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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 552, 2 December 1879, Page 2

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'-[BY- SPECIAL WIRK.] . :. • ■ ■ '_ijj— l— £.i ' •'- ' . Christchurch, Monday. At ameeting of ;th,e Jockey Club oh Saturday, Major He'arn applied f or ;the use of the racecourse to hold' a Volunteer review on ; Easier 'Monday, and also, asked the ■ club to postpone the races from Easter Monday to the i .following day, so as not , to i ' split , holiday.' After discussion' the matter ; iyas referred to the committee of the club. . ;,. i ■£;-; . -, : j .,••; „.■,-;:• , /.;..- .A" monster picnic of the combined Catholic poh.QQjißfwiit-.be held on Boxing ' Day on the race course. . ) Bishop Redwood' returns to Wellington ' fto-day»:i ;,;■;■. ■"• ''••)...-•.:: . . The Registrar's returns of births,,marriages, and deaths for the Christchuroh < distriot during November give the follow- '. ing "totals^Births; 'city, 54 ; district, • 8. Deaths, city, 19^district, 19. The ] deaths during the s^iue month of last year ' ■were—City, 14: f. district; 28. ■ 'i '. Auckland, Monday. . : l H.M.S. Cormorant sailed to-day for Tauranga. She returns in a week. : The Customs duties' £or November 1 the port' pf Auckland amounted tb ; - £17,869. _-.'. : ■ '■' - '.'■'■ •"'"' ' :■ : ( Mr P.S. Macfarlarie, left'.ibr Gisborne to-day, to ' proceed with his 1 'case 1 against Mr W. L. Rees. The action is for c £10,00Q damages, wluch; are set forth in the pleadings to hare been sustained in ? the estate, of, the late Captain Reed 1 through the slanders of Mr Rees against the titles to lands in the Poverty Bay district, for which, estate Mr Macfarlaneis trustee. A meeting of creditors was held to-day in the estate of Harris Hamlet, bookseller. The liabilities were stated to be £812 and i the assets £78. a

ii i deputation frojpßQO unemployed* I; %&£ a mlKHptg m%6ie Society held to-day it was reported that ] >f 3000 trout sent to Pokeno, half of thel ) ] mmber had been killed by the shaking*« Wj j^h^^eTfft^in^whichEthey^wreis^tnnißr 1 j . Mrs. jSardinge-Britten lectured last j 3ociej;y, in the Tempera'n'cV- Hall, on , 'Public^ Amu~sements," to" "a ""large ludieiice. *r" ' ! WEEEfifdT'6N,:Monday. , During the month of November "136 airths anc| ,28 deaths. w,ere- registered- in - Wellington, and 36 marriage i ceriafic'iie's'' jissued. ;-,-,, -„ 1 ,- " T, . , , „- f , , } .y , At jarecent parade one of _the.lieutenahts pf tteNaxalfißrigade conducted/ himself ' \ in sii^hA manner, that.his:sup§ripr : officer reported him, and it has- been deemed necessaryjto.nold'a .court, martial,. which , takes: place" torinorrb\v. . : J : ';i.\X .-..r--. ■'" -Mr ( Edgbumbe,*f6rmeirly; of the r -®(ty of ' Ptonfo Wrilht&o f froinMr Whitaker'i jiinrV '-■>■" ;i •'" Thte foundation stone of the 1 new c'durts '- of justice r was laid'tp]day^by the H6ii» #. ;< Whitaker> Provincial ! Grand' Master fni- } thelforth Island.of.New | 7,--- . . , - assisted by ■*- •;■ \'- .: - S.C. , rre^v j . „ ~ue District' Grand Master iiixwarop E.C./aud; a' large 'number - r pV distihguißhed ; • BretKreri. '' ' The - weather was jlovelyV' and 1 the i; 'wh'dle proceedings' passed'¥)fF 'without ahitch of any 'kma'J' Between.^OOO 'and 10^000 'spectatdrs ytkte'' _presen'6; : : The piJobession 6! , .Masdnß' riuhtbered tl^ardsof . 500 } eloquent. && 1 , dresses were deKvered f by ' Brds. TVhitaker : andJEolleston. "Ty tall to-night w^,s' attended by His Excellency and tiady Robinson; , , ..CHiiisTCHUBG^c, Monday^ . In a muff; McHet match id-day, between the Gity Council and the Muff Club, Mr W, H. Smith j df.tlia.PWii: office, came into collision' with 1 andtnerglayer and. broke Bid lej£v, yfeaf a similar dci'deHt; Happened^ to a player in on>e; of these matches while jumping oyer a fencVaf ter the ball. Ail old man named Mitchell, a oolleo* tor of "bottles, slipped on tne patn near the raUway station to-day and broke one of ( His legs;. This is the second time the misfortune has befallen him. Frank Crost, a., butcher, also broke one of his legd on Saturday. . .; A|t theR.M, Cqurfc this morning Geqrgo Gildetti Sxec-ufcor 1 in an estale, Wai called upon to answer the charge of fail-, ing; to send in returns to the PeputyQoniittisaidu^r of Stamps}" as provided m • the ! IQdtK. Betttl6n of the Stanip : Act. The = defendant did not appp»r, and a penaltyof £10 was imposed. The Magistrate 1 pointed out that a fine of £500 could be imposed for a breach of the Act in this, res^eoi. tA'i uture cases of the kind,, he added, the full penalty wtJttld tid iinp'o^pdi [.. " ...;.' .. • ■'".•; Tue secretary of the Christohurch Ctiedd Club, Albert Pinkstone, who has hitherto held a respectable position, was oharged; under the Offences Againit the Person Act, upon three charges of aggravated assault npon ydiing females. He pleaded guilty :, exj ressing contrition, and threw hiniself upon the mercy of the Bench. The Magistrate said there was. only one reason that he could see why the matter should have been dealt within a Superior Court, and that was in order that' a more appropriate punishment, via!, flogging, might be inflicted. However, by . his dealing with it, .' the feelings of the delicate young girls would, be saved. He would send accused to gaol fpr the longest terni aildWed, via*, six months on each .charge, the sentences to run consecutively. At the end of the time the prisoner would have to enter into his own recognisance of £50, and ■ find a surety of £50, for his good behai: yio;ur,' or again go to gaol for six months. 3Pinkstdne's case is the fifth or sixth within a month, the defendants in several \of ithe cases being men of presumably good character, and the .least to be suspected of such' crimes. - , . ; This morning there was a sharp. frost; yesterday morning there was a succession of violent, hailshowers, but the afternoon was -bright and sunny. .... The cable at the Heads was successfully ■laid b£ Dr. Lemon on Saturday.. Tele- : phone communication beteewn the Heads 1 and the Port will be established in about ' two weeks. . , • . Grahamstown, Monday. The final retorting for the Alburnia mine took place to-day, giving a yield Of; 1330z5. of gold, making: a total of 31610z8. for the month. Shares are at 70s buyers, and 72s 6d sellers.The gold returns for the month amount •to 59430z5. - . : : Another squabble occurred at Hikutaia on Saturday sbetween Mr Alley's survey j party '. and some natives. The former resented the interference with their work, and finished the survey in spite of the opposition offered. : ; The annual cricket match between the Thames and Coromandel took place today. In the first innings Coromandel made 49 and the Thames 72. Oamabtt, Monday. The vital statistics for November show that the births were 42, deaths 5, ' and marriages 4. 1 The Customs duties during November collected at Oamaru amounted to £1110 13s 3d. (from our own correspondent.) Mohaxa, Monday. The ferry punt at Mohaka was out adrift to-day by John Sim, who took this means of resenting the County Council leasing the ferry to another tenderer than himself. The County Clerk was taking over the ferry prior to handing it to the new contractor, when Sim , cut it adrift again. "Defying the lightning" is npthing to Sim defying the Council.