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Otago Daily Times, Issue 139, 26 April 1862, Page 4

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. To prove the difficulty of hearing correctly th c names of parlies called at the llesidcnt Magistrate's Court, it is worthy of mention that, yesterday, during the hearing of a case of larceny where the prisoner was informed against for pilfering a saddle, the name of tho''owner of the property was considered by the Court itself to be Field, until it was proved to be Iluel, and that the evidence of Mr. Gilligan, a soda-water manu ; fiieturer in Macluggan-street, had been taken to prove that the saddle had been stolen from his premises, before the correction was made. This statement may, perhaps, excuse the occasional appearance of an erroneously spelt name ; for there is no other criterion in reporting, than to take the sound or pronunciation.

3n the Police Court .yesterday, Messrs. Morse and Orbell appeared in answer to an indictment charging them with allowing their slaughterhouse on the Half Way Bush lload to become n nuisance. They explained that they had done all they could to obviate the effluvium arising from the premises in question, and that they were perfectly ready to take such atepa for further abating it

as the police would point ont. The case was adjourned on that understanding. The slaughtering of cattle must necessarily be carried on in the neighborhood of the town, to supply the inhabitants with animal food. In almost ov;..^ town and city a reserve is put apart for .abattoirs r for'slaughtering purposes, but of course it is not to be expected that such should have been done *v in Dunedin, the civic wants of which have been so entirely unheeded. Still it is a subject which even how should he looked into. As the' population increases, a large supply of animal food will be required, and if no reserve be put aside for slaughtering purpos-s, the inhabitants will either have to submit to the inconvenience of slaughtering houses being planted in their immediate neighborhood or else be prepared to pay i\ tax on meat for the cost of carrying it fiom a long distincc after it is killed.

"We have received a private communication from the Editor of the Colonist, in which lie explains that fhe introduction into his report of the Provincial Council proceedings, of portions copied from our columns, was in consequence of the Overseer having mislaid part of the manuscript copy supplied by his own reporter. Whilst ac- " cepting the explanation, we must still say that no reason is disclosed why the appropriation was,not acknowledged. We have omitted to refer to a letter published a few days since from Mr. Dillon Bell, in which lie mentions that the rumor to which we giive former currency that Captain LVazcr had asked him to obtain leave of absence for him during, the next session proves to be correct.- The letter havingcrosscd Mr. Bell on the road from Auckland accounts for his previous ignorance of it. Mr Bell intimates tliat he is disposed, before applying for the leave, to be guided by the feelings on the subject expressed by Captain constituents. This courtesy, which the absent member.did not think it worth his while to accord to them, should be appreciated. They owe Captain Frnzcr an.cxprcsbion of their opinion concerning his conduct, and it is to be hoped that Mr. Bell will act on that expression. The authorities are very much to blame in their management of the Mining Board election. The list of votes was not even divided 'alphabetically, but one booth was made to serve for the whole number of voters. The consequence, was that half of those who desired to vote were prevented from doing so, and but for the orderly tendencies of tho mining population a riot might have eiifaucd. The necessity for a separate gold field department will shortly make itself apparent. We arc indebted to a gentleman' who' has ; juit arrived in Duncdiu from England by the Overland Mail, for the particulars respecting the mail steamers which appear in our shipping columns to-day. _ •; .In tho garden of Mr. Fazakcrly, at Pulichet Bay, there is an apple tree in lull bloom, although the fruit of the tame tree was only gathered a month ago. This fact says much for the mildness of the weather at this season. ' . - The final arrangements in respect to Captain M'Lean's Testimonial have been made. i The names of all the subscribers are to be engrossed upon parchment, und affixed to the buck of the illuminated address, which we have already noticed. The purse is to contain one hundred and fifty sovereigns, and as is noticed in our advertising columns, the dinner is appointed to come oil" this evening at the Criterion Hotel, at a quarter to seveii o'clock, sharp. • : N