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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 80, 12 October 1877, Page 2

A gpccial meeting of tho Counfy Couno} 1 will ho held to-day> ut the- usuul liour, for the purpose of considering the question off town djaitiage. i Tkrough an oxevtigixt on our part, t J >« name of sctwuli ludiea and gentlemen wore, in our liißttMi«»» onamitted fiom tlw programme of Saturday*B concert. The ooiiwiwi wuseniiii'ly ' J inadvertent, aid Iws b«ou rem,cd,wd dhi" MWrDuif

Ihc JBUiical instruments for the Reefton ,Bnwi ..Band arrived oa Tuesday evening last, and the night air in various parU of the town it thickly htden witk the " melodiou* " brassy buhbliugs of tyro performers. Yesterday being the anniversary of (be e«ti»bliahiaent of the Reeftou Branch of the H.A.C. U.S. Order in thw district, the mem« bow met at the lodge room last even ing*, forthe purpose of ooiuutemcAutiug tUti occasion in a fitting manner. An excellent repast was serred up to tvhieu ample justice was done. Daacing was t .en com. ueuced, and a few hours were sjaent in a higlliy enjoyable aiaauer by all present. The suspension bridge aver the Inangahui is beginning to look ship-shape. Yesterdny the main suspension, wire* with the skeleton of the footway wece hoisted into, position, ami should all go well the bridge, will probably be open for traffic; ia the course of a month. It eaunofc be concealed, however, that the- southern suppoct of She bridge, stands ia very great danger, and the provem , bial alitch-in-limeTiMy applies. A full complement of passengess left by, the lust down trip o§ the Wesiport coach. Amongst the departures was Samuel Greon, lite Clerk in the Reefton Post Oflice, who proceeded en route for Nelson, there to await fiUe sittings of the Supreme Court. In ueply to a communication from Judge Westoa, a letter- hus been received from the Minister of Justice, stating that provision had been made by the G-overnraeat lor tlie erection of ull Kequisite public buildiogs in, Keeftotv The enteriainineuti for thja bemeGt of the widow and family of! the Ute Mr Tourettes,, will be held to-morrow, evening. The piece* seLected lor the occasion are " Lady of Lyonjß,." " A Regular Fix " and " Bouvbustes Furioso,."' all ol which have been well rehearsed and, will be placed upou the stage very, creditably,. Mr luglis and Miss Lyser have very kindly given their services, on the occasion, as also a number of lady and gentlemen amateur and we trust to see the- house cuowded in avery part. We ore glad fco obaorw that \\w Ctounty ( Engineer has at length taken in hand the very, i necessary work of clearing out the- bed of thecreek along the south side of Broalway. A channel has been cut ia the solid ground resulting in the confinement of the water course, and the drainage of the many pools, of stagnant water which, for some- tune past had formed along th# line, When- the worka at present m progress- are completed,. this standing n.uieance of the town will he reduced. to>a. minimum. Pending the framing of byelavu* it would pcukops be advisable to caul ion householders along the creek against undoing the present wock of the Engineer by thr.o*v.« ing rubbfoh into the ch-uin . The share market during tho past week, has not beea signally acike, and) transactions- on the whole show a, considerable falling off upon previous weeks. These has n;>t been, however, aay appreciable falling oft in. quotations generally, and prices may bo- said, lo bo «ationary,. At this season of the yean it has-been the custom here from, experience- to look for c great spurt in the- business of share dealingi and this anticipation, may possibly have something to do with the flagging, energies o$ btamarket., Reports from the Boatmen's district are highly favorable regarding, the present crushing of the Hopeful Com puny, and those who itr«s not fjijndi of, exaggeration set tliu probable jield down as (jtali'ro equal; to the returns of the past. The Wileome mine presents a healthy appearance the stone coming foraaud being quite up to the average richness of the 'Jiiiie, while the Lade- maintains an, even and thoroughly permanent appearance.. The faces in the Jlust'i u-Tirae have impr.ovo<l somewhat in appearance during the lust weuk. and from the stone taken ou.fc somu very handsome specimens have been, flbtauted.. We hiwc nothing new to report from the Fiery Cross, the underground works are proceeding rapidly, and fair driving is beijig met wilk. in the low level fcu.nn.ol. There w some- talk of the Boatmen's Civek Company negotiating, with the Machino Company for a crushing cany iji the incoming yeaiv Of the various, other companies- in the district considerable actiyity is being, shown in, developing the mines, and mining matters,, on the whole ace upon ,a very lwalthy footing, though a few months must yet.elanse before the real rich-' ness of the locality is fully brought to. Ugli ;. On the Murray Crook Bide,, iji consequence of a lot oi dead work having to be done by the Wealth of Nations and Golden, Fleece Companies the returns from these- wines have not been so regular of laic, but tlw cause of this will soon ba overcome, when, ho, doubt the leu- way will soou be made up* Tlm> Energetic mine id reported to present a very healthy uppoarance,.ttndftU who bane visited the mine speak very encouragingly of the prospects of shareholders for the incoming year. A lange amount of prospecting is going on in the- dif« fere'nt mines ap. Murray Creek, nearly e-very lease in the locality being, fully manned. The battery at Rainy Crook is being kept going j regularly, und the return* fuom the surface stone being crushed are said to cover the cost of reduction and leave a decent margin to. the owners. We- aro- iufori&ed that operations will shortly ba commenced upon tlw reef discovered some time ago, at tlio head of Soldiers Taken altogether, there appears to ba no lack of enterprise, and with so much prospecting work going on on all sides we cannot go long, without some important discoveries, The necessity for strengthening, the police force in Reefton was strikingly illustrated by an incident which happened in Broadway towards tho hour of midnight on Wednesday laet. At the titr.e refeteod to a man, who wo believe very recently aiu'Lvod in th.9 district, advertised his presence in one of the hotel bars in, town by shouting at the top of his voice for somt ouo to fig lit him. A crowd of parsons was speedily gathered in the street and into the midst of tliese tke man dashed, stripped himself to tho waist, and there by a scries of wild gesticulations und blasphemous expressions loud enough to be hoard all over tho town, challenged any man in the district I to coino out nnd fighk The man kept up his war. dance for yj&put v, quarter of an, hour an*'

being of giant proportion!, and infuiia ed with diink there wa» a good deal oi hesitation in attempting eTea to pacify him. Fortunately lie did not find anyone to tseud on the tnil of liis coat, and the thermometer liaviug after a time cooled down a little, the would-be gladiator was finally led froia the- bloodless areas. Disgraceful aud blaguatdly exhibition* of this, kind were numerous eaougli in the early days of the Greenstone and other West Coast rushes, but we hardly thought that any one would have been bold enough to attempt to revive such scenes herd Tbelocale of the terrible fighting aow going on in Bulgaria is thus sketched by the Daily News's special correspondent with 4he Rus* sian army i— " Plevaa is in the hollow of a valfey* lying north, and south. The ground which, intervenes between the Kugsians and tbia talley is singularly diversified. Imngino ! these great waves with their (aces set towards the-talley of Plevna, and therefore end on to us also. The central wave is tk# widest of the three, aad a cheval/ of it are the main Turkish positions of which there seem three, oue- behind the othe-. Although the broadest wa*.e is not the highest., 'the right and left wuv.ee are both so high that one on tlio crest of either can. look dowu across the intervene ing; valleys into the positions of the central wave. BuA then the Turks are- astride all threa waves*" Now that the telegraphic communication, with Euroge is interrupted, the receipt ef a jpint memorandum from Sir Julius Yogel and Mr Michie,. on the subject of duplicating the cable is opportune. |The bulk of the memorandum appears in a recent number of theMelbourne Argus, The recommendations- are ' that a second cable should be laid from northern Queensland to. Singapore via Java ;. that thfl existing cable of the Eastern Exten» sion Telegraph Company should be purchased, and that charges should be reduced by 3i 3d per word. The estimated outlay required of (he Australian G-overnments is £1,810,000, and a calculation is made to show that the receipts would render the enterprise self-sup* porting. v Contrasting Christtshurch past and present j 'the Pre.su. says •..—'' la. 1854 tke population was 518. a1l told, and the number of houses 109. In three years, thut was in 1857, the population had. increased to U53, utid tho number of houses to 177. Taking now a step of sevouieen years, we cotno to 1371, and the comparison is something wonderful. Tbye population then was 10,281, with an annual assessment of £103,47«J and 2000 houses witliiu the city. Only thrue years more,. or up to the present time, and still more gratifying evidences oi progress. The population, from. U53 in. 1857, or twenty years back, has in^cased to- 13,200 ; tlm number of buildings from 177 in 1857 to 4178,. We have thirty-two m;U» of streets formed and channelled and partly, paved, uud gus Liid on throughout a considerable portion vi the whole city." The guuorul statistics of Tasmania for 187,6, show tlmt tlut population consisted on. JjJLst December last of j105,151 um'sous, ol' whom 55,633 were luulos and ■i'J.SiL iuumles. I'lio value of tlm imports ainowiled to £1,133,003, or £.53.,93y less than i« 1875. 'l'lio vuluii oi the t'XfjoriH U ruluriwd a* £1,130 US3 4 vi 1 £-15,000 in. oxci'Sd oi' tlwt of 1875. Tub m-ovi-rnment stutist takes a very h«|/olul winy/ of tho iuiaro pi < f.yp.. i uu oi' tho colony. He points uu,i iliai eUippiug is uc ureusi g,;. tli.it tlw luruiers and g,ra2icrs are no..v guitmg. boiit-i: prices fur tihuir produce ;, ilmt wages, are liighec- and labour more in demand '► und thut ininnig, uspecmlly lux gold <iud tin, Hjurishus as it nevor hiia boLre iv Tsismania,. the value oi, ili« gold obtained hut yeur being, about tour times, and tlut of tin yxpor'ud übout tbivu times,, as great, tw in 187'o. The exports of gold amounted to 10,278 o£, and oJ' tin to, 1016 tons. Tim welcome addition to our local police force, writes " .A utolyeiw " iv the .Nolson Times, turned just iv time to preserve tho sanity of the drill se.rgeuiiC. You see, part of the course of instruction was the formation of hollow Bqmtr.es,, and this could not: bo easily achieved with ouly three rank aud flic Oue of tho trio— tho stoutest — tried to, lap himself round the corner to, protect th.j fourth, side, but tb«j attempt was not itu overpowering success ;. and ibi dinner tlw essaying constable utu tlifl distenduig exenciso 'of the monuing was utterly incompatible with the recent reduction of pay. As a dtrnier retort the tmngulur evolutions w.ei;e introduced, but even iv threo-eidoil figures the appearance of the Nelson Originals was not imposing. You see, one is stout the other thiu, while in tho matter of height tho whole lorco differ considerably. Iv consequence oi these truljrjg discrepancies, when the sergeant fixed them, in position he drow back, looked steadfastly at them, and thus relieved an overburaVmod miad :. " Well if you ain't tho most trying lot that over I tried to truss into a triangle. You're dismissed, and. to-morrow bring a mirror with you to enable you to look at yourselves." But ull this w altered by tho opportune arciv.al of the " addUionals," who, us 1 have already remarked Ixuve been instrumental iv saving thu drill aerjjeaiit from, luuueji