THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 23, 21 January 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1878.

The sittings of the District Court, be* j fore his Honor Judge Weoton. wilt be ' resumed this morning, at 10 90 o'clock. , Immediately upon the rising of the t>istriot Court the Kcsident Magistrate will " ait. At the meeting of the Bee Aon Branch of the Hiberniait Society, held on Satur. day evening last, it was decided that the Socie'ies' annual celebration should take the form of a procession, ball And supper; to be held on the evening of the 18th March ncit. The Smith Pinorsma was exhibited on Baturda| .ereiiing last, to one of the largest Sowes ever seen in Keefton. It is o£*B#gK«ration to say that scores of pertoflM^ie, unable to obtain admittance. ' Thosevlppfeto present are loud in their . praite^U»ef merit of the paintings*. The , Panoi[pi| #Hl be exhibited again this Owjtejf to the length of our eourt^ wporwfwe »re compelled to curtail all' othartofcal natter. We received the following telegram last night t—*Chriitchurch. Canterbury , Fifteen, when the stumps were drawn, , stocjd— ten wicketa for one hundred and ! flvd^rons. 11 • lili quite possible that some of our readers > m»s£ot h>v« heard of the £cv. Styleman H«|ttg,'Tiow of St. Paul's Clerkenwefi, Lc^otv T The rev, gentleman does not ap- ' fefKto be one of those who "Do good by stealth ■ i^'Utt&to ftod it fame,** and he or his t &t|tnlfcjhftve hit upon aa ingenious method of J^aa^Jjhii name prominently befow the PfPJe^Kßy the Sues mail we received a post. $$!Sti '= oViwhich, under the heading, "An Clergyman,' is a brief account of ' Btyleman Herring's career. We Mxtffonadi that he "has during the past v visited 30.000 cases among the '■'; IpOndon poor, transplanted 4QOO, and per* ■* pnt^ed"; "6ooo other emigrants to make the '*. iMtishi Colonies their homes, largely assisted , ■In v th3 'Clerkenwell Explosion, ' Northflesty i( ;*XJ6spatricV an* 'North Sea Fishing'dit>_J asters, besides temperance,' Messrs Moody '• I meetings, opea*air and other philanthropic £ woikt; and spent 22 hours each day in if 'endeavoring to do good." It gives one a bolter •>• opinion of human nature to know that even : one fellowcieature has spent 18 hours ad iy ; • /or i 7 years in endeavouring to do good, while '' it is sad to think, that but for the introudction of the portal card, wo might never have known the oxtent of the reverend Btvleraan' t sel&scrifice and philanthropy .— Otago Daily ; Times. Notwithstanding the general prosperity of New South Wales, there must be a good deal/ of destitution in Sydney. The Herald of a recent date says:— The manager of the night refuge and soup kitolten in Kent street reports: — During the month of November 4622 meals were given, and shelter afforded in 2100 instances. Situations were obtained for thirty persons. Average number duly to dinner, ninety-four; average number to sleep, «ev<inty*one. Outdoor and indoor orders for the infirmary were obtained for the sick. Free passes by railway to the country for many of the unemployed. Several going up the country on foot in search of work were supplied with rations. Many women with families were assisted* All who came were helped in one way or other. In an English contemporary it's stated that, so great is the feeling of alarm in the old country among intending immigrants and their friends of baring to face a voyage down channel, that the Agent* General of this colony has found it necessary to intimate, through the columns of the English Press, " that those who receive free or assisted passages to New Zealand will sail in ves*e!s which embark their passengers either at Plymouth or oti the Clyde and thui escape the dangers attendant on the passage down the channel." A Nelson paper states that Sirs Slorton Tnvarefl, the actress is a niece of the ' Marchioness of Normanby. (The Sportsman says that by the victory o ' Jongleur, and the circumstance of Gladia getting a place in the Cambridgeshire, it is I computed that the Frenchman take something like £60,000 out of the English ring, ' A nun, the S«ur Simplice, was lately conducting a number «f infant scholars for a walk in Paris, They were attacked by a m»d dog, and the poor sister seising the animal, i kept it from biting the children. She wa« ftprself, however, so seriously injured, thut t-he i died. Little notice has been taken of this act of heroism, The following appears in Thursday's Otugo Daily Times:—" I, William M;ithie« son. junior, of Tokomairiro hereby challenge any man in New Z-jaland to throw the 161 b hammer, according to the Duuedin Caledonian Society's rules, for any sum from £10 up to JfoO.