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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 21 May 1880, Page 2

' , The prevailing rains, whatever may be the drawback otherwise* should bring forth a rery plentiful and welcome crop of alluvial I gold throughout the Inangahw, as sufficient I water will have been stored to eoftWe. sluicing to be carried; on continuously for many weeks to, oofifte Tha lute, drought should carry home to the minds of sluicer* the se-* \ eessity of making better provision in future for the storage of the needed element. We are told that could a sufficient quantity of water be saved up during the wet season nt tankey's Gaily that hundreds of men coald Snock out decent wages in that locality alone. : As it is each \treek gees on addition to the ! itumber. of men, working there, but water has hitbetto bpe» so scarce and precioas that only I tjbose who set in oi-at, o,n& secured tbei prior Wght to- the dminage have been able to wash with any degree of regularity. Lackey's distviet is by no means exceptionally situated, ,as the same maj be said of every o,ther allbvial centre throi^gbout the Inangabua, Time will probably serve to eoweet tbis dra^bacl;, b«t it is weß that atteatiwi should be drawn to the sub|eet, for it may probably > be tiaitfee difllaulty could be got md of muck I sooner by co-operation amongst tbe miners, I A public water r&ea company,, iv the present de^f &setj eon^ftijej, of distrfe.lt,>, ajrq

afraid, ou.t of the question} but there i§po doamhat such an undertaking or,«nderta> feg* would open an i<nmj|ftse area t^fhe §3er.»tionß of alluvial miners, »nd do * V aßt leal of publip good. *£? >;. ■ ' ¥ We belieye the up ! »>;« left Chey-, t mouth yesterday, on hbrse-baok, but it is needless to «aj, did not reach here last nigW. The Inanefthaa »«• "J nig 11 flood throughout the day, and we can quite imagine that the rjvert in the. Grey ?*llej W* ia *¥ f*f 9 $ ghjil^l £f« ««#f « H to thai the d/own coach will be able to leave thja morning. KBroadway, invite their friends and the public Ito a select ball to be given by them on theevening of Monday next, Queen's Birthday. «?Hi<Kfewlding*rt sion, and an efficient band has been engaged, The Golden Fleece Company will clean up tosday. aid it ij expected that a» average, 0/ one ouVu^rUott wilY be obtained, |hle§ will alters sfdividetid'of pjwbjibly biio t&ih ling per- share* There will be no Bitting of the district Court this month* It's an ill wind that Vows nobody good, and the proprietors of the Beeftou saw-mills are just now realising the truth of the adage they having received an ex>nsi^e. o/dw for timber required in the erecHP*4^ib¥ Wel4. come It is the intention of Mr Hewittj the contractor for the work, to obtaiq nearly the whole of the timber he requires from the Reefton mill, in preference to sawing it upon the spot. As the road to Boatman's being in good order, the rale of carriage thence it comparatively trifling. The weather of late has been greatly against the contractor, but he has. not been, idle, and a week's fine weather will see the work well advanced. The contractors for the construction of the company's shoot are Wasting away the rock on the hill side aver the machine site, and until this is completed, it is unsafe to proceed with the work of sinking for the foundation of the batfery, but; the the danperous work wtu bej|rer inS day jir two, and the whole of the works will proceed uninterruptedly. The sitting of the "Resident Magietiate's and Warden's Courts has been adjourned until to-day. There are several quaticriminal cjaies^and^spme for!/ or, fifty cage||)r., hearing jri^the Opurtf and 0 large number of alluvial applications, many of them opposed, in the Warden's Cowt, to that the sitting will occupy hily a day. The next sitting of the Magistrate's Court here wjll be held on the Jstb June, mniiMihM tii*rAellooat;Qi!djßrJbCi Foresters have decided to celebrate the anniversary of their Order in Reefton by, a ball and supper, to b,e held at eft easly date. The Golden Treasure Company \|^l cleanj up. in the, course of ib«dayi %nd' it f ii-%t-" peoted that a payable return will be obtained. An influential gathering of the residents of the town was held at Pawgon'a. Hotel last evening, <to T &r Mf. Anteatft &M|»ag©j|^J>f National Bank, Keettcwf, on" the eve ofbw departure from the distiict. The banquet was. served up in first-class style by host Daweon, and the proceedings were prolonged till a, late hour in, the morning. A report of th» J Jrocje)l^ J MJp>#J^JPIJ^ g&b issue. It ift notified, that Br. Thorpa may to consulted daily At his residence, opposite the Post Office (adjoining the residence oj Mr Lynch) Shiel-street,, Beefto». The return of 1\ dwts per torn obtained ij the Energetic Company from their last crushing,, although low when compared with former yields from the same tnino* nevertheless leaves a fair margin of profit, and with the sjrtkidif baf iry Cojf twenty stamps 4ift jno Wubtf b*Smad*Mo pay regular, if email, dividends. The facilities forgetting out stone are great, and as the plant is worked very inexpensively, a very small retu.ru ia needed tft cover working expenses. The Golden Point Company have two men employed driving to cat the reef at a considerable depth. They are now in about 120 ft. and have BOft or 60ft still to go. Asia known, some of the richest stone procured in the Inangab.ua came from the out crop of the .Golden Point reef, and should the stone <-arry its surface richness down, the mine will hax* few rival* in the Inangohua. t Reefton was agog yesterday ot«*. the price realised aj auction for the CUy ftotel. The pr|||Blsip|#||o||^*highftw|l^d faithfully built, and comparatively new, fetched £3.10. It is not so. verj long ago that the fame hotel realised £050. The purchase.* on "Wednesday laat w.afl Mjf M.. Bartigan. In 1848 the late Prince Consort presented! Professor Anderson, •• the Wizards of the North," with a superb *uite of Highland chief's ornaments, and tl*a Wi«wd> going abroad, took them with him. A recent visitor to Natal bought tU« j>wela at an suction there, and has brought t]*em back to England, lhe suite of ornaments, w.hich i« complete,, from shoe-buckles to bonnet brooch, U of ebony, with large cairngorms,, some of them of very $ne quality. The inscription' on the great horn is- " Presented by Prince Albert to Profess* <4riderson, in testimony of thertttnee's approval of the classical arrangement of the grae,d, fciie, in coxgunctipn with Professor. A r^lpxpon'^ f ma^ extraofdinarjr : magical perpr|n^6c£|,' |on/N j°jM 8 *° n ol v Prince Albflrft birthday, 38th Sept., l$W Mr Ballance complains- that the WaDganui 1 Chronicle has hardly any other reason for its existence than to abuse and misi epseeepjMr Balance. The Chronicle replies i—" We never, misrepresent him, and have a great deal to attend to besid^ abusing, bia> Web t e^ lievehka to be a glgWtic political frau^an^, it we coujd spare time from more important aud lucrative ocewpationa to do the subject justice, aisaure Mr John Palluncc that we would deal with him and his political shams ip. a, way which, would astonish a

(nan of his sensitive aud superfine organisation." , ' ->f meetjpg W«tpojrt create™ °£i gentleman, whilom an-wnament to • certainbranch of tbe public service irt this town Witt held yesterday, and same interesting- fad s were reported. To wit? the tailor had been "had " for^lT, and what was curious, for* " a spanking new itrit," the ooet of a wager the debtor had lost, and, mark you, paid— -by an ordp 9P4>n»lß» tailor-, fhp,flt\m^ t^'f et 'P*% bat a|w|»ej|mii.jTheJi h^laj|ll|iilHtf' allowed the rent to run on for twelve mon'tys unpaid and, moreover, had lent bim^cajh^, teT speculate in limfl, the deeds of which, by, jth,e r by. ajre., held, by pother^<«%r f f J^6 33>ior prflfoses, WeflWrse, tepay sss' itf tt*e £ t instalments of £8 per month, with the laltetffllttte^ft^ And yet, when the gentleman whose impeounlosity is now so deeply regretted, departed J^ese ijiores,, be^ took^-with^hun "a/mpst |atteri|t|r4q^s^i|ri^ jgo)ii^e|^f J^he§dß of departments" nre botherecl with applications for transfer to Westyort— Buller News. Every body knows that the ladies of the United Ststei are full of resource, which fact ! was, perhaps, never better exemplified than when some of thorn shut up the liquor stores I in various town* by the ingenious process of asßembliag ,ia the street an 4 praying bofch tfie publi^f 1 -pH customers out of all | countenance. This, however, seems to have been a slow and uncertain method, quite unworthy of the ardour of the ladies of Fredrioktown, Ohio. &itt!e did the two bar keepers of Fredrioktown imagine what an experience was imminent when on a recent evening the bell of the Baptist Church began to~ring«at an unwonted hour. But it was signal, and "fifteen women, armed with hatchets, responded quickly.* Prompt action ensued. Moving m % body to oae of the bar rooms, they found that the prudent proprietor had locked his door and fled. His looks, bolts, and bars also flow at tbe instigation of the hatchets, and in a trice every cask was Biased, and bottk/iiojien. The conquejing ban^then jno^ed^jnpon the other establishment, the proprietor of which re-* noained to treat with the enemy, and managed to save bis casks, on condition that they were sent offjby the next train. His bottles, however, perished, and after seeing their contents drain safely into the gutter, the ladies warned. ft f)Uif I of^ftapeeted.' Srfggisfifto" |oo§|el^ ; to their "way*, 1 gave thWe cheiwafor tiemlelTes and went Lome to put their bjtbieii to bed.