THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 19, 30 September 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 1878.

Aq N['\ Wurdpn Sl^aw wjll bo abaont at tho airings o,f th,o Bu,promo Co.urt, Ho.kifcika, thoro will bp up Oou.rto hold, horo during tho w«oln Woloarn that My John CuHon o,f Mnruin Junction, haf) boon returned uuop,posod to represent tho Hiding, of Jl^mp.don in tho lunugahua County Council. Tho atopp^o o,f mail aonvn,unioation bo* twopn Roofton a,ud QroytnoiUh, and Wontport, is pausing juoonvoniouoo, and ouoh n protra,otcd spell o,f bad w.oathor and floods lias nuvor bofaro h,apponod at this period of tho j year. The supplies, of thp sto^oopoia aro i also running short, and a number of waggons aro now on tho road having loon dotainoA with, thov?. loading for thp last week. Should tho woathor oloar up thoy will probably nrrivo during to'tnorrow. It will bo obsorvod by our tologi'air\s this morning that Hokjtika, has fajlon in for a Bho,ro of, tho bad woatlior. lately oxporionood l^cro. Yesterday tho Inangahua was in o. floodod state,, and tho coaoli was unable to got aw,ay. At; nightfall yestorday thovp was sorno proapoot of tho woathot i\p, Vondoring it probnblo that pommunioatiou will bo resumod, tl>i« morning. Tlio Bitting of thp oH.prpmp Court at IJokitika has boon ftdjourapd lentil Wednesday morning, and it is not vnlikoly thai, a further adjournment will havo to bo made, as tho Chief Jimtico i» wcathor bound at tho Oass, on tho Chriat» ohurch road, and nuy bp dotainod tlioro for some dnya. As a furtbov admonition to, paronta wo rcgrofc to havo <jo rcoord that o child of Mr Harolds on Friday last hud ono of its flngora ohopppd oft? by ft tomahawk in tho haiicta of a playmate. By n tologvam f^om' Auckland last «i«ht w« loary t,hf\t tlicro havo boon ren.arkablo' uphoavols at thp Eliso Islands on whoso sb^orpa tlioro hayo boon throw.v up vas.fc quan« titijOß of pumioo e^ono, stumpy of tveqa, «n ( i thick bamboos with roots attached to. thorn, At the SOkHry Gfaoup foarful volcauio eruptions have ocourrod|2oo lives havo bo,on lost, and tw.o isl^ncla aro said to havo been dos^ tjjoyod. Thp Ohomjst and liruggiat of July 1 ; 5 aayat-^Dr Gporgi? Har,loy F.R.S., has tho QOurngo of, his opinions. Ho ia. an advocate vi rofopmoc^ spgljing, and consequently ho qpclh) B^l epe), In his priyato corrcopon* douoo aa woll as. in liyis. pu,blicatioA ho avoids nil suporfluouo oonapnants, and, •in order,' ho Bays, ' to proyont ppoplo marvoling at, w.hat, as flrefc f^lanoo, migh,t appar strange opcling, I havo had pcintod in noat lotorg, in tljp upnr loft,hand cornor of my, w.ofo pnper— Bcformod Spoling !* IS,o dDplicnt;Dd oon^onanto e^oept in, PQraonal Namoa." Dr|llftrloy ealoujiu^ca. that " to tk) proprietor of tho Timos by tlji.o c^oHtion of r.odundant i Qonsonanta w.ould b/), ciTootcd, a, poeu,niary pocuuvnry saving,, it, the form of spacp, timp, and matorial. of fr,Jm oight to, ton thousand pounds per annum. Somo mny y^iliapa emilo, and' oxilaim. ' this cannot bp. Njov,ortholp33, b.y oo,loul.ation, l^o wjll, %fyt it to 1 b^a faot. Povhapaho vy.il fqol, otijl moro a»n tonishod wore J, \o caloulato fqn him t^ho anual amount, of tlinq and labor ho <.oodlpsly throws aw.ay in his. ovyn privo.to oorpapon* doncp. For his quiot moditation I rn^Jf infor.n him tlyit, by a critical palou,lation, baspd uppn ' th,o Poflt'o%o (atatistips, I lnvo asoertainod that thp, cofcspond;ug pant of tho British public,, in lctor,* of corofippndcnoo alono (m ot including post-oards or., circulars— only ioiera — in, tho year 187G, wroto a?i,d aont, through thp Poo.t'Oflli)o ovor tw.onljy tHoupund luiljona (!) pf suporl^uoua duplicated oansonftnts.' Out advice tjo J)t Georgo Hurley, F.K.S., [(a haudi.lo w,hioh w.o tako to mean Fcari'ul liong Spollor) is to-, give up, tho Bhort spell, and take a long ore. An English, papor str.los that tlio. Kmporor and Emprosa. of Austria rooontly performed .the traditional, coromony qf fcotnwaahing beforo all thp C/ourfc, and, a orow,d of apco. tatora. Twelyo ftgod mon w,cr,o sevvod "V^ith, a Bplondid< divmev. by, tlip E,m^oroif, and as , many women by tho Emprosa. Aftor- graoo, ■ nnd tho ]>ukos and I^ohcsflos had olparpd away, tljoy took o(^ tho elioos and, stockings of thoir gupßts, and their Majcstioo. woohod their foot. Tnia quaint ocromony was performed; with, a)l. thp gorgeous Bdato i)\ .w.liioh Austria doHijhta. i JTif) Majesty tho King, of Tonga, nfc a Privy Council hold afc his oourt, ordorod a .gold crown hpm Sydney (says, tho Kvouing i Ncw«)| whiclk ordon lino, been duly, cx^oqutod, , and, tljo evojvn Iww, bqpn, qoooivod by his. Mnjnsty. T,ljia crown of. gold i& indoodi n magniflqont pipco of w,ork, $t w.eigha SOoz. ofjpuro golfl,, and, is. arranged in tho form ' nj)d aomo wl^it aftpr, tho pattprn of that WvOrn.by tho Emperor, of, thp Ku^sina. Surrounding tho bordov thnno. orp myrtlo loo,vos in gold, ond if) fvonb Daero ip a Inrgp pold( uiioq^,, aijfl a second gold proß^surmpu^ts.i^. Il\p intprior is. linotl wjth crimson volvot, and 1 those who hflv,o sijQn, flip ci-ow.n in Ihp w.orld,, It ia indqcd.of o^ti'aordinavy size, but tho J^ing of • Tonga is. a largp mq,n, bping oyor 6ft in hoight. King Goorgo, of Tonga, is said, ftp bo ;a Christian, and to cotidjuot, t,ho. affairs, of lip iplanfl, w|,lh unuaunlly good sonso and judgmont., M» K v.an Jones,, of Huntor-alrpot, Sydney, is aajd *P bq.thq Sydney jpwellor who munufucturcdi Uio qrpwn. , Tho O'Conncll monujnqnt w,hich, is to bo jOrcqtod in Dublin, ia to bo pontplqtod within threo years, ond Mr Brook is to. bo pcid £10,5p0,f0r thp wprk, Tho monument, is. to flurpasa ov.cry othpr, Ui.Uw world: Carlylo, lypuld. any, that nil facts are i notoworthy, and, ponjinpo, would not npply , tho adjective opcqially tp^any par.tipular onq, but all journalists aro. not so emphatically uphilonophioa? aa thp Sage of ChoUca. Tho to which, wo wish to direat attention is i

z^r,::;.*..:.^,*. ...w.j.ri;,.. ,, — . -■■■ " — ■ — ■ a\\Q> wh|ch lma been noted by our Dmieclin florvoftnondont will* trgo dramatjo instinct, narnoly, tho pvosonoo at tlio aolobratjon of tho oponiujr of tl\o through railway o,f Captain ftugalcl Maofiu'liino, a, Vfnt,orhc\ votoran, who , roflidcH }v Ohrietohuroh. It Is a, faot; worthy , of hoing noted thftt a, man, who sixty-throo < yoara ago, shavod. i\\ n b,attjo which dooidoJ , tho d,o»tiriion QfEi\ro,p,o \t not tho wholb* world, h,n,s. joined, in colobrating tho oompMjon of a momontous p.ubllo work, whioh, is coi'tuin to exoroiao no alight Jufluoncp on tl\o fujuro of th\s young nation. An iinportjnont correspondent vfr^ton us to toll him why and whorofoyo th,o Hon. Jfohn Martin, of LogwliUjyo Council nqto,rioty* wjiilo broaltfiuting; in prpßonpo of I^is, Exoollonoy tho Governor, at As^burton, thp osUov mornt I ing; kopt his l\ab on fiU tho, tiino. This is ( a specimen o,f tho qu.oot^onq vfhfcU avo continually boing put to. nowapa,por. mon. 1 Wo qro Bu.ro \yo don't kno.w why tho Jlo,n. i John Martin kopt his hat on, Perhaps it 1 was to conooal his want ofhciir, porliap.s t;o , show his w,ant of raannoiM, p.orhapa it v^as ( in ovdor tha,r, tb,o barbarous of Ashbu,rton. might know that tho Hon. gontloman io so fay a, Ghviotfan as to. bo no rd&nootor of , poreona. Ho this oo it may, \yo hnvo no inlontioii of roplying to tho pxooodingly, impcrtiiH'.it question whioli has boon put to us. jf our oorrospondent is shoplcod at l;ho ma,nn,oM of JV^r Mjavtin, what would lio any of a momb.or <x( tho Into Atkinson Ministry receiving a deputation in a small, stuffy room,* and doing nothing b,t\t Bm,oko, sp|t, ftud, l^cpp his oyos shut all tho whUo thoy wore pouring out thoir griovanoos P W6 think it would bo well for, suoh poroons no our oorrospondont to roinomboi' ,tliat just as tho Kinporoi 1 Sigismund was abovo grammar, bo many colonial otatoairw* and ijOgidltvtonv mo ab,o.vo tnannorfl.