CHARLESTON NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 364, 30 September 1868, Page 2

CHARLESTON NEWS.

On Monday evening a meeting was held in the Melbourne Hotel, for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to do honor to Mr Commissioner Kynnersley, previous to his departure. Mr Mirfln having been voted to the chair, the result of a discussion on the subject was the appointment of a committee comprising the following gentlemen : —Messrs Grasqoine, Jones,- Hennelly, Jackson, Allen, Neale, Dwan, Russell, and the Chairman, to undertake all arrangements necessary for giving a public banquet to the Commissioner.

It was arranged that a telegram be sent to Mr Kynnersley, requesting him to name the day that would be most convenient for him to visit Charleston. It was also decided to call for tenders for everything requisite for the coming banquet. The names of Messrs Donne, M.P.C., Slattery, Kelly, Nevin, Fennell, and Paterson, were mentioned as a subcommittee to act in Brighton, and it wasdecided to addressa communication to them on the subject, after which the meeting adjourned to Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. As a proof that the long celebrated Hargreaves Terrace is not yet exhausted, I may mention that a shareholder in one of the claims in its neighborhood has recently sold out for £3OO.

The following cases were decided in the Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday : —Behan v. Morgan—Judgment for plaintiff for £l7, amount of anIOU. Johnston v. Scott —Claim of £54 on a disputed account, which was decided in favor of the defendant, plaintiff being nonsuited with costs. Neale v. Harnett —Judgment for £3 and costs. Same v. Moss—For £2 10s, also decided in plaintiff's favor. The only other case was Drennan Bros. v. Blackburn, being a claim for £47 12s 6d, in which judgment was given by consent for the plaintiffs.