MILTON. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1645, 2 June 1883, Page 13

MILTON. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

May 29th. Pouhoali.— Since my last letter there t as been nothing of great int. rest mentioned regarding the election lit Bruce. Mr Robert G llies has pub.icly announced his intention of conteatii.gr the si at bo arrived here on Fr.day la-t, and is no * nuking a can'tufliny tour of ihe distriit. From thi-. gentliman'i former knowle' ge of the locali y, it is anticipated tbat be will receive a large amount of B'ipport. ft in premftture, however, to make any specula i.n as 4ofJhi» return .until the source and amount of |>po«ition ia definitely known. Mr Mo.-ley, who contested tho elec ion • f !>-7n against views r- Murray and Dyer, is mentioned as fc ling the trround as t > the Amount ot >upport likel> to be accorded to him in the crentof his atanning. It is also rumoured that Mr James Adam, who opposed Messrs huthorfo d and Hurray ai ihe las 1 elation, will again enter the lists. Tht-re l« afou'th candi 'ate mentioned in the person •f Mr Doasld Reid, the lo al bo ieitor, to whom theie Jh mid to be a ret|«isiti m being got up, with what amount of i-uccess I am unable to state.

MAOIBTIRIAL. — A m.mber of int rest ng cases came before MrJ H Wood. tl)0 Magistrate, on Tuesday la?t. Mr Juhn Burt, the Ac.limati ation ftol-l'ty'd rigcr, was charged with unlawfully tteapacing «pin the uro«nl «f Mr X M. Dttthie. Mr wjllism Moss, of Tuapeka, ranger pr">euutei From th» evidence given it api*ar« that Burt had been treipa-BtUK on the above-me. tioi en land in search i f 2*me, when the proprietor camo up and i quired for his authority for being ther*-. Deiendant'a answer i> aeemx. had been couched in ver^ offei,sive langnugo. lie bad ouiid no game u\ on the g>ound, and bti <g apparently nlshHtistied wiih the fruitlo-sness if his se»rch. l»d shot a domestic hen. Tne Magistrate inflicted a penalty of &l and costs, making a total of over £5, and remarked that Mr Bur should, fiom the position he occupied, have sh wn a bettor example ACCIDHNT.— A setiOtiß accidtnt happened to the daughter of Mr M. L>nch lust week. While the gi I, who is about seven yea' s of age, was Branding before the fire, her clo'hes ignited, t>nd befqre help ould be rendered she was do seriously injured that doubts are •ote< tamed of her recovery. Amdsi-hhnts.— T c >>a 1 uiven in the Volunteer Hall on the 24th, under the auspices of the Buioe Rifles, was not sue. a Micces-s as might have been exueoud ; bo. thlu is probably aceoun ltd for ny the unsettled State of the west her. At a meeting < f the corps it was resolved that a eeriea of novelty dances bo held fortnightly during the winter.