THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." [Established November 15, 1861.] DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1867.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23501, 16 May 1938, Page 3

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." [Established November 15, 1861.] DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1867.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO

The Licensing Ordinance, 1865, Amendment Ordinance, 1867, which has been introduced into the Council, comprises four clause.i, the first being the short title. The others are—2. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, it shall not be lawfu. for any Resident Magistrate or Justice oi the Peace, or for any Quarterly Licensing Meeting, to grant any license of the kind designed in the said Licensing Ordinance, 1863, as a Bottle License, anything in the said Ordinance notwithstanding.—3. Sections VI. and XVI, of the said Ordinance, in so far as the same relate to the granting of licenses of the kind designated as Bottle Licenses, but no further or otherwise, shall be and be deemed to be hereby repealed—4. The annual fee which shall be paid for a General License shall be the- sum of L3O. instead of the sum of L2O, as provided in the 7th section of the said Licensing Ordinance, 1865.

The following is the new form of caution given to an accused before committal for trial, as required by the Justice of the Peace Act, 1866: — “ Having heard the evidence, do you wish to sav anything in answer to the charge. You are not obliged to say anything, but whatever you do say will be taken down in writing, and may be given in evidence upon your trial: and you are clearly to understand that you have nothing to hope from any promise of favor, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been holden out to you to induce you to make any admission or confession of your guilt: but that whatever you may now say may be given in evidence"- against you upon your trial, notwithstanding such promise or threat.”

The hot springs on the beach at Waiwera —a district lying about 28 miles north of Auckland, midway between the Wade and Mahurangi—are noticed by the “New Zealand Herald” as possessing a most extraordinary curative power in cases of rheumatism.

The settlers of the Province of Hawke's Bay are at length obtaining an abundant supply of water by means of artesian wells. . . .

The Sydney papers received by the Mataura are full of details of encounters between bushrangers and the police, . . .

■ The exportation of gold from the Hokitika district during the month of April amounted to 24,691 ounces. Of this quantity 4000 ounces was the produce of the Nelson goldfields, which leaves in favor of Hokitika a balance of 20,691 ounces. . . . The Grey , district yielded for the month about 12,000 ounces, which, added to the Hokitika returns, gives a total of 32,691 ounces; being at the rate of 8173 ounces nearly per week. . .