THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 60, 5 January 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1877.

The. Grst sitting of the Inangabua County Council was held in the Courthouse, at noon, yesterday. ■■ Some little hitch in the proceedings occurred in reference to the appointment of a temporary Chairman to conduct the proceedings during the appointment of a permanent Chairman. The difficulty was eventually got oyer by dispensing with a temporary Chairman, and the Council plunged at once into the appointment of its permanent head. Mr Brennan was the only Candidate proposed tor tbe office, and his appointment was carried unanimously. The otber business of tbe Council wa§ of a merely rudimentary character,- and the Council finally adjourned ' for a fortnight. Before doing so; however, it was decided to inyite applications for the offices of Secretary and Valuers, announcements relative to which ap« pear in apother column. Wk understand that a petition has been lodged, or will be lodged to-day, by Mr M. Byrne against the election of Mr L. Davies for the Crushington Riding. The grounds of the petition are tbat two persons excercised double votes on the occasion, recording one vote in tbe Reefton Riding on a property qualification situated in Broadway, and then voting on a miner's right qualification at Crushington. The allegation contained in the petition, if supported on examination, wil! have the '''effect possibly of rendering void Mr Daviea election, and will also seriously compromise the two electors who thus availed themselves of the dual voting.

The montblj meeting of the Hospital Com* suttee will be held at Mr W. M'Lwn'i offlct, *n aforf^ay eyenhig nest. Jk full attendance isdttuwd. ' *■ '• -•■ ■■■» *v» The Just»ln«Titne Company commcneed crushing last evening. 3he next regular sitting of the District Court will be held at Eeefton, on Monday, the 15th January, but as yet there are nc cases of special interest eet down fqr hear"--rag. ' ' ' "■ Bishop Redwood arrived in Hokitika in the early part of the present week, but it is not yet known whether his Lordship's visit to the West Coast will extend beyond that town. Ws bare been requested to stats that as the Key. Father Carew will be detained in Hokitika until the 11th instant, there will be no service at the Catholic Chapel on Sunday next. The Hawke's Bay Herald learns that the Waka Maori is to be continued, but it will be conducted in future in a somewhat different style to that which characterised Jt formerly. There wijl not be such a rigid avoidance of subjects of a party nature-in fact, it will become a party paper. This has been forced by the many untruths that have been circulated among the natives by the Wananga. The Otago is the fifth lost by the owners during the last 15 or 1© yeart. The Oscar, South Australian, and Rtfngitoto, were lost in New Zealand waters and the Gothenburg off the Queejiskind Coast. The Otago was insured for £15,000 about half her value, this amount being distributed amongst fourteen companies. - The following is an infallible xnethod of discovering the day of tte week on which a gnreii day of the month any number of years previous dceurred. Tothdnumfae? representing your age at |bur next birthday add one fourth for Unp yean* j this amount divide by 1, and the remainder counted back from the day of the week on which your birthday falls during the present year will give rhe day of the week on which your were born. For instance, on your next birthday you will be 24 years old. Tim divided by four, and the quotient 6, added to 24, gives 30, the amount which divided by 7, the number of days in the week, gives 4 weeks and the remainder of two days'. Uow, if your birthday in 1876 cornea cm Monday, count ba«k two days, and you have the day on which you were born, Saturday. The " New Zealaud Times" says : Whilst in the bush near Wiokanae lately Mr. Beer surveyor, made a singular discovery at an elevation of 200 feet above, and a distance of ona mile from sea level, of a piece of rata timber 24 feet long, 20 iaches wide, and 3$ inches through, which had at one time evidently formed the side of a canoe. The timber was overgrown by creepers, and was discovered quite accidentally. What is

singular about the matter is that no rata trees grow within many miles of where tbis piece was found. ' How did it get there ? An instance of throwing bread upon tbe watera and having it returned after many days, Las occurred (the Clunes Guardian relates) in connection With the dimiuutive jockey who rode Briseia for : tbe Melbonrne Cts. Some yeaw ago pip brf was wanderinglabout tbe stwef&V 0-eetong a friendless waif, when Wi. "Wilson^ with tha 1 ; kind* hearteddeg's fbr which be is so well known, took him home, fed clothed, and adopted him. Not only did be do this, but as the | little fellow was totally ignorant of bis parentage on either side, Mr. Wilson bestowed upon bim tbe aristocratic name of his own residence, St. Albans, taught bim to ride, and one of the results is that tbe lad, with the help of the game filly Briseis, landed for his master, the rich raoing stake in question. The Niagara Falls Gazett says :— -'Some strangers, actuated by curiosity, threw a goose into tha river from tbe bridge leading from the n ainland to Bath Island, a few days ago to test if it could survive a trip over the American fall. Tbe goose made the voyage in safety, and W&r subsequently secured uninjifted b?' a fefryrtfan below the cataract." ' ' " ' Among otber changes which have been made witb regard to the bayonet of the Martini-Henry rifle (says Tbe Times), the following are the most important :-Tbe ordinary bayonet which has been sanctioned di©rs both folengttf and form of blade from those previously approved. The blade is 22iin. long, it is equilateral, and bas no outward cant when fixed on the rifle. The bayonet weighs, with locking-ring and screw complete, 250z. The new scabbard is somewbat larger than the former pattern, and has in addition to tbe spring in' mouthpiece, a long flat spring foside, which is fixed to the leather by' three rivets and washers. A saw-backed sword bayonet has also been approved, of the following dimensions:— Length of bayonet, 24|in. ; width of blade. 1 inj length of blade, 20iio.$ weigbt of bayonet, lib. 9i0«. ; weigbt qf pcabbard,' 7£-oz. ' ' The leading tonb and corrective of the age. Its purity, remarkable efficacy in obviating digestive weakness or irregularity, the promptitude and certainity with which it supplh'B vigor to the strengthles?, its tranquilizing effect upon the brain and nerves, and finally its adtptjcn by the medical profession as a means of strengthening and regulating the vital forces, justly entitle Udomho Wolfe's Shied am Abcmatio Schnapps to be regarded as the leading tonic and corrective of the age.