THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 5 June 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1878.

• Tho Maori nowapapor, tho Wnnanga, pnb> lishofl tho' following hiatorioß of tho first bank and first nowapripor in Now ZJoalantl j— " In tho timo' whon 'adm'o of tho visitorti to Now Zealand vairtly imoginod tliht Now ZJpnlnnd wfto ruled by club law, viz., ' that niiglit wao right 'j' In tho' irldya v whftn tlio Knmoii 'of King, Q-oyornraont', and Sovereign Wnro not lt'ourd in our then 80-oftllod 'cannibal land,' wo oould bonnt of a Bt'itish rosidont, Wo oonld then spook of our ' confodoration of ohiofs,' who ansumofl tho right to bold Now Zoalnnd ftsintnotagainflt tho intormecldlinß of miiflhrobm poHHoiana. In tliono days (1885) iwo (10-jld boast of n bank, At tho timo of whioh Wo nponlc tlio tliroo monotfod nion, and tlio 6nl,v tnon in How Zoftlnnd then who had nny cntili, forraod tliomßotvcs into a firm, nnd un<W thdir auspicoa thoy oflonorl a Dank in tho Urty 6f Inlands. For Bomo' timb tho, bank carried on busindo'e for % all tho v thori world of Now Zoftlaflf]— tlia't ii, for a n'mftll villncd ORllod Jibrorhrokti (tho swooVpehguino), Tlio m'an'njgbv' was ' a 'sufejpot ' of ' tho Stars • and Stripes, who with' ono 'dork Woro tho only mombrirs of tbo BO'itollod ' Bnrik of Now Znnkrid,' A,t thnt timo thd Bay .of Islands' was tho ronort of thb wholora wuioh plied, fdr oilfortlia Ajtaorioan jiboplo in ' th'oso Beau Onoflno morning th'o doors 'of tho bank woro not oponod irt tho usual hoCtr, and on onqniry it whs fouttd that thd mariiigpr; only olork, and tho cash box, with all, tlio otopteras of tivo bahk'hnrl tnicoh rt'trip uiiautliorWod in an' Ajmoridan whnlor to tho North Polo, In ordor, aa Homo of thondn aha'roholdor's of tho bnnk. snrmlßo(l,"tp',' opon ' a tranoh with 'tho EBf|uiVnnik. ' Aboftt tho samo timo, soirio df our litorary monof that day put n fow shillings togothor and "boufthfc a printing prosß, and n^nrtfld a pnpor cnlldd tho' Bay', of Islands Obsortror, whioh for a long timo was tlio only nownptSpor in ' thoso islands. An wo VToro apooplo at thnt t'lm'o, onoh know, tho othor, and nil woro known to ovoryborly, our looal fiorfbblors hmusbd thomsdvos with puns nnd wit! 'bn'thoh! "frienfls, to tlio intonflc } amunomont of tho whole public of tbo small villftfjo } but irt 1840 Atrangor'ti oftino into our inittflt. A onptainlofdno of our English mon« of-war wan hppointod GovornPr of Now Zoa* land; Our ' only nowflpnpor, of ooiirso, odulrl not ar onrto g'ot out df th'tf'grobvo df fun and. wit, and it immodiafoly publish od a notido of sftlo of, Wokoh«down hprsds, 'whidb. wftt to" tnko plno'd nt Okiatb (tho soat of Govo'rnniont in tlio Bay' of Islands), Somddf tiio—to hs strango boiilg!j~(3-6Vornmont oflloialo imogriod thoy worcflrtmpoohod % tbU nbiiooi find dut Of 'fhoir wrath onmo tliroftts of notions of law, a subjoot' whioli "wo', thd anoiontn of Now Zoalalid'i llnuVin 6ur nb»orido from'oivilisntion, forgotton. Thoao omindus Words' ooirt n thrill of horrdr Into all find Buridi'y otho'ra who woro oonoorn'od in tlio littlo howsprtpor, tmd from this Ortmo n disoaso wliioh fluH?c tho soul, bddy, an'd-n'ftmo of ottr banfliiig intb oblivion'. 1 Tims' tho first bank olopafl; und thus porloltod. 4|io flfsfc MoWspnp'or in Now Zcalimd;" ' ':'■ ' Iho'totnl quantity 1 of pnesod ovor tho Ohristchnroh eribtion of rnllway lino from tHo commrinooirlont of th'o rohoon tb May 4th (naya tbo Lyttolton Timoa) was 700,180 b'tinhols, roproßontirif? a totnl of 75,000 tons. 1 Tho groat l'hfc ftood tfm'o cdmirig for Roofton will ' ncsurodly load to a ootioidorablo inoronao in population, tho wonthor that liaßafHiotod tho clisti'iot; bo long hnving brokon up find Ahk nppoarod, and Iho roads again in p;oofl work** ing ordor, will throw lifo and rhoorfulnofls around and upon this portion of Now Zoaiand bo favored nnd eo blossodj with nil that rondors lifo ngrooablo, but whioh may bud frequently do load to thoeo habits which ■•■I v ■•/ '■■ " " ''•• ■- ■ !j ' ; '•- '

nmmwmmmmniimU ■»w»-"r i » l ongondor disenao through oxponuro to fliofctiflflß and ohillfl, tho 'hoalthiost may bo strloJton down by KniroMA-TifiM, Rhkuhutio Gfotrrt Lttmtjaqo, Inimhmitwsnt Fjovjuw,' Jhhiov'm* nkss,Ao., and it i» woll that nil 'should;khow tho most rolifxblo oui'oo for thoso arc; tho famous Indian MimiOTHrns known as « GHiollah'fl ■ Groat Indian Ourofl,"-f thoy dari ho had of M. W. CKssingc, Ohomiat appointed holo wholomilo agont for Roofton and district.' Sob testimonials in mlvortise ng'colntnno,— Advl) ' ■ "