THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1877.
Communication by the suspension bridge ucross the Inangahua was completed on Saturday lt»at. The bridge is, however, not yet open to the public, as some finishing work has yet to be done. Mr G-ardiner appears to have carried out his contract in a very fuithfu.l mannor, and the bridge as a whole may be classed as the best structure of the kind on tho West Coast.* We believe that a warrant has been taken out for the apprehension of Thomas King, the charge being for assaulting n. woman named Maud Macnamarn. King left Reef" ton by coach last week, and is supposed to be now in Hokitika. Wo know nothing of the facts of the case. ' Owing to failing eyesight, Sergeant M'Mynn, Clork of the R.M. Court at Ahaura, has found Lii.nself unable to longer continue the duties of that office, and has therefore resigned, Mr M'Mynn has been appointed bailiff of the Court. The rule nisi for prohibition obtained by the defendant in the case of Bank of New Zealand v. Wylrle, will we learn, be argued in Wellington on the 6th Novembor. Messrs Hart and Buckley, solicitors, Wellington, will conduct the case for tbe Bank of New Zealand, The point involved is a novel and rather important one, and is in effect as to whether a bank agent can make an affidavit as plaintiff on behalf of a corporation suing. We received intelligence on Saturday last of the striking of rich stone in the Great Northern mine, Larry's Creek. From the same source we also learn that some highly payable stone has been met with in the mine of No 2 South Larry's Company. We understand that a proposal will eliortly be submitted to the public for the formation of n Building and Land Mortgage Society in Koefton. An effort was made hero somo months ago to float a similar society, but for some reason or other the movement did not meet with the expected amount of public mip» port, and consequently fell through. The present movement will, however, have tho countenance of many of the principal business and prominent residents of tbe district, and as it will be organised and conducted upon the strictest business principles, it cannot fail to succeed, In a new district like this a great field is presented for the profitable investment of capital upon mortgage of lease and freehold laod, and tho society will render a great aei'9 vice in giving a stimulus to the occupation and cultivation of th 9 land. We beliovo that a prospectus will shortly be laid before the public when wo will notice tho, matter more fully. Thero will be a sitting of the Warden's Court to-morrow, when several rather important cases will bo called on. R. W. Raithby will apply for a special claim of 35 acres foi the Victory Company. This will include the ground held by the Defiance Company. The application will, we believe, be opposed, notice of objection having bren lodged by Mr W. Pitt, acting for Lynch and others, on the ground that tho transfer under which Ruithby claims was mado in fraud of Lynch and others, who claim to be shareholders in the Defiance Company. Those proceedings will iv . all likelihood open up the whole of the facts in law involved between the Dufiance Company and Lynch and others, and about which we havo already heard so much. Another case which will also come on 13 Ihut referring to the rightful ownership of tho Try » Again lease, Boatman's Creek, for which thero avo no less then eleven contending applicants, Tho case is a rather intricate one, having al different times been before the Court since 1872. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Union Company (Adams' line,
Soldiers) has been convened for the purpose of taking steps to provide machinery. The Company's reef is 10 feet thick, and has been driven on for a distance of 150 feet. This line of reef is coming into very prominent notice, and the character of the stone shown from that locality certainly justifies the very sanguine expectations expressed of its future. The melancholy intelligence which we else/ where publish relative to the sad end of Peter Purcell, will we are sure create a painful sensation amongst the many old friends of the deceased residing in the Inangahua. Purcell was a long resident on the West Coast and bad the well wishes and esteem of every person to whom he was known. No reason is assigned for the sad act. At a mooting of the Directors of the Kecp-it-Dark Company, held at Mr M'Lean's office on Saturday evening:, a dividend (6th) of 9d per share was declared. The monthly payment to the National Bank of £500 on account of advance for machinery was also madeThe quantity of gold obtained for last months' crushing was 481 ozg. 1 dwt. for 654 tons of stone. The prospects of this Company are of the brightest hue. Shares are now quoted at £1 7s 6d. We (West Ooa9t Times) learn that several applications for space are likely to be sent in from Hokitika to the Ballarat Juvenilo Industrial Inhibition. Tho Mayor has signified that ho will do all he can to further this object, and by all accounts the exhibition is likely to be an immense success as it is attracting attention throughouj all the colonies, School teachers should give tho matter a holping hand, and wo would like to see a number of exhibits forwarded from this district, not only from tho young mechanics of the district, but also from tho younger branches of society, who can, if they have tho will, aid tho work in a variety of ways. We notice that a large number of special prizes arc offered, for which our young girls might compote, such as for tho best pair of knitted socks, the beat wrought six button holes on linen, by girls under twelvo ; tho best lady's dress of cotton, woollen, or mixed material, without train j the best mado shirt, exhibits of fancy leather work, groups of flowers in water colors, the best exhibits of point lace, tho best ottoman in wool work ; and, a host of other valuable prizes are offered to which the young folks of this place might give their attention. The Oamaru Mail's carrier pigeonß tra» veiled from Duntroon to Oamaru, of thirty miles, in twenty five minutes. Some pigeons belonging to Mr J. H. Wood, accomplished the distance between Lyttelton and Akaroa iv twenty eight minutes, carrying new 9 which was published in tbe Mail. Describing the debate on the Waka Maori motion, the contributor of Notes from the Gallery, to the Hawke's Bay Herald writes:— Mr Hursthouse, the member for Motueka, made the only speech after that of Mr Bal> lauco in which there was anythig lively or anything that had not been said before. He related a dream which he had had the previous night, aud which shadowed forth the discordant elements that would exist if the Opposition got into power. Tho dream wus that the present Ministry were out of office, and tho new Ministers were in Cabinet ; the Treasurer was Sir George Grey. The claims of Otago were first put forward by the Dunediu members, then those of Auskland, until at last the Treasurer was iv despair at being utterly unable to satisfy all tho demands mado upon him by his supporters, and he informed them that fihe utmost they would be able to borrow was two millions. Then thero was a general split up amongst tho new Ministry and their followers, The graphic way in which Mr Hurtshouse related his dream, without a smile on his features, created hearty laughter, Sir George Grey himself being as much amused a3 anybody. He wont on to speak of the impossibility of the Opposition, in its present state, being able to form a Ministry which would exist for any length of time, and said he would not detain the House any longer by hia remarks, on which Mr Barff said maliciously " Give us another dream." Two yociig ladies were once singing a duot in a concert room. A stranger, who had heard better performances, turned to his neighbor saying, " Does not the lady in white sing wretchedly ?" " Excuse me sir, I scarcely feel myself at liberty to express my sentiments ; she is my sister." " I beg your pardon, sir," answered ho in much confusion, " I mean the lady in blue." " You are perfectly right thore, replied tho neighbor. " I have often told her so myself; she is my wife." Tho following is the text of a letter received by Mr Detective Browne, from the Hokitika manager of the Bank of New South Wales :— " Sib —I desire to acknowledge tho obligations which the bank is undor to you, for the zealous and careful manner in which you conducted all the matters which surounded the reported robbery at the agency of this bank at Kumara, on the 10th August. Tho executive of the bank foel that the clear sighted way in which you oetablished the conclusion that the story of tho robbery was a falsehood, enabled them to take a lino of action, in rogard to tho culprit, which lod up to his confession of tho crime, and they felt that great trouble and anxiety have been saved through tho exertions which you brought to beur upon the matter. They furthermore desire to thank you for your courtsey throughout all the unplea3an matters which attached to tho affair." A-t a concert givdn in the Melbourne Town Hull lately, tho chief event of tho evening was the debut of Miss Alice Rees, a young lady, who sang " Ever Thine," by Abt, and "Sing, owect bird," by Ganz. As soon as eho began to sing it was discovered that she possessed a pure soprano voico of noble order, In the second song übovenamed, after a charming display of natural and unaffected graceful singing, her sweet voice floated upwards in the utterance of a beautiful cadence and finished on D flat, in tone as ! pure, ns smooth, as round, as rich and resonant as ever came frotc tho exceptionally
' gifted i)c Murska. Such a storm of appiause i followed this delightful surprise thiit Miss Rees sang tho only encore song of the evening, uernely, "Thee only I love." by Abt, with equally gratifying effect to her heai'ers. It wus the greatest sueceas in this Hue which we (Argus) have at any time witnessed in this country. Miss Koes's voice is, of course, a young voice, and we discover in it already , a large range of fully eighteen notes. She is gifted with good looks aud a wholesome phy« - sique. It will interest the reader to know that Alice Rees is a native of Ballarat. and that she was " fourteeu years old last birth- ' day." The Thames mines are not doing anything striking, but are working steadily, and ■ giving good returns, The Thames Mining > Co has taken to dividend paying again, and gives it shareholders 5s per share this week. ' It lia9 also a good reserve at its back, and for a company that was off its last legs, and ' t very heavily in debt six months ago, this is not so bad. A writer in the Witness gravely asserts that it has been reported to him that Sulie* man, Osmau, and Mehemet Ali are no others than Burgess, Kelly, and Levy, the Maunga» tapu murderers, These three men with wonderfully strong necks, had been trussed by the doctor so that the hanging did not affect them. They were after the execution, shipped with the connivance of some of the authorities on board an homeward bound ' ship, and entering the Turkish service dis» 1 tinguisLed themselves al once, being consiti dered tho most artistic robbers and murderers seen in tho service for many genera* tions. 1 The Eoss Guardian says tho hearts of 1 many wives in Ross are beating high with , hopes and excitement as to which of them \ shall have the proud honor of being its first Mayoress, This reminds us of a verit" able anecdote in connection with a Scotch Bailie, which may be related 'for the benelit of future Mayors . On tho night of his first election to that office, he returned home drunk as usual, but when about to undergo p the customary Curtain Lecture, he silenced p his helpmate thus: " Haud yer tongue wuman did ye no ken ycr gauu to sleep wi' a J Bailie the night." , Who has not hoard of the Bevorend Dr Wullis, of Auckland, and M.H,R., for that city. This is how that able gentleman is summed up by an eye witness who oorres- , ponds for a Southern paper— "Dr Wullis made his maiden speech, and it was a terror. He is a dilapidated looking, white- - haired old man, dressed in. faded cleririctil costume 3 , and when b. 6 stood up to speak li c brought etrikinglv to mind the portraits of , Lord Macauley in his latter days. Cut his speoch! For ferocious radicalism ho beats Mr Roes " by chalks " while as regards style, , he evidently thought he was still in his , chapel at AucklanU. No member probably . has ever inspired the House with so much i (ear for their future happiness. The Doc* . tor's accent is a rich, mixture of Scotch and • Irish, which (eac-he9 its climax when he i quotes Latin. Tims, h'u pronunciation of i I tho trite phrase, Requiscat in pace, J)e • mortuis nis nisi bonuut is us nearly as possible like this : — T&atfquizalt in parsbe, Day Moor- • dooiz kneel hvezy, lionoom."— Sun. "Snyder," in the Poverty Bay Standard, recently produced a funny paragraph upon 1 the infellectual acquirements of the Justices 1 of the Peace of this colony. The editor of the John O'Qroat Journal, published at ' r Wick, Scotland, lias accepted "SnyderV, observations in sober earnest, and in tho exuberance of his joy at the comparison furnished ' by the " Great Unpaid" of his immediate , neighborhood reproduces ''Snydor's" paragraph with the addition of the following heading. " Nothing So Bad In Caithness,', Mr Wakefield committed himsolf. He got too warm as he is apt to do. He created a great sensation on Thursday night;, when he was referring to Mr Whitaker's remarks as to i the Waka Maori having been continued on tho recommendation of the Maori members and a large number of other natives. "We are told/ 1 said Mr Wakefield. "that the paper was continued at tho recomrnendas tion of tho Maori members and a large number of other natives. "We are told," said Mr Wakofield' " that the paper was continued at tho requeßt of the Maori members, but if two or three dirty Maoris" — Mr Stafford at once rose, and, amidst cries of "Heais hear," from all sides asked the speaker whether that was a proper expression to be used in reference to 1 members of the House when the Speaker very decidedly called Mv Wakefield to ordor. Tho native members were veay indignant with Mr Wakefiold for referring to them as dirty Maories, especially as three of them have been voting with the Opposition this session ; the fourth Tawiti being a member of the Ministry, To practico upon the credulity of the public to the prejudice of its health is the worst form of chalataury. This is being again attempted by scampish importers and vendors of bad liquor, flavoured with some cheap drug or extract, and asserted to be similar to or the same as Udolpiio Wolfr's Schiedam Aromatic Schnaps. a medicated beverage of the highest standing:
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 80, 29 October 1877, Page 2
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