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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 10 May 1880, Page 2

To-day is tbe la 4 day for lodging applications for publicans' licenses. The neces* ; eary formfr may be obtained' at the Warden's office. Orthodoxy ond opulence do not nppear to afc all times go band and hand in New Zea- : land', as we note that a clerk in holy orderp, at Timaru, has jast fled his e hovel. ; Two business residents of 'Reefton on Taes- ' day last left here for Ohristchurcb, via tbe Marnia. This is the pioneer through trip . over that route, and' as both travellers are connected with the cattle trade, we shall upon their return be able to furnish their im" ,i pressions of the route generally. They proI cepd to attend the Christchurch cattle sale?, ond should their mission be as successful as they anticipate, we may expect that a permanent trade will be established. ; The sharedist of the Inangahua Low Level Tunnel Company is announced to close today, so that all who desire to ccc tbe undertailing launched and the work commenced, should enclose their applications to the secretary at once, A subcommittee of the Reefton Jockey Club was appointed to inspect and report upon* the most advantageous site for a permanent race-coarse for the Inangnhua, and alter viaithg the various localities, they have, we believe, arrived at the conclusion tbat Fern Flat is the only situation suitable for the purpose. To- form a racecourse in any l of the paddocks aad flats a'ong the river be-

tween Eeefton and the junction of the tight and left branches of the Inangahua would" cost a sum quite beyond the means of the Club, but eyen were tbe money available, it would be impossible to form a course at all comparable witb that existing on Pern Flat. The objections urged against the latter are that it is too far from the town, and intercepted by the Left*hand Branch, but the stubborn fact j remains that either these inconveniences will have to bg borne with, or the idea of holding races abandoned altogether. We believe the Clnb are in communication with Mr John Williams of Fern Flat, with the View of securing the permanent use of his paddock, and should a mutually satisfactory arrangement be come to, the course will be bo ught witbin about half afl hour's ride of the to#n, which, all things considered, is none to great, particularly in the face ot the proabability there is of the immediate bridging of tbe lefthand Branch^; A faketitig': . wjll "be held on Friday evening next for the purpose of de - ciding tho vexed question, and of initiating the business of the ensuing summer meeting. A meeting of the Provisional Directors of the Low Level Tunnel Company was held on Thursday evening last, Mr P. Brennan being in the chair, Mr ¥. W. Martin, Resident Engineer, was present, The minutes, of the previous meeting having been react and confirmed. Messrs Wise and Capes brought up their report upon the route of the proposed tunnel. It stated that having inspected tbe locality as well as the map show* ing the different lines of reef, the committee approved of the route originally selected, j which would start near the bend on the j Black's Point track, and proceed in a straight line towards the Golden Fleece shaft. Some discussion" ensued upon the report, several of the directors present being of opinion that the selection of the route ought to be left for the shareholders to decide. The report was, however, eventually adopted, and Mr Gal* laway, Government Surveyor, is now engaged in laying off the line. „<* -** i * Ifo time has been list fti givhig effect to the resolution passed at the last meeting of the Council, re the clearing of drift and fallen timber from Cannibal Gorge, so as to enable stock to travel from Lake Guyon to Beefton. The work was completed on Fri« day last, and the route ,ie,^therefore, now open. * i '■ - ■-, ',*■-. The* Just-in/Time Company finished crushing on Friday last, and having cleaned up, the gold was brought into town on Saturday, and lodged in the Bank ot New Zealand. The cake of g01.4 f?om the retort weighed 464 ozs.,'tM ijuaiifity of stone'crashed being* 494 tons. Although the figures above show tbe return to be something under an ounce per ton, allowance must be made from the fact that the crushiag was conducted with new copper plates, and which ' had to be " cured," whioh process would absorb fully 30ozsof gold. The yield may, therefore, be set down at fully an ounce to the ton, which is quite up to the return of the previous crushing} -thus? showing thei good average quality of the jstone. Tbe return is an eminently satisfactory one, and local shareholders have good reason to be jubilant. The directors will meet to-day, when a dividend of sixpence or ninepence per sbare will be declared, fhe coft'eert held in Dawson** Hall? /oh Saturday evening last, in aid of the Church of England Funds, was very fairly attended, but the unoharitableness of the weather no doubt kept many away. The concert consisted of glees, solos, part songs, readings, dialogue, and instrumental performances, the whole of which were very creditably gone through. The glfees, though not altogether new to Reefton audiences, were as fresh and acceptable as ever. Without going to the length of particularising each item on the, programme we may. say tbat each and every lady and gentleman acquitted themselves admirably. The performance on the bells by Mr Edridge, besides being? a great novelty was also a great treat. The range of bells was quite equal to that used by the famous Lancashire Bell Ringers, and the airs performed wer* exquisitely sweet, Mr Edridge received quite an ovation. Of the otber instrumental musio, " The Canary Bird Quadrilles," a duet by Mrs Fama and Mies Campbell was very cleverly exeouted, as also was the duet for piano and yiolin by Mrs Fama and' Herr Schmidt. Mr Adams has an agreeable voice and style as a reader, but his selection was rather too lengthy. d,. Upon the whole, the concert was a great success pecuniary and otherwise. At the close, Mr-Chatt'ook Returned thanks on behalf of the committee, and intimated that an Art Exhibition in aid of the funds of the church will be held on SaAnrday evening noxt. It is intended to give an entertainment and concert shortly in aid of the fund* of the Black's Point Band. Tho members of the bai\d have rendered valuable services on many public occasions in Reefton, and they are certainly deserving of some publio recognition. The cost of purchasing new niusic causes a heavy drain upon the' members, limited as their numbers are, and it is with the ebjfect of relieving thiß burden that the entertainment will be given. The programme will shortly be published. The concert at Boatman's, in aid. of tbe Irish Relief Fund, will be held on Thursday evening next. After the concert, a ball will be held. Several 1-idies and gentlemen singers from Reefton will proceed to Boatman's on Thursday afternoon ior^the purpose of taking part in the concert, A gentleman in Reefton kindly furnishes us with tbe following particulars of the Vega . Expedition to the Arctic regions :—" By the last European mail we have intelligence to the effect that the Swedish Arctic Expedition, which under the able leadership of Professor Nordenskjold, has accomplished the north* east passage fiom Sweden through the Bfhring Straits, and thus has opened a new route for navigation, returned to Europe on the 14th February — Naples being the first port of call. As may be imagined, the Vega a ud ber srew met with tha most enthusiastic

■ 11—11 liim » iiimpii— — >— ■——^KOT»i" IIIIIIHIIIW— I — welcome from the warm-hearted Neapolitans •■"-all the more so, perhaps, from the fact that one of the officers, a naval lieutenant named Bova, is an Italian, The members of the expedition are by no means all Swedes, os tbe intrepid chief, Professor Nordenskjold, ia a native of Finland ; Lieutenant Hovgaard. is from the Danish navy, while the Meteorogist, Nordquist, belongs to the Russian Imperial Guard. Of the others, Lieutenant Polander is the commander of the Vega,* Lieutenant Brusiwity is first officer ; Professor Stuxberg is the zoologist; Professor Kjellman, the botanist, and Dr Almquist, the medical officer. The arrival of tbe Vega, at Naples was celebrated by a -general fete, Professor Nordenskjold and his colleagues being lionised, dined, and generally entertained by the official authorities to their hearts contentj the Professor receiving immediately on his arrival tlie Grand Order of the Crown of Italy, from King Humbert, and the Order of the Polar Star, from the King of Sweden, through the hands of the Italian Admiral, and the Swedish Ambassador. The Vega, the little vessel in which the voyage was made, is a whaler of some 500 tons, with a complement of 30 souls, all told. She carries a small engine, of some 60 horse-power, which enables her, when necessary, to dia« pense with sails'. The Southland News hears that the sum offered to the lnvercargill Garrison Band for playing at Ohristohurch for two days was LIOO. The selection of the Tnvercargill men, and the price offered for their services, iB the best evidence as to which was regarded as the premier band at the late review. At the Leeds Police Court on February. 14th, Herr Holtum, a performer wbo styles himself the " King of the Cannon," was charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Elijul Fenton, a laborer. Holtum has been performing for some time at the Prince's Music-hall, and on Friday night he took his benefit, offering a prize of £50 to anyone who could successfully catch a ball fired from a cannon, as he was in the habit of doing. Fenton accepted the challenge | and stood in front of the mouth of the cannon, some six yards from it. Upon the cannon being fired, Fenton endeavored to catch the ball, but failed, and it crashed agaiust his head and knocked him down, On examination he was found to be seriously injured, and was taken to the infirmary. Mr Bruce, the stipendiary, told tho proprietor of the hall, a man named Hobsen, that his license would be be endangered if he allowed a repetition of the performance. THe prisoner Holtum. wbo said he would never issue another challenge of the kind, was remanded on bail. Lately a resolution was carried by a majority of the subscribers to to tbe Sydney Sohool of Arts that it should be opened on Sundays, and at a subsequent meeting that resolution was rescinded, ih spite of the passionate opposition of Mr Charles Bright and other gentlemen. During the discussion ■•• there- seemed to be considerable doubt as to who made the Sabbath — one person averred that it was Bobbie Burns, another said it was fixed by Act of Parliament during the reign of Charles 11., while not a few thought the praise or blame ehould he equally divided between the looal clergy and the Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, According to the New York Herald, Cal* craft, tho English hangman, died worth £20,000. He was, says the Herald, very sensitive, and looked upon with reverence in the neighborhood in which ba lived, and, respect by his relatives! This is not surprising when we consider he was worth £20,000. It is only a wonder there were not more- persons who, for the sake of notoriety didn't the exalted honor of being " strung up" by a hangman worth £20,000. The following extraordinary paragraph appears in tbe Lanoefield examiner, from the Bulla district, Victoria s— " Mr Thomas frequently avere, whilst his land is being ploughed, that sovereigns are turned up from a considerable depth. Mr Crinnion has been on the farm for 17 yeara, and during that period has obtained a large qnantity of current coin in gold." An old farmer in Indiana says that for his part we don't know where the present rage for trimming bonnets with birdfc is going to end. -Only* four oFfive years ago he bought hjs daughter a humming bird ; next year she .utented jycflfefa, and the next a pheasant, and this seasxm he declares he had to chain up hu Thanksgiving turkey, or she'd have had that perched on top of her head.— Andrews Bazaar.