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Inangahua Times, Volume 25, 29 November 1878, Page 2

Mr M'GUUiouddy'« letter, and tbo oonoluaion of tho County Oounoil report, ii un aTOtdably hold over until our noxt Uauo. Thore will bo a sitting of Iho Magistrate* , Court thin morning when judgmont will bo delivered in tha matter of tbo petition against tbe Roefton and Antonio's olootions. Mr John Trennery ban been appointed a Commissioner of the Reofton Licensing Bonoh Notice of tho appointmont appears in a ■ recent Government Oazotto, Mr Craw lord of Wostport, a pianist of bieh roputo nnd of aoknoffledgod skill as a tuner and repairor o( piano r ortoo, i» now on ' a short visit to Koefton, and announoos that he is prepared to oxoeuto all suoh orders on* trusted to him. Pull particulirn may bo * obtained at Dawson's Hotol, whoro orders may bo loft, Mr Gulunoss has been rebooted Oounly Chaiman of the Grey County. Mr Fnlla has aldo been ro-oleotfid to tho Chairman* : ship of tho Buller County. Mr .Joseph Grimmond has boon eloctod Ohnirmnn of tho I Westland County, for whioh fivo oi 1 six cans didates wore nomiuatod. Tho oanvassfli'fl for tho oombinod Bports, and fcto oommittoo mado tbo oirouitof tho town yostorday, and woro vory successful, a sum of £10 having boon obtained, Tho can ruffs haa not yot boon completed and itis expeotod tbat when tho wholo is got through fully £100 will ho available with tlio gates, booths &o. This amount will cnnblo Iho i committoo to provide an unusually attraotivo programmo and Itoofton will undoubtedly tako tho load thi* iv the matter of Held , sports. i During the discussion in tho County Coun" ' ml on Wednesday last upon tho quostion of tho olootion of Chairman, ono of thn Bpoukora in tho nout'flo of bis roinacks said, " moit likely Mr Droninn, Mr Bfrno, and mysolf, will not bo members of the. Counoil in a ' fortnight's timo, and what thon P" To this Mr Williams intoijooted the joooso romark "Thon wo'll oleot tbyoo bottor mon," whero* \ upon tho mombor so intorruptod displayod as I muob eouutorfolt indignation nn bb wa* oivpablo, of ond appealed to tbo Clniir for pro» I I tootion from suoh " courso interruptions" Tho little episodo ended in tho spo-ikor himsolf boing oallod to ordor, and the matter j dropped. , A Mother of a Family writoslo tho Editor of tho • Times' !— The arrival of a now-born infant has no sooner boen announcod in your popor. limn a lot of littlo parools from all » parts of Iho Unitod Kingdom aro dospatobod to lta mct'ior, Thoso paroels coitain babioa' shoon, knitted shawls, embroldorocl pocket ' handkoi'chiofs, and a variety of melons fanoy rork. Thoy aro invariably aooompanied by lettora purporting to oomo. from ' oloigymon's , wiros,' or • ladios in reduced eireuinstanoos, ■ asking for stamps in return for thoir unaskod for onobnures. Tho A>rmor ladles usually ' say thoy aro oollooting money foi tho ■ restoration of an old cburoh or tho building of a now ono, and tbo lattor ladios bonostly ; sa y thoy aro oollooling for themselves, , Photographers too, following tho example ' of those ludy Voggars, baVo for tbo last fow ' years taken to sending motboi-s simplos of their trade, in Iho, shape of shiny, gllUodged curds,, on which tho announooment of the • child's is photographed from your paper, and with the cards thereto always a request for stamp? mid for further ordors. Of course' ono doos net liko kooping thoso different artiolcs without sending tho stamps, t and sending tho stamps or roturning the nrtioles involve* * doid of trouble at a vory inconvenient limn, to siiy nothing of tho probability of their nofc boing rcturnod to tneir rightful owners, an thoy aro so aliko nnd como in atioh quantities that thoro is ovory e.li^co ofAj^'^ijfii'ig, niixod. 7 ' The- evil roMiltsSHMpfphiad company havo bron iUnsi^P in tbo onse of Mr Thomas llnrrison, iv gontloman from New I Zo;ibind. 'On Mont* ay hist a Mis^ Fstello Oodfroy, of ono of the groves of Cholsoo, wan hrought up at the Weptmin^ior Toboo Court, a d:-\ .

from Mr Horrison, who arrived from Now Koaland about three months ago. Ho made the acquaintance of la bollo Eatollo, and she liyed with him in various plaooa, bul at his then renidonoo, Oambridgc ntroot, J'imlioo, nho made off with tlu money in question. 'Tho I prisoner nolttiowlodgod taking part of tho monoy, out said she loit Mr Harrison beoauso sbe found out ho waa a married mnn in Now Zealand, with a Mn. and that ho hail como to marry another ludy at South Konsington. Tbo prosecutor tfi#sd in Court that ho was a marriod nun, but ho had co intontion of committing bigamy, Tbo othor lady was only a friond. Finally, Madomoisollo Katollo wai remandod for a week, A most distressing caso was roportod to tbo police of Timarn on Monday. A man natnod John Munanga, a Frnnolnnan, cngngod in' fishing noar tho Washdyko, was thrown from his horso on Monday last wook, and had his log brokon, Tho aooident occur.od eight miles from his tont, and as no assistance was offered, tho poor follow started to orawl to his tont, It took him two days and nights to got along tbo boaoh to tho tont:, and tho exortion woro tho lliish oil' tho knac of (ho unbroken loo;, Ho had no food in' hii tont, , but kept biinsolf alive by eating Maori beii«» which bis flog oaught and brou^hy^itjirHo wns disoovorod by iwojofi yesterday, whom ho informed of bi^ra position. The boys reportod the matter to Mr Ohartoris, who at onoo informed themDlio?. Sorgt. Hivldano got Dr M'lnlyro /S 'go out at onoo, and tbo man was foind-^iH' a frightfully oinaolatcd state. The • Lyttjeton Timos' statos that ho j was brought infju) tbo Hospital, whoro tho log was rot wit^lomo dillloulty. Mananga is c*pcotod to roster with a fow weeks' oarofill nursing '"