The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 25, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume 23, 25 November 1878, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 25, 1878.

Tho porformanoo of tho Ootoroon wus ro» pobtod by tho amateurs on Satiu'duy o von ing lnat r for tho bonefl t of Iho llo.4p.ital, The ball wan modorntoly woll filled and tho ontortainment, passed off with romnrkivb'o •moo'.UnABS. tho wholo of tho porformcrs acquitiling them* oolvosmoflt ably, Tho'Olo Put*) ' of Mr C> Dond w.iti roolljf ininiijabJQ, and a moro olov.-r and rouliatio dolineati >n of tho character could not bo do»!ted. In his purling addrefln to tko yomg coloted folks of Terrobono Mr Roud iiitroduood a , mini l)ar • local illusions ro tlio County Oounoil olocliorm which croatcd tlhnnost rapturous applauflo, Mr D.tllou u« Snlom Scuddor, Mr 8011 . as Jaoob M'Oloslcoy, Mr Sniyrk nn tho ludiiin,') and Mi asrs Anson, Slmitoii, Fama, Roulston, Gray, Curio, utu? Ilughofl in their rocpootivo parts acquittod thoniHolvca with the utmost ororJit, whilo Mis? Rumble nfl Zoo fully au«luinnd Iho popularity won 011 (ho two former oeetwionn, mid tho enmo may bo said of Mrs Nftg'c as Mrs I'uton, (iud Miss Gi'iflltlis as Dora Hunnyii'ulcfl. Tho fiiroe, tUo.Arcji Hollo, was _ repeated with oqnal ffuoc.'Bß. "Iflfr'wd' b'lilW.yp in oon|pmplntion by tho amntcurs to proluoo at an oarly date tho play of ' Rob Roy' Mr Daniol M'Ginley ; hns puroh.iftol. from Mr Stafford, of Nclaon, tho ma^niflcont horso Young Totarnj ' 0110 of tho vory host bred animals in the colony, being half brotbor to tho oclobratod Vantilfa. Young Totara is a bay homo with black prints, fifteen hands 3 inoheo bigh, and in throo yoars old, bnd a moro beautiful spouimen of tho equine funiily it would be hard to wish' for, Wo refer horse owners to young Totara's podigroo whioh will bo fmnd in our udvertiaing columns' Tendoin nro olnowhorn in v (tod Co r tho supply of rations', fi, n ,. t io,,t,h<) polioo quurtov.it Keofton, for iho inooinln.j.jear. Therein likoly "to boa rather hard fl^ht for tho Groy County Gluirmanship this year. Tlw cfthdidntco ' two jllr W. 11, Karrwon, Mv A. 11. Guiuno'ss., a^'dMr Toby'Gonnon, and tbo appointinont will! bo mado at tho Oounoil mooting on Wednesday next. It is thought, howovor, that tlio ultimate ohoico will bo bctwoon tho. two former. Wo obsorvo that tho Cfirt/ JUiief Aryut states that tho period fur which tho Chairman shall bo oloctod is tlu'oo yoara, This id inoorrool, tho torm of ofllco U only one year. Tlin-bMiuu 1 inlaid of tbo Catholio Ohuroh ijiuidiii.!'; I-M'.v!, ?u;q boon fixed to bo hold '\n-.i\'<?, tlio (....ij.'r.f; _C!iri.iimfn lmlulrtyn. ■.■.'". ,Z,:\:,L I („..■ ,!•;,.:/;;.-;.■!..!: (/fMn-ync.-.!!-:. •,'/(/!'-, ; i-.-! '.■'■..-, I -■•:..■■., ; ■' ■••!, *:,<.{ *'..-. •''-..>: ;-:i-m '

Tbero will bo a silting of tho .Neni lout \ Magistrate's Court to-morrow, when ibo i>cli i tiona filed tiguiiisl. tho Itoofton and Antonio a i olcflUona will bo donlfc witli. Wo nro Rivon to understand that a com» mitlco consisting of delegates from each ol tho local I'Vioiuily Societies has boon .appointed to not with tho Hospital Oominittoo in proparing Ilio programme for tho fortliooming foto on behalf of tbo JlospUftl. W« htvvo not hoard, howovor, whothor anything further has yot boon dono tii tho mattor. Thosharomarkot oonlinuoa in a most slug. i Riah fitato mul a littlo looul nibbling at ono or two favourite otooks ia tho only symptom of ritnlity mnnifostod. Sharo transactions between Ilokitilcu, Greymoutb, and Rooftop, havu cea«od for eorne tiino past, and in viow of the gro.it eommorcinl doprossion now cim rent in botJi tho formor plaoos thoro ia littlo probability of iv vovivul of businoss from thodo quarters for at lousfc many months to oonio. In tho inoantimo all classes of a looks havo fallon to z>ro, and largo .lioldora uro anxiously looking for a ohango, Tho llopoful and Woloomo Companies aro in tho hoighfc of thoir proditativonoss, bat auuh ia tho scarcity of monoy that tho super-excel-lont yields from thoso mines havo failod ao fur to qniokfin speculation, ? Within iho lustinonih or two n largo num«< bor of minors from thin district huyo liikon thoir dopai'turd far Tasmania in tho boliof tlmt tho gold and tin mines of that colony oflfnr moro pormnmont employment than can bohadhoiv. Whothor tho laltor bo true or othorwiao wo nro not in a position to way, but nn tho fluid is young and ooorationg aa yot uro only o'arriod on upon a Htnitod soulo wo think that ;ninors hero should look boforo they leap. Tho GUco Club will moot fo» praotioo at tho usual hour this ovoning, in Duwiou'n Hull. A oorrwpondont vvritoo to vi ns follows /— " Somo Mmo ngo a oum of money wag subscrlbod h'oro for tho purposo of procuring BiilinoH ova to Vo libonitod in tho Innngahua and Builot 1 rivoi 1 . Can you inform mo whothor tho ova was ovor procured and if s ) whon and whoro it was liborntod, if at all. My reason for asking is that pnWioft aro notting high up in tho Uullor rker for groyling, and if thoro i* any trout thoro they would ooon oomo to griof,— Pwois." Wo ar cunnblo r,t proaont to furnish our' corros pondont With tho information bodosiros, but will ondoavour to supply it in ouv next issuo. Tho first Mooting of tho now County Council ia announcod to bo hold at 230 p,m., on Wednesday, for tho pucposo of uppointing a Oounty Ohairman and, transacting othor businoss. A Now Onlodonift co:irospondonf; of tho Sydney Morning Howld say* :— ••■ Aa 1 huyo boforo shown, tho nntivoa aro always very friendly to tho JCngJ.ish minors, After Iho flrxt disturbance, and whon through foar of tho throats of tho * liboros ' and tho soldiers, tho natives around Balndo kept to thoir viU lagoa, and somo retired into tho bu«h, Knglish miners wont out, to thoir oampa and prossod thorn to como in as usual with fruit and vogotablos, promMng thoy should not bo harmod. It ia cowardioo which, I beliove, has cnueod a groat many of thoso troublos. Tho utato and growing power of tho Prv»os in Japan ifl shown by tho fact tlmt Iho •number of doinostio nowspapors transt»i l tod by post in 1877 (7,373,1560) is an inoro. so of 2,323,111 or 4f? por cont oyor tho numb r in 1870 and 100 por oont over th'»t of IH7J Thoro are now 37-11 post offices, 151 ronoiviiiß agenoics, DIG a lamp agonoics, and 800 Blr.ct lottor boXos in oporation. Jupan ia a i»i'inbcr of tho Oonorul Postul Utiion, and hor s'nmps aro mow roooguiaod as Talid paymont of poatnao to otlior ooun tries of tho union. Tho following pnrtioulars respecting tho flndir.g to tho ihoit still hoar Palmcraton oro givon by tho Wungnnui ' Herald i— 'From information roooived, Bub«lnspootoi« Oooclj.ll nnd otlicra Boarohocl tho banks of tho crork Mongnmii on tho Munuwutu River, and af: atjutpix miloa from Pal tnorstou oum o upon Iho ob|.<ct of tlioii- soaroli. It appears thiit two nirtii nanirtd Vhz Von Sohlutor and L vi Uuuk had boon on^agod on a bualiNftilliug contract in this looulity, and it, wan oloso to a slab hut crootod by them at, tho nitoof thir ! contract that tho still was discovered hidden in tho buah only a fow yards away from tho oloariug. Tho Hlill ia of ziuo, and i« nHogothor of flimay construot'on, appo'iring not to havo boon in uso for somo tinio. In tho slab Iml, which hud boon temporarily loft, tho polioo •ound tho clothoe, tools, and papors of 110 two men nnmod, wh ) wore aftorwarda arrestod in Pulmorflton. Among tho papors discovered in tho hut woro ft numbor of hymn hooks bearing inaido tho name of Mr G. M. Snolaon, and aoortifleaU of amaaonio (I'groo, in tho nbino of tho maK Bunk. A flue of £100 waa inrtiotcd by Mr Ward, R.M., on ouch prieonof, witb tho nltornatiro in oaoh ouso of ono yoarV imprlaonmont with hard lubour. It ia cowaidcrcd probublo, add< our oontomporarr, thn^ aomo starlling rcvolations will bo mado in connootion with this n«w still, to tho agonoy whioh may bo trunod tho origin of eovornl sly grog nailing emios (hoi luivo boon invoaligatod in tho Ilungililcpi disli-iit oflato." Ooorgo \V. 3urloi o rh who was nn old resident of Ohio, wont to Oliioago, ooDonjibly to nturt a barlor'fl shop. Ho published a curd, informing tho cidtsaus that, in order to gratify an oft«6xprcasod ouriosity on tho part of hia townamon to wilncM somo sunh 1 trugody as Iho hanging of Shorry and Connolly in Chicago ho would, on a oortain ovoniug, deliver v leoturo in Thornton H-aII, and ai, its conclusion gratify hi* hoarora by shooting himself through tho forehead. The prioa of udmiesion would bo ono dollar, and Iho amount roaliaod should bo used in hia funeral oxponscß, tho romaindor to bo invostod in tho works of llux'cy, Tyndjll, and Darwin Tor tho (own library. Hia idea in onriing his lifo wufi la Hi'cni'D carnal praro by annihilntion. ,V, l\yi; f.^p-vT'l'"':] I'' i no I!u' li:i!l w.V.\ ci'D^i-fl, ;. .ci. <v\r-v t!>' ilcii „■■_,' ■..' i\; •.••,■'■■'•,; ! ;'|.'..,v; r,f i !

?:uM-l<'!d him us an ndopt, h« Hudtiouly drew a - di-rriligfir, phwod it. to hia forchond, nnd j dcapita attoinpla to provont tho rash d«o.l, fivod and foil into tho anna of two friondn who \yero on tho wiiirh of tho, ufago fpr tho pifrpoao |of liindoriug tho execution of th» dofli^'o. Tho lurgo Bizod bullet literally toro his brain lo pioocs. Ho loft a requoot that Inn body bo forwarded to Oinoinniti frionda. A noUblo improvement in" wntohos i« vo» povtod from Ohaux do Foudo, Switzorlnml. Uy a poouliar proooen tho figures on tho dial aro rondorod luuiinouiifl, ao tlnvt if oxponod oihio during tho day to tho sunlight thoy tvinain phoaphoroiioonfc and vißiblo throughout tho night. J?ropnration, aro being mado for tho production of thoso watches on a lurgo BfiiUo. Somo months ago, tho JW. 11, 11, Oarlyon wns oondoinnod by Iho Now Z aland Synod forliifl viowa on Aurioulur Gonfosflion and Iho Roftl I'rcflctico, and suspended by tho Bishop ol Ohristohurch, lfo o»mo to England, with tho doeiro of bringing lus oaBO beforo tho Lamboth Oonforenqo, but this wos not doomod possible, Mr Onrlyon then, with tho aid of two of tho moat eminent llulogiota in tho Kngliith Ohuroh, droiv \ p ft atntmnont denying that his \vordaWp«nl ,19, imply that priva to confession fmi dofonaiblo, or that Chiiatwa^ pvoaonk iit tho Snnramont in a physioal or floiuual nianiim 1 , ana (likso being nubinUtod «o Bishop Hwpor, , hi* lordehip at onno romovod thd aentonoo of uriljponaion ngninatMr Curly on. Tho O'lvonfo, forluno of flvo millions sterling, whioh soucntioiiul pnrogrnph/i crory now and thon doclarod to bo awuiting a claimant, has, it aooms, no cxiotonoo beyond '. nn imaginary oec. Hfowura J. S. and A. V, •Tir'go, ofLinooln'ttlan, havo just investigated Iho matter on bohulf of a oliont nomod O'Koofo, who loft hit homo i\\ America in the hopo of establishing hia righjb to Iho monoy. Tho lofltalor, or intofitnlc, is fluid to huvo died in India, but tho Adini>ii.strntorN(>e»pr<il knows nothing of tho man or his proporty. This information may iloter othors from pursuing a phantom.