THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 22,1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 59, 22 July 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 22,1878.

Thus County Counoil hold an unusually long sitting on Thursday font, the proceedings lasting from S 80 pirn, to mid* night. An immeose amount of buii. neia wat got through and the hwp of work cut out for the County Eogjnwr in likely to keep that hardly taxed hut fndustrfoui officer qlwelyipiplled. for Hand Branch and Braiil'i «^^^injl required belongs • i^eotifeiyWpMr Jo&n WilHanii and Mr Hoohfpnifana theOoanoil mirposet Wjffl fftfc \Hhe mfttterMder tho 21st necrtp|f << :The the Oonnbil hal/pawer,\ opon^hey<ly* and praotioal manner of deaiißjPwMJh the publio needs of the County. On Saturday last Mr ». Beevei held in ftuotion tale of forfeited shares in v«rMti oompanies, but the attendant was omall, and the bidding v»ry slack, : Wo chowhers publish thstabU of sitHngl of tho Bosident Magistrato^i and Warden's Courts fov tbo remainder of the oarrent month. It will be seen that the usual sitting of tho Courts here will be held on Tuesday noxt! As MHno miiapprenention seems to exist as to tho obligations of the County Oounoil in relation to the drainage and formation of foot* pAthsin various parts Of the town, it nay he an well to point out that, until householders assent to tho making of side walks, it is im* posniblo to keep the water tables open, owing to tho foot that in many places tho sldo walks arc bolow tho road formation, this being not* ably tho ctfio in Lower Broadway. Meters M'Loan and Oo«, on Saturday last disposed of tho remaining Jowellery stock of Mr A. Cameron. Tho attendance at tho mart was good, and very fair prices were realised. Tho annual meeting of the msmbers of the Reofton Glee Club was held in Dawson's Hall on Monday ovoning. Mr Shaw, tho president of the Olub, occupied tho chain Tho treasurer Mr A. ft, Bayfeild, road tho report and balance sheet for tho past year, and whioh showod | that tho financial arrangements wore in n higulylsatisfactory condition, there being a cosh

bfllonco to tbo ormlit of tho Club. Tho olec tton of offlnors was noxt proceeded with. Mr Stuur wm unanimously elooted president t Mr Qullino, librarian j and Mr Potts, treasurer. and oommittoa of management Mes«is Shaw, Konpthorno, Parry and Dunn, and it was dooidod that tho sum of JCB should bo disbursod in tho purouww of now. muslo. It was alto stated that tho Club would shortly givo a oonoort t on which oooaaion sovorol gontlomon from Greymouth had kindly promised their assistaooo. tthe proceed tofts closed with tho usual prootioe. The Olub will meet as usual this evoning, the time of assembling being altered from eight to halfcpait #ight o'olook sharp. Now that Broadway from end to end has been reduood to somothing )iko a uniform grade, and tho street oovewd with gravel, the opportunity presonts itself to the resident*, of taking combined action relative to thi kerbing and formation of slde«walksi We believe the County Oounoil, would be willing, as far m its fuuotions will permit, to assist in the movement} The servloes of the County Bn«' gtaeif, Would, no dottbt, ie available for the purpoio of taking tn« news Wry levels, and it might bs possible to get the^ork carried out under the lupefTiiiorn 6f that oflloer. Ab tho Counoil has no legal warrant to expend monoy upon the construction of footpaths, tho matte* lies wholly in the hands of householders themselves, and seoing that tho drainage of thd stieet oan only bo offootod by tho forma* tlon of the footpaths and wator-tnbloa on a oommon grade, tho residents will bo likely to HO the necessity of Joining in tho work. If the footpathe were formed tho Oounoil would, (n all probability, provide tho requisite day labor to keep both the stroota and ditching <^j4>j'lUobard Boefoa, who rodo through on Saturday last, reports that ||Biif^***rjhavo completed tholr oontraot %ffiwffl>rmatlon of tho RoeftonaGroy road, jw)d<nbthirig now remains but tho orootiou of &n(r or two bridges on tho lino to got tho work jfuj of band. The erection of tho bridges will Ijpoupy, probably, about a month, whou tho toad will be open for whool trnfflo. r i'ho journey to Ahaura via tho now road will bo somewhat longer than by the old route, btjt the evenness of tho oountry and oxoollonoe of tho road will moro than oonntorbnlnncJo thisdrawbaok* ' It was expootod that tbo Woloomo Corn* pony would olean up on Saturday last, but the difeotors havo dooided to oooupy tho battory for sorao timo longor. Tho tondor of Muldoonand party, for extending tho No;C level hoB beon aoooptod. Tho roof at prosortt {ft very strong in tho faoe. J A spooial gonorol meeting of tho shnrohot* dors in tho Fiery Cross and Just«in-Tim!o Oompanios will bo hold to-day, the fonnor at flo'olook at Mr Bronnan's oftloo, and tho latter at Mr Wise's oflloo at 4 o'olook. Tho meeting will oomidor tho advisability of soiling tho owning plant to a publio orushing cowj» pany, , , . ! <«. Xq«i Hopeful Company's orushing prd« fl^jsWortoriliy, dttd a otauutig up will lt^sllkir''pl«ae about tho end of tho ifcttttnt month. , . Ik A Telegram to tho Auckland Start says I tn acknowledging tho rooolpt of a large /fcUfnbe* of eoramunioatlons to its article on 'MifiUh^t the Otago Daily Times sayti $W« Have purpose^ and sorupulously jMntftuld from publishing ti.om, oonsidoring f M bate done our duty giving wnresnion in I Usj fentlest terms to the feelings in tho pubiio I nina ihathavo been struggling for utterauoo, a Hv*# take oredil for very oomidorabla forbeur* l»ooe in this 1 for not onlj have our motives inattendlng to tho matter been misrepresented, Jfcut ou<* right to touoh on it at all have boon impudently called in question. We olaim the right ta handle any matter affooting the ,publJeint»re»tl,and have only to say that if Wtoilav forbMJWOt to whioh wo havo shown is Hp|; M(hibjte4 In dealing with our oxooIp^^'t^pmle arid considerate treatemont we shall grasp it moro pj^ttjjfatilfti memorandum whloh has been mss $£ jhe,Crovernmenfc to tho ohairman of ylui various sohool oommittoos throughoolony, will bo road withgonoral Interest and approval. It is ob foliows t— ' * Memorandum for Ohairman of Sohool Committees— -In viow of the nutnorotts Taoanoies likely >to occur for cadets in the publio departments of tho Civil Sorrioc, the Government is desirous of giving ovory enoourtigomont to youths attending tho publio schools } oommitteesaro thoroforo rcquostod to forward to tho Hon. tho Minisror of Bduop« tion, as soon ns possible, a list of youths ovor fixteen years of age* at present or formerly, I pupils of publio schools, whom thoy oan ro< commend for ability, good oonduot, and gentraV fitness to fill suoh vacanoios as cadots At imajr be open from timo to timo. By order, John '. Hislop, Department of Kduoation, Wellington, 20th Juno, 1878," From 18T8 to l&li inolusivo about forty million feet ot timber have boon out by suw" millers, out of tbo Southland forest, while but 1£487& has been returned to tho Stnto. Tho royalty (says tho Bnnodin Star) ohargod is unquestionably too light. Referring to tho vm)uo of proporty near Timaru, tho Ilorald Bftyat—^Wo lonrn thnt £80,000 hnn junt boon rofasod for a blook of land, containing 820 Roron, situatod on tho Downs, within 2^ tuiloa of Timaru, This would be at tho rato of about £1)1 por aoro. Tho owuor says ho oxpoota to obtain £200 por acre all round within a ycav» His Honor Mr Justioo Johnston (ttnya tho Press of tho 2nd inch) had quite an oxoiting day at tho Supremo Court yostorday. Thoro woro no loss than four serious interruptions to. tho conduct of tho judioial business during tho day. Tho first was by a woman who is known as having often interrupted tho business of tho sessions by appeals for justioo, which sho olnims has boon denied ta hor. Two other interruptions woro by two witnesses in a case, who got so oxoited that they could not restrain thcmsolvoß, and tho fourth and most serious of all was by an individual who was suffering from tho effects of a more

overnloso of sinothing stroligor than wnt«r. Ho interrupted tho Judge in tho oourao of his summing up by making a oommont upon his ' spoeoh to the jury, and tho offoot of this unexpected interruption ooming in at a time when the Judgo had tho olosost attention of tho jurymen, was to distraot attonfcion from his review' of tho case, anrt to completely stop tho current of his Honor's thoughts: It was no wonder that his Honor remarked that ho did not know whit Courts of Justice wero coming |tb, and that in his flvo^and-thirty yeftrt* experience of Oourts of Justice ho hod sever seen suoh things as ooourrod to that Court during the day. It was quito now to him, and He could hardly think that ho was la a oWiUiod cOuntry, To add to his Honor's annoyanoosi hovhad to aot as court orinr, and call in his loudett voioo on ono occasion dur* irig the day i and at 'another timo whon, despite the host of official* all round, no one it .seemed eppoftred to \now what was proper to bo dono, his Honor had to ask, 4 Do you think I am to cotno down from tho benoh to put that man out of Court P" His Honor, under protest, performed tho duty of crier, but evidently drew the line at tho duties of bailiff,, The good timo coming far Rcofton will assuredly lead to a considerable inoroasa in population, tho weo,thor that has afliioted tho district so long having brokon up iuul din* appeared, and tho roods again in good work ing order, will throw life and choarfulitcsn ' around and upon this portion of Now Zoalatul so favored and so blossort, with nil that renders life agrooablo, but whioh may and frequently do load to thoao habits whioh engender disf aso through oxpomiro to sioknoss and chills, tho healthlost may bo strioken down by Kni?u«AtiSM, RnEnMA.Tio Gour, LtTiwnAao, Intrumxttrnt Frvkiw. Bit,toum« miss, Ito., and it is well that all should know tho most roliabie euros for thoso aro tho amous iNDUtf Misdioinrs known as •ahollah'fl Great Indian Cures, I'—they1 '— they oan bo had of M. 11. Gissinge, Ohomist appointed solo wholesulo ngont for Reofton and district. Sco testimonials in advertising column,— Advt flodontary Pursuits aro onfeobling. Naturo never intondod us to aifc in a doublod up position half our lives, and accordingly sho rovongos horsolf upon thoßO who do so by inflicting upon them indigostion, debility, and vory frequently lumbago end kitlnoy disoaso. Persons wl'o9o avooations keep them indoors, behind desks and work-tables, oun, however counteract, in a gwmt mensure, tl«o ill effoots of such oonflnomont by tho uso of UnoTiPno Wootb'b SontBSAM AnoMATto SonwArra.