THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 36, 1 May 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1878.

j Thorn wan o, long oifciiriff inflt tlio flCngMrfltCß Court yofltordnyi-thb ultling Iftflting through* J ont tho dny. Tfy'oro.wor'p' a 'number of jproiio* i outionfl a(,'(vi)|«t loohl otornttoapoVo for bronoiiofl ■of tho Licnnning A.at. Tho inforraora in-e'aoh , inntnnce woro a bootmahor from Molthinui, , nnttiod Iloflliinfl, and' a p'hot.ngrnphor from WcofporV, iinmotl Vivinn. Thonb two worth ios, it appears arrived .in Reef ton bnrly' in April, and by various aot« of duplioity tiianftgod to ontva-p' tlio nternlcooporß into sor^ i ving tiicm wiUj-fluiKiry bottlon of boor, An in UHual in doiiling with tlip toatimony of fluoh pni'aonfl, tho ovidonoo wno conflioUng, and iti in not improbnblo th.it tho informorn will bo oallod wpon tn auowor an indintmont foV porjury, in rnlntion to tho oviclonco.^'iyon in ono of tlio on.flr>D. Owing to ununufti pronsuvo upon our art" vortioing npaon, much local niattor in un* 1 avoidably hold ovor. Tho hoftvy raiu of tlio prftnodin^ twolvo hottrn brought down n hoavy Hood yotit.orilay t , but tho rivor did not Hoo to within' oighl;oon i inohen or two foot of t.ho laot flood. Muoh dumoßO wnn dono by tho washing awny of , tho noutborn bank of tho rivor, but 'bbyonrl this no logs io reported. : • i Tho Mow Zjonlanrt Hprald talton tho following from the Ooos Bay (Orogon) Nown of Bth Fot)ni(iryi— "Tho two ohildron, Wall or and Lottio, travelling with Mr Samwbll'p animal obow, and claimed by 0. Morting to bo his ohildron, worn upon iuvo«tigntion, ) found not to bo lira 'ohildron fcho boy'a true ' nnmcboin« Arfcliur Alonzo' Nolflon, having , boon kitlnnppod from Auckland, Now Zealand : about throo yours H\o. Roooiving information ' • through Mr Snmwoirthftt tho ohilclrori woro . boing tnifltrontod wo intorviowod tho boy, and a f tor anflaring him of protection, lio informed us of his oonlinuod inliuman trootmont fit tho hanrifi of Morting At Kmpiro City for tlio 1 offonno of oniolking a pajjor oigaro'tto, Morting Mod him' b nnd and foot, and oompollpd him ' ' to lio in that position nil night, and it appears hlo'wliolooburflO towards tho boy has boon ono of brutal' oruolty. ' Tho boy is but nino yoaro old, and lio woo vory anxiouo bo takoii , ivevs. Moi'ting, whioU wo did, and wo ohall sco i I

sssgji^ar ■':■'• "" ; ■' ;,:Tr.^.'ji r --A-~ that ho rcinaina iugood hands, vrhoro he'll bo properly t*kon ouro of and oduoatod hero after.— Sinoo writing tho above, 81wriflt Aikon Kan takon tho boy, W unload wanted by hja parents, when diflOiyorod, ho,'H aiiopt Kirn. 1 ' A ootniniinlbfttiott to the editor 01 the Coob fifty Nowa would' bo'afctomtod to ; or Mr John ikiokW, v of ' I»oc*" Oxford, Giirfy'doV Otojon, ' TJ,3,A^, would bo glnd to bo of a?o;at«noo, if roquostijtt.'* 1 As m instWo' of tho opinion in whioh fcho onormoua floofc of Great" ftritajn *» hU<]L 'by lt'usaiiij n. feorliu' newspaper publ'stios fcho following (torn ito correspondent 'ot St. PotoMlmrgli :•— " At tho commencement ot tho war tho ontvanco of tho Hritiuh fleoji into tho frardirnoH'oo'woulci hava, 'piwiys'odj to a notable oxlontour military action, Jbut now thin in no longor tho caaoi and' ttio En^fisli admiral must ftuij liimgolf considerably o'mlmr« mosod. What in' most to &V wished for ia tUo intcrorit of'tho KngHnii ilo'et ia that U'wftmi,,. iitonM to "Dcoikft-'iftiiy, for 'W^ the Jtyii;pf Martnora U- in exposed to inoorivonionoo which might prboocU frpjn $'ho batjtorica, commanding tho Dorttdnolloo or from torpedo boats which' havo rehdorcd ua oUjOh fiigiij^ aoryjeo 'in' tho" ftitnubo, . and ; 'tho Blnok $oa. fa ft' thftt pur victory ia not bonoiddirod quitri' ooniploto, 1 nnd ttmf, it' in donljL'Otl to fot-od *u» fo advanco-in Ania Minor aptftuwt Gonsian*. tinoplo,' ns wo hiivo done' in;2tumolia,P Om/ naval offlooro, whom tho tovpodo wnrfnro -'has 1 inflamo'd' witli onth'iisiasnv'. only' dOatro further to.^disthißuiah. {homWvoa. * Vfho la to provont our bxtonding a ohhin of torp'odoo'n from 'duo" 1 ijido of tlio Htrnitß to tho btshor, which niiglit Condor 1 vory difficult thbroturn of tlio Bnqiiflii floot to Boailca'or' to MftUft, Wonro in'lMo wloo nnoany on thin point, and loBH roenrd. i ia paid to; tho famous 1 iloot of tho jCngliflh tHaji formerly, for tho airaplo roanon that it has lost ft 'groat part of Us proatigo."