THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 April 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1880.

A long discussion took place in the Council on Wednesday evening last uipon the motion of Mr Gal.agher to construct a footbridge over Larry'* Creek. Tbe motion was opposed by several members, on the ground that :the financial position of the County did not warrant the expenditure at the present time. The amount needed for the work wonld probably be about , ;£ISO or £200 to erect a substantial wire suspension bridge, and this ci- ; penae the Council did not see its way to incur. The necessity of bridging 5 jbbth Larry's Creek and the Left-hand > Ejranch cannot for a moment be dig" h "pu ted by any one. The Council has ,ajready, at different times, voted , betweeD £30 and 1640 away as compiosation to irresponsible persons for promiscuous services in ferrying travellers over Larry's Creek, and, as wfas pointed out, the river is still left wpthout either a recognised ferryman , o^any safe means of crossing and taking \i\to account the difficult and dangeroaa nature of tbe river in times of %>od, is not what the public have a right to expect. A considerable sum his also been expended on the Left* band Branch providing the ferryman with wire-rope and other paraphernalia, arid it is not improbable that tbe Council will have to again renew these subsidies at some future time. 'tJnder the9e circumstances then, we cannot help thinking that tbe Council rejected the proposal rather hastily. Both bridgeß are situated upon the main line of *oad, and ought certainly not to be unreasonably neglected. If the funds are not immediately available to defray the cost, let the work be constructed upon the deferred payment system, or upon bills extending over the required time, and this will at once get over the main argument urged against the proposal at the last meeting. The bridges could be tendered for together, which would ensure their being done more cheaply than if let separately. Besides, there are ferry reserves at each of the j crossings, and why not apply to the \ Waste Lands Board for permission to either sell them or let them upon long dated leases, and thereby obtain «otne« ! th)og towards the cost of tbe bridges Either this, or place a small toll upon the bridges and farm them out to trustworthy persons. The fact of oar races being held on Fern Flat is ia some way a reason why the Leftband Branch should be bridged, and ouce erected it would no doubt bring in 'a considerable sum annually. *We trust then to see gome member renew the motion at the next meeting of the Council, for we can hardly think that when councillors have carefully weighed tbeir respontibililies in the matter, they will oppoae two such necessary and urgent works.

iTkwill be «een by our telegrams this "morning that victory for the Liberals ' foltawe the progress of tbe English

elections, the result so far leaving but Htfcle room to doubt the ultimate of the county. Sir Juliua Yogel, who contested the seat for Fa\mouth in the Conservative in'teriest, has met with defeat, jluA the terms in which the ajjaouoceraent is couched would lead to "the conclusion that the defeat was a rather humiliating oae. / v

We publish elsewhere two tetters on the subject of the Low Level Tunnel, both of which were unavoidably crowded out of our ln *y««»j,mrf rr r-f r% ?vr f f jfpannuil ttfeflifejif M subgejrißerl of the Reefton Hospital will be held in DawWffi^^*W^^p^orWrinsHSrion*ifor the past year will be read, and nomination? be taken for the new committee. . -'- Owing to the absence from Reefton of the bers of the low Tunnel Committee, the adjourned meeting fixed for Friday evening laat waii^be^adjaurt^ed. r . „*--t r - Some attbuiil| o F | dij^i Ai sfa et 105 Vh a^ |e*en occasioned in Beafton at tbe fact that no provision has been made here for the { issue of registration forms, and the lodgement of applications to be placed on the new electoral roll. In »11 the other West Coast towns local Registrar! have been appointed for the purpose of receiving applications, bufc by a curious oversight that pnvllegft^aj^een denied to Reefton. We do nbWtnm wso ij responsible for this pie™ of blundering, but hope that no time will be lost in correcting the omi«Bjon. We would suggest the ad* visibility of the County Chairman moving in the matter. A correspondent elsewhere alludes to the existence of a report in Reefton on Saturday last to the effect that tbe police had in contemplation a raid in quest- of illicit spirits, and the rumor was understood to have received some kind of confirmation from the fact that an ofifoer of the G-reymouth police arrived here on Saturday evening. Whether there is any foundation for the belief in tbe raid allu/d to, we are not aware. It is need* less to say that? if «uahja s^^wa^giverjK contemplation by the lpjSlice,|the aittt of tie expedition has been completely frustrated by the blabbing of the design. Hud we not been aware that the report has been whispered pretty well from end to end of the district we should have hesitated to draw attention to the^matter, sp-dping^|e should interfere wttfj till pats laldV? The Wm has, however, already been done, and we refer to the matter simply to say that if suoh ft raid was in contemplation, and it has been spoilt through the information being improperly divulged) it devolves upon the bead of the roiite.;«ii«cerUia juft:#h^9 r the; leak ■oci-' curred. There was a rather stormy meeting ot the Fire Brigade on Friday evening last. The members met for the purpose of appointing and fixing the salary otOi Diglit^watclifflan. The Brigade were building their plans for paying the watchman upon the assumption that they would recieve from the County Council instalments of the fire rate as it was collected* but a member of the Council ap~ peartj[tpoj|/jhej|ene i^thO»idsf*|f jpj discussion ab& in&rttedhoe meeting Wat md rate could not be paid over in the manner expected by the Brigade. This intimation, of eouHe, compietly upset the executive gravity of tbe members, and just at this juncture. Mr. Ban* jJacptjsen,. tipp£» red -upon the agttateif %ctne, and sootrmucfe'U apparent that he desired to elocute upon the momentous topic of the hour. Mr Jacobsen com* menced by saying that he objected to the Brigade holding a hook and corner meeting to appoint a night-watchman. He ohjpfjted to a lot of men of straw appointing n man to look after bis property. The first Brigade was a lot of men of straw and they squandered away nearly £200 for nothing. At this stage of the proceedings Mr M'Beath's benevolest^head|«nd^|hoi^dera^Be«|r front, among^t^|isße%iblei|jßre^en t ff4de^!reßßedJ the emphatic opinion that Mr Jaoobfen was a humbug, and that he only came there to upset the meeting, as be had tried to do with the Athenceum. With this Mr M'Benth made an energetic lurch under the table for his hat, and seising it, dashed towards the door with the object of leaving the room, but Mr Jacobsen made a pourette like lightning, across the floor of the room and seizing "upon the coat-sleeve of the vanishing Mao, urged him to hear an explanation, but this the purturbed sott-goods man refused to do, «nd something in the nature of a friendly scuffle ensued, and a wag present realising the situation, suddenly turned tbe solitary glim down, and darkness reigned surpreme. ackn#li|s|||,^bn|^||,g anjtfjloj^ ably known on the West Hoait for tbe beauty and fidelity of his pictures, has arrived here, and will make a short stay. All who require a really faithful and artistic portrait we can confidently recommend to pay a visit to Mr Perkin's studio. A paragraph went the 'rounds of the papers a few days ago about tbe Empress of Austria milking the cows at some place in Hungary with an unpronounceable name. Fired by the Imperial example, Mrs H., one of the leaders of the upper ten in a certain metropolitan suburb iv this colony, determined to go in for tbe bigb rustic business, and having gathered together an aristocratic party, proceeded to a paddock where everything was. produced for display. A keauttfuJAldemey was bailed up, but unfortunately ih ere had been no dress or otherwise with this f pa>ficular animal. Everything was ready. The lady took her seat on the con~ ! ventional thre#>lfgWd iftt^f nP*PP»lyf on the "old legKii&L^f- % fcrid "commenced operations. The Alderney gave one side-kick, and the way that imitator of loyalty vanished was a caution to bebold. The three-legged stool was left with all its legs in the air, afld the company adjourned for refreshment.— Dunedin Star. 'lhe advance »beet| ; of iifß^^Wrftjkato Esfid*

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