THE Inangahna Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4,1878.

Inangahua Times, 4 October 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahna Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1878.

The prevailing dulnena of tho times ia still moro aggravated by tho pecuniary loss to tho district through tho largo number of tho tradespeople nnd ofchora required to attend nt tho Hokifcilci wifctingfl of tho Supremo Court. Tho direct withdrawal of, at least, n thousand pounds sterling, may bo fairly takfin na an approximate computation of the amount lost to tho community afc large, It; is to be hoped wo may havo but few reeurranees of Buch a state of things, and the certain canaos and effects removed from our midsfc; else it ij full timo to requoab that the Government may see fie to havo a sitting of the superior Court in Koefton two or three times a year. It eerfcninly would seem, to tho ordinnry mind, more feasible to understand I hat it would cause less incouvenionco and direct loss to the public by having ono of our learned judges adjudicate hero, as wo have before stated, Bay, twice yearly, than that largo numbers of business men, minors, and others, should have to trnvol 90 or 100 miles to Hokitika. " It's an ill wind that blowa nne body quid," and wo have nob tho least doubt bub that tho Hoki" tilta folks will nob exactly coincide with us, at least, at tho present june turo. [Since writing the above, wo are in receipt of lateat Hokitika telegrnma, published in another column, >y which it will be seen that tho common uonso of iho Grand Jury threw out tlio Bill iv tho caao of DavieH against tlio proprietor of this journal for ulleged libel. So bo it — long may tho causo of truth flourish,] A clorioal error (in our issue of tho Ist instant) in ro-enlls, Oriontttl and I'oroovomnco Company's, tho formor whioh appoaro us SMth oall, should bo tho Bth, and tho latter, na tho 6th call, should bo 24th. Opening of tondors for protective woi-k* for tho north and south bank* of tho Xniiu" Rfthua Kivor at lloofton, is doforrod until Wodtiosduy, 9th inetnnt, up to whioh dato tondors will bo roooivablo at tho oflloo of tho Council. Wo porcoivo that Mr F. Monaguan hus opnnod hia now and commodious hotol nt tho oornop of Smith Stroot and Bullor Bond, nnd tho neighbourhood about tho vicinity now prctfonto n decided improvement at night through tho flno light from (ho la. up outsuln, dirootlng tho vroary (rnvellor to a bospitablo shcltori Latoiit Auttralinn intolligonoo nnnounocs Iho death of Lady Duffj, wifo of Sir Olmrloß Gavim Daffy, Sponkcr of tho House of Aaaombly, Molbourno. A writer in tho Wow Zoaland Timos giros a fow illustrations of how tho now tnxntion will operate in tho colony, Ho nays :— ' Tho Union Stonm Shipping Company will hayo to piny tho tax. but tioir oompotitors, Mojars M'Mockim, Blbokwood, and Co,, will oeoapo, bocnuflo tho proflti thoy make go out of tho colony. Tho Now ZculanJ Steam Shipping Company will havo to pay a portion of thoir lmrd earned profits, whilo tno ownor» of tho opposition boats, tho Kiwi, Tui, <fco., will go froo. Tho Now Zor.land Stonm Company, being ft colonial institution, will bo tnxoil, whilo Messrs Bhnw, Savillo, and 00. will pay nothing. Supposing MoHsrs Olivor and Ulph, in Dunodin, 001 l thoir business to a loonl ooinpftny. ni is prob.iblo, thnt oompftny v«ill havo to pay tho tnx, whild Mes»r« A. j Brinooo and 00. trndo opponents across tho rond, will pay not a oont of fcho profltn Ihoy mako out of Now S^almd. Tho Lyttolton Times will contributo nothing to tho rovonuo, but tho proiltfl of its rivul, iho Canterbury Prose, will bo taxed. Moosrs William Mont, gomory and Co. (Limited), will pay, but Messrs Milos and Co. will not. Thoso aro but ft fow samples of fclio proposed liboral roform In tho iuoidonco of taxation. Tho body of a man Turo boon found hanging from a treo in tho honrt of tho bust in tho Wellington distriot Nothing is known of him. ThoJWollington Evening Post oontains tho following special cablogrnma from its London oorninpondont t— London, Soptombor 20 I'rinco Bi«mnrok has boon nttacked by ovpnipolas. Ho illness has nssumocl a anviouß phaso. and his phyoidnnA nnnounoo that ho in in a ontioul stiito, Tho rumor is

confirmed that Ruesia actually flilbmittrul to « i'urkop proposals for a TraiUly of Friendship ' nnd Allinnoo, which wns to bo eutcrod into « upon payment of tho stipulated indemnity. « Tho Wnnganui Horald rolntca that a youth, > tho son of Mr Webb, a settlor, was rondorod l BpoeohloßS, and had tho roof of his mouth < nearly blown away, through inoautiously ' putting tho butt of a gun in tho flro, and < blowing down tho bftrrol. Ofcago boasts about ono-third of tho gold* ' field rovonuo for tho whole colony. Tho I gold rovonuo contributed by Otftgo during tho past six months ia £4029 out of a total of £13,400 (or tho colony. la tho Btomaoh of a cow killod at Wai" kouatti last wook woro found a number tf broken and unbrokon nails from au inoli to two inehoo i» longth, a eovow, a piooo of gk»s» a piooo of road motal an inch in longth, and half an inoh broad, and ainguhr to rolato. v fttrthing of tho yoar 1800. All tho nrtiolefl were in a high state of polish. Tho othorday (says tho Nelson Mail) about 1 p.m., Thomas Rtfer and Jnmos M'Conniok, who wcro otnployod at Symoa'a «aw mills, Tftkaka, had juafc roturnod from dinnor and taken off thoir coots to oommonoo orous out" ting a ti'oo whon they hoard something oraok^ above their heads, and both men lookod up at tho same time, and aaw a largo limb of n troo falling. Thoy Jrna to osoapo it, hut in tho oxoitomont thoy ran ag&inat each othor and foil. Tho limb itruok Ridor and killod him instantaneously. M'Oormiok roooivod a flcvcro bruiee on tho log, but wno not dangora ouuly injured. Thoy woro both sober otoady mon, and muoh rospooted. Tho Alphubortioal Conundrum-* Ango'.ina, whon will thoro bo only twonty flvo leUoro in tho alphabutP*— 'Oh, Fvodoriok 1 I oould noyor gucos that.'— 1 Why, it'» whon U and I nro ma-'o oiio.'-— « What a ntoo oonundvum, ITrod I Do you know any moro P' Tho Tliamos St»r eayo »— ' tho mnjovity of our dnnky brothrun havo thoir pockets protty woll litiod with ' motal oash ' just now, thero nro a fow who aro not in tho samo happy eiroumatanccs. Thoso pariahs consequently flpongo on thoir moniod countrymen who, on ' tho wholo, odini ot bo aoousod of solflnhnosa. Ono of thoao spongora oamo it too oti'ong on a halfcaatlo rolivtion ft fow nights ngo, his ipmortunitics for wiptro boing too mu<'h ovon foe tho good naturo of his hybrid rolaton. Tho halfnoasto thon dotorminod to euro tho Nativo onoo and for all. Ho did it thusly i Oatohing tho mendicant Nativo by tho ooruff of tho nook ho dopoaitod him in a sitting postuvo on a form in tho bar, and oullod for four quarts of boor. Thoao woro brought, and tho Nativo was forood to drink thorn. During tho 'putting away' of tho first two quarts ho ftcomod rathor to enjoy this means of oorrootion, but whilo gulping down tho third ho ovidontly boctimo dintroßsod. Ho gaspod for broath and pointad piteously to his distending stomach. Tho half-oaato did not relent, und tho third qnavt waa finished just as tho olook (struck 10— tho hour for dosing tho hotol. Tho hoavonly smilo of t hope porvadod his dusky countonunoo as tho , bar door wan olosod, and ho managed to gasp oufc ii joyful ' Too l'ftto,' and intimated that if i ho drunk any moro ho would bo breaking tho law, nnd probably broaking himsolf too. Tho f half-oaflfco thon Boizod him and half drownod I liiin by puring tho oantftnts of tho fourth • quart moasuro down his throat, and tho poor victim fltaggorodd offcvldontly flllod, with a high l'osolvo noyor to spongo any moro, t cflpooially on ft holf oaato. ) On tho ooofisioii of a Miniatorial visit to a i cortfiin Now Zoaland township, aomo timo > »go, tho mombor* of tho local .Sohool Oom« mittoo woro anxious to ho introduced to the , diotinguishod visitor*, as also was tho olork to . tho body in quoetion, who, by tho bjo, was I tho only posso«sor of a ' boll-toppor ' in tho , neighbourhood. Tho mombovo, unwilling to , prosont tnomoolvcs in thoir ordinnry ovory dny • titles,' borrowod tho olorks's " belltopper'and woro iutroduooct, ono at n time, each passing tho ' bull-toppar ' out to tho ono who waa to follow. Tho last member, how* , over, forgot to htmd it, in his turn, to tho . olork who via* anxious to ' como on,' whoso pationoo becoming oxhuustod, wont in, ob» , tninod possession of liio property, introducod himtelf and sad down. This story romimln i mo of tho Inn*koopor, whore bod-shuots , aorvod tho purpoao of tablo-nlotlin, and vi<v . vena. A truvollor otnying for tho niijht at the Inn aforoenid, had rotirod to bod n^d wa« nwoko in tho night by somoouo pulling] at tho 1 odKclolhoa. On his calling out, ' Who's t horo P what on oarth do you wnntP' ho was ' answorod, • Woll if yor won't git up I must havo a shuot anyhow, 003 thoy'ro waitiii' for thoir tablecloth.' 1 Tho Wollin'gton oorrospondont of tho Oharloston Herald says .. — * Joseph Ivt-ss * startod a nowspnpor nt Waipawu, nnd sold o out aftov tho first isauo.' Waipawa is about o 40 miles from Napier, and in ono of thoio , rising places in tho North Island, having a j 1 back bono, to wit, good n£riouHur«l Innd ' thoreabouts, and thus likoly aftor a timo to j givo a local pupor fair eupporf. ft Writing of an inquost in Sydn oy, tho y 'Vagabond' robtos that aomo amusing ovidonoo wasgivon. Ono witnosa dcaoribod ' 0 tho barmau at tho hotol as a • oroas botweon a wood-ohoppor and an otnpty bottlo,' Tho n Ooronor, astonished, as well ho might bo, s donutndod an explanation. ' Woll, you soc, sir,' suiii Scottio, ' ho puosoahia timo bctweun ;< bringing out ompty bottloß and chopping t wood,' Anothor witnosa, a girl, mado tinoon--0 aoiously a firatwolass pun, >»ho was vory j rctioont or shy, as fcmalos in suoh oasus tiro apt to bo, w»d Mr Want was ruthor soaiolu ing in his quostiom. Sho gigglod and bluahod ' n bo that iho Ooronor joooßoly said, 4 What is . tho mattor P Mr Wantis not winking at you, is hoP 'Oh no, eir its worso thuu that j ho's preaajng mo bo.' 1 call that very good for Manly, „ , . d The good timo oomlng for Roofton will a AAsurodly load to a oonsidorablo incrouso in 10 population, tho woathov that hus aflliotod tho to clislriot bo long having broken up oud dUi

nppoarofi, ivtid tlio roads again in Rood work" ing oi'.lcr, will throw lifo nnd elioci-fultiosn around and u^on this portion of Now Zoaland so favorod atj'd oo blosaod, with nil that ronclevs lifo ngrooablc, but which may and frequently do load to thoso habits which ongondor discaiso through oxpoimro to Bioknoss and chills, tho hoattliioat may bo striokon down by Rhkumatibm, Bhkumatio Gocri Lumbago, Iktbrmittgnt Fkvkus. nir.iounn* NKBB, &0., and it Is well that all should know tho most voliftWo euros foe thoso nro tho famous liu^Ajr MKnroi>fE* known n» Gljollivh'« GUfaat Indian Ouros,"— thoy can bo had of M. It. Oissiuge, Ohomiflt appointed solo wholoßalo agont for Itoofton and district. Sco testimonials in advertising columns,— A-dvt: