The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPT. 24.1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 72, 24 September 1877, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPT. 24.1877.

We are glad to learn that recognising the urgent necessity for action in the matter of town drainage,. the members of'the County Council bave depleted; t« convene a special meeting of the body during the current week, when the whole subject will be taken into con" sicleralioD, The Council will 'no- dftttbfc find some difficulty in dealing with the question owing to tbe fact that no settled scl'em'e of drainage has yet been arrived at. We are aware that more tlian one plan has been suggested and partly discussed in the Council; but no decision has been come to. and the settlement of this point is tbe firet step which the Council will probably now take. That tb«s matter may be fully and carefully considered it would '.be well if the County Engineer were |requested">before tbe date of Uie'meet« ing to examine and prepare a report, furnishing the- Council with every pos* sible information upon the subject. This would obviate the necessity for further delay, nnd the firdt important step could be taken. Thais tbe work, in order to be effective, will be a costly one, we are prepared to hear, but whatever be the cost, the Council is not likely to be in any better position to undertake tbe work for several year to come, afc least, thun it is at pre<* cent, and therefore there should be no baiting or indecision in dealing with it at once. Hand in hand with this! work should also go a rigorous enforcemeut of all necessary sanitary regulations. With this object, fcbe Council should delay tbe framing of byeslaws no longer. Tbe absence of' any restrain of this kind upon householders, has had a moat mischievous effect, and no time should be loat in applying tbe proper remedy. We need not now proceed with the fluhject further. We bave eudeavoured to- point out what, we considered to be i.he seriqu-* du'y of tbe Council— ibe rest is patent to every member of the community. Mr John Williams informs U8 that tlie whole ot tli/ riieoftoursi on I^rn Flat will be plous;hefi aril so*n in English grass, and rolled by the c-nTI of the present week, so that by the (lute ol the riwe meeting the paddock wi.l present an excellent appearunce, and be itself a delightful retreat. Tenders for the maintenance. of the County roads will close oil Saturday next, 29th in- '■ stant ; Tlie opening cricket practice of the season wa3 played in Snath's paddock on. Saturday last. There' wh'b a .good muster of players, and the cky being beautifully fine many persons visited the -ground. A mqnjter petition signed by the Roman Catholics of every part of the colony is now in course of signature, and will be presented to Furliiitnent protostin;; agaiiißt tho passage of the Education Bill. i Th 9 Rev Father Carew yssterday celebrated ' ina^9 in the new Catholic chapel, Capledtoii, in the prejetiee of a numerous congregation. It. U el-iorthere notified that the share list of the National Mortguge and Agency Company of New Zealand, will close on the 3rd proximo-. Applications are to be lodged at the National Bank,. Reefton. The- sittings of the Supreme Court at Nelson will commence on Monday next, Ist instant. A number of witnesses ia the case of Harry Smith left Reefton for Nelson on Friday last. Mi Guinness, will we learn 1 conduct tlie case for the defence. It is understood that the whole of the witnesses examined in tbe Magistrate's Court will not be required to peoceed to Nelson. The members- of the G;lee .Club will meet' Jcpr practice in Gilmor's Hall, this evening, at the usual hour. There will be a sitting of tho Resident Magistrate's Court to-morrow morning. If those, connected with tho inauguration ' of the Christmas races hpre, do not betray a little more interest and energy in the movement, ihere is no doubt that the project will suffer considerably, So far as we can ascertain the committees appointed to canvas the district for subscriptions have not yet commenced their labors, and this work will require some time to carry out properly. It is, therefore, to fee hoped that tho Club will not imperil its prospects 1 further by brooking delay. Intelligence was Drought to town on Friday last, that a new reef had been struck upon one of the mining leases recently applied for in the Boatman's district. Tho ground is siluated close to !■)■; bounty of the JJoat^ man's Creuk GVnpxiy'fl !l "' 1 l}| o reef h said to be 16 im.'hoi *» ibi-k-nesM on the surface, and a .'fi'i.ple o( Mm .-'our shown to v.:. o&rries a yo.-y i'jir proper*--. TK- opinion is that tbe lode s'l-in-k is a oa-Unimiion of the ,Tu-t-in*ii | »'c ri-il, llm .-t o ' '.i.: '"f'.c !;• [ si,- i'o- i" ")■;•.-'•'•" i" v

bably put 1000 tona of stone through. The Welcome Company will be the noxt to take a turn at the battery, aud it is intended to have the trial .crashing from this mine completed early -in the monlh of December next. The contractor? have commenced the work of preparing the foundation^ of/Messrs'^ Forsyth and Masters new ehop>ih 'Broadway, The building will be an extensive one, and fill up 11 wide gap in the upper portion of Broadway, and as the dosign of the structure is rather artistic, it will be a great improvement to that part of the town. The Taranaki Herald states that since the war of '62 children playing near the sites of where tho blockhouses'oiigtntilly stood; often find motioy. At the blockhouse hill, at Bill Block, even at the present time it is not an uncommon thing for the youngsters to find ! shillings and half-crowns, and even a sovereign, has been found. Mr W. F. Hosk-in's chillren, n short time since, playing' at the foot of the hill, found an "In Memorium " ring, with the name of a lady engraved in Bide-, who died in 1857, aged 4£ years, Mt W. F. Iloslcin has rrqnested us to mate the matter public, because if tb.9 owner is known, he may like to bpcome possessed of it. The West Coasts 6f the 19th aays .;— Speculation in mining scrip has been exceed* ingly quiet for the past week or two. The only Reefton stocks for which there has been considerable demand during the paat few days are Welcomes and Keep-it-Darks. The former has changed hands at 4jls and several | buyers are in the market at that figure. .Golden Fleece has receded considerably of Into and there is likewise a downward tendency in Justs, with more sellres than buyers. Stocks generally are depressed, but, as oue or two claims are shortly expected to strike t c reef, there is no saying how soon a re.action may set in. So after all, not only has Mrs Braro not departed from these earthly scenes, but life, it seems, has yet some considerable attractions for her. We find that both her and Dr Gully, well remetr^bered- in that celebrated case, ar» now travelling together, and living ut the same hotels upon; the Continent,, very much in the same way, in short, as they were accustomed to do before • Mrs Dolauney became Mrs Charles Deiattney Turner Bravo. Scarcely any surprise can be expressed at this, because the relations of Dr Gu% and Mrs Brafo were sor clearly le railed to tlie world at the recent trial, that -.each of them probably thinks that no further injury can possibly be sustained by either of their reputations. 1'n 1 the meantime Mrs Gully (Dr Gully's wife) contir.ues to live on r as a very advanced age, at Brighton., A prominent citizen took it into his' head to rise early the other morning and take some . healthful exercise before breakfast time. When he go to the first bar he concluded to go in and take ' a cocktail ; a man' needed some little Btimulant when he broke over old hubits und got up so curly. Juafc oaecockliil and not another drop before breakfast. When he got inside the bar two men were engaged in an argument on th-o Kaotern Question, in which he became so interested that he forgo 1 " all about his walk until it wi>B time to go home to breakfast, and every time orre or the other of the disputants would get the bust of the urgn-ment he would " treat the house." When the citizen got ho:tx* the bvnikfaat was cold, Ins legs unsteady and his voice thick, and lie epoke to his wife with a Russian accetit. When she asked him how he enjoyed his wi-jlk, and if he didn't know that breakfast was cold, and what made him look and act so qiieerly, he said r "Bin 'gaged in a naminated soushida er Rooshiu war and tookernextracoktailortwo." Hiß wi-fo was sut« prised, at the facility with which, he had learned a foreign language, but expressed 1-ersel in effect that early rising und walks before breakfast were not as conducive to health as lying in bed till breakfast was rea ly. — New Zealand Tim«->. More uc'ions for libol an* threatened. Mr Sheehan., M.U.R., has, intimated that unless an ample upology is tendered to him, and a donation of 1 made to 1 the Wellington Hospital, he will proceed against the Waka Maori} arid' the Wellington Angus had been served wilh a writ claiming £500 damages, at the instance of Mr O. Hillsden, Secretary to the Theatre Royal Company. The Auckland Herald narrates two incidents which occurred during the recent excitement in connection with' shares in the Alburnia mine. The first ia of a speculator wishing to bear the market, who informed the correspondent of one of- the papers that he had just been to the mine, and the reef had split in two and run. out. This wae on Thursday evening, and as be sent orders to sell out at the, .same time r a small and shortlived panic preceded the rapid riso of Saturday. The thing was -soon irriced to the bottom by the newspaper affected, and a full exposuro made. The speculator has beeln glad to- disappear, and 'will not be beard of affain in the Auckland share market. The second case is, of a young man who gave to several brokers orders to sell ten eharea each, when they were at 70s. ■ He evidently calcu* luted On their falling, arid on making money by h'n venture. Each broker sold his parcel, but their principal WA3 found not to have a single share in his name. They were obliged to buy or borrow to complete their transactions, and by that., time the shaves bad risen to £12 and £13. Amongst them, they are said to have lost over £500 by that morning's work, and have to fall back on a not wortli powder and shot if they u-y. Whut things people do advertise [ In Hammc'smith the other day I saw this annouiici'immt: — "Cheap Trip. The Christian , Mission iliilLUijili Huilwny is one of the quiuk'.'ut, cheapest, mill bust routes from the ]>bj 'ist ]>e\)t)ia "!' Niu to tlie Jligh'^t ilfi,: ! iU of Glory. ilookiji^'Olli i i 1 ' :'' • ! T< wn.i-.:»1! ,-,-r <■■■■:. i . V. day. !'•■• ; ■ [ i t.M. vrv, -I

whether the class of persons who habitually use tho letters D.V. are acquainted with their meaning; if bo, tkey mint be very egotistic to imagine their proceedings to be of such profound importance as to necessitate the quotation j if not, they are m the position of the excellent old lady who wrote to say ebe und dine with her daughter on . Veri'tiesday,' t).V.J and on Thursday at all events. \ Josh Billing thus defines billiards :— Everyj body seems tew be gitting criizy over a game called biilyards. It is played on tbe top ov a tnbc-1 which iz a little longer than it izsqunre and the game seems to konsist in pushing sum round red baits agin sum round white j bulls. I b* takes 2 men to p£iy the gamer, but 4or 5 kau look on. They oph their coii^s and etaud cluss up tew tho table, with a short jjicce ov a Gshing pole in their hands which has a chalk mark onto the end of it- Then one begins by giving ono ov the bawls a punch in the bally, which sends it ugfn the next one'a belly, and bo one, till t'other fellow's turn for punching comes on. But you oivgut tew see the game ; it/kant bedelineuted bi wurda. One feller generally beats tin* other feller, and thou he pays the landlord of .the - con corn 25' ceuts for the privilege of gitfeing boat-, and buys some gin, with lemonade in it, and all hands dVink, Then 2 more takes hold of the fish poles, amd they punch for a spell; anJ so it goes till 2 o'clock in the morning. Then each goes hum , having enjoyed fine exorcise, a littla drunk, I perhaps; but the mussels in their breast are so expanded that they k-an't ketch the consumption nor the sinaul-pox. This iz bil» Hards J" ' Mr Henry Thonvis, ' formerly a member of (•he Municipal Council of Sydney, and for many years ciiri'vinsj on business in Sydney as an undertaker, having been extensively advertised for in the British and Colonial neWspa'pera aa tho possible heir to a large properly, was recently assisted b-y a well known resident of that city with the means to proceed to tlie mother country to prosecute his claim. Advices were received by tho last mail announcing , that- MV Thomas had succeeded in establishing his tible to the property, and is now one of tlie richest men in Wales, being the owner ot the Druinmoncl estate in Glamorganshire, valued at £430,000 and the rightful possessor of the autu of £500,000 in Chancery, proceedings to recoves which have now been commenced by o^e of the most eminent legal firms in London. One of the principal proofs of his identity was the copy of a letter brought with him fsom his fatlu-r to Mr Thoum* Walker, of Yaralla, Concord, in 1823, jifry-l'our. years ago. In reply to a letter which appeared in the Melbourne Daily Telegraplv requesting in* formation about Sulieman Pasha,, a corres* pondent supplies the following bit of choice biography * — " Caslloinuine, September 3. — Dear Sir,-rl can givo, 'Inquirer ' fie in formation he asks lor relative to the nationality of Sulietaaii l'i'slia, ns lio happens to be a relative of my own, His real name is Put S-ullivan, and he was b >ni in the county of Moiiaghan. Wlwn a young man Ire enlintecl in the 97th Highlunders, und soon rose to the rank ol coloiirssei'-jeuiit. During iho F-niiin oxiitemeut ho got involved in that foolish movement, w,i3 in'rested and kept in [irison fot 1 soine tinii", b.it for mint of evidence was never brought to win I. Ho pH^ou-hffinwfhr tlie acquaint aiiuo of Janios Murtui^li, nnother sol : ier prisouei*, and, on their release from prison being dismissed their regiments, they got inlo the Turkish service. This was through the influence of O'Reilly liey, a '48 mar, whose chequered career is so- well known. James Murta»h, is now Mukhtar Pasha, commanding the Turkish armies in Asia. I may a.id that Sulieman Paslm is still a Clir.stiun, and that he contributes liundao'iiwly tovn.-irtid-tlie support of an aged mother iulrel-md, — I aiu, &c, JoxiN Suluvas." Advices received frcm Petrolia', I'e.Tnsyivania, gi7B particulars of a tremendous fire which occurred there recently. Oi* that date a heavy thunderstorm parsed over the district, which is a great oil centre. A flash •of lightning struck one of the large tanka on Tmutman farm, containing 22,000 ban-els ol pit, which ignited/^{!,Eirorts were at once made to overcome the lire j. but it caa^ht 'two otlver tanks, ono containing 25-.000 barrels of oil, which was. completely destroyed y the other, however, was extinguished by the Application 1 of steam. Tbe burning, oil ran down the creek for about a mile, setting on fire and destroying' everything it came in contact with. Its course was fortunately stopped by Rawlston'a dam, which was- large enough to hold the whole of the burning liquid. The damag-e wa9 on a very large scale. The only hotel in the place Was dee- • ti?oyed, together with the stabling, several dwelling houses, an oil station, twelve*, oil . wells and tanks, and a number of other buildings. The total quantity of oil destroyed'was 47,000 barrels belonging to tlie United Pipe Line, and twelve wella and tanks belonging to other companies, but the monetary loss oould not bo properly estimated. The *(/wn of Trautman itself suffered to the extent of 3O,ooodois. The greatest excitement prevailed in tbe surrounding districts, but fortunately there was no loss of life