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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 55, 5 August 1878, Page 2

Tho monthly mooting of the Hospital Committee, will take plaoo at fcho S'corcA tnry's offltoe, this evening at 1 30o'olook. Tho portablo cngino for tho Union Compuny, arrived 1 in Rcofton. on Saturn doy last ;. tho journoy up was a vory rough ono, owing to tho rivera being so liigb, but tho onpiino was skillfully piloted through by Mr Mitchell, tho contractor For tha eonvoyanoo of tho mnchinory. rho wholo of tho Hwohinory will arrive [luring tho present month, Tho various sontrncls about Iho mino nro all procoocU ing satisfactorily and it is. oon&Vlontly ?xpool(.'d that crushing will bo commenced n throo taonlha. It is bolievod th.ib a s»m' of botweon £Q0 anfl i'6s, will bo realised' by Ffiday'H [fospitnl concert, whioh, togothor with iho subsidy aooruing. from, the Govohih nont upon tho receipts of tho "concert, will go. a, long wnj! lownrds clearing off .ho debt upon thai institution. Tory ?roafc praiso is duo to ihemcnvborsoftho llcutlior 801 l Lodgo for tho gallant manner in whioh they turned out on ho occasion, as alno tho members of the Oddfellows una Good Templar yooiotiis, be tkak nrcseuco and aid, Somo ou

oh to tho MBBPPwnytho Hibernian flooioty did Hnot join in tho movement. On tho oo« 1 oasion of tlio previous benoflt givon for the Hospital tiro diflbront Societies cordially agrood to attend in regalia, but tho entertainment was postponed at - tlio olovonth hour and tjioroby canning tl connidorablo inoonvonicnoo to the h Sooiotios. Whon tho dato for the on» tortninmont oatno round tbo Hibornian Socioty assembled in full force, many of i» tho members coming in from Bontmanfl and Larry's in order to swell tlio ranks, but it so bapponod that none of tho other Sooiotios raustored, and tho Hibernians '• after waiting in regalia at their lodge room for nearly An hour, tho idea of a prooossion had to bo abandoned and those who had oomo long distances for tho oooasion folt some littlo disappoint* ment. In tho face of this then it was doomed that tho mombors could not bo 1 again got together in sufficient nu.nbors to adequately roproscnt tho body in the c last procession, and consequently it was doomed tho better plan to hold aloof as a body.* It may ba. stated howovor. that all tho raomTbors of tbo Sooioty living in Itoefton attended tho oonoort privately. This was tho reason why the Hibernian Sooioty was not roprosontod in tho proi cession, and as a Jiarg* number of the ' members veaido at Boatman's tho difficulty h may bo readily understood. Tho Sooiotios Entertainment given on Friday OToning lait in aid of the Hospital ! funds, proved a most thorough , financial auo> i cob?, the ball being orowded as it has seldom 0 I boon before. At 7*Bo p.m., tho members ai ■ tho Hoatbor 801 l Lodgo mustorod at thoit lodgo room, and uhortly aftorwarda a pjroooseion was formod by tho mombora of tho other sooietioa fulling in, whon hoadod by tho Town Band tho wholo marohed to tho hall, procoodod by a fllo of (© 'oh boar«ra» Tho scent prouontod was a most attraotiro one, the mombors of tho proooiekxn woaring tho regalia of tho different ordors. Tho mombors of the Iloathor 801 l Lodgo, hbwovdr, largoly out nvtmbovod thoso of tho other sooiotios^ and it fnot tlio plaids wore conspicuous through!; tha ovoning, Tho conoort opened with a woll exaoiitod ovorturo by tho Bras* Band, follow--8 ing wliioh tho moipbora.of tho Blaok'a Point i, £Hoo,olub sang 'To all you • Ladies now on Land,* in a very cfnoiont manner. Mr M'Kwau I gnvo n humorous Scotch aong. #ho noit item was a rory tantofully readorod,' solo by Mill Ferris, Mr Atltin gavo on agrooabl'o rooltation . entitled ' Tho Oolliov's Donth.' Mr Paul sang ' Tho Scottish Emigrant,' in a manner which was highly appreciated by. his Caledonian frtonds, * Tho Two Cousins- ' by, tl&o Missea For*ioa,was very swootly rendered, and" olfoitcd warm approbation, Mr Pollock aoquittod himaolf wolt in hifl vendoving of 'tTvsaio'ti > Dream:' «Whon Shalt Wo Throo Moot Again,'* gloo, by tho, Blttolt'd Point Qloo Club, was . hardly woll balanced 1 , but we boliovo tho pioco had Tory lnjoly bocn put. in rehearsal by tho. dab. . Miss Lamborton aung. a Scotch j song in. a nioo homoly mannor, and tho rendering wnß the more orodi'tabto booauso jj qivon without munioal aooompanimonr. ITorr r Soli/niflt in a diflWlt fantnfli'n from Mnaan* r iollo, diaplnyod his oomploto mo&tory of tho t violhi) tho BUOOOBB of whloh was rondorod » tho moro conspiououo by tho oxoolloneo of 1 tho pinnoforto aocompanjmont by Miss 0. } (DrumplionY Mr Ouiio ito a local oomicsong, , . gave a highly oora-io history of tho troubles •- of editorial lifo, A woll cxoc'Utod stop-danoo • by Mr H. Oavoll brought tho ftr* I pwt of 1 tho ontortftiumont to a ol'o«o. In - tho second 3 part tho Blftok fl Point GUoo Club sang * From- > Oboron 1 in Fairy Land.' and ' I>O8»lnto ia J Iho Dwelling of Morna/' in both of which ' they woro vory suoooasful. • Tho-JTudod Iloao * a song by Mr Itumblo was roally well' ron». ' i dorad,. and dosorvod tho onooro which it ' ovokod. Mifls lumberton (King another Sootoh song with equal bucoobO, aftor whioh 1 ITorr Schmidt gnvo a solootion from ' II Trovnl|oro,' with piano dooompamniont bj( . Mios'A. Onmpboll, whoso pbrfoi'inanoo,. par> tioulurly in regard to tho all-osßontial of fcimo, was remarkably good. ' Lot mo liko a Soldior Fall/ by M» Pollock wan woH ront dovod but Boomingly wna pltohcd rathor too , high. ' Hunting^Towor' by a- lady nnd gonx tloman was vory woll rondorod and at it.i conclusion was warmly onoorod. Mr M'Kwan'a comic song wus not a-suoooa*, owihg wholly to tho fact that ho not) not romomtor tho words 1 anrl for this reason tho finish was lofO r&thw unfiviishodv Mr Wallooo'ii rooitution of BolU» boautiful, monody on tho doath of Mary Quoon of Scots, was ono in ton thousand. It "was ono ,of tho vory best efforts, either profcsnional or nmatourwo hnvo ovcrlistonod tonnd tho rag rot i« that Mr Wallaoo oiuinofcbo induocd to more ofton afford tho publio fcho oloTatpd 1 ploasuro of his ra*o oloontionary ability, for we rogard' ifc las flomotbjng of a- sin that slioh power* of ' oratory as that gontlomait iinboabtodty pos" | rohsob should 1 bo withhoUU It, is noodloss to say liUafc Mr Wnllaoo roootVed a porfoct ovation from, tho' attdionoo k Miss Fiirris ' followed with a most plowing solo,, and boingi encored, aohiorod : a still groator mmooss,, in. a *ong entitlbd 1 ' Spoalc to. mo Speak.' Horr Sohmidb anil Miss- Ommpton followod with an equally well 1 rondorod instrumental piooo, after whioh Mr M'QiUvray dhnoodithoSwond ' Danoo, in Highland costume. A pianoforte duob by Miss M'Gnflln and Mies ODoa, 'child artiatos of Mr Homborg, was next givon and 1 was vory clovorly playod,, tho youthful porformora ovidonoing oonsidoi'ublo progress* sinoo thoir dobut a fow months, ago. 'Auld i Lang Syno>'' by Mr M'lLoan o»d tho mombors. 'of fclio floathor B»ll lodgo, brought tho on», ! tortainmonb to> a highly, oucooabM oloso. In ■ fcho ihtorval botweon tho parta. Mr J,. .'Connolly who is. always, about whon nny ! publio spooking is to be done, made, a short. 1 address, on bohalf of tho Kospitnl Oommitfeoo | Mr. WallaoO' who notod' as> ohnirmon, during tho ovoning,. thankod tho amateurs and' tho publio on bohalf of tho Sooiotioflj. oongratulafc ing all upon tho»uooo»9 of tho ontortainmont; Mr Dunn uotod ouloiontly as. oonduotor, and Miss 0 Oiaunpton porformod tlio various. acoompanihmioutß.m a vory officionb raannor.. Something rottan in tho stato of Denmark. Tho Hokitika Star of a rooont dato publialioa tho following highly suggestive paragraph ».— Ono of tho ilaoat enooimons o£ ' ooolcod,' ro>

ports that has overcome under our oHnorratian in tbnt of tho Coinmittoo of tho Ilokitika llom pital road at a meeting hold yesterday overling. It was nttoiuptod to bo shown that a caving of £360 14s Sd hnd boon offootod during tho half-year ondqd Juno 30, 1878, as oompnred with the hnlf-year ondod Dooembor 30, 1877 whereas it was proved by oho of tho wide awake mttnbors that this nllogod ' saring' , was entirety flotitioua. Agnin the * grant* of £1100 oroditod to tho Government tumnd '. out, upon investigation, to bo a robate. Of tho statement that tho Into modicnl offioor in ohargo was oompollod to tendor bis resignation through 'tho porious atnto of his honlth,' 1 porbaps tho loss said tho bettor. Tho report of tho Oommittoo of tho Hokitikt Hospital is a valuablo dooumont innsmuoh as it possossos internal ovidonce of tho absolute i nooossiiy of tho management of suoh institu- ; lions boing in tho bands of tho Govormnont. 1 Judging from the report undor notice, local ' oommittoos, with absolute powors nro ovidontly a failure whore publio iatorosts aro oanoernsd. :, A proposition for the modification of tho olimate of North Amerioa has been made by 1 Oapiaitt Barclay, of the Allen line of steam- \ ships. ' He suggests tsbe constructions of a broakwator aoross the Straits of Bello lilo, k thoreby oxoluding the cold northorn current, [ from tho Gulf of St Lawrence, During the , Spring months immense quantities of Joe { flow through this ttrittt, poduoing na { oxtremoly low tomperntura, roduoing tho , region to a etorilo condition. It is claimed , thiit if this outront wero diverted from its , proflont oourao this sterile region wo«ld soon „ bo nuporaodod by fortuity. This is shown , by tho fact that' wherever tho influonoe of t ' this outront is dostroyod by tho Gulf Stroam, ) vegetation i» abundant. Tho sobemo has boon pronounood fca^blo by oompetenl ( enginoors, tbo obfef obstaolo to its acoompliah* mont being the oipotwo-. Tho material t noeossavy for tho purpoio is abundant and i rondily aooessiblo. It is claimed that the climate of tho wholo continent of North , America is oapablo of great modiftontion by \ simply widening Bohring Straits and allowing , thft froo nocosfl of thnt great ocean curront , which (tows from tbo bliovob of Japan across , tbo Paoifloto tlio wostbni const of Amorio;i. Tl»o good timo coming for Buofton will K nißurodly load to a oonsidorablo inoronso in | population, tbo wedthor that has n,ffliotecl tho district so long having broken up and dis* nppearorl, and tbo roads again in good work' . ing ordor, will throw life and choorfubicss around and upon this portion of New Zealand so favorod and so blonsed, with all tbnt renders- Hf» agreeable, but whioh may and fcequontly do load to thoso habits which ongondor discaso through exposure to sioknoAs ami chills, the hoalthie&t may bo striokon down by Rukom/VtiS^, Riikcmatio Gonr: LkTMDAOO, iNXHUMmBNT! FKVBUB, I3ll,lotras« NKfls, &c., nnd it is woll thnt, nil should know the most rolmbla ouros for those aro tho fhmous Indian Mrdioinm known <n '■Ghollah'u Giuoat huYfon O»wo«,"— t!»oy can bo bad of M. R. Gtssingo, Ohemiot appointed solo wholostdo agout for Roofton nnd dietriot;. Sco testimonials in ndrortia» irig oolumn,— Advt A Settled Question.'- There are few subs jooto thnt are not open to dobato. OnpUou, disputant aro to ho found who nro oren ! prepared to provo thub blank is. white, but ilieui) ia ono point, 'so woll nettled that iioy one, oxcopt the man who donies tho rotundit. of tho earth, will bo likoly to dispute it, vi*. , ■ that an n pjonoral in-vigoi'anfc, a bloo.l dnpurrnt a euro fop siokboadaoho, a remedy for hysteria and appoti/.ing tonio and a mild oxbiUrnnt, I U'DO&ruo Womb's Sohibdam AnoMWio fclouNArra is unsurpnsaod.