The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver." -Othello, Act 1, Scene 3. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1892.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 38, 3 September 1892, Page 8

The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver." -Othello, Act 1, Scene 3. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1892.

The r disposal of a man's liberty by; another man, who is responsible t6 no one, i« nolight or laughing matter. Before any-such edged tool is placed in the hands dF..fl.ny.f.person, the gravest consideration should be given as to the recipient's fitness to exercise it i righteously> and '.fairly ' the ironical phraseirf.«,Justice's justice" is a stereotyped Iv a French eoniefty a, Miuister asks "What does yourj nephew know? « Well—er—nothing-;"! 11 Ob, very well, we will give him £ place in tae Department of ; Education!" til New Zealand, where a zealous supporter is unfit to be given a billet in payment for services rendered,-he is oft-time created a Justice df Jlie Peace. It has the merit of being; cheap and, as t'la advertisements soy^ " no previous knowledge is required*'' It is a sort of Colonial "Legion of Honour," distributed alike to marquises and mustard manufacturers, with a leaning towards the latter. The recipient of the " honour" is usually S largetfatßman wbq risen to eminence by an overpowering knowf ledge of pigs? by a masterly raanipu^ laiion of malt...aiiiU'hops, or by ft transcendent talent for toadyism;. T'vat there fve some worthy men oft the ;CQni^ijßsiQng|s;(l;i:rt)BiiiUPut fdr every Plato there are a dp.?;en electro*. Plates; for BVery SolonV a score j-eeae. Examples of their '■■■■ Incompetenft.y, and ignorance n«ed not be quoted,—everybody knows fifty funny anecdotes" about J.J:Psl f/1 The latest bright example is that of the two luminaries up North, w* o committed a man named Bergquist for trial, some months ago, on a charge of indecent assault on a child of six. There was " nofc a p.xi.icle of legal evidence agrainst him" \o use Jud^e Connolly's own woids. and yet bail was Tefused and t T\e man locked up on a false and l horrible charge for twelve' weeks. Truly, as Mr Cooper said when this Grand Jury threw out the bill, it was a most gross travesty of justice. It certainly seeoas alinbst incredible that we with our Habeas Corpus Acts, our trial by jury, our i

r" freedom slowly^ broadening down from.,precedent to'jricecjent;— i • should' have such a flavir in. our code.; To nse Charles JReade's argumeritum ad homi^em^-piit yourself in Bergquist'a place, hauled up before the Dogberry^,r wao, in either criminal ignorance or worse,-gave him three mouths—nearly a hundred awful days and 'terrible nights—torture without a tittle of supporting evidence. IJe "has noTedress, no ono is responsible, his-business is ruined and, although pvovea innocent his. character "as suffered; as when one drives a nail in a piece of polished wood and withdraws it, there yet remains an inevitable hole. The individual suffers and the world is more an<d more, anH it may be some slight satifaction to the injured man that his case has been so strongly reprehended by the highest Court in the land and echoed in the halls of (pardon the bull) a still higher and supreme—the Court of public opinion. The etitire system Of unpaid magistracy is wrong—the, ijaunty happy-go-lucky appointments to thje Commission as a mark of favour. Every Justice should have to pass an examination in such law as he is called upon to administer and he should be paid for his time while engaged in

heavine cases. Postmas'ers and officers ia charge of police, are qu^e competent to administer oaths, affidaTits and declarations or ito do all the work now done by Justice* in such comparatively t ivial matters. But to allow in ompeten to. Bit ou the bencU and disperse surM horae-I^w aa now is the very acme of absurdity and must lead to maladministration and gross iDjustice. *We, :trußt ttiat in the interest of theHberty of the subject the case of Ber^4w 8t will not be lost on the community.

W>-4eyan services "for to-moi't'ow are na folio '. :—Paeroa 11 a.m., Owharoa 2.50 p.m., and Waihi 7 p.m., Rev J. Lxw ; Hikutaia 2.80 .p d., Fa«roa 6.30 p.m., Mr Telley.

Flemiug and-Co.'a weekly sale at fafreattle was held on Wednesday, and they report: A full market were yarded, bidding being hr;sk throughout. Steers sold at'from £7s 7s to £9> 7s each, equal to 22a per lOMbs. A limited number ot sheep were penned, being of a rather inferior quality. Those sold realised: Ewes 11/, iioggetts 9/9. Lint Satt rday an 18 months' old child of Mr Clem. Comes, rjutror, Karangahake, got iti left hand caught in the cog wheel'Off-a chaff-cutler. Th« infant was conveyed to the Thames Hospital on Sunday, and the first finger had to be ampnUled, the, hand being b*dly smashed. ' ~ J Mr H. D. Pike'sTeprescntative, MrOa son, >comine:i« d a -sale of cheap drapery iv the lowa Hall, and continues to-day. He 1 has a larga'atoek of goods.

;0n Mouday morning M^Janaeny of Waioromzpinai, wbile comiug iuto Paeroa from Te AJolia, 'yon liorseback, slipped aud fell, breaking his leg'bs.aiy at the thigh.v Messrs •'Hirst «ed Calderwobd; vicomirig along shortly p fie';"jeal'dßi--:--pidted-.;'him- Jup, and tlie former #fime into P»er6« for:•> buggy, while the Matter veinaiued with lirn. He >yn- dnve^ •back to ilia borne, and lies in a.ptccp'iioaa coudifciou. ''■• ■;■':■'*'"'}" i '■'■'■■'-'_' ■' ■" "''"'■';

The new'tocal »rate'4-water.;;pTaujfe."»v«<>Sv. vi full swing. It consistij df a Tyler and Sons' machiue, generator, and ga^oineier, «od a Hay ward-Tyler bottler, and is oue of ! tn« \re vVct <»f ila Wiie on the peniua'ula. The main factor in the production i of the various'commodiLies— i.e., walet 1 —»8 o? the ve»y best, a spring of cold clear water I'^viag been strcuk npon. ohemicaUy pc *fccfc <"ortiie manrfaclure of seiated waters. Tli« article has been most favourably commented ~npon by local consumers.

Some mudiinecded and use'ur alterations hdve^een>ma<te«ri;i'he a.%. "Paeroa;* A cons- ; modious berth intruded for the captainhfts: been 'erected 'jiwt abaft the hatchway, and t'leen^t jeer's and mate's berths have been 1 enk 'ged. 1 here is now not an inch of waste room on this favourite little vessel.

Mr R.XJ.XJarr advertises a large quaul'.? o? machinery for sal*, the properly of t, «c Ferguson Syndicate Company, at Waioron^omai. , Tlio> 8»le will take place in Auckland on September 13, when a long c ialogue, as advertised, will be submitted to the purchaser. -

It lißTCCDrttcd or a younj fop who visited one of the Rothschilds, that he was iwprolid of malachite sleeve-buttons that' hie in* sisied upon eAliibiting them o his host. Tire latter looked at them and said, " Yea, it is a pretty stone. I have always liked if. 1 have a maniel-piece nw.de 6t itia the next room!" The greatest gold mine in the World i 8 owned by the Jnchoea company in Chili. It pays annually $6,0C0,"°0 in dividends. The Mine is 5T » miles from the cosst, and is 15,0f0 fe6t above the water-level. 2100 men are employed at $1 to #3.50 a day. The daily is 8 tons, averaefdg $1,203 per ton, Thh bailiff of the R.*^'. CourS notifies two sales unSer "distress warrant t • Thursday next.

The handicaps for the Quarter-mile ra.e for the gold and silver mcc als presented by the President and Vice-Presidenta of the Karangahake Football Club respectively appear in our rftlverfcising columns. Advertisements from Messi' N. -Dickey, of Paeroa, and J. McNicoi, of Ohaupo, concei'aing the dates and terms 'foi the seivises of tiieir rj-allions wi'l appear in our next issue. l ' " <Jp * -

We are ple.med to notice by advertisement in another column that Mr W. J. Hawk announce 'his intentiou of commencing'business in the boot and shoe waking line, iv the new township, Paeroa. We wish him every success.

At the meeting of the Connty Council on' Thnt'day, Cr Nash mentioned the necessity exisfcii 3 of having a medical gentleman icsidins; in our midst. He instanced the two accidetits which occurred recently, and-suo-gested that a public meeting should be held 'to consider ways and means pf 'attaining the desired end. In a previous issue we stated that Mr Russell was prepared to give a substantial guarantee for this purpose, and, now the matter has 'been brought before the Council, we hope it will not be allowed to lapse for want of support. ,

Mr Robson's new advertisement, concerning, hia new venture, the Royal . Mail Refreshment Rooms, appears to-day.' The novelty should be a great success.

Robert .Wft'W^SjitoFSr"^ .fitiS the E.M., 50s and 34s costs for illegally cutting two kauri trees at Waitekaun. A number df small debt cases were also flisposed of. ... - * i

Mr R G. Joidan, auctioneer, of Tauraog:*, advertises the sale of the late Ml Or- .V. Stewart's effects, homes, cattle, land, etc., «t Mount Stewart, oa Thursday, Sept. 10. ,

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