THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 80, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 22, 30 May 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 80, 1877.

The County Council will meet for tbe dispatch of business this afternoon. The business for discussion has nob so far os we are aware taken any set form, but it is possible that various matters will be touch upon during tbe meeting. A notice of motion fur the appoint* meut'of a County Epgiueer, at a salary of £300 has been given, and will probably be br»U£bt in for the assent of the Council. In the face of the very strong expression of opinion already elicited from the Couucit upon this subject» there is we think little likelihood of the resolution being carried. Nor do we see that the Council would be acting a wise part by committing th* County to such an expenditure for the present year at least. The Council Wing already employed professional aid for the purpose of laying off and preparing a detailed suryey of the proposed Grey road construcLlon, the main necessity for an engineer's services has been got rid of, and the mere subsidiary work of supervision may be safely left in the hands of the overseers already appointed. Moreover, Mr Butler's repori upon the present condition of the roads appears to be as complete and exhaustive as oould possibly be, and no difficulty should be experienced in framing specifications from it for future maintenance contracts, should the Council decide to let the remaining portion of the road by tender, which at the best is doubtful. The Council is already provided with drawings for the proposed new suspension bridge across the Inangahu: , so that, having due regard to the amount of money available or likely to ■be Available during the remainder of the y«ar for the construction of new works, we very much mistake the feeling of the members of the Council xt they do not resolutely pet their faces against any fnrtbei' heaping up of departmental charges upon ihe County Fund, In the meantime, while professional assistnnoe i« available, t'.'e Council could, no doubt, if impressed with the necessity, have «ny really lequired work performed by special aiYaiigemeat, and to go beyond that could he hardly justified iv the yreseut condi* tiou of County finance. The warn, tetmuce of the G.ey road under the present arrangement will prove a heavy buid*n upon the Couaty, added to which will come the cost of repairing the Bailer road, yod the expenditure upon this line will be enormously increased iv the course of a mouth or bo, when the ror.d is open to wheel traffic, and with two such demands ahead, it behoves the Council to look twice before it leaps inio further expenditure. " *' '"

The County Council fevummonecl to meet atS'SOpttidt to«tlay. Tbo toudei' of James Godfrey, of ihaura, bos ben accepted for the supply 61 lip dray« and hones for use on the Saddle road. We aye vety glad to hear that amongst the fltst town improvements to he taken iv baud, are the leveling and formation of Upper Broadway, Bridge, Walsh, and. Smith Sireeta. The folWJug quantities of amalgam wevo collected at the Companies named for the week ended Saturday last »— Golden Fleece 'Extended, 408ozs, Wealth of Xafiona Company, 3600Z9 9dwt, Tl.e Hood Board has had plans aud specifications prepared of a new Buspension bridge acifob the Inangahua. Wo liavc uot had an op* portunity of inspecting the plans which have been prepared by Mr Gai-diner. The stated ooat of ifco structure ia, we helievp, £600. Thelnangahua bridge being now positively dangeious to eroas, the Bojid Boarii has arranged for the working of a temporary ferry oa the rivev D fM tfw CU'uamun's garden, Persons to cross aro requested to « cooej " fop the boatman should he not he in attendance when required, The ovdiunry half-yeaily meeting of *bam holders of the Just-in-Time Coinpanj was held at the office of My George "Wise on Jlon« day aftornuon lar t* Sercral alterations were made in tbe rules of the Company, Messrs Trciincry, C'ulline, Potrlunclson, OavtU, t»d M'Kimioa, were eloottid dii < ecto7s fo.- the enn current yeov, and New* and Hogg were elected auditors. The residents of Lavt&v Broadway oom« plain of the existence in that neighborhood of ft den of iufumy, which of lato has developed id to soLnciliing of au intolerable public nni.*ancc. The police hare made freo quoiit cSoda to 'id tbe towu of the occupiers

i>f the house, but owing to the very natural reluctance of the respectable neighbours to render the deiired assistance to the police, no good has resulted, Latterly the nuisance bat jompletely outrun all bounds of public Jecency, and the police hare now, we are glad to loam, decided to ta'.o other and decisive ifeps to purge Lower Broadway of this standing disgrace. Messrs Graham and 41 leu's baitevj at Rainy Creek is now worked only twelve hours daily, the reason being that though the stone row being ta .en from the deep level tunnel in of better quality th&u that previously crushed from the surface block, it is not com* ing forward fnat enough to keep the batteries going continuously, is coon as the tunnel is driven jii the required distance, s toping oat •will commence, when the stampers will be constantly employed. The lukerman Company have still four hands engaged following up a promising run oi stone, find from indications obtained t'.iere is some likelihood of more cheering intelligence reaohing «9 from that quarter in the course of a very short time. Winter©* tnay hat© been the ills to which New Zealand has been mnde heir to by the luimigratiou PoHcy ol this Colony to it, ir rumor is to be relied unou, wenre at least indebted for a njoafc admirable whistle* and peripatetic organ grinder. DarJug the past few days an exotic of thia das has been chaining the ears of the KeeAon public. His speciality is aa a whistler, and without doubt he is highly profioieut in this respect. As to the barrel organ itself, we don't wi?h to be rough upon it, but if there is Jn medical nomenolalu«e such a complaiat as or2»ophobia,veßttflfei' from about tho moat malignant type oi it ever known. We don't wish to frighten the organ man away from Iteefton, but when the maia comes along witl the steam piano, as he is expected to do shortly, we ase afraid the oi^au man will have a pretty rough time of it. ia amnsiog incident oceuvred iv the Ite»i« dent Magistrate** Ccwv* on Monday hat (faring thehc.uiag of an assault eve. Iv the cou.se of the hearing there arose some confusion as to the day and date of the assault. His Worship desired, that all doubt should be set at rest by referring to fta almanac, whereupon a West Coast production of that elsus wna ha tied np to the Bench, and his Worship at once plumed into its content** but a fresh difficulty a* ose, for the day and date, as kuowu to the police and all the parlies, did not tally with the ahannac, Mr Hit exp'afueil that the olmanae was wrong, It gJsres caa-eolly the name of every horse thai has ever won a JPerby, but ifc does not give the coivect days and dales. His Worahn, after peruakg the volume fo* some tiwie, said he found that by the almanac Easter Sunday fell on a Weducatlay, as also did all the Suudays in the mouth of Ayvih At tKe" latter end of April it appeared that thore were two 1 burs .lays in oac welt. Subsequently the dries weve ?sc*r* tallied and the casa proceed. On ».faiNn near Thnnr-u a evop of potato:s just gathese J in, ia imported, ta l.*«e veiled fully 24 tons to the aor-'. Moßat, who lifts just het-u eon viol c-l at "Wanga-jui for a brer.c'» of t!io Avon ( ut h stated to have previously served « fionionci fo.'einbj&'eiiient at 'Ibwmlu. Says the T jtfelton Times of the peripatetic tendances of N toistws :— " ft, is, Biir;» i ; u g to see tho facility with which flfiuislors r.t a mgmont'G notice arid for uny lenslb, oT f.me can wMfartale, we cannot say fal"l, <mcl» other's duties). An ordinary moils! hsii only one brain and two hands, and would he 'rite, if he were fully occupied with his ovra bu«i« ness, to look after that of another nasn. ful Mini tew, it Troald ap?ea>\ aye exempt fri->m human i.nnorJccli»nE, and each is a host in himself. ' Jie> chief instinct scorns, {o be locomotion. They are always going to. and from iv ihe cavt':i, and waHLjj upßi«J clown iv it. We never, liea.* of any beaefiol.il result froui the"» peregii>ialiom9 t but we hear ranch of a rere.se foscvipliott owin^, to tliejy absence from their offices.'* A comspqudeui tefc^vnpbfrg Jwm 2'^'t LourLo to iho TVctera Independent, New South Wales, inform* them that If v Campbell; the discoverer of the Oobar eoi\>ev mines walked across tho Dating KJvcr on au iuchi and-qunrtev vope on Friday afie.ooonk'it.tba distance Urns 160 yards. The feat wa= accomplished i>* tho presence of so?eral hand ed spectators. He also carried man a considerable distance on bis. back aloag the rope. Some youths from Wellington took a trip into th© Wairaropa district a few days ago and discovered a large car© ;n the vicinity of ■JfasleitoiU When navigating about the various ' chauuels of this cave they tKscovered soma large lones j o.;i bringing tiiera to Hie" light one appeared to ho the foot of some immense bird. <>ml auothev -was appavenily the ftlieletoa of the ii;> of a huge wing. It is supposed that the bonoa are those of a moa. The relics were conveyed to town, and it is probable they will be placed in 4he Museum. A cur/f»us thing connected with the Servian miliUvy bands is th« maiinev ir. vth\o\x nearly all the regUouts cavi-y the big di-um. In btead, n» in other amies, of being slung iv front of the man who plays, this ins. rumens is put upon a small two-wheeled curt, drawn by a large dog, the latter being so trained that he keeps hi< place ia the band or en through the longest, mswohes. The '.1 rammer w.Uks betancl the eartand perform* oa the iasiyauiOQt as he goes along* The Kumar» ( Times says i~" A severe accident ocourrcd yesterday evening, at Sullivan and partj's claim, Shamrock Bead. Itap;>enr« that Mioliael Sullivan vas in the act of feting tailings, on aa elevated tail race, when by some mbhap, he fell a distance of twelve feet ou to wood a.id stoics. lie received a ri^-zag soalp wound and dislocation qf the and© joint. Dv. Keiran was at oace sent for who immediately attended, dresjed the. wound anJ reduced the dislocation and had hi ja roinoveJ on a truck to the Court House Ilotol wheio ho h now gcttinj on as favorably eg caa be expected..

Ibe vital statistics of the Raroushs for the months of Apri]; show that Hokitika ] possessed the ohawpion death rate in that i month} of nine fatal cases of scarlatina, fire occurred at Hokilfta and for at Duuediu. In ] March there were 20 deaths from this cause 10 at Hokltika and 10 at DuneJin. In Ifokitiba the proportion of deaths p^' 1030 during April was 3.10. The lowest death rate xm at Nehoa 0.73 pep 1000. Let the Borough Council consider these facts »ud not scruple to borrow whatever mar- be required to make the town permanently healthy instead of allowing it to b< come the home of pcatUeaoe and death. The Sydney Morning Herald contains a cablegram v • Jer date April 30 to the effect that the Russians had occupied Giuvgevo. This towu ia immdliately opposite the fovlres3 of Bulachuk, and on ihe liuo of railway f.oin Jassy Jto Varna. The Press A sency omitted to s^ad w the telegram. Full©* particuUvs of the eiiz&Si raent at Ibi-ailia ao© found under date London Jfay 4, ac follows s— " Two thousand men under Chamat Chroim aail l*rince Syltlo, several ironoladflj li.d an engagement with the Russian batlevies at lUilio and Pvjv'iilov. They bombarded tha town, and withd ow." We notice that the ITerald prints the telegram which vrached us to the effcot that the fiuwlans had occupied Bulgaria, as ° tho Bay of Aigia," but no such place is discoverable oa any ma;>