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THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1878.

Tho next English and European mail nlosos at the Rcofton oflloo at 7 p-m., on Wodno«day. Lottoi'ii, ftn., by this mail must bo specially addroaaod via Suoz, Edward Shaw, Esq., 8.M., Roofton, has just pafliod his final examination boforu tho Ohlof .Tuatloo at Hokitjka, an barri«fcor of the Supremo Court, &<>., &o, Tho banquet announced by tho Hibernians, to haTO takon plaoo on Friday oveninfl last, (ho 11th idrttanfc, has boon postponed until to-morrow evening, tho 16th instant, in conr sequonoo of tho severity of tho weather. Tho next Kitting of tho Rosldont Mogis* trato'o Oourt is advertised to tako plaoo tomorrow (Tuesday) IB Mi instant. Tho spoil l*tol/ hanging over tho Lyoil roofi seems to bo brokon nt last nftor a lengthened period, ouloulatod to test the patterned of the sharalioldors, wo uro glad to learn that; the main roof has boon struok in tho Alpino, in an uprise ahiift «f 85 foot. The reof is v foot) thioki «t prooont carrying good poyablo gold. Wo will bo able to giro further particulars in tho courso of a fow days. In condequonoo of tho lato hoavy rains for tho last throo or four days, tho rivers huvo again boon swollen to suoh an cxtont us to oouso.the cessation of all trufllo. Tho mail coach lias boon delayed thereby Binoo Tkurs* day at tho Ahaura, with a good many of tho Reoftonitos returning from vnoation. Tho ' oouoh may bo expoctod ourly to-duy. A man. drossod in tailor costume was brought up in a criminal oourt tho other day ■ upon a charge of stealing a pair of boots. As ho had no counsel, tho Court appointed a young lawyer to tako ohurgo of tho dofonno. I Tho lnvryor opened tho oaso with a spoooh in whioh ho alludod to his oliont as * a ohild of tho sad flea waves, a nursling of the storm, whom tho pitiless billows had east, a forlorn and friendless waif, upon tho «hAr«« of tlrao, aftor a lifo spent in floroo and heroic oontost with tho raging olements.' Tho ovidonoo roroalod that he wa« oook upon a rumiliboat, ptovioua to whioh bo hn<l hawked flab. Tho ' »ur*ling of tho storm ' U now in gaol for six months. That inimitaWy humourous oorrespondant of tho • Saturday Advortinpr,' Paddy Murphy, thus oxproßßoa hi* dißappointment at the want of a good Opposition— Whin we tuk oflloo, wo izpootod to havo the Opposition rangod in full flghtin' ordhor foroninst us, roady to opposo our ivory momont j bet tho dirty, low, mono spalpoons havo lift us to oursolvos, an', begorra, wa'ro gotting' ru»ty for want of a ruction, bo wo aro. Sure it's not fair to luyo us to quarrel among ourHolveß. How aro wo to fight tho people's buttles if thorn's no ono to thread on tho tails ay our ooata P Itow (ire .wo to give vint to our boutiful ' Ethiopian ' idnys if th«ro*s no ono to privint us P How tho diokins aro wo to build our oustles in tho bit if thoro'a no ono to pull tbim down 9 The Homo News of tho 12fch August) says —'Arriving boforo hor mails, whioh woro landed at Snot, tho Australian stoamor Ohimborafco has just arrived at Plymouth having mado tho fastost pussago on rooord from Adolaido—B9 duys. A diamond woighing 201 oarati was found at tho Cupoftolds on July 29, Tho gem is said to bo aporfeot aotanodron, but it i» colored And slightly spookod. A return appended to tho report of tho Registrar of Lands ihows that tho totul amount of money soourcd by mortgagos undor tho Lond Transfcor Acts at 80th Juno, 1878. wai £7,0H972. Last year, at tho aatno date, tho amount w»s £4,838,888, whioh shows two things—first, that tho Land Transfer Aots, in spite of lomo strong legal opposition whioh was offered to tnoiv operation in tho earlier yenrs, aro beooming a grost snooosn, and that very years moro a:id moro Jand is boing placod uador tbn3o Acts, and the cumbrous

and coatly old cyntoin of oonvpynuco is I itoadily bei'ig drivoil from tha floJd. Secondly, thero is no doubt tb-»t mofo enpifflJ, ip brh,(t invoctod by woy of »nr»rtp«{»B on land, an is shown by iho inoroaso, which iit oonrly 4di por cont Sn oxooaa of tlvo sum re cord»d ot Juno, 1877. It i« * wondorl'ul inoronßO, onJ proven how capitnl is Booking fixed invcfltmenta in Now Zouln/id. I Purlng Into Hoods nfc Buloluthft, Alexander Davidson, coal morohiuit, was drownod in a holo fit the oornerof Barr and Jamos etroote, on tho morning oi tho sth inst. Throo othor mon wero witli with him, but could not snvo him, Davidson loaves a widow and family. Othor two mon woro so<m to bo away with I tho ourront in tho Btreot, but woro saved, Sovoral othor nurrow osonpos havo ooourrod.

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Inangahua Times, Volume 5, 14 October 1878, Page 2

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THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1878. Inangahua Times, Volume 5, 14 October 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1878. Inangahua Times, Volume 5, 14 October 1878, Page 2

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