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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 April 1880, Page 2

During the sitting of the Warden's Court ye»terdaj, his Worship referred to the care* leuneis shown by miners in posting the notioes required upon applications for alluvial rights. Several of the documents were produced in Court, and they certainly boto the appeal ance of hating been kept folded in a persons pocket instead of posted on the ground »• required by the regulations. In one case an applicant swore that one of theie notices had been affixed to a stnmp by a nail, but upon its production in Court no nail hole was found in the paper. The Warden, in the face of the fact, warmly re« buked the witness, and dismissed the applica* tion. It ia well that in future miners should pay closer attention to the law than teems to the practice at the present time. There was a sitting of the Magiitratc'e and

Warden's Courts yesterday, but the business was not of any special interest. There were a number of mostly undefended civil eases, A report of the proceedings appears elsewhere.* It is intended to start a Philharmonic Society in Reefton for the purpose of giving vocal and instrumental selections from the great musio matters. The first meeting of the society will be held during the current week. A telegraph station will be opeo on the Auckland race course on the 22nd and 28rd instant. The Welcome Company elsewhere invite tenders for fhe supply of a crushing battery for tbeir mine, Boatman's. Exception is very properly taken to the fact of hospital oommitteemen occupying the position of contractors to the institution. That the positions are wholly incompatible there can be no possible doubt, and such a state of things would not be allowed by any other hospital committee in the Colony. Mr Warden Bevell left Reefton for Westport yesterday afternoon, Although the levels havo been taken at three different points for the proposed dray bridge over the luangahua river, nothing ap- ' pears to be yet known as to the exact site. Levels have been taken at (he site*' of the .present foot-bridge, at the intersection of Smith-street, and at the Bridge«street cross* ing. In the event of the lower site being ad*, opted, it has .been suggested that the present foot-bridge, or rather the material of which it is constructed, would be available for bridging the Left-hand Branch. At the last meeting of the stewards bt the Reefton Jockey Club a committee was appointed to inspeot and report upon the moit eligible site for a permanent racecourse, the opinion being that the Fern Flat course is rather far from the town. A rumor is current that upon the return of Mr Maokay to the West Coast he will be appointed to the Inaugahua district. We stated in our Wednesday's hospital report that a letter was Mad from Dr Thorpe agreeing to asiist in dispensing work. The feet was that Dr Thorpe was asked by the committee whether he would consent to do so, and thereupon assented. •• Two of a trade can never agree " is an old saying, and is being amply verified just now. The lawyers in Nelson appear to be. animated by the worst of feelings towards each other, and now we find that the medical pro* fession of Hokitika have started to wash their dirty linen in public. A controversy started .therein regard to diphtheria, and it has rapidly grown diploma-tically dirty. ; At a sale which took place in Wanganui a day or two ago, one present asked the auctioneer for an explanation of one of the terms of sale. The knight of the hammer replied by reading the clause in question over again, but this did not satisfy the anxious inquirer, who pressed the question more urgently than before. M Sir,' said the auctioneer* his patience being exhausted," it may be my duty to read you the terms of sale, but I cannot be expeoted to supply you with brains, to under-, stand" them." This retort would have annihilated most men but the occupant of the rostrum had to consider himself sat upon when his opponent replied, " No one can expect you to perform an impossibility.' Mr John Reid of (My* the Oamaru Mail)> has resolved upon; feeding his 'sheep upon bats, rather than sellthem at the ; prices offered. Ho is oi opinion that about 2s pe** bushel can be realised for them by adopting this means of utilising them, whilst the land will be vastly benefited. One paddock •( 200 acres" of oats it expected to yield over 100 bushel* to toe ten. From Cape Town papers we learn thti Mr and Mrs Frank Towers and Mise Bosa Towers, are playing with great success in the pantomime " Blue Beard.' Miss Towers is highly spoken of in the burlesque business, and at the time of the mail learing, tho piece was drawing etowded houses. According to the last report of the Mint Superintendent of Amerioa, the annual consumption of preciods metals in the United States in all forms of manufacturing now averages 7,000,000 dob of gold and 5,000,000 dols of silver. The balance-sheet of Pastor Chiniquy's Otago Committee was published in last week's " Christian Record." The total amount received from leotures and sale of books was £925 14s 4d. The expenses in connection with the leotures, &c, were £76 8s 7d. .The balance, £849 ss<9d, has been, .With thai exception ol&lO 17s forwarded to Jpopdon. by draft in favor of Pastor Chiniquy. The receipts imlnde the proceed* of the country leeVum as wall as those in Dunedin. Tlie Pastor has raised for his college, in New Zealand, by the sale of his books, £600 » by sermons and leotures, £1000 : and from the whole of the Australasian Colonies. £7000. According to a Home paper it has been demonstrated on various occasion* that sound* waves of different quality produce forms of Various shapes, but tLis important fact is shown in * novel and interesting manner by a new instrument which has been invented, called the Phoneidoscope. The Phoneidos* cope consists of a cylindrical L shaped brass tube, to the horizontal portion of which is attached an indiarubber tube and a wooden mouthpiece. At the termination of the verlical part of the instrument is a blackened brass disc, in which is an aperture; If the disc be now coyered with a thin coating of soap and water similar to the preparation used in blowing soap bubbles, and a voice or instrument be sounded close to the mouthpiece, a curiou* efeet can be pereeivect in the, soap film at the ether end bf the instrument. The vibration of the molecules of air in the tube is transferred to the film, and bands of rainbow-tinted colour become apparent, varying in form as the voice of instrument changes, and assuming an endless variety of patterns. Change of pitch produces a noticeable alteration in the forme, and the same notes on different instruments are marked by variations in the patterns on the soap solution, the colours in which, as the tenuity of the film inoreases, become *mar» vellously beautiful.