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Inangahua Times, 14 January 1880, Page 2

) The adjourned half»yearly meeting of th< ) Hew Independent Company was fixed fin Monday evening last, bat was further adjourned for one week, i A swarm of bees has boused in the parapet of the County Council Chambers The bees gained access through a crack in the ' moulding, and notwithstanding the manj efforts made to entice them out, they have settled down to work, and show no disposie tion to leave such comfortable quarters, i The mile race between W. Oochrane and 1 H. lanes was run off on Monday evening ' last, and resulted in a victory for Cocbrane, The men started off, Cochrane making the running at a good pace, but after going three tiroes: round it became evident thai Lines could not do the distance, and ir the middle of the next lap he pulled up, being then about fifty yards behind. Cooh« rane then walked the remainder of the distance, Lines, who for a week past has been suffering from influenza, was wholly unfit and Should never have started. There is some talk of another match being arranged between the parties. After a long and chequered existence the career oi the Independent Company has at length been bron "it to a close. The mine, together with all the workings therein, has been purchased by the Wealth of Nations Company, for the sum of <£&00. Upwards of £8,000 was expended upon the mine by the old and New Independent Companies, the latest undertaking being a low level tunnel of nearly 1000 feet in length. The gjonnd is thus well opened up, and although the stone could not be worked at a profit by the Independent Company, in consequence of the charge of 10s per ton for crushing, it will pay the Wealth of Nations Company hands somely. The purchase is generally regarded here as a master stroke of policy on the part of the Wealth, as the mine is connected with the battery and payable stone can be itn* mediately got out, thus placing in reality the Wealth upon almost, if, indeed, not quite as good a footing as it held three or four years back. The Wealth of Nations now hold three joining leases, namely, the company's original lease, and those of the Vulcan and Independent, and with a splendid battery, is now doubt in for a long and prosperous innings. • We learn that the Hospital and Fire Brigade will each nett about £20 as the result of the recent Societies Fete. The Hospital ball was, we believe, a failure, owing, it is said, in great part to the apatby shown by some of the members of the Committee, who were conspicuous by their absence on the occasion. A charge of Is. per head was made at the gates for admittance into Smith's Paddock to witneßß the mile race, on Monday last. About two hundred persons paid, and it was said the proceeds will be divided between the owner of the paddosk and the Hospital,

The Wellington Post, a paper supposed to be in the confidence of the Government, recommends the Ministry at the next session to abandon any further expenditure upon such an unprofitable and costly undertakings as the Amberley-Brunnerton, and Qreymouth railway lines, and to devote itself to opening up land in the North Island. This in brief means that the Gob vemment should go in for enriching the "land ring" at the expense of the West Coast. With regard to a letter which appears ni our colujntss on the subject of the long promised Pound, we learn that the delay in proclaiming the Pound has arisen, through difficulty in getting a copy of the Apt which regulates the management of Pounds, The County Clerk wrote to the Government , Printer, Wellington, for copies, but was informed that the Act was a Provisional ' Ordinance. Application has accordingly been made to Nelson, and a reply is daily expected when no time will bo lost in fixing the scale of poundage fees, and other necessary ■ matters, t ' i A correspondent writes to us inquiring the > exact date at which alluvial gold was first 3 discovered at Westport and G-reyniouth, We are unable at the moment to fix the date exactly, but in 1861 Seuben Waite chartered a vessel for the purpose of exploring the West Coast, and in June 21st of the same * year entered the Buller river, where he sub' sequently found gold, which ultimately led to the rush. In 1864, Waite again left • Kelson, in the Nelson, bound for the Grey river, with BO or 60 men aboard, for the purpose of prospecting, and it was not long ■ after this that the main rush there took place. There is not, so far as we are aware, : any authenticated report of the discovery of ] 'gold in the Buller district in 1859 or '60, Probably some of our correspondents can , throw additional light upon the subject. Mrs Armstrong, wife of Mr Peter Armstrong, a miner, well known in the Inangahua, died at the Lyell on Saturday night last, during her accouchement. 1 The Grey Biver Argus says .•— " Mr Ash« 3 ton sustained a serious loss on Saturday by 3 the death of his well-known horse, • Doctor'. 1 j. HJe had not been well since his return from the Ahaura races, where he took all P the prizes he was entered for. :*' Doctor ' 1 was bred by Mr Eobinson, of Nelson, and 3 w&s by Day Dawn, out of a half-bred 3 mjjre." \ j "The New Zealander of a recent date says : i-j'lt is with more than ordinary pleasure that we are enabled to state that Detective Charles Townley Brown, who has for so maay 3 ' yekrs been connected with the *f6roe in this P Colony and in Victoria has at length received it well merited promotion in being appointed a Oliief Detective Officer in New Zealand. The 0 announcement was formally made yesterday and if the Government as worthily fill all appointments in their hands, their judgment cannot be taken the slightest exception to. " Mr Browne, in Victoria, when connected with 0 the detective branch of the police, distine gushed himself by convictions of -the most extraordinary nature, where criminal? by his sagacity, courage anf patience, were brought to book, when to prove their guilt c seemed almost impossible, and he was most r flatteringly complimented by the Bench, notably, on one occasion, on the conviction of Waines for the fcrutal murder of anold eftuple c at Casterton in the Western District, and on '• another for breaking up and convicting a gang 6 of cattle itealers near Blphinston in the ? Castletnaine district. Since he has been in 6 the Colony he has also detected many 8 criminals in a most able manner, and the promotion he has just gained was neyer earned 3 more worthily or deservedly.' " the desire in Britain, to emigrate is so '* great, that working men ift Manchester haye c formed an Emigration Association. Each 5 member pays weakly a penny, when, 7200 penny's (£3O) are paid in, the names of the a members are placed into a ballot box, and he '» whose name is drawn first receives a ticket " and the balance of the money in cash to 6 emigrate, The Manchester Emigration As* 8 soeiation has sent its first member ia August y last, to America, and expects to send thrt»e 9 more' in September. The number of members * in August increased from 180 to 690. A writer in the Bay of Plenty Times says : 0 -*The potato, which is so prolific here, has * not yet, so far as lam aware, been applied to » any purpose of manufacture, while in other 8 countries, where it ia grown under less favor* s able circumstances it is extensively utilised in ' the production of starch, spirits, vinegar, &o. t We import here starch to the yalue of from > £8000 to £10,000 annually, all of which " might ensily be made in small mills estab- ! iished upon rivers or streams in the vicinity '• of a potato growing district. An immense 1 quantity of potato spirits ia made in Europe, : and probably enters largely into the compos ' sition of the choice brandies, whiskeys, and 1 other liquors which are consumed with so ' muoh relish in New Zealand, at an import 1 cost of some £25,000 or £$0,000 (exclusive of wines and beer.) Vinegar is imported to 1 the value of £12,000 annually the greater part ' of which might find an equally good and '. cheaper substitute ia the produce of the ! potato, while the finer sorts might be ma^a in ' the vine growing districts, ' The following case was dealt with in the Grey mouth R.M. Court :— Ah Gee was 1 charged with attempting to evade the Customs dues by taking away gold without paying duty. It seemed that accused 1 intended leaving by the Claud Hamilton, When on board the Dispatch the Custom's officer ordered him to turn out his gold, whenit was found that he had two parcels of. gold on which duty had been paid, and one op which no duty had been received. For the defence, it was shown that Ah Gee had paid duty on his own gold, that another" Celestial, rejoicing in the name of Su Pan Yang, had, just previous to the Dispatch leaving the wharf, handed Ah Gee the parcel of gold to take to his (Su Pan Yang's) wife and family ; that Ah Gee, suspecting nothing wrong, had taken the parcel. The Magistrate held that it had been undisputably proven that ftn

attempted evasion had been made, but as Mr Woon did not press for the full penalty — this being the first case the lowest forfeiture, that, of the gold — 70z3 15dwfcs— would only be infliete'd.— -Q-rey Star. Many eonnoiseurs of theatrical talent will learn with deep regret the death of Mrs G-eorge Darrell. This talented artist was world-wide known as Miss Cathcart, Mrs Heir, and last as Mrs Darrell. She was one of the few who are masters of the art of pourtraying characters faultlessly, and who gamed a large circle of admjrerg. Dr. James B. M'Oaw,, according to the Canadian Journal of Medical science, remarks that dialyzed iron (which has recently been recommended as an antidote to arsenic) is simply a peroxide of iron and exceedingly sensitive to oxygea. Hence, on slight exposure to the atmosphere, it unites with the oxygen' of the latter, forming a solid oxide. He suggests the following formula as one not generally known for an antidote ta... arsenic, and claims for it precedence above all others ; first, because it forms the surest antidote » and second, because {he ingredients, are always Teadilje. accessible even to the country physician who carries saddle bags : Tincture ' of chloride of iron, one drachim | tepid water, ! a teacupful. Mix. The .sesquioxide of iron ! is immediately formed in a solution of chloride of sodium. Give this mixture almost ad ! libitum. It is a perfect antidote to arsenic. > t , mam , Mil II