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Inangahua Times, Issue 62, 29 July 1878, Page 2

emu_i— .ii--! _R.U-i-'_--_-_---. >-!~- During Saturday night and yontoyday morning, Itoofton was visitod by a galo of unprooodontod soverity. All through Saturday night tho storm ragod with a vohomonoo soldom oxporionood awny from tho soa ooaat, Tho wind oatno in a sorios of guots, rooking ovory houso in tho town to tho foundations nnd playing oonsidorablo ha poo with fonoos, outhousos, sign boarda and othor fooblo etruoturoa. Tho noiso of falling twos rosoundod throughout tho night and yesterday morning tho roads and tracks in various directions wore found to ho blooadod with foroit wrook. About 8 a,m, tho town was startled by n loud orash In tho dirootion of Smithstroot, and upon porsons hurrying to tho spot, it waa found that Groon's Browory, an oxton* elvo building, situate at tho oorner of Smith and Shiol-stroot, had boon oomplotoly wrookod by tho galo. Fortunately thoro wa9 no ono in tbo browory at tho timo. Tho building was oomplotoly razod to tho ground, tho walla and roof boing Bonttorod about tho roadwayi. Mr Qroon's loso must bo vory hoavy nsmuoh of hia browing plant has boon oomplotoly rninod by tho falling timbor. Many othor oaanttltioa of loaaor momont ooenrrod throughout tho towns Tho rain pourod down inoosaantly during tho wholo night and at day" light tho Inangahua rivor was found to bo greatly jfloodod. Approhenaivo of o, groat flood, tl\o broaoh In tho protootivo works, mado far tho purpoao of proouring ohlnglo for Broadway, was hastily built up and tho 1 oontrnotora for the orootion of protootivo works on tho aouthorn aide of tho river ongagod , thomsolvoa early it tho day in taking up thoir tramway along tho rivor bank, and othor wiao protooting thomsolvea against posi aihlo loss by tho rising of tho wator, At 2 p.m, tho rivor was within a foot of tho hoight of tho la«t groat iliod, but it, shortly afterwards oommonood to subsido and at nightfall had oxpendod its grontost volume No damago, no far aa oonld bo soon waa dono to tho ombankmont, but bolow tho suaponaion bridgo tho watov mado a wido owoop in towards tho Hospital, and domollahod nearly half n chain of tho bank. Tho wator in novprnl plaoofl overran Broadwny bolow tho , Hospital, and scoured ruta in tho formation. It ia quito ovidont that unlaas aomoihing is dono to divort tho tho ourront at tho point itulioated tho hospital roscrvo, and nil land bolow it will bo plaeod in imminont dangor during tho ooming spring floods, Wo loam that tho roof in Ne tt lovol of tho Woloomo Oompany, at tho roof oxtonda from wall to wall, and prosonta a oplondid appear* anoe Tho Paotolus Company aro still getting out atono whioh fully man tains its cxoellont obaraotor. As soon as auflloiont atono ia paddookodtho oompany wIH havo a crushing at tho Just-in -Timo bnltory. Mr W. Ooohrano, an old resident of tho Groy Valloy and Roofton has purohased tho promlsos known as Jollidb's Hotoi, Itoofton. Tho dosignation of tho houso has boon altered to that of tho tho Sportsman's Arms, and as Mr Ooohrano ia himself an enthusiasts and Hboral • aport,' tho naano is an oppropriato ono. Wo wish Idm ovory sueoosa. At an extraordinary mooting of tho Indopondont Oompany, bold on Saturday last, a resolution was onrriod to i noroaso tho com* pany's ■ oapital by tho issuo of GOOO now shares, making tho nurabor of shams in tlio oompany 80,000 at 10s eaoh, instead of 24.,f100 at 10s oaoh as herotoforo. Twonty*ono ndvonturora aro organising an oxpodition (rom Wollington to How Guinea, and proposo to ohartor a stoamr or sailing vossol with that "objoot. Thoy also invito oth ors to join thorn. A tologram from Stnwc.ll, in tho Molbourno Argus, says i—' Somo splondld results havo boon obtained from tho orushing of specimens tnkon from tho Orion tai olaim. From 8001 b. (troy woight) of atono thoro waa obtained MU?,, of gold, oqual to 2BGlo». to tho ton. Tho atono 'was taken from tho HGOft. lovel." Tho Oamaru < Mail ' doprcontoa tho oouduct of a soction of tho prose In publishing two coin mnfl of aoandal connootod with tho lifo of Mrs Orjck. r who was rooontly oonviotod in Auokland of obtaining goods by faleo protonoos. Our contemporary says s—Mra Orookor haa o family, somo of tho momboro of which aro resident in Now Zoalund, while a daughter Is in England. Wo know that thoro aro two daughters in a convent In Dunedin, ono at Homo, nnd a aon oomowhoro in tho Oolony \ and wo boliovo that thovo

>i<a<wi-i-M<>-»<-f»*«P**fw*yiH»i»«w^ " -ATaaaa T7. * ' nro othem. Should not tho feelinga ft" l - 1 pros-, pocta of those htivo boon ..oiviclovcd t Who oan imagine tho poignant sonow that the ovontaofthopaßt fow months havo ongciulorocl in thoir breasts P By tho oatoln-ponny and probably trulhlost* otory of their mothor'a lifo, publiahod by our oontompornrios, throo daughters of oxomplary ohnraotor, and a eon who' is fighting bis way in tho world, havo boon ovuelly trontod, Mr ond Mra Morton Tuvaros, niado thoir first nppoarnnoo (togothor on 28th mat, at tho Thoatro Royal Melbourne in «Tho Sorcon Soono' from tlio « Sohool for Soanclal" tho soono whioh as will bo romomborod, thoy nppoarod In on tho .last night of thoir pom formanoo in Wostport, Tho Molbourno pnpors spoftks highly of thorn. TUo Argus aaya i Mrs Tavaros ia, withottt quoation, tho haudaomost ond moat ladyliko Lady Toazlo wo havo ovor had in Molbourno, Sho has a ohoory voioo, and spoaka naturally, and thoroforo ploaaantly. In short, she mado n vory good Improaslon. Mr Tavaros played Chavlos cxooodingly woll. Tho Ohronlolo cays of Mrs Tavnroo— lf hor gonoral nflaumptlon can bo judged by hor rodition of tilo soono In qnca** tion, wo nro within tho limit in Baying that hors is ono of tho bost, »f not tho vory boat roproaontatlona of tho part yot Boon In this city, Tall, haudaomo, of graooful prosonoo, bonutifully oostumod, with a oloar rosonant voioo, ovory nooont of whioh botokonorl tho lady, and with a romarkably flnishorl otylo of delivory, sho at onoo arrested attontion. Mr Motion Tavaroa, who ia known to thoatro goora na having fulfilled a short cngagomont in thia oity aomo sovon yoara Binoo, plnyod Ohnvlos Surfaoo. His ia tho dolinoatiat. of nn oxporionood aotor— light, airy, and ologant> ho suited tho oharaotor ominontly woll, Ho is ovidontly an oduoalod goutlomnn nnd thoro is about him an air of polish and rofinoinon fc that iinprossoa most ploasnntly. At tho finish both Mr and Mrs Tavaros mot with an onthuslastio rooall. ""■ i r ' ■ ' ■ *