The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY OCTOBER 7, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 02, 7 October 1878, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY OCTOBER 7, 1878.

Tho noxt nittting of the Eosident Magintrato's Oourfc, is fixed for Tuesday, 15th inatiint, It will bo observed by tho advertisomonl. appearing in out* columns, that tho much noodod police quarters aro to bo oroctod immcdint.ily. Tondera for tho crootion of whioh oloso at noon, at tho Polico Station, Roofton, On Tuesday, 22nd instant. Tho extraordinary sovoro wontlior oxporlencod on tho Coast scorns to h»vn bcon general nil over tho Island, but ospoe'ally flo in Olftgo. From tlio aooounts to hand, tho floods and gales, lately experienced thorn linvo causod graafc losses, whole farms being submorgocl and sovoral of tho i..land towns partially undorwartor, besides fmmonso losses sustained by tho loss of horses, oattlo, shoop, and sovon ontiro buildings rarriod by tho jmmonjo volumes of wator, overflowing tho oountvy. All hands agroo in stating tho past winter, as tho sovercnt oinoo tho opening of tlio Coast. Tho Boatman's ooaoh arrived in town yos» torday ovoning, with tho gold from tho- Wei oomo and Ilopoful olaim. Tho fortnight's crashing from f>H tons of otono from tli° Wolcomo being 30125 oza of amalgam, equal to 1147 ozs 10 dwfc rofcortod gold. Tho boxos not having boon cleared, whieli should mnl<o tho exaot vitfld, clone on 3 o/.b to tho ton—certainly, ehomng now* for tho shore holdors. Tho battery will bo ongngod for tho next four or five weeks on similar stono, and takon altogether, tho Woloomo stands at prosent A 1 in tho inarkot. Prom tho Ilopoful, at tho (iamo tinio, wo haro 433 ozs 10 dwt» bnt wo nro unablo to atiito tho nmocnt of ntotto l'dduood. A waif from tho aca has boon brought to us by a person who found it jnst abovo high wator mark on tho boaoh noar tlio slaughtoryards It consists of an oval lookot, ap« parenlly of Irish bog oak, and oontnins a photograph of a woman, tho foaturos of whioh aro hardly diatinguishablo owing to tho action of tlio wator. Tho lockots awaits idontifloa» tion at out- offloo.— Groy Argus. At Oiirtortou (Wellington district), Mr S, .T. Stedman, barrisfcor n>u\ nolioitor, vim found drowned in a small atnam bordoring tho bush, ho having apparently walked over tho bhtik into about four food of Wator, and made no effort to oxtricato lumsolf. At Oamnru, lust wook, a man named Nonio was yory sovoroly bitten by a dog. Tho N. 0. Times says that ho was in tho act of patting it on tfio head whon it api'mie; nt him, fastening on his right ohook, tho uppnv row of incisors ontoring jmt below tho oyo, and lower ci>so to tl-.o nose, inflicting voi-y ugly gnflhos. Tho dog kept hi* hold so /irmly thnt hia yiw had tobo forood upon to innko him quit. Tho dog was immediately killod. As showing tho'hardi work the Australians' hnvo had in Kngland, tho folowin? extract from a letter veeoivod on Soptombor 4 from onoof tho oh'von is intornstiug; — ' Wo wore all proity wall tirnd out ' by tiro tino wo reach od S»nnsua. Just imagino— -wo were tnivolliirg «ll nigi't in tho railway, Stirtod by tho )ialf'P«.st#nino train at niijht, roaching Swansea at half-past four in tho morning j had somotlii.ig to cat, and got to bod at fivo j ro»o nt nine, stnrtod match at half-past cloven . phiyod till hulf-prfat six j wont to banquet in ovoning, got homo at, cloven and went to bod. Roused up fit two in tho morning, mid travelled Bovoii«nnd<a«httlf hours br ruil to Oldham, whero wo had to comnioneo n nmtoh ngainst an cightoon. In faot wo woro oom« pletuly knocked up, and I was very glad whon stumps wore drawn. You may tough whon I tell you I was too lind to go to sloop. 1 Nolnon U thus rofcrrod to by tho TToff JJonlur.dor, and there is more truth in tho remarks than will bo found palatable by tho inhabitants thoro. 'Tho condition of tho people of Nolaon doaorros pity j through misgoyornment they havo lost ono of tho best chancos of making tho town prosperous and important that over fell to tho lot of a community. Starting with bettor prospects than Otngo, Canterbury, or Wellington, that town has, by tho selfishness and incapacity of its local rulers, and tlio supinonoss of its in» habitants, boon allowed to stand still while its rivals have bcon making gigantic strides j and now, whon it is proposed to make work* that Uifl progress— and thnt alono~-of tho moro important ccntroa wummt, the pciplo o f

Nelson rniflo tho wy favoritism, and rcquiro works mndo in tlio faint hopo tlmt Miry wi'l bo the inoaiifl of restoring to thoin tho prizethat whs , onoo within their <$ra«p, and recklessly allowed to slip. Wo aro avorsc to introducing Scripturo into nowspapor articles, but tho parablo of tho Tulonta nppliod to tho Nelson claim Booms so particularly portinont that a passing allusion to tho mornl it oonvoys is irvosistiblo. An ineidont ooourrod yostorday in tho ltosidont Magistrate's Court which con-, eiderably non-phisaod ft rathor bumptiows nnd dioecious attorney, astonished tho wornlm 1 * ing Magistral^, and Bpread oonstornation \ iimongefc tho spectators. A witnoss was boing oroßß»oxrtininod by tho legal trontloman ! roforrod to, in his own poouliarly throatoning manner whon, without tho slightest protnonin tion, tho unfortunato layman foil right out of tho box on to tho floor, whoro ho lay ft» a thing inunimato, Had a bombsholl suddenly explodod in tho Court room, soattering d«i\th andiuin around, or hud tho immortal Zou« appoaired. clothed in nil his mnjosty and divino attributes, tho dismay of tho learned cross-qiiestionor oould not nave boon inoro roaliatio and profound. In a yoioo of unuttcroblo anguish ho cried out, 'A doctor j /or God's suko, a dootor.' In a higft range of falaofcto notes ho then yollod out for • wator,' but made no motion towards rendering active assistanoo himself. Monnwhilo tho mugistifato noticing tho sudd'on diaappoaranoo of tho unfortunato witncßß misod himsolf in hi, seat and benfc forward as if doubting the ovidenco of his visunl organs. With tho energetic assistance of tho impoi'turtabla Court orderly nnd tho soothing iufluonoo of tho frosh, l)almly nil 1 , tho man was brought out of lib swoon and j-oplnnod in tho witnoss box. Tbo long-robed gontloman hnd not rogainod hia wontod composure, nnd in a tono of voioo betraying much 'ngitution, ho informed tho Court that ho would havo nothing moro to do with such a witnoss. Ii to to bo hop«d that tho lesson thns road will, havo a salutary effoot, and oonduoo towards a more oonsidernto trontment of witnesßos in tho I'uluro. — Dunedin Ago. A trustworthy correspondent assures the London Sporting Times that tho bo*l; homo atoaks at flvoponco v pound aro equnl to, and cannot bo distinguished from boof steaks at moro than double tho prion. I*iißaing along tho'stroofc tho other day, I observed n two joarxold crying bitterly, with his hnnds to hia hoad, whilo nuothor youngster was in tho not of ' skodadlin/y ' from tho ono wopt, to whom I said, ' Don't cry, liltlo boy $ did ho hit you on purposo P' To which ho replied, ' No, ho hit mo on tho 'od.' That boy's too smart for mo I thought. Probably tho saddest ovonfc that over Imp" ponod on tho Paoifto coast omnoto lighblusti wook. A woll-known actress, reeiding an thu Bftldwio hotel, and whoso gorgeously appointed nppartmonts tcsifflod to 1 tho substantial appreciation of her professional talon fc and chio (Amoricnu pronounoialion)) wns cntortnining a- friend wl>o wo shall onll, Mr Choupbrokor, whon shohoimJ at tho door tho well-known rap of nnoiltor gontloinnii who might be roforrod to as Mr Kiohbroker. ITor roasons it will bo unnooossasy lo inquiro into, tho c-harmir.g artisto found it expedient to hurriedly look tho llrst-namod individual in tho clonot boforo sho opened tho door to th 0 nowoomor, Tho las-b Tiaitor stnyed a Rood whilo, and whon ho loft tho lady wont down to dinnor, fooling both borod and wloopy. Tho next; morning sho sturtod foi a trip lo Europe, All this took placo over throo weoks ngo. Yostorduy a oablogram wus roooived by tho hotel proprietor 'If or Honven's sake, opon tho closet in 0,042, without delny." A portev hnstonod tw tho room, and as tho elosofc doof was unlookod, tho Bkoloton of Mr Ohoapbrokor tumbled out on tho carpet. Sho had •forgol ten him—that was all,, Thoy sonl; lain romain* liaino to his almost distmotcd wifo in a market basket, and,— but wo hnstou to draw v veil ovor tho torriblo scono,— Sun Fi'unoiaco Chroniolo. The good timo coming fov Kcoftom will nssuro(l?y load to a considornblo ineroaso in population, (ho woathor that has adliotod th «• distriot so- long having broken up ami di*« nppoarod, and tho rond.i ngitin in good work" ing ordor, will throw lifo an 1 ohoorfuliuiss around and upon this portion of Now Zonland ho favored and so blessod, with nil tli.it. pcndiM'A lifo ag'rooitble, but whinli may and frcqao.ntly do load to thpso habits which ongondor disraso through oxponuro to oioknoss and chills, tho healthiest muy bo otriokon clown by .Wukomatibm, KmctJAUTro Gotrr, LUMIUOO, INTMIIMITTKN'P FKVKH9, I?n,TOTT<M« NR9B, &0., and it is woll that all should know tho most roliablo euros for thosn aro tho f(»moH3 Indian Mrcnrattfm known m GhoHuh'n Ckoafc Indian Ourou," — thny can bo had of M. ]?,. Gi«s'mgo, Ohoinidt appointed solo wholesale aßout for RoolLnn ami district. Sco tosttmoiviala in odvcrtiraing ooluinru, — Advt: r <____ . — . — , „