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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 22 March 1880, Page 2

At the recent sitting of tbe Distriot Court Mr Moss, on behalf of tbe Liquidator, moved for an order closing the winding up of the affairs of the Eainy Creek Oompany, but it being admitted that one or two small matters in the estate were not settled, the application was adjourned until next Court day. A gimilar motion wm made by Mr Moss in respect to the liquidation on the Sir Julius Yogel Company, and the papers being in order, tha Court directed the order to issue. The Court then adjoureed sine die. It is notified in the last Government Gazette that the new electoral rolls will come into force on the Ist of May next. The following notification appears in the General Government Gazette of the llth instant :— " I hereby giye notice that lam en. titled to a half share in the New»Zealander Hotpl, Manners-street, city of Wellington, and that Mr Henry Mace is not at liberty to deal witb the same without my. consent, though his name only appears in the title deeds. I give this notice in order to prevent any attempt on Mr Mace's part to dispose of tne property, or to raise money on security of the title deeds, except so far as his share is concerned.— Sarah Dixon." The publio pic-nic to the children of Beefton, under tbe auspices of the Catholic School Oommittee, has been fixed to come off on Easter Mondiy. On Saturday last Mr Z. M'Gaffin offered at auotion a small parcel of shares in the Keep-it-Dark Company, whicb were knocked down to Mr T. Lee, at 14s per scrip. Present indications go to show tbat the current eaushing of the Golden Treasure Company will be quite equal to the first parcel put through, the yield from which gave a handsome margin over working expenses. The County revenue derivable trom gold duty, for the month of February, amounted to the munificent sum of £1 2s 6d. Tbe explanation probably is that the banks did not despatch any gold during that month. We observe that Mr Joseph Ivess is iust now combating a criminal libel snit with a Mi Crisp, t'.ie Borough Solioitor of Ashburton. The casds belii was a leading article in the Ashbm-ton Mail of a recent date, commenting upon the solicitor's action in charging defaulting ratepayers 6s 8d for letters informing tbem that they would be summoned unless the rates were paid by a certain date.

The prosecution appears to be a very trivial ; one, I A canvass of the town has been made with the view of holding a two-days raoe meeting during the Easter holidays, or a week later. The collectors have been more successful than could be expected, and a little extra diligence would no doubt place the committee jn a position to run for well on to £200. Whether, however, the Boatman's pe&ple will fall in with tbe proposal remains to be seen, but seeing that their late meeting will, in all probability, be made a fixtuie, and be held about the same time every year, by interchanging assistance the meetings at, both places could be made very successful. Tbe collectors expect to complete there labors to-day, in whioh case a meeting will be held this evening for the purpose of drawing up a programme, or taking such other course as may be considered most advisable. The stone now being crushed by t{ie Energetic Company is said to be much superior to anything crushed at the battery for a length of time past. Tli6 mining news from Boatman's is. meagre, and contains nothing of , special interest. The battery is idle for the time being, and advantage is being taken of the opportunity to effect a few needed repair 4 , and give a general overhaul to the plant. It is expected tbat the Just-in -Time will be ready for another crushing in about ten days time and the stone, it is believed, will run quite up to the average of the last parcel reduoed. As the Welcome deep levels approach 'completion the directora of the company, in anticipation of permanent work for the battery, have been sounding the owners with a view of making some better crushing arrangement. An offer was, we believe, made for tbe purobase of tbe batt|ry last erected, but the negotiation has not so far led to anything definite. The immense body of stone which the Welcome Company will have-overhead when the present levels are opened, fully warrants the directors in the course they have in view, and there is every likelihood that within the next week or two some satisfactory arrange, ment will be come to. The inhabitants of Boatman's have got over their race holidays, and *s the whole affair proved successful eygn beyond expeo* lations, it is only natural that tbey should feel thoroughly satisfied with themselves, and even be disposed to '' put on frills" over tbeir meeting. Boatman's, as everybody in the district is no doubt fully aware, has been very dull, for a lbn| time past, but there seems now a good prospect of a turn in the tide. The Just'inxTime is looking rei markably well, the Fiery Cross, perhaps never looked as well as it does now, and in the course of a month or two the Welcome will be crushing constantly, and .these and other circumstances allpdint to the conclu-' sion that that part of tbe district will be in a very flourishing condition by the end of the current year. These prospects encourage tbe people tbeir to beliete that,nex,t year they will be able to rival, if uot e&lipse,' Beeftbd in the importance of their races. Well, let us hope for the common good that tbey will. There is no reason why a large district like the Inangahua should not bave at least two good raoe meetings in the year, and this without any clashing of interests. { -y'_ Mr William Bassett, dating from Newlyn (Victoria), writes to the Bendigo Independent s— •" The following statement of faot I consider worth your readers' notice. I have been proprietor •of steam threshing maohine for tbe past ten years; My attention Mit a day or two ago directed to a number of farmers who gathered round my maohine wbile engaged on tha farm of Mr John Nance, Newlyn, to see for themselves the return from a new kind of oats, for the first season growq in Victoria, and called the Danish oat, the seed being imported from New Zealand. To the surprise of all, the result was the astonishing yield of 101 bushels per acre ; a paddock of six and a-half acres (I have no doubt as to the correctness of tbearea).giive 676 bushels. I have made close enquirief about the orop in question, and from what I can learn I certainly believe all that I have written to be correct.,' The people of Luoan, Ontario, suspecting a family named Donnelly of numerous aots of incendiarism and other offences, formed a vigilance committee, attacked Connelly's, house, murdered all five inmates, fired the building and consumed the bodies at the same time. It was a horrible affair and caused great excitement. Foar arrests bave been made, one of them a constable at Ottawa. The Pall Mail Gazette has the following .• — "The Chinese Government are very active just now. In every direction they are making treaties and looking sharply afterthe interests of their countrymen. The last arrangement of which news has comeis with the, Sandwich Islands. Tbere are many Chinese coolies in tbe group, and some have done exceedingly well there. But some, on the other hand, have not been well treated. Skilled artisnne, men who had come out with a promise of being employed at good wages in their own trade, have been turned to ordinary field work. On tbis and similar matters theChineae Government will in future have something to say. But the Chinese seem to be teaching us a lesson. The Sandwich Islands occupy a most important position in the North Pacifio Ocean ; we are one of the guaranteeing Powers ; yet we let the American contract a reciprocity treaty there which will end in their obtaining complete control unless we are very careful, and meanwhile enable them to shut out our goods altogether. And it may be well ,to bear in mind that some day or another— not many years hence, in. the opinion of men who have a right to express^, one— the trade between Ghia, Japatb-jjod^ British North America; perhaps also between British North Ameiica and the Australasian colonies, will be considerable.' "There is noi hing new under the sun," is an . adage which bas its exceptions The newest ■" thing in sleeva-studs, says a northern paper has just been imported by an enterprising looal jeweller. They are in .the form of squares of platinum, covered with white 1 enamel, on which is stamped, in a micros-

copio form, tho title«page of Punch, or the news can be comfortably read off with a good glass. A man may • wear his heart upon bis sleeve for daws to peck at,' but he would scarcely be suspected of wearing the day's doings upon his sleeves, yet tbe tri k may be done. The set of sleeve studs we inspected yesterday contained a page of the Daily Telegraph, with all the English and Continental news. There has been a very perceptible increase in tbe number of impecunious tramps passing through Milton this week, some of the unfortunate unemployed being of rather respectable appearance. This ( ays the Herald) is the fruit of our rotten system of unlimited immig'ation, and we are sadly afraid that the coming winter will prove a very severe one to hundreds of descrying men who bave been brought out here under false pretences. It will be impossible fo find work tor the winter season, wben the labor market is glutted during the busiest time of the year. Tho look out is certainly by no means bright.