The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. THURSDAY, 27th NOVEMBER, 1879.

Southland Times, Issue 3568, 27 November 1879, Page 2

The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. THURSDAY, 27th NOVEMBER, 1879.

The member for Invercargill has again introduced tothe Government the ■ question for registering mining companies at this, end ,'pf' the Island, and how it appeal's there are difficulties" in the' way" of -registering afrthe Invercargill -Supreme Court 1 Office that are only to be surmounted by : the amendment of the Mining Companies' Act. Although the registration of such companies has been of , exceptional occurrence in connection with Southland mines, yet enough have been registered to render the nigdus operandi sufficiently clear. We should have been surprised indeed if the parties interested, and acting under legal advice, had overlooked anything- in the Act that wotild have: obviated the necessity of going to : Dunedin to register^ The truth is, however, there was no alternative to that course. It is true that the Mining. Act - of .1872 provided for registering mining companies "£t the Supreme Court ; jof :. the judicial district in which it is proposed to carry oh operations.". .The Act further provided that "if there be more than one Supreme Court office in the jadicial7district" registering shall be transacted at whichever qfjthe, two offices the Governor may be pleased to appoint for the; purpose. Now, there are two Supreme Court offices in jthe Southern judicial district, known as the Dtag-o and Southland district, and, as might bare been expected, the one at Dunedin ; was selected as .the .registering focus^ at whose instigation- it matters not, but it is said that; Mr /Bathgate was prominent in the n»t //At any 7rate,'the selection was made and endorsed, first of all by warrant, under the; hand of the Governor, oiv March 23rd, 1875,' and in September of ; thb. same year, by Act iof the General Assembly. It" was gazetted in tthe usual form, and then, as Ysoine doubts arose with regard to retrospective action,- the Registration vof .%„ Mining Companies r . ; Validation Act was passed. By the Governor's warrant the ; -Supreme Court; offices of 7 Auckland, Nelson, and Dunedin, were/ appointed registrars' offices for the "Northern Nelson'*' a^id "Otago and Southland" '.. judicia'l^distncts' %, the purposes qi registering;! mining companies, there being- more than one office in /each district, and the Validation Act . was r passisd ; merely: 7to clejar /up certain doubts attached to the validity of- Acts of Registration at the said^offices: prior; to ■ the;jdate~ of the proclamation;^ : It j ilso endorses the '/term's .of the prqclamatibn in a very, emphatic manner, and -as no further amendment,^ bearing, piijhe, subject, has y been -introduced 'since "then there! cahi be no doubt about Dunedin Bang the place at which to register, pad not Invercargill. Therefore, as the

'Legislature has bound, the Legislature must loose,; which it is proposed to j do by inserting a clause in the Mining ; Companies' Act, 1872, Amendment Bill, i now before Parliament. And so the i matter stands. Mr Bain will, of course, keep the Government to tiieir word, and so open tlie Supreme Court Jiere ii^^:WM<^ hood willprbve "a mshbfbusiness stiorfcly. ■ Weliope the last has been heard,., of registering SouthlaindiittiningiCompaniWat ,^l*o^^7,;; --„y rr . yxx-:y.y^;,-yyx,,yyyx-.. ..

: CoebectionT— Ah error crept' into our report yesterday pf the case Mfilphe v. Mclntyre, Mr WadeV*natne being given' as counsel f Or one of the parties instead of Mr Reade's. Contribution . — We have been requested by Mrs Button to acknowledge'the' donation of £1, by Mrs Mcc Chang, in aid of the funds of the Carnival. 7 7,7; : Campbelltown. JMAyOBALTy.— JMt George W. Nichol -was' 'elected Mayor .s pf .Campbelliowri' :yesterday by. a niajority :; x*jl. 19 over Mr Warren. -~ i The Melbourne iS'iEJjiiiiEE.— The Claud JHamiltbn* ffoin Melbourne<amVed.iit> Bluff last night; and sails for.' aDuhedin; vand Northern ports to-day at 1>- o'clock.'; Passenr; ■gers go down' by.11.15 a.m. trMn;oJ ! -7/ •-,)•x- '■■ Riverton MatoSAltt.— ''through some; oversight the result.of. the polling for mayor"' |was not forwarded' to lis, 1 bufTWe Ward incidentlythat Mr Reid had "been elepted. ,We ?i 'however, merely "give this for * what \i is.worth. -^-'-^ <XXX i:jA .p-'-' ,:i "' ? The THEATEE.^~Ls^t jdigjit's .performance consisted, of ' a j repetition 7or! .the famous drama of '" The Ne# Magdalen:" ' There \vas only a moderate audience. To-night Victor Hugo's "Lucretia Borgia" will be played, and we bespeak for the troupe a crowded house. The Dunedin 7 Election. — The Press Association agent at Dunedia failed to forward us the result of yesterday's Mayoral election.- • From another source, however, we learn that JRTr Walter, the present Mayor, has been defeated by- a'large majority, the votes-polled being :— Fish, 903: Walter, 556.---i CheAp Railway Fares. — As can be seen by advertisement elsewhere, the Commissioner of Railways has most considerately consented to a reduction in the cost of railway travelling, during the Carnival season. Return tickets at single/fares will be issued from any station in the district to luvercargill and back, ancl will be available from to- j day, the 27th, until Monday nest. This ! I should tempt our country cousins to pay a ! visit to the metropolis. I I An Arrest. — Arthur William Campbell, j | who has achieved considerable notoriety in I consequence of his repeated appearance at the Police Court in connection with lottery cases, arrived in town under police escort yesterday. He was " wanted" some time since for establishing a lottery, and failed to make his appearance, consequently Mr McCulloch ordered a warrant for his arrest to issue. This has now been duly executed, and Campbell will re-appear at the Police ■ Court this morniug. j Obtaining Money, under False Pretences. — Early yesterday morning Sergeant Rutledge, of the local police force,.arres'ted a foreigner named Frederick Neiber at the Bluff. Later in the day the man was brought before Mr McCulloch, charged with obtaining J the sum of £15 from Eiberc Abbenseth, of ! Waimate, by faisepretences. Evidence hay- ;| ing been given as to accused's identity, the j Court remanded" him. to Waimate, whither ,he J will be forwarded this thorning. £.. : The Carnival. — We have been desired by Miss McKenna to acknowledge with j thanks receipt of undermentioned sums, collected for the Hospital aud Benevolent Bazaar .-jFiand^j-^jQollected^^y;,: Mr- . Whitaker from. TWaimea: Plains r^i^ay -employees,^; iMr ■Patte^n, ; b^lM^ i ir^in,.-4.l^7fii64J.'^ r ;W* ; Winder, /-£2 Is,vMrrPateraon, permanent way, £JVBs- 5d ; collected, from 'rail way, .employees .at, invercargill rStation, £10 „4s, 6dj making, with : amount already acknowledged, a total subscribed by railway of £31 Is; also from ■Mrs May and-MrsJamjes, fanpy work. ■The ' Mataura Aeson Case. — At the Police ' Court yesterday morning, Francis WTriddon, Duncan Cameron, and Donald McKay were charged on remand with setting fire to an unoccupied building at Mataura. Inspector Fox intimated that he had no further evidence to offer at present, whereupon Mr McCulloch discharged McKay from custody and after cautioning the remaining prisoners inj the usual manner committed them for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. Cameron applied for bail, but the Court refused to grant it. Accident .— A serious accident occurred at the railway station at Buxtons, on the In ver-cargill-Winton line of railway, yesterday afternoon, lt appears a man named Isaac Morrison, a railway employe, was putting the break down on one of the trucks, ahd somehow or other slipped, falling between the truck and platform. The truck was in motion, and. tlie man was severely crushed, receiving considerable injury,, the extent of which 'has hot yet been ascertained. He . was removed to town and; conveyed to his residence,- where he' now lies. Morrison, we understand, is employed as a,h i engine driver oh the Bluff line. 7 . ;. The Wool Sales*— Messris Cargills, Gibbs, & Co have; received the following telegram ' from Messrs Helmnth; Schwartze & Co, dated London, 22nd November .—The tone of the market is very firm. Home buyers operate freely, the advance being chiefly on long stapled wools. Prices ior washed cross-breds are on the average 3d to 4d higher than at the close of last series. Prices for combing fleece, washed and scoured, are on the average 2d per lb higher than at the close of last, series. Foreign buyers act with much reserve. Prices for grease and clothing fleece, washed only, are on the average to Id per lb higher than at the close of last series. Trade in England is good, but rather flat on the Continent.