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Marlborough Express, Volume XIV, Issue 1120, 29 March 1879, Page 5

Mr Seymour will address his constituents at Ewart’s Hail, mi Friday evening next. Withey Fund.—We hava to acknowledge the receipt at the Expuf.ss (Mice of ,C 1 from Mr Selmes in aid of the above fund. meeting of persons interested in 11nformation of a Foot Ball Club, will be held this Saturday evening, at half-past seven o’clock at the Club Hotel. ■ Mk. P. Lawrence sold, on Wednesday, the balance remaining over from the previous sale of the effects of Mr Smith, of the Blenheim Foundry, which realised fair prices. 1 We understand that Mr Maury Red- ! wood has been invited to act as one of the judges of horses at the next Victorian Agricultural Show, and also at the Sydney International Exhibition. The new saw mill at Pelorus of which i Messrs Mills of Havelock, arc part owners, will iwe hear, ho shortly in full operation. The mill is favorably situated as regards proximity of timber and facilities for shipping. W E are requested to r< mind the Clerks to Road Boards, ike., that they must make up the lists of ratepayers on Monday next, and forward them within the first week of April to the Registration Officer, so that the names of all ratepayers may he added to the Electoral Roll. Last Wednesday a youth in the employ ! of Mr H. Jellyman, whilst endeavoring to catch a horse, got somewhat severely kicked on the leg. We are glad to hear that the sufferer is I progressing favorably towards recovery. / The Rev. ]\lv Rishworth preaches farewell sermons at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow prior to his departure to his new sphere of duty, where he will carry with him the good wishes of i his numerous friends for his spiritual and tern- | porzfl welfare. / I /.Mr Beyliss, formerly of the George Ho j ■tel, Picton. has taken the Cfrosvenor Hotel/) Blenheim. Mr Bayliss is well and favorably j known in the neignhorhood and will no doubt j receive a far share of patronage at the hands of i his friends, and the general public. Mr T. O’Sullivan will hold a Stock Sale j at Ewart’s Yards, this afternoon commencing at i 2 o’clock. The Auctioneer has been instructed | from Mr P. Kellor, who is giving up business, j to sell two superior draught marcs, with foals at foot, by Lord Clyde, one year old filly, &c. . ' We have received I lie first, copy of the , \ Marlborowjh Times. It is creditably printed. | with new type, &c. Mr .John Tain is announced as the proprietor. The titl.j appears to ho a favorite one, as there have been two previous journals in Marlborough hearing it. to the small attendance at (he Kaikoura Road Board held on Tubs lay last, the Chairman withdrew the following motion ; j “That this Board should earnestly request the County Council to take over and maintain the whole of the Arterial Roads outside the suburban district of this County.” Mu P. Lawrence will sell to-day without reserve, 480 sheep, consisting of fat lambs, - sheep, large cross bred wethers, and ewes ; also j on Tuesday, April Ist, 200 well bred ewes, last ' yea T S lambing, with e'ean ceitdicat s, also a I heavy draft lilly 3 years old, broken to harness, and other horses. A Meeting of the Blenheim Corps of Volunteers will be held on Tuesday evening, after parade, for the purpose of making arrangements tor being present at the prize tiring at fua Marina, on the two following days, The men - can proceed to the ground by the ordinary morning train, and return in the evening by “ special” train. We remind the Marlborough Volunteers ! and others who take an interest in their movements, that the tiring for the District prizes will take place at I’ua Marina on the 2nd and 3rd April next. Three squads will be allowed to fire at the same time, the officer in command having ordered a new target to he put up for the purpose of enabling this to he done. Messus. Hart Brothers, of Para, notify that any persons found shooting on their land will be prosecuted. We have received a note 1

from these gentlemen, stating that there “ are only about six pheasants in the whole valley, and the quail are very thin.” If such lie the case, and there seems no reason to doubt the statement, the birds ought certainly not to be molested. It is rumored that some of the Insurance Companies hitherto doing business here contemplate retiring from business altogether in Blenheim, and the head offices of others who will continue here intend to increase the rates on fire insurances. This seems to us an impolitic move and will prevent many persons from inauiinu who would otherwise do so. The Insurance Companies ought to know their own business, but to an outsider the policy contemplated seems the reverse of business like.

Cement.— The Wellington City Council called for tenders for the supply i f 500 casks lastweek. The accepted tender was 16s duty paid.

District Court. —We learn fiom a wellinformed correspondent at Nelson, th it Government his decided to bring the District, Comts Act into opera im in Marlb mough, and that Judge Broi l will hold a Court i eiiodieally at, Blenheim. If this slim'd interfere with the holding of (l)o Supre im Court Circuit Sittings we shall certainly icgret it, o herwise there are some advantages which will result, in eu Riling suitors in civil cises to obtain redress at shorter perio Is.

Mr A. T. Non to, B \ , of Ctmibiidg* University, who was herd some three years ago, his returned to this pirr, of the worhl. hie is now a Barrs er of the Inner Temple, and route np'ares pr.ic ising his profession in t ie eoUny after passing the examination requuvd under the New Zealand regulations. His name will a-kl one more to the hmg list of New Zealand is legai practitioners, but on the Darwinian principle of “the survival of the fittest,” we should (from what little we know of Mr Neate) not he at all surprised to hear of his eventually coming to the front. Nome of our agricultural friends are anxious to know the prices for grain ruling in Blenheim. The result of our enquiries is as follows :—Wheat .‘!s offered, hut little sale ; , barley os paid, and much changing hands ; oats Vs (id offered, hut farmers decline to sell, holding tor higher rates. We fear there is not much prospect of this, as there appears to he a good /supply both north and south. The bulk of the 'barley is sold to go to Dunedin. !)00 sacks are being shipped at Picton by the s.s. Wanganui on account of Marshall and Copeland. /Transfer.—An application was made /yesterday by Mr Sinclair to Mr Mclntire, as chairman of the Licensing Bench, for a temporary transfer of the license of the Grovenor Hotel, High-street, Blenheim, from Mr H. 11. On inly, j the present tenant, to Mr C. 11. Bayliss, the i lessee of the hotel. Mr Sinclair said all the | necessary forms had been complied with, and | Mr-Is. Robinson and Mr Purkiss had entered into the required sureties. Mr Bayliss was lately , a hotel keeper at Piet n. where he bore a high I character, and would he an acquisition to this i neighbourhood. No oppositinii was offered to | the transfer, and the application was gr.uitedj accordingly. / | 1 1 a v dsd.m trees growing in a town Kre , undoubtedly a great ornament to it, and when i necessity involves their being cut down even for the purposes of utility, the lover of the picturesque cannot but regret their absence. The blue gum trees, the growth <>f many years, lately standing in front of Mr Fell’s house, which have been cut down for railway purpos.-s, will he missed hy many whose daily walks of business or pleasure take them along Grove Road. It is satisfactory, however, to know that the trunks of these trees aw serving a useful purpose as scaffolding for driving the piles for the new bridge, which is to carry the road and railway | traffic over the Opawa. At our last visit to the j works Id permanent piles had been driven. /An adjourned meeting of creditors -in I the estate of {I. R.. Gundy, licensed vitnailer, | was held at the office of the Registrar in hankj rnptcy yesterday. It was proposed by Mr Sinj clair on behalf of the Colonial Bank, and ; seconded by W. B. Girling, that Mr Purkiss | take the chair. The following proofs of debts I were received R. McConologue, wages, £(5; G. i Avery, wages, £4 1 Is; Lightband and Go., i goods, :G4 2s. The Trustee (Mr O’Sullivan) reported that ho had paid the wages accounts, and also that he had received £.’>!) 8s 3d, from Mrs Gundy for stock in the bar valued at invoice prices. The trustee reported that the amount which would have to ho paid by the incoming tmant of the Governor Hotel for the uuexpired term for which the present license ran amounting to £7 10s would have to he paid to him. Wk wore informed on Thursday that the Spring Creek and Tna Marina sheds were filled wi'h grain in consequence of the inability of the railway engines to do the work, consequently wo made some enquiries, the result of which is that we find the facts exaggerated somewhat. There was very little gi’ain lying at Tua Marina, while Spring Creek shed was full, but in process of removal. The reason there are any accumulations appears to be one with which the Canterbury people are very familiar, namely the want of waggons in which to carry it This is a false economy, and Government ought to increase the r illing stock very materially on this line. Still the grain is being rapidly moved away at a rate that will quickly empty the sheds. Horsk Racing at Ykrnon.—On Saturday afternoon, several horse racing events came off in Mr Redwood’s racing ground at Vernon, and drew a score or 'wo of visitors from town. Had notice publicly been given to the affair a still larger number of people would probably have been present, the weather being fine, the course in good order, tho’ rather hard and the running good. The following were the chief events: —Match between Miss O’Rourke, ridden by Herd, and Kate Coventry by Penny. J j in., distance half a mde. This was a capital race, and won by Miss O'Ronrke. Match between Omaka, (Herd), and Te K"Oii, (Holm j s) Once round. Seven started. Clarence came in first. Omaka second, Creeping Jenny third, and Kiwi fourth. Omaka however was disqualified for going the wrong side of the post, and Creeping Jenny was awardedthesecond place, theresultheingClarence I, Creeping Jenny 2, Kiwi 3. Match between

Kate Coventry. (Penny), and Canary, (Herd). Won by Kate Coventry. Larrikins.—A. public meeting was recently held at Wellington for the purpose of forming a naval brigade. The Chronicle says : During the course of the proceedings an impudent brat of a boy made a speech, in which he expressed himself that it was evident those present did not wish the young “chaps” of Wellington to get on at all. Seamen, he said, were only an adjective lot of wharf rats—anyone going on the wharf two or three times called himself a sailor; they « ere all (another a jective) lot of loafers. No one thought it woith while to box the lad’s ears ; all the meeting did was to look surprised at his impudence and laugh at the childish display.-

A snpi’f.i mkx r vitv ‘ln t ecmv«‘d on Tuesday cmi aias the pr.iclauiM .on* declaring the sheep distdcts of Auckland, Ne.. .-’ly month, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland to lie “mfeuted districts,” and making numerous app ■intments and transfers of Sheep Inspectors for the colony. Messrs 0 J. W. Griffiths, and J. J. D. Gnix, are apnointe I clerks in the Sheep and Cattle Branch under the Colonial Secretary. A schedule is appended defining the respective districts and their boundaries. \ chop of outs in the vicinity of WaihaJieke averaged t He splendid yield of seventy-two hu-hels to the acre. This speaks well for the quality of land in this district. We also hear that there is every prospect of a fine crop of winter wheat.— Chronicle.

A Christchurch telegram of M inch 23rd savs rumours have been Ilyina round the list two or three weeks regarding an impending fai'nre. It is now known that a meeting of William Saunders’s creditors has been held. He was lately burnt out, and to that it is supposed the failure will be due. The announcement is expected to be publicly made in a day or two. 'Phe outside amount of liabilities is stated at £IOO,OOO, mostly due to outsiders.

At a meeting of the creditors of the Rev. T. Porritt, held at Wellington it was stated that tlie liabilities amounted to £520, and the assets to £25. After a short discussion, it was decided hy the creditors present to liquidate the estate in the Bankruptcy Courts. The debtor was not in attendance, but he was represented by Mr Ollivier.

Dennis Wright, a debtor, made “application to Mr .Justice Gillies, at Auckland the o’ her ilav, for maintenance under the following circumstances ; rfe filed his schedule under the Act. and Mr Macffarlane was appointed trustee for the bankrupt. The trustee found oat that the l bankrupt received moneys from England, and a draft for £ls was sent to the Union Bank. Me went to the hank and claimed tha amount as parr, of the bankrupt’s estate. Tha Judge said he had no power to grant the debtor’s application.

A gentleman in flawkes Bay, whose opinion is worth quoting, states that, owing to the fall of wool at Home, the spending of money in New Zealand this year will be one million and a quarter less than last year.— Telegraph.

Exchange under the heading of “ Sufficient for the day, Etc.,” says;— : A disagree 1 1>lo woman in Dorset has presented her husband at one fu'l swoop—a boy and four girls, U r husband was in treaty for a free passage to New Ze dand for himself and family when the incident occurred.

A special telegram to Press Agency, dated London, 18th March, s ays : —A very interestin'; paper has been read before the Golonial Institute by Sir Arthur Gordon, on Fiji. The most prominent of the speakers who took part in the subsequent discussion were Lord Granville, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and Lords Cardwell and Selhorne. They all commended Sir Arthur Gordon’s energy at Fiji, but a remark from Sir Michael Hicks-Beach seemed to infer that Sir Arthur would not return. Tx looking over “ \ riven hires in New Zealand,” by the late Mr. Wakefield, a copy of which has b-en kindly lent to us (Manawatu 7’iine.-') by his widow, we notice amongst other things that it states that he was the first person who rode a horse up the West Coast from Wellington. and the wonder of the Maoris at the sight of the horse—the kurimii , or big dog. as they called it—is depicted in graphic language. Now nearly 40 years nave passed since then, and what a change! The noble savage has not only become reconciled to the kurhiui , but is pretty well versed in all the mysteries of horse-racing book-mak-ing, hedging, &c, while in the polite accomplishment of billiards, euchre, or Yankee grab, ha could pass with honor. Mr Ward ell, R.M, for the Wairarapa district objects to the local lawyers practising in his court making their customary discursive orations in civil cases. The Wairarapa Daily of the 21st instant says : —“ Mr Wardell intimated to the Bar yesterday that for the future he desired the practice of counsel addressing the court on the facts of civil cases to be discontinued. Mr Bunny objected to the discontinuence as the counsel for the plaintiff could not anticipate the line the defence would take, and would be placed at a disadvantage- Mr Skipper said that in England the practice was allowed, and thought that it would be sufficient if counsel were restricted to speaking once at the conclusion of cases. Mr Wardell pointed out that at the Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin Courts addresses were not allowed, and also that counsel might by prior consultation settle the points to be discussed in any case, so that plaintiffs would not be placed at, any disadvantage. Mr Bunny expressed bis belief that at Nelson addresses were allowed. Mr Skipper pointed out that cas“s were often put into solicitors bands inavery hurried and imperfect form, and that for that reason fh'-y could not arrange the line of defence prio l - to the case being beard. At the wish of Mr Bunny the court make no direct ru'e until the B>r bad an opportunity of consulting together on the subject.” We {Timaru Herald) have before us a munificent simple of velvet chaff wheat, grown at Alhury this season. It weighs fully sixty ponn Is to the bushel, and speaks volumes for the wheat producing capacities of the district in question.

It is estimated that there are 1500 children in Wellington who attend no school. The number of children of school age within the city is stated by the Education Department to be 4408, while the average attendance at the State schools is only 1817. Even allowing a very large margin for private schools, this shows that we must have in our midst a great number of children receiving absolutely no education. It is true that the Education Board has power to compel their attendance, hut it would be folly to attempt to put the compulsory clauses into operation when the city schools are not sufficiently large to accommodate the children voluntarily sent by their parents.— Post*.

An enquiry into the cause of the late fire at Kaipupu, near Picton, will bo held to-day, before J. Allen, Esq., Coroner. On Saturday last Mr A. T. Thompson was returned unopposed as a member of the Borough Council,- To-morrow nominations will be received by the Returning Officer to tiill the existing vacancy.— Pres*. Assessment Coupt.— This Court was to have sat on Thursday, for judgment to be delivered in the case of Paul v. Spring Creek Road Board, the particulars of which were published in our last issue, but owing to the unavoidable absence of the Judge (Mr M‘lntire), through indisposition, the matter was postponed until next Monday. -r Mr R. T. Conolly has been appointed a Commissioner in Lunacy, and in this capacity was to enquire into the sanity of a man named Charles England, a resident at the Hutt Mr Conolly left he-e by 'he steamer Tuesday evening, and the inquiry was t» hi hcl 1 >os.erday. '''The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company now occupy the proud position of being the largest importers to England of wool from all the Australian and large colonies, the Agency’s imports ir 1878 being 65,223 hales, or fully 25 per cent above those of any other firm or company, while their imports to England from New Z-alanl amounted to 38.101 bales, which is more than that of the three next largest importers put together. The onlv other companies with live figures being the National Mortgage and Agency Company with 14.949 and Dalgetty, Du Croz and Co. wi h 10.297 ba'c--. N. Edwards and Co. fall eleventh, with 5,497 bales. - The following paragraph from a Wellington exchange refers, we presume, to some paries known hereabouts :—Messrs Cniftrd and Lang-done have converted Mr O’Sh a’s "Id store, in Manners-stieet, opposite the Fire Brigade Station, into a very line horse repo-itoiy, which is provided with twenty stalls and six loose boxes. Their card announces the firm to be coach proprietors, auctioneers, &.C., and to have a hoise repository and veterinary infirmary. The latter is under the special charge of Mr Langstone, M.R.C. V.S., London, who not only attends diseased and disabled horses in propria persona, but undertakes to forward medicines for horses and cattle to any part of the province. In connection with the repos to y, M s-rs Guilford and Langstone have a lino fa l tier’s establishment, in which at tlie present moment rive hands are employed. Tlie reposi' ory is supplied with hacks, carriage and other Imr.-es, bngne 3 , wagonettes, carriages, &c. all of the vi ry be-t. The stables are not quite eomp’ete yet, but when finished they will, without doubt, be the most complete in the C deny. An Index to the Laws of Vew Zealand compiled by Mr John Cnrnin, B A., of the loner Temple, and published by Messrs Dalglcish and Reid, of Featherston-street, has been issued. The work appears to be well arranged, and should be of great assistance to lawyers and to members of Parliament. As an instance of the multiplication of unnecessary Acts, Mr Curnin mentions that there are 203 Provincial Acts still in force, which might easily ho replaced by nine Acts of the General Assembly. These are —Auctioneers’ licensing, 14; branding stock, 16, dogs registration, 14; fencing, 25 ; fires prevention, 12 ; impounding and trespass, 33 ; licensing publichonses, 36 ; police organisation, 5 ; police offences, 18; roads and highways, 30. The general Statutes of the colony are in "a state of confusion almost as bad, but much may be hoped for from the sittings of the Royal (Joinmission appointed last session to prepare a reprint of the revised edition of the Statutes.— Chronicle.. At the District Court, Invercargill, on the 20th instant, a bankrupt named Bennett appled for an order of discba r g>». Ecu' - or five years ago he had a contract for a s-cti"n of the Kingston railway, and on the ccmplet-o-i of -lie work he failed, with liabilities somewl e r e about £IB.OOO The evidence went to show that the man kept no books whatever b> sid- s a pay- bee', and a time bonk, and be appeared tota ly unable to inform the Court where the money bad gone. Shortly after commencing the work he made over his property to his wife, and on this print the counsel for the opposing creditors laid great stress. The hank'upt’s counsel declared thd the whole affair was a rham : that Bennett merely held the contract for the two men who were now opposing his discharge. Judge Harvey commented very s'ronsly on 'he circumstmoo that a man with a contract involving €28.000 should keep no books, and adjourned the oa°e for a month, in order to allow of tbe trustee ascertaining more thoroughly the state of affairs.

D’URvir.LR Island Copprk Mr\-R —The Post says:—“A meetiog of the We’lington shareholders in the D’Urville cooper mine was held last week. The nature of the business was such that it was not deemed advisab'e to pul - lish the resolutions passed, but as various incorrect reports have be n published it mav be as well to state that the meeting was not call* d 'n connection with the result of the smel'iug of the ore recently sent to Sydney, though 'his was referred to. It was stated that the official returns of the smelting had not yet come to hand, but there was food reason for helie>ing that the average return would not be more than 10 per cent., - or insufficient to cover the working expenses. This was, however, sdlto he due to the fact of a large proportion of rock having been shipped in place of ore. The ore proper yielded 29 per cent.—a percentage almost unprecedently high—but as out of the fifty tons of stone only about one-third was ore, the average return was very low. It was further stated that Captain Callicott and Mr Cook, two experts largely interested in Australian copper mines, had been to the Island, and expressed the utmost confidence in the mine. Samples recently tested had yielded 50 per cent, of copper. The shareholder present all appeared to have full confidence in the value of the mine, but they passed several resolutions which they had been called together to consider, relating chiefly to the management of the company. One of these affirmed the advisability of removing the head office to Wellington.