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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 31 March 1880, Page 2

The children's pic»nic held yesterday i n Smith's Paddftek under the auspices of the Catholic Si-hool Cotrmittee, passed off very pleasantly. The children mustered in extraordinary numbers, and headed by the Black's Point Brass Band marohed in procession to the ground, where they were regaled with a variety of good things. The attendance of adults, however, fell vt,rv far short of former years, which may |p| accounted for in part by the fact that no holiday was observed in the various mm eg, Although the provision made by the pomroitiee for tbe childen was n"arly double that or last year, the sapply of eatables was taxed to the utmost. The larger children found some difficulty in disposing of their time, and notwithstanding that the Band kept npa concert of musio, dancing was very sparingly indulged in. In the evening the procession returned to town, and be r ore breaking up three pheers were given fir the Band, threoforthe Jtjv. £atb»r Ca-ew and tbe School Committee, and three more for Mr Adams, the waster, bj whi<u time night was closing in and tbe day was done. The regular monthly meeting of the County Council will be held at the Chambers, Smith-street, at the usual hour this afternoon. Within the past week or two the County I Chairman has been telegraphed to by Messrs M' Arthur Brothers, and several other north Canterbury squatters inquiring when the ifaruia sto.'k roal would be made available for the passage of sheep and cattle to the

West Coast market Telegrams bare alss been received from stock-salesman in are,, mouth making the nme faquir, on .behalf of otbe» Canterbury stookowners. All this goes to show that no time ought to be lost by tbe Council in completing the track from Maruia to Lake Guyon. Bewwl of the station holders in tbe districts named have intimated their intention to send over stock immediately upon being advised by the County Chairm.n that tbe route is passable, and there is very little doubt that before lone tho whole of the stock for tbe northern parts of the West Coast will travel via Maruja. AH thfl subscription lists in aid of the Irish Belief Fund have been returned, with the exception of two, which will probably come to hand to-day. It is believed that the total contributions will approach to £200, thus showing that the appea\ has been \ery generally and generously responded to throughout the district. Tbe regular monthly meeting of the Hos» pital Committee will be held at Mr John M'Qaffin's office on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock. The memorial to the Minister of Justice praying for the appointment of a Resident Magistrate and Warden for the Inangahua, was forwarded to Wellington several weeks ago, but up to the present time no reply has been received from the Government. We hare been requested by the Committee of Monday's pic-nic to express their thanks to Mr Smith for the use of his paddock, and also tOjthe members of the Black's Point Band for their services on tbe occasion. From tue Seventeen -mile rush it is rev "ported that very coarse gold is being obtained in some of the claims on the lead. Skelton's party nave got a piece loz Sdwts. Fullerton's party, in their last washing, got a pieoe over 2ozs. Mr B. Delany who holds ticket No. 2004 in Cameron's £5000 sweep has drawn the horse Norseman which is an acceptor Non-starters in this sweep will receive about £95 and starters about £166. Norseman is a good colt owned by Mr Henry Redwood and is only weighted at 7st. 3lbs j being tbe only one of Mr Redwood* horaes entered he stands a good show of being placed. —Charleston Herald. A writer in the Dunedin Star of Thursday evening gives a lamentable account of the •fairs in that city. He says :— " In passing down €j;eorge>street and Princes street to-day between tea o'clook and eleven o'clock I was astonished at seem? the crowds of men at the corner of every street. I turned back, and found between Stafford-street and Moray Place 107 men all seemingly idle. I then made it my business to enquire of some of them what trades they were, and was greatly surprised to find blacksmiths, oarpen - ters, joiners, bricklayers, masons, and almost every trade that could be mentioned. All were willing to do anything, while most of them were willing to take almost any wages they could get."