RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday. (Before G.B. Davy, Esq, R.M.) (FROM YESTERDAY'S " THAMES ADVERTISER.")

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3887, 5 February 1870, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday.

(Before G. B. Davy, Esq, R.M.)

(FROM YESTERDAY'S " THAMES ADVERTISER.")

JUDUUENTS FOB. PLAINTIFFS. — In the following cases judgments were given for tlie plaintiflte with costs : — W. Lloyd v. D. Miles (goods supplied), £24 10s. ; Campbell v. Sydney and Melbourne Goldmining Company (professional services), £40 6s. 4d, ; Bannders v. Californian Goldinining Company, £10 2'.. (id. ; Hazelbank Goldniming Company v. S J. Fernandez (calls), £]2 183. ; Lamb Bros. v. Halse (timber supplied), £7 6s. ; J. Cook v. H. R. Clarke (goods), £19a. Id ; H. Seon v. E. McCarty, £4 10s. 5d. ; File v. Geoffrey, -67 16s. 8<1. ; Anderson v. Bond (goods), £0 18s. ; Tliompson v. Naatown, £11 10s. ; Eames v. Clarkson, £2 Us. ; Jordon v. Tower of London Goldinining Company, £10 10s. ; Tyev. Havldiw, £1 17s. ; Victoria Cross v. N. J. Isaacs (calls), £7 4s. ; Jordon v. Bon Accord Goldinining Company (professional services), £10 10s. ; Jordon v. Ballarat and Eising .Sun Goldmining Company, £10 10s. ; Jordon v. W. Williamson, £6 6s. ; E. Porter and Co. v. Mount Eden Goldmining Company, £14 4a. 9d. ; E. Porter and Co. v. Braganza Goldmining Company, £10 5s< ; Williamson v. Watson, £11.

No one can read without extreme disquietude the news we publish to-day from Ohinemuri, taken in connection with other indications from the interior. There i& very great difficulty in the matter, and we can hardly think of a suggestion to offer to the Government. If we liadanoverwhslmiug force, which might be marched up the country, and which would put all opposition at defiance, and make resistance futile, this would be the time to use it. We must remember that the King party are exceedingly disturbed about the marching of Kemp's force and the other detachments into what they regard as their country ; that there are men anxious to embroil the King party with the Europeans, and so shelter Te Kooti, and that this might very easily be done. Any great success on Te Kooti's part would probably bring hundreds to his standard, while our forces are distant from supports, and surrounded by people who are passively if not actively hostile. Within the last few days the people at Ohinemuri, excited by the leporfcs of the fighting in the interior, and doubtless also by isit<* of emissaries from Te Kooti, seem disposed to prevent prospecting with greater strictness than heretofore. That is the state of things, and we fear they mil be worse before they are better. We may say that Ohineroa, mentioned in our correspondent's letter, is on the upper waters of the Thames, perhaps about 30 miles above Ohinemuri. We can hardly believe, however, that the fighting took place there. A considerable amount of work ia going on at the Melbourne Goldmining Company's Claim, next the Caledonian. From a casual inspection of the engine and other appliances on the ground, the plant appears to be a most extensive one, and the work is making great progress. The poppet-heads and bed for the engine are m a forward state, and the site of the w6rks is one 6f the busiest spots on the flat at the present time. - • The Moanataiari tramway, which has enjoyed an immunity from accidents for some time, waB yesterday the scene of a rather perjoua casualty. A man was coming down

the line on the section commencing at tli Victoria battery with a truck laden with wood and some other material. The first part I of the incline is rather steep, and the person in charge found the break was not answering the pressure. As the truck passed Kelly's the breaksman jumped off, and the truck, left to itself, came down at » great rate until it reached the turn near the Young American Claim, where it ran off the line and was precipitated on to the shed erected over the winze of the Young American mine. The shed was knocked to pieces, and the parts scattered in all directions. The truck and its contenti suffered the same fate. The manager of the Young American mine and one of th« workmen were coming up the winze *t the time ; the former was struck on the head by a piece of wood, causing a sever© cut, and the miner received a blow about th© loins from, another piece of wood, hurting him seriously, from the effects of which he is likely to be some time in recovering. The windlass over the winze and other applianoea in use were broken to pieces and rendered utterly useless. The person in charge of the truck escaped uninjured by jumping off, aa above described, and the other two men coming up the winze may be said to have had a marvellous escape from a violent death.