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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 6, 22 January 1877, Page 2

Tic Printing Committee of the Inangr.hr.a County Council met on Saturday e7rnlng for the psrpoae of eonoidei ing tho tenders cent in for printing and advertising for the current year. The tender of ths proprietor of the Inano-aeua Time 3 waa accepted For the appointment of Keturning Officer for tbo whole of the County, two candidates were proposed — Measra Hankin and Tiibrook — ;li3 appointment falling to tho former. During the progress of an application in the District Court on Thursday lact, in the matter cf the Erema Causes Cornpanj, Mr M'Lecn, the Liquidator; took the opportunity of referring to a statement or report circulated by one of tha principal creditors in the estate that the v^ading-up was not being sufficiently hastened. Us said that vrith every pcasiblc regard to the interests of the party in question, he had even done much move than was really required of him in order to expedite the liquidation. The chief creditors were a party of miners, and it was with the especial object of studying them that he bad urgsd on the winding»up. His Honor said that the Court had tho fullest confidoncs in I\lr M']>an, and beiie?ed that he would discharge the duties of hia office with eyery regard to the interests of the parties involved. Referring to tho sv.mo matter, Mr Staitt; said that in the interest of the creditors in que3tbn, he had examined (he books of the Liquidator for the purpose cf ascertaining that no ur.r.eces3ary delay was being made in tho matter, and he was free to admit that the Lirjuidat^r had fulfilled liis duties satisfactorily. At .a meeting of the Keep -it-Dark Company held on Saturday last, a resolution waa carried affirming tho de&irabiljty ef changing the legai inar.agemeiit of the company, When ther the future management of- fie company will rcrnuin in Eeeftcn or be removed to G-reymouth ie not yet known. Wo ire informed that the late ccnccrl: in aid of tlie Catlioliu Chuvcli fund realised £12 nelt, In the Diatrict Court on Friday last, Mr Pitt, on behalf of the Liquidator, moved for ; an order discharging the Liquidation of tbc Monte Cbi'isto Gold Mining Company (Lyell). lie submitted a statement ot tho company's affairs, but sciu that vouchers for from £15 to ££0 fcr law ecsts incurred in Kelson a>id Q-reytnouth w?re net yet to hand. Ho would, however, ask the Court to grant the order subject to receipt of the vouchers m question, ills Honor said it would be irre« guiar to trial: e au order in the matter until thy who Is cf the accounts were filed. It would be establishing a very improper principle. When dealing with other people's money it, was necessary thac every penny should be accounted for, and in this mattet the Court and tkft Liquidator should be like Caesar'a wife— above suspicion. The matter would, therefore, ha?e to stand over until the next, sittirlg of the Court, in another matte? Mr Pitt moved under sects en 14 A, and section 46 of tbo "Debtors and Creditors Ket of 1878," for an order of the Court ap« pointing certificated accountants to examine the accountsof bankrupts. He mentioned the names of Messrs M'Lean, Hankin, and Bay« frild as elegible for the appointment, His Honor directed the order to issue as applied for, each gentleman to receive & separate appointment under the hands of the Court. Ths appointments to be gazetted at the cost of applicants. f .Che Court then adjourned ■me (Us. At the extraordinary meeting of share '■ holders in Andersons Extended Company, held on Saturday evening last, nearly the whole of the shareholders wera present, either personally cr by proxy, A code of rules was ttdopUd for tha future jjnidfir.ee of the company. It v/«B dpcided to leave the ro;t of the iidvcftr'ftd bu-'iness to it socoijl in^-iMiag, to beV/ld cq SfuuviUrv 3rd ult. This course V7as ciccuied adv isable in corisofjuence of a f;i!e li'iTlii^ Li-i.ii pi'ijyicu-s'y ii>7op to. J limiting the miisinmm vinnj; power to t'nvef lhous;»tjd ;.!>nrc-i, tbiM'f b.'iti,;; ;■[ t i -, - > jn f.-<-t iu rr ono r.hair-h..i-l'-)' '-r- j ■ :•'"•■- r> *i-i o , dv rn^y, si-v '.li.-u-.-ni 1 ! In ilif con' ■;• ot (hf v; ,i-; ■ u'ld-.'so i-om j uo?t the lukermwr! aw vm'.l- i)-e .^.-ijiv I

Creek battery it was cecessary to tunnel about I !^OO feet through a spur to connect with a low j level tunnel which was put 111 some years ago | by the Eainy Creek Company, on the op- | posite side of the spur. The survey and ro« quired levels for the lnkevmo.u tunnel were taken by Mr Woolley, and on Saturday last the contractors broke through at the exact point required and indicated bj Mr Woolloy, thus verifying tke correctness of the survey, L foot race, 100 yards, for, it is said, £10 aside, wa-3 run off in Smith's Paddock, on Saturday. The competitors were R. Ki"g and F. Bo'ulton, the latter receiving five yards start. Mr Jolliffe acted as starter and on the report of the pistol King sprang off \fith a good start, and at tbe distance of 40 yardo the were side by side ; thence homewards Boulton forged ahead and finally won by nearly ten yards, It is stated on the assurance of the competitors themselves that the race was thoroughly genuine,