of the Gth instant, says:— u The comparatively near ap- : proach of the completion of the tunnel- | works 111 *.y a.-count for the obscure rumours | which obtained circulation with regard to j that important work. The other day it was confidently reported that a serious error had been discovered in the levels, and that the Lyttelton end was found to be some twenty feet higher at the lace of the workings than the Heatheote side. I We are happy to put these fears at rest, land to say that, when the levels were recently taken, tho exact difference be tween the two sides was neither more or less than nine inches. We may add that when the work commenced this week, there remained seventy-two yards to be opened out." The " Sydney Morning Herald " of the 13th February, says' - - ' A rumor prevailed in town yesterday to the effect that intelli- | gence had teen received from England, stating that the appeal in the of Bertram! had been sustained by the Privy I Council, and that the prisoner would consequently revert to the position in which he J stood immediately after his conviction. ; We have ascertained that 110 such intelli- ® gence lias been received by the Law officers of the Crown." The " New Zealand Herald" of the 4th, records a remarkable escape from violent death of a somnambulist About 2 o'clock this morning, (Sunday), Polly the i night watchman, going his rounds in Mill s , lane, saw and heard a heavy body fall from one of the uppermost windows of the | Victoria Hotel, Victoria-street, at the i back, a height of between thirty and forty feet, lie ran to the place, and found it to be a man, undressed. He alarmed Mr. Mulligan, and had him conveyed back to the [hotel. Mr. Commissioner Naughton and ' some of his men were soon 011 the spot, and Dr. Hooper was sent for, who examined and pronounced that v little was wrong with him, andouly a slight bruise 011 the right side, and to all appearance he would soon recover. Any person who has seen the place may well marvel how the pool man escaped instant death, especially as he fell upon rough stones, old cases, and sharp pieces of corrugated iron, i!cc. He is a stout young man, named James Kobiuson. late of the Ist Waikatos, and has been waiting at the hotel for a \essel to take him to Lyttelton. He states that he went to bed quite sober, and was dreaming that lit- was unwell, and was 011 his w.iy to consult a doctor, and went to the window, which happened to be open, thinking it was the door, and walked out. Father Hover ret uracil to Cm.rleston onThuts-1 day last and lias made the foil ouiig ai.ange-1 nuiits for services to-morrow and .Monda} . lieJ will cekjjrate mass to-moriow. at Brighton, afl

Bank the afford the officers here. and will be opened We omitted to that the ing appar .tus is one of the most coast, and will be found of great in the district. On Thursday Mr Broad sat for the first the new Courthouse, and the improvement 1J x 12 tent was as pleasing as it was ; The Court is now properly arranged, Magistrate can dispense justice without ; crowded and inconvenienced. A space is legal gentlemen and reporters, and, in fact, ! Court now has every convenience that expected. jH ! According to advertisement a meeting oB ! Masonic brethren was held on Thursday last at the Phoenix hotel. Owing to the verß i short notice the gathering was not so numerous | ; as w:ls expected, but some preliminary discussion' took place, and it was determined to adjourn the j meeting for a fortnight, the place to be made i known by advertisement, i As will be seen in another column, noticeof the j election is given. \\ e have not space in thisjl [ issue to make any comments on the arrangements! ! but shall do so in our next. The qualification ofl I both candidates and electors is a business j or miner's right taken out six months ago in thifl ' province. This rule will amount virtually to tljß disfranchisement of the population the tation is supposed to benefit. * JHj