THE Inangahua Times.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 42, 12 June 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times.

At tho orcHoary half-jowly rnootinga of nn,dermon,tioAod CompAnioa hold la«<f wook, the faltovfin g diroetoxi woro appoint;od for tho ouwent hAlf^ear :— d-old^ Tifeasi^ro Com* pftny, Messrs Ryrno, Thom,as, Bpocho, "SfoUng and Harris, AwclUora. Mowra HAnkin and l^otts. Pioi^y Orosa CompAny, Mossrs Thoraa«, J. BuMor, Martin and BarokUy, Au,di« Viva, Mes/irs Mir£\n And Potts, Littlo Boat* m«n\i Crook. Company. Mossrs Beiiby, Win- . fordo, T>, H. Aloxandor, 3. Gallagher* An,d HAnkin. Auditor, MrPo^s, Tho ordinary halfnycarly meeting af tho. shaioholdors of th,e Indopondenfc Company will bo hold At Mr Brendan'* ofllpo thift day, at 2 p.m. fy was owrontly »oported in tawn yofltorday thAt tho Goyernmont h.»vo raAdo a swooping ftUoffttion tho, w^rvoy dopartmoi^t, Koofton. Mr Woplloy is. sAtd to hayo resigned his ap* I«)inttttOß«i as Wflt^ol; Bujwyor* an^ Mt *„ M.ontgoin,ory 1$ now ftotiog in his stead, Tfcoro WA»R » lt *tng of tha Bosidont Magis* trAto's. Court yoHtowlay* but, ti\o.busiw>«s disposed of was unusually light. Tho cases of Cato v T)iph ftndi Biok v Oato, were, o* th,o appliofttbn of Mr- Kpid, adjpurnod u,ntil the Sttst innhant. Lallo» v IDwrmott, claim, for £ft 1 on dishonojjcdi promissory noJio. for work and labor dono. Defendant ditl no* appear and) judgment was given for plaintiff for tfop Amount auod for and profoflflional foo. and costs of Court. Mr Moss for plaintiff: O««,ffioldi v, Ho,wio, okim for &l 15s for goods supplied. No-ftppoaranco. ojf dofondant. ,Tu.dgmont by defiwrftfortho.anv>wit plalmedi, with oosta., Sunderland v Moor. IS[<» nppoaranoo of plaintiff; oaso struck out, Atoorn v Ctodfroy,. application to tftk,« o»id«noo, Owo adjourned to iw)xt Cowtt day. Mr Mobs for. dofondant,. Tho Court than odjoujnod'. A Ooajr* (ox- tho vovision of tho oloolorftl rolls for tlio (MTesont EtfdingA of tho. County of Inangahua was hold at tioon yofltorday. Mr i Oarroras, Clerk to tho Council, was in, nttend|anoo, and asked that tho namo o^ 'Jibhn, Dow* ' son «houJ4i ho substituted on tbo roll for that •of Gijmor Bros, Tho BpnoU said, tlw) Act ro«. quired that tho applicant sho»Jd bo in, atteadatioe, and as, ho was not prossnt, tho matter, oouldi nofe ho dealt with, Mr Blight applied k ftftt tho name of tho Committee of tho United' Methodist Church of Uooftion, and) Black's Point should bo insontcd on tho toll. Ho mado. tho. application boeauflo ho saw thp namos of tho Oommiifctcos of other, denominations, on the '■ soil, tho BoMoh/said that Ohufoh property boipg. ox.ompt from, liaxntiPß, the. narn^s of such. | Committees woro unpropprly on thp roll,,|and rofupod the application,, Tho Court thpa, adf joujinod'. Thero was only ono- application, mi th« War- ; clon'n Court yoatoriiay. P^M'lnnorny oppliodi 1 'for. registration of a wator-wght a$ G.rooVs QuHy (Boldior's.> Tho application wan op- ; poswl by M'Konny and after hoarwg. the objootibn the Warden, rofuscd' to gr,an* tho j Application, The Court thon.adjpurncd'. J Tho next English and' Miiropoan mail via ; : Sojn liVancisco will qlobo at tho lopal offloo on, ' I Monday, tha IDJth Jupo, afc 7f o,m. • ' 1 The Ohjuroh of England oonoort which is to bo hold- on. Saturday ovoning»noxt in, looked forward, to provide a musical treat of a nary high, order, Tho. Black's Point CWoe Club , havo sovoral nlassio. pioooo whiol* will bo ron« 1 deredi the usual oinoinnoy of the. Csm&W. f'ho programme is varipd k and has boen oaroft»lly iwid. addod to,th« *©J)jnot in view by tho porformors ought, to [■ attract ft nuwwr.ous attendance, The Gtounty Oounoil 1 will moot foMhfl despatch of business at; tho usual 1 hoar to.day. i In tho. caWegrom wiporhing a, dostrupfciyo ' flro at Mitun, it should' havo. road '.moollipry explosion at Wigan. K JJho Gazette this mording' notifies thivfcPars Hnmont has boon further prorogued from* 10th Juno to tho Ist of July no»t. Thp, share mnrkot continues in in normal state of Abnonmnl 1 inactivity, and not evon tho most 'atronunufl ofmrts aro. able to raso ovon a, momentary bubbloupon, its tranquil 'surface. Speculation sloopoth, an<> tho alumbe».B.ppoa»B to,bo that whioh Bpri!ng« from oxhaudtiontond is not to bo easily gal vfin fond , into. noHvity. Our. roadors will probably romombof thflfa if) wns just about this timo last yeavthat we had'to, ohroniolo a similar, state of public, dopcoosion, und on Mint oooanion wo vontured 1 to guard' tho community against nn? attempt to undlily quiokon.aoti/ity by, tho cuootion of hopos l>i relation, to ono or two i ijipn, thought to bo "<promining vonturoc," whioh, wo folt would 1 provo dolusivo. At tho timo wo woro protty soundly rated for our temority,. but how. far wo woro justified in tho views wo thon oxprossod, fcimn ha« abundantly , pBOV.od. From tho disastrous offijefs, of tho spurious vitality thon so indisorotly kindlorl ■tlio district hits nob yet rr<7ov,orodi nor, in '• 't,ho ordinrwy oourne, is. likely to. do, for. somo timo.TOOomei, M fttv *tr<»«m, ofpwfcJio q>n- ' /Wenco is poisoned at its souroo, it )8. idlo to marvel at thp effpota produced' far down in its course,, andi something; akin* to. ohildishnpso to.aaoribe thiwoovils to, utiunm quito foroign. ' That tho district will ovcntually livo. down <ihflJsfrflyftUi o gclonrc!wipn,, thpi^ip no, dpubt,

whatovor, but that liaon to not Hkoly to ho nooolpratod by, on the ono hand, fomontinjj an unhealthy oxoitomont, and on tho othot decrying entorpriso in rogard to now vonturos, As tho distviob ifl to return to a sound and honlthy state, its progross in Hint direction must bo both gradual and gonoral and is not to ho built upon tUohubhlo reputation of any particular undertaking, Tho following tologram, ' from a oorrospon'donfc," appears in tho Wont Const Timou of yesterday. Wo hopo it ifl truo, but it is to be roraarkod that tho Press Agency hns not boon made a wore of tho fnoto *— •' Tho Minis* tor of Public Works has aoooptod tondora for #97,000 worth, of bridges on tho Wost Coast. Tho tondors aoooptort avo for tho following works :n If okitika, rivor at I^aniori ; Tero aiakau noar ftumara j Gtooy river, at Junotionj Ahaura vivor, at Ahaur*. Thoao work* will bo ootnmonood at onco,' MfOoloman Phillips writios as followß to tho X^aat :— >ln tho prosont, orlois of affairs in Kurapo I think thoro will bo found many Now oolonists, who, liko myself, would gladly strengthen tho hands of tho mother country If wo possibly could do so, \ thoroforo hog to propose that in tho ovon* ftf war our Gorornmont should, raiao, arm, and equip a thousand men and plaoo them at tho disposal of tho Homo (Jovornmont, o/lding to thoir Imperial pay a polonial allowance during active eorvioo. JEJundrodsof B}ngland'« bravo»k soldlors rosido among ÜB, and IhavoUttlo doubt 'that sooros m\l bo found ready and Wiling to yolnuta©* V oaoh Colony in Australasia woro to, tako similar, notion, an ! A,UBtjrafo«i,an oon,tinfjon,t night bo furnishod, whioh would provo ob woloomo as tho ono. tb,at the Oana,(\ian Oo.vornmont proposes to, supply Stuoh. An act would only ho a graceful tokon of loyalty to oin 1 Quoon, and ono that wonld cost vfl but tftilo* Our founds At Homo would viow it with Coolings of gratitud.o, n,n,d our English, creditor,' would not foxgot it whon >v>^t wo ruight sook his assjstanoo. Of tho rovorond ovangollot who has latoliy , bfloift stirring wp tho dry bonoa in Dunodin* tho. writer of v Passing. Notoo" in, tho Witnous says. " with fli'oat oonfliflonoo th^t-awithp^t , tho acooßsorloa of heralding &,., And barring tlj(O raiv»io~-iif IV Somorvillo wo»o a sottlod tnwiistor in Dunedift an,d Qoiitfauod tho samo manner of proachjng, ho would on&pty tho bignoat ch.uroh in tV Bpnco. of six months. Qonxa of our Provincial Sfti'voyora (aaya tho Wollinglon Post) lyivo no, Ultlo osporionoo of 11 iw.ving aooid^nt by flpod, and fi,old,"' In ft priynto lottor roooivod on Saturday ftotn tho ■ West Const, ono of them who had; boon, on, an [ oxpodUion up, tho. Tuijukina Bivor, thus dos" ei'ibos how ho and hi*, n/irty w,oro dfoco/nfttod. and pu,t to.ftigh,t lny ft w.ilxl btylli. Ho \nritos, *> Tho ofelwr day, \ and fl : vo Maoris woro oom ing i down <;ho. Tam'akina Rivoi*' in a canoo, Wo ; ware panning, a littlo olu^mp, of <jroos. growing oI|OBO, tjo tho flidp of thp J!ivor x wljipHi ou,<> iharo .ru/sjiod n ningnffljaon^ spooimmi oX a wild, bull, who straightway ju/npod into, tlifl shallow water, n#d ' want for '■ tho oanoo o^ncl its oooupants. wro only flftoon fw»t from tho ahoro, on tho bull's, sido, and: so ho was dpw.n upon uja nlmpot inßtrmtly. It Wft, 1 ? *.dau,vo qjiiipput,' tho 'tho dovil fcako tho hindwpat/* ThQl^aorin ' stood, not upon tho ordor, of. their goiug,' but jjampod ovovbtiardaft onno, Di)d swam for,. <ihoir very lives. There wasn't muuh timo to.tlwrvk, aoj)wt as tlio bu,U upon/mo, 5 also took n, hoitdpr nnil maclo iot a big Iwuldor in tho stream, upon w,hioh % olimhod. Meantime ono Mnori hnd rooohed t<hp ahoro, anditho. others,, whon thoy follpw.od, ol imbed up a small trno, nnd jMit as tho lnjvt ono got up it foil down, toaring up by tho roots, A» long as I livo I shall never forgot t)kdi faces of tliono mpn ns fclioy piokorl tlvomsehoa up fnom, oujt of tho. bought of thivt *rco, and Ijookod for fchn bull, who, having , swamped tho. oanoe, and turned everything h\ it into tlio wiitor,. was Aviimming oxer to iattnok tlwrn. TJ»py mado off fon. tho buah, whore tboy, manngod to dpdgo their pursilor,. and roturnod ono. b>y ono to, holp.to finli oiu 1 Hunga up out of feho water and. holp. to pujfc them into, tho oo^ioo again, aftor which wo wont poaooably on our way. I wns protty woll soared at tho timo, bat whon it was over I laughed tijl' my sides aohod again." Tho Prinoosfl Jjoulj q» Marpuorito Aloxanc^k ■yiotoria Agnes, tho future brid^ofComviught, U tho soeond daughter andt third child of Prinoo Frodoriolc Charlos of Prussia. Sho was born, at Potsdam in, July, 1,860. Tho , Duko w.asi horn in 1860| and life oon.io^ucntly , ton. yoavs older than, his flanoed. ; Tko Wellington Ohrontala stnj^oa. t>li(i(» Mr L. Stowo, Clerk of tho Ijipgislatiro Ootnici),, ' has just applied for letters patonfc for a now oaloulating niAohino whioh hp haa inyontod, ; and which, can. be understood and: worked by ' any sohoolboy. lit is so oonstruptod 1 thflfc, if ' mnm'pulatod properly, it cannot go wrong, jit is simplicity, itsolf. Thoso who havo scon J tlio maoliino working highly npproyoofit, and andi thoro,, can bo no doubb that it will bo •largely uporl by tho miorohants and 1 bunkprsof, i th<». colony.