LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1163, 2 November 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. JDicksdn;;of the, Argyll hotel, haying_handßomely decorated and reuew'e.d in all its parts the elegaht billiard- salobni Jfc tache'd to the hqfel, has imported a very elegant 'first-class table with all the most modern of appurtenances.- ' The room is •well 'lighted for playV'by day, and has the . latest improvements for, evening play. The light; is equally diffused over, the table soft and. clear without being dazzling to the eyesight,, the great fault with so many tables. * The-isaiobn vrill be open ■ for /the first time rto-mQ?r,ow.eyening.; < ,■■ ■, ■ j.. j J; ' A meeting of thfe^Pj 'Ba^Turf Club^Committee, will be held in theStasonic Hotel,' on Friday, the sth inst. at 3 p.m.

This morning, \ at the ResidLent Magjs-. trate's Court, -Mauribe d'GpnnoH Btood| charged with bjratally: assaulting Mitel). ; Murray on the altuno.,ia^the;Setfj^rsj Hptel. At the tim§.o r f th© v lgot9Tnjssioh ? o.& thg assauftf, Mv, Murray \yaS r iri"tnV LoteT: in 'company with'^some friends. '"He had', called for a bottle of tonic .water, but find;; ing the (stopper difficult to force, he.aske^r; o!Gonrjfog* ; tQ.|le4d hirt^ ; his ricling;-:>?Hip^^. order tS* use the handle' for pressirig>i"d6>pnj .the., stoppe^^ j Pl.QoQnpr^said /^'.'.iflSi-shall^ have the -whip;" raising it struck Mr. ;Mur- _ ray ovjer the \head : . with . thej-fbujjsij -o^,: ? .tti6 ' handle: The* blow was a very violent". one? "BloodTflowea' freely," aud" Mr." Murray '^a"*' to place. =himself v nder i the treatment b"f Doctoif Pollen? 6'Gonnp^,r; thj.% Jmpriiiug.j was sentenced to one month's imprisonment' with h'ajd labour without the optiqn.of a"^ Jitxel ' BLe 'ii &ie same rififeiider who some : "weeks back was fined five pounaa and costs for an unprovoked attack upon Mr, Downs. Surely sdch; a^man should, bemade) to findi siireties.for his future benaviouf ; for it is well k^6^vts'''^^%^p^pleT'aCflt|aihj;efl with btro'.'tljat' when under '"tn ; e''"influ-; ence>ror^^rj%4iB r inß daiigecgtisjtp;any.(nie: who byaediden't' may hap]seH''l;o v co"Me'iß > ;coutaccvwi|;h;hitnv".- _ . _. '•JT/j?.^^'^ -v We beg to remind^; our readers $bat the *Agricitfflisral ; and.Paitoral^Society's' t^hpw Jtakes-Ipi&e jtp-inoVrQy. at 'AST Ithere^are a great; nujinber'.b^ entries l ; in. the-; .Jvarictus.-jclasses,/ we .anticipate 'a greait •success, T. The ;gates will be opefa. to ihe ; * public at-not)n, an<J every one. slioudd take ; this opportunity to seethe best stock ot ' the district, see the- jampiug\matches i alone, will be well worth' a trip .to Makaraka ' and back, the evening a dinner will be' .given^teftbeMjtiage^ i'n:the:Mas6nio f Hot'el^ lat tf. 30. , - and .there, ■ should ( be a- large • -attendance, as the price is fixed at the extremely low; figure of half-a-guineai' .* ; *1 / The following are the winning; nuuibec^, in Mr:.H.- N. Abbott's secojid sweep, for .the' Melbourne Cup :— 620, Athlete; 6^ /Elastic, to Conipany ;#29j» Nerissa; 7.35, X)emoceat ; 739, RoyaljUonsort ; 744, EtfosP ■The winning numbers in Cameron's s^eep to Gisborne s^tfscnbersjare riot yet krio.wir.' In the KrM-.r. Court thisimpxniijgV lirj r A.' Cocks.' accountant, sued Mr/ WiJ^d^K for; tb^e^um 7s.^2cl,j ; beuig ".balancd. i>f. accbuhV due f or-salaryv f roni OTirP W ! 31st. Mr. .W, .srassey..apggafed';?#-I*''fe l defendant, and^fe Nofeh-fo^he'piaWtffS The plaintiff alleged thafc. his 'engagelneßt wjas by itliejnoßjth and claimed accordingly for wrpn%fSP.disinisaal Before the expiry oithfiWrn- 1 : The defence was. that } the. plaintiff , was .absent without leave from the , 6th •.tp.'.-fcjti'te.ptli October, and that the hii?~ : ing waa. by the week, the defendant _'ueVSr* any person in his. eniploy■at a'^ioStSy s^lafy. • In; order' to give: Mr. l"- --; Cocks :-£BQ/" inducement to come the defendant told him he would allow ten' per cent. ' off^.Bis* monthly* general: Store/ account. ■ Mi-' 'ifolaa- c'Vfttended that .. "this arrange'ineutiißigbtrbe! consulcrud into an engagemeat.by the moutli.-aud quoted authorities which His Worship reciuired hiiri to produce. ?jHis£W.orship said that the absence of Mr/^6ks; wa&*not a sufficient cause fpr< : dismissal, -Brit as r tp the engagement, as he wasguided only by the co'mmpn law, and t^e^ustoms of : thfe; pla.ce-;he must decide. ; up.on."tne evidence unless Mr. Nolan at the afjjpiirnment produCfed- th.ci- authorities Whi'cji hhre r q,Uoted.. . Mr. . ,j. .. W. Ifplan ; applfed *for' -'an- • adjournniisnt to briiig rebutting" evidence ; '-. .wiih • respect to the_ evidence of Mr._A^air v wher^ein^be statfedi 4ib ! atxheiLactiJiever;'enn«ageo: : i any? pe¥sbu by the month. Mr: Bragsey bb-' jfedtSd on the grounds tU^t ; a Tpneed^/^um--mous had been taken 'out against' Mr. Cocks who intended -_tp leaysthe district. An adjpurnment^jWaS^ilo^ed to Friday on payment of adjournment ice and Counsel's, fee of 1 guinea. With- respect t6 the "point raided, by Mr. Nolan hp would "be, .inclined to give it against him and. he ouglit to take it ;t(ito" consideration in applying for the adjournment. The case of Thel wall c& Co. v. McKenziej; to Friday next. Mr. S: M: ..Wilson" advertises tfaafc his cotfche?,f'y{Ml runtp Makaraka to-morrow daring the Show at a return fare of 3s, 6d.