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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 178, 5 March 1867, Page 2

The clerk of the course reports to us that all is going on favorably, . as regards the necessary preparations, although the clearing of the area ia a far more heavy undertaking than at first contemplated. The fact is that owing to a piece of swampy ground being found iv the way where the intended iiiie was pegged out, the shape had to be altered, and thus heavy timber required to be removed. However, the laboring men who have undertaken the different allotted contracts are doing their work with good wilL and the weather is. so. remarkably fayoiable for this much-abused West Coast, that it seems as if a special good fortune were smiling on the first Grey mouth races. .We are glad to notice, by adyeitisement over our leading column, that Messrs Revell and Kynnersley have granted four days' protection of claims to the. digging community, and that they can thus enjoy during the race week a. weil-inerited holiday. Within the last day or two, two horses have arrived here from Nelson, and three from Christchurch, whilst others are hourly expected, owing to the attractions of, the programme go liberally put forth by the Greymoutk stewards. By-the-byc, we are requested to mention that a committee meeting will bo held this evening at Kilgour's Union Hotel.* The JVejy Zealand Advertiser says :-'.'.We learn by a private letter- from Melbourne that Thatcher, of "local" song celebrity, has returned to that city after having completed a non-professional tour of the . neighboring colonies. Mr Thatoiier will shortly return to New Zealand in connection, with a grand panoramic exhibition upon which he is now At Kihjoiir's Union Theatre, last evening, the performances passed off very creditably ; but we were sorry to see such a small attendance where a capital evening's amusement and recreation can be enjoyed. On Thursday evening next, a grand amateur performance, in aid of the Grey River Hospital, will take place, and when, froni the great attraction the programme presents, we feel certain that a bumper house will be the result. ■■'■- We are sorry to learn from the WestporL Times\ka.t Dr Hector has again dislocated his shoulder. Our Buller contemporary says:--" On Saturday last, Dr Hector returned from the "Pakihi, and on Monday went away to Mount Rochfort for the purpose of making a general survey of that locality. As we understand his. researches will bo specially devoted to the coal formation there,; and w.hen his report is made public it will- no doubt stimulate any dormant activity that may .exist in. reference to- our coal resources. •• We 'are sorry, to say that whilst crossing the Waiinangora, on Monday last, he met with an accident whilst stepping from boulder to boulder,- which caused-dislo-cation of the shoulder. Only a- week or two ago, whilst' on his -previous "tour, the " same dislocation first occurred, aiid it was nofc^ thoroughly recovered before the second arose. During his previous trip he visited Mount Arthur, the Karamea, Wangapeka, and other places; •• but -the -arS not yet -made public. ■ '■■,-■.''•■■ The Nelson Evening Mail says: — We understand that that pet . prisoner, Sullivan, has kicked up .his heels in gaol at last, and lias'' been put in- irons: ~ The wonder is, not that this has, been foui'd necessary, but that the gaol officials were not obliged, to resort to irons before. The fellow has been made too. much 0f,.-and has,; as. a matter of course, become so bounceable, that there is no dealing with" him by ordinary means. "* We are told thafrhe refused to' obey orders^ squared away in right pugilistic style, threatened to' knock the warders into smithreens, and was riot reduced to obedience without considerable violence. We hope this behaviour of the pet prisoner will prove a caution to his patrons,- and 1 those' Who think he deserves the least particle of sympathy. ' ' -Threemeu named Gleeson, Stapleton and Donohue, were on Friday last,, charged before the Resident Magistrate, Cobden, with creating a disturbance at 1 the Ahaura and violently obstructing the police in the execution of their duty. From the evidence led and proved by Constable Sweeney, a series of threats, combined with actual violence to the peaceable inhabitants of the town, was being indulged in by a section of rowdies, and while the constable, after arresting one of the most -prominent and 'violent of the rioters, was taking him awayln custody, the,

prisoner Stapleton interfered and violently assaulted the constable. After calling upon the bystanders to assist in the Queen's name, a number of citizens interfered and; with effect ; yet not without being made the subject of threatenings and reproaches, in the midst of which Gleeson, a storekeeper and a prominent leader among his countrymen, made himself most conspicuous — so much so, indeed, that the prisouers were let go, bitt ultimately captured and brought to town in company with their would-be' liberator, Gleeson. At one time matters looked so serious that special constables were sworn in, and accompanied by Mr Warden Lightband, conveyed the prisoners to town. This is the first step to check a long rampant evil, and the Magistrate in awarding sentences seemed to have this in view, as Gleeson, the storekeeper, who ought to have known be iter., received a punishment of two months with hard labor, and the diggers Stapleton and Danohue fourteen days' each, also with hard labor. The evidence of the constable was . corroborated iv every respect by several witnesses. ; ;The discovery of a second quartz reef is .reported by the Westpovt Times, which- says : — " The discoverers intend working the reef at once by water power, it presenting every advantage for so doing. The specimens brought in would yield" about 56as. to the •ton." ; ■:-..'■■.■. ;..' ■". ;" . .\\ ; v. The following account of an extraordinary case, at the Nelson Hospital, is given by the Examiner:—" It has always'been a familiar, though not very flattering circumstance, that the human body is the natural habitation of certain worms which live in the intestines, and a few months ago people were startled at the information that an epidemic in Germany and England was caused by. eating ineasley pork, which contains multitudes of "ova which are -developed in the human flesh into; thousands of little worms —cystkercfi- as they' are called by the learned. Last nibiith, a woman from the Waimeas was admitted into the Nelson Hospital, having an enlargement in her abdomen, which by its pressure 6ft the lungs and stomaoh would have ' speedilycaused death by preventing her from' breath" ing and swallowing. The disease was diagnosed to be a parasite, and on puncturing her liver, the animal* which is of a fluid gelautinous nature, was removed, and after the operation, was found to measure nearly five pints. The wornau was able to leave the Hospital cured in a few days. The entozoon, in this instance, proved to be the cchinocpicies hominis., a creature introduced into the system by swallowing the living ova of the tape worm of the dog, and often seen by butchers in the liver of the sheep. On Wednesday morning, says the WestportTimes, Macpherson, one of the men commit - . mitted for bushranging, and undergoing sentence for larceny prior to his trial, availed of an opportunity to escape, and found concealment in an empty he use close to the police station. -On the alarm being given diligent search was made for the flown bird,, and after some time. he was' discovered and brought back. ; He was then- put,- in heavy irons, which were rivetted on him, "and we hear they will be kept on till trial. ; Tne Southland Times of the" sth instant jsays :— '.'Wo l-egret to learh that (Jsipfcaiu Fisher, of the Wild Wave, met with a serious accident while eiigaged-iu superintending the I ..landing of ths horses-part of the cargo of his vessel from Hobart Town— at the Mi'ikomoko Jetty. The last horse but one to be landed was in the slings, when it kicked out striking Captain Fisher on the left side) breaking two of his ribs. He immediately came up to town in , a boat for medical attendance, and is now getting on favorably. The surgeon gave it as his opinion that if the horse had been shod, the result of the kick would have been fatal." >.■■■■ . -•■ The Westport^ Time* of Wednesday last Reports that a party of Maoris have struck gold at the Karamea. The quantity they have ' obtained is said to. be 330z5.. 16 dwts In addition to this, a storekeeper has brought from the same -place- "26ozs. IGdwts lSgrs., which he had purchased. The prospects of the place are considered to be very encouraging,', the yield of gold being a fair average to the population." The gold was struck only a short time ago, and it is got from twenty-five miles up the river. The news, from the Little Wanganui -is not of special interest, biit a few miners there seem to be doing tolerably \vell. .Nothing new has been heard from the Mokihinuij but those at work at the Waimongaroa are said to be in high spirits, several ■claims, being on .gold. From the" Buller River a^good deal of gold, has been receiitly .brought doSvnoiv the .quiet, and the numbers of those at. wbrkVare graduayy but. perceptibly.; increasing. ..Jt is. strange the disinclination that miners r evmce to tryitheir fortune in this dn-ection,. though . unquestionably -the- best :and heaviest gold ever got i-in New. Zealand was obtained from this part, For months past, nay years past, miners have been steadily^at work^and tita faetof their sticking so long to it.is sufficient •. proof tha-fe they are remunerated for, their labor. They .are, however a very reticent race, and -for all the fuss that is made there might not. be an ounce" of gold' got ' iii a tweivemonith. During" the last week or two an Unusual stir has been . visible amongst them, several carioes have been down, and one went, back with three months' provisions, ; • ■a. pretty good test as to firm belief in the district. Others that we know of have written ; to their mates in other places to join them, ami altogether matters up river are health y." A parcel of 20oz. of nuggetty gold was sold to the Bank of New Zealand only a day or, two ago, got from this part, and on Monday the same bank purchased 12pz..ofthe same' kind. Several other lots have also been disposed of to storekeepers, but one of the principal purchasers, for some unaccountable rea- , son best known to himself, refuses absolutely to give the smallest item of information respectingthem. Even if his customers wish to keep their names and the, spot where they get their gold a secret^ they could, not; be prejudiced by' his stating that' hie had purchased so muclvgphl froni up the river, for that is a pretty indefinite term, whilst to the publio it would be some Satisfaction to know that so much., gojd. was actually got.