THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 7, 18 October 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1878.

Thn pnq»rns»or9 by tho up Q-royniouth oonoh on Wodnoaday l>iat, mot with a wither unpleasant contretemps. O.i reaching f ho Littlo ftroy tit, Squuro Town, tho vivr won found to bo running at n, grout hoight, anrl Teddy Jonrn, haying imtinflori himsolf that id would bo (liincforous (o essny ovonqiiur, tfliiolaiilly mil; bunk to Sqnnrolovvn, tin I fcho. piJfl33iij;c]M had to find a-commodation ftr tho night. Mi 1 and Mro ftp Goad y did tho boil; I hoy oould for tho comfort of t.ho travollors, »iin"whal; with a minimum of alumbor and a lr.rotiinum of hot. whiakey and forty fl von, tho night wim got through. At 7 a.m, tin river hxfl fallon fiulfiitiontly to nllow of t'io jinrnoy boinij resumed, and fcho couch rcanliod lioi'O ufc 8 30'a.m, The locality of (ho Info flro in Broadway pivsoiilfl v moat (l(is')lnto fippoariMioo. Of tho prmniura of Coibott, b'ikrr, and Larkin, boot" ninkcr, not a vflrtiif'o now romain«, and dliough tho aliopa of Smith, liuirdrosnar ; Hidh'iivlpon, tnilor, and O'Ootmoll, bootinnkor, litre not boon jmitrioviibly ruined by tho flro, tho IVonls of tho lntNdincj.i lmvo oilhor he.an torn out holus.iboht<» or Imckod üboufc witli iixca in iiU"h a inannin* aa (o roquiiu onliro rophioomoiit, Tito finn proniiooo of Foray tli nnd Mhb|i-i-» bavo Imppily ononpod both injury I),, flro and t'io in 1 1 hnvuo of uxomon, Inn. wo ivijrot to Lmrn thai; irt tho lturriod rumoval of iho otook covisi.ijiviblo d.imago Wii.9 dorm, Though tlio loaa oooasiornnl by llio outbroiik mint prnsa heavily enough ujion llio piiH'm'pi'h, it may bo ro^mvlod as very /orlunatn^thiit tho oaiainily ondod vrhero it. did. Tlu'm flro Iniichca us nnol.hox- lesson ns to tlio niMHWHity of pnvidiii'* n flro ongino for tho (own, and w.i oun only liopo tlint tho opportunity will nob bo allowed to s'.ip by. Owiui; to tbo int.ori'uption of commutiicnli'on, our Atonal roports of |||.» fUiprortlo Court fliiftoa of Kaitliby v, Clifford, and Dnvii.<n v. Pol tn lwivo boon dolnyod, but will Appear in futuro i«mi'!3. In tho formor cane, n& Inn iilrpady hocn rrportod by us, tlio jury lvtunied a vordict of acquittal, and tho finding was ro. 'dived in Court by Iho auditory w ; th manifc'Slatioiifl of approval, whioh, howuvov, web iinnm li'nlely bu|)])l'i)R9(hl. Tlio obarga of qriminiil libel ii^ninst fh'S priprr terminated, no wo hud tho utinonl, eonlldonoo it, would do, in nmoko, Mm Do Toiiitil.cs was cx*iiiiucd nl. womo longth by tlio O-'wr.l Jury, and aa Die result, tho I5i!l whs Ihi'o.vn out. In tho other Hoofton onso of Brown and others v. Jironnun (tho Vu'iuin Company), a vordiot for ;C l 2O wiih nivcn tor tho plainlilf, but wo tindoi'slimfl iliat applicdlion has boon mudo by dt'f.ndiintJ for a now trinl, nnd fho motion will probably bo nri»uftd in March next, .'.' -\ ' ''; '. < '••■, ■:" > ''.'i^mi'-oi 1 iji onr

oolumnn a few dnyo bnck re tho non*pnyinnnt of vvitnospeßcXpoiißOfl in tho onnci of l?aithby v. Clifford, nnd Duvios v. Potts. In that mosjago tho O.'own Proiiooutor was oroditod with having fluid that tho costs of tho proao» cuMon would bo paid by tho Govornroont. Allthnttlio Oro\vn Proßooutor said in relation Ikoroto was 'that tho prosooution wa» ft publio ono. Tho foimor appears to havo boon nn inferonoo of tho latter, but tho Grown Prcnecator scorns toobjoot to tho inforonoo of our noi'i'ospondont, and our roftdora are loft thcroforn ',:o draw their own inforonoos, Wo nmy trdco tlvio opportunity of informing tho oxqm'ailivuly aoiinitirc Proas Agon I; at Hol(i. tika, that the nioaango in question wns from ft privato floui'co. W<> (Now Zoidnnd Iferald) laoar on very good authority that /io\v that Lnyoook hn» b ftton Mcsßonpor in thoir mntoh on tho Pnva» mnttft Rivor, ho will bo cent homo to row Elliott, ITiflgiuß, or whoever may bo champion o'■'0 '■' England itt (ho timo, Wo boliove, also, ))O is to row Trinltotl;. Dm A.ng'io American Timoa velntos (.ho following :— A ponniloss English girl, just 25 years ajjo, startod harriensxinakinfj! and sad' dlory in a Poarhstreofc loft, Now York. SIIO sold what whs munurnoturod about tho city no woll us soon to omploy journofmon, and in flvoyflniM lims built up a lorgo business, making every 8 tato aequnintod with hor waros, Bho in yon tod inaohiuory for harneaa-making, first used tho sowing maohino on loathnr. suourod a monopoly on horao bpnnota by pur* o'.msing nil tho patonta on thorn, and for yours has occupiod (ho wholo of a flvo«8toroy Wrtro» houao in Warron street, omploying 100 work* mon. This lady, Mifls Umrna Bnrtlott» ha just died at Now York, loaving n largo pro* porty, tho accumulation of hor own earnings. A section of tho English publio soom still to havo not epiito mado up their minds tibout tho nationality of tho Australian oriokotora. Tho ooiTOApoudont of tho Loador, doporibing (ho incidonta of tho Loioostor matoh, gays i— As in nil othc" plaoon wo Imvo visitod, many quostions woro put to ua on tiio su'vjoot of Australia and its ronoources, and as usual wo supplied as much information as wo oould. Wliou wo woro puflninf* tho lndiob' marquoo during tho lunohoon hour, ono of its fair oo* oupiints romiu'kod that wo woro quito as nioo 1 coking a» tho ICntjlish p oplo, nnd others wore surprised to find thut wo spoko tho Kn gliflli lnngingo, Ihoy ftro a quaintly vigorous poople in Birki-nheail. Tin's is lilto an cxtvnot from a ohroniolo a century or two old, but noyortholoss it is soboi? truth. A woman was soon goiiij,' through tho streets of Birkenhoad all ooverod with flour and troanlo. It booius blio had boon too intimate with horbrothor«m-lnw and a lottor from hoi- addronaod to him, making an appointment, foil into tho wifo's hande. Instead of tho husband mooting his sister-in-law, tho vvifo mado arrnnijomotita with about forty or fifty of hor friend", nnd money wafrooly apont in flour nrul trcaelo, whioh, boing applied to tho person of tho offondor, ronderad hor n pitiful o'joot ns sbo wado licv way through tho town, followed by n crowd of woiirm who ohoored her as sho wont along, Ihir is n npeoimon of tho civilization of tho ninctocnlhcontury, A. trsloernm from Orahamstown to tho Chrifltohuroh Press cays :— A man namod William McDonald, a bushman near Wlifthgamatft, was iujuroii by a ti'oo bo bar! /■oiled, and rcinaiuod without modioal aid 01 4 'ood for flvo days. A doctor from horo rodo 1.30 miles to asaist him, tho County Council paying £5 oxpunsoa. Tho man is nufForli-ig from oonoiiflsion of tho brain, an.l is in a very oomiiloso »tnto, but may recover. Tho Woatporfc Timos flays j— « Robbing ben rr>ost« is not nlwaya a pijing vonturo especially if (ho mid*nighfc mnraudov got* flurried. A. night or two sinoo BO'mo one, evidently, n fomulo, made a raid on a'bonnory near tho beaob and nppropriafod four fat hons but next; morning on tho theft boing disoovorod tlioro wan also found lying on tho floor of tho lion hou*o a neat litllo colonial gold broooh and a shilling, dioppod by tho thief in tho hurry of retreat. Intimation has boon roocirod in Sydney of the ofooplftnou on behalf of Jliggins of tho ehallonfto by Trieknlt to row for tho" rhiimpion«hip of tho vvoi-'dand £500 aside, on tho understanding that tho wo shall oomo off not later than tho summer of 1879. I'hfl llon*o of Commons ban at lon;;th roiitir.od tho fact thnt iv mnn who is n!diot<vl to bftbilmd drunkenness; should bo linblo to clotontion in an nsyium whoro ho would be doalt with by curntivo moans. I)r Oamoron mentioned tho caso of an habitual drunkard whoso bruin was saturated with alcohol that after death it was lighted with a eandlo. lie nlao in fcrrod a post mortem elimination of 0110 of Barelny and Porkin'g dniymon, wboao body \v«a fuarfully dislandod with oirburottod hydrogen oiumod by drink nnd on Sir Willium Gull vid'hia iwsistant punHuring it. in nftooiiplaooa and applying 9 ligh jots of fl.imo isßiiod from Iho oorpso until tho gas burnt out. If tho next' timo a similar post mortem lakes pluoo a hundrod or two tipploi'B oould bo induced to attend, tho opoetfte'o would doubtleu* txoroiso a wonderful ■ i/ifluonco over thorn.

Tho following itums of nows by tbo Toriu Strait mail woro brought to Auoklnnd by tho Hero on Tuondnv luat I— Tho Timos thinks that KiiiflUh iniorosti in Afghanistan are isafo Shore Ali must bo taught to oboy us, and if lluisiit keeps ICuglnnd watchful over India, it will do good.— ln Jnvn, tho oofTuo crops uro fttvorable.— Tbo Oiroo, with a cargo of flour from Now Zealand, roporta that whilo atrandocl on Kow Guiaotv tho rossol was plundorod by nafclvos.— Six oompanios, with a capital of four millions, bavo boon formed in LanJon for spooulntiou9 in Cyprus. A lino of steamers hn» boon laid on thoro from Liverpool, it'ivo hundred pussies liavo been applied for. Tho flrat ahipmout wus fifty bun-da of boor.— A lloniu Rulo Conforonco bus boon summouecl at Dublin to reorganijo.— Tho introducliou of Oiiuoso into Algeria is warmly discussed in Franco,

Tho Coniintlteo, to whom wus roforrod tho qt.oHion of tho police pay, reported toiday—

1. Tlint in tho opinion of this Oommittco tho pay of tho polioo in insufficient and should bo inorcatod. 2. Long florvioo pay should bo givon to tho mombors of tho polioo foroo on ft graduated soalo, aooording to tho numbor of years' norvioo.

Four allotmonts noar the oriokot ground, Wellington, woro sold on tho 24th ultimo nt ft ruto equal to £44,76 por aoro. Tho ontiro aroa was purchased about nino yoar» ago for £52.

Tho now prifion regulations roquiro 01000 watching (roinarka ftn English paper). Those immodinloly offooted by thorn nr« ontiroly uolplocs in tho mattor, and it is thoroforo nil tho moro noocssnry that tho public oyo should be direotod towards thoir operation. Soino obnorvationj mad* by Baron Dowao at tho Armagh assisios rooontly with rogard to tho rulo roquiring prisonors to sloop on a plank dur,nj tlio first month of thoir confluomont, flhow that tho opinion of an cxporionocd Judgo in strongly against this exoruointii g avrangomont. Having boon inforwod, in anflwor to inquirios, that tho rulo wua in force in Armagh Gaol, and that it nooessitatod tho prisoner aotually stooping in his olothos for a month, Baron Dowso said that ho uld sho givo a nuoh ihortor sontonco than ho would othorwiso hnvo done, for ho ooneidorod tho now rulo ' nothing m'oro or loan than torture' Judgos, ho nddod, woro not mere automatons, but had their footings liko any other mot. Thoro can 'hardly bo a doubt that sleoping on a plank in thoir olothos night aftor night for a month must to many prisonora bo absolute torture, and this, moreover, at' a timo when imprisonment itself is. n.. novelty, aiid they aro both physically and montnlly depressed by thoir first oxperionoes of gaol lifo, Tho clftiot aluo of this rulo must bo to produoo a strain o ojii fusion in tho mind« of prisoners, who nro oxpootod to assooiato officialism with utilisation, but find it olaaoly alliod to bant barit Dunodin Ago says t— •' A largo oongregation of pooplo assomblod last night on tho vacant ground at tho roar of tho Harbour Board offioos for tho purposo ofwitnossing Mr J. W. Bulkoloy's tost of his patent firo extinoteur. Shortly after 8 o'olook a stack of looso scantlings and otlior light timber pilod ovur suvoral tar barrels was ignited, and faunod by a smart broozo blazsd up furiously. Tho firo cxtinotour was continued in largo elongated tin vossols of oylindriaul shape strappod on tho baoks of two flrsmon, who directed tho ll u id upon tho flataffs by moans of a nozzlo at tho end of a small indiarubbor hoso. Tho tiny squirts of fluid had but littlo effect upon tho firo, and nt tho oiul of flvo minutos tho pilu of inflammable material was burning away vigorously, giving forth volumos of stuoko and sparks and ovolving a fervont hoafc. As a dovnior rosiort, tho flromon brouglit out thoir now liodo rool, and a supply of wator being obtninoil, tho burning wood wai speedily roduood to a blaokonod and churrod massMr Bulkolcy nnd sovoral othor gontlotnon who wituossod tho experimont aro still satis* find of tho oapitbilitios of tho flra extinct our, and Bulkoloy intondii applying to tho Oounoil for loavo to furthar experiment.