THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 27 February 1880, Page 2

THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1880.

The man, Edward Green, who has been missing since Sunday, 16th instant, and for whom diligent search had been made, was discovered yesterday about a mile above the Inangahua Junction in the Buller river, Messrs Duret and Otmis going up the river in a canoe discovered the bod; fastened on a snag in mid-stream, but owing to the sercngth of the current they were unable to rescue it. Later in the day m boat was despatched' from Courtney's and the body brought down to the ■Junction, where it awaits the arrival of the Coroner to hold an inquest on it, A mes« <enger was sent to Lyell to the police, as also to Mr James Edge, deceased's brother-in-law, who resides near Lye.ll. The deceased was about 28 years old, and a native of Stafford* shire, England ; he and his brother worked as miners in Boatman's for some time. The heat of the weather in Beefton jester? day was bordering upon intense, being greatly aggravated by the contiguity of bush fires. The want of rain is being seriously felt iliroughout the district, and is a geeat djcawback to all kinds of industry. The present is perhaps the longest spell of cjry weather ever experienced here. Mr P. M'Guire announce* that he has commenced the baking business, in the premises^ formerly occupied by Mr Oorbett, and has reduced the price of bread to Is per 41b loaf. We learn that Mr Colin Campbell will u.ke his departure from Keefton early in the i coming week. It it the intention of his ra..ny Reefton friends to present him with ft testimonial prior to his leaving. The County Chairman, witft Mr Trennery, returned to town last night, ' after a visit of inspection tp the Maruia track: They will report to the next meeting of the Council. The Just-in -Time Company will finish, their present crushing of about 400 tons of stone, at the close of the present week, when a general' cleaning up will take place. The appearance of the tables throughout leaves no room to doubt the excellence of the yield, and local shareholders are jubilant at the prospects of a substantial dmdend. The G-olden Treasure Company will close their crushing to-morrow, when a general cleaning up will take place. We direct special attention to the an* nounce of Mr John M'G-affin, which appears in another column, relative to the sale of of Mr Colin Campbell's choice furniture. A large number of person in Eeefton having drawn horses in Tonk'a last sweep on the Dunedin Cup, there was quite a buzz of excitement in town last night to learn the name of the winning horse. The race was run at 2 p.m., but up to the hour we write no intimaion has reached us of the result. [Since writing the above a telegram came to hand giving the result of the running as it appears elsewhere.] The Wellington correspondent of the Press cays :— The amount of land tax already paid in the Otago district is $2$ 000, the unpaid balance being about £8,000. An opinion seems to prevail among some peor>'« that the land tax merged into the pr.o< x at the beginning of the present jea ..5 that is not the case, and we may remark that .the Land Tax Office is now prepared to issue accounts'for the tax for the halfeyear ending June, 1880, and which is payable on or be-" fore April Jst, Formal i^tices have been issued upon land owners in the Invercargill district, who have not paid their tax for the year 187$, and the Depuiy-^Commissianer will shortly proceed to Invercargill to take the final step for the recovery of the amounts. TJie following information relative to employees ifiuy be useful in tho case of insolvent estates. Ifc i s jjause 6of the •< Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act," which was parsed on the 19th Decembers "Any artisan laborer, or workman may claim out of the : debtor's estate any sum of money as a preferj ential claim in respect of wages due to him, ' not exceeding two months' wages at current rates to such artisan, laborer, or workman." ' The Key. William Rogers, rector of gfc Boiolph's, Bbhopgate, appears to be a ru« presentative Broad Churchman. He was recently entertained by a committee of his pavishoners <it a dinner and presented with his portrait, in recognition of his exceptional serrieeg to the parish and to. education. Mr Rogers, ia returning thanks, said he hu<? been accused of speaking irreverently of theology. What he said was in no want of reverence, but speaking to an audience who, he thought, wou'd. understand the vernacular, he used it. Wh.a.( he intended to say was, let theology go

where it will: let ub have charity His theology was charity— to bring all classes to* ; gather } and he had worked for it with some success. His church was not empty, and he confessed to being proud of his schools.