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Inangahua Times, 12 August 1878, Page 2

It is olscwhovo notiflod that tho timo for rocoiving tondors for tho bronking down of atone in tho Woloomo mino has boon ox* tondod to Saturday ovoning next, tho 17th instant. Wo observe that a mooting is oonvonod in tho Q-roy Valley for Iho pnrpoao of ro*ortjniiifllug tho Grey Valley Agricultural Asflooiation and considering tbo advisability of holding a ploughing maloh noxfc month, Wo think tho farming interest in tbo Inangahua ia sufll* oiontly fltrong to start a simitar movomont. Thoro 80OIU3 no reason wby tho farmors cf thia distriot, should not havo an annua gathering simihr to that hold in tho Groy Vftlloy, Tho prize monoy nocossary could, wo think, bo easily obtained, whilo thero uro many farms botwoon horo and tho Iti(.ugahua Landing whoro tho oontost could bo hold. Wo eommond tho subjoofc to tbo notico of agriculturists, bolioving that suoh tin moo. ciation oould bo mado to sorvo a good purposo amongst our fnvmors, bosidos malting tho occasion for a healthy out«door gathering Buoh'iw ia always looked forward to with ploasuro by tho inhabitants of tho Groy Vnlloy. Tho rocont untimoly doath of William Leonard, should act, as a warning to all minors and othor porsons lmng in tho bush, to foil all' standing timber within roaoh of their huts or tents. It io astonishing that 80 muob carolcßsnosß in tbis roßpocfc should bo displayed. Sorornl donths of n similarly violent kind havo occurred in this distriot, from tho namo oatwo, but tbo lesson would not Boom to havo boon oomploto, At a mooting of d {rooters of (ho Spooimon Hill Company hold ow Friday ovoning last, Mr James Kolly was appointod mining managor, Tbo regular silting of tbo Resident. Mogiatrnto's and Wardon's Courts at Roofton, will bo held on Tuoaday noxt. Tho nndormontionod mining lonsos havo boon received horo for execution from tbo Lands Oflloo, Nolson :— William M'Loan for Strnlbspoy Company t (>. Boos and party for Pionoor Qurati. Mining Company j. G. Wiso for Glnribaldi Compnny j L, Davies for Oiliy of Molbourno Company j Oharlos llcnnott for Advaneo Company j Jamos M'Cullum for Union Company j Jamos Adams for Hoothor 801 l Company > R, Oampboll and party for Exohoquor Company ; John M'Kay for Scotia Company j George Wiso for Hand and Band Company} Jobn Kvorofc for Monarch Company j G-oorgo Wiso for Inlcorman Company j Louis Davios for Ulyeoss Compnny j Goorgo Wiso for Grooms Company ; David B. Robortson for Blade Ilawlc Company j Thomas Davis hv Oriental Company • Louis Davios for Prince Albert Company j F. Walbor for A. I, Company j I?. WalW for Eureka Company. Thoro will bo a npooial mooting of tho County Council to.day at 2030 p.m. for tbo pnrpof.o of preparing a sohodulo of oxpondi** turo, and striking a rato for tho Incoming yoar. With tho Warm rains of Friday aid Saturday, tho last of tho snow disappeared, and tho town and surroundings aro vory much bottor fov tho cleansing and deodorising ooon« stoned by tho fall. Mv Look, of Vorloy's photographio studio, Broadway, has boon fortunate enough to " soouro a shadow oto tho fuibstanco faded," and tbo remit is a vory protfy picture roproaonlingtho upper portion of Broadway undor a foot of snow, Tbo pio* turo faith'ully dopiots tho floono, and though tbo light was hot of tho bost, tho facas and forms of dovcral wollnknown, but vory naughty citizens aro readily rnoognisablo holly engagod as they wcro at tho timo, in tho hoalthful pursuit of snowballing, Tbo viow ought to command an oxtonsivo salo. Tho Gloo Obib will moot, for praotioo in Dawson's Hall, at tbo usual hour this oven ing. Ifc has boon suggontod that a conoert and misoollanooua onlortninmcnfc should bo givon to nso'st tbo widow nnd family of tho lato William Leonard*, Wo aro informed that thoso who woro dopondonfc upon dooonsjd aro iv voty poor oiroumstanoos, and tho causo thoroforo is worthy tho, attontion of tho charitably disposed. Wo loam tbat thoro is as yot but ono unimportant civil caso sot down for boaring at tho next sitting of tbo Distriot Court hero, and whioh, thero is a probability, will bo sottlod privately. Thoro is no onso for hoaring botwoon tbo Enorgotlo and Persovoranco Companies. If a horriblo story, vouohod for by tho Message.'- dv Midi bo truo, the inhabitants of tbo Spanish town of Aranguoz must either havo a singularly blunted tanfco v or human flesh oannot bo so unpalatablo as itis thought to bo, Wo loam from tbo journal alluded to that for upwirdu of a year a oharnnter residing in Arnnguoz has boon in tho habit of soiling to an uiißUspcoting publio snusngoo, pates and bondln, mndo oso'usivoly of human flesh. So oxoollont woro bis comestibles found that ho rookonod moro customers than any povk butohor in tiio town, aud haying amassed a suflioionfc fortuno, ho was rhoditat' ing rotirinf? from businos» whon Inward brought, about tho disoovory of hia mnlprac thos. It sooms that within tho last yoar or oigbtoon months sovarnl porsons hnvo unno« oountably diaupponrod from Arangucst, and in spite of tbo investigation mado by tho polioe, no oluo has boon forthcoming oonoorning their fato. Tho missing oluo has at lontgth boon found j thoy havo filled tbo rolo whiob by rights Bhouid havo bclongod to tho

pig, nnd (heir fcllowtownomon havi; imwit*. tir.gly oaten them in the guise ebavculcri. Tho unscrupulous pork butohor was aided iv bis horriblo businoss, snyo tho Messenger dv Midi, by a cofTuur. Tiio Spanish Figaro's shop woro ho shavod his oustomors was pro* vidod with * trapsdoor, by which moans thoso whom he designed to doath wcro procipatod into a 'collar, whoro thoy woro dospntohod, tbeir bodies being then banddd ovor to the pork butohos. Tbo disnppoarunoo of a young man called Franoisoo Andrnl, who was scon to enter tho barber's shop nnd nnvor onmo out of ifc nlivo, raisod suspicion > tho polieo followed up tho soonfc, nnd discovered tho fatal trnp-door, tho collar with its bloodstained door, and oortain othor proofs, whioh loft no doubt upon thoir minds ns to tho guilt of tho noousod. Tho two misoroants nro now, it is stntod, in hands of juMioe, whiob, if tho history of their atrooious orimos provo correct, will, it is to bo hoped, deal with thorn according to their merits. Land is to bo taxod on a direct valuation nooording to tho market vaf.uo, deducting improvomontfl. Every holding will bavo its 1 own special valuo dorlvod from position, quality, aocossibility to markofc &o, aud tob 0 ro'valuod ovory third yonr. \ll holdings of under £300 hi -yaluo to bo oxompt, nnd that ninouut to bo d<sduotod from tho valuo of nil ono porson'e holdings. Tho tnx.vblo valuo of suoh property is estimated at £50,000,000, whioh afc onodialfpcnny in tbo £ will yiold £101,100. Tho amount of work done nfc tho various telogrnph oflloos on tbo Ooast has fallon off considerably during tho past quarter ns compared w ith that of provious quarters. Tho difference in tho xxumbcr of mossages transmitted botwoon Holutika, and Roofton, ns compnrod with tho sumo qunifor Inst year is surprising, . Whilo many of tbo East Const oflloos nro improving in tbis rospcot, the roturna from this quarter hnvo shown a docidod decreaso all ovor, A. WoTlugton oorrospondont of n South*, orn papor in a reeont lottor anys— • Tho lodg-ing-hou.lo koopors, who gonornlly reap a rioli harvest during tho scs.ion, aro rather in despair regarding tho prospects of tho coining ouo. lt is known that tho prosanfc Ministry aro not likoly to emulate thoir prodooosaors in tho mnttor of ball (md dinner giving, nnd ifc is whi'iporod that few of tho mombors intond to bring thoir wives and fnmilioa up with thorn this session. Ownors of furnbdiod housos nnd suites of a, a tinonta don't at all liko this, but really thoy havo tl^omshtvos to blamo to a iargo oxtoui', for tho rents domnndod haro boon largo enough to frighten any mom« bor,