The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 905, 11 March 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879.

.Judgment was given thi* morning in the ease of Joseph Bosario.. who wait charged on two counts of obtaining money by falsu prbteuow from Frederick Robert Bust and another. The tire* count wa» that of obtaining i» choline fov LI on the pretence that he (Bosario) had wages due him by Maitlivud. for whom ho was then cooking, and that he required the money Co meet a> summons issued against him by Jt'Laren,. » bootmaker i» '§ names-street. Th» s«cond count was that of obtaining another clieuue on tile 3tst December from- the sum« prosecutor for L« on the pretence that he hail wages in Mainland's hands., which he intended to draw as soon at» Maitlandi recovered. Maitland and Fulton** evidence conclusively proved that the accused was fully aware that hj« had not more than a few shillings coming- to him at the time of the .commission of the first offence, while in that •of the second he had overdrawn to the extant of L 3. Mr. (o<"Msagher raised a technical point with regard to th# wording of the nufomaaAion being: at variance with the evidence, it being set forth that a sum of money wa» mwdt while the other statwl that the amount sra* two or three pounds- The Bunch held that the discrepancy was very slight, ami aot calculated to prejudice the prmoner's defwice. With regard to the first charge the Beocli were of opinion that there were a few shillings owing- to him* and they therefore rfaasuMwt the information. In the other case, however- thff evidence was conclusive, but as the prisoner ha»l already b»«n in gaol for » fortnight, the ends of justice would be sufficiently met by sentencing him to one month's imprisonment with hard labor. Thit monthly meeting of the Mutual ftovi«fent Building Society will take ptactr at Mr. Humpter's office front T to &.30 this evening. & special parad« of the Hea-fytmrter'* Company* will be Hehl this evening, at 8 tt'uiouk..

Mr. 11. t>. Beadier, the gentleman who was here with the Canterbnry hotmds last winter, b now on a visit to this district. His object is to endeavor to aronse the (dormant enthasiasm amongst the lovers of i hunting. *<* as tf> eanse them to establish a | Kant Ctttt* similar to that of Christchoreh. He haa in to* pomession » kennel of wclltrained hounds ready for actios, sod has already tatabKtaed a home for them at Makes©. It will be seen oo reference to an adwtsMflMst bearina oo thi» luWectthat * meeting has been called for Monday creoiag aext. at the Empire Hotel, at which it» proposed to take into consideration the establishment of a elak We need not enlarge upon 1 the tMgfitftitness of the pastime which has I been in such great favor in the Old World from time immemorial. The lovers of the sports of the htmting field, wherever they mj*y few found, never lose- their attachment to such sports. An old and welt-known "Sport"'has said that " there is no mttstc so ; enchanting as that of the hoonds when in fwß ery." "~ We have no dottbt that he ta correct, atthowgh their sounds have long since ceased to ring in our ears, for Hunt Wafts are "few. and far' between" in this part of the world. If a tlnh were established here, it would not only have the support of this, district, bat of those places which cannot, tike ourselves, yet boast of the possession of a Club and fcennet of hounds.

; Our Livingstone correspondent writes as ! follows :-"" A meeting of the Committee of ! the Miners* Association was held at LivingI stone on the 3th instant; the President [ (Mr. Roberts) in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A tetter was read from Mr. Sttthcrtand! to. the etfect that he intended appointing Mr.. Johnstone, member for the Awamoko Riding, as representative for the Otekaike Riding during his absence, and as commissioner" for th<* Waitaki Bridge: and hoping that this arrangement would meet the approval of the Miners' Association, though he intimated that in a case of this kind memfeers must be guided mainly by the report of the Inspector. A sommuntaation was read fren» Mr. Aitken. of Oamara. n eschange of tand held by him in this district. The Chairman said the principal object of the meeting was to consider the report of Professor Iftrkhi upon the gotdftetd. On the motion of Mr. Prater, it was decided to take steps for the immediate publication of the same.