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Inangahua Times, Issue 22, 22 November 1878, Page 2

Owing to th« flooded stab of tb» rivers, the down Gicoy eoaoh did not otart yosterday ' morning. For tho sumo reason the np ooaoh did not arriyo last night. It is oleowhoro announced that by special rcquost tho performance of tho Octoroon will be repeated tosmorrow ovening, Owing to tho heavy rain on tho ooofliion of tho first performance of the piooOi many porton*, oxpeoially rssidonti of the outlying plaoos wero unable to witnosa it, and it is to afford i them ttu opportunity of doing so that pioeo will u« again plncod upon tho Btogo. Tho prooed* of tho entertainment will bo handed to the hospital. Tho nuciion sale of forfoitod eh arcs in tho Littlo Boatman* Crook Company announced by Mr Brennan, for last Saturday, he.« boon pogtponod until next Saturday when it will take placo at 4 o'clock. From tho report of tho onso df Grookor v» Drt\r«on givon by our oontoraporary, it would uppoftfthatMf Ghunnei* i» or»»9«examina« tion made out a oaso for tho opposite u'dn, &nd then prooeoded to contradict it by ovidenee for tho dofenee. In fairness to Mr Guinnesi we may my that this is not oof reel. lh« evideno* should have been reported aa givon by tho plaintiff in ohiof, In our last isnue tho oyidonoe on both sides was fully reported. Next to news, for soareity at the present time, comes bsof and »ftar that mutton, for of tho two latter oommo<?Uieß there has uot been a bite in Reefton for days past, And as wo hoard It oxpreaned tho other day tbcro it not n hoof in tho country from OUrito to Wostport. Fat kino and lean kino, and in fact OTcvy kind of kit) A hat boon bought up and slaughtered, and tho ory Is still they don't ooiao. Suoh a dearth of beef has neror boforo been known on tho Went Ooatt, and tho unitod lamentation of our butchers U that their Qxupation in gone. Mr Hnnrnn of Cooktown, has roooivod tho following important items of nows by tho Prosppot from "Now Guinoaj — Eight of tho original prospectors returned to tho port, and after Hanran loft a party was mndo up to prospeot tho river which they knew drained tho wostern walls of some main rnngo and emptied itself Into Reducar Bar. Tho now pioneer! eoAiisttd of six from tho Colonitt party, And aidod by Jono« and nine of th« ; Emily party. After crossing tho Laloki Uivov {they wont up the loft bank of the Gtoldio River, for flw miles. Thoy then left the Goldie and steered ft north-oastorly direction] Tho party 'had open country for twenty, miles |wlthoWt> ajjy.iiftt of, a traok, They thun oauio upou a very roagii and scrubby country, through whioh they out a tkok for over two jniles, but found it impmotlonble 1 t<J tuko tho horses through . thcro boing a»0 'gftsi. ' After 1 : about twenty miles hfcd boon travoree^ a now ' river was discovered, which tlwy naniod tho ' Brown Rivor, after the name of Mr, Brown., of tho Ooloniit pnrty. Tho company q*mpod on tho bunks of tho riror, and proapeotod its banks for miles, without diNOororing any gold. Mv, I\t(or Brown w«« drowned on tho 24 ih { of AwgUst, while forling the rlror, Tho pnrty searoho£ every whoro in tho bush, 110$ knowing I he was dfowrtbd, without finding the body ill next morning, when whilo thoy wore nt breakfast tho body floated past them, and it was aftorwtii'ds buried on tho bank of the rirer which now boors hi* namo. Mr« Browne, o»o of the Mmily party, nearly loitt lijs Ufa by incautiously wandering away about flvo miles from tho party. Ho met a largo tvlbo of natives, who disarmed him, butt they orjly 'wanted to (dotaiji him owhjlp aa yras their custom. Hn howevor, attempted to got away and thoy tried to stop him. Browiio flrbd amongat tbom, wliioh they averigod with epeara, one of whioh struok Him, iiJtd he now hos ot the Oooktown Hospital. Small partiis are still proijtooting tho Gblctioriyor, hating after following it for fifty m,ileß disoovenod a tnbu(ar t vrunu{ng into it fa\>m,tho .north east. Strong colours woro obtained from tho sfdos of the branch river, one man flu Ing i> |<iwt plo^se. Sumo of tho parties' are preparing to fallow it up. At tlia preiect timd tho folio wjtj'g list of directors nnd oftloors of the Oity of Glaigow Bank, •xtrnotod from Oll>er, , nnd: 3oyd'« Rdinburgh .Altnanao, for this yD»t # /Wjji b» of Intorest /—' Dlreotors 1 John Stewart, Saltnond, Lewi* Potter, John Jamos Wright, William Taylor, Het.ry Inglis, and R. S. Stronaoh— tho last-namod being manngar alsot The 1 chief cashlor was John Turnbi|ll, lecrbtary j Charles S. Xorosoho j and aooount:\nti William Morison.'i, At tho Thoroborough (Queenfllund) Polioe Court, on tho Oth ultimo, two men namod Androw Unydon and John F]yn Haydon, wore brought up in ■ custody, charged with boing implioated ix tb« murd«r« of the Pohlman BrotUors, near Wagga Wagja, in 1803, Tho apprehending constable, Noil M'Oftbo, produced a dotcription of the muulorors of the brothers Pohlmnn, and asked for a romnhd. Tho nocuaod, when arrested, riookrod thoy wore in Now Zealand in 1868. Mnthcw Totornon, hotolkoepr, Kings* borout'l). deposed that h» know the prisoner sinco 1870, acd that thoy left New Zealand in the latter part of 1871, Rcob Jones, lemonade mnnufaoturir, deposod that ho know tho pviionors since 1868 or 1869 1 that ho know thorn for nbout twelvo months in Now Z-n« land 1 that bo first msulo their acquaintance ai Lyell Greek, whoro thoy had bo«u working boforo ho avrivod, but ho oould not nay for what longth of time Tho witness oould not sny whothor it wns in 18(58 or 1800 ho knew tho prieonors first, but bo thought it was

about November, 1808, ftftor whioh for i\bou f oijjhlceu months he naw them cvory wcok. Tho acou9od wore rotnanded, but, m m.ij bj Rocn from oar tolograms, woro duchatgod from custody | their innooonoo very cloarly oitabliahod at tho next bant tug. VXii