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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5352, 9 April 1879, Page 2

It is worthy of note that not a single Maori claim to vote has been sent in to the Eegistration Officer this year, either for the Napier or Olive electoral districts. The return match between the Napier, Star Cricket Club and the Port Ahuriri Cricket Club "svill be played at Taradale on Friday next. The followihg are the names of the respective teams : — Star : Eees, Gilberd, M'lntosh, Edser, Edwards, Hunt, J. Martin, H. Martin, King, Bishop, Cottrell, Stevens. Emergency: M'Cartnoy, Carnell, Clarke. — Port Ahuriri : Dewes, Liddle, Luke, Scarf e, Wood, W. H. Smith, F. G. Smith, Kendall, King, Ellison, and J. Irvinei Emergency men : Herbert Gibbons, A. Irvine, and Hope Gibbons. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before E. Tuke, Esq., J.P., and Dr. Caro, J.P., two civil cases came on for hearing. In the first case, E. Noagle v. Cleary, a claim of £4 2s lid for butchers' meat, judgment was given for amount claimed, and costs 5s. — Kennedy v. A. Peters, claim of £9 for hire of. a horse to defendant. Mr Cornford was for plaintiff. The evidence of the plaintiff was to the effect that he resided at Te Haroto. In September last he sold a horse to Mr Peters for £20. Mr Peters told him in October that he did not think he should have the Taupo mail contract further than the end of the year, and if so he should have too much plant on hand, and would have to give up the sale of the horse. He then asked him (Kennedy) if he would allow him to have the horse to the end of the contract, to which he replied that he would. Mr Peters added "Of course I don't ask for him for nothing." He worked the horse till the 6th December, and then sent him back with both hind legs cut inside and outside. When he gave Mr Peters the bill for the horse he said that he had brought up four jars of grog for him, and that was payment enough for the horse. He also said " Of course you cannot go to law about it." He (Kennedy) considered that £1 per week was a fair and reasonable charge for the horse. Cross-examined by Mr Peters : You did ask me if I still had that horse before you bought him. I said the price was £20. You did not ask me to give you a trial of the horse. —Andrew Peters, the defendant, deposed that he was driving , on the Taupo road in September last. The plaintiff Kennedy had a horse which had been running in the coach before. He said the price of the horse would be £20. Defendant . said that, considering the number of things he had done for plaintiff, and never charged for he ought not to charge . him for the use of the horse if it turned out, after trying him, that he did not suit him. Plaintiff said " Certainly not ; if he does not suit you I shall not charge for him." He kept the horse for nine weeks. One day he commenced kicking whilst going down a hill, and he (Peters) sent him back next day. He did agree to give Kennedy £20 for the horse if he suited him, but nothing was said about charging for his use if he did not suit. By the Bench : I should have taken the horse whether I lost the contract or not, if he had not commenced kicking whilst he was in the coach. The Bench said judgment would be for plaintiff for amount claimed, with solicitors fee, £1 Is. Judgment would be stayed for 14 days, to enable Mr Peters to bring a cross-action which he had given notice of. There was no other business. Mr F. Train, of Timaru, will deliver a Gospel Address this evening, at halfpast 7 o'clock, at the Protestant Hall,^'

On Friday next, v .being Good Friday^ Divine service wiUJfe.held in the Church of St. John the E^lngelist, at 11 o'clock in the mp|ning Jf antt again, at 7 o'clc'dk in the evening. „j|ji Sunday next the'iisiial children^, sei^ge in tlie'af terftdon will be omitt|jf#6chtpfbeing held instead at' the Protepmt Hall. In ffHu^oi'^Ffisterday of ,the meeting of the EdScatioiS Board y 'it was stated' that the Eev. Mr Sidey dissented from the resolution to purchase the sectidns at Mcanoo and HastingSi Mi' Sidey objected Only io; ; the purchase of the Hastings sections, and he did so because there was no appropriation for the pur- - chase. Discontent ainqng' special se'ttldr's jier* y,ades t}ve"ri at tliat model settlement, Katikati. The Thames Advertiser, says a Mr Douglas, one of the passengers in the May Queen, from Auckland ;to London, which loft yesterday, came 'to this country in the Lady Jocelyn. His parents were to follow him here, but immediately af tei 1 his arrival he Went tq the expanse 1 of telegraphing home to Ireland •itfging them not to break up their old home, as he did not consider that Katikati held out much prospect of success. Amongst the steerage passengers in the City of Sydney, which lately sailed, was a Mr Edward George and family, who had recently sold his selection at Katikati. Of coui'se there are few settlements without some discontented ones in their midstj but the fault does not always lie with tho settlement or its promoters. Says the Pated Mail\— H Mr Grrahani Berry is the Victorian Sir Julius Vbgel. Both; tliese' conspicuous men began life without the silver spoon, and worked their way to the head of a dominant party. Both believe in borrowing largely. Both have made a trip home on colonial business, and both have floated a largo loan with unexpected success. _ Both were mercilessly ridiculed on their departure, and both succeeded beyond the hopes of their friends. It now remains to be seen whether Mr Berry will be so much the Spartan in his mode of life as to keep within the £5000 voted for tho expenses of himself and his colleague. If he does not> it is certain that there will be an opposition to ventilate tho matter, and remind him of the days when £5000 would have been a fortune for him, and thus the parallel will be carried further. No doubt he will meet Sir Julius and compare notes, and the two will agree that a trip to England is both "pleasant and useful. The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society announce that, though the pheasants in that district have bred very successfully, there will not be a large number of birds when the open season comes, as the early broods have been almost exterminated through the scarcity of food caused by the long drought. A Frenchman, named Louis Lefete, was charged at the Melbourne City Police Court on Wednesday last (says the Argus), with stealing a brush and comb, and the theft being clearly proved, he' was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor. During the hearing of the case it incidentally transpired that the prisoner was ono of the Communists who escaped from New Caledonia, and made their way to Brisbane in an open boat, subsequently proceeding to Sydney. On being questioned in the watch-house as to how he was enabled to reach Melbourne, he stated that his passage by steamer had been paid by the French Consul. With l'egard to his escape from New Caledonia, he expressed himself as being actuated simply by a desire to regain his liberty, : and stated that he should not have attempted to leave, for he was very comfortable had not some 200 of his "fellow convicts been liberated while he was left unpardoned. Referring to his share in the enormities perpetrated by the Commune during the Franco -Prussian war, he denied having been guilty of murder, or having taken any active part in the scenes of violence and bloodshed which occurred. This, he stated, was recognized by the tribunal before which he was tried, and while serving his sentence of 21 years banishment, he was therefore allowed with numbers of others whose crimes were of a political character, many indulgences, while they were confined upon another portion of the island to that allotted to murderers and criminals. He asserted that he was present at |the Vendome Column, and witnessed the murder of the Archbishop of Paris. As soon as he regains his liberty, he remarked that he shoiild endeavor to work his passage back to Ms native country, where he would, if possible, remain quietly, while he asserted that nothing would induce him to take part in such a rising again, for ho belived the people were led on until they all went mad. A rather unusual military incident is thus narrated by a Tasmanian exchange. Our contemporary says : — " As the members of the rifle regiment were parading the street last evening a scene occurred which was provocative of no little amusement on the part of those who generally follow the gallants on their march. At the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets a number of people were stationed to watch the volunteers go past, and among them were a subordinate Government officer of military pretensions, and a companion, who scrutinised each file as they passed. Perceiving at the rear of the column that one of the riflemen was out of his rank, the pseudo military man rather incautiously ventured the inquiry as to what he was doing. To his intense surprise the ' irregular ' dropped his rifle, and straightway made use of his fists in a rather promiscuous manner about the body and head of his questioner, to that gentleman's intense discomfort. His friend attempted to prevent further damage being inflicted, and kindly 'interceded, but the enraged redcoat was evidently not in a mood to brook interference, and immediately turned his attention to the stranger, and forcibly impressed upon his mind— or rather his mouth— th,e necessity which existed for his retiring from the scene without delay. His advioe, it is almost needless to remark, was readily acted upon, and the noble defender of his country shouldered his Snider, and rejoined his comrades."