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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 33, 8 March 1878, Page 2

Tho sittings of tho- District Court nt Hrofion,, havo beon. adjourned to. Thursday,, tho lUh instant

It 1a notified that tho Eov, Fathor Giirow willc«lobrato mnHfl h(/ CJnplcßlon,. on Sundiiy lioxt at 11,30'n.ni.,. find! at lloofton at 9 r.ti. Mr Wftrdon ShuWj left for tho Bouth on his Qroy Viilloy oirouit yostordny morning. Tho noxt Bitting of tho Courtfl hero will bo hcldon tho 12th infltnnt. In anothor- column wopublialv ft. lisfc> ofnominfttionß and handicaps for tho forthoom> ing nthlotio oports. It will be acoii'that tlio--1 number of ontrioa will boiu'-vory favorablo oompnriaon v>iMi< thut of tuiy. foi-mor oooafliona •iul na tbo hnndioapping appoaro to havo givoiv gonoral afttiflfnotion wo may look for iv lttrgo Hold of atnrtora, and an oxoiling oontcst for tho prisso, Tho attoiulanco at DftwsonM Hall on Wod'< innsflay last, on tho occasion of tho bonoflt to« tho Hospital was not noarly so largo ma might have boon oxpeotod, and was^ oor* tainly vory far Bhort of what tho morifc of tfao porformanoo dosorvodi Tho fltet piooo proaontod was " Tho Happy Pftir," »• roolly brilliant littlo two-part oomedy in whioh Mr jftnd Mru Tavai-os uppoarod to the groatosti ad fan (ago: Tho piooo is vodolont throughout 'of tho moat polished wit and natiro, andabounds in a roflnod rocinooo, which oan-novor fail to tlolight Tho seooncl parfc of tho programmo oonaistod of a numbor of gloos, and part oongs by tlio lady and gontlomun mom« bors of tko GHoo Olttb, ami tbo 1 manner in whioh tho nevoral piooos vvoro rondorod proved: a most onjoyablo fonturo-of tho programme. Tbo momboruof tho GlooOlttbmay.booongruutlnlcdmpon having jnatlo ainoofc au»pioio\»» beginning, and thoir ro-appouranod in publio on futuro oocßniono will bo looliod forward to with vory groat pleasure* Mr Tarry in tlio " Song of tho Soxton" won a roiilly woll do« oorved round of applauao, andiMr W. Dunn novor onng to bottoi" advantage than in tbo song of " Whon tho Corn i» Wflving," Tho cntortainmont oonoludod mih- tho amusing comedy of " Tho Bay Aftor tho Wedding,'» • tho oharaotoi'9' boing austainod'by Mr and MraTavaros, and Moasra Atldn, Mnrtinclli. and P6tln. Tbo piooo Icopt tho audionoo j highly amusod .throughout;, and this brought toaoloßOft moßt onjoyabl* «voning'fl ontortftinmont. Tha Woloome Company's oloitrning up has boon dolayod a littlo longer tlmn wnn ox~ pectod owing to the fuob that a oonfli'loraMo quantity of blanket Band had boon neoiumilutod during tho crushing and roquirod to bo paßaod through tho burdona on account of ita riclinoss. Wo understand that a mootingifor the purpose of forming a Building Sooioty- in Itoofton will bo hold .early in tho boginning of uext wook, and wo avo glad' to loam that' tho movomonb will oommnnd tl»o support of all tho leading busincas undothor veaiclontiv-of-tlio town and districtA nmtoh at oriokot has boon arranged bo» twoon th^- olovoa rooently dofoated by tho Gkroy month toam and ilftoon all oornorrt. 'Xh® playorn on tho nido of tho ftllnoomorß will bo selected. from tho following and others to bo added, Motors Hull, Pcaoook, Miuiflon, l)unn ( Soymour, Atkin, Datt, I'otts, Oaplos, Mivflh,. LToaplry, Kuid, Oorniili, Irvingi Wnlkor, qnd Q}\\l Tho mutohiwill Wplnyod^n Saturday, lflr.li inttnnt. ■ > Tho Inkcrman Oompr.ny (Kuiny Orooji) 1 will oommonco ertuhiug oporalionn atf MiWirs Q-ralmm andi Alien 1 * battory, on Moiidiiy. ,'6p Tuesday noxt. M I'koro ib, wo aro glad to lourn, hov/' rvfuir' prospect of Bomothing pcaotilnal being dono to unvoil the vosoourooH of tljo Solijlior's district" as within tho next f'nw> months' stopi -will botakon to orpot machinery thoro, Tho/UiiionCompany is tlio llrat' to move in tho ninttor, and -i tho prospeoto of 'tlio mino übunduntly justify tho steps. Sinoo tho roof was fii-at discovered in tbo mlno-ife ban boon driven on > for o distftnoo of 200 ft. showing an avorugo widththroughoutioffrom Bft.. to 10ft, Tho stouo ban. ftlao boon risen on for a hnight of' 1 70 ft. and throughout nhows a roidly well doflhod roof, of thu payable olmraotor of which not'tho slightoab doubt ia- ontortuinod. IPh« proponal is- to- oroeb ft ton-head Imtlory of 7001!)s stampors,. to bo drivon by steam mftohinory of flftocn . horao-powor, TondorS' foif'tho -plant woro cullocl by I h'a director*, tUolowost offciv in 'bomg -JJIIOO.- At this figure tho plant will bo delivered at •■ G-rcymouth • and tho company will havo to boar tho cost of transporting it to the maolnno oito, but a froight' is now down to L 7 per ton, tlw eoafc of .transit 1 will bo comparatively trifling, The directors havo negotiated for, nnd obtained an advanoo of LI COO to aid tho work, so that nothing' now. romains, but to-awaib an oxtraordinary ineoting of tho sharolvoldoro,' to bo hold next wook, to ratify tbo action of tho ,dirootora,.whon ; tho work will bo procoododJ with. Tho shareholders aro ohiofly working, "rnoii, and theyhavo tho utmost' ootiftdnnco in< tho BUoooBB of the vonturo. Tho starting of thii undertaking will havo an important bear ing. upon tho Inangahuu as it;. is in tho centre,of a now and most oxtonsivo roofing diotriot, and tho oxampjo thus sob will no doubts oncmrugo other comp^anioa in tho vicinity to- ftlik6 couirae,,and thus. add. groatly to tho gold pi'oduoing power of tbo field* Tho following, melancholy announoomont iooontninod in a tolcgram to yonterdny's Q-roy ltivor Argus : — Tho captain of. tlio Taup» reports to tho police that Mr Alexander Itoid, tho woll-known jpurnaliat, oamo on board at Lyttolton, paying hifl pasaago for Auckland. On. board ho was last Boon. about hulf-past 10' o'clock, whon oft' Kiakourn.. Whon miaood tho ship was searched for him,, but he could not bo found, ileapecting tho loss of Mrllcidfrom tho Taupo lnsfc niglit, it; a ppoara that the night was dark and gusty, with, a nasty oross soa running, and as tho Atoamor- was pitching a groat doal, it io sup»posod ii Riuidon lurch ouiuod Mr Heid to lose bin balanco and tuinblo overboard. Tho Weloomo gold roaohed town latt'ni^ht, tho aggrogato parool weighing 2;s(>ooza lOdwts being tho product of 725'tonfi, or an avoi'pgf of somothing liko throo and a-half ouitoos por ton. This is,, wo boliovo, tho largost purcol of gold ever turnod out by a singln crushing, in. tho liungahim, as tho avorajfo is also tho highosb yet attninod for bo largo a parcel* XJicrw is some fifty or sixty otmoos of gp .

still to oomo in which will go to still furthor swoll this roally masnificiont rotum. Tho diruotorsof Uio ooinpuny mot last ninht, wlion fc whs rosolvod to ihvito tondora from tho Pa-nkn for tho purchaflo of tho gold, pending whioh thodeclaration of llm dividond haa been dolayod, but as an answer will bo- roooivod from tlio B/inka during tonday or to-moriftwt thY dividond' will bo dcolarcd' on Monday , or TuobcUv noxt, nnd tlio wrtourit wiil probably boobotit llsper shhro. Tho Inangabuft ha» turnod out many handnomo roturiifl, but it ltftß ronmincd for tho Wblcomo Obmpany to ovortop all with a yiold whioh of 1 itself spoftks volumes for tho district. Tho company aro now gotting out atone for nnothor crushing,