THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 97, 25 September 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1878.

In oonfloqouco of tho groat oxtonsion of tho township of Boofton at the back of the Bullor mad, and towards tho eawmilla, tho propriotora havo agaiii boon obliged to shift thoir tramway, aa tho lino trayonos sovoval aootione lotoly takon uj> anil Thjto timo tho tramroiicl vuno olbng ft oroaa stifoojfc botwoon Mr Joioo'a rosidonoo and tho comotouy rcsorvo ' and tevrajnato'a'nt tho liullor road, tl^ua considerably inorpasing th 9 tl^o drays havo to travol to deliyor timborin town. This is tho third timo n change in tho terminus has boon found nooossary from tho oamo causefl, whioh faot fully domonstrtttos tho gradual growth and prosperity of Boofton. Tondors for sinking a shaft 170 foot, for tho Aloxandra Gold Mining Company, Boatu man's, oloeod at Gtroymouth on tho 14th in stant | but although sovoral tondors woro sont in from this place, no intimation Una as yot boon roooivod as to whioh has boon aoooptod. This has caused groat inoonvonionoe and loss of timo to tko tondororo, who havo boon obliged to Jjomain in ttfwft, oxpooting ovory day to hoar tho iasuo, and until that is known tnoy avo dobarrod from taking up any othor work whioh may offer. This ia anothor in* gtanco proving tho inadvisability of having tho managomont of any of our mines romovod to or o'arriod on at any groat distanoo from tho Hold itaolf. 'JPhoro was a sitting of tho^Wardeu's Court yesterday, but tho business diopoaod of was of littlo public intorosti An application by tho Irttt).o Boatman'a Crook Company was grantod. Mr Boid, on bohalf of Frank Crogan and patty, applied for an abandoned dam and hoadiraoc at Bod Jade's, Littlo Grey diso triot, William Wyndham objootod, as holding registration for tho dam nnd drainage, nnd produoed corti/loatoa. Tho enso was hoard at somo longjih, and in tho end tho Wftpdon rulod that tho objootor had provod his titlo to tho rights appliod for, nuggosting, however, that if Wyndham was not making propor uso ofhisprivilogos, or monopolising , an applioation should bo inado to oanool hia oortiflcato. Tho applioation of Mathow Byrno and party for rogiitration of ton hoads of wator in DoviTn Crook, and a liko quantity from G-oldcn Point Crook, for quartz mining purposes, was adjournod for fourtoon daya. Tho Wardon roooinmondod tho granting of a mining loasb (o Iho Bright Smilo Company, and the Cjourt then adjournod. Tho following tologram, dntod Ahaura, Soptombor 2'oth, appoars in tho Wont Oo&at Timofl : — '• Tho Wardon being nb9»nt for fourtoon days tho business of tho Court in entirely Buspondod hero, and Olork of tho Court cannot, or will not furnish information within their knowlodgo roquirod by tho pubHo, Tho business of tho Court is not atton* ded to and both tho olork and bailiff aot as mining agonta." Tho Evoning Foat Baya.'—rho JCduontian Aot Amondmont Bill introduced by Mr Curtis consists of ono clauso only, and proridos that twonty-flro houtoholdors in any distriot may oonttituto thomoolvoa into a soparato body for Sduoational purposon. Tho books mod nro to bo approvod by tho Eduoa* t|pn Itoarcl of tho district, and a pvopor sohoolhouso and oompotont (oaoitor.'i must bo provided. Tho (duoation must also bo froo. With theso conditions fulfilled tho school is to bo regarded as a public sohool under tho Education Act, and will consequently bo ontitlod to tho oapitation allownnoo providod by tho aot, and a sharo of othor monoy difibiu'.ifd by tho Education Board. Tho Bill ia not likoly to bo oarriod, tho Ministry oppoaingit, A fomalo phronologiat known as Madamo Josophino, is giving looturoa in Christohuroh. Tho atoopost gradiont in Viotorinn railways U 1 in 40 ; in Nuw Zoaland, tho stoopost is 1 in 15 ' I am of opinion that luxuries ahould bo taxed/ oaid Mr Swanson in tho Houso, ' and if any man can toll mo thcro is a gvoator luxury, than a good income, I should liko to hoar him,' Tho doath io annouricod of Mr Ingram Shrimpton, whoso oonnootion with Cantorbury datoo from tho year 1850, whon tho plant of tho Lyttolton Times, whioh journal wan projected by him, wns sont out in ohnrgo of hifi son and others. Mr Wilkinson, tho jam manufacturer of Ifobart Town, arriyod in Dunodiu by tho last trip of tho Tararua. Tho objeot of his visit to Now Zoaland is tho establishment of a manufactory In whichever plaeo offors greatest inducomont aa regards tho supply of fruit. It is probnblo that operations will bo oommoncod oithov at Akoroa or Nolson. Mr W. S. Moorhouso, M.11.8..,, has proBontod to tho Boroughs of Sydonham a quartor aoro section in Colombo road, Chrjstohuroh, \o bo used for Borough purposes. Tho valao of tho land is estimalorl at about £40Qi Tho antortainmont of tho Northern visitors at Livwronoo cost tho ratopayors £23 ss. A very olovcr and dolicato operation has booii sucoosßfully pot'formod by pr Solu;owtz» baoh, namely restoring 'sight to tho widow of tho famous Northern ohiof Tamn^a W/aka after ten yoars of total blindncos, T^ho Government havo paid tho modjoal charges. Aooording to tho Hon. Mr Boynolds memb'ors of tho Legislature aro 'ln tho habit of cooking tho Hnnsurd,' reports to suit tho taatos of (hoso with, whom t^oy may bo aißooifttod. politically or otherwise, it ho had corroctcfl liis ppooch, ho told tho Unibor BoardJ ho 'would liavo ''insortod cortain words whioh ho had not used.' It would simplify majors if o'aoh m'ombor woro allowod to l\n,vo his own p artioular odition. At a meeting in Molbourno of tho Now Qufnea'Coloniedtion Lodguo "it was staled thoro w'ero ton voiuntooro who woro to etart at' thoir own cxponscs to soloot a sito for colony tho moment nowe wa.

vacoivedoftho Dutch .(Jovornmoiit allowing tho aottloinont to bo formod, ov that the British dovornmonfc had asnexod p<\vti of tho Island. From tho subjoined wo loam that tho •xceptionally hoavy galos and bad weathor oxperiono«d liob not boon conflnod to tbo West Const 'only. No.wb from Capo Town under dato of July 2* contains tho following t—Tho hoavioat galo oxporionocd horo ainoo 1805 blow with miabatod violouco from Oth to tho 23rd instant j tho wind was from tho north-cnafc to tho north-went. 'Iho Breakwater and Bobbon Island offorod but littlo rofliatojipo to tho immenuo rollers of tho Atlantio, which camo into tho harbor boforo suoh wind. ffho following yoßoola woro wrookod? Tbo barques Noria, from Pontion to Nnntci, valuOifi 10,000 j Oalodoniun, from Cardiff to Java, £8,000 j Eta Loring, from Philadelphia to Japan* £15,000; Bodbroaafc, diaoharged ontgo, £8 600; tho brigantino Joan, from tho const, £20,000, wreolc and cargo just Bold for £1,930. Captain Xhombs and throo mon, bolonging to tho Caledonian woro drowned. AoooxinU from other placoa also confirm tho boliof that otormy wonthor during tho last throo months hau boon protty gonornl.