THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 31, 4 March 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1878.

Tlio Woloome Company flnishod eruehinp; lßflt nifflit, and tho gold will probably reaob, town BOiuo timo during to-day. Tho usual: monthly clearing up. at fclie Wealth of Nations battery took plaoo on. Saturday last the product being, a oako of gold weiglling iblvw, 185dwt.. Wo understand that Mr SoUle, of itho )ong cotabli»bc(l and woll-known.firm of Taylor and" Sottlo, tailorß,ttiid olotbiors, pvirpoues. staptings bußiiicas in Reefton, Tho Qroy-moutl*. oriokctors loft- by conch yootorclay morning at B'so'clook. A largonvimbor of poroons,, including a full muster of tlio Beefton eriokotors nsßomblod to sno tbo plnyorn. off, and gave thorn threo hoarty; ohooro. at parting. . Mr and. Mr* Tiwaros liaving . closed- 1 thoin,i profoflsional visit to Rootton will tako their doparturo henoe on Thursday nost. Enforo lpavhig,. however,, thoy, have very kindly, of* fored to give one last, portovmanoe maid o( the funds-, ol tho Rcofton Hospital. Tho enterti),inmont will oomooff' on Wednesday oven'ingnoxt, on whioh. ocoa«ion an ontiroly nowv !' programme will > bo produced. , Thapieoestoho produced avo "Tho Happy Pair," nnd '•The Day After the Wedding," in, tko Iftttotof •whielMcvoral of Hie loenl amntours will tako part.. The bill of ihro will al*d inelHido a miiflieal intovludo in whiob momborfl of the GMeo Club will tako part, Afl.in all'probability IM* will bo tho last opportunity •■the rooidftnts will hnvo of wit/iofl«ing the porformanooa. of M!v aivd Mrs Tavnros, and tbo object in viow being no limdrvblo a one we.hopo to. boo a erowdod ivn«ll^iio»rf Tho Rev Father Carow. rolurnod to Rbefton on Saturday^ evening last^ and 1 * olTlbiatod yostewlny both morning and evening, to lavgo congrogatio is. Tho man who was arrn«tod by tho local* police in tho oarly part of last week on suspicion of being Pftwoll; an absenndor from Nol-on, ban barm ltborated,. it having been shown conclusively that bo wun not tluvSimon. Pare. Tho tendftr of Sutherland and' O'Dea-i ban bowi . neeoptod for tho erection of tho -nowOatnoiio. Obuvoh Bniidtngr Ttftefto".. Ttra puion is £1749^ and" tbo work ifl to be oom« plotrd' within flix nontbs of tho dute of oigiv^. ing.thooontrnot,. Thnro woro cix loiidora in all'Pontin for tlio work. Tito Hopeful" Company will commence' OFUsliing' immedintoly noon Ilio cleaning up of tbo Woloomo Company., wbiolv will probably bo somn timo during today. Tho Fiery Cropfl Company will nl»o crush' simultaneously-, tl£» Hopeful Company u«ing tiro ten lionds oj. Btnmporfl just, eroctrd, and tile Fi«ry Ojjoss ooonpyiflg tho romnining Aftoon licadn. It oxpeclod that the Hopeful Company wilHravo a \b\\<t onwhinff . Tondoi'B for the erection of' tltfl United Alpino bnttery will Ire onllod in the. course of a few- dayn 5 tlio • apftoiftofttions . for tho work aye now- boing prepared. Tho rii^Hiix Company nro making good ' progronn tHo. low level tuunolboing now in 80 feet. Thoeontrnetors in tlto Goldon Treasure mine nro nlDo making good'prngroßa with their work, and duriiiß tho past wook Bsveral very promisiricj leadora have boon ihtOMeotod' 1 in tho tunnol; Tho Onlholto Ohurob Tluildlng Fttnd Com* mil.te lomittod LI2K to England by the In«t outward mail foi' the purpose of "purehaMng fancy wuroa for tlio bnwiar to !;» hold during the next. Chtistmas K'oHdny«. TltM'o was a very fair nttendnnoo atDaw* Bon's Hull' 1 on Friday ovoning In»t on thftonoa* flion of Mm Tavarcs boneflfy and the pro«. graniino->pi\Rßed 'off very Rttcccsf fully. The ron< pvoscntntion of. Richelieu aflbrdod th'ft opportunity, to Mr and'MfnTitvarofl in tlio oHarootors.of Hioholicu.and JTlilio T)o Mauprat re»* pftfitivnly of eontributiha; »omo really exoollonfc aotiitfr^iuidboth lndy and goutlomnn arqutttod (licm.Hi'lvi'B most ably, thoy w-oro also mos. orodil'ably. oupportod' by. Mt W' Atkin an Adrain Do Mftupvat, and' by. Moasrfr. Bull 11 Gvoy, and ■ Mbrrinon: . Th« skotoh- 'of tho Hmbmd id Clovor in whinh Ml' and' Mr* TavnvM. nl»o . nppoared kept tho audmnoe - eoMvuUediinilauglitfir throughout, Tliocohcludiug item 1 war TTtinting iv Htirtlo a pi-ioo i(ji which. Revcrnli amateur* took part. Tlio piece was moal) orO(litnW.y, rondorod andielioi* ted a conlinaous rouucl'of laughter.- Tbe cbiirm'ter of Turtle (Mr. Mnrtinolli)* nndi Snjatli'r(Mr.Seymouv) boing ospooially wortliy, Oif.cftpittwndatiQn., 0/ tho.purtt takon. io.tho

pifloo by Mr ami Mrs Tuwiroa it is only yiooos'(inry lo flay fchft* t.hoy left nothing, to bo During tho lnat wook oonflic1oi'ivl)lo oxoitomont oxiatod along tho Wuikato.lino through (ho report of somo fcio tros posts and rnib having, boon, placed noross tho railroad to throw tho train off. Tho driver of No 7 Engine. Mr Clark,, was tho flvsb to moot with tho obstacle, tho cowcatchers throwing tho samo off. On. tho noxfc nighfc Baxtoi I ,, driver 'of tho South passongor train,, camo aoross another ti-troo mil y. tho bolt ofthooowcatohor caught and tlraggod tho rail J: a distanoo of 40 foot, the train was plill ; odiup,.tho passongora ;got out whiio, tlio driver an.l tho notivo guard,. W. Such, carried, amny the obatruotion. On. Saturday, last the engine "Lord of tho Ielos," returning,, was. stopped by a,»iinila« eauß<y Accordingly, tho sorvioos of two doteotives woro ongiigod, who took tip. tboir position at tho floono of thaao fltoppngi-8,, viz., botwoon Nowoastlo and Hamilton, Last night Dotoct»voDor]an»,of Waikato,,diß« oovcr/ul tho oulprit to bo a bollicosoold Btoor,. whioh tosaod the wiila upon, the lino with his horns. Intended fencing operations have lod to numbor of hoap^of pouts, &q,, being placed at rogular, aiotanoo at thia l^oality* and tho old bullook (W,t beliovo in ' biing fonood in hence hi« doliborato tossing, 'about of the rmU.r-Auokland Star;. Somo oxlraote from, tho Bpcooli. rooontl.y dolivorod, by, Mr- Sorvioo at, Maldon will bo found in anothor oolumn,, 01 tho-spaoob as a wholo tho '• Australasian" says :— Mr Sorvioo considers that tho Dorry Government avo wholly to blame for tho present etato of nffuiift. Ho holds their oonduot towards tho Council to bo wantonly, aggroasivo, and thoio notion towimls tho publio sorvioo to bo lifctlr Bhort of treason apainat tho most, osflinitiuo intcrosto. of the country. Tho ooudomnationl puflßod on tho Borry policy by Mr Sorvioo is sovoi'O and. .unqualified, and it must woigh the moro with the judgment of tho pooplo from, tho fact that it; oomos from, a man who him. shown great, political friondship to.Mr Berry, and, who acted and .stood, by him, as long as ho oould, till a time o*mo wlion ho found*, himself oompollod to ohooso botwoon abandoning and, opposing. Mr Berry, and betraying,, tho iutorGslo- and tho gpod.iamo of "Victoria According to. Mir Birth ovon, tho robber sparrow is not wholly bad,. At tho -lust meeting of, tho Auckland. Acclimatisation Sooioty ho statod that bo had>beon informod ; hy, soy-oral farmers that. owing to ,t,ho incmonso dlf tho sparrow* in the country disbriofc, thoy woro now ablo to grow wbout in largo quantities, wJioro in, previous years tho ground had boon usoloss inooiifleqnonoe of tho largo numbor of oatorpillars alwaifßvto bo found, Tho spnrrows Wiiro carrying oh a war of ex. termination against iho oatorpUlars. A writor in tho Ohristohut'oh Trnss says :. —It is reported, that in a district within tho boandi'iofl of our Into province tho fawners mado up tboir minds to not tho sparrows in clap 'nots, Thoy aooQwlinijljK sot to work, a«id.ut,tho ondiof tho morniog'rt work along *, lino oft gorso fonoo, computed thoy had Bccurod about 150 brace, whiojvl'armor No^ I, on hU sid« of tho fence, burl disposed of by \Tringini( tboir nocks, while farmer No» 2j on tho other sido, had killod his birds by to ring , their heads olft During tho afternoon, two passed that way j. tho one who pro-' ooodod along tho pathof NNto t 2r farmer, pink* .ings up many beadloMfl birds In. the evening, the fnot was digoussod at t;ho Maori pub. in vroforonoo to tho largo find of (load sparrows and tho particular mode in which tlio birds had met death. lit. oaoh, sido of tho gorso fenoo in question. Finally, a mooting was \w\\l «t Iho bis hoiuo, whon, tho- Maoris' fchoroin asHomblod.oamo to tho unanimouß noncUision that tho sparrows must have fought a groat battlo, and that tho BiMeiunnhad.deoamlatod tho Turkish dead.'. This decided, tho question wufli oskod!. wiiotho» tho doad. woro fit for kaikai (food). This was about, being rlooidod in tho negative,., whon a tutoood oliiof with lniioh', dignity of bearing, su^gostod that v trial ought to bo mudu. Thoro waa an :oldorly native lady in a-wharo oloso to, api proaohing that bourne from whioh no, traveller crn rotuvns, and aho. might flooido tlio quontion ; If oho livod, the sparrow would bo good kaikai. and-if nho diod' it would bo no .mUtor. Tins -proposition was ngiMOtl to, nomo of tho birds woro oookod andi served' up to hnr ladyship,, who ncomod if anything tO rovivo after her moal,.ft.ul now tin Maoris of those parts avo on tho look out for sparrow, kaikaiv