THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 33, 13 February 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1878.

A rathor pctSßßtr interpleader oaso oamo on for boating in tho District Court yesterday '■in which tho Bank of Now Zealand woro.Uio jndgmont croditorfl, Alfred Smith, tyfill, fho i judgment dobto-r. and and Woitzol, tho olaimantfl to tho properly in dispute. Tho faols of tho naao woro somewhat an foX . lows:— Somo 'oightoon months ago tho JJnnk obtained judgmont against Smith for ft conaidorablo sum. Thojudgmont ban not ainoo boon eatisflod and q,uito recently Hmith oallod at tbo Bank and presented a oboquo for &fl for payment) tho bailiff who was in tho Hank Boizod tho cheque on bohalf c>f tho ( j,iidgm,ont in question, and tho aotion abovo was brought to toot the legality of mich uoimro, Zanotti and Woilfcol claiming to bo tho owners oi tbo nhoquo in dispute, Smith, as allegod, boing mcroly their agouh At an. early atago of tbo hearing tho distress warrant under whioh tho Boi/uro was mado was put in in ovidenco wbon it was (Usecvorod that it was dated July, 1870, and Mr Guinness, on bohalf of tho olahnants at onoo raised tho objoction that tho warrant was void, having had a outf* roiioy of moro than twolvo months, ilia Donor ronorved hia dooiHio.; on tho point until thia morning. Tho only othor cuSo gone into was that, of Bank of Now Z;.mknd v. M' Williams, a claim for £150, cash advanood } Tbo ovidonco on tho sido of tho Bank was that tho debt waa an ordinary overdraft pay* ablo on domand, and on tho othor sido that it waa a npooial loan for a term, of twolvo months. Afcthooloso-of tho oaso his Honor, rcnorvod judgmont. Tho. concluding portion of our Court roport will appear on Kridny t Thoro was a rathor meagre nttondnnco in Smith's paddooli; on Saturday evening last on tho oooasion of Dolanoy's ton milo x'aoo nguinst timo j tho amount taken at tho gates was £'3; Is, whioh sum Dobmoy banded to tho Hospital. Tho courso was in vory bad order ' hn'ving hacl'tio propavfttian (uid was strown with 'fttoiiofl atvl other obstructions which ought cort:ainly to havo boon olearcd away boforoband. At & o'clock Dohnioy started upon his journey and npponrod to bo in, capi« till form, but 1 hero wan littlo or no betting as ovorybody soemod confident that ho could perform, tho foat within tho timo j, ho complotod tho Jlrst fl vo milos in 31 minutos, and tbo last ilvo milos in &0, and a quarter minutes, thufl boing ono minuto and a quartor to tho bad. In tho docing laps -when ho hoard that bo was boliind timo Dolany put on somo good spurts and struggled gallantly to tho ond amidat groat cheers from tho bystandors, and had tho ground boon anything Hko fit thoro is no doubt, ho would havo done tho diatanoo easily. Tbo quantity of stone crushed by tbo Woloomc Company up. to, Saturday lnstwas .310 tons, from which to. that dato 3,189 ouneos of amalgam had boon obtainod from tbo tables .alono. Wbon tho product of tho boxes is addotl to tbo gross wo may look for a magnifl" cont total, , It was roporcod in town laat night that good stone had boon struck in tho Goldon Troasuro Loaso, : Tho sittings of tbo District Court, boforo his Honor Judgo Woston, oponod,yoßtorday, Tbo first catio was that of Regina v Claiko, whorein defendant wa» charged 1 with tho larceny of a Sum of Li> which had been entrusted to him to tako out a business lioonso, Tho ovidonco for tho prosecution was conclusive in so far as to tho receiving, of tho money by defendant and his default in taking out tbo buaiuoss lioonao. No ovid> 01100 was called by the dofonoo. Tho jury rot'riid, and aflor nn absonoo of sovoral hours roturcd with a vordiofc of " NrWi fhiilty." Wo mu,ol: regret that owing to the length of (ho bitting, and ft prossu'o of n,lvortiso« montti wo aro unable- to report) tho ptooeod*' ings moro fully. In dnscribi.ig tho attempt, to blow up the Xli W'liitnoy, tho ooal hulk sunk somo months ago in, t'lo Wellington barbo'' t tbo Post says that n largo number of spectators woro at tract od to tho wharf, whoro they rnnninod »fith oxompL'.ry pationco for over two hours with tboir oyoa fixed on tbo apofc whence a, mighty column of walor was expoclod|jJto i«uu'o with a tcr.iflo roar. Timo woro on n,d weariness grow, and yot no. explosion. At '•L-nglh a very grubby flag, In squares of black (vjry) and v/hito (by eourtony), Hko a flabby ohess^boivri , was run up, and expectations, wli'oh had beoomo languid, suddenly »oso I'o nn crlromo height. A. pauso — thon a faint |op like co opon' g of a rathor woak l>o-ttlo of fii and tbo mast of tho aunkon hulk miclo a slight bow to tho multitude of spec* tutors as if in dorution of thoir hopos and 1 foars. A')d that was all !' With, " oursos, not loud but deep," tbo crowd speedily dispersed to their cold dinr.ars and lukewarm tea, with trcmondoiis vowa that they would novor wait to ftco another blowing up—" no," novor uo moro." If is pi "arvnf. to road good an.l son i'jlo a.!«

vloj. Judgo Gillies rconntly gavo sorao to n Mr Hoekoth, jiiflt admitted to prftofcioo at tho bau at Auokland. Ilia Honor, addressing Mr Hoskotli, sold ."-I am aatiaflod that you aro fully qualified and compotenfc to bo admittod as a aolioitor of this Court. I can furthor only say, that If you endoavour to aofc fairly honestly, and honorably in your pra' tioo aa a solioitor, you will iiao in yout; profession. You should always romombor that it is an lionorablo profession. You should now allow your namo to bo oonnootod with dia • Uonost tvansaotions in any way. You ghaulit ovon avoid tho appoaranoo of being oonnootod with oonduot that is repsohonsibK If you apply your ability properly, I havo no doabt you will (Ind youraolf in a high position in tho legal profosjiioix j you bavo a good oxamplo bdfouo yoM in your prinoiptii, and onoouragontont in tho position which Ho has attained,. Alluding; to tho reoonfc doparturo of Mr Roador Wood for England. th« Now SWlaml Herald saya {— ." It bus boon rumoured that ho goos homo to fill tho post, of A goatGenoral >. and w Siv Julius Vogol baa ntatod that a« tho period of hia onajjogomont ia n.oar its oloae, ho oxjpoota to bo roUovocl from bis dutioa as Agont«Gonoral in April nox;t shortly bfiioro which tinio Mr Wood will arrivp' in England, thoro i* auaisof probability üboufc tbo rumor, although notU'ing doftuito has baou mado public Ms Wood is. a oapablo politi* cian, and is allowod to bo an ablo, if poinowhat uncompromising administrator. If ho suocooda, an it ia anid ho will, tlio present AgontGenoral, ho will uo doubt bo found to, vendor bis best efforts for tho wolfuro of tlio colony 1 and will not uogloub Auokland intoroats." Tho Argus hua the following :.— And so,, a» tho vulgar Biiyiii{{ ban it, thoro aro aomo morn " billots strioking out." In a telegram from our owa correspondent at Duiiodiji will bo found a Btat,omonfc made by Mr Maoandrow whilafc recoiviug a deputation, Ho io ton ported to havo bmA tint a pormanonfc roaidonl Minirtfcor w0,3 neooasary for Diiiiodiu. This may bo takon as tho Goyoriimont'a opinion in tho matter, and thorofouo wo may, nnd doubtless will, no^t find a permanent resident Minister declared to 1.0 a noeossity in the cases of Auoklarl, Ohriatohurob, Hokltika and othor places. Tho pormanotit voaidont Ministoro will howovor, wo oxpoot, bo appointed undor thfl Utlo of Gtonoral Agent b, such a l)r Pollen was for a long timo in Auoldtuid, and thua tUo Govornmont, which o^orcUing ho, ati'tot and oovoro an ooonomy by paring down Iho inoreaflo of aalarioi allowed to uubordinato Govornmont olo.rks will bo nblo to mako bo4ho nico political oppointmoiito for tlio liunuj'h, ond Barffa of thoir parly. What ia thought of a brunoh of tho legal proloßsion in, SootUnri by n, oortain clans may bo guossod at by tho following from a Dunu.din contemporary j, -<A sonsio lasa, reconily arriyed by ono of Mossrs 1* ;. Konderson nml Go's ships from Glusgow, waited at tho Immigration Burraeka for an cngagomont, A buly oflCored to, lako her no, cook an,d housos maid j but tlio liissio first dosirod to know what calling tbo lady's luuibaiul followod. " A burrlstoi' and fiolioilior," was tho reply. " Oh, I omln'a think of luring myaol' to a writer's wife," said tbo lass from Scotland j. and bo, tho interview cloaod,, and business was not ilono. It is fltatod in a Sydney tologram that if tlio Amorioan and Canadian champions,, Couutnoy and Hanloji> will not viftit Sydney, a t\umb.or of apo.oulatot<o bavo resolved to scnu Tricketb to Amorica and Kngland. Triokett will, it is said, givo up, his hotel,, and truvo through both countries,, rowing any man willing to moot him. Hia baokors aro quite willing to advanoo tbo nooon.wy funds afc onco,, With rogard to tho nice at Sydney it ia aiid that Layftook talcos Triok^t at an immo'nso dinttdvanlago, as tho lattnr, not anticipating a competitor at tho University Outrigger raoo, has not been training, while Laycookia in aotivo work, and is getting into splendid form. It ia bolioval,, howover that tbo champion will win. A tromondous contoet is anticipated. A Mm Oollin<>, residing; in Tjoihloh, hn« roorntly died inteotato leaving a fortuno of £250,000., Tikis ia to bo divtdod amongst hor noxt of kin if tbny oan bo found, and tbo task of tracing Ihom in Victoria baa been ontrustod to Mossrs Unincko and Co., of Collins street. Amongst others tlioso gontlomoh havo written to Mr Collins, tho well known hotolkoepor ah DunkoU 1 ., asking him if ho oan ckim relationship to tho doooasod. It is no matter how remote his relationship may be, so long as bo can show that bo ia 11 in tho right lino of tho intoatato'fl, blood, by umrriitgo or otherwise."