WAIKOUAITI.

Otago Witness, Issue 659, 16 July 1864, Page 16

WAIKOUAITI.

WAiK>cj/im. 11th July, 1864. The weather still continues wonderfully fin* 1 for this season of the year. A. repetition of what I sai<t in my las' re.-peefing the congenial bracing air of the past fort i<r'it, is still applicable At no time during the summer nnnths do I think finer weather was experienced. Co.isilerini; this is midwinter we may congratulate ourselvps oa "m^h remarkable clemency, and it leaves hope that we may pass through the" usuil wet mmths without any of the su ulen stormy atmospherical changes which are so common at thi9 time of [ year.

A suspension was ciuseri test weak in the bridgo .works over ths Waikouaiti River by the Inspector disapptovi ig of the position in which some of the pies had been placed. Mr Bruce, the contractor not a little p : q ied f as you may imagine, -at the sudden «topp \x*>, at once cunniunicaW with hend -quarter*, and I am glad t^ siy the dispute, so f,\r as one can ju'lgo, was -*atisfactorily iirrantred ; for ihe work, which fortunately ,ha 4 not "arrived at a sti^e to prevent the alteration heing made, has been resumed. !t would havß been a misfortune indeed had the bridge been condemned, as was reported here a few days since, for until it is completed it prevents the use "fse n«iderable portion of tb« Road, at least for vehicles The entire plan for the work is on the spot, and we hope nothing will impede ita onwavd p ogress until completion. At pre-ient,'a-i I have often stated, the principal road u'ed by the public is through private, property, which no doubt is no small annoyance to tha indulgent proprietors, and we think that the sooner the evil is lemedied and the Northern Road accessible the better

Considerable interest was manifested on Saturday at the Court-house. It beitisf understood th t the Insp°ctor of S aughterhomes, constable ltyan, ha I sutnraonel two different parties for illegally fclaug'iteriug cnttle, and selling the same without a license. Serceaut Bums who conducted the cases, re narked thr»t the practice of killing ani bartering in meat without a license, was rapidly increasing in tlm district, but we hope thdt the enertry display -d by our inspector in the present cases b -fore the Court will prove a caution to others, who are said to be in the habit of following the «ame illegal trade. I forward you the pa ticulars for th> information of those who pi iad ignorance of the law as the defendants did on Saturday. . VV. Sha le, senior, defendant said ho wa? perfectly isjnor.intf of having committed any offence, The beaat he had slaughtered was hi* own property and very wild, having rushed members of his family and done f.irther •'amaße, he considered it better^to kill th-* animal bafore it did serious harm, which he accordingly did and gave the carcase to his sou.

Robert Maye^, sworn, said : That he. had purcha'pd the meat of Wilihm Shade, j an., or received thp same in payment for a d<>bt. Shade jun., said that he was working for'himself and living with his father bit paid him for his boird and loJgine:. His father alt-r slaughtering the beast told aim he mi?ht hive it and do what he liked with it. Eh adnntted luving sol t the meat The Bench coaside "d that there w.s no doubt a* to the heist having been illegally killed by Shade senior, a id flaed him L 5 and costs, remarking tha: a license only cost 2a 6d so that it" wa* within /the tnew» of every man to possess one if he wished to slaughter cattle. Toe next was a similar <'a"3e. One William Souter, having agreed to tive James Rrown a bullock in payment for sora<» fencing Th< defendant (Souter) s id rh»t h<* hid sold the beast alive, bnt Brown subs q lently r quests! him to have it, slaughter -d which whs d >a» in his yard and thd carcase afterwards removed by Brown. Fined. JLS and costs.