THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7,1886.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5388, 7 January 1886, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1886.

Pressure on our space compels us to hold over a portion of the report of the County Council Bitting which closed last nyht, a number of telegrams not of overwhelming interest, and other miscellaneous matter. There was an accumulation of business at the Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, the sitting lasting till six o'clock in the evening. Major Keddell sat on the bench. Samuel Corner was charged with disobeying an order under the Destitute Persons Act issued from the Magistrate's Court, New Plymouth. Case remanded till the 12th inst.— John Johnston and Henry Boyle, of Brunnerton, were charged with assaulting Joseph Young. The assault appears to have been a most brutal one, the man's head having been nearly kicked in. As it was, he received a very ugly gash and lifting some of the scalp. The case was remanded at the request of the police till the 12th inst, the injured man not being able to appear. There were three cases of drunkenness, which were dealt with as follows : — David McNeil was further remanded at the request of the Police till the 12th inst to the Greymouth Hospital for curative treatment and care; William Williams and Geo. Hopkins were each fined 5s and given the alternative of 24 hours. The following were the civil cases : — Charles Burge and Patrick Kearns. — Claim LI for attending as a witness. Adjourned till the 19th inst to allow evidence to arrive from Masterton. Mr Jones appeared for plaintiff and Mr Guinness for defendant. Thomas Joyce v James Malloy.— Claim, L 5 for rent. Judgment for the amount claimed ; costs LI Bs. James Devery v Michael Killeen. — Claim, Ll3 for detention of a cow. Mr Guinness for plaintiff, Mr Jones for defendant. This was a tedious and perplexing .case owing to the number of witnesses ex- ■ amined (17 or 18) and the discrepant evidence regarding brands. His Worship adjourned the. case till the 12th inst., and i in the meantime he will visit the ground ; (Arnold) and examine the brands of the cow for himself. Jeremiah Griffiths v ' Thomas Glise.— Claim, L 8 Is for board and lodging. Mr Guinness for plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed ; costs, LI 11s. Griffiths v Thomas Murdoch.— Claim, L 4 for board and lodging. Mr Guinness for plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed, with costs LI 17s. Mr Lewis H. B. Wilson, of the Marine Department, landed here from the Stella yesterday on his way north on light-house ' inspection. 5 Mails for the Australian Colonies, United Kingdom and continent of Europe, ; via Melbourne per Waihora, close at the Bluff to-morrow, the Bth inst, at noon, due in London 23rd February. Madame Summerhayes gave one of her pianoforte recitals at the Public Hall last evening, and, as usual, fairly entranced her audience. The themes selected were " Laughing Water," " Kathleen Mavourn«en," a "melody in F," " Home sweet Home," and a grand duo for two pianos of selections for "Norma." The comic operatta of "Cups and Saucers," with Miss Anderson and C. B. Dobson as the two china-maniacs, concluded the performance. To-night is the last night of the company, and, as it is for the benefit for Madame Summerhayes, all lovers of music, *uid those who wish to hear what piano playing is, when presided over by a talented artiste, should embrace the opportunity of being present. Nancarrow and Co. will sell cottage property to-day. A blacksmith and wheelwright property at Little Grey Junction, with draught horse and six head of cattle are under offer for sale by Jonas Wilde. Tenders close to-day for the erection of a four-roomed cottage in High street. Tenders for the supply of black birch piles for Hungerford and M'Kay close to-day. The Volunteers hold an inspection parade to-night. Dr Hector is preparing a geological model of New Zealand, taken from plaster-casts, for the Tndian and Colonial Exhibition to be held in London. It is a miniature New Zealand, and will be one of the most interesting exhibits sent Home. By a recent Gazette we observe that Mr C. A. C. Hardy, of Rakaia, formerly of Greymouth, has been appointed a J.P. Residents at the Lower Hutt and Petone noticed a singular phenomenon in connection with the tide in the neighborhood of the Hutt river recently. In the middle of the afternoon, when the tide should have been at its lowest, it waß unusually high. Dr Hector ascribes the curious circumstance to the earthquake which took place at Oamaru recently. Tenders are invited for the erection of a Government Printing Office at Wellington. " The Bible Standard " is the title of a new monthly organ of the New Zealand Evangelistic and Publication Assoc'ation. It is published at the Star Office, Auckland, and is very neatly printed. Australian papers state that at the time of the outbreak of cholera on the s.s. Dorunda, the number of personß on board was 450, including 106 officers and QMfft '

A Napier paper reports his Honor the Chief Justice as saying : — "The profession were not using the rules of the Supreme Court as they- ought. There would be no remedy till clients were made to suffer for the wrong use of the rnles by the profession." This seems rather hard upon the clients.

Lord Carrington, the new Governor of New South Wales, was announced to be present at th» Theatre Royal in Sydney to witness the performance of the Mikado, the price of the best seats was raised from 5s to a guinea. The increase gave rise to some angry correspondence in the Sydney papers, upon the appearance of which Messrs Williamson, Garner and Musgrove, the lessees, replied, explaining that it »vas not by their act the prices were raised, but owing to a speculator, Mr J. Bennett, having purchased the whole of the unsold seats.

The author of "John Bull and his Island " is said to contemplate visiting Australia and New Zealand on a lecturing tour.

Theßrunner Coal Company's tender for supplying the Gear Meat Company with coal during the ensuing year has been accepted. The quantity to be supplied will be about 1500 tons.

it the recent Adelaide criminal sessions John Flynn, a bricklayer's laborer, was sentenced to five years' hard labor for throwing a five-year-old child into a bag of slaking lime. The child was a most pitiable sight, having suff red life-long serious injury.

An officer on board the Zealandia has supplied the Auckland Herald with particulars of the Ocean race between that vessel and the Alameda. He contends that the rate of speed at which the last voyage was performed cannot be kept up by the Alameda, as the coal supply for one passage would cost £3112.

Mr Ashmead Bartlett, one of Lord Randolp Churchill's henchmen, and a Lord of tho Admiralty, lately paid an official visit to Plymouth. In the course of a conversal with the commander of an ironclad, M. Barilett wanted to know if the fnnnel was " What they shot torpedoes with."

At Burrowa, a country township in New Soath Wales, a sad case of a father shooting his two children by mistake was reported to the police on the 16th inst. It appears that a farmer named Wilson, residing near Rye Park, was lying in wait for wallabies in one of his cultivation paddocks, and on seeing two objects, which he took for wallabies disturbing the crop, he raised his gun and fired. To his horror he found, on proceeding to the Bpot, that he had shot two of his chi'dren, who had been sent by their mother to bring their father home. The children were alive at last advices, but no hopes were entertained of their recovery.

During the examination of the boys at one of the superior schools in this district a few days ago, one of the papers set was to write down what was known of John Wesley. One of the replies was as follows: — "In his youth he was a great preacher. He afterwards became a soldier, and went to India, where he won many battles. He then won the battle of Waterloo, and died Duke of Wellington."

The Home papers state that the race between Hanlan and Teemer was a very hard one, but Hanlan's boat capsized.

M. Pelommikoff, Professor of Botany at Moscow, has discovered upon the banks of the Oka, in the neighborhood of that city, a wild aquatic plant of the same kind as that which excited so much attention among the botanists of Western Europe when it made its appearance there half a century ago. This plant, the Modea Ganadensis, was first discovered in the rivers of Canada at the beginning of the century. In Germany it is called the Wasserpest, the vegetation of this plant being so rapid that under favorable conditions as to soil and climate, it soon forms such a dense tangle of leaves and stems as to make navigation impossible.

Commissioned officers of the A.C. travelling on public service are to receive the same allowances as officers of the Civil Service according to salary, noncommissioned officers and constables 6s per day, and detectives their actual expenses.

Mr A. D. Bennett has been fined LlO by Mr Justice Gillies in Auckland for contempt of Court. His offence was causing a man to be served with what purported to be a copy of a writ from the Supreme Court, whereas no writ had really been issued.

Remedy for Hard Times. — Stop spending so much on fine clothes, rich food, and style. Buy good food, cheaper and better clothing, and stop the habit of UHing expensive or quack doctors, or humbug medicine that does you only harm, but put your trust in the greatest of all simple, pure remedies, Hop Bitters, that cure always at a trifling cost, and .you will see better times and good health. Read. — Advt. ■':

Despairing Bankers. — The number of suicides among the brightest and most capable of business men, bankers and others, will be reduced to a minimum as soon as the specific virtues of Hop Bitters are known. As all men who work with their brains and neglect to take the needed exercise, the food taken does not nourish ; and dangerous debility physical and mortal, ensue. Read.— Advt.

A Terrible Disease. — If gravel is allowed to remain in the bladder, the accumulation eAentually become so large that it can only be removed by one of the most dangerous and agonizing operations known to surgery. The deposits pass out through the urethra so long as they are small enough to do so ; but if in their passage their ragged edges tear its sensitive lining, producing the most excruciating tortures. The use of that beneficent diuretic, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps materially assists in dissolving and passing gravel. — Advt.