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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 99, 6 April 1877, Page 2

We have been requested to state that the •itting of the R.M. Court fixed lor 11 o'oloek this rooming Uflg Deen adjourned until 2 p.m. There is no business of importance to transact. It is stated that the usual weekly Quadrill e Assembly will be held at 9 o'clock this even? ing, the Oddfellows Hall. Mr Edward Donovan will deliver a lecture upon "Temperance," in the Oddfellow's Hall to-morrow (Saturday) evening. It will be observed that the registered office of tbe United Alpine Company, Lyell, has been removed from the latter place to Reefton, the legal management now devolving upon Mr P. Brennan. In another column we publish the annual Hat of «ttbgcribers to the Keefton Ilospital. Through an oversight the amounts of the subscriptions are not set put in the advertise* Tnent, but the list and thj omission will ba reotifled in our next issue,.

The County Clerk yesterday received thu sum of £901 11s, on account, it ts supposed, of the County revenue, but until further ad« tfces come to hand the Clerk is in the dark as to the source of the remittance or the exact purpose for which it is forwarded. In tbe matter of James Clinton and the Julius Vogel Company (in liquidation), which wa? an application ti be removed from the list of coitributonea in the above Company, Judge Weston, ha? refused to make an order, and the matter will be mentioned again at the next sitting of the District Court here. I The following shows the number of flos- j pital Committee meetings attended by the different members during the past' year \— M'Lean 15, Muthias 13, Bull 13, Qulline 12, Tilbrook 11, Wise 11, Davies 9, Brenn^n 9, Franklyn 7, Aiken 6, Dick 6, Ramsay (rei signed) 4, Connolly 3, Oxley (retired) 1, Patterson 1. We regret to learn that Mr Butler, County Engineer, is still invalided at the Lyell, hi» J detention being due to a severe attack of j rheumatic gout. The meeting of the County Council lixed for Wednesday last lapsed for I want of a quorum, but no business can be j transacted until Mr Butler's return and bis j report is presented to the Council- | The very singular horse case, which we re- j ported in, our last issue, has, We understand, I assumed a new aspect. The interpleader suit really only affected the amount of the judgment debt, a,nd could not in any way deter- [ mine the ownership of the " noble animal." An action in detinue has been commenced, and will be tried on Monday next. In pursuance of an announcement issued by UB on Wednesday last in the form of an extra, nominations were received at noon yesterday for three candidates to fill the vacancies in the Local Revenues Board caused by the retirement by effluxion of time of Messrs B.rennan, Kelly, and Franklyn. At the appointed hour Mr Monahan proposed and Mr Angus Campbell seconded the nominations of Messrs Brennan, Kelly, and Dick, and there being no other nominations, Mr Carreras, who acted 98 Returning Officer, de« , dared those members duly elected. We learn that at the sitting of the District Court held yesterday at Hokitika, his Honor Judge Weston delivered judgment in the appeal case Eater v. Hall. Tbe action in the Court below arose from a dispute respecting a section of land in Reefton, and upon the heaving the Resident Magistrate gave judg» merit for Katcr with £25 damages. Against this Hall appealed, the appeal having been heard at the last sitting of the District Court here, and judgment wis reserved. Yesterday his Honor delivered judgment in the case, reversing the deoision of the Resident Magistrate. Immediately after the above, his Honor gave judgment in the case of j Coates and the Sir Julius Vogel Company (in liquidation), ordering that Coate'a name be removed from tbe list of contributoriea of the above Company. Precisely one month having elapsed yes- j terday since the burial of the Chinaman j killed at Redman's, the deceased's countrymen mustered in town yesterday, as id their wonted custom in relation to the daad, and visited the Celestial grave and made certain offerings to the spirit of the " dearly departed.'' the ceremony being over, the almond-eyed visitors returned to town, and during there-' mainderof the day could be seen tmn'chini; in Indian file up and down Broadway, taking stock of the barmaids and eiticising female pa»serg-by. From inquiries which our reporter made of one of the " Johns," it would appear that one at least of the number is in sad wart of a. wife. The inducements offered to fair candidates by this heathen lothario are that; he has got a " welly good claim, plenty chow«chow, and the successful applicant *.ould be required to do 'no more hart work.' " We are under promise to secure a " help-meet " for this flower whfch blu?hfis unseen and wastes its freshness in the air of Redman's. If, therefore, there should be any feminine candidate in our midst for " John's " hand, negot ations can be carried on through pur office. Now then girls, don't all speak at once I