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Thames Advertiser, Volume X, Issue 2624, 16 May 1877, Page 2

Ir-;- 1 -! IMo . Some aotion is about & be taken in. D,unedin and Ghrisichurch relative to arrlviag at dr• airablo amendments in the Counties Act, to be . laid before the ensuing session o£ the Assembly. In Duuedin, Mr Vincent Pyke haa convened a conference on'the subject, 'and in Canterbury a oonfereiics i»f 1 all' the' Coiinty 1 Couiicil repro* sentatives is to ba held to discuss' the wattor, It tbat.Uio, . promised an improved measure' next' session— that they 'assured- us a'- system l of' local self* government, framed in tKp.lijjht.pf experience, woiilti be pro^ wlxeii another session' 'oamp round. Th'o time is rapidly approaohiug, and nothing appears tp bavd been doue beyond the transmission 1 of a < circular letter- of- to •the various Couuty Councils in active operation throughout tho colony, inquiring their yiewa\bh the Act of last, session,,and asking for any. suggestions which, in tbeit wisdom,' they might dceni; • desirable. improvements ; to. .introduce ; into the Act. The. Thames County Council remitted their circular to a committee, and we shall expect to' find some sensible BUgeestionß emanating from that body. In thfe meatt" time, however, nothing 1 has - been dope by'tho • , Government towards framing a new measure, or bringing expeiience to' ; bep.r: on tlio mcasuro of last session.. If, the Government, intend to supply the country with a heterogeneous coljectionof the combined wisdom of the various Councils at tbc last moment we shall have very little to thank them for, and \ye fear,tho country will not beudlb much by the light of experience which was to do so much towards

improving aud perfecting tbo system of localgovernment this session. It is a good principle, as a rule, to; test, such' measures in tlih way, bub we think the Government should not have left so much to chance. ijTho recess; sl\ould have been employ win' providing material for amendments, but too much dependence should not be placed on the result of these circular invita'ions, and the, matter-,left,open until the,.eleventh hour.

By a te«e.io£;May 3rd, Captain,Daldy is re-appointed a member of the Harbour Boird, and the 17th inst. fixed" foV'the election of a member to fill a vacancy. 5 "•• 1

Daring the last fortnight, though pheasant shooting Is'sttictly forhidden'till the 21at inst, birds very much resembling that species of game have been'mysteriously numerous inlar. ders, and on private tables. What could they •be? The question on being put generally elicited oeply of a,more or.leas.eciuivocal character^, ( Tlie lact of the birds Being'voritable pheasants, has at last become pfelly.known that no more prevarication is attempted 1 and now the answer is that they are " Taranaki pheasants." Why •'Taranaki,'' it-may be asked ? Because at ; that happy place they started their shooting on; the-lit inst^and, consequently it iS no breach] ok theJar;i<^haYe;o£eat' birdflhilled at.Nevf ; Pl^dnthl^Bat -Aiioklanroi than ever ( shotthere.W fore,ij?e should-,say. & mp,was seen to rnßh arrived, yesterday,, an'dy immediately afterwdSj Jt.j^ecame.^kMWn pheas'ants'from TaranaUi!' : 'it is to be supposed ttey Tvf'er,®,f rojia Taranaki i£, he said eo j , singular i fact. these were landed more quickly than any mercbanaise, ot\ brpught ( up . before.Star.,, ji| -Thelcharge of Patea has fejjrtn ,pver by j the cil, undej, , ■ of ..the QpTcrnment; » J( |j ju.i ,»ol

'A'teWgrto in' tiie QreV'HiVer! thke J I) J' ! Giirdtf ooa, Q 11 ailCtibneei'j r has «beta-; fineft 1 i ; holdiiig 'saltf outsida the diß- ■ tricH for-'which his auctioneer's license:-was! issnedi ? Prom-what'' m (Argus) -know of tbe| case, ai stimprobable' that'tM'flne is'a''formal one, and will be the'factHbow' thW 'thMrfofett'of ;: the' "Auctioneers'- Act was justly aiTintat'jiit l r oixeJ''>;but; -winsj curred on the reaifdriribihly-'of'the > 'County Ctoifttan, wli'i'Ba'd steed the defendant'that M'fti&hf safely l bold 'a-'^ale'aiiywhere within' S aiv'iWeftinf M v 'axrivia'' in"the MariuVrofrom oaMihday'morning. ; She lepiineflih .'on 'the '7th'. instant:, 1 from.New' Plymputh' to Hard gale and thick ;• weather. FasseDgersrMiss'M, Pioneer, Mar Wilson, Mr' and Mrs 'Horath, Mr and Mra Fay, Mr and Mrs.Davis,-Mr and MraiDavenport $eiara Davetiporii,.; Lannigan,, McKenzje Philip,'i P.' Howard, T. H.'ONeill, ft; Nicholson, 6. in the Steerage ', • JThe's. s * fjouthem f • Cross,' after, three,: days'. detention, left.tbe:-Mannkau ; for.,Lytteltpn. at; half-past'two: .on Saturday, afternoon.,,,,,:::; ■

Captain Helander and' two'''Seamenr'of';;the 1 Pretty Jane ' had a narrow escape of being drown^--^ißbira^"ftfc'Meß<W'npS«fK6f a boat in the surf. They-clung to the uptiOTe'ilbratl 'anil iiere : hamted state.

MrTunny, twa'samplfe 6f;cjuartz ftqiix'.tbe to XimihjW iSeorge jfti&j the'result of the analysis: sample^-tf< gold, Gdwta 12gra per .ton; 16dwt3 antdSgrb per. tb'n.; ' : n ( . T The b.s. '' WanaW' arrived' in '■ Aucktod'hsr«ii bouVlate on Sun'3«Sy; j jb|' from' andj BatfieoaC^ commaia/Jiiffle .reports',veryiiheayy.galesiallv aliiiig 'the 1 coafet.'CPassengers 1 Bojltq, Miss G.avin, mer, ! Mm 1 Captain. Malcolm j; Captain; Clayt6n,\.Bey,.,#r WiHiattis;Messrs, Bennett;: tWillitos, s. Millaj ■ Edeeeniabe, 1 Smith, lfl?i.nsqlin r : Harkis,' Began,' WilSon, Fdnton,' and,; fotir fsteetage. McGtillivray experienced the tidal wave when the's.s, f, Wanaka-"jwaa midway''between 7 b0rne.,,.,., There .were A; three 'rdiatinct ? ,rollers, s wjiicfy'at tiieFtime,;h#; could: not .account .f^r,. One - was 1 at : six' o'clock,- and - another ; at Jlalfc past 7." ;";Snyder," in the'Powfy BafSiMavp is' I gayer,o,'pn' Jiistices'.','o£ .the /Peace.; i: Befernng ! to the list o£ J.E's. published i in ,'a', recent Gazette he says, after stating that: there are no fewer than eleven hundred'and seventeen in the state that it is highly s4tiacent, of the. Justices can readf.while 92 per i cent, can read and'write, \although'only 18 per cent, can spell correctly. Of . ..the 'f'wholenumber,' accord*, ing to' the.! returns • furnished, 800, Justices of I 'the Peace spell 'drunkenness' in the judgment look wiih one 'n'; 280 spell it with two 'k's'j..B4..appear to,, consider one, *a* aV 'the end of the word sufficient. 'One only J.P. spells-the word) •■(dbrunkiness.' Fifty-eight per cent, of the J.P's have received commissions" for 1 supporting ministerial elections; r five, per' cent. ! for endorsing''promissory "totes ■of Government officials. And four'ifor; lending money which was never retprned iand,never will. be.. Tho report, that many of.these J.P's are bankrupts in character, as ! 'Wcll as in-means; that many are utterly unfit to discharge their duties, or are entitled conferred,on,them, is altpgether is a wioked, malicious libel, ,-wliich is'entitled to reprobation."

Many of out readers will remember the,story of the boy who remarkably promising fail'jrapi" One dajr the youth's father went to diamine the dog, 'which,' true to,the instincts of its species, fastened on to his nose. ''Let him alone, jfathor; ? doil'{ Shake him off," cried tho enthusiastic joung dog fancier. " let him hold on a minute; it'll be the makin' o' the pup." Mr Alexander Jiurt 'possesses a good watch-dog, arid 'a week or two ago it'caught hold of the leg; of a Corporation dustman named Harry Sharps, Now;: Mr Burt's dog! is only seven Or eigbt months old; but Sliarpe did not regard its action with regard to his leg as.a sign of promise, especially as he alleges: that. .the Injury incapacitated him from work for a fortnight. He accordingly charged Mr Burt, with being the owner,of '.' an animal of furious and dangerouß propensities, accustomed to attack mankind;" and at the fiesident Magistrate's Court lately sought to recover £20 damages for the injury done him'.—Dunedin, Guardian. ;.'jDoeS"Our constant chatter disturb you? asked one of three talkative ladies'of a soberlooking fellow passenger.—'No, ma'am: l'to been married nigh on to thirty year's,' was tho reply.