MOTUEKA.—MAGISTEATES' CQURT.

Colonist, Volume XIX, Issue 2200, 20 October 1877, Page 3

MOTUEKA.—MAGISTEATES' CQURT.

t -WsDNBSDIy, Ootober 17.

[Before L. Bboad, Es<_;T(B.M., and5 C. Paeebe and 1?. Jblmcob, Esqs., JJiP. '% William Murnane wm bound over to keep the peekce for six months focusing threatening language towards Mrs Wise and.others, himself ia §50 and two sureties of £25 each.' Elett v. Grant.—olaim, £53. A set-off jwas pat in, and judgmept was given for plaintiff, £15 .15s 3d. E. Boyet V. Foote.-^rJudgment Bummont. Defendant did not appear, and judgment was given for plaintiff— £3 per quarter^ or in default one-month. Mrs Parker v. Ramage.—Claim,-£7 6s 6dl* Adjourned to next Court day. w Thos. Boyes v. A. Drummond.—Cattle trespass on road. Fined 2s and oottß*. ::"• „;« Jenkins v. -Holyoak^apd Rowlings,—This was a sheep-worrying case br^ou^ht up for re-hearing. It was adjourned-on account of a witness note/being forthcoming, Mr BunnV appeared for the defend-; ants, and remarked that he hoped the plaintiff would also engage a solicitor next Court day, as the plaintiff was too much of a lawyer,for him. 7

Calves Poisoned. — A rather curious incident was,communicated to me yesterday, writes our Irortebello correspondent, by the Messrs Weipere of Sandvmount, They had thrown out into*™iHeir yard the lead leaf taken out of a tea chest; some of their calves! took a notion to eat the same, and in consequeiipe thefeof tf opi themj-diedJaWd one! or mole'are in aiiyiilig' stStfe;" 'The" Messrs; Weipers opened the beasts that died, andj of the lead-in the|toma^h| ,of|«ach.— Oiflgo pmly Mmek^ ) jj '; | The late Dr Ihgiis, of East Taieri* Otago, was buried a few days ago, and his funeral was one.of jthe largeßt^ver| seen in^hat dis-| trict.' A number of persons from Dunedin | i attended.

Mr Chaelks Hi££SDEir, secretary andj custodian of the Theatre Koyal at Wellinp-j ton, died on October 15th. . «*« \ a nominal capital of £100^000 has been] jured his spine at the races destroyed. ]

A Laeqe Bili^— The Engineer-in-Chief of New Zealand, rtKilllMy man. He has just sent in his bill—a very little one, by-the-bye, from his own point of view—to the Christchurch Drainage Board, and it amounts to no less a sum than £1750, for which tbe Board have a. report, the recomtoepdjitibne of which haye I ;beenviejected.--i_lwMfirf Star.

r| CosFiscat£d Lakds.—The Dun«din Star

1 has received information that-the whole ? question as to tbe title of European { purchasers of the confiscated lands, is about . to be tested by an action of ejectment against t the proprietor of a large estate in the ■ Waikato. , . :; / I MrwEßiots Afjpaib.—The Immigration » Officer,- Mr; Allan, sends the following ex- • fcraordinary letter to the Dunedin papers: 1 *T-V-il:wish tobring bofore your serious consideration a very mysterious affair, viz:— ! Donald M'Kenhoni unmarried; Angus ,- M'Donald, .married; Donald Gillies, un- '. married; Donald Gillies, married; Mrs. Malcolm, iM'Donald, or Brtty Scott; i Alexander Gillies,' unmarried; Donald I- M'Donald, married; Ewen Gillies, unmar- ,. Tied,-all from St. Kilda. The above-named eight men and women went in the spring of 1863 in a boat for some commodities for their families to Harris, but when no traces . of them could be found, it was then and since thought that they were all drowned in crossing the channel. But it now turns out by an account received of Donald M'Kennon, of St.' Kilda, who died of fever at the Transvaal Republic, in South-east Africa, that .. they ; were. taken' away by some bad captain of a ship, which met them: in the bay, and . bad I disposed of them in different parts of .the world. They bound themselves by oath that^ they would never declare how they had been dealt with. M'Kennon went to Dunedin in 1863, and some other acquaintances of his came, back in the same ship with him from Australia to the Transvaal. I hope you will examine your lists of passengers for the year mentioned, to see if you will find any person or persons named from St. Kilda, Mew Britain, in your list of passengers for the year 1863.—Jn0. M'Kay, St. Kilda Manse, 10th July, 1877." Mb Bunny, M.U.R.—The Wairarapa Standard, in a careful review of the political ■ situation, says that " if any single individual deserves credit for having ousted the late Ministry, Mr > Bunny without any question is entitled toit. But whether his constituents will give him any credit for this achievement appears to be extremely doubtful." Our contemporary thinks, if tbe Ministry had given Mr Bunny the under-secretaryship, which appears to be the summit of his i ambition; that the'great Middle Party would have remained unformed. — Wellington Argus. , RELIGIONS REVIVAL IH- AUbTBALIA.—The noohday prayer meetings, which were opened by Mr.-Somerville in the Assembly Hall, Melbourne, have (says a Victorian exchange) ''so increased in interest that the building has become too small to hold the numbers who flocked there, and Collins-street Inde--1 pendent Church ha_ not been found much 'too large.' Mr. H. Varley has presided each day, and at twelve o'clock punctually streams of people, chiefly ladies, but with a large proportion' of men of all classes, have been seen directing their steps to tbe church. Every night, also, at half-past seven the building has been crowded by those who were desirous of hearing Mr. Varley. The movement (writes the Telegraph) is altogether unprecedented in the religious world of Victoria, and is well worth attentive consideration and discussion. Dr." Somerville is now preaching with 'equal success is Sydney, and is thus described* by a correspondent:—"Dr. Somerville, though over seventy years old, is still in tbe possession of a fine clear voice, and much vigor of frame. His discourses, which are simple, but very eloquent, are delivered in a very fervid and impressive style. His benign countenance, and silvery locks which float about his neck, give him the appearance of a divine of bygone days. Dr. Somerville has come all the way from Scotland to stir up different Colonies to a deeper sense of the importance of religious matters. His mission is purely one of love, for he will not accept any remuneration whatever, either in money or its representative." The Timber Tba.de.—-The New Zealand Times mentions that Messrs Guthrie and Larnach, timber merchants, of Dunedin, are about to establish a branch of their business in "Wellington. They have purchased a mill at the Manukau, and .intend supplying the iharket there with kauri timber. Already two vessels are on the road with full cargoes of kauri for that port from the Manukau, namely the Edith Keid and Amaranth, which are to be followed by the Prince Rupert. , .Thei Elanbi? Mars.—-The Government astronomer in Victoria has received a telegram > from Sir George Airy, the Astronomer Royal, asking him to watch Mars closely for two suspected satellites. Mars has been observed very assiduously at the observatory since July, for the purpose of determination of the sun's distance, but no signs of any satellites have been noted. A systematic search with the great telescope and the larger refractors will now be made for the supposed companions of the planet. — Press. Native Opinion.—Paul, of Orakei, has been at Wellington; and like an observant Maori says the Auckland Herald, has formed his opinions about the sayings and doings of the representatives' of the people there assembled. ' To- begin with, he is surprised .that the' pakehas'tolerate those who ought to be the wisest men in the country sitting for months and doing nothing but squabbling He says that he and other natives used to attend theiittings, but by*and-by they would not^ trouble themselves, and regarded tbe House of Representatives as no better than a collection of dogs bow-wowing at back other in the street. '' SirLMMAK Pasha.—Those who have been piizzled to discover the true nationality of Suleiman Pasha may rest content with the assertion of "the' London Time* '« correspondent w'ith the' Turkish army in Boumelia, that Suleiman's 'proper name^is Seal, and that' 'liej Mb/a Frenchman by birth but a Miissulmaii .by adoption. He has been a colone^ in 'the, /French army.— Canterbury JPirete. '/ V, .' , . , .Napilsb' HiitßO* WoßKS.—While' th« i Harbor Board was sitting at Napier on Oct. IlOth, a impe y^TO. broU oyer the eastern

• pier harbor works at Port Ahuriri and carried away, the steam'engine,1 crane, and a number of piles. The estimated damage is between £300and,d5400. The'bar is worse now than ever: <The Southern Cross, loaded with cattle for Auckland, is bar hound, and the JRangatira, which arrived from Poverty Buy, is even unable to land her passengers. This is all the grand effect of'Carruthers' grand harbor'acherne.— Post. A Hinimo the Wise.-—Another instance of the value of life insurance has been « afforded by the case of the late Mr John . Johnson, bellrnatt,' of Wellington, who met his death by drowning about six weeks ago. . Mr Johnson had insured his life'in 1875 in the industrial, branch'of the Government Insurance office, paying 2s weekly. At the time of his death he had paid in all only JCI2 12a, but the amount>paid to his widow was £12145, which would havetaken above2o years to save, at the same rate as the premium he had been paying lor. only two years. — Post. Extraordinary STORT.^-An ugly story is told in the lobbies.' •It -is stated that a certain firm in Dunedin, which holds mortgage of property, of Mr Joyce, was telegraphed to,> and in reply an authority obtained to bring pressure to bear; that Mr Joyce was sent for to the Ministerial room, and threatened that if he did not vote with the Government his property would be sold i up. Mr Joyce indignantly refused to becoerced. It is believed the matter will be ' brought under the notice of the House, and that this is only one instance out of several, of a similar kind, — Auckland Star. New Goldfield.—Upwards of 500 men are at work at the new rush near Eushworth (Colony ot Victoria), and on the gutter 18 dvvts. to ithe tub are being obtained. A Chapter of Accidents.—At Feilding, "Wellington, on October 13th, a party of ladies aud gentlemen were riding up M/mchcster-street, when Mrs Henry Halcombe's horse suddenly shied and threw its rider. The lady fell so suddenly and heavily as to fracture both her legs.—A lad named "William Lowe, walking across a piece of planking at the wharf improvement at Auckland, on October 16, fell through, and in falling a huge iron spike used for securing the stringers below the wharf, entered his arm between the arm-pit and tbe elbow, inflicting a bad wound and paying bare the main artery and integuments. The lad then fell into the water, from which he was quickly rescued. By some fortunate chance the artery was not injured; had, it been penetrated, the boy would have bled to death in three minutes.—John Mackay, son of the Esv. John Mackay, of Otakuhi, Auckland, was thrown from his horse while going to school last Sunday, and fractured several ribs, which pressed in on the kidneys; he also suffered other severe injuries.—A girl named Margaret Dornalty was killed at Auckland on 16th October by a fracture of the skull, caused by a fall through jumping out of a milk cart, the horse having run away. Another girl in the cart also jumped out, but escaped with a few bruises. Coloneal Sympathy.—Close upon £5000 has been subscribed to the Indian Pamine Pund at ,Melbourne, and over £2000 at Adelaide) Besides Australia, New Zealand is likely to contribute a very respectable sum to the same fund. Bakers' Harvest.—The Thames Evening Stat stateß that the congregation qf natives at Parawai during t^e past fortnight produced a small harvest for some of the Shortland storekeepers, especially these who sell bread and meat ,and other articles of food. One baker supplied during .the tangi over Te Moananui 40 tons of flour and 3000 loaves of bread to the order t of the Government. The Graving Dock at Auckland is making rapid progress. The rubble work is nearly ' finished, and th'e rudder-well being built. The pumping machinery was received by the Sam Mendel a fortnight ago, and is able to pump 8000 gallons per minute. — Otago Daily Times. t '' " ' Tiie Melbourne 'Yo'nng Men's' Christian Association'^ new premises have just been opened. They cost £7000, of which £5000 has been subscribed. Pillaes of the KjßK.—The story is an old one in Otago (says' the '' Vagrant" jq the New Zealand Mail)' but being reminded of ifc by an old Otago friend I am tempted to repeat it. Mr Eauldkail had .put on Mr Hotbrose's 'run'3ooo'sheep'bn "terms as to increase and profits on the wool. Both gentlemen being pillars-of the kirk* Eauldkail never inquired-about hi_ sheep for three years. At the end of that time he arrived at his friend's homestead one Sabbath night too late for tea, but just in time for family • prayers. . "Weary as he was, he might have been excused for not paying particular attention to Hotbrose's exhortations,' but self-interest soon' compelled him -to be an attentive listener. Hotbrose began at once to pray that his dear fellow-worker Eauldkail, might be strengthened under the afflictions which Providence had sent upon him, which, involved the death-of alMambs born of his' Bheep, and, the subsequent loss iof the sheep < under a Scab Apt., ,Ab thefsame time Bro-' vidence was thanked r for , the peculiar1 , manifestation of its bounties, which .enabled' each of. Hotbrose's ewes;to,bear two lambs,! and all the lambs jto survive. } <\*\ Everything possible.iia beings {done* to' hush up the unfortunate results ofthe mardh from Aldershot to and back fori the - review" ordered),-last week, by<>the Queen. Prom Jthe, division ,ofr jsl .little^imore rtha'n i 14,000 troops mor,e than, j66offell out Unable > to march. This is the "number o£authenti-j cated cases, and does not include the men whorode on baggage waggons, bread waggons, , and other transport vehicles'. ''l£l thought! any good would be derived from concealing 1' this, 1 would"noW'-ny tongue;.but,it'is far '.better that the'nation should know of what stuff its one solitary ( division is composed,; and I hope that .he 'report of the [medical officers upon the condition of\th'e men on 'their returrT-o Aldershot'will( he asfted 'for jn , Parliament. If ail that I hear is truty.be " 'production of these''reports would, burst the J bubble of (t successful^recruiting" so often floated before oufeyei.^TFtfritfr '' '"