MISCELLANEOUS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5075, 26 May 1877, Page 2 (Supplement)

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tenders have been called for the extension of the Waimea Baoe to Kumara, a distance of four miles 75 chains. Another Judge of the Native Land Court ie likely to be appointed, the Premier having promised to take steps towards securing the servioesof a Judge .in, New Plymouth. ; ( In a recent lecture the Hon W. Fox expressed his intention of bringing'in a Bill during next session “ for the'purpose of miti; gating the evil of the liquor traffic.”' At Inglewood a man, named John Bowman, was killed by a fall of earth in an excavation on which be was engaged. The Beaident Agent at Jackson’s Bay reports that the Government have expended about £20,000 on the special settlement, that is on placing 367 souls on the land. He is of opinion “that without some further assistance the settlement will, comparatively speaking, be a failure.” In Nelson a City Councillor was summoned by the Mayor, focusing abusive language and refusing to sit down. ’ The culprit apologised and the case was withdrawn. A co-operative bakery has been established in Hokitika, and has caused a reduction in the price of bread. A bridge over the Waiohine in Wellington has been constructed nine feet above the level of the road, with approaches, so steep that nearly all the traffic goes over the old bridge alongside of it. During the visit of the Hinemoa to Dusky Bay, on the West Coast, Dr Hector discovered and mapped two. previously uncharted rooks. On two other rooks, the depth of which was wrongly charted, the Hinemoa touched. It is expected that tenders will shortly be called for the construction of the Waikato railway, from Ohaupo to leAwamutu, The Taranaki Herald says that the harbour there ie now removed beyond the region of uncertainties. Funds being now available, and the necessary data obtained, the Board will be able within three or four years to give facilities for landing and shipping cargo and passengers in tUo vicinity of Mikotahi. ' The Thames County Council has under con*, sideration a scheme for developing the goldfield by patting in low-level drives, for which purpose it is proposed to raise a loan of £IO,OOO. Two of the children of Mr A. Barclay were scalded to death at the Awatere Accommodation House, Marlborough, on May 13. They were playing in the kitchen, and palled a fountain of boiling water over them. The revenue of the Inangahua County is said to be £7OOO, while its expenditure is estimated at £14,310. In pursuance of the now established custom, a testimonial is to be present; to the Hon Jas. Bonar, ex-Superintsndont of Wellington. Several samples of gold-bearing quartz from theTaipo have lately been sent to Hokitika for assay. There are now about 120 men on the field, at Tadmor, most of whom ore making good, wages. An old man named Hamilton, who is incapacitated for work, (has been twice coho' mitted to the Wellington gaol in the absence of any home for the aged, and destitute. The unveiling of the bust of Dr Featherston,late Agent-General, will take place on Tuesday. President Hayes has set an example by declaring relationship with himself or family to be an insuperable obstacle t» appointment to office, and thus has destroyed the policy of nepotism that marked General Grant’s administration. The death of a woman 120 years of age, at Benaioo, on the frontiers of Chili, is reported. An attempt was made recently to shoot the managing editor of the Alta California, General John M'Oomb, by a lawyer named Hayes. The editor belaboured his would-be assailant unmercifully. Mr J. 0. Swaine, editor of the Toledo Slock, and Mr J. Warren, formerly of the Topeka Timee, fought a duel, in which the former was shot dead. Stephen S. Jones, editor of the religious philosophical journal of Chicago, was shot dead in his office by W. 0. Pike, who alleged that Jones had seduced bis wife. All the parties are spiritualists. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago Times says that there never was a period when a deeper and stronger discontent existed in the public mind than at present. People feel that they are being ruled by men and by parties for whom they have no respect, and whom they are unable to shake off. A little girl named Blizabeth Hill was burned to death at Clinton, Otago, on May 19, A large meeting was held at Palmerston on the 18th to consider the step* necessary to secure the formation of a railway from Palmer* ston to Nateby. A Committee was appointed, Sir F.D. Bell being one of the members. It it understood that Mr Fox’s Bill; regard* ing the drink traffic, will take the form of • Local Option Bill*

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