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Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 135, 6 June 1878, Page 2

In the Supreme Court in Banco to-day, the Picton case of Forth v. Brownlee was heard. The plaintiff demurred to the pleas of the defendant in an action for trespass. Mr. travers supported the demurrer, and Mr. Allan appeared for the defendant. Their Honora granted the demurrer. On the civil side of the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day a re-heariDg was granted in the case of Quinn and Austin v. Scholes and Scholes. The plaintiffs claimed £25 com-j mission on some land sold for the defendants, ' and on the previous hearing judgment was j entered for the defendants. The plaintiffs now brought forward additional evidence, and iudgment was given for the amount claimed. The Hon. Mr. Sheehan has gone to interview Te Whiti at Pariaka. He goes by the special invitation of that chief, who probably is now anxious to establish moTe friendly relations with the Government. It is thought probable that the contemplated gathering of the Kingite chiefs will be held not at Waitara, but at Alexandra. The buoy which was sunk by the dynamite exploded under the Eli Whitney has been fished up, and now lies on the wharf, a standing testimony to the terrific power of dynamite. The whole of one side of the buoy has been blown in, the thick iron having been broken and twisted as if it had been so much cardboard, and even the solid iron support which runs through the centre of the buoy has been snapped in two. The battered and shattered cylinder has attracted a good deal of attention. It should be stated that the buoy was fully 30 yards from the Eli Whitnev. At the second meeting of the Creditors of Carl Peters, held to-day, Mr. Peter Voight was appointed trustee. Mr. Barton, M-H.R., is expected to return to Wellington at the beginning of next week. The much-talked-of new Court houses on the reclaimed land will shortly be commenced. The new building will be in brick. The present inadequate offices will be sold by auction by Mr. R. J. Duncan, on Tuesday, 25th June. The advertisement will appear first of all in the New Zealand Government Gazette, and afterwards in the chief newspapers throughout the colony. It will be seen by a paragraph in another portion of our issue of to-day, that the Government have determined to appoint a legal gentleman as District Judge and Resident Magistrate for Wellington. This will, of course, necessitate the resignation of Mr. Crawford. The appointment of another gentleman to take his pla^e is not due to any dissatisfaction with the manner in which Mr. Crawford has performed the duties of Resident Magistrate, but he is now over the age at which retirement becomes compulsory, under the Civil Service Act. Mr. Crawford has, we believe, been for about 14 years in the service of the Government as Resident Magistrate, and he will be entitled to a retiring pension. A correspondent writes :—" Mr. W, Herapath, of Bristol, makes the public acquainted with an easy method of proving whether kerosene oil is dangerous or not. Let two or three drops be allowed to fall upon a plate or saucer, and apply to them a lighted match ; if the flame spreads over the surface of the drops the oil should on no account be used, as it will under many circumstances prove explosive. The genuine kerosene or petroleum will not burn except upon a wick." " The weak eat herbs," says the apostle, and without denying the efficacy of mineral medicines in certain cases, it may well be doubted whether those remedies which are derived from the vegetable kingdom are not the most efficacious as well as the safest. Certainly the astonishing cure of dyspepsia, kidney disease, rheumatism, and of the numerous maladies in which tonic medication is serviceable, effected by Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, whose constituents are vegetable, argue strongly in favor of botanic treatment.— fADyT."] " Make hay while the sun shines " is one of the good old mottos. and is very suggestive of prudence in the whole course of one's life. If you are suffering from severe rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, liver complaint, or gout, get the necessary and unfailing remedies while you may. They are to be had of all chemists. Ask for Ghollah's Great Indian Cores, and get a copy of testimonials. — [Advt.]