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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 53, 10 August 1877, Page 2

There, will be a sitting of tho. Resident Magistrate's and Wai don's Courts, at the usual hour this morning. . On Sunday next, the Rev. Father Caraw will celebrate ftTass at Capleston, at 1,1, o'clock; r. n,, and. atj, Reefton at 9, a.m., on the same day. '■■- * ■ ' . ... , Mr M'u'nrq,' County Engineer, le,ft by coach yesterday morning, for the purpose of -laying \ off certain intended deviations' in thp line of the Greyßeef|>pn Road. We learn , that" theOolonial Architect, has rejected the. whole of the tenders een^ in for the erection; ofa new surrey offloe.at Reefton. The feaspfa'aß.sigjtied is that th ( 9 tqnders were fur in. excess of the estimate, The, Dauntless Extended Company will, commence 1 crushing on Mondiy npxt. The batteries, water /whsel and raqe'fhavo been pjaped in thorough working or3«r, and the transport of stone.^from the mine, to, the' machine has been' commenced. ' T,he grp'urtd fo,r.inprlr held, h% tho W.est land Company, sjtuajie, at, tho head, of Murray Creek, has been; re-applied for, and the new undertaking lias been christened the Garden Giilly' Company. \'Mt J, G, Walsh U the applicant, j „ „„ , : < : * • •• i The.Goal.Pit Heath Company,' Grey mouth, advertises'iti tUe^'Gi/ey Argii^ for a number of miners. 'In the ,*same ) paper,, the following announcement appears: "A.* Warning ' to Miners— The' miners^ of • the Co'apPi^Heath jhavo I dise6htinued 4> ,'w"^'l£ : bec'au's^' they' were, unable .to' e^'^pre'tl^ a daj^? -„;« >,Ai ,i i! as,; ',l" v i! v- '■'■*• | it-Dho petition^to'-the Postmaster^btieral fo ja v ' r daily mail' BerVioo betWeen'/Rboftdn^'and Weßtn¥ri:;' .Fasje'iprhed..frpm tlia latterjplape signed, by, all the ibusirfeaa and other .residents iof .that tpwn.'HjTho tyio petitipiis.' .haye* a bQ'en , fof^ard^ Hh'rougß thib^ County. 'Cou^pjlf to , tfieif, ,'deaitj^atj|ojQJ| ! m& a "reply ' to*, the.iprflyel?--;wilisTPpably 'be rebeiyed in. thp courso of tf 'iew^dayß, *■<-.. :*#•< . • •■"^■- 1 "i - n( ! ml ' ;; ' : p Mr3ipsh yardv ard Sheif, o'pe^o'f thle c pioneer, pyps: [pect^rs gf^th'o' ! : In|ngali^a; has, v we observe, ap'pliftd,^ aiquartz miping:leaso t in tUp Roas dißti;icfer i! >il6'iß^-reporledKthatra payable reef haa^efn discov^e'd ' witKinHlip area' applied ■for. } . .1 „,, '•... ._ ... „. I<t , „ , t , . • • TosK(>vrp,w.i:)Me9Bra.,,.W-.-MiLean-ond Co. 1 , iauctipneers, will eubmitto public competition 1 Company ; •2000 shares „i n..t he,^uloan Company, and; 3do0 a fh'ai'§p^ui (1 the- -^ih Desperandum Com» ipany. Also, on the same'^day, a quantity, of r '&6ttv'j'.&ol, and 68 shares, iathe Independent, Cotlip'ariy,^i^OO;. shaye's in, the RoviyalCom-* pany, an.d, "iSpQ shares in. the Defiance pQmpafiy. •'5- --! An" amafejtr concert for the. benefit of Jffumphrey, Williams, a niinp.r, w.ho was somo time- ago, injured in the Energetic mine, is being got. up, and will probably be held on the last ' Siituf'dajr'of the present month, The. felacli's Point Company, and, a large Murnber of resident ladies and gentle.meh ha^e kindly volunteered, their services on tho occasion. The road work now being carried' on. in Bridge Street has vastly, improved thq, appearance ; of that quarter. of t thp tpwn, and completed,, will be a great, boon to those whose business necensitates frequent visits to the Court-houße, Telegraph.and other public offices. Tho formation of Shiel Streot, is a work which ought nob to. .be delayed by the Council. <• . . The Ebo'ftpn b'utchors wore, lately. " slipped, lip "upon in what must have been a rather unexpected, and unpleasant manner. It/ seems that J a wi'll^knowii "* avefluhdoiS" known to 'tho tradp as/,' Champagno Charley," l'pcently arri\res,. frpjp'.jileUoja ift with, a. .largo .mob pfc Bheep. But whether it was that the. whole* .tajo price denfia'iido'd ; by /"'Champagne " was ffonsidored stoo high', or tho condition of. the sheep was too low, we are unable to say. Certain it is, however, that the. local butchers combined for a knock out bargain, tho result

being that negotiations hung fira for Be ™ vi dajs, and the "jim-bucks" enjoyed a prolonged fast. ButOharley is a man of fertile ' rosources. and Ho determined upon having Batisfactton.,*>cprdmgly^ net top himself • anji^nnglSugmed^tlf l^ ooolllß - hmloA thf muttonTaboaf the to«rn at a, W™.^ hlc h c^andfian. jgstant go, andjin gtfout oi|thoteltton|f d ,tU|: §m%% Mbe thePtl^beeflemf&d^hatthe whole community lias been redolent of grilled chops and harricot mutton. The sharemarket has not been remarkably , brisk during the week, and= ljlfctlo. op no alteration has taken, pljace-'in the closing prices of last week. The traffic in outside interests has 'beemvery lijnitedVand the general disposition appears rather to be in favour, of a short res-, pite until the wheel of fortune brings about ' ,somo : alteration. .Hopefuls have, not. yet "recovered their former high ppsition, but aro .pretty firmly held, and all the chances are in fav6r;bf an advance. Welcomes bold a good position, and are not easily procurable. Just»in-Times and Fiery Oroso. are about .stationary, and haye not been, very much "aeaUita" during the ; week. The leading line has been the Keep-it-Dark* which has been rather freely operated upon at a gradually increasing figure, and the general impression is, that the Company has a most hopeful career before it. Independents too have taken an upward tondanoy, and aro now in, pretty good demand. Until abou.t the middle of the week there was Ujbtle or no stir in Anderson Extended*, though there was a I tolerably eager demand, at 55., and several small parcels changed, hands at that figure, On Wednesday morning, some highly favorable indications in tho mine created a small spurt, and sales closed yesterday, at the highest figure.' yet attained- by this Company's Btock. For the rest "all things are in temporary abeyance. V A potion of the roof of the Palmer Houso, one of the hotels of Chicago, has been covered with a magnificent conservatory. The structure is composed entirely of, glass, and iron, and as it is built on an extension its location iis such that its opens directly out of. the I fifth floo corridor of the main edifice, which ' rises some two stories above. A fine collection of tropical and rare plants has been provided, and. the regular heating apparatus of tho house supplies all the warmth nbbes* aavy. The conservatory is of course open to visitors aji th.o.hotol, and it neod. scarcely bo said that a" mest delightful resort is thus afforded them. ' 'Torpedoes can.be used. for far mpro peaceful' purposes than, those of attacking an enemy's/ ships,, or of dpfeud.ing harbours and .ri^rs, as the following details will show :.— On a recent occasion 1 a large com pauy of gentlemen interested in shippipg assembled o E ' th&: JFerrilj; Beach to, witness the dispe-sipr of thp sunken s'teuraor Stanley Jtain, which, for tlie past twelve months, has presented a seriouo. obstacle, to the navigation, of th< Humber, between Hull and Goole. Hajf.t dozen of Messrs. Newton. Brothers' pilttjnt torpedoes, were rapidly . planted, by a boat' f cre.w and fired in succession, the effect bein* ah upheaval of *pars and, timber, aooom pauied by, a violent shook, distinctly, fel w.itliin a, radjua. . of several miles. A " rfewton hiiby" was finally embayed. Thi was an interesting infant in the shape of i patent- torpedo, cont^icing abou.t 1401 b c tpiiite, tho. most powerful explosive knowr and when fired the effpet was magical. ( i huge volume of water, raasts, and wreel was shot about 100 feet into, the air. A(t€ tho • subsidence all traces of the wreck ha disappeared, and. floating timbers were bein rapidly, carried, away by tho tide* Whatev.e may be. thp yalue of- thjß torpedo, as a instrument of warfare, it pyomieea, to be. cqnsiderablfl.bppn for, cteaying, away, supke obstaoles in fee^uented channels.