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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 15 April 1878, Page 2

rho (Jloo Olub will moolj for prnotifio al f tho jjfitjnl hour thin nvonlng. Tljo Atnfilour Pranmtio Olub ontprtainrnont, and oononvt in n-irl of tho Hospital funds has, boon fljod (:o bo hold on Friday ovonlng, 20tW inotant,, Tho programme will, oonsiat of two parts. Tho first part will bo maclo up of pon/ztj and ttlcos by tho mombors o{. tho . Ttnoftpn find Biflck'fl Point, G-lno oompftnion, ronrliiißH, vooitation?, oto., to connludo wit.h the domcßtio dranm of " Tho Bont T)ay,".in whioh a Inr^o numbor of, nmntouro will tftifo part. Thn pifnn will bo prnnonl,nd undor tho dii-oo* tionof Mr 8011, and has boon wolj. ro-hnarpo/1,. Wn avo informod that, tho local, Friondlv Sooiolirn havo boon writton to invilinc; thoir o««oporation on thp oßnacion, nnd an tho nttrm-d/inr-o of, onoh body in lilfniy to bo floourod, it in probablo that a oondidorablo Bum will bo rnnlidod. Tljfi wifldom of tho oourso purduocl by tho diroptorfl of tho Wolpomo Company in,rolation to tho puvchttßO of thn Oleopatra ground ib now Joiner fully oxnmpliflcd. Shnvog in ftho mino prior to tho puvohnso in question stood an low afl ;Cl. 10fJ, on Sahirdny Innt £2, 10f» was roartjly pi'oonrnblo f^r tl)o flamo iiitorpstd, tlio nhnrns having in tho intnrval. jiiflt rison in tho npßi'Pfjato £5,2,50, tho oxont amount paid by thoWolfiomo Oompnny for tlio ground. Tho ; prppont nvo vovy dpproflspd.timoß for all, ohissoa of mining stonl<B, so thnt with boUor timen a considorablo inoronHO upon tho prnflont quotim tion may bo lookod foi 1 , Tho vpason for thi« odvnnco is not far to nook, With tho roof hugging tho oimtovn boundnvy of tho Woloomo ( nnd tho dip of tho lodo inclining norosfl tho lino it could hardly bo a matter of sur-

priso that doubt nhonld bo oroatod as to tho pormanonqo of t|io Wolcomo workings, nnd honco, no doubt, tho grnat falj whioji took plaoo in scrip whbn thoao fnots boonmo known* A« inn'ttorn now otnnd, howovor, all room for doubt in romovoc], Tho Qompany hayo now floourodi tho full widt)i of an ordinary loaso in in tho dirootion of tho nndorlay of tho lodo, and Unvo somotjung ovor IQQ(| foot nl°, n S[ tM 6 lino of tho roof. ' oiroumßtanoos ta^on with tho foot of tho proyocf r|ohno»» of. tho Wol" como atono ovor porhaps t\iat of tiny other mino on tjio flold go to stamp this property as ono of tho vary first clans. Indood tho romilt of its flrflt crushing in all uuflloiont proof of this, irjio company hfl^ been in operation formatjy yooro during which I^s por sjiaro was oallod up| nnd (;he prot^uot of its first crushing not only ro'paid tho 6s ,|uet roforrod to, but returned, l^fl aclcVtional, and this from aoarooly moro than ordinary oruahings fully OBtobliahoß tlio vftluoof tWnilnfl. ' ■ > '''' x ' * i' It will bo Booh'bVour tologram'B this morn« itig that young (Jroon, who on T»oacifty last in tjio Supromp Oourt, Nelson, plo'adod, guilty to tho olmrgo of ombowllng monoys ' from tho post onion, Roofton, osbttpod with an oxtraordi nary light aontonoo, namoly, throo day's imprisonmo»^f||iU loaiono/ v no doubt diio to tlio age of thb oflTondor, &\\<\ equally, aa'wo pointed out Bomo timo ago, to tho ciroiimßtnnoos undor whioU tho offonoo wns i _ .. . , i ■ i . ■ i ■• comnnttoa. Tho sittings of tho Djstrlot Court will commonoo on Thurodny noxt. I^is flonor .fudge \yoflton wty' ronoh llbofton either to' morrow or ""Wodnosdny'ovoning, As Friday nox^ is Good iplriday, and Monday following Miiator Mondoy, tho Court will not sit on oithor of thoflo'd'aya. ' ' We loam that Moaars Jtyvory and Co,, tho Groy road contractors ni'o malunjj good progrosn with tho work, and thoro is ovory likelihood of tho road being fjnishod within tho oontraot timo, which' is about f^vo weeks from tho proscnt timo. Wo remind intending oontraotors that tensors for thoorootlon of tho Alpinp battery oloflo to day. Thoro wan aomo talk in town on Saturday I o zoning last of good stono having boon Btruo'c in tho yiotoviii mino, Murray Crook, and aharos ofiangod hanrfs pretty frooly at im provod rates, Wo havo not hoard tho oxaot nature of tho find.

It' ia notified that tho following npplionn'o for conl loasouj Mossra W« o Kioman.M'Gahoy GuU.ino, Sundorland and iioss, and Sundorland, aro requirod to attend tho sitting of tho Wardon's Court on Tuosday noxt, lpLh instant whon all objection o to tho granting of tho loußoo applied for will bo hoard,' A cwi'ospondont who has tnl:on tho troublo to inquiro into tho mutter informs un tW thoro arc forty throo plaeosln tho Inangahua whoro liquor is rntiiilnd, na follows :— ltoofton, novontooii hotolii and flvo Htoros ; Boatnvin'n, liino ; Tjliwsk'o 1'oinl;, mven ; Orushington, pno ; Bailor Itoud to Boatman's, two, In proportion to tlio population it will' bo found that thin community, in thin roapoofc, ia in no way bobind any of tho neighboring Wosfc Const towns, but on tho wholo it may bo loifolyHuid) wo thinlf, that tho vioo of drunkonncmi is by no means a conspiouotifl ono in this district. Tho dotonninatjpn of tho lomil ( Liooneing Bouoh to prohibit; tho tmlo of drink to intpxioatotl porsonß wo rogard an most, wiao and salutary ono, and if continued to bo rigorously onlWood, nn'tt is to bo, tho ratio ofj. firun'kohnoHfl will bo r t ill furtbor roduood, and, eventually wo shall boeomo dwolloro in ft'porfoot cesium of Bobnotyi Wo iedrn thnt Mm Opunty Council is now moommuniontionwith tho IMonoo Miniator rolativo to tho appointmont of an Xnspootor undor tho 'Aog Aot. Should, thoro bo no obntaolo in »,ha way of tho appointmont of tho polioo tp tho ofßfio tho Aol; will bo brought : jntooporVion atonoo.. Woloarn that nomo porson or p'nrflona in tho community havo 'boon guilty 'of' tho foolmli uot of oasting poison about tho public ntyoota for tbo wholosalo dofltruotion of' dogo.' By this inoano ' sovoral 'valuable dogn hixyp boon poisonod. Stops will, wo loam bo takon to ondoavor to^ bring tho porpotrator of this do^ardly not to ju9tioo. It will bo Boon by our advertising oolumni now fining loaao,h'a9 boon a'ppliod for,' Kkr JTamos Griovo, for ground situate, south of," and adjoining tbo Jfaotolp lonio Boatman's Tho now yonturo is to bo oallpd' tho G;olponclft Company. Thoro will, bo a pitting of \)}o R-oeidont, Mftgifltrato'fl Court, on Tuosdny noxl;, whon j thooliargo of porjuVy ngainot Gjrard, will bo dealt with. Tho following roma.'ks mado by Mr .Tustioo ; Eiohniond in his oliargo to tho Grand Jury nt Wellington, Ibo olhor day, aro sugeflstir^ ofanocoflflity for rofornu— "l mado tho observation for nnothor purpose namoly to point out that nomo oasos for tho Crown appear toneod fltrongthnnin(». Snoh has boon my oxporionoo gonorallly as a oriminal Jndgo The laot, I. think, arinofl, out of a dofoot in pur maohinory, affecting tho orlminal buflinosß of tho Court,. I do not blamo tho Crown ■ Proßooutprs,' booauao it inponrsthat thoy aro paid' for nothing but prosonttng (jho onso to t Court, and, ns a nonfloquonop, it frequently happens' thnt tho depositions aro. sent in in a stntowhioh wbioh would suffgoflt to tho com* pofont criminal lawyer tho nooossity of additional ovidonco j and I have vory raroly found that tho Crown provldoa such additlona ovidonoo, Thia, it appears to mo. nrisos bo'oauso no porson is oharcjod, with tho pvp« foflflioual prosooukion from tho beginning, and tboroforo, no dpubt, guiUy porsons froqijonM tly csonpo from our "Criminal Oourta. It id also partly caused by tho division of responsibility botwoon tho polioo who institute) pro3oedim»*>, and tho magistrato, who to a oortnin oxlont supervises tho prosooution by granting remands as thoy may bo doomod nooossmry j and. lastly, tho Crown Solicitor. No doubt, whoro very gravo prose on tions aro concerned, tho Govornmonf, takes oxooptional cavo in tho matter. But I havo known othor i oasoß in wbioh thoro was great dangor of tho prosooution failing altogothor, notwithstandn ng tho oxiotonco of suflloicut proof, bcoaußO,

of this want in tho machinery for public proscoutiona.

An "amusing inoirlont qnourrod roqoutly in tbo Now South Wnlos Parliament. It; up* pears that aMr Gampbqll oditor and pro-* priotor of a lively little publication oallod Tlio Weekly Wasp, i»Rpl|«4 to' tho Sp'oakqr of tho Hou'so of Roprqsontatljes fop a Boat in tho Prona gallery, Jfo w/w informed t]irtt fliero waV no room, as fhVgnUory was alrody ov<jr« orowdod, but ho oould havo n scat bohind tho Spoakor'u oiiair. ijo appoars to h^vo oonsidorod] this as an insult to tho Fourth Estate, and at onoo 'rushod oflf! to bjs aanotum aw] wrote tho following stinging roply I -•« To tho Honourable fho Speaker \ « Sir,— l wroto to you a' respectful noto this evening, askfng, you for a pormanont ' t froo paßu 1 to tho r« • portorn 1 gallory. " You rudoly klop^ mo waiting an unrooßj>nably lorjg timo, and, £ sont in a yorbal" tnosaago prossing for nn answor. To this' you mado no roply f Ono of aUond'anta idorod at mob; asking, ra^ if Jf hud nskod you for nnything. I loft diagustod both with you' and jjiiin | I shall bring your own conduct iand his undor thonotioo of tho itouao, and oxpoao you" both' by inaorting; in tho Wusp a oauflWloadei'— (laughtor)~on tho Bubjoct in a Sj^i|fchcad«ji^y t «wny **$ viobbop , in liigK pijticiefl. (Hnnowtfcljaughtor.) I"'", youra" obodicntly, P.. Cxmmh%, propriotor and 1 editor of tho Waßp, l ti,wookly publication (of wliioh I sonii you ft oopy n fow days ago.) Pitt'strooti Sydney [ Jjaroh 5, H(t»' OarapboU, who it' apponra rcjoioos nlso in tho alma of " tho ffospol grindor," wnß not brought to tho bar' of tho Ilotiso liko Ooorgo Jonoi junior, but tho Sn'oft^ov was nuthoriaod by tho Hoaso to cxoludo him from thoPross and Spoakorn' Qallory, so tha^ ttyi W ft8 P wil^ lmvo ( to eharpon its Htornry filing in tho Strungors' gallory,

To Straotioo upon tho'orodulity of $ho publio to tho pivHwlioo of its hoaUUia tho worat form of charlatanry.' This («'bof ng a«ain nttomptod by flonmpish' ynpovtors nnd vondors of bad liquor fluvourod witli *on)o olioup dru^ or oxtnlot, and aVsortocl to bo similar to or tho snm'o asUnowiio Wqwk'ij Sci^rua^ Atio^atio SoitNAPl'B, a modiotttod bovora^q of tho highest fltiindinft.