THE THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 17 April 1878, Page 2

THE THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1878.

It in oxpeofod thnf tlio Hopeful Oompnny will linvo'ft nlonning up about Saturday noxt, i'ho 'mornhnro of tho' Amn^ur Dramatio OluU aro'requofltod to mock for rfllioarsa^ thin ovoning at 8 o'olook, nhnrp. It will bo obfinryed that owing to tho dotontlon of lilfl Ilonor Jadgo Woston in Groy. mouth, tbo Bitting* ol tlio Djfltrint Court fixed for to morrow, hayq boon adjourned uii^il Puonflay next, Thoro was i\ tutting of tho Wimlon'n Court yesterday? jut tiio^o. y/ne no biwinoßn beyond ono or two applications. H. K. GtnlHno^ and othrr.ii applied ifor a coal loaon noar Oomont Town, Murray Crook, which was unopposed and reoommnndod upon tho undorotanding that tho ground v/na to bo open to alluyiul mining. Gt. Wioo', on bobalf of tho Injtorman Company, nppliod fpr a oimilar nron nt Roiny Orcok, which wiw also rooommondod,. F. M. Kiornan ftppliorl for apron opal lonuo at noatman'h. Tbo Warden onid, tho ourvoyor liad vMommondcd tlio area lo bo roduoort to ;; 10 . j^^toj, nnd tbo Court could not boo tho granting bo largo an area as that rtfllcnd. T-hnp would bp taken to oonaidor tho application, ' I). M'Oaboy nppliod for a leo-ao near. Ilonfton. Tbo nurvoyor roportod tlmt portion of tlio ground nppliod for wnn within tho town boundary. Tlio Warden naid ho was willing to grant tbo uppli.inn»n ft ftbovt dated lonsoto mine for anal in tbo looality, tlio torm not to exceed, tbroo or fouryoara. Applioanta nccoptod tho grant; Upon tho termfl propftflod. W. J. Sunddrlaufl, coal loaso, us tlio ground had not bemi mirvoycd tho npplioation was adjourned." Mr Johnson obtainod rogistratioli for two beads of wator at Landing Crook. Tho Union Oompnny,' through M> W, M'Loan, applied for and obtained registration for two ohoota, two tramways', paddook, maohino oito, and lioad raoo at Dpvil'B Crook. Tho Oalo donia ' Oompnny, throufih Mr Eobort Oxloy, appliod for, and obtainod rogiotmtion for a tramway and bead raoo at Larry's Crook. Martin and Oambpoll, through' Mr IL <£. Hnnkin, appliod for rogistrfttion of head and tail raoo at Soldior's. Tho npplioation was opponod by Gordon and party. ' Tho Wardon decided upon inßpooting tho ground, f 4|ho Court thon ndjpurnods Tho next Bugjlish and European mail via San Fwnoinoo will oloso at tbo local oflloo on Tjiiosriay the 23rd day of April, at 7 a.m. Mr Varloy,tho ovangolist.hno boon stirring up tho Launcoston people by condemning in unmoaflurod torms thoao pooplo who ddrivo inoomos from tho ront of publio-bousos, and bouflCß of illfatno. Djo branded aMr Fawno, a rospootod roaidont and ft ohiof oldor o'. tho Ohuroh ; a« araongot thppo, vjho ownod publio-houflOß, and,thonoxt ovoning ho named anotbpr porson as boing connookod with housos of iljfamo. Quito a ooipmotioh was oooasionod at tho mootings, and somo dipordor, tbo gas Doing turned off. Ho held bis meetings in tbo Mcelmnios' Ijnstituto, nnd for hiq attack on Mr tho oommitloo dpcidqd ho should not bo allowed tho furthor uho of tho building. Tbo rosolution, howovor, had to bo rpneindod', as it was found tlio Instituto was lot on oontraot. Tbo following oxtraot from tho Bjillarat Opurior, Viotoria, shows how a landlord, may act, evon although tbo posflonaor of groat wealth, and. how ho may show a worthy oxamplo to othors— "Tho letting of tho farms on tho Bowling Forest oatato bjj MJr IJ. J. Olarko, was dpoidod. at Loarraontli on Friday last, All tbo old, tonants woro reinstated for fourtoon yoaro, and for tljo now farms sovoral, sons of I ho old roaidont farmors woro fluoooss* ful in obtaining tho prpforonoo. Mr Olarko intonds to oxpnnd, or forego, in most oasos, ono year's ront, towards improving tho buildings or manuring tbo land} but whero noposoary, a furthor allowanoo will bo mado to put tho farms in thorough working, ordor, It is mattor for regret tbat thoro aro not moro oousidoratoi and praotioal landlords likp Mr Olarko in tho colony." Road, alongside of our statistion, tho follow ing, showing tbo inoreaao in tho population of tho sister colony of Viotoria, will bo interest* ing,--Tl)o population of Yiotoria on 81nt Doeombor, 1877, aooprding to tho roturns of tbo Government statist, was 8p0,804t, tho inorcano for tho past yoar boing 30,50d|, Tbo gain during 1,877 was groator than in any of tbo nix prceoding yoars> and, ono of. tho mOBt satisfnotory points in oonnoction with it is that tlio oxoens of arrivals over departures for laot yoar wnn nearly doublp that of any year sinco 1871, tho pxPoss boing 7?pß for ],877 while thnt of tho liighesfc proooding yoar Was 8820« From 111 ip, oayo the Ago, it does not appoor as if Viotoria wore Inning itn attractiyonoso as a flold of flottlomont' To obtain such an inoreaso from outside other colonies pay largo Hiima to asoint immigration, wbilo thoso who am nblo to pay for thomsolvco como to our nboros.