Local Intelligence

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 8, Issue 455, 23 November 1864, Page 3

Local Intelligence

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT Before D. S. Durie, Esq., R.M. November 15.

R. T. Sheild ■v. Geo. Beaven. Debt L 9 ,10s, due for 957 feet timber sold and delivered. Complainant stated that he liad received tlie order for the timber through the sawyers in his employment named Osborne and Williams, one of whom was indebted to him Ll2 ; that that was the regular way in which he received orders ; and that he considered that this order had been given to him through them ; but that on calling on defendant for payment lie said that lie did not know him at all in the transaction, and declined to pay him. Wm. Burrowes, Ferryman, deposed that he was in the habit, of receiving timber from Mr. Sheild and putting it across the river, receiving from him payment for doing so ; and that in this case he had received a note from Mr. Shield for defendant containing an account of the quantity of timber, but had failed to deliver the note. .Tolm Williams, sawyer, said that the order had been given through Osborne ; that they sawed timber for plaintiff at 12s per 100 at the pit ; and that in this case he looked to plaintiff for the money. George Beaven, storekeeper, said that lie had given the order to Osborne some months ago at 20s per 100 feet, on the express understanding that it should be as a set off against ail amount of L 8 owing to defendant; that the plaintiff, when coming to him for payment, had asked him if he had received Osborne’s timber all right; and that he had never bought timber from plaintiff before. The case was adjourned. November 16. R. T. Sheild v. George Beaven. This adjourned case was decided, the plaintiff being nonsuited. November 18. James Horne v. Catherine Mullins. 10s claimed as damages for trespass of a cow of defendant’s which had broken into a field of plaintiff’s and done damage to that extent. It was admitted that other two cows had been in the field at the same time. Judgment for 55., and costs 4s. Mailman and Richardson v. Alexander Fiirrow. Debt £1 14s. Judgment confessed for £1 135., and costs ss. November 21.

Jolm Sullivan, James Hearnc. and Arthur Bushley, seamen belonging to the schooner Jessie, were brought up on a charge of desertion, and were ordered back to their vessel. John Toole, John Lee, and John Glover v. J. A. Burnett. Complainants claimed £l2 Is. 4d. for carting away 2411. yards of pumice from defendant’s section at the rate of Is. per yard. The dispute was about the measurement which had been made by Glo-' ver and another man when defendant was not present, and calculated from their measurements by two different parties who both agreed in making the cubic measurement charged for. Complainants said the excavation was on an average 6 feet deep. Defendant, on finding that the charge was higher than he had expected employed Mr. Field, 8-ni-voyoiv..to. measure! the exca\ ation, which he did two afterwards, and found the depth not to exceed six feet anywhere, the average being 5h feet ; he calculated the contents to be 204 yards, which at Is. per yard made £lO 45., the sum defendant was willing to pay and had paid into court. Judgment for defendant.

Vaccination. —It will be observed that Dr. Gibson’s day for vaccinating has been changed from Saturday as advertised last week, to Thursday, at 11 a.m. Town Clock. —The defect of the only public clock in tlie place, which is, that it does not strike the hours, is now made- up by tlie attention of the garrison, who have hung up a gong on the Rutland Stockade hil : , on which the neighbouring sentry strikes the .hours from early morn till dewy eve. The tone of the gong is clear though resonant, and the sound is distinctly heard over nearly the whole town. Good housewives have been so much aided by it in the punctual'discharge of their domestic duties that they purpose presenting those who have the charge with a suitable testimonial. Parade. -—We have been asked to call the attention of the members of the Militia and Volunteer Companies residing within the limits of the town to the advertisement announcing a parade on Saturday. Wc

understand that it is the intention of the' Government to have these parades once a month for the inspection of arms foe., and believe that the officer in command will have no objection to alter the day to any other day of the week that may better’ suit the convenience of the Companies, so that ■he.may have no occasion to ii.iiict the penalty for non-attendance.

Suicide —On Friday a young Maori of the name of Aterea shot himself through the neck at Koriniti. He had been threatened with expulsion from the place on account of an improper connection with a married, woman, and this impending disgrace is supposed to have affected his mind. He wasatone time in the native police force, but wasdismissed for immorality. The Natives.— We learn that one party of the Waikatos who have recently been at : Waitotara has departed for Waititra ; that another has gone inland to Pipiriki ; and' , that some are proceeding iiothwards along the coast, leaving a party at Waitotara with Rewi. There is nothing of importance reported. The Waitotaba Road.— lt is said that no a*tempt wilbbe made to carry this road 1 ... .on.until aftoc-the 10th December. Its pre-; sent termination is aboffTEwenty' miles out of town and three or four from the river, at a point fixed by the natives as the extreme limit to which they would allow it to go.. There is the less occasion, for advancing immediately further, as there is about a month’s work for the road party in completing tlie part of the road already formed. Hobsejs Dbowned. —On Monday two off the horses of the Land Transport Corpswere drowned in Virginia Lake. The driver. ■ took liis dray and team to the edge of the lake to water the horses. It happened to be a place where the water deepens suddenly and the horses lost their footing and were drowned. The dray was got to shore by means of a canoe.

Da. Feateebston at Waitotaba.—An exaggerated account of Dr. Featliersfcon’sencounter with the rebels at Waitotara, seems to have reached Auckland, as it was understood there when the 4 Ahuriri’ left,, in quarters which should have been better informed, that lie had had a narrow escape from being killed ; and that a rising here w r as imminent. The No. 2 Lixe — We have had some enquiries regarding an advertisement in oar columns stating that the metalling of thisroad was stopped in consequence of the opposition of the Native Resident Magistrate. We understand the facts to be that the old No. 2 line separated the Native Reserve from the sections adjacent : that adherence to this line would have necessitated the crossing of certain gullies ; that in consequence a line of road was taken round the head of these gullies, which not only went through the Native Reserve, but cut off part of it lying between the No. 1 and No. 2 lines, so as to make it practically useless to its owners ; that the Board which made this alteration in the road did not give, any intimation thereof to the natives, or take proper steps to legalise the change that the Resident Magistrate has been applied to by the natives on the subject, and in their interest desires that some arrangement should be come to regarding it; and? that pending this arrangement he cannot allow the road to be completed. We have no doubt that the Board of Wardens will, have no difficulty in getting the matter setiled.