THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHEI TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, IAUCE 15, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 March 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHEI TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, lAUCE 15, 1880.

Owing to tbe length of onr Court report we are compelled to bold over a portion ol our banquet report, is well as an 'account of the deputation to tile Minister, and much Other matter, all of which will find space in our next issue. 1 The Hawke's Bi4 Herald has been examining the list of Bankrupts who have filed in Napier daring thp last three years. The number of bankrapreies and assignments amounted to 150, and $tir contemporary estimate, the' toll thus levied by the credit t-y.fera on ihe trade of Napier during the period named at £200,000! Dividing the lof-8 by the population it gets about £13 per head for every man, woman, and child, as the amount absolutely and irretrievably lost in three years by the credit syatem ! Tbe Herald adds—" Well may we have cause to tft'k about ' bad times.' When the real cause of these ' bad times' is acknowledged — when th. credit system is reduced to more reasonable and safe proportions— it will be a grand day for tbe honest people in Napier.' The Auckland Star has the following regarding Te Whiti •— A middle sized" man with a bigh forehead seamed with deep lines, the relics of many thoughtful days and nights, with hair and whiskers thickly interspersed, witb grey, eyes small add piercing, and with that peculiar bright and starb'ke appearan. c which distinguishes those of earnest and intellectual men, but which also has the effect of impressing one w : th the idea that the mind of which they are the windows is tottering on the brink of insanity. The face when first seen bears a striking resemblance to the portrait of Charles Dickens in the shilling edition ef his life. That, however, is only when the faea is in repose, for wben excited with his jubjeot, Te Whiti's facial mowles indicate aritii wonderful quickness the various emotions which are agitating his mind, and bis smile when pleased is as winning n hi-* whole apt* pearance is forbiddirg when rage and passion hold strong dominion over his soul. His Attitude w ; ien speaking commands attention. *B*_ bis act'oa in delivery is forcible aud ,

emphatic when the subject requires it, whilst his voice is pitched so as 1 to reach every ear of the mijny listeners in front of him. Hi? position is on a platform raised a few fort above the majority of his audience, and he is surrounded; as be speak* by his. more particular friend**, and the chiefs of his paopla who form his Privy Council. AU are pitting, and with such attention he U listened to that not a pound disturbs the silence of bis periods, Save the rippling of tbe brook, which flows through Parihaka on its way fron*, Taranaki to the sea.