PROVINCIAL DISTRICT NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 61, 8 January 1877, Page 2

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT NEWS.

At Eaipara the New Zealand Fibre Company manufactures matting similar in appearance to cocoa nut matting. It is in use in neatly a)l the hotels and public buildings in Auckland. By fcfae death of a Mr G. A. E Ross, ton-in4aw of Archdeacon Wilson, of Christchurch, and some years ago Provincial Treasurer, Mr Wilson, seed merchant, of that city, comes in for a life policy of £1000. The latter purchased it a short time ago, and clears upwards of £80C| over the transaction. On the occasion of Mr Warden Beetham leaving Queenstown for his new sphere of duties af Napier, a handsome clock was presented him as a souvenir of respect from the inhabitants of the Wakatip district. In the course of bis speech acknowledging the presentation Mr Beetham said :— " This being a goldfield community I hare necessarily been brougt into intimate connection with the miners, and I cannot allude to them with ' out stating my conviction— derived from a long and extensive intercourse with them— tb^at in, many respects a nobler, more manly, more intelligent, and more bard-working class of men it would be. difficult to find. Tbe isolated and independent life which they lead seems to generate a more than ordinary amount of self- reflection and self-reliance. I have frequently been astonished in Court at the aeuteness — I might almost say subtlety —of their remarks; and, I am not ashamed to confess it I have on more than one, occasion been put right by them." The Bank of New Zealand are about to erect a branc.h building at Te Aro, Wellington respecting which the Times says :— 11 They purpose ejecting a handsome earthquake and fireproof brick building, combining all the recent improvements in bank buildings, a special feature being the introduction of t : c American principle respect* ing the strong-room, namely, that the windows of tbe building are so constructed that the strong-room can be seen by every passer-by, the gas being kept slight all night. This course has been found by practical experience to be by far the best safeguard against burglars. The energetic example thus set by the bank in erecting a brick building for their branch business, is one that may well be followed bj our merchants and tradesmen in (heir future erections." The Wellington Argus says :— " As a sign that busines is on tbe increase in this city, notwithstanding the cry of " times are dull" raised by a few of the less prosperous of our business people, we may mention that the Bank of New Zealand has purchased a portion of an acre — 40ft frontage by 70ft in depth— in Manners»street recently purchased from Mr Hunters sale yards. The price agreed upon for this section is £2000, or £50 per foot, and we understand it is the intention of the bank to commence building forth* jjyith. We are informed that a company is likely to be formed for the purpose of of erecting a large theatre on a section of the acre, adjoining Messrs Eadie and Jack's establishment.' It has been proposed that the ciril servants, neceessarily discharged through the action of. Abolition, might be employed as teachers in the various, schools of tbe celony. We are informed that the Minister of Education, whoever, he may be, has had the following telegram transmitted to him :— ■" The Patea teachers riew with feelings of misgiving and apprehension tbe late mischievous proposal of the Hon. Mr Wbitaler, to appoint gentlemen unskilled in the profession of teaching, to experiment upon children in the public schools." The workmen engaged in dressing white stone for tbe girl's school in Christchurch found two shark's teeth and one dolphin's tooth embedded in the stone, all in a beautiful state of preserration, the enamel being bright any unblemished. The ferrita imported by tbe Hod. Mr Waterhouse appear to have served their purpose admirably. We (News Letter) learn that they were let go at a place where the rabbits were very plentiful, and that they bare cleared them °B fc yer T quickly. There ii now not one in the neighborHOod, Ppn,bfc- j less the ferrjts will quickly serve their j purpose wfyere they were liberated, | and then spread to other parts where j rabbits are more plentiful. While they j do not in themselyeß become as great a nuisance as the rabbit*, they are, cer* tainly likf ly to become a great benefit to tbe district. Tbe Auckland evening journal, possesses a dramatic critic who can gush splendidly. This is how be describes Mrs Lingard, in " Qur Boys " :—" The splendid contour of her flowing figure, the turn of her queenly head, and the graceful elegance attending all her movements, are enough to t t nrn the heads of all the youths of oar city. She enhances tbese natural charts by exquisite taste in her dressing, and by the most delightfully natural coquettisbness of manner. If a woman like this will stand upon the stage, and in all the gbry of her beauty, with artful artlessness, say, 'I donpt know much

about kisses, bat lam ready and wii- / ling to take an awfol lot of teaching,' can she be $gfam£j£* hundred young follows start in their seats with the scarcely anppressed eiclauution, * By Jove, To there for one.*