THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, DEC., 5, 1877

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 5, 5 December 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, DEC., 5, 1877

A meeting o,f the stewards, pf the Reefton Club will be held at Hotel, this evening at § o'clock. The town wqs canvassed, yestey.day for subscriptions fo,r spo.rts \n conneptjpn with the forthcoming fyosp.ital feto, wl}gn $ considerable, sum was raided. Mr Reid, of the fjrm of Button and Reid, reached Reeffan o,n Saturday evening last, for the purpose, of establishing a branch of th ir business in $eeftqn. Temporary offices have been taken, \n Broadway, thrpe c^oors the Bank p,f New Zealand. A meeting of the mambers of the Ball Committee, of the Heather Bell Lodge. \s convened for Saturday evening next, atj Black'a Po(nt. \fe lea.pi $has pending the repair of the Buller-Reofton road the business people of "\Y6BP°X? h a X° ec »ded to return ouee more to boating. Freights will therefore be deli-ve.i-e.d! by the boats at the Old Landing, and, draje,d to Reefton. We learn that duri,ng the late flood a portion of the machinery of the United Alpine Company, which was awaiting transport at Lyell, was covered up with sand, The machinery. l\as since been dug out; and i,s fou.nd (;o. be in no way injured. Arrjinj|eroe,nts (or the, lorthconiin? races are, we lear,», progressing very satisfactorily. The purchaser of the right to th,e grand stand has decided upon erecting a pavallion capable of seating two hundred p.erqons, which will no. doubt bo largely pa^rqnisod. The owners of Septimus, t^quath^a Wylcte, Morning §tar, Mamm.a, and Roncqstqr, have ens gaged loose, boxee in Recfton,. Tb,e contractors for tl^e formatio.n of Smithstreet aro making good progress v{ith tho work, a,nd the street wh,en completed will add grea.tty the comfort aqd appeai'an.ce. of that part of tfye town. The contractors for tho paying of the right-of-way have the vork. ; oleo well advanced, and it is being c^rrj^e.d, p,ut in a yevy substantial manner. A, constant stream p/ population i$ now pouring int;o Reefto.u fro/n all quarters, and ajtf night time the streets wear a most basy aspect, must be. c.o.n(«ssed, however, that the number of the arrivals is very far in excess of th,e requirements 9/ the district, and ye consider it our duty to discourage, tlys incursion as much as possible. Already a large member of the. old hands in the district are I ou,t of work, and with no very near show, of getting an, iutyugs., a.r^d the cliances of stjran« gerjai aga^ngt the^iQ. n\en mu,sfc aecftg^iirily, be j very smal\. N,o do,ubfc tjbe. great depression I now prevalent along th,e whole of the Coast lias much to do, vjit^ this migration, but it must unfoi-tunately be admitted that; men ' who make, their way hither have but a, poor prospect' before them, unless provided, with the ineanß, of investment, in however small v Uho Marlborougli Express s,ays :—^be shearers f^niabed tjheir work on Monday morrung last for the season, halving shorn 5 ( 0,0Pp, sjieep, in eighteen working days, during wh\eh, no rain fell. Blincoe's gang, consisting 0/ t\v.enty»eigh,t , men were, the 9peratorSj and we fyave it o^a good, authority to say the work \Tj.as done. i,n a thorough and, masterly manner,. O,n on,e day the unusual number of 3570. sheep were shorn, or 124 per man r The produce was close on VOO bales, and, the wool was fully up to aye^;oge, both for quantity and qualify. The D,unedin Star gives tho. following account of the fsjrst Lev.^ concert at which, was an unqualified sjuccess :— The tcornetUt gave as solos " Alexis ,'•' " Auld K-obin ,G,ray," and the ".Mau,d Yvalt?>>''' an d etio \ membei;, of his company met v/ ( ith a cordial reception. On Monday nighi the In^er/jargiy, bn^d ser,anaded Levy at his hotel, ployed 1 fl.eme sele^^ons in a manner that Levy declares aston.ished p hun, he not; anticipating to i)ind euch; proficiency. \n retjurn for thp honor., tljey had done him, Levy not. only, en^ertjained them, bu,t afteijyyjards had cleared tlj^e l<jng room of the hojel at w 4 bich he is aUyiagj and guve tho band an ljpu/q. instruction, besideß conducting wtylp they pjayed, a couple .of; selections. Then, (as the j^ws states), 1 Levy took out hjs bpr^et and gave a. prpof of its jjpssibilitiesj when the astouisumeut of his .gu.estq, v^ug_ spmetlfing that qannop be des», mbed, I/e dijstbctly produced five, C'sj ran boulps vvith t^ ( e rapidity of a violinist, s.hpok with the lip, anjd did other things that, nope of them over dreamed withjn the possibility of tho instrument. 'JJIIO Inv.ercargill bandsmen were, of course, delighted; and arrauged . tjO tuko ns many lessons from Levy as his time there would Pjprmit of hj/« g_i,ving theiu. Signpr G-ioiza has been giving t^lje residents a taste of, Ifis powers as an organis,t.

[ The good time coming for Reeftpfy w,iU ■ naeuredly leu d to a considerable increasq.be , {topulution, t.ho that lias afflicted thn i-dipiriut so Ippg having bvp&en up tt'nd djß« uppen'rerl, and the roada. agaiu in ijood works iiij^ order, will throw life and clieerfulues, arquud and > upou this portion of New Zpalaq

bo favoured and so blessed, wilh all that renders life agreeable, but which naturally and frequently lends to those habitsd that engender disease through exposure to trump? and nbills, the healthiest may be sickness down by Rheumatism, Rheumatic Govc, LpaipAGo, Intermittent Fevers, B;mous? tfEss, &c., and it is ' •well that all should know the most reliable cures for these are the fafnous Indian Medipines knojyn as '' CJhollah's Greaj; Jn'diaii ' Cures,"-r- they can be had of ](f. R. .Gissinge, Chemist, apppinted eple wholesale agent Tor Rcefton und distript. See testijnoniale ip advertising polpmne.— Ai>7.