THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1878.
Wo notice ainongflt othor improvomont« nnd altorntionn whioh havo boon lntoi^ oarvied out at Blnok'g Point, that ft now browory in \n oourßO of oonstruolion by Mr M'Oonnon. Tho building is rapidly approaching complotion, and when flnishod will bo [ equippod with all tho latest appliances and iinprovomoiits requisite for turning out a firnt olass article. Mr M'Oonnon is ono of tho plonoors of the distriot, and having hnd an exyawnon i» »ho blowing biwbiCßfl exfconding over a poriod of twonty yrarn, should command a ahnro of public patronngo. A paragraph, roeontly appeared in tho WofltConut Timcfl roforring to a telegram forwarded to that pnpor by tho local ngotit of Iho Prosfl Aflsooifttion, in whioh rxcoption is talcon to tho faot that in (ho mestmgo tho names nnd oooupationn of tho porsono recently inrliotnd hero upon a criminal information fov oonflpiring to dofraud in oonnootion with tho Dcflnnoo Company, wero «ivcn. Thopavas graph, as it rofovrod to ono of tho proprie« torfl of Iho Ilcrnld, wn?, of course, greedily pinkod in by (ho latter paper, and in order, if po»Biblc, lo impart to it a liltlo extra pungenny, iho niuro of (ho prciuimcd Mcndor was given. Now, in tho disolmrgo of a dry duty tho Prccß Agnnt nppoftrs to havo dono prociooly what it, it was hia duty to do, hy ro citing in tho tcloj»i'nm tho introduolory words of tho information sworn in tho oaao. It is , cvirlontly very distnetoful to ono or moro of (ho parfio3 concornod (0 hnyo their nnmos nnd occupntioiiß paradod throughout tho Colony in oonnootion with fluoh a ohorgo, but whon tho Miigl'trato prroiding in tho ohro frit it his du*y to bc«nd tho defendants with having boon guilty of dhnrp praotiooa of a ohnrftotor cnloulatod to bring dijerodit upon tho die trier, wo oonour in thinking that it wob high timo that n spado was ciillod a spade, and, therefore, in tho inrnrosts of tho publio thnt not tho smnlleot oompunoUon should bo folt in giving tho fullopfc publicity to tlio tratifluotion and tho nninco and occii" pations of tho«o who woro concornod in it, Wo hnvo from tho first felt tho Iho trniifliio-tio-i iriis a slmdy ono, and hnvo thcroforo, iicod our boat qndonvorß to l«t. in iko Hjjht nj-.on it, nnd wo tnko tho credit of hnving not, wholly /niled. What wo conoeivo as a jnisenrtiagoof juslico has occurred in tho cane, but of this wo do not now oornplnin, nfl the object wo had in view hns boon attained and* tho outsido public will hnva loarnt that, thcro nro thoso hero who will not lolnrajio shorp pnroliccß in any form. Fov oursolvcn wo always have, and will cont'nuo to.probo into nny «ueh trnnsnotion whioh wo honestly llunk vpquivoß it. That this courno is linblo lo incur dispk'«»uro in certain diroolions wo aro quito prepared for,, nml tho brunt o* 1 which wo will willingly stand. What tlio West Coast T'incs may think of the matter i'b of very (rifling concern \o u?, or doubtlesfl lo tho Profs A«cnt. An action for ii'sol lino been brought nginat lliio paprr, avid, in "conclusion, wo enn only recommend OUl< l° C( d contonipornry to ci'joy tho fuUcsfc moifluro of h in exultation, and to do so in silence, for unloos compelled, ns in thin instance, wo uro loth lo dis-lui-b Ilia blio.il'ul oorcnity. 'J'bo flittingfl of tho Disti-ict Court oppnod ycstordiiy, nnd worn not concluded uvitil 8 p.m. Wo nro compelled (0 hold over Iho eoncluftionof our report until Iriday. His Ilonoi'iTudgo Wcfiton loft for Woatport this morniug. Tho priudpnt itom of Victoria 1 gold-min* itig nown during tho past month was tho ro noxt of thoetiiking, on tho Sfyid ultimo, Oi
gold bearing bloiio in tho shaft, of tlio Magdata Company'*! claim nl StdwolK Thin com* puny no well ni ft numbor of others on Stawoll Imvo boon prospoollng thoir olaims for many yearn pant nt, great rxpenso, in hope- of finding oomo of tho vevy rioh voofa . which Bovoral companion on Stawsll Imvo workod with ft vory grout profit, and which from thoii 1 ex.. trnmb aizo nppom to bo inexhaustible. Tho Btono in Magdnla wns Blruok in tho bottom of tho shaft at tho dopf.li of 1988 It from tho i BurfaoOifttul tho disoovory oausfid tho grontoet ' exoitomont, although it in known that it could not bo proved for porhaps somo months whothor tho ntono would bo paynblo enough for working llio faot that gold hns boon found in quark at ncaily 2000ft below tho Biirfooo in, howovei', ono of muoh groalor im» portnnoo to Australia than to Mngdnln sharo* holders j and If thoso shareholders should bo oblo to prove that good payablo stono oxlblb at that or a deeper level, a brilliant future will loom boforo oil tho quartz minos in Victoria. ' f The good limn ooming for Uoofton wil asßurodly load to a eonsklorublo innroano in population, thn tvonthor that, lino nflliotod tho distriot so lone; having brokon up and dianppoarod, and Iho roadfl again in good work' ing ovtlor, will throw Hfo an I flhfliH'fulnofln around nml upon this portion of' Wow Zealand so favorod and to blosaod, with nil that renders lifo njjrocablo, but whioh may and frequently do load to Ihoao habits which ongondordisoaoo through oxpoßiiro to aioknoaa mid ohillfl, tho hoirlthioafc mny bo etriokon down by Kitkumatirm, Jlnmnixi'io .Gtoirri Lvntnxao, Intbumittknt Fkvers. Bit-tou^-nkss, tic, and it is woll that all should know fclio most rolittblo cures for the.no are tho fiimous Indian MRoramn* known as Ohoiluh't) Groat Indian Cures,"— they Rrtii bo bud of M". It. Qisflinge, Choniisl. nppointcrl nolo wholesale agont for ttoofton nnd difltriet. Bc.a testimonials in ndvevtis» ing columns,-— Advt!
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Inangahua Times, Issue 94, 18 September 1878, Page 2
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