West Coast Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1883.

West Coast Times, Issue 4279, 6 April 1883, Page 2

West Coast Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1883.

'■ The Supreme Court was occupied all day yesterday with tbe trial of Ferguson and Dunlop for cattle stealing. The jury,j ury, shortly after midnight, brought in a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoners were discharged. Special jurymen summoned to try the , action Gibson t. Hewitt, are required to be in attendance at the Supreme Court at two p.m. this day; and special jurymen in the case Poschich v. Perotti must attend at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before his Worship the Mayor, Margaret Scaolan was sentenced to four days' ' imprisonment for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The Grey Hirer Argus, in its issue of yesterday, devotes a leading article to "the irrepressible Richard -"' of Kunmra. It con» 1 demna Mr Seddon for closing the Kunaara school, and says his action was " the outcome ' of bad temper," and concludes with the fol- ' lowing passage :—": — " In the first place it ; serves to show what manner of man Mr Seddon is, and bow dangerous it would be to entrust him with any degree of power; and in the second it will open tbe eyes of the 1 local committee, and lead them to keep a , sharp eye on their chairman, so that he may not drag them in the mire, as he has done in this instance, merely in order to gratify bis personal spleen." It is reported that " the irrepressible," on reading the article, ejaculated—" Hast thou turned dog upon me ? 1 Then knoweßt thou not my power. But wait the verdict of the Court." ' The total amount of insurance on the seven buildings destroyed at the late fire at Eumara, amounted to £750, which was divided between the Imperial and Northern Insurance offices- Messrs Pollock and Sevan had allowed a policy on tbe Masonic Hotel to lapse only about a week before tbe fire took place. Mr Moss, of Greymouth, received the following telegram from the manager of the > Energetic Company, Reef ton ;— " Stone on the battery level 9fc wide, showing payable gold. Stone above level making wider, and showing good gold." The Hokitika portion of tbe San Francisco mail is expected to reach here by Saturday evening's coach from Christchurch. As a sign of the popularity of the last New , Zealand loan, a London correspondent men* tions that the " City Waiters' Provident and Pension Society " have invested £1382 10s in 1 New Zealand 4 per cent stock. This snm i purchased £1400 worth of stock, i It is stated that Te Kooti has heard all about the threats that have been made by ! the people of Poveity Bay (says the New Zealand Herald), This has caused him some apprehension, and it ia believed that he has written to the Native Minister on the subject. In Nelson this year the total area devoted to bop-growing was 587 acres. One grower, Mr Harley, of Stoke, had a crop of 12,812 bushels, the picking of which cost him £186 16s lod. The Wanganui HeralS, speaking of the Grey Ministry, says:—" The head of the Ministry, in oratory, was probably not second to Mr Gladstone himself." A general meeting of the West Coast Railway League, was held at Christchurch on Wednesday, at which the principal buainesß done, says the Press, was the arrangement for meetings, to be addressed by delegates, to be held in the various centres of popular tion, advocating tho construction of the line, The Government remembers its friends, says the Mataura Ensign. Mr H, Hirst' ex-M.H.R., for Wallace, has been appointed a member of the Southland Land Board. The Miltoa Pottery is not yet extinct, nays the Bruce Herald. It is morethan probable that work will shortly be resumed upon the co-operative principle. The ts. Fenstanton, one of the steamerß of the New Zealand Shipping Company'a line, is, announces to leave Port' Chalmers on the 30th April, for London direct. 7 No nervous Bufferer of either sex ever tried a course of that agreeable and wholesome stimulant, Wokfb'b Schnapps, without being ttiankf uT, Jt is now and lias been for man J *«&%* !W« d , PJpfsfljionaJ, remedy'-Aj /

No fewer than four deaths from cancer occurred in Wellington last month, being twice as many as those in all other parts of the colony put together, There were two deaths from dropsy in Dunedin, but none in any other part of the colony. Scrofula caused one death in Christohurch, and phthisis three in Wellington, two in Christchurch, and two in Dunedio. 1 A singu'ar case of assault occurred in Wellington last week. A young lady, while walking quietly along Lambton Quay, was struck violently on the arm by a female, with such violent force as to put her arm out of joint at the elbow. In rubbing the place afterwards, the bone slipped into the socket again. The person who committed the assault is supposed to be insane. The Oamaru Band, ifc is stated by the Mail, in addition to glory, won about £50 by tbe contest at Invercargill. The Government are talcing steps to enquire whether it will not be necessary to prohibit the importation of raiiins as well as grapes. The latest Dog Registration Act Amendment Act gives power to the police to sell unregistered dogs that may come into their possession. The premises of the Northern Club Auckland, are to be enlarged at a cost of £4,500, and £1,000 are to be spent on new furniture. The first instalment of £100 from Dunedin has been forwarded by San Francisco towards the German Inundation relief Fund. Sir A. Micbie, v/bile visiting Tauranga, told a local deputation that a railway to the Hot Springs is of paramount importance to the district, and that such a scheme should be easily floated in the London market, Mr Milner Stephen advertises in i)unedin papers that he will heal tbe afflicted poor, gratis, at tbe Lyceum Hall, on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Intending applicants must bring a recommendation from a minister of some denomination The thought just strikes us— What will the poor afflicted Freethinkers do ? Are they to be left out because they cannot obtain clerical recommendation ? A Wellington correspondent writes to the Hawkes' Bay Herald that the retirement of Mr Whitaker from the Cabinet is very probable,