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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 February 1880, Page 2

mmaaaaaaaammimammaaaamamm The Golden Treasure Company having repaired the damage occasioned by the late •fire at the machine-mouse, will recommence crushing to-day. Tenders are elsewhere invited by lbe Fiery Cro«s Extended Compnny for cutting out chamber and sinking winze. Tender close next Saturday. Tn our Court report of Friday last, we represented that Messrs P : zzev and Co , brewers, Reefton, had bepn summoned by the police for selling ale in less quantity than two gallons, whereas the charge was for trading without a wholcstle license. Hitherto it has not been the practice to make brewers take out more than the ordinary brewer's Mcense, but by a late ruling it has been made obligatory that they should also possess a wholesale license, and in accordance with that ruling the requisite fee was forwarded by Messrs Pizzey'a an4 Co's loeal represen ative to the 001l ctor of Customs 'or the licpnse, but at the time of the proceedings it hud not reached here, and hence tlie charge preferred . There is at length a near probability of the much wanted R e'ton Pound becoming a reality. A Pound»ke<'per has b* en appointed, a soale of charges -idopted, and all that is now require J is the §Mettiu% pf the fu-ei, and

thei the smg of the Pound-keeper will be " I gather them in— I gather then* in." The* petit on to the Government re the anpoit-tment of a Resident Magistrate und Warden for Reefton is now in circulation, and is being signed by every resident of the Inangahua. Yesterday was a genuine " brickfielder," and was undoubtedly the hottest day ol the seasori so far. Reefton was fenced in with bush-fires, the smoke from whioh overoast the town, and gave a smoked-beef appearmce to everybody and everythins:, Ten hours hard rain would be worth a few hundreds of pounds just now. A large number of Chinamen arrived in Reefton on Friday and Saturday last, as being without water for sluicing purposes they are enjoying an enforced holiday. They disposed of s.me heavy parcels of gold, but as there is no means of a»o*r*".nining the leu'jib of time they have been hoarding it, or the number ol men it had to be divided amongst, no idea can b • formed of the earnings of each. But as they did a good deal of "shopping" interspersed with billiard plaving and behaved generally much after tinfashion of the moderately " flash " digger, it may be presumed thatthey are in a tolerably coro'O' table way of business. The public meeting held on Friday even - ing last, re the Low Level Tunnel was very well attended, and considerable in'eiest was taken in the proceedings by all present. The resolutions adopted will be found elsewhere in our columns. The neit si ting of the District Court at Reefton will ! >e held on Wednesday next, -at 10 a.m The business to be disposed of, consists of a number of applications under the Mining Companies, and Debtors' and Creditor"' Aots, We understand that, Mr Moss, barrister and solicitor, intends to shortly relinquish his Reefton practice, having arranged to mter upon a more extensive pro'eseioual business in another part of tbe colonv. , The committee appointed at the publi'meeting on Friday evening to collect subscriptions in aid of the Irish Fmiine Fund Willi we believe, commence t'-eir etnivaes to-days 'Ihejown wore an unusuallv lively appearance on Saturday niaht. in fact we do not recollect to bave w tnessed so much animation during fhe past yea** and a-half. The fact that the whole of the butteries in the Mur*ay Creek division, and most of the mines are no.v in full work will no doubt go to explain the oroumstance. The amount, ot money now being paid weekly iii wages must be considerable, and as tlnse earnings are mr the most part subject to no drains for calls as they w,-re in tbe past, the money filters into business charnels to the general advantage of the community. Du'i*-g the past few days Fiery Cross F*» tended scrip have been in actiyc demand, and numerons trunsacttous have taken place at advancing rates. Golden Treasures have also received a considerable share of attention, but as sellers were scarce, little bu-iness was done. Upon the whole a very encouraging tone pervades mining circles, and day hy day additional evidence is forthcoming that Reefton has seen the worst. 'The noble art of self defence, in all if* 'grane and beauty* is being illustrated in the Oddfellows' Hal!, Chnstehnreh, by the Champion bruisT of Viotoria, Abe Hick in, aid his exhibition is snid to draw fairly. The Melbourne Argus says j— A letter from Hanlon to Wr Fleming here expr- sses hi* willingness to come here and row Trickett about Sei>temb a r. He says in tbe meantime it would be well i'" articles of agreement cml 1 be drawn up by Trickett's friends and sent to him- Th j ra^e could come off" in February. 1881, for 10.000 dollars a-side j or, if Trickett j wi'l £0 to America, be will allow him 1500 dollar* expenses. j Some of our old identities will recollect Oaptim SpHler. Tbe London Co-respondent of the Auckland Star writes s— • The prize of the Brighton season, now at its height, ha* bepn carried off by one of our colonist*, a Captain Harvey Spiller whose military connection, the World understands, is ba*ed on association with the V -lunteers of N w Zealand. Mrs Ruls'on whom he has ju*t j married, possesses an income of £7000 a ve r. and is going to settle half on her lucky spouse., A new idea in advertising has bepn started by the Associated News and Advertising Bureau of Au<-klu>*d, in the shape of an ' advertising piper dinner na-kin,' the first of the kind in the colony. It is printed in two colors, on what is know as silk tissue, and contains a ' tissue ' of business notices around whieh is a very tastefully executed border and design. This novel invettioti has been registered by the manager of the Bureau, ami all rights for New Zealand rese* ved. The sea yields many precious thmg*. coral, amber, and pearls — but it is not penprallv known that in certain pa*ts of the MediVr. ranpan a species of mussel is found of which the shells contain one of the mo.*t beaut fu textile materiils known. These s'e'U are about 7in, long ond 3in, bro id, and e-ieh of th*m contains a hunk or bys*us o the flhr , w ighin» ball' a drachm and at firat itpresen's nothing par'iou'ar to the eve, b-Mng s -iled wi'h mud and the remains of marine plant*-. But when wished nnd combed the fibres ar 9een to be extrente'y lustrous g ist>>ning in the sunshine in shades varying from a eo'den ye'low to olive brown. Spun and woven in ti e or Unary manner stockings, gloves necktie-, and similar articles oan be mnnu'aotured from them, and thev are hk wise specially suited for making the finest lace. At present thp production o'' the«e fibres hardly exceed^ 2 n o kilo?ramme« (3ewt 3qs) a yefff. Specimens of these curious mussels aud their finished products were exhibited at the recent Paris Exhibition, but they appear to have been overlooked.— Ca«sell's Magazine. In a New England State, the looal newspiper of Somerset Couny announces that • hugging sociable ' are to be held in various parte of that country for church and other purposes. It is proposed to charge 10c. to hug any yoang lady, between 15 jiui. twenty

20 j 15c. for anyone between 20 and 30 j 25c. for young widow's j Idol to hug another man'-? wi f e j old maids, two for a cent; while female lecturers are free, with a chromo thrown in. There is a great deal of qua^t hu nor about this which one eannot help enjoying, and^ the beauty ol it is that ' hugging sociables are just, what they prete-d to be, and not the • holy fain,' or religiou* camp-mfletingts, whose love.fe.isti. narluke less of fun than of realitr. A vivid description of an Alpine thunder storm is given in th * London Tim^s. A party of six travelers while making the a^nt of the Grots Gloekn-r, su'ldenlv found them»lrei in the middle of a stoi-mcloud, anrl were compelled by the darkness to make a complete stop. Other par' ies ascending at the same time stated that the electric flu-d seemed to envelop them. For a while it appeared as if there was little chance of any liftbeing spared, and all suffered complete blindness from the overpowering intensity of the light nit g. When at length sght began to return each one appeared enveloped in fire. F. om the hair of their heads and beards from theii coats and hats, a etrearo of electric sparks was discharging i'Sflf. The cord with whieh thfir hats hud, on aoi-ount of thp violence of the storm, been fastened to their cont buttons gave out light, while from the alptnstrifiks' wbich thay had in the snow the electric fluid streamed out. Notwithstanding tne imminent danger to wbioh thev had b^n exo-'sed none of the gentlemen were in the leust injured. A Justice of the Peace in Dunedin a few days Hgo, observing two men thrashing * doa, told th°m to desist, and. in reply was recommended to mind his own bu-iness. In tbe Police Court subsequently t'-ey were 'nformed that a Justice of the Peace h-id all the powers of a const-ible, and that this particular one win* minding his own basiue«a one the nccashm in question. A London telegram of the 20th inst., to the Post savs :—Mr Cbilders, on behal* of thp Victo fun Government, had an interview with the Prince of Wales to-day regarding the VTelbourne Inhibition His Koyal Highnespromised hu hearty support in promoting the su-sees* of- the Exliibtion.— The Indi-m revenue for the year exceeds the amount estimated by three and a half millions sterl-. ing. A Mormon minsionery has been bo-ding services in Auckland. In the course of one of hi* discourses in whicb he was desc>ibii>« the hardships endured by th* earlier followers of *■ Joe Smith ' he said :— We took our waggons, our wives and little one*, and journeved to the w.*Bt. It wag oa'led the west then, but the west is now 800 or 400 miles from thpre. (The speaker traced the journey of th< Mormon pilprims.) The President compelled tbem to se d 500 of their best men to fldit ir Mexico. The o*bers journeyed another 1,000 miles to wher° no white man had ever trod. They wore headed by Rriiham Young. He (the speaker) had been acquainted with Brigham Young from his boyhood, nnd now pronounced him ag good a man as he had ever known in hia life. He had fed thousands of immigrants who would otherwise have ppr-i-died in the wilderness. They were in senrch of gold, and not the Oospe! o- Jesus Christ. The mountninpera s id it wns impossible to raise any corn in TJiah, but the Mormon* went out and lifted their • and" to heaven and trusted in G'>d, nnd be blessed rhe soil for their sake. The Indians told them it nevpr rain-d in that country. The Saints ploughed the land, put in crops, and God se- 1 r.iin, and enabled them to grow sufficient to <ee.l themselves and thp stranger, and they prospered u-til they built beauti ul houses and a beautiful city. On one occasion th'i** provisio- -8 fell fdiort, and there wer" 50 or 60 waggons in camp, but God sent qu>ii!s by »h thousand, so that little children could reneh them 'rom the w ggons, and the ppo 1« fed on the bird-, for wpeks, Now tbey had » 1 iw that no one was to shoot those bird-*, whieh hud came to them, as manna Irom heaven. Some people might Uugh, but he was talking of whit he understood. ■MMMMMMMVW