THE Inangahua Times, and Reefton Guardian PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. WEDNESDAY JUNE 15, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Inangahua Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1239, 15 June 1898, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, and Reefton Guardian PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. WEDNESDAY JUNE 15, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦_ A general servant is advertised for in another column. Tenders are called for by the Hercules for driving the east cross-cut in No 7 level, a distance of 180 foot. Tenders are invited by the Alpine cx 1 ended for driving No 11 Lvfil.i;.:* the No 1 lev6l as previously s a ed, 150 feet. Mr J. P. Mahonj who left Wtsatport by the barquentine Arago, has joined the United States Navy at San Francisco. We have been reqnested to remind all the members of th.c Reef ion Literary Society to attend the meeting to-morrow night at 7 30 o'clock. A Russian representative of an influential syndicate is in Auckland enquiring in o the prospects of establishing Bilk worm or cochineal industries in the colony, A fruitgrower in the Riwaka (Nelson) district has taken 2560 cases of apples from five acres of orchard this season, 'he whole of wnicb is secured by one firm and mainly goes o the West Coast. A projed is on foot at Hokitika to cc ablisb a branch of the New Zealand Natives Association in the district. It Will be open f r both sexes, The principal object of the association is co iuculca'e a national spirit. TherA is a good deal of sickness in Reef i on at present, nearly every family having one or two members laid up wi h the measles, or another form of epi-> deraic resemblh g influenza, which has been very prevalent for weeks past. An untamed swallow which haa its nest on a farm near Chestwynd in Shropshire was caught and taken in a cage 10 London where it was released. It returned o its vest in eighty minutes, having accom plished a distance of 145 miles at the rate of nearly two miles a minute. The annual meeting of the Miners' Union takes place at the Princess Theatre on the 9th July,' at 8 p.m., for the election of officers, auditors, and trustees. Nominations for the various office/s must be sent lo the Secretary fourteen c'ear days before tho election (25 h mat.) We have to acknowledge the receipt of i lie Humanitarian a popular magazine published monthly in London. It is edited by Mrs Victoria Woodhnll Mario, a gifted American lady of great literary repu c, andcontaina'eontributions on a variety of subjects by celebra'ed writers of both sexes. This month's number of the Triad is to hand, and is as usual very interesting. It contains some well executed illus rations aud portraits of tbe Pollard Opera Company, including that charming ac'N ress. Miss Maud Beat ty. There is also a musical supplement and particulars of ihe current £10 prize competi' ion which we recommend onr readers to careful 'y peruse; It has been a long and a bard fight io secure the establishuaeat of a Hight School at We3tport, which has only been accom* pitshed by ceaseless and well directed agitation. At one time the chances tlicxered low, bnt the Government autbo rities were boldly challenged, and driven in o a corner on the argument connected with tbo merits of the demand. Mr O'Regiin; M.H.R , has now receiyed intiuaauon that the Minister for Education bai finally given his aanc ion to the proposal.—Nows. The adjourned monthly meetiug of the School Commi tee takes place <o-night, Mr Mirfio's notice of motion will be deal with. "That, the Nelson Education Board be asked to appoint Mr J. Wilson assis tarn master at £100 per annum, in con- ! Bi'deration of his having performed the second ansisUni master for a nnmber ot years;" Seeing thntthe Commi'teehave on (wo occasions asked '-he Board to make be appcinlme.it, and the later declined; U'liesi tbe Committee dispensed wiih tho femele assistants, \nh motion seeing a watte of time. A Wellington telegram last Friday stated 'hat 'he " Government, recognising Wei por as tbe moat important ooal

centre, has dec^^Hpend the C'«rnmin- 1 dan* (Col Pole fIHS) 'hero o chhi-.a nj , site for a fort/'^^ffiOreytaouth Arf,us pooh, pooha tb^Hp, and regard the statement wi.lifHHklerablc incredulity, expressing Hg|^H| indignation tha' Greymouth i» ijWßssidered worthy of defence as a I^HpepOu. "■ We do no 1 believe " wri<«fl^BCon temporary •• that the Oovernuie^^B serious, ■ his is ft mere fatili y^^HJould be a sheer waste of money to -af^Ht to fortify Westpcrt or Greymqutf^Bwould do no good whatever. and^Hioqother unnecessary, If for ifica'ionMKild do any good, Cobden hill affordJHperitablo Gibraltar for a battery si^e^HnL> Wpsiport presents nothing bailerSß) a moaotonous sandbank between jK&>oal>o<ich and >he Waimangaroa HanH But we should dis« approvo of dV scheme entailing nn expenditure fjKfortifying ci her port. The primary j^Bct of vn enemy in visiting nny of thfHpt Goaat pors wou'd obviously br> i<3Bv!ii:i >i supply of coal. bu f wo cannotjßncGivo 'bar an enemy's cruispr of pn.yfpfl would venture to cross 'he Eu'lcr Lir«l',cn if it could mocJa'1 1 a vc-ssjfcf".f dfifp draught, tf It were likely tbf, uch *i risk would be taken, tin- MnMhr: of any old hulk in the foir-u- iv wru'te.rnctniily dispose of thai dftngt r. T!jPi|hfil!in<?nnd rtestrncHori of i he town coulSnot bo prevon ed by any scheme of dr-fffiicc. Fun as it .. would be of no advent*!© to 'perpetrate so wan on a piece of doirueriou, we may assume thaf no commfnder of a civilized power would be guilft of an act at once so cruel and so titles* Admiral Dewey refrained fn his bombardment so as 10 spare the j innocent people of Manila. Putting all ! these reasons In one side; »nd assuming that an enetiy's cruiser found herself alongside 'he Westport wharf demanding a supply of cwl, a few pounds of dynamite judiciously placed In the coal mines would clow tljjb *'■ efieOittally as an old hu-k would back the bar, The onemy could not get? what was unobtainable, Looking at awthe facts of the case, we ' incline co theTbellef that Government are not really serous about building a fort at Westport. TBe chances are i hat Colonel Pole Penton *llbay« merely enjoyed a pleasure trip ij| the expense of «he colony and that the froposed for: will be still in the malanehoW" list of the " Might have beons " f Mr Cattlin t *formerly of London and Brighton, Etfeand, and late of Christchurch, maylbe consulted' at Dawson's Hotel with IE, Branch. Mr E. Br4ch, Surgeon-Dentist will yiait the Lyeu on Monday next. 13th of June, on benlf of MrCattlin, at»d may be consulted fat Fennel's Hotel for oue week. — ADywWhen the Iwjje boy was saying his catechir n theya«ed him what was the chief end of a mans He said, " the and what's got the hut ohl' Yon do get the bald truth from yoangfctefj at times. Ask a chid, for instance, wham good for ceughs and colds : " Why, Wood»Great Peppermint Cure of courge." Th# know ; all New Zealand youngpters of Spur years old and upwards know that. E Good morn!|g Miss White, I am glad to see you about igain, yon mfist have had a terrible time %L it. , Well, I did, ana got 7, eakei ; every^j«flPll^(iip||^ through bo i»gp ir continual lounging that 1 often faintodi'jPft was a terrible time for me 1 can tell yonf "Anyhow, I was told to take Tonkings Linseed Emulsion for mv cou?h and chest, arjjyon now see the result. Mv mother and father said I never should be the dame girl agaip, but you see they were happily raiftakeqL le 6d and 2a Od per bottle. Sold everywhSe. ' A TennesseJlady, Mrs J. W. Toole, o Pdiladelphi^frenn, has been using Chami berlain's Congo Remedy for her baby, who is subject to oro^ip, and says of it :— " I find it just as good a$ you claim it to be. Since I've had yourjCough Be- ledy, baby lias been threatened wi|h croup e"ver so many times, but I would Aye him a dose of the remedy and it prevented his having it every time." Hundreds of liothers say the Bame. For sale by E J ScantUbury. *- 1 ■■■■*-.^.» ,