The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 22 March 1878, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1878.

Tho No 2 flouth Larry's Company havo nftooptod tho iondor of Edward Sinnot for GO foot, of orosa-culting, The price is £1 8s per foot. . .

Tho Alhambra. tvnd Boatman's Oro6k Companion havo arranged to undortako tlio joint work of continuing tho Alhambra tunnol to connect with tho Boatman's Orook Company's flhftft.

Tho Ohilfli'cn'o PicNio waa Hold yesterday nnd proved ono of 'tho most cnjoyablo optin air gathorinpta of tho yoar. Mossra Smith Bros,, kindly gavo tho usq of thoir paddook for tbo ocoanion froo of chnrgo, A roport of tho picr-nio will bo found in another oolumn

At ft mooting of tho Sports Oommittco hold last night it was dooidnd to sot apart fund« foe throo handicap raoos to bo run In Broad* way to-days Tho prizo monoy in oaob. ovont will bo L 8 for tho first, and LI for tlio sooond. Tho dtßtanooß to bo 100, 200, and 800 yards. Tho racoß will start at 12 o'olook «hnrp, ontrios to bo mado at Twobjll'a Ilotol. Tho winning compotitora ftt tho lato racoa woro paid last ovoning at Dawson'u Hofol, and tho sottling«up was vory satiflfaotory. Tho oom* potitora oxprofls thomaolvoa ns woll sntioflod with tbo troatmant tboy bxporionocd at tho hands of tho oommittoo, and tho sports wore gonornlly aoknowlodgcd to bo tho boat ovor hold on tho Conoti Tho Sporta Oommittoo aro oortainly entitlod to tlio fullest prniso for thoir oxortionn, for thoro la no doubt tboy ono and all did their lovol boat to promofco tlio Buodeau of tbo mooting. Mining operations at tho Bluo Spui 1 , Otngo. aro itill boing oarriod on moft suocesafully. During the last six months tho Otngo Company lias boon opeuing up tbo ground uudor tho faco with vory satisfactory results. Moro nmoliincry is boing oroolod by tho Extended Company.

A disooroy which promisor to bo ultimately of groat importanoo to Wostland hna beon mado about twonty milco up ths HokitUco rivor.botwcon Dftlrl- Hill and tho, south" Bido of tbo rivor nt tbo tbo } of a range Mossrß Grimmond, Zulu, and party of Ross, who bftvoboon latoly praspooting foi? minerals near the loculity roforrcd to, disoovor(j^ on Wodnosday liwt, ft fleam ot ooal oropping up from tho surfnoo of tho ground. Samplos of vory good quality woro brought to town yostordny, nnd nomo oxoitomont was oausod by tbo nowii of tbo llnd. Tho noatn is about oi^btoon itiohoo thiok, and tboro iano doubt; that tbo quality in oxoollont. Tho apofc whoro tbo ooal was discovorod ia noaror Ross than llokitika as tbo Hokitikd, rivor takoo a con»idorablo bond to tlio south. Thoclistanoo from Roso is about fourtoon milco. Application has boon ontorod ftt tho Waato Land offioo for ft prospeoting lioonso, and stops will bo takon to tost tbo value of tho diaoo very without delay,

Tho Babjoinod ia from tho Taranaki Nowa and may afford a hint, to eomo on tbo Ooaat : — " Wo aro glad to hear that Mr Grayling ia mnking vory aatiafuctory progress with his ctcmioal oporations at Omata. In addition to tho rosinouo oxtraoto of our native treofl whioh wo havo nlrorly montionod, lio him producod avalimblo alkaloid posoonning nil tho qualilioß of quinino from tho bark of tho puk'atoft (Atfxoroflporma). It ia in tho form of a rcninoua oxtract, and from poreonnl oxporionco wo aro ablo to toy that ft small quantity talcon up by tlio point of n pon» knifo lia9 tbo o/Tccfc of n strong tonic on tbo stomnoh' Tbia yaluablo drug would bo in n moro sightly form if it woro oryotallifiod, but tlio high duty on aloohol whioh is nooosnary in order to produno oryfllallisation prohibit tbo idea of that prooosa boing carried out coonomioalJy. Wo aro glad to hoar that by tbo lnofc mtiil Mr Grayling ban rcooivod an oi'dor from » Bormondsny tannov in ft largo wny of busincdf) for flvo tonaof'hia oxtraot for tanning purpottos.

Tho RonA timo coming for Roofton wii Bnoiirodly load to ft oonaiclornblo inocoaftfloct population, tho woathor that has affliotod to dinti-ict bo long having' broken up and dis .npponrorl, and tlio roads again in good work ing ardor, will throw lifo find clioorfulnoufl around nnd upon this portion of Now Zoaland no favourod and bo blossorl, with all tlmt rondora lifo ngroonblo, but whioli may and froquontly do load to thoM habits which ongondor diaoaoo tlirough oxpoaurA to eioknoo nnd ohills, tho lioaltliioßfc may bo ntrikon down by Rhrumatibm, RnnuMATio Qovv,, IjUmh aoo, Intkrmittwnt FMViens, Btwotsa NKsd, Ac, and it i» woll that all should know tbo moat roliablo curon for thoso aro Iho famous Indiak Mbdioinks known nn " Uhollah'fl Groai Indian Ourofl,"— thoy can bo had of M. B. aiasingo, Ohomiat, appointed nolo wbolosnlo ngont for Roofton anil diatriot. Soo testimonials in advortis* ng columns,— Adv.

Australian*, bo on your Guard against Bpuyioiw imitutiona of (ho bonign and palatable elixir, Unoiwno Word's Boju:idam Amomatio SonNAVra, of which oountorfoits nro mnnufooturcd at homo and abroad by disroputnblA (speculators nnd nold in thin mnrkoD. Somo of tho nhim™ m o bottled nnd lnblod to roproßonl tho ronl artioloj others only approximate to it in nppoaranoo, bnfc all of thorn aro dofloiont in tho rotnodial pro* portion and flavour of tho truo Sohnappn