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SATURDAY; JANUARY 5, 18*4.'^
One Who Knows say i — The Morning
Herald was in error in stating in its yes
terday's issue that the passenger1 traffic
'on the Eastern Railway .on, New-Yearfs
Day, 1882, amounted to jETo—^the receipts
? on that day were -JB72. .Again, on last
. . New Year's Day, the passenger traffic only
amounted to .£26, not .£56, as stated by
. that journal. * ~ .
Mails for England will be closed thi
(Saturday) evening. . : :
, The case of ~Reg. v. Haynes, for wilful
murder, will be the first 'business..taken~aT;
the Supreme Court.on; Monday next;
' . Alfred Farmer; - who » was -^the actual^
prosecutor yesterday in Bovenkamp's case,
was fined 5s. this morning- for drunkenness. .
The condition of the sandal wo xl -market
at Singapore, as revealed by our advices by -
this morning's mail; is- described -by one
word — dormant. .; ' '' . ..
This year's winner of the Queen's' Plate
has been sent to Pinjarrah. for a short- stud
season. The fine old horse lias been pur
chased by Mr. Arthur Edwards, .of. the
North-west, for .£180. ' -
Yesterday the Chief Justice made an
order to the effect that the' cheque for JS6
4s. 4d. which Bovenkamp had' stolen from
the man Farmer should be returned to the
prosecutor. The result is that Mr. Parsons
will lose tbe money he gave in change for
the stolen document.
Yesterday was 'pension day,' the result
being that there was quite; a roll-call of the
old veterans at the City Ponce Court this
morning. However, the Police Magistrate
kindly tempered the administration of jus
tice with a very considerable allowance of
mercy, and let the offenders off very lightly
indeed.
Though the measles are rapidly diminish-
ing there is still a large number of adults
as well as children suffering from the malady,
or its debilitating effects. One of the last
to be overtaken by this nasty disease is
Major Hillman. We hear, however, that
the gallant Major is progressing very satis-
factorily towards recovery.
We understand that a Battalion Parade
of the Volunteer Forces of Perth, Freman-.
tie, and Gufldford will be held in Fremantle
on Wednesday afternoon next, the 9th inst:
If we except the military pageant in honor
of the Queen's Birthday, it = is now ten
months since the various corps met and per-
formed the game of Kriegspiel — otherwise
the famous ' Siege of Gufldford' — in March
last. .
A few days ago a serious accident hap
pened to a youth about eighteen, years of
age, named Cookson, who' lives in Aberdeen
street. It ap'peai^ that her'! ivent out. with'
several other young men .t6 Mongerfs Lake ?
on, a shooting excursion, 'when^'.. by some'
means or other, he-was shot in theleg.. The
wounded lad was carried back to his home
by two. men, and on the following :morning
.he was conveyed tothe City ?Hospital.- ' ;r
Last Thursday the Chief Justice sentenced
Robert Jackson to five years'' penal ' servi-
tude, and John Leonard to two /years' im
prisomnent, --for stealing' from 'a, dwelling
house; Afterwards,: however; His Hohor
^discovered that, he bad exceeded the limits
of his. .power in giving Jackson five years,'
aiid'.the prisoners were again; placed in the
dock, when Jackson's, sentence [was reduced
to[ ''three years', and Leonard's tor twelve
'months' imprisonment. !
t ??- -a a ?-:? a . -i as v -a - - |
Tfe* Setting on the JB100 race betweetf
Richnftrtri and WeazeV fixed to take place
onLWedoesdayinext stands at 5 to 2 agafnrt
the mare, who, considering she had tbe
same weight atad- distance and lost against
Richmond in fte Metropolitan. Handicap,
wSQ, it £3 thougfi*, have more than she can
do to keep withiwreach of ha tafl.
Occasionally one* comes across some very
qtseer names,; but one£ of the strangest we
basre heard of forra long time is tlse surname
of beetles, which, -wben--preceded by the
prenomen of 'Rasamsoonds even s^fll more
kakopbomouslyv .-, . {Yet . :thsre is a- person
living £»; the- Colony, twho- £» endotreJ with
such: ail' .estraprdinary ;nanje, t for ► oa» ; Wed-:
ne^day Jast Mr. ,Easam Beetles had a very
brj5e& but rather expensive, interview jwith
the.Police Magistrate. ? '- '
Owing* to sbme miamanagemenfe rns tbe
Colonial Secretary's Department ther native
prisoner Ben-ben, who is charged with the
murder of a7 half-caste girl in the Williams;
District, was not forwarded from Rotates*
in .tamec to' be pnt;upon his trial yesterday
The Chief Justice spoke in rather- strong
terms of the unnecessary expense this piece
of official bungling- would cost the Colony,
asaio less -than six witnesses have been
brought to. Perth, where they will, now have
to be kept for an additional fouror five days
at the public expense. : ? .
Asa correspondent in the last issue of The
Inquirer, styling himself 'A Ratepayer of
15 Years,'' anticipated, the Mayor and.
Councillors of Fremantle have decided not
to ? receive: jithe deputation Appointed at~ a
nieeang of the ratepayers at Fremantle on
Thursday last i in other- words, they regard
that meeting as one. that did not possess the
elements of a properly constituted meeting'
under the provisions of the MunicrpaJities
;Actl The Mayor and his' Councillors should
bear in mind, however;, that the deputation:
simply represents a, medium whereby cer
tain of. the ratepayers^ wish. .to convey some ;
formulated proposals having ^reference to
matters which they are quite as capable of
discussing in a meeting of their own calling
; vb in, one convened by the' Chairman with
the strictest, formality and legal verbiage. ,
This appears to be the: position now, and
we hope to hear that a compromise has
been made and that the matter has been,
satisfactorily settled.
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