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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1745, 9 March 1874, Page 2

The attention of the Government Engineers should be drawn to the condition of the road between Greymouth and Mr Hill's

dairy farm. The road is absolutely dangerous in the extreme, and in such a condition that a fatal accident may he looked for at any moment. Why i should have bfen allowed to become so is more than we can imagine, and it is to be Ivped, now th t attention has been called to <-,his matter, steps will be taken to prevent Mie sprious casualties that may happen during i ho ensuing race meeting. ' »n Thursday, on the motion of Mr Seddon and supported by Mr Wickss, it was resolved — "That this Council requests his T I i.or the Superintendent, .on receiving a favorable report from the surveyor sent out to ascertain the best route for the railway between Hokitika and Canterbury, to communicatewiththeSuperintendent, Kxeeutive. and members of the Provincial Council of Canterbury, and ask their co-operation in taking steps to induce th«* General Government to construct the said line of railway." The following applications were granted at the Yvarden's C«urt. No Town, on the 24th ultimo : — Alfred Bliss and party, for a double area of 294 x 147 ft, Opossum Terrace; Michael M'Laughlin, for a residence area of one acre, on the main Grey Valley road, where Red Jack's Creek crosses it ; David Marshall, for an area of 208 x 104 ft, at Candlelight Creek ; Peter O'Brien and party and Mai tin Maher and party, for permission to amalgamate their mining claims, at Opossum Terrace ; Alfred Gamble, for 170 x 85ft of ground on Fern Hill Terrace, at the head of Candlelight Creek ; William Kane and party and James Whelan, for permission to amalgamate their claims at Ryan's Creek ; John Doran, for a residence area, at Old Camptown ; John Lyons, for an area of 1000 x 240 ft, at Opossum Terrace, granted, if the tunnel i* over 500 ft long, if 400 ft, granted, but two wages men must be engaged after the tunnel is iv ; John Egan, for half-an-acre of land for a residence area, near the township of No Town ; Ah Loan and party, for 240 x 120 ft ground, situate in the bed of No Town Creek, above Fisher's dairy, at Irish Town ; to the same party, for a head water-race, at the same place ; Can Te°n and party, for an area of 280 x 140 ft, at Irish Town, and also for a head waterrace and tail-race, *t the same locality ; Robert Northy, for 120 x 160 ft ground at Abe's Gully. Patrick Shea and party applied for 170 x 85ft ground, at Black Jack's Creek ; the application was opposed by Thos. El worth and James Devery, on the ground that the claim applied for \\ as theirs ; after hearing the objection, the Warden dismissed it, and granted the application. Michael M'Laughlin and John. M'Laughlin, applied for an agricultural area of twenty-ei«jht acres, at Red Jack's Creek, near the crns-in.-of the creek by the main Grey Villey road ; the application was granted. Thos. B aid applied for a special grant for a site on which to erect a sawmill, opposite No Town ; the application was granted. Alfred Yl'Namaia applied for a residence area of half-a '-acre ; the application was opposed by Thos. Braid, on the ground that no space had been left for a right-of-way; granted, if not within ten feet of Braid's grant, so that a right-of-way may be left between the properties of the applicant and Thos. Braid. At the Warden's Court, at No Town, at the last sitting, Yung Shun and four other Chinese miners, complained against John D. Robb with illegally interferfering with a mining claim at Nit Town, by removing the boundary-pegs therefrom. The defendant admitted removing the pegs, but denied that he did so intentionally, or with a design of injuring the complainants. Tne Warden said he was willing to believe that the defendant had acted in ignorance of the l*w on the subject, and a fine would not be inflicted, but the Court would net under any circumstances permit illegal interference with the boundary pc^s of claims, for such interference was calculated to lead to endless litigation and trouble The case would be dismissed, but the defendant would have to pay th« costs of the complainants, amounting to Us. The proprietor of a Chinese Fan Tan house at No Town, was charged before the Resident Magistrate on the 24th inst, with a breach of the Licnsing Regulations, by carrying on business without a license at that place. The " business" was the sale of opium, which was consumed by the purchasers on the premises. The place frequented by the customers of the defendant is a room built near a Chinese store, bu 1 ". not connected with the storekeeping busiiv ss, and specially fitted up for the purpose with benches and mats on which the opiumsmokers and eaters lie whil under the influence of the drug. The defendant said that the sale of opium for consumption on the premises was not a part of his regular business, and it was only done during the festivities uf the Chinese New Year, and not at any other time. The evidence offered by the police satisfied the Magistrate that the offence was habitually committed, and the defendant was fined L 2, with costs. A gossiper in the Melbourne Town and Country Journal relates a good story : — Did you ever hear of such effrontery ? A young gentleman, who is the son of a very rich Melbourne merchant, had the cheek to tell his father the other day that he wauted to marry a governess. Considering that his pareut had married his own cook, it did not seem 'to the youth that there were rocks ahead But he was mistaken. " Marry the governess," cried the old gentleman in a rage ; "I'd sooner see you run away with a barmaid !" " But isn't it better to marry a governess than a cook ?" retorted the son rather severely. "No fear," was the reply, '■ the one would save you a lot of money, the other would make you spend it." What true ideas of economy ! An emergency meeting of the Lewis Mark Lodge will be held this evening, at eight o'clock, in the Masonic Hall. Brethren, advanced to the above degree, are invited to attend. The Provincial Council appears to conduct its business in a very irregular fashion, if the following remarks by the West Coast Times have any foundation. Our contemporary of Saturday says : — " More than one member of the Piovincial Council absented himself from his place last evsning. on the understanding that the Estimates would not be considered, as there was nothing on the Order Pape • to indicate that anything would be done in that direction. As usual, however, the Order Jfaper afforded no indication of what was likely to take place, aod by seme process unknown, except to 'be chosen few, Standing Ordeas were set at nought, and the Council proceeded without notice having been given to consider the estimated expenI diture of the ensuing financial year. The Council appeared to go into Committee without knowing why or wherefore, and it is somewhat surprising that members did not require some explanation with regard to the unexpected position in which they found themselves placed." The Interprovincial Regatta, at Christchurch, is fixed for the 27fch of March. All entries must be in the hands of the Secretary by the 24th. The following are the principal events: — Champion Four-oar Outrigger, L 150; Four-oar Outrigger, LSO ; Pair -oar Outrigger, L 25 ; Scullers' Race, Lls ; Rob Roy Canoe Race, LSO. The Westlaud crew have purchased a four-oared outrigger from the Canterbury Rowing Club, in which to compete at the Interprovincial Regatfa. It is expected that the purchase of the Inangahua suspension bridge will be concluded immediately after the Executive meet in Nelson.

The following civil cases were disposed of at tho last sitting of the Resident Mn»istrate's Court, No Town :— \V. S. Camphell v. John Ward, LlO 143 for groceries, &c, supplier! at No Town ; judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed with costs. Same v. Preston for L 9 Gs 3d ; ju-kment for plaintiff. Nillon and Devery v . John Quinlivan. for 1.20 los Id for gno-s supplied at No Town ; judgment for the plaintiffs with costs, v Robb. for L 3 7< lOd ; verdi-t for the plaintiffs Same v. Mnraan. f-r Ll4 9* 4d ; judgment fo.- the plaintiffs. FTaisty v. White, for L 2. value of n . set of wndtrps borrowed by Mie defiant and not returnod to the plain- ' Mff; JU'Wmentfortheplsiirtifffor 10s with ' o sts S«nifl v. Mathieonn. for 1 8 lls 3d ; ' j-idfTment, f,,r the plaintiff for t^e amount c'aimed with posts Same v. M'Kinnnn, for \j2 4-i 9>l ; verdict, for tho amount with i«sts. v. O'Shea. for L 3 ; judgrrvnt for the ' "kintiff for tbo am runt cbi -cd. K»nnan v. ! Leoni a claim of I 2 12s for rent of a house •md cash lent ; judompnt for the amount claimed with costs.— On the criminal side of the P.ourt, John Hudson was fined 20s with costs for usir.g obscene language, and 5s for drunkenness. James Deverv was fined 10s with costs for assaulting William Watkins. The parties were slaughtering cattle together; an altercation arose, and the defendant threw a handful of fat in the face of the plaintiff. The Court was adjourned to the 24th March. The Ross Fire Brigade has determined to resign in a body. Intelligence has arrived in Hokitika (says the Times) that the man Dixon, whose name was so often mentioned in connection with the mysterious death of Charles Morra at Okarito, has been arrested for a rape upon a little girl sevfn years of age. The Herald says :— " Mr John Scott has disposed of his interest in the Wealth of Nations mine to Mr R. E. Gulline for the sum of LSOO." Shareholders in the Energetic Quartz Mining Company are reminded that an ordinary general meeting will be held this afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, at the offices, of the company, Mackay street, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and balance-sheet, to elect two directors in the place of Messrs W. S Smith and G Perotti, retiring, and to elect auditors for ensuing year