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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 48, 30 July 1877, Page 2

The. meeting of th.c jockey Cli^b, fixed for Friday evening fosfc tras adjourned until ?!ridaj evening ne^t. lijr Warden Shaw returned fro;u Alaaura at a late hour on Saturday nigh,fc, and w»H ; bold Court thjs morning, at 11 ololock. Wo bave been requested to remind members of the G-lee Club t'ia,t the first practice meeting vyill be held thi<3. evening,, at 8 o'clock), at Q;ilmei;'s Hall. Thjs memorial, to th,e Postmastor«Q-eneral praying foi'tho establi3hment of a daily nxail service between Ree/ton nail, Westport, bus bpen signed by upwards of six hundred persons. The residents of Westporfc are, w,e are glad to, l,earn, co-operating heartily i,n tbe movement, and a petition embracing tho same prayer,, is now being circulated there for BJgna« ture. The two petitions will probably be fo^w.ajcded together. to Wellington at tho end of thjß. present week, and the, representatives of the two dis.tripfc.3 willj be requested, to give the movement their warmest s.upport. The contractoi* for t^he erection, of the bus- , penoion bridge is pushing the work ahead, with ajl possible despatch. A large, quantity of hewn, timber, for the anchors, uprights, &c, has, already been delivered upon, the site, and a number of men are engaged excavating for foundations for the abutments. It will be seen that tenders are wanted by tho Colonial Architect for tho erection of a new, Survey Office in Keefton. Plans and i specifications of the work are to be seen at the. local office, and tenders will close on tlio 4th, of August. Intelligence reached Eeefton on Saturday last of the striking of the Ilopeful reef in tlio No, 5 (lowest), level of the mine. Tho sink* : ing of fclio lode eOji-Hei 1 than was expected is ' viewed vory favorably, We shall be able to report more fully, upon the mine in the course of a day or tw.o. Mr William G-ardner, St gentleman of long experience upon the gold,^elds as a designer and, draughtsman, of mining plant, machinery, : aud, architecture generally, nolifie? that ho is . prepared to, execute all such work required by mining companips and, private persons. Mr G-ardaer hop furnished the designs and wording dvawtags. for many of the crushiug plants, bridges, and; other.p.ublic works ojf the district, and the encomiums he hap already received in, respect to, tjhom is a, sufficient? guarantee pf his ability in, the profes.siop . Oh Friday last Mr 0. 3f. O'Connor, acoompajnie<J by Mr M. Byrne, M.CiCi, and, Mr Q;eo, Wpol^ey, made a reconnpftring survey of thp proposed new rou,te for the GreyEeeftpu. ipad. Tho party started from liard^fs at agouti 1% a.m., and passed through ■ n,ear Mr 5- C' Mirfin's. farm on Grey Bi,ver, and thence followed; the. course of that rivei; dow.n to a poinlv opposite, Mr D. 1 Donald's far.ra, at which spot it had bpen represented- to Mr. O'Connor there was a suitable site for a punt or bridge. What Mr O'Connor's, report is ljkoly to be ennnpi yet be stated, but the injpression is that the so-cajled new rou.to will be. unconditionally condemned in favor of tho old route, however, Mr O'Connor's, report wilj be laid before the County Cquncil to-day, commen.t would be premature. ! The inquest at Aha^ura, upon, the. body, of ; the unfortunate man Reid, was copcluded on Saturday last, the verdicf; of the jury, entirely exonerating the police of tho gross charge o f inhumanity made ugainsfc them, by the Inanguhu/i Herald. The jury fou,nd uppa the medical testimony adduced that the cause of death, was alcoholic poisoning, thus proving tho letter falsity of the accusation that the man was frozen to d ( eAtb through tho neglcc^ of tho police. Tho arresting officer may thank his stars that the medical evidence has so completely cleared his nam,e of the something more tjhan odium wlych had been so rashly and falsely cast upon it, for had the medical evidence been less conclusive., or cause of (jleath more subtle than it was. proved to b.o, the res.ulfc would havo. been, different. It is said tb,at a criminal prosecution is likely to ariso o.ut of tho affuh 1 . : Tho. Bhnro. m,arkot during fcho. past wpek held a etoady going pace, and wa.9 unmarked by the gußtsofexcitomentwhip.il ruled during the earlier part of tho month. Anderson's Extendiida havo for tho time being been pushod somewhat to tho rear of tho race by the higher pedigreed stocks of Just- in-Time, Hopclul, Fiery Cross, and Welcome. Tho last excellent yield of tho Hopoful had a markodi

oifcat u,)oii the market in the latter part of | the week, and the wire workers tnu9t have had a busy time of it in running through the piles and pi'ea of messages which the occasion brought together at the looal telegraph office, Welcomes, too, during the week received a considerable share of attention, and numerous transactions were effected at an advance of something like 7s 6d upon the closing rates of thp preceding week. Later in the weok came the intelligencoof tha striking of same rragnificentjatoue in the Just-in-Timo wii ze, at a depth of nearly 90 feet below the present Workings. Shares almost instantly advanced from 15s to 20s, and this is the highest price which the Company's stock has figured at since the halcyon, days of the Company's memorable crushing of four ounces to the ton, when the same shares stood at £2. It Will thus be seen that the market is yet a. long way off the masimu,m,. but it must bo remembered that it is little more than twelve months since J' °.t-in-Time shares were metaphorically kio. .ng about at 2d or 3d per share, with even at that figure few so poor as would dp ihnm reverence. But those days nre are gone " like a tale that i 3 told," and the career of the Company so far as regards the future must be "upward, and onward." Though Fie>7 Cross share* have, not given the brokers much work during thfl past week, they stand very firm at the rates quoted on Monday last, with a disposition strongly towards an advance. The " small fry " o£ stocks Btand generally upou a healthy and firm footing, and small deals at tempting figures have been numerous enough. An important decision has been given in the Kesident Magistrate's Court at Oamaru. Ilen^y Connell, auctioneer, was charged by the Clerk of the County Council with having held an auction sale within the County without having a license to do co from the County Council. The matter was argued at longth. The defendant had obtained a license from the Customs in the ordinary way, but for the plaintiff it was argued that his license only gave power to sell within the borough which lyid received the fee, and that it was necessary to take out a fresh license from the Coanty to, enable defendant to sell in the County. Mr Hislop pointed out that the County Act specified auctioneers' license fees should become the rovenue of the borough or county withm which, the auctioneer had his ordinary place of business, and that Mr Conaell having a pla.ee of business in the town of Oamaru, the municipality was | entitled to the fee. There was no necespjty to take ou,t a second license, and the Act did, not give authority to the counties to legislate with regard to auctioneers. The Magistrate, Mr Parker, R,.M\, took Mr Hi3iop'a view, of $he matter,. And dismissed the information. John M'Laren says th,e ( Ofcago. Guardian) seems determined to win his way. to notoriety as ii public commentator. When the question of Provincial Abolition stirred Otogo, to the soul, ho sat in judgment on Provincialism, and sootlio.l tho Ministry nt Wellinston wi,tli J unfounded telegrams ; when tho Governor yisited Diwedin he flaunted in li is fare, the banner, of the unemployed ; und when tho Local Option meeting, took plnce in the Tern- ■ perance Hull tai took a leading pliu-o in an exciting scrimmage. ITis latjes!; adi?cjijlju,rc happened on Saturday evening, at tho Cargill Monument. From the stops of the fountain ho commence! haranguicg tho passm-by on tho subject of the recent trial formanslnu^hter As a largo crowd was quickly collected, and it was fmred that his 6Oine\vhat vigorous comments on the conlluct of the jury and their verdict might le^d to a breach of t,be peace, he was interviewed by a policeman. From the rostrum ho vas followed by a la,rge assemblage to the police station, where a sum of £10 was exacted as a guarantee that ho would allow the popular excitement conseqnent on the result of the trial to blow, peacefully over. Tho following morning the fino was 40s, ,^jf|, ' -■-■'"—' ■"■,..-. • ii^r