West Coast Times. MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1887.

West Coast Times, Issue 6569, 1 August 1887, Page 2

West Coast Times. MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1887.

The Ohristchurch, coach arrived at the appointed hour on Saturday evening with large Australian and Provincial mails. The ordinary quarterly meeting of the Hokitika Fire Brigade will bo held at the Brigade Hall to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock, ; for the transaction of general business. Mr J. C. Sharland,.b.ead of the Auokland firm of manafacturing druggists, and at one time manager of the Westland Drug Hall here, died at Aucklnod on the 21st, aged 68 yo«CB,

It wad recently notified in these columns that post offices had been- opened at Kanieri Forks and Kokatahi, This aotion on the part of the postal authorities was in consequence of representations mallo by Mr Seddon a,t the instance qfcthe residents. By la<-t mail Mr Seddon' received a communication from the postal authorities intimating that his wishes had been carried into effect.

The Cadets will parade in uniform at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening. St. Mary's Brass Sand wiJl be in attendance.

During the quarter ending 30th June, -40,8890z of gold, valued at £163,362 were exported. During the first half of tho present year, 105,5050z, valued at £420,621 were exported, as compared with 112,7200z, valued at £451.113, in the first half-year of 1886.

The body of a rabbiter named Thomas Moore, was discovered frozen to death in Carrick Ranges near Arrowton, Ofcago, on Tuesday last.

At Masterton on Friday night Mr Ballance addressed a political meeting, and received a vote of thanks and one of confidence.

Tho Pungarehu correspondent of the Hawera Star telegraphed on Saturday : — Inspector Pardy, Constables Twoomey, Henry, Koohe, Eollo, and a force of 21 Permanent Artillery, went to Purihaka to arrest Te Whctu, who was recently convicted of sly grog Belling. When an attempt was made by tho Constables to arrest him, Constable Twoomoy waß thrown to the ground and Constable Roche got a severe handling. An older was given to the Permanent Force to fix bayonets, which checked the natives. Te Whetu was thrown by Eoche, and his wife lay on him to prevent the cuiTs being put on. The natives were at la«t overcome and three other prisoners were taken and handouffod for attempting to rescue. To Whetu was taken to Pungai'ehu in a waggon, the others walking in charge of the Permanent Force. The affair lasted 15 to 20 minutes.

The Great Republic Company at Mokihinui seems to be in luck. Six weeks ago it was wired' that the real reef had been struck, sffc thick, and bearing good gold. It may bo mentsoned that the reef on which the company were working before that suddenly pinched out, and the present one was picked up at a lower level. Tho first crushing of stone out of the new reef took place a day or two ago, consisted of 200 tons, and this ha s yielded fully 2ozs of retorted gold per ton of stone.

The friends of the late Mr J. T. Barnicoat, 8.A., of Wellington College, have succeeded in raisiug, by private subscriptions, is intended to expend in providing an annual prizo of the value of £5 to the Wellington College, the institution where he so ably fulfilled the duties of assistant master for five years. This prize is (says tho Post) to be called tho Barnicoat prize. It will be given to tho best scholar in English, a subject in which tho late Mr Barnicoat took an especial interest. Tho fact of such a prize being established in his memory shows the esteem in which the late gentleman was held by all his friends and pupils. Subscriptions came in from all parts of the colony.

The Taranaki people aro very anxious to be connected by road with the North Island Trunk Eailway. Two lines have been surveyed which would cost: one, £57,300; the other, £76,200. They would open up a good deal of the country, but much of it is inferior and only fit for pastoral purposes. The Taranaki Herald wants both constructed and this is how Jit puts it: — " If a Government would but cut down the expenditure of the Civil Service, make land tenure more secure, stop free education except to thoso who cannot afford to pay for it, and go in for putting people on the land, a reaction for the better would soon take place. It would Dot be a very great undertaking to make the roads by the two routes, for it would only cost £112,500; and the benefit the whole colony would derive by getting this land peopled would be such thai the depression would begin to vanish like a mist from off th e surface of the country as the sun gains power in the heavens ". Surely such a glowing picture would decide any Ministry or Parliament.

A curious natural cave has been discovered in a spur of solid bluestone rock at Mussel, burg. The St Kilda Council have for some time been quarrying this point for their supply of road metal, and one of the receufc blastß disclosed a small tunnel-like opening on the level of the ground, extending back into the hill in an oblique direction. The men ex. plored this passage, taking candles with them and crawling on all-fours, and found that it continued for a distance of some 35ft, dipping slightly. At this point the tunnel opened out into a cave, measuring some 14ft by 12ft and about 10ft or 12ffc in height, a singular apartment to find in the heart of an otherwise solid rock. The cave, being considerably below the ground level, was at that lime flooded, the explorers standing up to their waißts in water, and tho wet weather that has occurred since has also flooded tho outer passage, so that the cave is at present inaccessible.

A libel action of Bell v. Hoare was heard in Geelong recently, in which the plaintiff was Mayor of Greelonp, and the defendant the proprietor of the Geelong Times. The action resulted in favor of defendant, with costsThese were taxed, but the taxation came before Mr Justice Holroyd for review on the following item: — "To attendance on the plaintiff and witnesses, also looking up and perusing many books of various authors) amongst others, works of Charles Dickons' William Thackeray, and Mark Twain, containing paragraphs^ reflecting on unnamed individuals, and the probability of libej actions being brought against the authors; also conferring with literary men as to it occurring to any author and leader-writer on occasion to conceive the idea of drawing a sketch made up of personal experience of various individuals, as the defendant had done in the alleged libellous article, but with' out intending that it should refer to anyone in particular. . . . engaged off and on fifteen days." £52 10s was claimed and £42 allowed. The plaintiff contended that this was excessive. Mr Justice Holroyd has referred tho bill of costs back to the taxing master, with a direction that if he had allowed anything for reading the works named, and conferring with literary men, it had been done erroneously.

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There ia a rumor that if the Ministry loso the elections Sir JuUus Yogel will return to London, after having brought his old claim for commission before the new Parliament. The returns from the United Alpine battery for the past week's partial scraping of plates was 330 ounces of amalgam from 323 tons of stone treated. An English contemporary states that the work of revising the Bible which is going on in Germany does not appear to be making the desired progress. This ia parfclj cnving to the diminution which has taken place in tho membership of tho commission, but more to tho failure of members to attend the conferences. A plenary meeting of the commission held at Cologne lately was only attended by eight persons. The revisers began the third and last reading of the Old Testament. The former book was finished, and the latter half completed. It has been found expedient that a commission of scholars well acquainted with tho language of Luther and the requirements of the present age should be appointed to decide on various questions affecting tho diction of tho sample Bible which is being prepared, and the Minister of Public Worship has agreed to defray all incidental exponses. Speaking of the probabilities of the election compaign as far as some of the leaders are concerned a North Island contemporary remarks :—": — " Major Atkinson is iv trouble in the Egmont district. At Hawera a voto of 'No confidence ' was passed, and ho has not succeeded in getting more than a vote of thanks carried by a small majority at anj place he has visited. A correspondent in one of the Wellington papers says, " It is noL that the electors like Mr M'Guire, but they aro determined to have Major Atkinson outThey cannot, be worse served by anyone they think than they have been by kirn, as he has for years thoroughly neglected the district." Sir Julius Yogel seems to be the only one who is secm-e of his seat, and who appears to be in anyway popular. Mr Ormond, it is expected, will be left out in the cold for another Parliament, there being a determined opposition in Napier to hig being returned ; and Mr Bryce, it is said, will by no means have a walk over." A correspondent of the Straits Times informs that journal that the Spaniards have niarehod across Sulu and put the youthful Sultan .of that island to flight. The casualties on both appear to have been considerable, and the Sulns made a determined stand for some time at Mainbun or Membong. The Spanish attack was completaly successful, although the Moros succeeded in inflicting heavy losses, both in officers and men on the Spanish troops. The entire success of the Governor of Sulu's attack was due to the superiority over the Sulu chiefs in strategical operations. He sent six men-of-war and guuboats to simulate an attack by sea; th c Moros fell into the trap and immediately prepared to oppose a vigorous resistance to the landing of troops from the fleet. In the meantime the Governor of Sulu was marching overland ,'. from Tiangi at the head of 900 troops, and took the Sulu forces in the rear. Tho Sultan's men evidently made the best of a bad job, but were out-manoeuvred. Their positions wero carried, and all their artillery' and a mittrailleuse, and quantity of small arms and ammunition, fell into the hands of tho Spaniard. The Sultan of Sulu escaped t° the lulls with the remainder of his forces, but nothing is known as to what has beaome of his splendid collection of pearls. The Sultan may have succeeded in carrying them off with him, but it is just possible that they are "looted." The Spaniards, after filing and totally destroying the town, marched back to

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