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Marlborough Express, Volume XIII, Issue 1079, 16 November 1878, Page 5

TunColonistof the 12thinst..says thatup to that day Mr J. R. Hooper was the only candidate for. the Mayoralty of Nelson. Thu Lyttelton is engaged m transhipping the cargo from the wreck of the City of Auckland. The price is said to be f'Boo. Thiaccnunts for the old boat being absent from here so long. * We are gratified to observe m the report of the final examination of the 1-isfc se«sion of the Otago University for this year that the result »1 the examination m Mathematics places Robert j McCallum at. the head of the list*

A telegraphic message received iv town yesterday states that the boat from Havelock to Picton was "stuck up" yesterday near the Grove owing to a heavy gale, but would probably be able to resume the trip and reach Picton the same evening. Another malevolent l'uraour is being circulated respecting the retirement of Mr Johnson from the election fox the Education Board, to the efleofc that it is m order to enable Mr Ward •to get m. We are . requested to state that no such idea occured'to Mr Johnson, whose principal reason was giveu m our last issue. The Act passed last session for the prevention of Scab, and known as "The Sheep Act, 1878 is a very important measure affecting the interests of the flock owners throughout the colony. The first portion of a summary of its provisions will be found m another portion of to-day's columns, and the remainder will appear m our next issue. It will be observed that several of its clauses, do not come into force for some time. . " County Elections. — The result of the election for Peloras Riding on Wednesday was as follows : — Mr Hyde : at Mahakipawa 20, Pelorus 2. North Bank Wairau 0, Kaituna 4. Total 26. Mr J. A. Limbe-t : at Mahakipawa 8, Pelorus 8, North Bank Wairau 10, Kaituna 20. Total 46. Mr Lambert was therefore elected. At Havelock the contest was between Messrs Douslin aud C. H. Mills. The former got 15, arid the latter 26 votes, consequently Mr Mills was elected. A. meeting of the Joint Committee of the Odd Fellows and Forestera Societies was held at the Club Hotel, on Thursday evening, Mr Ranger m the chair, for the purpose of settling all accounts m connection with the anniversary sports held at Amersfoort, on the previous Monday. All accounts were passed and ordered for immediate payment. Everything went off satisfactorily, and we are glad to hear that- af tor all expenses shall have been paid a small balance will remain on hand. Ewart's Hall. — A great musical and dramatic treat ism store forthetheatre going portion of the community on Wednesday evening, next, when Mr and Mrs Hart's Operafcta Com-,' pany will appear m "Double Dealings," "Money Matters," and "My Wife's Relations." Tney will be assisted by Miss Kate Russell, Herr Reinhold Gapea La Petite Louise, and Mr R. Roper. Mr and Mrs Hart and Company are deservedly great; favourites here, and we have no d.iubt that on their re-appeaiance m Blenheim they will be welcomed by a crowded house. They appear for a short season of three nights only. Accidrnt. — We regret to hear that Mr Allen, R.M., whilst riding on horseback from Picton towards Havelock on Wednesday last met with an accident, being thrown from his horse near Gibson's Ferry, and much cut an) bruised about the face and one of his arms. He laid on tho ground stunned for some minutes. On recovering consciousness Mr Gib=on drove him into Havelock, and he was able to sit on the magisterial hench next morning, the injuries received, although somewhat painful nob beiny of a serious character. Mr Allen sfcariecl m the boat to return to Picton yesterday. Accident. —An accident occurred on Sunday last near the South Star Hotel, to a settler named Biylis living at Flaxbourne. He had came into town on horseback accompanied by a neighbor, Mr John Hickey, who had returned and Bayliss started shortly after him. On leaving the hotel Bayliss' horse bucked and threw his rider, who was dragged m the stirrup, or rather by the piece of rope which did duty for it, and into which his foot got entangled, and it was some litte time before he could extricate it. He was a good deal cut and bruised and at one time it was feared he was seriously injured, but we are glad to hear he is now progressing favorably towards recovery. His friend Mr Hickey was also thrown from his horse and had his ear cut a day or two previous to this accidgnt. A Candid correspondent m the Picton Press who assumes the well-fitting title nf "Dunce," calls m question some figures which apneared m a recent issue of this journal. If he. will refer to the "Report of the Minister of Education, 1878," being a paper presented *o Parliament during last session, he will find on page 23 a column headed " Additional sums raised by the school districts from School Fees, subscriptions, donations, &c," and m that culnmn m aline with "Blenh°im"isL2s9 l9slld, and underneath annexed to "Picton" L 9 Is Id, These are the sums quoted by us. and a freeh reference shows we were correct. "Dun°e" exnresses the safe opinion that " there is a deal if 'bunkum' about this statement." fie is welcome to this view, being so very characteristic. Perjury. — Yesterday A. McK6nzie Normanby, tailor, a bankrupt, was brought before 8. L. Muller, Esq.. R.M., on a charge preferred against him by Mr F. J. Litchfield, Trustee m the es^te of the accused, of having committed wilful and corrupt nerjury m certain i-estimony given npon oath before the trustee concerning the state and effects of him the said Mr Rogers appeared m support of the charge. Defendant's solicitor, Mr M'Nab, was absent at Havelock, and a telegram from him was read asking for the case to be postponed until the next day. Mr Rogers said he hiu received a telegram to the same effect. He thought Saturday would be an inconvenient day as the Magistrate's Clerk would not be m attendance. Ifc was agrped that the case should . stand over until Monday, at 10 o'clock- The Resident Magistrate said he would take bail, the accused m £100, and one surety of £50. In notiemg the accounts of the Picton ho Nowhere line last week we omitted to say that the revenue showed an increase over the nrevinns year nf L 6 11s 2d. Even this trifle is hopeful, but if fhere was only a means of access •:o the railway from Blenheim there would cer. •ainlv h°. a-i increase worth mentioning. Alhongh the manager has reduced t.be fre'crht on wool to a co'tir>ot ; tion price, we are very mnch afraid none will be sent by rail, owing to the monstrous difficulty m getting over the punts

■^ gentleman told us a case m point on the day ot the Flower Show. He said he had come m alone, for on the last occasion when he arrived on the river-bed he found four drays waiting to go over, and he had to wait till they had passed. There was a keen wind blowing, and Mrsgot such a severe- cold that she had been ailing ever since, and declared she would not come a^ gain. There are plenty of similar complaints. Now if there was a bridge only, the traffic would be largely increased. Dkath bt drowning. — An inquest was held at the Court House yesterday, before S. L. lle m Esfi -» Coroner and a jury 'of whom Mr iJohn Turner was foreman to enquire into the circumstances connected with the death of Louisa Ada Bishell, a child sixteen months old, who was found drowned m an artesian well the previous day. The javj having viewed the body, the following evidence was taken : Mary BisheH deposed: lam wife of David Bishell, living m Main street, and mother of the deceased; about half-pasb six o'clock on Thursday evening I was milking a cow near the stable. The deceased was with me but ran away. I missed her for two or three minutes, and called to my little boy to look for her. He came back shortly calling out " Oh mother she's down the well." The well was only about a dozen yards off, I went there directly and pulled the child out. She was lying wi*h her head under water and was apparently quite dead when I lifted her out. The well is not above 2 feet;, I undressed the. child, tried to pour a little brandy down her throat and wrapped her m blankets, I rubbed the body, and some neighbors came to assist. The deceased never breathed again after I got her out of the well. 1 sent for medical assistance and Drs Home and Cle»horne came soon afterwards. The child was six months old. The well was not kept covered. It is an artesian well, the water rims into a tank. Dr Home deposed that on Thursday evening last he was called by David Bishell to see the deceased and on arriving at the house found the child lying on a settee. She was quite dead. Dr Cles;horne and witness tried to effect artificial respiration, but could not succeed. It was about seven o'clock m the evening, Dr Oleghorne arrived a few minutes before witness. ..When witness was sent for he sent for Dr Cleghorne, as he had a horse ready at hand. The child must have been out of the water 25 minutes when I first saw it. The jury returnpd a verdict of accidental death by drowning. The Foreman said the jury were unanimously of opinion that wells should not be left uncovered. Fatal Accidevt. — On Friday last an inquest was held at Birch Hill by H. D. Williams Esq. J. P., on the body of William Newman, who was drowned m the Wairau river a few days previously. The evidence produced was very meagre, m consequence of the inability of Mrs Warren, wbo resides at Manuka Island Accommodation House, to cross the river. The body was found m the bed of the river, opposite Birch Hill Station, ti distance of several miles on the river bed, and for about five as the crow flies. The only way the body could be got across the river was by strapping -it on. a pack-horse which was driven m by Mr Williams' mpn. A sum of LI I 5s was found on the body. The verdiut was " Accidentally drowned while crossing at Manuka Island." A large number of persons, said to be 200, including Messrs Carter. Watts and Williams and their employes, attended ths funeral at Eenwick ; the deceased being very well known to a number of the old settlers. We have since been favored with Mrs Warren's evidence as follows: — "Deceased came to the house at half-past 11 o'clock, and would not have called, but I went out to tall him that the river was deep at the ford. [Decayed was coming from Nelson and going to Kenwick, where his wife was staving at the time.] He went to cross at the shallowest part I told him that if he did noh like to cross on his own horse he could have Old Jim, for he would come back across the river, and I would go down the flat and fetch him back. He then asked what horse my husbind crossed on? 1 said Old Marlborough, but he did not go over the ford but where I showed him. I said the men and dray were coming up to stay while my husband was away. He said would it be long ? T said No. fnr I expected it every minute. I then asked Are you used to crossing rivers? He stid Ye«. he had crossed rivers thousands of times, but he nearly gnt drowned about 20 years ago m this, and he never liked her since ; he always had a dread of crossing it that hensverfeit m another river. But, I said, you bave got a good hieh staidin" horse. He said Vps and a very good one too, but I shall be able to see where to cross, but if he did not like »he look of her he would' sonnar wait. He then went down the flat it a walk. I saw him going past the flag— at a few minutes past 12 o'clock, and at ten minutes past the horse was feeding not far from the s^aff, but I did not see him go.' into the river or come out," | A dun ed in paper says it is calculated that LlO.OOO was spent upon sweeps on the Melbourne Cup throughout the colony. The following appeared m a Dunedin paner :—" Notice to stock-drivers. — Not to use abusive language to my wife. W. Dunstan, Kaikorai Valley." Cricket. — The Dunedin correspondent of the Pout stages that the Austra'ians played their last match on American soil against 22 of California on the 25th and 26th October. The •Australians went m first, making 197. Charles Bannerman heing the highest with 78. California only made 62. Thi< Divorce Court will sit at Wellingon the 18t.h inst. The following is a list of the cases : — George v. George (Wellington case), for hearing. Matthews v.. Matthews (Wellington ca«e). for hearing. Bailey v. Bailey and McCathie (Auckland case), for hearing. Henry v. Henry and Moore (Ohristchurch case), for decree absolute. Trnders. — The following tenders for the Ohaupo contract, as revised, for the KaiparaPuuiaßailwav, have been received at the Public "Works Office, Wellin 'ton : — Accente.d : D. Fallon (Auckland), L 29,572. Declined: J. Sheeh-m, jun. (Auckland), L^e.574 : Taylor and D-vnahan {A.n-k'and) f T/29,777! William Rowe, (Wan-anni). £30, 443: Boss and Dunb<r (Anckland), L 32.90 0; R. McGonagie (New Plymouth), L 37,065.

Wanganui is ia sad want of a Major Mr W. H. Watt has declined to stand again, and nobody else will come f or waj d. If the Wanganui folks will make the satof/ I** soo , exclusive of "stealings," we will undertake *° find a man to run the Mayoralty for them Post. A passenge» to South Australia by tii© Chimborazo brought the whole of his available" capital, amounting to L2OOO, by a draft drawn by the City of Glasgow bank, news of the failure of which was received the day after the steamor arrived. Of course the draft was dishonored oo presentation. A Boy named Mart Minifie, -while ia the Agricultural Show grounds at Carterton on Thursday last, was struck on the head by the branch of a tree which was m the act of falling. The boy's skull was fractured, and he died within an hour after the accident. The lad was a son of Mr Minifie, painter, late of Wellington. An inquest was held on the following day, and a verdict was returned m accordance with the evidence. The Wood Reaper and Binder. — The New Zealand agents of the Wood binder yesterday received o cablegram from London, informing them that at the trial under the auspices of the Highland Society held at Liberton Town Main, three machines competing, viz., the Wood, Odborne, and M'Cormick, the Wood received the first prize, a gold medal. On October 2lst at Paris, the Jury at the exhibition awarded the Wood machine the highest official award for reapers and binders. The Post of the 14th' inst. has the following telegram f ron its snecial correspondent "London, Nov. I2th. Important advances have been made by the Russians m the direction of Bilkh, Cen'ral Asia. Lord Northbrook haa made an attack iipon the English Government's policy m regaid to Afghanistan. The Czar ia stated to be peacefully disposed, and the situation is improved as to the prospects of peace. Nov. 13. The Czar has assured England that he will faithfully conform to the provisions of tha Treaty of Berlin. Nelson Magistrate's Court. — On Saturday last, before J. W. Baraicoat and G. Talhnfc, Esqs.. J.J.P., Anna Shroehen was charged with stealing one dress, one skirt, and two aprons of the value of two pounds, from Mra Alex Muhro. Detective Ede prosecuted, and Mr Bunny appeared for the accused. Mr Bunny, m cross-axamination, showed that several articles of dress had been given the accused, who occupied the position of servant, and he contended that the articles she was charged with having stolen misht have been incloso'l with those whioh were given her. Their Worships, after heariup the case, retired for a few minutes, and on their return sentenced the defendant to fourteen days 1 imprisonment. — Colonist, sth inst. Bushrangers. — On Sunday, Oct, 27th, Melbourne was startled with the intelligence from Mansfield that two constables had been sh^t dead, and that a sereeant of police was missing. It appears that two parties of police had been sent out m order to capture some b'lshraneera, headed by two brothers named Kelly. Whilst a party of police were encamped m a rather inaccessible wooded country, the bushrangers, four m number, suddenly made their appearance and bailed up two of the con*; stables, one of whom, on attempting to draw his revolver, was shot dead, and the other surrendered. Presently the sergeant and the other man came m. and one of the constables attempted to defend himself, but was shot dead also. M'lntyre, who was married, and had previously surrendered, saw a chance and made his escape by jumping; on his horse. Shots were fired after him and his horse was killed, but he escaped and reached Mansfield, a distance of 25 miles, oo foot, after hiding away for some hoars from his pursuers. Sergernt Kelly, who was left with the ruffians, has not since been heard of, although evpry sparch haa been made, and it is firmly believed that he ton has been shot. The aflair has creited the profoundest sensation, and armed parties of police have been sent out m pursuit. The country is very wild, and the capture of the desperate eangmiybe a work of difficnlty and danger. The bodies of Constables Seanlnn and i Lonev have been bronght into Mansfield for burial. • ■• Thr following; circular has been addressed to the chief surveyors thron shout the Colony : — " OeneraiSurvey Offioe, Wellington, O-tober, 1878. kir,— l have the honor to reqnest that, m addition to thu instructions that roids are to be R»lpcted and laid out so a" to be practicable and serviceable, yon will cause main through roads to be snrveved so fhot the gradient, shall not, he steeper than 1 m 15. and onmipation roads not. stepper th«n I m 10 wh u n formed, Where the survivor finds it impossible, owing to the nature of the country, to carry out these instructions, he will report to you what gradient he has been able to obtain. I have also i to reqnest that the surveyor will consult the County Council or their engineer as to the best sites for bridges over rivers, and as to the bpst lines for main roads. Should the surveyor differ m opinion from the county engineer, he will either lay out or reserve what he considers best, as that which the county engineer thinks most suitable, or report the circumstances to you for advice.— l have, &c, .Tames M'Kbrrow, Assistant Surveyor-General." W klli ngto v narrow! v escaped a serious conflagration at a quaater past sir o'clock on Sunday evening last, when the alarm was sounded at both stations.. An immense crowd was soon attracted to the vicinity of Messrs McDowell Brothers' establishment, m one of the windows of which a fire ha.l ignited. The fire * brigades turned out with commendable expedi* . tion, but fortunately the fire was extinguished,, before any very great damage was done. It appears that shortly after the gas was lighted tne inflammable material m the window was observed to be on fire, and it is presumed that the flomes must have originated through an nnex* tinsuished match haying been unfittingly thrown amongst the articles m the windbwl ft was a fortunate thing that the fire was' disco- . vered so promptly, or the consequences might have been serious, considering that there was • good force of wind blowing at the time. ,We regret that m his endeavors to extinguish the flames Mr McDowell had his hand burnt. ~N.Z. Times*

The Wejlington tramway cariied about 6000 passengers on Monday last. All five engines and ten of the large cars were kept constantly at work during the whole day. — Post The barque, Carlotta which went ashore at the Wellington Heads on the 9bh inst., subsequently became a total wreck. Captain Eayner, says the Post, arrived off the Heads at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning after a good run of nine. days. While beating m, and when the vessel was close under Pencarrow, she missed stays. The anchor was let go at once, but the cable parted with the sudden strain, and the barque was driven on the rocks.