The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1280, 4 June 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1883.

The 'monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee,' will be held at the Southern Cross Hotel,- Broadway, on Wednesday evening next, at 9 o'clock. „ After .'week's cold,, drizzling rain and fog, a very welcome sunshine was experienced on Saturday* 1 1__ It was thought that with the graded .tfenu-, dation of forest timber round Beefton, and the clearing effected later in the Bummer by bush fires, the town would be lesa liable to visitation by the cold, insinuating fogs which go so materially to intensify the severity of the winter here, but the experience of the past few days would go to show that wo cannot yet hope to escape froih the infliction.

The friends of the unfortunate man Montgomery, will bo tony to learn that there are no sigßs of improvement in his mental condition, and under these eircumttancos, it was considered advisable to Itnve him removed to Greymouth, where he could be better provided for. The tase was accordingly brought before the Vmirt on Friday last, and after taking the t-idence of Dr Thorpe, the-suffer'er was it , nanded to Greymouth for examination by two medical practitioners. The j Justices who presided were Messrs Wise I

Mr Gilbert, dentist, will leave for Greymouth by Tuesday morning's coach, so that those wishing to cosult him, should do so at once.

The petition for presentation to Parlia- j ment at the ensuing session, asking for Government assistance to Roman Catholic Schools, was brought, under the notice of the congregation by the Rev. Father Carew, yesterday, and, 'at tha close of Mass was extensively signed. A largely" attended meeting of the Catholic laity was held last night, for the purpose of taking steps to prepare a valedictory address to . the rev. gentleman, and present him with a substantial testimonial prior to his departure from Reefton.

Mr Thos. Wilson, announces that he has purchased Heaphy's Express, and will continue to run as usual between Reefton, Black's Point and Crushington. He advertises that parcels, letters, etc , will be conveyed at reduced rates.

A coal seam in the Soldiers' Creek locality was ignited during the bush fires in February last, and has been burning ever since. Tlie course of the underground fire is indicated by the subsidence of the surface, and the consumption ofthe seam appears to be rapid. There is a Btrong odour of sulphur in the vicinity, and anyone in Beefton who wants to smell H — ades, can now do so " within ten minutes walk of the Post Office."

•Mr. G, C. Bowman, auctioneer, wiil submit to public competition, at Caples-ton,'to-morrow, valuable town section and house property. •