Original Correspondence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 622, 15 December 1863, Page 5

Original Correspondence .

(lo the Editor ofthe Daily Times, i

LEt-UL DELAYS ON GOLD FIELDS. Sin,-—Would you kindly advise me through your valuable columns whether a, Warden, with all the arbitrary power he-possesses, can issue summonses in very important crises, involving a large amount of money, to be heard on a certain day, and when the day, of. hearing arrives, and plaintiff and defendant arid "witness-s_afe;:ajl; in' -•attendance, a policeman comes arid makes known that the Warden has postponed the case for'eight :dayi, and at the expiration of that liihe h&'again addresses the litigants that he has again-post-poned the case for a few daysi ' This has happened more than once or twice on the gold fie-ds, to the great inconvenience and loss "of time:and money of the poor miner?. "Z ,j Z7r ■ I am/&c.;< ' 7 Alpha.- * ■ — r,-. TOKOMAIRIRO ROAD BOARD. ; (To the Editor of the Daily Times.) Sir,—Mr Thomas Murray puts forth state: ments respecting the laying out;bf Reads in the Tokomairiro district, which are riot true.:. As that -gentleman chooses to rush into print without knowing what he is saying, will you give me le.ye through your columns to request him to make himself better informed before he publicly makes assertions again. " I am, kc, j - Richd:Hallcob. —<* ___ ■ (ToJhe Editor _ of the Daily Times.) Sir—Tours of this morning contained a letter from "Thomas Murray," in which he statrs two meetings "have been held for the last two week? " I wonder if they provide their own blankets and grog ? Forthe further information of the public allow mc to inform you that Thomas Murray is agent for Louis Qruning, who holds between four'and five thousand acres in the district he refers to, and hence the groaning. v I am, &c, 14th Pecember.

Facbtiotts in. Death.— After" many exploits, showing a coolness and a courage rarely equalled and never surpassed, Adair was struck towards the end of the day by acannon ball', which shattered hi. thigh near the hip. His sufferings during the amputation were dreadful;:the shot had torn away the flesh of the thigh, and the bones were sticking up hear the hip in splinters. The surgeon. Mr Gilder, had much difficuly in using his knife, having blunted' it,- and all his other instruments, by amputations in the.earlier part of the battle. Poor Adair during the operation had sufficient pluck to make one last ghastly joke,- saying, "Take your time,---Mr Carver." He 'soon afterwards died'from' loss of blood— " Recollections and Anecdotes." By Captain R, H. Gronow. ■'.'"<■