The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1880.

Inangahua Times, 9 January 1880, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1880.

The next English and European Mail via Colombo and Brindisi will close at the Reefton Office on Saturday, ihe 10; h day of January, at 7 a.m. Letters must be es» pecially addressed. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday the longstanding debt ca*e of Hwlop v, Shaw was called on. The Clerk said that the evidence in the case had been forwarded to New Plymouth for the perusal of the defendant, who was District Judge and Resident Magistrate there. Mr Hislop appealed to the Bench in the matter. He said the cage k«id now been hanging for over five months and it appeared likely to last for ever. Mr Revell, R.M., said he was power* less in the matter, but recommended the plaintiff to bring the matter under the notice of the Minister of Justice. There are only twenty mx tickets left unsold in Schulhofi art-uniouj which wilt be run off in Is strlepton Saturday night, The annual children's picmic, h«ld under the auspices of the Church of England congregation, took place in Mr Jo'an Dick's pad* docV, on Wednesday last, The day was beautifully fine, and as the ground was deep in eloyer and in places well shaded by stand • iDg timber, afforded a most enjoyable retreat for holiday making. There was an immense gathering of children of all denominations, who were treated sumptuously with all kinds nf sweetmeats. The Rev* Mr Enrnpthorn, Messrs Jones, Roulston, Brown. Pitt, Adam?, Sampson. Lewis and other gentlemen superintended the boys' department of the festi* vities, while the various tables were assiduously presided over by the ladies of the congregation. The da* was spent in the usual round of amusements so highly prteec? by juveniles, and at night-fall the party returned to town, welt pleased with themselves and everybody it large. The gumfieMs seem to have upset the population in the North quite as much as anv goidfleld would have don*. A settler from Whansarei called at the office of the Herald, says that journal in reference to the alleged want of employment amongst laboring men in this city, He had first called upon the Mayor, who recommended him t© make pubVe the fact that certain country districts were needing labor through the medium of the I Press. The gentleman referred to states that in Whangarei and adjacent districts, one hundred men — married, and single — can at once find employment, either at farm work or in stores, owing to the general stampede for the gumfields. Twelve shillings per day is paid for sorting gum at the store*, arid labor with difficulty obtained at that figure. The gumdiggers have offered the Natives, who own I one particular gumfield, £5 per week per man for the privilege of working if, but the Maoris ! declined the tempting offer. Farmers <mr informant states, in the above districts are ! actually lending each other help in order to get in their harvests. * It ia perfectly true (sajs the World) that, in the first instance, the sympathy of the Empress was stirred in favor of Captain Carey, and that she addre??ed a letter to the Queen on his behalf. This feeling underwent a marked change on the perusal of a characteristically unctuous letter from Carey to hia wife, which the latter thought proper, probably not wholly of her own impulse, to forward to her Majesty. It has given place to anger and di«gust, following on the persistent attempts of Corey, in his numerous direct and vicarious communicaiions to the public print?, to excuse himself at the expense of the Prince Imperial. That was a most tellingly bitter remark the Empress made the other day, speaking of Carey :— ' Why,' she asked, ' cannot he leave my poor dead boy alone ? ff« left him alone once. 1 The bjstory of the Melbourne Cup has bern gi»eii,^pn,iny ti>aes that it is only necessary iin g l; ;ni ; p over it ami r f cr to its. leading

features. Yesterday was the 19th celebrmt ion , m to* Iret wa* ran in 1861, when Archer wan in Srain. 52sec. Damwell, who dropped from tfce ct<rad«, as ife were, yesterday, did it in Siain. SO^ec, the fastest and most wonderful oa record. A'ehes- repeated his performance in 1862, then followed Banker. Lantern, Tomboy, The Barb, Tina Whiffler. aiencoe, W»m<HN Nimhlefoot, The Pearl, Tlie Quack, Don JFuan,,Harieot, Wollomai. Brweis. Chester, and Cal»mi«. Thousand? c*n ree«U every event in connection with each of these Cups— how they were won, by what distance, from a nose to » length or three 5 how th« horse w»s ridden »nd by whom } who was second and third or •in St ' at all. It i« perfectly marv«l!ous to shmd on the hill »nd listen to the infallible report of old sports who without the aid of binoculars or glasses of any kind, give the minutest details of the running r'uring every stride of the two miles, something !ike this s— « Wellington away, got the inside running ; Suwarrow's coming out from his bora B— another Derby win. Savsnafeas «t the whip? there's Tom Kirk coming up. Riverton's in it ; look at Sweetmeat. Ah 5 «vhmond»« getting full of it; here comes Waxy. Suwvrow ! Suwarrow! - thefovonte ! the favorite! Ah"i^! Seeundus. What's that? Swjetmeafs fading he's colored ; L« Loup'« flogging. Savanaka eant't do it, its not in him-th«y're closing uo-arand rnceit»« Suwarrow's when it's all over. What, that? look at the card— black and yellow, black c*p. Darriwell, bv heaven, he's got him! he's got him-T>arriwell. Darriwell. Dorriwell-easy, »«T—w*l*i in in a canter -Darriwell, Darriwell. Darriwell.' and the shout, is taken up by the multitude and rends the air, which is thick with skied hats and caps— that is when the favorite win*. It is extraordinary but these expert* are never out They know the* horses' positions and their condition, and save in a ca#e like yesterday, when « horse good enough but not thought fit for the Oup wins they can forecast the race from a comparatively earl? stage. It is quite unnecessary to describe the stand and lawn on Cup Day. The papers annually contain columns about the beauty of the dresses and their fair wearers. It was a grand spectacle vesterday, for everything was conducive to a large and bright gathering. The chief portion of the very swell costumes are imported for the occasion from Paris, and it is the ambition of some women's lives to excel on the lawn. T&st^rday the spectacle both during the races and between them was grand in the extreme 5 the stand crowded with the usual occupants, including pretty well every puWio man of note, from the Governor downwnrdg, and representatives of 9very part of the Australia*. It is a fine building, but must be added to if the attendances continue to increase ai they have. The Pr'ncn of Wales will probably be present at the next one so a royal box mu*t b* provided, and we must also have the fourmn hand reception of Ascot. All the arrangements on the course are ppr'ection, and nr» races could possibly be bett r managed. Mr. Bagot, th° secretary to the club, has the faculty of organisation largely developed, and I believe that no improvement could be suggested by the most fastidious. The proceeding* in the paddock nnd tho>e portion? of the enclosed part of the course where betting is permitted were similar to those at all meetings, but on a larger scale— the ring hoarsely shooting the odds, and offering ' to lay, to lav, to lay ;' the •public' great and Mnall, rich and poor* ' putting on * their money, the critical scrutiny of horses the anxious watching of jockeys and weijhts and scratching.— the adjournment to the bars — 'he brenthless, and it is not too much io say, awful suspense to know whether less than three minutes of a man's life will make or mar him for that li f e. There was popping of ' cham.,' dwwinj o f sweeps, talking, laughing, chaffing, aad after the great race, general b wailing, for the ring ' skinned the lamb,' As for d lobles, I don't beTieve one was laid or taken, and' the public wer<" oil 1 out.' The effect of it was seen palpably in the city I*4 night, for the enthusiastic but deluded public kept at home to weep and to wail, and make arrangements to m«et their engagements. The feature of the hill w?s the li3t of betting men nnd their operations. There were hundreds and hundred 1 ?, for many persons in good lines of business look to 1 collar ' a ' tenner *or a. ' score/ or even a ' century ' on Cup d*y, by making a book on the hilt. They lay the odds and take* the stake*, and in case of their constituents predicating the winner successfully, they pav the odds and his venture, the wlHe transaction being briefly recorded on a card. They all wear their address card stuck in their hats, and thi ir invitation is as follow- ! — ' I wa»t to lay this race j I want to back the field j a tenner this Rtverton can't win the Cup } this Melbourne Cup I'll lay— l'll lay— I'll lay } does anybody want to back anything ?do you fancy anything, sir ? Three to one bar one I'll lay the field, the field I'll lay j so freely I lose so freely I'll pay. Is there anybody wants to back anything ?' There i a mysterious freemasonry among members of the brotherhood, and the manner in which they all siinnltaneonsly get tne market odds i« wonderful. This is done by means of a ' fox ' who gets into the paddock on a ticket paid for by subscription, and telegraphs the betting to scouts. It is astonishing the confidence the public place in these men. Many ot them are total strangers to the place, and their only guarantee for bond fides ia the card exhibited. Confidence is a strange thing.