HBH 1890 July 10 MACDONALD Charles James Resident Magistrate Court-before Messrs J W NEAL and A C LANG, J.P's. Charles James MACDONALD charged with offering for sale in a public place certain indecent prints. Sergeant CULLEN prosecuted. Mr BRASSEY for defendant and objected to the form of the information, and said that the law clearly laid down in that such a prosecution the information must describe what the indecent things were. In a famous case-Regina v BRADLAUGH and BESANT, an indictment for publishing obscene books, it was held that it was not sufficient to quote the title of the book, but the words which were declared obscene must be quoted also. Mr BRASSEY said that the case was informal and must be dismissed but the Bench remanded accused until Friday, bail being allowed accused in £20 and two sureties of £1- each.

HBH 1890 July 10 Mrs Bennett Death Page Two Wellington-Wednesday Mrs BENNETT, residing near the Caledonian Hotel, died last night from the effect of a dose of strychnine administered by mistake for morphis. Mr FIZGERALD, chemist, who made the prescription up, says the poison must have been put ion the bottle when filled from the store. This was done by a former assistant, who has been telegraphed for to give evidence at the inquest. Three doctors attended Mrs BENNETT, but were unable to save her life.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Nov. 16 - Wareatea, s.s., from Greymouth. Nov. 16 - Manapouri, s.s., from Melbourne via Southern ports. Passengers - Miss EVANS; Mesdames DONNER, WHITSOP, PITT, and BEECHAM; Messrs SLEIGH (2), APPERLY, EVANS, M'LEAN, SWAN, ERNIE, DONNER, COLLINS (2); Captain MILLER; 2 steerage. Nov. 16 - Weka, s.s., from the coast. Nov. 16 - Star of Victoria, s.s., from Bluff. Departures - Nov. 15 - Weka, s.s., for the coast. Nov. 16 - Manapouri, s.s., for Northern ports. Passengers - Misses ANDERSON, BURLEY, SLATER, SKINNER, CLOSE, and HARDING; Messrs BROTHERTON, SHUTE, MURRAY, and HERRIES. A chess match by wire will be commenced on Saturday next between teams representing the Napier and Auckland telegraphic operators......The following will constitute the Napier team:- Messrs HENEY, YATES, BELL, ALLEN, PIRANI, FOX, and ASHTON. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Dr. SPENCER and Mr J.H. VAUTIER, J.P.'s, C.S. GALLOWAY was fined 1s and costs for omitting to register the birth of a child. William BLACK, a drover, for herding 300 cattle on a road leading from Clive to Havelock, was fined £3 and costs. The following were also fined for allowing cattle to stray on the roads:- John WARREN, 3s and costs William SHARP, 1s and costs William GUTHRIE, 1s and costs P.P. RAVEN, 1s and costs W. KIRKHAM, 2s and costs T. REIDY, 2s and costs W. ORMOND, 1s and costs A. HATTON, 2s and costs James KYLE, 1s and costs Harry SMITH, for assaulting Andrew MARTIN was fined 5s, and ordered to pay costs and expenses amounting to £2 5s. Waipawa - The church bazaar cleaned out the whole of the stock on Saturday evening, Mr B.B. JOHNSON kindly giving his services as auctioneer. Mr W.T. LIMBRICK and family arrived from Europe on Saturday, after an absence of nine months. His trip was a very enjoyable one, only marred by too much wet weather. By the same steamer Mr A'DEAN, jun., son of the owner of Ashcot, was a passenger to New Zealand.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Nov. 18 - Ahuriri, s.s., from the coast. Nov. 18 - Wairoa, s.s., from Wairoa. Departures - Nov. 18 - Reliance, ketch, Captain JOHNSON, for Kaipara. At the R.M. Court yesterday, beforfe Mr TURNBULL, R.M., William CHAMBERS was fvined £1 and costs for drunkenness. Mr R. MILLER, who has been for the past six and a half years in the Napier office of the Union Steamship Company, has been promoted to a more lucrative position in the company's service at Hobart, for which town he leaves next Saturday...... On Monday two men were before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., charged with drunkenness - one named William CHAMBERS and the other James WILD. They were both dismissed with a caution. WILD utilised the leniency shown to him by getting drunk again almost as soon as he left the Court, and ultimately he received two months' hard labor at Hastings yesterday for using obscene language in the public streets. CHAMBERS also got drunk again, but did not reach as far as Hastings, getting into the Napier lock-up soon after his discharge by the Bench. At the Council meeting last night Cr. SMITH in a neat little speech congratulated Mr G.H. SWAN on being elected Mayor of the borough for the seventh time........

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrival - Nov. 20 - Lily, s.s., Captain COWLEY, from Gisborne. Departures - Nov. 20 - Waiwera, schooner, Captain PANKOW, for Bay of Islands. Nov. 20 - Australia, s.s., Captain SUTHERLAND, for Auckland via Gisborne and East Coast ports. Passengers - MATENE and 3 steerage. Death - JEFFARES - At Taradale, on November 20th, after a short and painful illness, William, fourth son of Thomas and Mary JEFFARES, aged 30 years. The funeral will leave the parents' residence for the Roman Catholic Church, Meanee, at 2.20 p.m. to-morrow (Sunday), and from thence to the Taradale cemetery. Friends please accept this intimation. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr J.W. NEAL, J.P., Edward M'MAHON was charged with breaking the door of a house of ill fame in Chaucer-road. He was fined £1 and costs, and ordered to pay 10s to repair the damage done, or to be imprisoned with hard labor for seven days. He paid the money.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Nov. 26 - Kahu, s.s., from Wellington. Nov. 26 - Fammoth, barque, from Cape of Good Hope. Nov. 27 - Dingadee, s.s., from Wellington. Passenger - Mr FERGUSON. Nov. 27 - H.M.S. Ringarooma, s.s., from Wellington. Departures - Nov. 27 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Passengers - Messrs STACY, HERD, LAMBERT, and TOR. Nov. 27 - Dingadee, s.s., for Northern ports. Passengers - Mesdames PETERSON and KING; Messrs WICKSTRAD, FANCOURT, MYERS, HORN, and PETERSON. Nov. 27 - Kahu, s.s., for Wellington. Nov. 27 - Tekoa, s.s.,. for Wellington. Michael HARE, whose arrest by Constable LEITCH was reported in our last issue, was yesterday brought up in custody at the R.M. Court charged with the larceny of a watch and chain, valued at £6 17s 6d, the property of Thomas Henry MULVANEY. At the request of Sergeant CULLEN a remand was granted till Wednesday next. It turned out that the man Francis Edward OLIVER, alias Frank OLIVER, alias James OLIVER, was after all a victim to mistaken identity, and that he did not steal the clock which was taken from Mr D.T. WILLIAMS' residence. The thief turned up in Frederick LYNASS, a very old offender, who was yesterday charged at the R.M. Court with the larceny. After hearing the evidence, and what the police had to say about the character of LYNASS, his Worship sentenced him to six months' hard labor. OLIVER was subsequently placed in the dock and formally discharged.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Nov. 29 - Fanny, s.s., from Blackhead. Nov. 30 - Arawa, s.s., from Wellington. Departures - Nov. 29 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Nov. 29 - Weka, s.s., for Te Apiti. Nov. 30 - Australia, s.s., for Wellington. Nov. 30 - H.M.S. Ringarooma, for Auckland. Nov. 30 - Result, s.s., for Waikare and Moeangiangi. Dr. de LISLE, we regret to say, is suffering from a poisoned hand, and until it is better he will be obliged, acting under advice, to abstain from night work. Hastings - Mr J.N. WILLIAMS was to-day nominated for the vacant office of councillor of this borough. At the R.M.Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., Alexander JOHNSTON, on bail charged with drunkenness, did not appear. He was fined £1, the amouont of his bail. Alfrfed LEWIS, charged with disobeying an order of the Court to pay towards the maintenance of his son at Burnham, did not appear, and a distress warrant was granted. J. NICHOLLS, for allowing two cows to stray, was fined 10s and costs. Frederick TANNER, for allowing a fire to be lit in his yard, was fined 1s and costs.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Dec. 1 - Fanny, s.s., from Pourere. Dec. 2 - Wairoa, s.s., from Mahia. Departures - Dec. 2 - Ahuriri, s.s., for Blackhead. Dec. 2 - Weka, s.s., for Pourere and Te Apiti. Deaths - CRESSWELL - On the 2nd December, at Napier, Huramau Cornell, only son of Joseph CRESSWELL, of Napier, solicitor, aged 6 years and 5 months. Interment private. PASLEY - On October 6th, at 31, Cromwell grove, West Kensington Park, London, Amelia, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel PASLEY, of W.M., 49th Regiment, in her 82nd year. Three inebriates were dealt with at the R.M. Court yesterday, Matthew GOLDEN and R.G. POOLE were each fined 5s and costs, and John WILSON, on remand for medical treatment rendered necessary by his excesses, was dismissed upon payment of 13s 6d, the cost incurred in administering curatives, &c. The following will represent the Band of Hope Cricket Club in their match against the second eleven from the United Cricket Club, to be played on the Recreation Ground for Mr George WHITE's medals next Saturday.....A. MARTIN, R. ASHCROFT, P. ASHCROFT, George LUCAS, J. DEMPSEY, M. WELSMAN, F. LAWS, PARTON, D. SPENCE, A. KING and H. HILL; emergencies A. SIMMONDS, and P. BEAR. Michael HARE, on being charged before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., yesterday, admitted that he stole a watch and chain, valued at £6 7s 6d, the property of T.H. MULVANEY, of Okawa. The prisoner, who lived with the Maoris, sold the watch to one WHAREATNA, but on the latter finding that it was stolen HARE refunded the money. Subsequently he sold it to RAMSAY, of the Fernhill Hotel, who on hearing that the police were inquiring about the watch, handed it over to Constable LEITCH and told him how he became possessed of it. Six months' imprisonment was the reward the R.M. considered due to HARE for his ill-directed enterprise. At the R.M. Court yesterday, George LETT, who knocked down John CHRISTY under circumstances detailed in our last issue, was charged before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., with threatening behavior. This being his second offence, he was fined £2 and costs, and ordered to find sureties for good behavior during the next twelve months. (I did not report this, as no names were given in the original story - Judy). James O'CONNOR and William HIGGINS were charged with the larceny of 13s 6d, the property of Mathew GOLDEN......Both men were sentenced to seven days' hard labor. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a boy 18 months old, named Reuben HORSFIELD, was run over in Munroe-street. The child was playing near the gasworks, when suddently a two horse buggy came tearing along from the direction of the railway crossing in the White-road. A man who was in the buggy was evidently very drunk, as he was clinging to the guard-board in front of the trap, and the horses' reins were trailing on the ground. As soon as the buggy had passed the gasworks it was noticed that the child HORSFIELD had been run over......The man who was in the buggy was found lying drunk in the company's yard. He was removed to the watch house, and gave the name of Oscar DEVINISH, and from papers found upon him he appears to have come from Pourerere. Dr INNES was speedily in attendance and set the boy's fractured limb, and we understand that he is progressing favorably.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Dec. 7 - Dingadee, s.s., from Gisborne and Auckland. Dec. 7 - Ohau, s.s., from Southern ports. Dec. 7 - Dunedin, schooner, from Oamaru. Departures - Dec. 7 - Dingadee, s.s., for Wellington. Dec. 7 - Ohau, s.s., for Gisborne and Auckland. Dec. 7 - Alert, schooner, for Dunedin. Dec. 7 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Birth - LANGLEY - At Napier, on 5th December, 1891, the wife of J.F. LANGLEY, of a son (stillborn). A peculiar case of cruelty to animals was heard by Mr TURNBULL, R.M., yesterday, when James WILKINSON was charged on the information of Constable KENNEDY with cruelly illtreating fowls by keeping them confined in small boxes. It appeared that defendant packed eleven fowls in a small box on the 17th inst. and despatched them to Te Aute. Mr LASCELLES, who appeared for defendant, considered that the case was an illustration of"much ado about nothing." A fine of £1 and costs was imposed. The station cook Oscar DEVENISH, whose escapade while drunk with a buggy the other day has been already reported, was brought up at the R.M. Court yesterday charged on two informations with being drunk while in charge of two horses and a buggy and with causing injury by allowing the vehicle he was in charge of to run over a child......His Worship fined defendant £5, with costs £1 19s, in default one month's hard labor. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., Matthew GOLDEN and Benjamin GOODMAN, for being too frequently drunk, were each fined £1 and costs, the alternative in both cases being seven days' hard labor. John Burke O'BRIEN, another frequent attender at the Court on charges of drunkenness, was fined 10s and costs, in default four days' hard labor. William REID, for drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs. Joseph FOREMAN, charged with drunkenness, was suffering from delirium tremens, and therefore unfit to plead. He was remanded for a week for medical treatment. Robert CHASE, Alexander CHASE, and Edward CHASE, brothers, were severally charged with disobeying an order of the Court to pay 2s each weekly towards the support of their father, James CHASE. His Worship fined each defendant £1 and costs, in default of payment 14 days' hard labor. Waipawa - The Misses BAKER and BURDETT, who undertook the collection of the requisite fund for school prizes and picnic, have collected upwards of £34, a sum considerably more than was raised last year. John ARMITAGE was today charged, before Dr. MIRBACH, J.P., with drunkenness, and discharged with a caution. We are sorry to learn that Mr GIBBS, guard in charge of the train that met with an accident in the Gorge last week, has been suspended.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrival - Sept. 23 - Australia, s.s., from Wellington. Departure - Sept. 23 - Ahuriri, s.s., for Blackhead and Wellington. Telegraphic Shipping - Wellington, Wednesday. The Tainui, Captain EVANS, arrived from London at 7 o'clock this morning. Her dates are - Plymouth August 9, Teneriffe 14, Cape 30, Hobart September 19. Variable weather was experienced throughout the voyage, which was uneventful. She brings 17 packages of mails, 32 boxes of parcel post, and 101 passengers for New Zealand. Passengers for Napier - Second cable, Mr John HAY; third class, Messrs Samuel STRAPLEY and William A. WILLINGS. Birth - BENNETT - On the 22nd September, at Napier, the wife of A.C. BENNETT, of a son. At the R.M.Court yesterday, before Mr F. SUTTON, J.P., Samuel MATTHEWS and Thomas DUNCAN were each fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. Jessie JOHNSTON, charged with using threatening language at Clive to John TUCKER, was on the application of the latter bound over to keep the peace for three months, and to pay £1 12s costs. Danevirke - At the meeting of Court Rising Sun, A.O.F., held yesterday evening, it was decided to present Bro. Niel M'PHEE with a regalia scarf in recognition of his having introduced the greatest number of members during the past year. The following missing friends are inquired for in Lloyd's Weekly of July 26th:- Benjamin AMNER, formerly of Messrs PALMERS' candle works, left the Old Kent Road in 1866 and went to New Zealand in the Albion; last heard of in 1868. Sister Emma asks. James BAILEY, of Kent, was last heard of at Marveltown, New Zealand, about nine years ago. His relatives inquire. George and Mary Ann BRIALEY went to Wellington in the Golden Sea in 1874. Brother Henry asks. William BELL emigrated to New Zealand in 1865, and four years later desired his letters addressed care of W. SWIFT, Burnham, Canterbury. His niece Grace asks. George HELEN left Caithness in 1852/3 to manage a sheep station for a Mr COX of Christchurch. Donald DUNBAR asks for news. Walter AMBROSE quitted the 57th Foot Regiment in 1873, and has not been hard of since he went to New Zealand. Brother and sister inquire. Richard GURLING, of Barford, Norfolk, was sent to Australia by Squire RAVEN, of Norfolk, in 1842, and when last heard of was on his way to New Zealand. Brother Edward. Jane and Matilda MARSHALL, of Bath, are sought by their brother John. Jane went to Australia and Matilda to New Zealand in 1867. Thomas ROBINSON, of Sutton, Yorkshire, about 26 years ago emigrated to New Zealand. Brother Charles. Thomas SLINGSBY left home about 15 years ago, and six years since was in Christchurch. His mother is anxious. Thomas TUERSLEY and family kept an oyster saloon near Christchurch in 1866. His niece Ellen seeks them.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: HB Herald, Tues. Sept. 29, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Sept. 27 - Orowaiti, s.s., from Greymouth. Passengers - Messrs HUNGERFORD and SMITH. Sept. 27 - Dunedin, schooner, Captain BERGENSEN, from Dunedin. Sept. 27 - Crest of the Wave, schooner, Captain CONNOR, from Bluff. No Departures. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Messrs NEWTON and DUNCAN, J.P.'s, an elderly man who gave the name of James OLIVER pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was dismissed with a caution. W. DALTON, for riding a bicycle round a corner at faster than a walking pace, stated that he did not know he was breaking the law. As it was the first case of the kind it was dismissed with a caution. Edward WILLIAMS was fined 10s and costs for leaving a horse and cart unattended at the Western Spit. At the R.M. Court yesterday before Messrs NEWTON and DUNCAN, J.P.'s, Emma GIFFORD, Nellie COLLINS, Vera COTTER, Annie M'KAY, Elizabeth BARTON, and Theresa ELLISON were each fined £1 and costs for keeping disreputable houses. Nellie FOSTER, Jane M'KAY, Lily STEWART, Julia BOLGER, and Ethel GREY were each fined 10s and costs for being inmates of such houses. Sarah HOWE was fined 5s and costs for a similar offence. Thomas CAMPBELL, who was described by the police as a tout and probably a thief, was fine £5 and costs for being an inmate of a disreputable house, in default one month's hard labor. A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of J.A. EAKINS, chemist, was held in the Court-house yesterday, the Deputy Official Assignee presiding. Mr CRESSWELL appeared for the debtor. The statement of accounts showed debts amounting to £1106 2d, and assets set down at £871 9s 8d, the estimated defieiency being £234 12s 4d. Bankruptcy was attributed to losses in business, the immediate cause being pressure under summonses for rates........It was decided to close the shop occupied by debtor, and the meeting adjourned. Waipawa - Mr W.T. LIMBRICK, owner of the Imperial Hotel, sailed in the Valetta last week on his return journey from England. On Sunday as Dr. MIRBACH and Mr and Mrs B. B. JOHNSON were returning from Wanstgead with a buggy and pair they entered the Waipawa river at a place where a new approach had been made, and at once fell into a deep gut with a strong curent running close to the bank. The whole concern was awash (the occupants actually sitting in the water) and was carried down stream for a chain or two, when the horses touched bottom.......This morning the doctor and Mr B.B. JOHNSON are all right again, but I am sorry to say that Mrs JOHNSON is confined with a severe cold caused by the immersion in the snow water.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:47 AM Subject: HB Herald, Fri. Oct. 9, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Oct. 7 - Kiwi, s.s., from Wellington. Oct. 8 - Australia, s.s., from Wellington. Departures - Oct. 8 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Oct. 8- Kiwi, s.s., for Wellington. Telegraphic Shipping - Auckland, Thursday. Sailed - Wairarapa for South. Passengers for Napier - Mrs EAGLETON and child; Messrs HARDING and son, HOSKING, LONG, HAMMOND, CLARKSON and wife. Birth - ROBERTS - At Napier, on the 8th October, Mrs J. ROBERTS, of a son. The N.Z.C. Freemasons of this district may be interested in the fact that Napier possesses three representatives in Grand Lodge. Bro. R. PRICE is Junior Grand Warden, Bro. H.C.A. WUNDRAM is Grand Steward, and Bro. J.E. PROVIS is G.R. of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. At the R.M. Court yesterday before Messrs F. SUTTON and J.H. VANTIER, J.P.'s, James MILLER was convicted of indecent conduct and dismissed. For drunkenness the same defendant was fined £1 and costs, the alternative being four days' hard labor. Louis SPIERS, who pleaded guilty to drunkenness, was dismissed with a caution. During the past few years several of the large sheep runs in Hawke's Bay have been subdivided and sold, and are now occupied by substantial settlers. The next property to be offered for sale is one of 10,000 acres, a part of Mr CARLYON's valuable Gwavas estate. Six lots are now open for selection, each of them forming a compact property. Particulars will be found in Messrs BAKER and TABUTEAU's advertisements, this firm having been instructed to sell.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:51 AM Subject: HB Herald, Tues. Oct. 13, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: No Arrivals. Departures - Oct. 12 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Oct. 12 - Ohau, s.s., for Gisborne and Auckland. Passenger - Mr DUNK. Birth - WINTER - At Patoka, on the 10th of October, the wife of Isaac A. WINTER, of a daughter. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., a man named CLAY was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness, and £2 and costs for using language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. R. LONDON, for being drunk while in charge of a horse, was fined £2 and costs. W.A. LYND was fined 1s and costs for tethering a horse on an unfenced section. J.EDDY, for drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs. J. LOCKHART, P. NELSON, and J. WATFORD, charged with drunkenness, were dismissed with a caution in consideration of having been locked up since Saturday night. Napier - A man named William HEARN was sentenced to a month's hard labor this morning at the Court for using obscene language in the streets.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: HB Herald, Tues. Octg. 20, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: Arrival - Oct. 19 - Tekapo, s.s., from Melbourne. Departures - Oct. 19 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Oct. 19 - Tekapo, s.s., for Northern ports. Passengers - Misses S. JOHNSON and WYLLIE; Messrs AITKEN, WRIGHT, BEGG, VIVIAN, M'LEAN, ANDREWS, BARRY, PURVIS, MASON, HUTCHINSON, WILKIE, GROOMS, DONNELLY, LYON, KETTLE, HOLDEN, CARRON, SINNEY, SAUNDERS, HARRIS, CHAMBERS, WARNER, KIRKWOOD, FORSYTHE, and PURVIS. The unfortunate man Griffiths Anthony FLEMING, who some few weeks ago got into such a shocking state of dementia through drink, but who was subsequently discharged cured, now manifests symptoms of hopeless insanity........Under the circumstances Mr TURNBALL formally remanded FLEMING for a week for further medical treatment. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., Francis MILLIEAN was fined £1 and costs for driving a vehicle round a corner at faster than walking pace. A charge against Charlton TODD, of allowing a horse to graze on a public road, was withdrawn by permission of the Court. A Chinaman named LANIE was fined 10s and costs for driving a vehicle round a corner at faster than a walking pace. George BROWN, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, but as he had not been before the Court within the last six months he was dismissed with a caution. Catherine BROWN, wife of the last-named defendant, was similarly charged, but did not appear. His Worship said that as he had let the husband off he did not see how he could treat the wife differenlty, and she was also dismissed with a caution. William W. FULLBROOK, formerly in the police, but now porter at the Napier hospital at a salary of £2 a month, was yesterday charged before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., with failing to provide for his wife and children.......His Worship made an order that defendant should pay 15s of November, and thereafter £1 10s on the 1st of every month. Waipawa - An alarming rumor was in circulation on Saturday afternoon to the effect that Mr W. BLOWES, of Waipawa, had been thrown from his horse at Kaikora and killed. Later it was said that his collar bone was broken........

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 1:40 PM Subject: HB Herald, Tues. Oct. 27, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Oct. 25 - Alert, schooner, from Timaru. Oct. 25 - Kahu, s.s., from Wellington. Departures - Oct. 25 - Fanny, s.s., for Pourerere and Mangakuri. Oct. 25 - Te Kapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Oct. 26 - Kahu, s.s., for Wellington. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., a man called Frederick Wilson ROBSON was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. Griffiths Anthony FLEMING, on remand for medical treatment rendered necessary by a drinking bout, was fined 10s and costs, and was ordered to pay 15s costs of being medically treated in gaol. The sum of £44 2s is not a large amount to file for especially as the cost of filing would have paid a reasonably good dividend, but a laborer named Robert MARCHBANK has become bankrupt in connection with debts amounting to the sum stated. A meeting of his creditors (there are 14 of them) was held at the Courthouse yesterday. Afer a short examination, and the expression of some opinions the reverse of complimentary is the debtor, it was decided to have that gentleman publicly examined at the next sittings of the Supreme Court of Bankruptcy. Abraham HAZLITE was punished yesterday by the R.M. for allowing a vile nuisance to be on premises occupied by him. It appeared from the evidence that he took a shop in Emerson-street and opened it as a dealer in butchers' small goods. Upon giving up the premises he left a quanity of meat of all sorts, and a heap of sausages, to fester and rot in a corner of the small yard at the rear of the shop. He thus caused a shocking nuisance.......The defendant, who did not appear, was fined £5, with costs and solicitor's fees. Paul Christian WILSON, formerly of Napier, but now of Palmerston, was yesterday charged at the R.M. Court, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., with failing to comply with an order of the Court that he should contribute 17s 6d a week towards the support of his wife and five children. The sum of £50 was due........His Worship ordered defendant to pay £20, and varied the order previously made, making it provide for a payment of 3s 6d a week to each child.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: HB Herald, Sat. Oct. 31, 1891 Waipawa - The charge of rape is still proceeding at the R.M.Court. The informant, Ethel JONES, was under examination all day yesterday and till 11.30 this morning, and Miss Alice BRITTEN is now in the box........ At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., George William HALLAM was brought up on remand charged with indecently assaulting Ethel BURLEY, a girl of twelve years of age. Accused, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Mr CRESSWELL......Corroborative evidence was given by Amy DAVIES, sister of complainant, and by James HERON and James SMITH..... Accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed accused in his own recognisances of £100 and one surety of £100.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:53 AM Subject: HB Herald, Tues. Nov. 3, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: Departures - Nov. 2 - Fanny, s.s., for Mangakuri. Nov. 2 - Fairy, s.s., for Karaka. Nov. 2 - Ahuriri, s.s., for coast stations. Nov. 2 - Kahu, s.s., for Wellington. Mr Nat. BEAMISH met with a nasty accident last Friday at Whana while fencing. The handle of the straining gear slipped off the strainer, and the tightness of the wire caused the handle to fly round with such force as to cut Mr BEAMISH's upper lip almost through, and to knock several of his teeth out besides loosening several others. Four women, two of them standing to each other in the relation of mother and daughter, were yesterday fined varying amounts for being inmates of brothels. Their names were Annie MACKAY, Jane MACKAY, Nellis COLLINS, and Sarah ROWE. The first-named, as the keeper of a brothel was fined £5 and costs, her daughter was fined £2 and costs, and the other two were each fined £3 and costs. We referred a day or two ago to two boys, one eight years old and the other seven years, buying a shillings' worth of beer and getting insensibly drunk with it. Yesterday, the younger of these boys, Albert GRAY, was brought up at the R.M. Court, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., charged with stealing a bridle and a silver watch. His Worship postponed the hearing of the case till this morning, that the father of the boy might be present to give his son's exact age. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., David MURRAY, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, was dismissed with a caution. W.L. WHITE was fined 2s 6d and costs for obstructing a pathway by leaving a packing-case upon it. In a case in which Alfred LEWIS was charged with failing to comply with an order to pay for the maintenance of his son in the Burnham Industrial School, it was decided to hold over the information for a month to allow of defendant paying up arrears. James ROWE was ordered to pay 2s 6d a week for the support of his daughtger, ten years of age, in Burnham school. Defendant was not to blame in the matter, as his wife, who is living at a brothel, recently took the girl to reside with her. Geoge NEALE was fined 5s and costs for failing to register a dog, and ordered to pay the registration fee.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller To: Elaine Mattsen Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:03 AM Subject: HB Herald, Wed. No v. 4, 1891 SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Nov. 2 - Fanny, s.s., from coast. Nov. 2 - Fairy, s.s., from coast. Nov. 2 - Dunedin, schooner, Captain BERGENSEN, from Auckland. Death - WILLCOCKS - At Thompson-road, Napier, on Monday, 2nd November, Selwyn Arthur Hazelwood, infant son of W.J. and E. WILLCOCKS, aged 4½ months. Interment private. Mr HARRINGTON, officer in charge of the Napier telegraphic department, will leave this week for a holiday trip. His place will be filled during his absence by Mr B.N. MARTIN, who is next in command. The small boy Albert GRAY, on remand charged with theft, was brought up at the R.M. Court yesterday. The Court ordered a conviction to be recorded and the lad to be discharged, his father entering into a bond of £25 to bring him up for sentence whenever called upon. A man named William Bishop BAILEY, about 65 years of age, died suddenly yesterday at the residence of Mrs WOODRUFF, Beach-road. Deceased, who had resided with Mrs WOODRUFF for a number of years, was engaged in cutting some paper for packing purposes, and remarked that he would like a cup of tea. Immediately he had uttered the words blood began to come from his mouth. He went into the yard, apparently to avoid making a mess in the house, and then the blood gushed from him in a torrent, and he was dead in a few seconds. Dr deLISLE was sent for, and arrived quickly, but only to find life extinct. There will be an inquest to-day.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrivals - Nov. 4 - Fairy, s.s., from Te Apiti. Nov. 4 - Weka, s.s., from Pourerere. Nov. 5 - Ahuriri, s.s., from Blackhead. Nov. 5 - Mamari, s.s., from Auckland. Nov. 5 - Australia, s.s., from Wellington. Nov. 5 - Wairoa, s.s., from Wairoa. Departures - Nov. 4 - Spray, schooner, Captain WILLIAMS, for Dunedin. Nov. 5 - Orpheus, schooner, Captain SMITH, for Timaru. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr J.H. VAUTIER, J.P., Peter JENSEN, a gentleman by no means unknown at the Court, was fined £1 and costs for drunkenness. The following will represent the Napier Cricket Club on Saturday against the United:- WOLSTENHOLME, FANNIN, FULTON, WHITE, J. MARTIN, H. MARTIN, SWAN, HENDRY, GOOCH, EDWARDS, KENDALL; emergency, O'CONNOR, CARGILL, and PRIESTLY.

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Weller SHIPPING NEWS: Arrival - Nov. 10 - Ohau, s.s., from Southern ports. Departure - Nov. 10 - Ohau, s.s., for Gisborne and Auckland. Passenger - Bishop of Waiapu. Telegraphic Shipping - Auckland, Tuesday. Arrived - Te Anau, from Sydney. Passengers for Napier - Mr B.A. DEANE, Mr and Mrs LIMBRICK and child, Miss FRANCIS, and 3 steerage. The Woodville Examiner reports that Mr W.W. CARLILE, of Woodville, received a kick on the stomach from a horse last Saturday, and was suffering severely. The newly-constituted Clive River Board have held their first meeting, and have elected Mr T. TANNER chairman. Judgment for plaintiff was given at the R.M. Court yesterday in each of the following civil cases:- CARO v. BOLAND STEAD v. FERGUSSON JOYCE v. Hemi NUKA SHEATH v. BLACK BURN At the R.M. Court yesterday, before Mr TURNBULL, R.M., a man who gave the name of David MACLAGGAN, but who is usually addressed differently, was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. Another inebriate called as J. ATKINS was fined 10s and costs. Andrew WATSON, on bail charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was discharged with a caution. Frederick George SMITH, alias George SMITH, was brought up on remand charged with drunkenness, with assaulting the police, and with tearing a constable's trousers. For the first offence he was fined 10s and costs; for the second he was sentenced to a month's hard labor; with respect to the third he was ordered to pay £1 1s or to undergo 14 days' hard labor. He elected to go to gaol. Drawing for prizes in the Friendly Societies' Art Union - The committee do not know the winner of the first prize, a dog cart, but are under the impression that a gentleman from China is the fortunate person. The second prize, a nice organ, has fallen to Mr J. BISSELL, of Clive. The third prize, a handsome chest of drawers, goes to Mrs RAMSAY, of Fernhill. The fourt prize, a bentwood suite, went to Mrs W.H. COMPTON, of Hastings.