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Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2169, 22 July 1875, Page 2

The District Judge of Wesfcland is empowered by Governors proclamation under the District Courts Act, te grant injunctions, writs of arrest, and probates. The hon. secretary of the Grey River Hospital begs to acknowledge receipt of L 35 from the Ahaura Local Committee, bein^ the proceeds of a ball lately held there. At Ahaurp, on Friday, the 30th insfc, there is to be a social gathering, to include a tea meeting, with an amateur concert and literary entertainment. . - / It is gazetted that the provisions contained in the sections of the Public Health Act, numbered from 20 to 45, both inclusive shall be put in force in the Province of Westland. A meeting of those interested in the csiebration of the centenery of the birth of Daniel O'Oonnell was held at Sheedy's Hotel Jast ni^ht. There was a large attendance. Mr M. Kennedy was called to the chair, and said the meeting had been oallf d to consider the best manner in which to celebrate the centeuery of the birth of O'Connell on 6th August. He hoped the affair would be a great succpss, in order to celebrate a grand national cv nt. It was unfortunate that there were so many other public meetings that night, which prevented the attendance of Messrs Revell, King, Smith, and others. Dr Acheson moved — "That it ia desirable to do honor to the great liberator, Daniel O'Oonnell." Mr D. Sheedy secondod the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr J. T. Fitzgerald moved—" That the celebration include a procession and a banquet." Dr Acheson seconded the motiou. The Chairman tbeu invited an expression of opinion as to whether there should not also be a ball, and a discussion took place, after which "the motion ai it stood was carried unanimously. The following Committee was then appointed to carry out the proceedings: — Messrs K^vell, King, Luodon, Sheerty, Guinness, Griffen, Kennedy, Acheson, Fitzgerald, Dungan, W S Smith, H W Moor, J S Hickson, T Jnyee, G- Gilmer. For Maori Gully— P Parcell and James Duffy. Dunganville — D T Faulkner and J A Green. Mar^den — Hamilton, Hewitt, and Fitzsimraons. Green-stone-F Keenan and P Foley. Paroi — J Dowling and F Colton. No Town— S Haisty and BM ( Guire. Nelson Creek — M Drennan and A. Ellis. Ahaura — J M'Laughlin and M H Hayden. Half-Ounce— Noonaa and Burke. Totara Flit— H M'Gill and H Gilmer. Eeefton— M Burne and 0 M 'Baffin. The following additions were made to the committee : — Me3srs Dupre, O'Brien, O'DonnelJ, J Clune, M'Grath, Dramm, Eissen hard t, and Glennon. Mr Gleun moved that the Mayor be requested to pi'oclaim the 6th of August a public holdiday in honor of the centenary of Daniel O'Connell. This was earned unanimously. Mr Dungan moved that the committee appointed a deputation to wait on the Wardens on both sides of the river to grant protection to claims on the 6th of Align t This was carried unanimously, and' the meeting was adjourned, af cer which a Committee meeting was held. The Rev. Father Chareyie was presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns by the parishioners of Greenstonefon Sunday last, previous to his departure from the district, It is understood that Mr Robinson, formerly County Chairman, is to be appointed Deputy-Superinteudent of Westlaud during Mr Bonar'a attendance on his duties in the Legislative Council. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before W. H Revell, Esq, R. M., the only c£",e heard was the disputed ownership of a dog, about which considerable evidence was taken. The case was between Mr Hunter, of Nelso i Creek, and Mr D. (a-roll, of Greymouth, both of whom -claimed the animal. Mr Newton appeareu for the plaintiff, and Mr. Guinness for the defence. After evidence had been given at considerable length, the p'aintiff'a lawyer asked for a non-snit, in order to produce fresh evidence, which was granted, with \JJ 9s costs. The Rev. Dr Irving Hetheiington, of Melbourne, recently died. He had beeu in failing health for a long lime past. In point of ministerial seniority, 'Mr Hetherington was much the oldest Presbyterian clergyman in the Colony, his connection with the Collins street Church dating from April, 1847. He wag the son of a Scottish farmer, and was bern at Whaite, in the parish of Rnthwell, Dumfriesshire, on the 23rd July, 1809, and was. therefore 66 years of age at the time of his death. . The Argas, referring to the Sunday opening of Atheuaouins throuphout the Colonies, says :—" Melbourne will soon be the only place which keeps such places closed altogether on tbo first day of the week." JMr Susloy was appointed to succeed Mr Smith, now- 'lnspector of Schools in Westland, as head-master of the Bridge street school, Nelson, but the Board of Examiners have not issued the lequired certificate, b-cause, although competent in Euclid and Algebra, he did not pass ia Latin, •Mr Baruicoat, Speaker of the Nelson Council, Has beeu appointed Deputy-Super-intendent during Mr Curtis's absence as M;.H.R. Mr Rough, J.P., has been appointed Tr» spfector of Lunatic Asylums in Nelson, where, by all accounts, the Lunatic Asylum required rigid inspection/ % fire broke out' at five o'clock on Monday

morning in the Melbourne Hotel, Charleston. Damage L 10 0; ciuse unknown. The fire engine worked well. The price of gag in Nelson is to be raised from 12s 6 I to 14a 2d per 1000 ft. The Wairarapa Standard sajs that as lnauy as 400 black swans have been seen in one flock on the lake this season, and it is suppoced that the total number cannot be much less than 3000. Whales are reported to be very plentiful off the northern coa<t. Expeditions have been sent out from the Bay of [slands to capture them, but have been unsuccessful. There have been terrific storms throughout the Otago Gold-fields, aud great dama3e done. The Fiji Argus says the Colony that establishes a reciprocity treaty with Fiji will secure its trade. Messrs Sharp and Pickering, of Nelcon, sold at auction the fat wethers ex Janet Gray, from Wanganui, at 20s each. Mr James Corbett, senior, a carpenter, aged about 80 years, baa hanged hitLself at New Plymouth. The old man appears to have, had his mind upset through having to leave the house in which he was living, and for which he was not paying rent. The Eon. Mr Waterhouse (says the Wellington Tribune) comes out in hot haste, with a brief from the Agent-Weneral to confound Sir Julius Yogel and all his works. Mr Waterhouse i 3 well-meaning, but he will find that in this case he has made another mistake. The following account of Sir J. Yogel is taken from the Otago Daily Times :— " lam I sorry to have to give a very poor reporc as to tde state of Sir Ju ius Vogel's health. He is still a martyr to gout, which has seized him in the arm as well as the legs, and he is a prisoner to the house, an*) almost incapacitated for work, even at homo." The Canterbury Funeral Reform Association have resolved that no set form of mourning should be prescribed by the Association, but members should promise to abstain from expensive mourning, and endeavor to imiuce others to do the same. The use of crape, it is suggested, should be especially discouraged, as both unnecessary and expensive. By Government proclamation, the respective districts of the District Courts of Westland Northand Westland South are abolished, and the Court is in future to be designated the District Court _of Westland. It is aLso uotifi-;d that the District Courts Jurisdiction Extens on Act, 1866, shall come into operation in the Court, and that the Court shall have coguisance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanors committed before or after the passing of the said Criminal Extension Jurisdiction Act within the district over which its juris liction extends, saving only the fdlomes specially excepted in and by the fourth clause of the said Act. The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Guardian telegraphs that Mr Vogel's complaints regarding the management of the Home Immigration Office are of such a natui'e tht»t Dr Feacherston's dismissal must become a Ministerial question. Incapacity, inattention, and mismanagement are stated to exist. Mr John Cargill write 3to the Guardian an appeal on behalf of Dr Featherston, whom he considers equal. y maligned with Mr Yogel. There has been a large discovery of Maori relics at Bengerbu&h, or Kitching's Station, Otago. The find includes clothing and feathers of birds now extinct, and there had evidently been a large encampment there. Writing of the Parliamentary session, the Wellington correspondent of the Otago Guardian says : — ♦• Che matured programme of the Opposition, is said to be to join issue at oncfi after Parliament opens, and move an amendment to the Address in Reply. The friends of the Opposition party are confident that the personal weakness of the Ministry ■will enable the Opposition to command a majority. Their financial policy will be founded ou the total re-adjustment of the incidence of taxation, and on the adoption of a property and income-tax." The New Zealand Distillery Company's stock is now very materially reduced. At the usual rate of consumptioa, there is only left on hand about three months' supply. We have much pleasure in calling attention to Smith and JBarklny's eplenuid stock of blue Venetians, blue Victoria twills, blue diagonals, and waterproof tweeds iv all the newest shades, suitable for ladies' dresses and costames ; also a large stock of heavy blue and black cloths for jackets, and a lot of mantlings in new colors. In addition to the above Messrs Smith and B rklay h.we a magnificent stopk of winceys, serges. French merinos, wool plaids, and homespuns, The same firm have also opened a case of Scotch wool shawls.— ADvt. Upon four separate occasions within a few months, boys have been brought before the Canterbury magistrates charged with attempting to turn the trains from the metals on the Oxford liae by putting stones thereon. The Rev. C. Featherstonhaugh has published a letter announcing the collapse of the scheme for est iblishtiig a, Bushman's Club in Melbourne. He expected 1000 or 1500 shxre3 to be taken up by ths end of 1874, but the result was only 400. Sandridge has lost another of its leading citizens, Mr T. H. Ariell, i f the firm of Swallow and Ariell, having died somewhat suddenly. He was very much esteemed in private life. In the Dunedin City Court, one day recently, no fewer than fifteen shopkeepers were summoned f<)r neglecting to clean the footpaths opposite their places of business. Lovers of real fine old Pure ;Malt Whisky qm obtain a very superior quality in bottle or bulk from Duncan M'Lean, Boundary Street. - Advt. The Thames district has a population ef 13 000 souls, and yet it has only one representative in the New Zealand Parliament. The residents are i petitioning for. additional representation. A correspondent' says : — "The discoveries at Skippers are expected to eclipse anything yet in Otago. I" never saw any thing like them before -not even in Victoria. The Phcenix tributors have between thirty and forty tons of -atone out that will yield at least, if crushed alone, from sixty to one huudred oundos to the ton 1 really believe it will realise the latter."