THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 3 June 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1878.

- At tbo flrofc half-y'o'arly mooting of thp Bburoboldoro of tbo Paotol'un Obmpanv", hMVV at Mr WisoV. ofiloo on 3?riday ovoning lust, tbo following gontlomon woro appointed divootora for tbb etirrbnt half yoar ;— Moosrli Dt Young" B/Whitfom, J.Nngto, S, Barr, and A. M'Knyj Ti/lv I'oing'dofttrp was rc»olootod auditor. Thb ordinary 'h'alf-y oarly mooting of tho Juo't»in«Timo "Company was hold yostorday, and ndjoui.nod until Saturday, 32nd Juho, tp await ttio oonpluflion of 'tbo prosont orrfsbing',' Mailn for tbo Unitod Kingdom and Aus^ tralian OolonioN, ilor Aruwata, oloso 11 a.m, on Tuoaday, 4th inotartt at tbo Bluff!' Toi grama roooivod at tbo looal offlcb Up, to 10 rt'.m, ' ' ' " I'ho mombors of tbo Roofton Gloo Club will moot at Gilmorn' Hnll for proo'tioo thia j oVoning ut tbd untial hour, Tbo urni'il sitting of 1 thb Magiatrato'a and Wardon'fl Oourta will bo hold on T-losday next. Tbo Lioonoitfg Court will sit on tho immo day at noon. ' '' ' V| „, ' , Wo atfo oxtvomoly glad to loam that tho prosont Just»in«Timo orushing promisos tho moot nhtiflfnotory vosulto. During tbo past* wo'olc" or two a ooneidorablo domatid has aprung up for sharoßin tiio Union Company, nnd wo hoar that largo aaloa havo boon dffoocod afc ettoadily advanoing pricoa. Vory praiaoworthy adyonoomont ia boing'mado by the mombors of tha oooond Itooftbn Brass Band. Tho Band numborn aomo 12 or 15 strong ttnd although ifcw' hardly moro 'than flvo months ainco llorr Schmidt' took tbo 'raw roeruitn'm hahd; 'thoy aro now abip to por*/ form Bimplp pioooo of muaio in a vory creditnblo niannor, and at tho anrno rato of by'Ghriatjmas noxt tho band will bo in |. vory fair statb of oflloienoy. ' ' ' '' I Tho monthly mooting of tbo mombors ofi tbo Hospital Committoo will bo held ht Mrt M'l-oan'a ofllco this ovoning at 8 o'clock. I Tho ooncor'fc in aid of tho Ohuroh of England Fund has boon definitely flxod to 'take plapo on Saturday ovoning 16th Instant. Tho pro'« IgfammowiU eolmpriso in tho ori(s part bo1oc« tions from M6zart's" Twblftn ' Masa, " ttjo Mooflmh, and othor piocos by tho mombors of tbo Black's ' Point, Gloo Oompahy. " The , concluding part will bo mado up' of Inßtru* mental and vooal, holoa, duets, and oborusos' hy' bidy and gontlomonamatoura, " " ' .'/' Tbo ordinary hnlf yoarly 1 mooting of tllo Gabion Trcasiiro Gold Mlhfiig Company wiil bo hold at Mr Bronnan'fl oflfloo tb dayat2p.ini Mr Gtardnor, Optmty Enginoor, is at prosont on an oflloltd visit to tho Hampdon 'Riding, and while thoro will oxnmino fully into tho roquti'omonfcs of tho distriot and 'upan' hik '> rotiirn report to tho Oounoil, upon thb works most, uvKontly rcquirod. "' Tho Tonus Company donned up on Saturday lust, aftor. a oruahing of a littlo ovor five hundred tons of stono; Tho aggregate yiold gives din aV6rago of about 12 dwti por ton and' ooiiflldoring that' a largo jWoentag'o of tllo stuff put through wn'e loose' brokoh matoiitd takon' from tho oup of tho lodo and in Oponing up< tho rbturn rii ust bo looked upon ns highly iiatUfftotoryi 'ijlio orushing will ondblo tho directors to puy off about £150 of standing liability, and loavo a sum ' nufflolont to dbolarb a dividend of about 6d por' Bha'o. Too dlrootrtra at tbn next mooting will dooido upon tbo di'-ponhl ol tho monoy available.' Tho Oiilden Floooo Ootnpntiy oomtnoncod orushing ou Siiturday last nnd will oooupv tbo battorios' for iibout a month, when tho "Vonui Oompan'y j will rosumo orushing. Tho latter' Company | has übundanco of Htone to grass and ns tho whole of tho paddooks aro full aiid ovory avuilftblo time ia hoapod up ifitt ntpno, th» "AU.,I. ■' :„, • I- • '> , >["

lands havo boon knocked oft ponding tbo jomplotion of tho Floooo crushing, Tho Revival Company's 'prosnoofa having so much improved df loto, owing to tho promising discovorion 'mndo in Cho Victoria inino/'ifc is wo bolievo in tended to tit itaoo sot tbout Opening up tho mino to got out stono. riio Viitoria riib of Btono has wo learn, brioni found in tho 'Rovivaf mino and 'immediate jtopsaro to bo takon to'bpon'oufcupdrt it, Tbo nop'oful brui.hi.ig is proo'obding satisfaotbrily and prom tflos a good rotiirn. Tho atbno'is coming forward in tho groatost abundance' Wo' think omotbing should bo done to warn tho publio of tho atbrflgo of powdor.on \ tho' south side of tho riVor. ' If wd nro rightly informed powdorifl now boing stored in ft small building' atAßosstown, noar the Bus.' pension bridge' Tho proximity of thiq magns._no to tho road rondorti it nooosoary far publio safety that sonio oaution should bo givon to passors by. Tho gratifying intolligenoo rondiod Rocfton on Saturday last, of tiio strlkini of tho' roof in tho now low lovol of tho Oalodonla Coma puny, Larry's, Tho'lodo io of avoragb width, nnd oarrios magniu\jonfc gold; Thb 'improv|ng prospoata of tho mino* in tho uppo'r portion of Murray Oropk will> it i> hoped, induoo tho proprietors of tho v W eß^ Rn^ battory to pliioo "tho machino In proper orddrt For n"v<y months past tho battory idlo, art'dlias oonsbquontly fallon out of ropair. As thoro now sooms a lttjolihood of tho yiotoria and Rovivnl Companies shortly' requiring, "rushing power, mid an' tho Cordon Gully Company fyas' stono* alrbacly available, thoro ought to bo mifllolont erioourngotnbnt to tho battory 6'wnora to plnoo tiio prbporty in oomos thing liko going ordor. Tiio Phconix Company will also ho ltfcoly' to roquiro crushing powor beforo 'jrory long, but w'hothor tho Company will oroot an additional battory or rosort to tho Wostlnnd is" riot yet known, but tho' former is moßt probably tho oaso." Tho unfortunato man Danlpl Thompson, raoontly brought' boforo tbo Magistrate's Court on a charge of 'vafjranoy, haasinob boon tmrisfovrod' to Grroymoufch, and upon' tho dortiflbriWof Drs Morioo,'and Smith has boon oommittod to tho Hokitika Lunatic Asylum', At HolonsVillb tho Othor day, a Maori was carrying a bollavlosb' dog,' Iho aotivo oon« stable ai: onco drop'pod upon tho aboriginal, and insisted upon ' tho pnytrio'nt' of 5s for tho collar." ThisVas rolusod on various'protoxts, among othors it was lirgod tint tli'o dog bo» longod tb Babylon (a nativo BoUlpmbnt up tho Kaipnra rivor)." Oonstablo "Naughtori did noton'roif Iho dog 'bolongod tb'JcfcUAalpnd Tho imlivo snid tliat only" Europbans p'dld'for' collars. Oonatablo Naughtou replied that a similar privilege would in'futurobogrnnlod to the natives. Tho Maori was indignant nt tho idea of its being palled a privilege. Ho snid ' Tooniubh gainmlon l, It waV explained to bim that ';tho' dogs in tho township woro a nu'Buiob, and tho Govornmonfc wished to koop thorn down. Mjtorl dogs woro also a groat nui«anoo. Tbo rotbrfc of tho Maori is worthy the rospootful attontion' of tbo mombevij of tho Acclimatisation Spcloty. Ho onidi * Why do tho Gtovornmont ijnot havo oollars for rata ;and pboasnnts \yhioh are a groator nuisnnoeP^ i. ito addod i * Suiipo'sb Maoris woro to ohargo I sflsoollar for evory phonsant which is found destroying thoir maizo plantations lty„ a natives nro forblddon ''to' destroy, until (ilio injury is done.' This brillinnt idea was n pboor for Mr Oonnttiblo Nuughton' who bbgan to" fool ' small potatoos,' in tbo prowmooof this dusky and in-oprossib lo lawyor.biitftho -finishing touoh wa^ given to theso conclusive argumont j , as Mr Naughton'o pig turnod tho o6rribr,'aud oam'o up tb tho" ."group, tyho 'native, with voliomouoo oxolaimod,' Why don't you put, a collar on ' your pig t '—Auoklnnd Star.' ' ' . ' A lottor writton by tbo olovor onginbor who has just loft us, tb a frlond in Australia found' its way' into ptfnt, and Mr Oltirk will probably bo,oonßidorably , 'Burprißodat noPing somo' of his impressions of this Colony lioro ropro« duood, Aftor inontioning his" opinions oii thodrainago of Adolaido' and' tho port, nnd thd difficulty of finding' a pprmanb'nt sourco of wftt'oi. etipply for tho city; ho *p'o»ks with pleasuro of Tasmania and' its climate, Snd likb DiPkons in ' AmfiHoi.^toiihd ' 'libw small tho world is, by Wbting old frionds and sohoolmatos, lost si«ht of for years.' arid n6w pronporous. From Tosmariia tb Hbkilika,' 'and by tho , WosU Coast 1 tb Ohrisloliurbli,' Whonoo ho writos, Mr Clark onjoyed ' jiif jbub6y. Ho has never soon ilnor" s'ljo'nery, thbufeh it wants a littlo nerve. The coach- 1 ' drivoV b'nld ' This is Portor's Pass, sir— sovon iTiilos in tbn minutos' and ho did it in olo'von,' tho' dos'ooni being 020 ft„ tho road, ft littlo Inotohinthb 'side of a preoinloo, with iho ohdnoo of a" fall of 500 or 600 ft. « However.' sn^ Mr Ola'tli 'thoy don't fott,'. Nparly ove'ty houso Jn Ohristohilriih has Its own ai» , toMan woll-^-a li-inoh gas»pipo drivon down abo'ufc oighty' foot t thoro avo 1000 of thorn in a city of 2500 housos.' 'Tho quostion of surfaoo' or subsoil' drainngo fias Pausod disson« ions, ohiofly' on tho ground of bbjootlon to taxation. ' i Tho young men of tho Royal Irish Lan* oors aro fa'voritos of matHmouiinl fbrtuno. ' I' am rot'nindod of thoir liiok by "tl}'o : 'irooont marriage of Captain' Alfrod ' Harypy and Siirgobn'iiMrijbr iittfinson, who oaptvirod two' sialbrs with iE50,000 eaob. Xast yonr Mejor Vandiilo'ur lod 'a'woalthy widow— -'tho Hoh. Mrs' 'Luoits Caroy, J dau^htor»inslaw ' of Viscount Ifyulknor— to thb nltat-. A distor of tbo Duke of Marlborough raurriod anothor man of tho Royal Irish, and aiiothor allianoo of 'ono rogimont with a lady of similar lineal position is on the • tapis,' and till kod of "in tho ro'gimont, In this : oaso blood, brairiß, aiid boauty, as woll as monoy, ! aro to bo tho rownt'ds of thd luoky lovor, A writor in tho Loader tolls tho following anccdoto of thb groat hintoh botwo'on Fiftoon • and Blovori of Australiu— ' An ilm using ins oidont ooourrod during (his matoh wliloh I" do not think has sboii tho light provlbusly. In tho oarly part of tho aooo'nd innings, whilst' tho brpthors Dannonnan woro togetbor, tho youugor balled a run, whioh 0, Bauuermun „.„.-..-.,.. '.. . .*> ... ■ ..'. .

roflpondod to buc wua tlion ordorod buck, i Jluviiifj giitio too far' to rotivat,, and finding his brother standing unmoved in his oronso the older brother exoorcisod his birthright, aiid catching hold of tho younger brother by thoeolbir, drnggod him out of his ground, whioh ho himself then immbdintoly obbup'ibd with the remark. \ "S^ou'ro " hotter out than I am.' Thb' rbsult wan that A. Bannorman loat his wlokot,l)ut hlo sido won tho matoh. Suoh ivn fnotanoo of pronohoo of mind in an cmorgonoy doaorvofl to bo robordod,