THE Inangahua Times, and Reefton Guardian. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1897. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Inangahua Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1359, 2 November 1897, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, and Reefton Guardian. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1897. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In another column! Mr Joseph Saber, announces that ho h|s just received a ) large shipment of and fashionable drapery which ho ie Jp'ering to the Beefs ton public at the lovrtjlt possible prices, By the moniingfhmin our worthy Postmaster, left lOtMhe £outh on a well earned holiday. ItMis ' Mr Logic's inttntion to be absfijt about a month during which time ra| place will be filled by Mr Herstl'e'U of I'n^rayinouth branch. To-day the most important race of the year is decided viz,||Sfie ; Melbourne Oupi and on receipt of tbJfflLuU which should arrive here at 7 P«wjsJwg shall iramed* iately publish an ■.qMg"- i 'Wa think it ia rather a difficulfcfflHjtter to pick ihe winner but w« inojHHggibe belief that the son of Carbin^^^^^^be far away at .'the finish Bh°j«|raßptrUfl succeed in gaining the J^gMffiSSfot, he will have accomplished a and will have worthiMßßp^l^hoHior 'of his sire. ■■ .'■■ Wgtiftj&MLast week two ffiffl^ff 13 wero rece ' ve< * in town whiofr''<|9|Hg^irie -missives to lucky inYestortlaHyffl^lelbourne Cup sweep. One c&uwHPt? ' Scott, of the Karamaa ButcheqHwßyitig that ho had drawn MiscViief «|§|j&e:'labt 5s sweep, the prize for whiles £7500, and the other was recej\J»fby Mr M. lleedy, junr., and apprisaE him that he had drawn Hypnatiai Bs^e sims conaultat ■ ion. — Weetport Tißes. A big project ißjpoo*at Cripple Creek U.S.A., viz., to ar||> a tunnel 18ft by 18 ft , for a distanced niiUs, under the auriferoUß beltd olhe district. The driy« ingii # to take plaw^^om two ends, ihe points being reKwi4vely 6,900 ft arid 6,600 ft above s«afiovfel. It is^catcutate'a' that 30ffc. of dvivilg' per day will be accomplished, Thei|innel will be equipped with a railway, gt will not'- only drain the ground, but mil provide facilities for economic mining.^ The capital is to be Ta I venture is to be called Pyke's Peak Tun! |l Mining and Railway. A marriage toof ?p cc at Hunterville yesterday mornii||- (25th inst) between two well-known )|sidents of Greymonth. the contracticg p| |rties being Mr David M'Kay, second ;|in. . of Mr M'Kay, of Greymouth, and r | s Mis3 Rebecca Hogg, eldest daughter o:;J. Hogg, manager for Forsyth and Mas |rs, one o? the oldost establiehed ironiiongery firms on the West Coast. Th'i^' ceremony was perform vied at the rosil^nce of Mr J, M'Kay, G#vernniont Suiiireyor, the officiating minister boing t|e Boy Mr Gordon, of Marton. The brraesmaid was Miss A. M'Kay, Mr W, Iff Young actin« as best man. After the feremony, ihe company' sac down to the wedding breakfast, when many good wishls were expressed for tho future happiness of (he newly wedded pair, til- and M|s M'Kay left for their , homo in Graymoath by lays ovon ing's j train, — Paraeketihu Express, October 26th ■ Mr Edison is sfoiong the latest suffer* era from X rays.*: He has had to give up [active work in the matter, for he has i found that his eys has, as ho says ,him. self, been " a foot out of focas;" and it has taken three nonihs to restore it to its Horrnal condition. Furtliermoro, ha says, his hair fey out'in handfulls, aad three mantha ago {he oould not clese his haad at all, but rtUe abstention tvhich baa benefited his "eyes has also had cba effect of bringing his hair back and allowing him to make a fiat with only some little trouble and pain. One of his assist tants has, however, fared even worse than he himself did— his hair, beard,

eyebrows, and oyohshoH having nil fallen out, while his skin is wrinkled and burnt. But a few months will restore him, and according to Edison's belief, will make him oven bettor than ho was boforo, for he has fouud that the skin which has been discoloured and defacad by X rays comes back softer and finer than before. — Exchange. ' ?0- * Professor T Kyika, a .well-known ex* port in micro photography,' has construe • ted at his studio in San Francisco a ca<« mera which is describ&d as being the largest iv tho world. This yery camera has just now gained groat notoriety in America in connection with Becker and Creegan case, in which a cheque for 12 dollars was forged to 22,000 dollars. The camera told the whole story. It brought out the lottars " lye," which had been erased with add, before being changed to twenty-two thousand. "What was nioro, the ink in the first three letters was shown to be different from the rea\ This camera can produce any writing about 3,6000 times. This meanu that a letter ono twentieth part of an inch in huight oan be accurately pictured 15 feet tall. The telescopic portions is made np of 12 sections, and when extended to its full length measures 25 feet long. A short tifflo ago Professor Geotz, a German scientist, prepared n special lens for this camera, by tho aid of which lines on the paper can be reproduced, and its fibre exposed in a remarkable manner, It is anticipated that owing to tb.9 success that.attended its application in exposing this great forgary, it will find favor among ihe police when engaged iv tracing similar crimes in (he future. Air Augustus Arthur Perceval, who has just inherited a seat in the Hsu.-e of Loids, several titles, a suniptnou? e&tate, 85,000 acres of splendid land, and half a mi lion sf money, by the death of his cousin, the Earl of Sgrnont, wag born at Papaaui. Canterbury, New Zealand, and is wuderstood to be related to the late Agent-General of the colony. He has always b.een very much cf a rolling stone. He married one of the graceful and discreet damsels who assist at the ba s of Spiers and Pond. The union did not, however, result happily, and some time ago the pair separated. ,Mr Perceval lefc New Zealand ad a go in parative;y early age, and was for* year or so a cadtt on board the Worcester. Ha drifted to sea before the mast, and after several voyages. to Australia and New ZeaLnd on mcrc'mntmen, decided that he "never wa.s mean 4 for the sea," and in 1881 joined the London Fire Br gide.