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Western Star, Issue 174, 6 January 1877, Page 4

The nomination of candidates for the office of County, Councillor for the Waiau, the riding for ; which no nominations wera received at the late .elections, will take place at Ellerslie, Eastern Eush, on Saturday next, the 13th instant, and the poll, if necessary,, on the 20th.. We under'stand that an election took, place dnring the week for a member for the above riding, when Mr R; C Outhbortson was nominated, and declared duly elsctcd ; bat in consequence of the insufficient notice given of the election, by the Returning Officer, the Government has declared the proceedings invalid, and a fresh election has been called for. At the first meeting.of the- Southland County Council held at Invercar»ill on Thursday, Mr C. C. Spvoull was elected County Chairman. The other business transacted was purely formal. The G-ummie's Eush School will.be re-opened on Monday next. The Brethren of the Aparima Tiodge, "E.G., will meet at the Lodge-room on Tuesday evening next.

It is with much regret that we record thedemise, after a long and protracted illness, of the> wife of an old and much respected townsman —. ', Mrs J. Petchell, sen,—at her residence, South. Riverton, on the 2nd inst. The deceased? ladyhad been in a very delicate state of health for some time past, but few of her friends, who. visited her- daring her- ailment were aware, that her end was so close- at hand. Besides heif be-. reaved husband, she leaves behind her a grown-up family and an extensive circle- of' friends to lament her departure to add one more to the great majority. Her remains were- folfcllowed to their last resting place by a largeLumber of citizens, and on arrival at the cemetery the cortege was met by the funeral procession of the unfortunate lad Hopcroft, which had come from Gummie's Bush. The services at both funerals were performed by the Rev. Tf. E.. Ash in a most impressive manner. A special meeting of the shareholders of- theWestern District Building and Land Society will; be held in. the Court House, Riverton, on Wednesday, the 17th inst., to consider the advisability or bringing the Society under the Building Socie.. ties Act, 187& A meeting of the No. 2 Societywill be held at the- Court-house, on. Tuesday ev,en-. ing next, for the same purpose.. A meeting of; the- members, of St. Mary's. Parish, Riverton, will be-held on Thursday next,, at 8 p.m., in the vestry-room of the churcb,.forthe purpose of electing a churchwarden and ree--trymenfor the current year, and, of auditing,the. accountsA man named'Whelan.—one of a trio who havefigured rather frequently of late in the small debts, sheet of the Resident Magistrate's Court, and* whose plea has always been that they were not. taming sufficient to pay for their " tucker " brought before H. Lyon, Esq,, J.R., on Thursdays last, charged with being drunk and'disorderly ands oxposing bis person. He was fined 40?, with a, caution that if he appeared there again he wouldj be sent to-gaol-for three months without the op-, tion of a fine. The accused, who was according: to his own account always in * state- of impacuniosity when he was called upon- to pay his jusfri debts, was, with the alternative of seven days im--prisonment staring him in. the face, ab]e.on,thiss occasion to pay the 40s fine.. ""'The following gentlemen have been elected! members of the Bluff Harbour Bpard without, opposition :■ —To represent the town—the Hon.. Dr-Menzjes, Mesßrs.R. Cuthbertson, T.Brodrick, J;. T. Martin ; to represent the Road Board,, Messrs. S. Nicholl, D. M'Dougall, W. M'Pherson," and J. W. Mitchell, A meeting of the Rivertqn School Committeewas held on Thursday evening, wheu the annual; report and financial statement were snbmitted.andi adopted. The annual meeting of residents, within the. various educational: districts, will be held at the-, different schoolhouses. on. Monday evening at half-past seven o'clock.. As. a great amount of" apathy has bren shown, in educational matters: during, the.past few.years, we trust to.see a littlemore interest taken by heads of families.- in themental culture.of theyoungthis.year,.•" The cricket matchT—Dnnedini v. Invercargilli —which was. played at Dunedin on New Year's* Day, was a very one-sided'affair. Dunedin's first innings.were- 202,.soveral individual largo scores* being made. Invercargill's first innings.was only--32, and the second 52,-.Rosa.being the highest forInvercargill with 20. In. the: Dunedin. team Cargill made 65, Coates 22, M'Donnall 49, Glen* 17.. On returning overland-the Invercargill Club* played an eleven at. Balclutha,. and, in, : this.case-the-Southlanders were the victors.^ Tliere was a, capital house at. the-Odd falio wsV Hall on Thursday evening to witness the per-, formance of Hegar.ty's. Globe Combination, Troupe. The entertainment consisted'©f singing; and dancing by Mr and Mrs Hall, Miss Harrison,, and'Mr'Wallace, and tricks, in legerdemain by - Professor Henicke, and was well receiyfid by.those present. Last night there was a better attendance than-on the previous- evening.. On thi« ; occasion Profeesor, Henicke and' Madame Stella, performed the suspension feat and the Arabianbox trick in a truly marvellous, manner. Theother portions of the programme were- gonethrough as successfully, as on the precading.nigbt,. and those who,did not pay. the- company avisit certainly lost the opportunity of witnessing a&t entertainment that the -playgoers, of Riyerton. are > seldom able to.avail themselves.of The Otago County Councils met on Thursday,. when the following chairmen were appointed : - Peninsula, Mr John M'Lean ; Taieri, Mr James. Fulton ; Lawrence, Mr Poonter;. Vincent, Mr,Pyke;. Waikouaiti, Mr James Green ; Naseby, MrA Rolland;-Q,ueenstown,.Mv Tlie. Waikouaiti, Council .resolved, to., bring, the whole. of the Act into force.. A lad about 10 years of age,- named' Daniel; Ruffj was drowned in the Waikiwi River on Tuesday last while bathing in company with a.yonnger. brother. Prom theevidenca-of the ktter,-at theinquest held by Dr Monpktou ou Thursday, it ap-, pears the.unfortunate little fellow, vertured too. for out into-the'stream and must have got- into ahole as. ho was seen to sink very suddenly. 4-i. verdict of "Accidentally drowned" was. returpedl by. the jury.. The Bluff Regatta, which was held'on. Tuesday, last, came off very.successfully so,far a» attend-, ancois concerned, but some of the events, werenot by, any means contested, so .-well as, they, ought, to have been, We are-glad to notice, howeverthat some of the principal prizcs ; we-e.carried off." by Rivertonians. . . . A strange bird caught recently on, the-beach, near Koss, West Coast, is. thus deienbed by the, local papers :*-' It is webfooted, has a.body like that of a platypus, the feathers of aduak, and.tbe, head and bill of a snipe, while, round the head, the feathers.form.a ruff. It seems unable-to fly, and was running quickly towards the sea, when, caught. ~ t , j> Rudolph Laurent, a.youth of seventeen, tor a,. criminal assault on agirl at Wellington.was sentenced tliere at the Supreme Court to,eight years, imprisonmnent, with twenty lashes.. The New Zealand Times of. a. recent date say3:! _We learn that the first.defect in the. new Bankruptcy. Act was discovered yesterday• forenoon, when the.subject of appointingtrusteia, was discuussed at a meeting of creditors. On referring to certain clauses in the Act, it was found; that the word trustee, not trvstees, appeared, ard? it is feared that only ono person, can.be appointidi instead of two, us has been generally the custom. We arc afraid this may impair the working of tiemeasure, as few persons will care to.assumo tl <?. sole responsibility of managing, insolvent estate s,, although the Act provides that this shall be done in all cases where the estate has to be wound ug, •by persons termed accountants in. bankrupt.