THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume 19, 18 November 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1878.

Mn Wooloocic, M.T1.8.. having returned from bin Legiiilntivo duties afc WelHngton, on Saturday evening inHt met tho electors of the Innngahun for tho purpoao of explaining the bmiineas of tho Uafc soi^fiioa ond tho part he took therein, lie, however, merely toiu:h«d'l.ho more Balient incidents of Iho Beaaion, but did so in a clear nnd Becmingly oatiafactory mtwner, for at the closo of tho meeting ho received a voto of confidence, Spenltinff of the moro immediate duiies which ho owed to tho oonetituency ho anid that ho had ntlonded punctually to all communii* rations forwfW'Jod to him on publio miitteraby tho County Chairman, and had endeavoured to Iho best of hid ability to irve effect to them. In securing «peci«l grouta nnd. aulwidiea for public worka in tho diatricfc, ho wjib eorry to say he had not been exceptionally succesaful for the reason that the Ministry had confined them-* fielvo« olofiely to a mure renewal of the voles promised Insk session, but ho felt that the question would ero long foroe itaelf \ipon *-hfi Qovernmanf;, nnd that they would e.ther have to lately inerpqso tho (,'rftnta to local bodies or ol«(\ whnt waa porhnp« bptfcep still, take over tho ranintennnoa and conn sfruction of all main rondfl. While in tho TTouae he tool: tho opportunity of pointing out iho nh>ur,i inrqualitv of the distribution of tho lor & subsidy fr W the Land Fund, nnd endeavoured to have the amount' difttribured upon flomn more equitttble bftwia but tho effort failed. "When, tho Premier was on hia West Conat tour he (Mr Woolcock) had declftrod him« nelf a pupparter of the liberal policy which Sir Oeorgfl Grey, then eftunomntcd, but he waa sorry to any thnt tho Minintry had departed from fho brood and liberal \ines then laid down by the Premier, and ho (M> Woolcock) had therefore- been frequently in opposition to the Government during the Bosaion. Ho was opposed to tho E!ootoral Hill introduced by tho Gom vernment, hut oondncd his opposition lo an endeavour to n odify some of its provisions, tho Bill, howover, misparried in the end, and consequently had not beeu made law, lie opposed tho Joint Stock Company 1 * tax because it was not really in the direc'ion of relieving the burden of tho poor man. Upon tho question, of tho Land Tax ho uupported tho Government, though he was of opinion that it did not go far enough, H« was of opinion that the tax, should bo regulated upon a sliding hcftlo. Upon tlio main print ciples of the tariff h« supported tho Government, Upon the question of tho duty upon sugar ho wan, however, in oppnaitiQG. «« ho regarded ifc m an injurious lax. The financial proposals of Iho Government hud nat been whit the Premier had led the ooloi.y to expect, iiiaßmuuh^na tho policy had not been to relieve tho poor man nfc the cxpeivo of tho rich ns Hir George Grey had indicated and hence hiaroa-. won for opposing thorn, Hud tho Government even endeavoured to givo ofFoct to tho reforms indicated by the Promjer ho (Mr Woolooclt) should havo plvon tho Ministry his fullest support, but they had not done bo, aud ho very much f«nr. d whether thoy were the one moat fli.ted for grapple with tho situation. There wns far too much pandering to the Maori about tho present Government, nnd in addition to tl>is the Government had dio*

played a disposition to personal rule which wag opposed to the democrat tio habits of the people. Wo Imvo thus cursorily roforrod to Mr Wool" cock's address, but in a succeeding werp will report the speech at full On Friday lunt his Honor .Judge Wosfou, who tnkes n vory warm interest in the onnio of publio education, paid a visit to tho Reofr ton Stato School, Hjs Honor wa« shown over the different plubocb by tho jnnßtor, Mr Clinttook, And examined tho «flhoh»rß Oil various subjects. Hit Honor subsequently paid a viaifc to tho Oatholio School, whore lio wns al«o shown through tho ola««os by tho Roy Father Cnrtvr, Hii Honor nppoarod pleased with tho odloioncy and ditaiplino of both fitnbliohmontß) and with the courteous oon. ourronco of tho toaohors of both tho schools grantee) a half holiday to tho ohildt'on, which it id noedloss to any, v» roooivod with imnunse jubilation nnd thanicn by tho scholars. Mr 0. Woolcoolc, ouo of tho rcprosontativoo for tho doctoral diitriot of Grey, in tho' Houso of Representatives addressed ft mooting of hit constituents in DuwsonV noil, on Saturday oroning last, Tho Altrndanoo wan Tory large and Mr Woolcook was llstmod to throughnut with tho utmost attention. At tho conclusion Mr Ji\moa Oonnolly movod, nnd Mr William M'Loan sooondod a voto of confidence in Mr Woolcook's representation, whioh was onrried unanimously. A report of tho mooting will appear in our noxt inauo, Tho sittings of tho Diatiiot Court, bo r o'o his Honor Judgo Woston, will oommonoo this morning. Thcro ni'o only two caios for hoaring tho»o of Crocker Ti I)awson, nnd Brown Ti Vulcnn Company, both of whioh will probnbly bo disposed of to-day. Jurors ni d others sum in (j"od nro roquirod to bo {nation* flonoo nt 10 o'wook this morning. The nimlysia of tho County voting whioh wo publishod in our last issuo is inoontrovuiv tiblo. Thoro nro 157 Cnthollo votes on tho Koll, of which 127 » instead of 102 as stato* 1 , wero recorded. 'Iho number of plumpers rpooi'dcd for Mr Dronnon was 59 j for Mr M-a-nOta 15, and for Diwios 60. Of tho 127 ('nth olio votosrooordfld 62 woro dividod with Mr Aikon nnd CO plumped for Mr Bronnan, waking toqothor 121, lonving 0 Culholio votos to hnvo boon otherwise rooordod. Our analysis is bnsod upon tho votes rooordod, nnd tho declaration of tho Returning O/ftaor. Tho RO'onllod nnnlys'iß whioh is plaood in opposition to.it is tho orronoous hash-up of a serutmcr who wrs frequently nbfpnfc from tho polling booth during tho polling. If tlio figures go to gtvo a coloring to tho assertion that a bronoh of faifh had boon committed by those who had pledged themsolvoa to support Mourn M'Gtnflhi and Dnvios, wo can only rogrot it for Mr M'GaftVs sake Out? only warrant for bolinving that ft bronoh of faith hud hen committed was that wo woro informed bo by a monitor of tho Reform League who had himself boon askod to plump. It ii rumourod that Mr Richard IJoovob will shortly return to tho West Ooanfc with tho object of roaumiug his raiotionorini^, shurobrolsinu, and agonoy business. Not* withstanding tho glowning colors in wliioh business openings in tho metropolitan towns nro generally dopiotod, it aaoniß thai Rtrnngorti flnd no small difficulty in edging thcip w»y in, and thnt without oxtonsivo monotary resources a now beginnor in almost any lino of bunncss linn a lnrd up liill bnttlo to fight to get into tho running, Tho prosperity of tho luat fow j-oars ha* n'« trooted to the northern onpital (owno num. bcra of oommoroiM mon from tho oth r polonies, nnd tlio result is that business and occupations of all kinda nro Tory much over* done, and tho opportunities prosontod avo not of iho most attraotiro kind. ITospl'al Sunday was fixed in Melbourne for 22nd, Tho returns roooiyod show a gono* ml fulliupr off in tho ontributionn, though in somo individual instances tho amount is highor ihiin boforo. %t FrimeiH 1 Homnn Outbqlio Cburoh bonds tho lint wtih £1(10 Soo.s' Chqroh, whioh last contributed dQIGO, this yenv Rives £127. All Saint's, Windsor, again is tho largest donor among tho Anglican Churches with £100, about £12 long than on last occasion, Thoro in trouble -among orlitorn and publish' pru (writes tho Sydney Morning ITorald). Weokly scandal poomn just now mthor nt v discount. Pioondily lived but a fow wenk*. Truth is in a paok of troubles j not, howoror, I am bound to say, for its social offencos, whioh aro many, but really for sotmi honrst , though violent efforts to supproas gambling and fraud, Two oviininnl informations hav.u bofln guantod against a Signor Lambri— a notorlonß Grcok gambler of a dozen ali»«cs— nnd ngiunet tho equally notorious Mr Wybrow Hobid'tion, of tho Aquarium, whoso sins Ihoro itcoms a disposition to condone ainoo ho hai> mnrlo tho concern pay, Unluckily Truth oon. tinned its nttneks on tho latfor worthy after tho information was prantod, thus affording grounds for imputing malico, and hringine down a slor-m of judinfol wrath, But I doubt if either ooinplainant would liave got a shilling of d ii m ages in a civil suit. Oertninly the Lambri libels have put tho police on tho pornt of sundry illegal proofoclings. Thoro U a rumor, by tho way, lint not only Truth is in troublo, but The World itsolf is likoly to oomo to an onrl, But this sooma tog good to bn truo Tho British Modionl Journal »ays »— Dr, Eastwood, of Darlington, forwards to tho Times somo flijuros of a satisfactory oharnotor as to 'tho rooont oxperionco in tho United States of tho treatment of confirmod drunkarda, in institutions such at those proposer! by Dr. Oamoron's Bill. The tenth annual report of the Inebriates Homo, King's County Now York, states that during the yoar 1877 thero havo bum 300 individuals treated in the institution, bonidos fill ro-ftdininniona. This hittor number is not surprising whon ir, in found that, of tho wholo 300 patients, no fowoii than BO romninod under 30 doys. "Of tho 3oo treated dining tho yaar, 98 are known to bo doing well in (ho oiileido world j 41 havo been lost sight of, but that vevy fact iB an pviionco that they have i\Qt veturnod

to thoir old habits, or wo should quite certainly havo board of tnom, for our ojperlonoo ii thnt thofO who have spout »ny oxtondod time In tho homo fly thither for protection naninnt thflmsolvoa whon thoy fall, 21 nro known to Imvo rclnpsocl \ throo have died Binee loaving tho inititution \ 12 are known to hnvo constdornbly improved in their habits of Hfo j and 122 still remain within its wftils. 1 Tho avorngo duration of caoh patient, not moulding Iho BO who loft under a month, has been 34 ffooka. In tho acoond nrtiolo of Tho Timea nowtpnpor upon Sr Charlos Dtlko'» motion, thoro ftro aomo most extraordinary stfttomonla re« spocting tho number of'Englichmon who havo £25,000 a .vonr. It i* allowed thflt to the 1 workihg man' suoh an inoomo would bo a dtoum j but the writer adds that it i« within Iho renohoftho professions, nnd forms but a portion of tho incoincfl enjoyed by our gront mnnufnoturorß Now I have spokon to several parsons of nuthority on this queation— pro* fondioiml men in vory largo, praotioo, and mon who aro nt tho head of their reopootivo brandies of commeroo— -and thry all ngroo that tho etatoinont of Iho writor in Tho Timos is monstrous and extravagant. I»m ovon [ told that no professional man hns nt nny timo—ovon for a few years— madi £25.000 « year, whilo tho number of morohnnt princes who aro in receipt Of that incomo nnd nbovo it is exceedingly sroliU It mny be nooosmry for aught I know to pivo nil Itoynl porsonng-s tho sum per nunum in qunnfion, hut it onnnot bo necessary to ndvocato thoir claims by an urgumoat whioh hftd no foundation in fuot. The local governing bod'o* of Victoria appear to' bo tho wtf f~v I o'.iind tho»o of NW Zwland in gofcting into dobfc, A rot urn htoly prcso.vt to tho Asaombly Dhows tho total prißoniod indobtoduossonooftl bodioa in that Colony. Tho total ntr.onnt borrowod wao £1,000 393 19s Id, tho amount of priuoipnl nnd intoroit paid off in ro.luction £403,902 9s 7d. and tho total prosont imlobtednesß £004,608 Os o>l. Tho following is tho present indebtedness of somo of iho Inrgor bodioa:— Molbonrno, £205,000} Stuwcll, £89,533; Ballarat City, £54,500; Slnwoll, £89,538; nallorat City, £51,500; Boochworth. £21,200? ltotham, £28,120; Ararat, £38.470; Bungaroe, £1.1,«2t j Uuiiinyon/r, £15,000 j Kohucii, £1.5,000; BmoraU mil,!«l8,700j Goolong, £10,500; linn-thorn, £12 001 j Sandhurst, £11,575 j Talbot £10,300, Tlio gooJ timo coining for Ruofton will ftgsurodly loud to a oonsl.tarablo innronso i« population, tho woathor that baa aflliutod tho district so long having brokon up nnd dis« nppoarod, and the rosids again in good working order, will throw Hfo and flhoorfuhiess, around nnd upon this portion of Now Zealand no favored an<l so hlosjod, with all tha risndcrs lifo agroojblo, hut whioh may and frequently do lead to thoao habits whiuh pngondor disease through oxposuro to sioknesst and ohilli), the hoalthiost may ho striokoti down by RiiRnMATiBM, Ruhiimatio Gotriv hViXnXQO, iNTRUMItTKNT FkVI!H3. UtT.TOUSW Vim, kc, nnd it ia well that all should know the -most veliuble xtiros for tlioso aro tht fttinous I^KJAN Mkmoixbs known ft* Ohollah's Great Indian Cures,"— thoy oan 1)0 had of it. ft. Gissiugc, Ohtinijt, appointed 0010 wliqlosule agent for Reofton nnd diHtriot. &O0 tostimoniala in ftdvoi-tia* ing colunmo.— Ad»t J