THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 43, 14 June 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1878.

At tho halNyoarly mooting of tho Indopon' dont GoM Mining Company, hold on Wodnonday last tlio following dirootora woro appointod for tho ourrent torm, Moßara Cato, Butlor, Moldron, O'Noill, and 'l/tonririof. Auditors, Moflura .-llankin. and Po.tta, -',■■;.. , Tho flittlrtgn of thb Distriot Court will open onMowlay noxt, t.b 10- o«obok. • Tlviro are two. orison in tho oriminnl namely, Kogina v Brown, and Rogina v GUrard, wlwoli will probably occupy tho Court for somo days. Tho buainesa on tho oif il sido k very light. Tho now Telegraph and Pout Ofllwo wiM probably bo out of tho oontraotor's hands by ' Saturday noxt, when tho business of tho do« pantmonts will bo tuanaforrod to Ihoir notr apantmonta. Tho contnaotor, Mr Dunn, appears to havo vory faithfully ourrlod out tho specifications, ftnd tho building on, tho wholo roflootn tho utmost osodit upoatho oonoontraotor* Throe candidates aro now in tho field for tho roprofiontntion of Hokitika in. tho Houso of RopAoaentatiyos.. Mr Seymour Goo-rgo,. MrO. Brown- and Mr FitzGerald havo ouch publinlvod ftddrosaos. Tho Woat Obast Times JH tory bittov upon Mr FitzOoraldfti oandin daturo, and in a rooont lasuo oommnnfca with Boomingly mnlignant aovority upon, bin past conduot. Mr Button, diooa not appear to hnvo yot doohirod hiinsrlf. Wo draw tho attention of our roadera again to thii eonoort to bo lield to-morrow night in aid) of tho Ohuroh of England Ftind. Tho comploto programme appears in our oblumna, and will' bo found to ombrnco mußioal solcotions of tbo vory ly'ghoat ordor, ond as tho Hat contains, tho names of sevoral ladios nnd gcntlomon now to tho Roofton andionco, nn additional novolty attauhos to tho oooaaion. Tho fund's of tbo Oommittoo aro, wo bnliove, ot n vory tow obb, and tho nppoal ia likoly. thoroforo, to moot with a oordiul roaponao. A pi'aotioo will; be hold in Dawson's Hall at 8; o'clook this ovouing, and) a further prootioo will bo hold in tho Hall at hftlf-pimt 2 o'clook toninonW. Mossra Byrno and Co., tho oontrnotors) aro making good progro«» with tho motalling of Broadway, and tho completion of whioh will fully moot tho- oomplaint of the "mudopolitan," whioh,flppaarod'in our Inat innuo. Alj thono whoso foot aro upon thoir " nati'vo heath "in this homiaphoro- oannot ' but fool elated at tho continued' fruccoaaos' of tho Auu trnliiin eriokotora at •' Homo." Onl* oablo» i grama thia morning recount a signal viotory for tho nativoa in tho match with tho ltight« •oon of Elland, and thoro oooma to he anothor win sticking oat for ' tho talont' in tho matoh with'tho BatolylCightoon. At a mooiing of tho Roofton amateur Dra* I mmio Olub, hold on Wondoaday laat it wns • roaolvpd, agroonbly to tho roquoat of tho Hospital Oommittoo, to. givo a porformanoo at , an early dato in aid of tho funds of tho inotitution, Two plooos wero soloctod for tho oconßion, namoly, tho sonaatioual drama in ; throo aota ontitlod Joorisao Tho Jugglor, to conoludo with Iho acroaming faroe of Tho Turkish Bath. Tho porformanoo will prob* ably bo hold abont tho first wook in July and will muko up ono of tho bost entertainments over offered Jn Jdcoftoi*. A «-hip rooontly arrived in tho London dockn with a cargo of nuta known as vegotublo ivory, from Panama. Eaoh nut is tho sizo of a hen's ogg, hard and, flub grainod. This ivory is u«od for splitting into buttona, and for tho tops of umbrellas and ia worth about £20 por ton. Tho Wur OIHoo has decided to adopt for military purposos tho sijochambor revolver miinufiioturod hy tho A damn Small Arms Company, nnd largo ordors are now being executed, ao tliat non«ooniijn'ii<donoci ortlcous trumpeters, and furriors of all Cuvalnry rogi»« ments may bo nt onoo nrmod with tho weapon in ncoordaiieo with a recommendation, of tho rooont commit toe on equipment* At tho olojo of o lecture given by the "Ror, Dr Somervillo in tho Prinoosi Theatre, Dunedin, on May 80th wo learn from tho Outgo Daily Times, tho R,-v Dr camo forward and proceeded to mako an appeal for funds in aid of a now building deaired by tho Young Men's Christian AisooaUon. lio '

did not, ano why ,C2OO, should not bo raisod in tho building, and asked for £-400 subscriptions to begin with. Cards wero distributed, and tho promises nt onoo bognn to oorao in. In tho case of tho first two for £100 read out, tho names woro not givon, but tho third was acknowledged from tho President,, amid loud appiauso. Dr Somervillo oalled upon tho choir £300 boing now in hand* to sing "Praise God from whom nil blossmgs flow." ThU having boon dono, anothor start was mado, and tho Doctor usod his porsuauivo powors to suoh an oxtont that £500 was i announood, £620 was ronohod, tho ohoir wns j again oallod upon foi' " Praise God, from ; whom all Blessings Flow." Immodiatoly j thoroaftor anothor £25 oamo, nnd tons and \ flvos followod till £800 was roaohod, vrhon onoo moro "Praiso God from whom all blessings flow" was oallod for. Then lives, with ono or two tons, and ono £20 followed, till tho nnnounoomonfc of £1000,. tho Dootor askod onco moro that tho ohoir should sing j '• Praiso God from whom all blessings flow." . Ono £10, n munbor of Avos, and some sums of £2 10s brought tho total sum promisod by card up to £1070. Tho oollootions by plato woro found to bo £63 somo odd shillings. This eaisod tho grand tot,;d to £1133, and loud appiauso grootcd tho, announcement of lluq i.pxtromoly hboral num., Two. days, after tho Bum had roaohod £1214. > ■ A lady doctor writes :,—'' Moro rpiarrols arise- botwoon husbands and wives owing to olootrioul ohangos through whioh tho nervous ' Bystoms go hy lodging togotlwr, night' aftor night, undor tho samo bodscloths, than by any othor disturbing, oouso. Thors is nothing that will dornngo tlio nervous systom of a porsoa who is allminntivo in nervous forcoliko lying, in bed all night with another porson who is almost nbaorbont in norvous loroo. Tho absorbor will go to sloop artd rost nil night, whilo- tho eliminator will ba tossingand tumbling, rostloss and norvous, and wako up in tho morning frotful, poovish,. and dishoartonod. No two porsom,, no mattor who ' the-/ are, should habitually sloop togothor» 1 Ono will thrive and ono will lose. This is 1 tho law." Ploiißo&t,, now tho wwitheM- nights. i aro on t! i Tho Morning Adverfcisor, asmall daily sheet published in Nelson says :-~ That Ultra-Tory i phpor, ;tho Australasian, wislioa to mnko it apptar, that , unloss . Victoria oan. bo ruled by i an Oligarchy, the/ aro to havo no commorco iat alh :It says* " it is not a timo to talk of ' impedimenta to comtnorco* and inoklonco of taxation, when tho qjudslion presses whether wo aro to havo nny oommoroo- o-vor whioh wo oan, disputo, ,o» any property whioh may bo • taxod."" Beoauso tho psoplo* undor Mr 1 Borry's ministry woulcl insist that iho Lower Houso. must bold the" power of tho puiwo,," then Mr BOr'ry 'Hi<as mnde v shipwreck ofall 1 that was valuable in our institutions." As if eight hundred thousand peoplo WOU.UI submit to tho rulo of thinly mon, distinguished only for thoir wealth. A pretty rule it would bo —•mon with only tho instincts of tho monoy« grubber— m< n who doolnro nosponsiblo govorumont to bo a huaibug,, Mon who havo neither thomsolyoH, nor havo thoir suooostors, fought in tho harfrwon battlo ftcjjde of their own on iwy othor (wintry.. Men who aro not ominent ; for , thoir piety* their learning, their 1 boncvolonoo,. or thoir munillconoo, Mon who havo not nhown any groat legislativo talont, or ovon nny ordinary lpglalati.ro > oapnoltj'k Most of them arrogant ovoiboaiiing and oonoeitod, witliout any antecedents toi justify or oxouso pride, or ann talents on i acquirements toi jtwtify oonooit, they fttly , ropresont ft wouldr-bo Oligarchy,, whoso roign could only ond ia revolution and anarchy. Tho Now Zealand Timos publishes, a tablo giving tho numbon of males and fomaloo in oaeh olootoral distriot. It says .•.—• Tlw malos ol! tho co'ony on tho 31st of last Maroh, exclusive of Maori* may bo not down>ntS3l,ooo> and it is fair to estimate tluit of tlieso- 180,600 i i woro 2X yours of ago, Iv 187t thero wore 168,000 malos, of whom 05,000 woro adults., Tha-malos in a distriot do not boar anything Uko a rogular proportion to, tho . lopivaontn* tivos returned to Parliament. Collingwood has tho- smallest numbor o£ males,, 840, ancl Cheviot tho total smallest population,. 13(54.. Nolhoii, of thoso oonskituonoios for which two members aro rcturnod, hns tho fowest males, 3X9OJ and Wellington Oity tho most, 985 d,. Ohristohurch Oity, with threo mombow, has i the jargost population, 2<1i,97G. In oovornl distriots tho fomalos shooed, via*,, in Purnell, Newton, Onehunga, 1 Now . Plymouth Town, and frolsou City. In Nolson suburbs Jthoro. arc liovon moro melon than fomalos, and in ■ Rosljm olovon moro.. Cheviot lias only 456 fomalos resident in it,