THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPT. 16, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume 93, Issue 93, 16 September 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPT. 16, 1878.

His Honor Judgo Woaton wns a passongcr from Oroymouth by Snturdny evening's coach. The sitting of tho Distriot Court will opon to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clook. Thoro in ono oaso for honring, ns also a number of applications undor tho Mining Com" panics and Debtors and Creditors Acta, and should tho buQinoss bo conoludod to-morrow his Honor will loayo by Wpndoaday's ooaoh /or Weatport. Tho wintor season appears to hayo at length fahly brokon up, and for tho past fovy dnys Ueofton hns onjoyod a oontinuanoo pf gorgos oub Biinshlno. Far n and gardon oporations, ao long dolnycd by tho lntonosa of tho snow fall, arc now in full awing in all parts oi tho distriot, bufc tho harvost iv expected tp bo much luior this yenr than nt any provious poriod. Ab a foro-runnor of this eosrothing aldn to a potato famitio has arison, and from twenty to thirty prounds por ton ia now demanded. Tho potato growors of tho distriot woro capooially lucky last year, owing ohieily \o the fnofc that that olaas of crop was not extensively spwn, but in tho to rms of tho nd» ago • Eithor a fo»Bt or a famino,' tho rngo for potato planting js {.ljls year almost gonoral, bo that thoro ia aome likelihood that during tlio Inooiping yen* tho supply W||| |*o moro crjual to tho demand. Wo understand that an nmalour performance in aid of thohospi'al fiinda will bo given about tho ond of tho curront month. Tho pieoe to bo prcaontod is, wo believe, ' Zoo tho Qptpropn,' and tho oasto ia how boing ar* rangod, Tho RpßJclop|i Magietrato wdl sit this morn* log at the psual hop. Tlio usual wookly prootico of the QUo Club will bo hold at Dawgon'fl Hall, this evening, at tho uaunl hour, All members aro roquostcd to attend and pay thei** aubuoriptionfl to tho Boorot*>ry. \\fo lpnrp that tho Blnokwaler bridge on tho Q-roy vond is all but coniplotod ■ tho bridgo ever Sfc-ny Grppk will tako about thrco woeks to finish, whon tho road will bo opon tor trnfllo from end to end, with tho o^ooption of tho section crossing Pyko'sllat— tho easiest ofall to oonstruot, nnd in its precent condition tho most aorious obstaolo to trani.it. On Friday last a Ohinamnn wub drowned whilo attempting fowado tho Big Groy rivor, afc tho top ford. Tho body up to noon yo6tOr*> day had not boon recovered. As our report of tho enso of Davicn v Potts would be incomploto without tho publiontion of tho afatnniont of reoeiptß and disbursements put in ovidonoo by tbo prosecutor, wo else, •jyliefo publish it, From that Btatomeiit it 0 >pcara that there has boen collcotod in aid of ifm Tourotto £39 8d by way of subscriptions, ■pid £42 18s proceeds of tho cntortninmont given by tho amateurs, making a total of £81 18n (Jd. Of this sum Mrs Do Tourette's hns reoriyod £30 in oash, tho bidnnoo having boon disbursed as follows s- £28 10b 6d in tho pay* ment qf palls on shares held- by iho Into Mr do Tourcttcs } £17 8s 2d doductod from tho fund by Mr Duvies, ns tho nmount found upon the defleaicd, and rotainod by his widow £9 6s, and £8s 2<* 2d apiount of a ohequo of dooonaod'a pnpnid ■ thp olhor debit items being £0 lOs for printing apd ndi-crlisihg, ahd £<_ ii paid to Mrs and Mr J.ngli.B for nssistnnoo at tho oonoort, Thus the fund is shown to bo indebted to Mr Dftvjfls pi the sum of £-i 14n lld. Tho rtbdvb figures ' aro exolustvo of £J,2 odd, yvhioh Mr Davios, sfatQ-l In hia ovidonoo woa tho amount tho dooonsp'l wes short in hii* oash at h|? death, arid whioh lp*.« not boon oharged. At tho banquet tjjvon at Dunodin to tho Canterbury footballer.! it **yna oxplninod thnt tho nl|egp4 opposition of -fcho Bank of Now Zealand t<? f*">°'k ft *i Was an pnnnthorisod statement, fpntiroly duo to a mistako of tho Press' in Ajjoldand. ' Tho 'Herald' reports that ot tho banquet tho opinion wns freely pjmrossod that tuo Außtralian prickotors at Homo had degraded oriolcot by moiling tho gamp a commo*:oiul spoculntion. Thia is hardly corroob, Stjcji opinion \ynrj pnly e*<pre(*3od by Mr Nciloon. Tho ' Star ■ tlpts reports tb,o references to tho subject ;— Mr Irfciloou rpfcrrpd to tl>o yiaifc of tho 4- l p tj-nlian oripketeis to tho homo oountry, atjd dpclnrcd that their grcaS victories woro ff jluko— [Disapprobation.]— whilo lip was willing to admit that thoro wero two or thrpo ypry good men in tho team, Ho of |

opinion that the Australians had degraded orlckot by malting ita commeroial speculation. Tho Canterbury tonni, when they visited Australin, would pay their own expenses nnd would not tnko ono shilling for gftto monoy. M r Baker, whoso name bad boon pouplod witb ono of tho toasts, assured the company that tho sontimonts just exprossod by Mr Noilson woro not sympathised with or shared in hy tho oricketors of Canterbury. [Mr Noilson intorposod tho remark that thoy woro tnoroly his own opinions,] Tho Wellington ' Ohrontojo' hrts soodrod a now Editor, and thjs is how ho announooa himself :— * Tbo ■ Evening Chronlclo' is not a long OBtttblishod journal, hat tho prosont writor "who now addrosses tho pooplo of Wellington through theso oolpmns has, for maiy yoars, onjoyod a shnllnr privilege through othor organs. His interests aro idoutiflod with thoir intorcsts. T Io thoroughly understands tho wants, feelings, wishes, nnd grievances of tho pooplo of thi* community, and in tho futuro, as in tho past, ho will over bo oagor and willing to do thorn honost un** aelfhjh, and loyal servioo as a publio journalist/ How cxcousivoly medost. Tar awny from Molbourne (says a writer in tho • Loader') stands a beautiful oity that has arrogutod,to itsolf tho titlo of tho Quoon of the South. Quito rooontly that boautiful city was ' Invaded by two rival lady pianists. In this beautiful oity thoro is a plaoo of will*, known publio rosort, whoro gilded youths and lovoly women do most congrogato, and tho musical and dramatio foreign artists assemble to scowl nt enoh othor and exhibit thoir fnultloss attiro, whilo thoy smoko fhoir eignrs outsido tho various musio shops. Ono bright, balmy Saturday morning, ohanco or fate— or perhaps both— dirootod Madame A. and tho husband of Mndatno B. to tho snnlo spot of tho fashionable parado of this boautiful city at prooisely tho snmo moment. Tho lady nt onoe assnilod hor rival lord in theso words i— ' Snro, your wifo must not piny Ohoppin's impromptu fantasia. Ifc U my piccol' Tho gontloman romonsfcratod— tho piojo was publio property— his wifo had as muoh right—' Thou, snro, tako dat 1 ' interrupted this colobrated artisto, and— o, woman kind I— sho spat in tho gontloman's face I Musio hath not at all (imos powor to soothe tho savngo broast. The good timo coming for Itooffcon will ; assuredly load to a oonsidorablo inorcaso in population, tho woafchor that hns aflliotod tho distriot so long having brokon up and dis*> nppoarod, and tlio roads again in good work* ing ordor, will throw lifo an 1 cliourfulness around and upon this portion of New Zealand so favorod and so blossod, with all that rondors lifo agronablo, but whioh may and frequently do lead to thoso habits whioh engender disoaso through exposure to siokness nnd ohills, tho healthiest may bo striokon down by RmttrMATtHM, Rhmwmatio Gouts LTTMDjMO, iNTitItMITTKNT F*SVI*RS. DIMOUSS*NKBB, ».0., nnd ifc Is well that all should .know tho most roliablo cures for theso aro tho famous Indian Mrcniottfrcs known as Ohollah's Great Indian Ouros," — thoy oan bo had of M. 11. Gissinge, Ohomist appointod solo wholosalo agent fov Roofton nnd distriot, Sco testimonials in advortis.' ing columnn,— Advt: