Nelson Collkge Eleven.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 76, 1 April 1867, Page 2

Nelson Collkge Eleven.

Professor ICohler announces his intention of giving one or more entertainments in Nelson. He is making a tour of the colonies ; and we gather from the statements of the Australian press, that he is a performer of great skill in the art of legerdemain or sleight of hand. He seems to have a wonderful facility in dealing with other people's watches, stowing them away in the most impossible places. Many of the old tricks are said to receive such a careful dressing under his manipulation as to become quite new again. The professor's necromantic repertoire is said by one authority to be quite inexhaustible, wonders succeeding wonders with such startling rapidity as to excite the highest admiration in the audience. The professor's visit lo!Nelson just now is most opportune, as a great number of persons are suffering a recovery from the excitement of the late election. If the papers before us are at all to be relied on, Mr. Kohler will be the happy instrument of curing the hypochondria which prevails rather extensively iu the " sleepy hollow " just at present. The returns have come to hand of the number who voted at the election for Superintendent, at Takaka and Motupipi. They are as follows : — Takaka, Curtis 32, Barnicoat 15 : Motupipi, Curtis 4, Barnicoat 19. This result adds 2 to the majority already recorded in favor of Mr. . Curtis. In the Eesident Magistrate's Court, today, James Sturt was informed against, for selling less than two gallons of wine, on the race course, on the 19th ult., contrary to the provisions of the licensing ordinance, Mr. Keon, for defendant, admitted the charge, but pleaded that he had no intention to. violate .the ordinance, having received authority from Mr. Jervis to sell

in his name. Tiie Magistrate said Mr. Jervis had no power to authorise defendant, uuless he had received a permission from the Bench. Sergeant-Major Edwards and Sergeant Nash proved the sale of wine by defendant, to themselves and others. Start's name v.'as not on the hooth but that of Jervis was. Frances Patterson proved that she was employed by defendant to sell on the occasion. Mr. Daniel Moore, was asked if Mr. Jervis h;,d purchased a staud. He was not certain, but he thought he had not. The name of St.urt was on his book, and it had been usual in previous years for persons to purchase stands and sell with other person's licenses. The Magistrate held that if in previous years the law had been infringed, that was no reason why the illegal practice should be allowed. The publicans had complained to him of the practice. A person said on Saturday she had been authorised by Mr. Gentry. Mr. Gentry replied that no person had ever asked him for his license, and he had given no authority to anyone to use it. Mr. Moore said Mr. Jervis allowed his license to be used last year, to which the Magistrate replied, it mattered not, and the person using it escaped penalty only because no information had been laid. Since the case had come before him he had learnt that the Resideut Magistrate of Dunedin, ivas of the same opinion with himself, as to the illegality of the practice. Mr. T. Allen, clerk to Mr. Moore, showed from the books, that to the best of his knowledge Mr. Jervis bad not purchased a booth this year. Mr. Jervis said he gave permission to defendant to use his name at the races, and lent him his license, to which he saw no objection. He admitted having given him the written authority produced. He thought he had permission to do so, having done the same the previous year. "No question of illegality was ever raised before. He had no intention to break the law, and thought he was doing right, as numbers had done the same thing on previous occasions. Mr. Keon having submitted the Magistrate could, if he liked, pass this over as a first offence, Mr. Poynter said he was bound to give judgment against defendant. It was too much to suppose that publicans had the power to transfer their licenses and delegate booths without authority from the Magistrates. He was sorry the Act did not 'leave the Magistrate the option of reducing the penalty. It stated £50 as the exact sum, and there was no. escaping from it. It was clear that publicans had no right to delegate their privileges ; and it might possibly become a question, when Mr, Jervis applied for a renewal of his license, whether he would be allowed to have one. The penalty was £50. The defendant could appeal against the decision if he liked, or memorialise the Government at Wellington to reduce the penalty. Mr. Keon having urged that the case be dismissed, the Magistrate replied that there was no remedy. The Act expressly stated that if any person not duly licensed sold liquors less in quantity than two gallons, or permitted the same to be sold, he was liable to a penalty of £50. The Act did not say a penalty not exceeding £50, consequently the Magistrate had no discretionary power. The defendant could appeal. He never heard of the practice before, and it was clearly illegal for publicans to delegate their authority. — Thomas Berry was fined 10s. and costs for assaulting William Armstrong. — The adjourned case of Moore v. Percy was heard this morning. After a careful examination of the documents, the Magistrate gave judgment for £3 17s. 7d., the amount defendant had paid into Court. The enormous price of butchers' meat at Greymouth is thus referred to by a correspondent of the Argus,.: March 26 : — I

suppose the public are not aware that they are paying a higher price than any other town in the colonies ; and why should they, I ask, when I and others daily see herds of cattle crossing the Grey en route for Fox's, &c, and I quote the following advertisement from the Brighton Times, to show that the ever-silent folks of the Grey are being imposed upon when they pay the exorbitant price of Is. 3d. perlb.; choice, Is. 6d. per lb. : — "Owing to the road, &c. being completed between the Grey and Fox's, we are in a position to supply our customers at Is. lb." Whether the butchers are making a fortune by it I know not, but one question I wish to ask them is — How is it that on the arrival of every steamer you can buy mutton (better in quality, I am sorry to say, than I have seen for some time) at 6d. per lb. ; and, as I am informed, the dealers say the butchers refuse to give that price, and yet they have the conscience to make their cheapest selling price Is. 3d. per lb. ? If the butchers of Greymouth don't think it worth while to study the interests of their patrons, I think it is high time the public of this town should take the matter into their own bauds, and form a company to supply them with meat at 50 per cent, below the present rate. We learn from the West Coast Times of the 21st ult. that on the previous day the colored man, Vincent, was brought up on remand at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Hokitika, charged with stabbing Eliza Killeen, with intent to commit murder. The knife with which he attempted to effect his ferocious design was produced in court — a murderous-looking weapon indeed, about ten inches in length by one and a-half in breadth, pointed at the end, the blade still bearing stains of blood upon it. The chemise worn by prosecutrix on the day of the assault was also produced in Court, and presented a sickening spectacle, being completely saturated with blood, and cut in two or three places where the keen steel had pierced. The unfortunate victim of the prisoner's violence may indeed be congratulated on her narrow escape ; she still appeared to be suffering from weakness, and was accommodated with a chair while giving her evidence. Vincent made a rambling statement, in answer to the magistrate's usual question, alleging his ignorance of the whole affair, but was fully committed for trial at the ensuing session of the Supreme Court. We learn from the West Coast Times that a Conference of delegates from the mining districts, to suggest amendments in the Goldfields Regulations, has commenced its sittings at the Supreme Court House Hokitika. The treasurer of the Grey River Hospital desires us (Grey River Argus) to acknowledge the receipt of £5 from Dr. Hector, Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand, as a donation to the above institution. The traffic returns of the Greymouth and Saltwater Creek Tramway Company (Limited) for the week ending 22nd inst. show a large increase in the receipts. The amount derived from passengers was £137 Is. 6d., and from goods £5 6s.—making a total of £142 7s. 6d. The number of tickets issued was 883, of which 94 were return tickets. We (Argus) congratulate the shareholders on their deserved success. In these days of dear meat the West Coast papers notice every indication of the increase of stock. The Grey River Argus of the 23rd states: — A mob of remarkably fine cattle passed through the town yesterday en route for Fox's. They were pronounced by competent judges to be the best looking lot of cattle that have been seen on the coast ; and it is interesting to know that they, had been fattened on the coast between Hokitika and Okarita. They crossed the river in excellent style, and appeared as fresh as paint when they arrived on the other side. We (Grey River Argus) notice that the whole of the members of the Hokitika Municipal Council have consented to resign except Mr. Wm. Shaw, who in a mysteriously worded advertisement informs the ratepayers that within a fortnight something or other bearing upon the interests of the town will occur to justify his present course. The resignation of the other members has been brought about by a public memorial which set forth that as the present members of the Council were elected before the ratepayer's roll was framed, they ought now to afford the general body of voters an opportunity of expressing their opinion.

A Hokitika paper states that the main bottom- has at last -been reached- by sinking ia the Kanieri Flat. The- question of its payable character yet, however, remains open, although heavy gold was found upon it, and in sufficient quantities to warrant very sanguine hopes that a good lead will be hit upon by driving. In this case the United Extended Company claim the honor of having first touched the bed rock, at a depth of fifty-two feet from the surface, the immediate " overlay " consisting of a bed of wash four feet thick and filled with immense granite and blue slate boulders, of which one or two must have weighed in their entirety from one to two tons, The Grey River Argus, 26th ult., is very glad to notice the return of the favorite steamer Wallaby, which has been so long absent from our waters. Mr. Freeth has chartered her for the conveyance of stock, and has brought '20 bullocks and three calves, in fine order, besides 140 of — without exception — the finest and largest sheep that have been brought to this port, some of them (it is said) weighing over 10i ' lbs. The pigs which were on board were advantageously disposed of at other parts of the coast. A short time ago mention was made of the alleged discovery of payable gold diggings near Waikawa. The Otago Daily Times, of the 2nd ult., dispels the idea that a new and payable gold-field has been discovered at the above place. It says: — We have received some further information with respect to the gold getting at Waikawa; and the result is, that there does not appear to be at present any inducement for miners to visit that neighborhood. The Wauganui Times says:— Within the last few years horses have continued to increase and multiply in these districts to such an extent that it has been found absolutely necessary to commence either to eat or export them. The latter alternative having, for the present, been decided upon, Messrs. Taylor and Watt recently shipped two cargoes for Dunedin by the Yarra. The first batch 48 in number, were sold and realised an average price of £18 16s. each The second cargo, consisting of 44 well selected saddle and cart horses averaged £22 17s. 6d. each. This was a very superior lot, most of them heavy draught horses, and amongst the others was a pair of handsome ponies — colts — which were knocked down at the low figure of £35. Taking into consideration freight, feed,- insurance, commission, 85c, it is pretty evident that if Dunedin does not offer a better market for our superabundant horse flesh, we must follow the example of our friends in France, — kill and eat them. The Sydney Mail states that the Rev. Mr. Dillon, the Roman Catholic chaplain of Cockatoo, has been suspened. The ground 'of this suspension has not been formally stated. It is whispered indeed that the reason was the utterance of disloyal and Feuian language. Supposing the charge to be true, it is quite sufficient to justify instant dismissal. No man who is a traitor to the Royal authority has a right to remain in any capacity as a servant of the Government, or be fed by the public funds, and a Fenian is especially unfitted to be spiritual adviser of the inmates of a gaol, who are already suffering from the want of adequate regard to law aud authority. But the charge, though a damning one if sustained, is not only not proved, but has not even been preferred. It is said that Mr. Dillon has not been told why he is suspended, and is left to conjecture. This is contrary to the usual practice of the civil service, and, indeed, is adverse to the dignity of that service. Honorable men are not easy under a silent and inexorable despotism, that acts arbitrarily, and will give no reasons. Hence it is always usual to state to a civil servant the accusation, and to call upon him for his defence. It does not appear, however, that Mr. Dillon has claimed this right. He has practically left it to his ecclesiastical I superior to find out the cause of dismissal, ; and the Vicar-General has made the in- ! quiry, not in support of Mr. Dillon's rights and as his advocate, but on behalf of the Church authority. This has so far com- ; plicated the transaction, and given a coi lorable excuse to the Government. I Bathing in Queensland is not unattended i with danger, as will be seen from the fol- \ lowing paragraph from the Rockbampton I Bulletin of 24th January :— About noon jj on Sunday, a young gin, or picaninny, was 1 bathing at the mouth of Crocodile Creek, I when she suddenly disappeared. The •| blackfellows from the camp close by the

spot commenced howling and jabbering ; the noise was heard on board the brig' Craig Ellachie, which was lying at anchor off the ballast ground, about half-a-mile from the Railway Wharf, and- one of the seamen put off in a boat to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. The blacks told him that while the picaninny was bathing, she was snapped up by a large alligator, and carried off. One of the blacks further said that he saw another monster rise alongside the bank near the old slaughter yard. The Pastoral Times says : — Some fine country has been discovered on the Paroo. On one station there are about two hundred springs, great and small, never failing. In some of them the water is quite hot in the coolest day. There are also three lakes, and an innumerable quantity of creeks. The run (1400 square miles is estimated, in its natural state, to carry 14,000 sheep, and by a little outlay double that number. The hot water of some of the springs rapidly cools when exposed to the air. Sheep can be yarded all over the run, as water is to be had anywhere in soft sinking. The facts are worthy of the attention of our philosophers. The Paroo country seems to be " blowing hot and cold" at one and the same time. It appears from the local paper that the Ararat district, Victoria, possesses more than one "diviner" having the mysterious faculty of detecting the presence of subterranean water supplies : — A gentleman who was on a visit at Hexham station recently, states that there is a boy there in the employment of the lessee, Mr. Armstrong, who possesses the " speciality," as it is called, in a very peculiar degree. The lad, who is not more than 12 years of age, carries a strip of crinoline steel between the finger and thumb of each hand, holding the palms upwards, aud by this the presence of water is divined. When he approaches the spot where water exists, or is supposed to exist, the bow of steel, held as 'described, depresses so violently that it almost cuts into the flesh, and causes considerable pain. The rod will indicate with no other person on the station. By its means one place has been repeatedly pointed, out, although every precaution was taken to disguise the locality from the youth. He was '"lost" two or three times, and brought back by various roads, the same powerful depression of the steel taking place each time over the precise locality. Our informant stales that he tried the steel himself over a •well, and it perceptibly depressed, although not by auy means so considerably as with the youth referred to. It will not now be long before the system of divining be practically proved, until which time few are likely to accord any belief in this rather inexplicable 1 mode of finding water. According to the Daylesford Express, Victoria paper, a great hit was lately made in the local police court, by an apt citation from the works of Dickens during the hearing of the lengthy case of the Queen v. Crawcour. Defendant was charged with taking pledges in pawn knowing them to be stolen, and also with a breach of the pawnbrokers' Act, by receiviDg pledges from an apparently intoxicated man. It was necessary for Mr. Dunne, Crawcoui's counsel, to show there was nothing unusual ia Scott, the man convicted of stealing the watches pawned, pledging them in fictitious names. In the course of his argument the learned gentlemau cited the example of Mr. Montague Tigg, in "Martin Chuzzlewit," and with much unction reai 1 from that famous authority the dialogue between the impecunious Tigg and " Mine uncle." Bench bar, and spectators were in a roar at the curious felicity of the allusion, and for a few minutes it was impossible to restore the gravity of the Court. Mr. Drummond the police magistrate, cleverly " improved" the occasion, by making an appeal on behalf of the poor, and, after thanking Mr. Dunne for his penny reading, directed the usher to hand round the box, "as he thought all who had laughed should contribute." He set the example himself, and it was followed by nearly every one present. Some further amusement was occasioned, after those on the floor had handed in their donations, by Mr. Drummond telling the constable to go up to the "gentlemen in the gallery." The following cure of hydrophobia is taken from the European Times of April 26, 1866: — Some time ago it was stated that Dr. Buisson, of Lyons, had announced the discovery of a remedy for hydrophobia ; a restatement of the circumstances of the discovery and of his theory will no doubt have a renewed interest

now in connection with the cases of this terrible disease so recently reported in our columns. In attending a female patient in the last stage of canine rabies, the doctor imprudently wiped his hands in a handkerchief impregnated with her saliva, there happened to be a slight abrasion on the index finger of the left haud, and confident in his own curative system, the doctor merely washed the part •with water. However, he was fully aware of the imprudence he had committed, and gives the following account of the matter afterwards: — BelieviDg that the malady would not declare itself until the fortieth day, having numerous patients 'to visit, I put off from day to day the application of my remedy — that is to say, vapor baths. The ninth day, being in my cabinet, I felt all at once a pain in my throet, and a still greater in my eyes, my body seemed so light that I felt as if I could jump to a prodigious height ; or if I threw myself out of a window I could sustain myself in the air. My hair was so sensitive that I appeared able to count each separately without looking at it. Saliva kept continually forming in the mouth ; any movement of the air inflicted great pain on me, and I was obliged to avoid the sight of brilliant objects. I had a continual desire to run and bite, not human beings, but animals ; and all that was near me I drank with difficulty, aud I remarked that the sight of water distressed me more than the pain in the throat. I believe by shutting the eyes anyone suffering under hydrophobia can always drink. The fits came on every five minutes, and I then felt the pain start from the index finger and run up the nerves to the shoulder. In this case, thinking that my course was preservative, and not curative, I took a vapor bath, not with the intention of cure, but of suffocating myself; when the bath was at 52 degrees centigrade, (93 degrees 3 minutes 5 seconds Fahrenheit), all the symptoms disappeared as if by magic; since that time I have never felt anything more of them. I have attended more than eighty persons bitten by mad animals, and I have not lost a single case. When a person has been bitten by a mad dog, he must for seven successive days take a vapor bath a la Russe, as it is called, of 57 degrees to 63 degi*ees. This is the preventive remedy. When the disease is declared it only requires one vapor bath, rapidly increased to 37 degrees (qu. 57) centigrade, then slowly to 63 degrees. The patient must strictly confine himself to his chamber until the cure is complete. Dr. Buisson mentions several other curious facts. An American had been bitten by a rattlesnake about eight leagues away from home ; wishing to die in the bosom of his family, he ran the greater part of the way home, and going to bed perspired profusely, and the wound healed as a simple cut. The bite of the tarantula is cured by the exercise of dancing, the free perspiration dissipating the virus. If a young child be vaccinated and then be made to take a vapor bath, the vaccine does not take. A London paper says on the subject of coating the bottoms of iron ships: — It is popularly known that the Great Eastern has lost five knots from the impossibility of cleaning her bottom. Our naval power depends on clean bottoms if speed will give the victory to equal guns. Captain lloux contrives to coat the ironwork with a sort of mastic, and thereon fastens copper plates into countersunk lined holes in the ironwork. A vessel has been tried by the French Government aud found to answer admirably. Another is now about to be tried, and it is thought that we may here have a solution of a very important problem. The copper protects the mastic, the mastic the red lead on the iron.

First Innings. Second Linings. G.W. Schroder, c Burn, 12 b Sherratt ... 1 F. Green, cLangfbrd ... 6 W. Nicholson, b Sherratt 9 not out ... 26 A. Elliott, b Sherratt ... 15 not out ... 14 A. Otterson, b Sherratt 0 c White " ... 0 H. O'Loughlen, b ditto 0 J. A. Moore, c M'Farlane 0 F. Wither, b Sherratt... 17 b Sherratt ... 2 T. Disher, b Sherratt ... 12 T. Nicholson, b Sherratt 4 l\ Adams, not out ... 0 Byes 8 83 43 83 126