INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2762, 31 July 1883, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Pbess Association.] Avcxzaxd, July 80. The annual meeting of the Auckland law Siciety wag held to-day. Tho report stated one complaint had been received by the Council of misconduct on the part of a member of the profession, and this h&d received their coniideration. The matter had been handed over to a solicitor, in order to obtain the neeesairv evidence. If this evidence was obtained, the Council had 'determined to proceed Bgiinet the practitioner in question. The Council had also received two complaints of unqualified persons having acted as eolici or*. In both of these cases the Council had ordered tho pirtiei to be prosecuted, and the cases were now in the hands of the counsel instructed for that purpose. Two ■ ueh persons bad been convicted in the •outhern portion of the oolony, and it bad bor-n then decided it was not necessary that parties f> acting should have received a reward for their service*. There ivi-s good reason to believe that a large amount of this kind of practice was carried on in Auckland, but hitherto the Council had not been able to obtain evidence. Law fieportt tiers now finally established and properly s pported. There was every likelihood of thrir becoming of great valus and service to the profession. Although Auckland, however, contributed equally with Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin lo the costs of a paid reporter, the other districts referred to received a much larger share of its advantage, the Society's funds w mid not enable them to engage a reporter at £200 per annntn. At tha annual meeting of members of the New Zealand Educational Institute, a letter was received from P. O'Callaghan, M.H.B. for Lincoln, flatly denying ths statement mnde by Mr Dargaville in addressing his eon* stiturnts in May last that " Mr O'Callaghan, a Southern Member, had obtained from the Auckland Teachers* Association a tote of thanks for services re the restoration of the 10 per cent reduction on teaohera* Salaries, the credit of which was really due to himself." Commenting on Mr Dargaville'i remark, the writer said that " it was evident that here at elsewhere a prophet had not honor in hi* own country." Mr O'Callaghan added, "I mußt jay, if this is the way Mr Dargarille seeks to gain honor in his own country, I don't ironder at his not getting it there." A letter was received from Mr Dargaville vindicating the truth of his challenged statements. The Chairman remarked that in •pite of the tremendous exertion* of both gentlemen, it was a fact tbat teachers had sot yet received the amount of the 10 per east reduction. It was resolved that a copy of tht correspondence should be sent to the Board of Education, and further information on the subject respectfully asked for. Sam Wylie, a gam digger, bat been drowned at Kaikoe, by falling out of a pant. He was a half-cute Indian native of Calcutta and had no friend* in the colony. . Andrew 21. Allan, aged 23, employed in Ooaiini and -Atiini* coachbailding' factory, if

supposed to have committed suicide. A hnt was found off the flock containing a letter addressed to the core of M. W. Allan, St. Kilda, Tlunedin. last night he Tiaited the Queen'a Held Hotel, where he met a young lady, with whom ha took a wa'Vr, returning a', eleren. He presented her with a bracelet, as »he would probably never see birn again. Uo did rot appoir at his work to-day. The police hive dragged unsuccesifullj for his body. Wasoakui, July 30. At Ih-i annual meeting of the Joekey Club to-night, £75 was voted to the late handicapper, Mr Hateley, in recognition of his ton years' service!, and the Olub appointed Mr J. O. Eva, of Napier, in his etead. The vote is to bn supplemented here by a donation from private friends. Mr Bryre baa returned the following reply to tho address of sympathy from the K*i Iwi Cavalry : — " I have received with groat gratification the address of sympathy you have been so g-wid as to send me. Whatever may happen to me in tho fu'ure, i* •will always be t> matter of satisfaction to mo that I succr eded in acquiring your corfidenea under very trying circumstances, and that I have retained it to the end. When a rran attains a prominent public position such as I now occupy, the temptation to rams minds toa?»ail his private character is evidently irresistible. Tho wri'er of the History to which you refer appears, however, to regard this not as a ttmptation to be avoided, but a as a duty to bs psrformed. His object seems to be to prove that his countrymen, wehen they be-; came New Zealand colonists, changed tbeii nature and principles, and became all that ii wioked and base. To suoh a taste inveracity and slander are sufficiently congenial. Itroel that the day will come when the history ol New Z-a'and will be truly written without morbid sympathy or unworthy prejudice. When that lime comes it will b« seen that th» nativ*i of this country have been treated with a degree of justice and humanity never before displayed by the dominant race in the history of colonisation. Gentlemen, I assure you, and you at least will accept the assurance, that so far as I am aware, I have done nothing in any pyblio capaoity which my friends need bo o»hsmed to see recorded." Wblhkston, July 30. The annual meeting of the Wellington Baring Olub was held »hi« evening, Mr 3. 8. M. Thomson in tho chair. The balance-sheet showed an overdraft of £57. The receipts for the season wore £1910. The expenditure was £1967. The amount given in stakes was £1451. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. Bir Wtn. Fitzberbert, President of the Club, and Mr Win. Hiokson (Vice-Presi-dent) resigned, and Messrs B. Pearce and J. 8. M. Thompson were appointed to fill the respective vacancies. The other office-bearers elected were — Secretary and Treasurer, H. M. Lyon; Clerk of Scales, John Maginnity; Starter, A. Young j Stewards, H. W. Diver, J. McDowell, J. Saundert, H. Fitzherbert, H. D. Bell, J. E. Haye, and F. Franklyn. There was no business of any special interest transacted. Nbuos, July 30. On Saturday night a little girl nimed Avory, two years old, was standing by a fireside, when a kettle of boiling water upset scalding the child. To-day she succumbed to the injuries received. It is feared that Mr Morris Bucholz, third son of Mr S. Bucholz, an old resident of this district, has been drowned in the Takaka river. He was acting as traveller for Mr Mots Davis, and on Thursday afternoon he left Collingwood to ride to Takaka. On Saturday it was learnt in Collingwood that he had not arrived. Search was made yesterday, and the horse he rode was found with one stirrup-leather gone and the saddle turned round under the horse's belly. His body has not yet been found. LATBB. Yesterday 60 men were sent out eearohing for Mr Buohols in the yioinity of Takaka river, and to-day 40 men have been searching. The horse was tracked from the river but the body has not been found. Grbymotjth, July 30. The first of four charges against W. T. Morton, for stealing gold from hi* neighbors' sluice-box was commenced in the District Court this morning; A good deal of public interest is felt in the case, Morton being a well-known and well-to-do miner. The jury went out to see the place, the Judge concurring with the counsel engaged, as it was almost impossible to understand the evidence without viewing the ground. A miner, who returned last night from the rush at Brandy Jack's, reports unfavorably, saying u yet there is only one small block of ground which is doss to the old workings. The exports lset week from this port were 2324 tons of coal and 42 tons of ooke. Chbistchubch. July 30. Mr Jacobsen states that the telegram received from Eelsey, London, re the Alford Forest diamonds was in the following words— !' Cutting diamond, small value." He says be agreed with Eelsey to this effeot, first that Eelsey should get two or three diamonds cut, and secondly that he should submit the question of their being diamonds or no diamonds to certain known authorities in London Liverpool and Amsterdam. He further' says that be and Eelsey differed as to the value of the diamonds, Eelsey rating the aggregate of what be took Home at £3000 or £4000, assuming that they prov«d to be genuine, while Jacobsen reckoned them, as diamond!, to be worth between £80 and £120. Eelsey was to indicate in his cable meuige who was right. Jaoobien, therefore, read the message thus i— "l am getting the number of diamonds agreed upon cut. The stones are diamonds. Their value is the smaller value." With regard to future cables, the directors of the Pioneer Company say that they will be in cipher, addressed to the Chairman, and after being submitted to the directors will be published. Another party of tbroe individuals have applied at the Wast* Lands Office for prospecting licenses at the Ninety Mile Beach. One of Smith's party has returned to Southbridge with amalgam the result of washing up. He estimates that 10 shillings a day oan be made after paying all expenses, that is working eight hours. The result o( the washing up is as follows : — Out of eight loads of washdirr, half or three-quarters of which was got together at first without aay trouble being taken in selecting it, five pennyweights of gold was obtained. He estimates that with carefully collected washdirt the yield would be two to three pennyweights per load. DuirHDnr, July 80. Tho rain continues, but not s> steadily. Nothing serious in the way of floods is reported, and the railway lines are all right._ The story abont a piece of firewood being placed on the Northern railway line turns oat to b« a small affair. It was a clothes prop, one end of which was on the adjacent fence, and the other end aoross odb rail. iNVBECABomTi, July 30. A very strong letter was published on Saturday night, in reference to the temptations put in the way of boys and young men by hotelkeepers t particularly in connection with billiard -playing. On the same evening and yesterday the police paid surpris* visits to a number of hotsls, the result being that two proprietors will be charged with keeping billiard-rooms open after hours. No cases of Sunday traffio were discovered. The Tramway Company have accepted a tender for the extension ol the line eastward from Dee street, nearly a mile in length, and connecting the town with Eatt Invercargill. Stanley and Darbythire's Juvenile Troupe doted a long and successful season here tonight. They gave a Hospital benefit worth £120 while here.