THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 26 May 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1880.

The County Council will meet for the despatch of business at the usual hour to-day^ I Mr E. Musters was to have left Grey* bout for Wellington yesterday, to be present ip the opening of Parliament on Friday next. In the Ghaey jjjoanty the Beefton carriers aw| compelled HWfle four inch tires on their waggon wheels, but no such provision being "in force in this County, the broad wheels are ( pply used a* fa? as the Grey Junction, where jtjiejy are exchanged for, the narrow ones. The JJtojgineefc of this County has repeatedly urged the adoption of a similar regulation in this County, and if the facts are aa represented, it IS high time that the recommendation was acted upon. In the Grey Countj. there are several tolls to be paid on the road, whereas in this the carriers are free from exactions of the! kind, and hence the greater the necessity for compelling teamsters to reduce the .wear and tear of the road to a minimum. r A tea meeting under the auspices of the congregation of the Wnited Methodist Free 'Objureh, was held in the chapel, Sbiel street, [pjnjMonday evening last. There was a very numerous attendance, Mr H. Masters being -.in the chair. The tables were bountifully ; provided with good things, and assiduously attended to by the lad-ies. Latei*. in the evening addresses were delivered by the Bev, Mr Parkin, and by the chairman, Messrs Crumpton, King, Wills, and other lay mem. bet's. The proceedings closed with sacred soiig. Monday last was the sixty-first anniversary qf the birthday of Her Majesty. The banks observed their o.sfltomary holiday, and the various public offices followed suit, The day was not closely kept by the business people, owing probably to the fact that the weather was wet and uninviting, and no form of public amusement existed to attract people from their houses. We understand that the Hospital Committe have communicated with the residents of Boatman's, with a view of an entertainment being green there shortly in aid of the funds of the institution. Several of the over- due G-reymouth wafegons reached here on Monday and yesterdays after a Retention of from eight to twelve days on the road. Tke flights ware much needed^ The Indian Government has published an important memorandum on the W'ynaad goldflelds. It begins by summarising the .conclusions arrived at by Mr Brough Smyth, practical mining engineer, employed by the Government to examine the quartz reefs. Xhe reefs, according to his statement, are very numerous and of more than average thickness, are of great longitudinal extent, and*hig;hly auriferous. The country presents the greatest facilities for prosecuting mining Operations at the smallest cost, and sooner or latef gold mining will be established as an important industry in Southern India. The Government of India has proposed to the Secretary of State that the Madras Government should be authorised to grant gnld mining leases in lots of one to thirty acres, for a ternv of ten to twenty jeaES, at a rental of five f upees an acre, subject to the condition that.*no*less than five labourers are regularly employed per acre on bona fide mining opera* tlong in such a manner as the Government may approve. Leases to be liable to forfeiture on failure of this condition. No Royalty or other tax to be levied for the present, as the Government deems it most important to nttra,cfc capital to the Wynaad goldfields — Britfsh Mail. " HWsrs J. Byrnes and Curtis, the contractors for breaking out stone in the Just-in-Time, commenced work on Monday last with twelve men. The stone has improved very mueh in appearance during the last few days, and at the present time presents a highly favorable appearance. iA Home paper gives the following description of an electric railway for the construction of which a proposal was submitted to the Council of Magistrates of the City of Berlin by the firm of Siemens and Halski a short; time a?o :— " The line would start from the Belle Alliance Plies, and r«,n through Friendrich and Chaussee streets on to the Wedding Place. There will be two lines of rails, one for the up and the other for the iowtn journey. The viaduct will be carried on iron pillars l^ft. §in. high, and nearly 33ft, apart. These pillars will be placed along the edge of the footpath, s? aa to cause tiie least possible interference with the prcfi* nary tr,i^c. The carriages will be narrow and short, containing ten sitting places and 'our standing places. The electro-dynamic which will propel the carriages will be placed nrder the floor qf the carriage, between the wheels, and n steam engine of 60-horse power, which will be employed in the production of the electricity, will be placed at the torminua. The stopp-ges will be very few, and tbe rate of sr ed will be, it j 3 expected, about 20 miles an hour. The chief object of the undertaking is to convey persons quickly acrosg the city, and especiaUy to facilitate acoegs to the city, and Jjnp qf railway. The chief objection raised ip that the carriages will p."§3 along at the level pf the first floor, of th,e hggsefj in foe strgefca, whjcb, it will

L^tttise and it is leaded thfc will lead to a depreciation, of property. The magistrates have i appointed^ a special comnrs*ion p/---engineers and architects to examine i to and wtyrt upon fre proposal." , 'fW^N^ lajege number of applio^pns jiondo fi> ■J*|Hafrt "tting of the Warden^C,osfiet, tesTih & to the growth of the alluffiff* m#|n& $» in this County. VeduoJioti- o£ J woges in the quartz mines ha#, no doubt, had a good deal to do in turnuy* men's minds in ' this direction, as sluicing ground must be v ?*y pop* not to yield ££> per week to an inr das^r^n^n^D|i^i ff |<jt gbijirf toiling*affe|r " houjjf Jotjgjr flaiTyf .tJ»B&Js»<Jef[ ulatioa; eigttt hours.- It is calculated that there are now in atS^iSJ' mining in thp^ounty—a nu,mber greater than that engaged in the quartz minejg which of itself shows the importance <o t 'uft'' attached to this new source of wealth in cur product of the alluvial miners' lobor is ?o much lfleal capital. "With the progress, then, already madi9yW| Jtook |<sonfidentljK po* fchftr next six mbfithsltl vg-yHtatgPy aufmgnf; _@pi, product 6f alluvial sold in the> County. At a meeting of the members of the Brass Band, held last night, it was decided to give a concert and Ethiopian entertainment in aid of the Band funds on the evening of Satur« j day, 12th June. Tfy? first rehearsal will be j held on Saturday evening next, ... '- -• Mr, E. Paine returned from I bury country, via Maruia, on "Sunday * last, having bad % rather eventful time of it. On J leaving Reefton he proceeded to Fowler's station, which is two miles beyond Lake i 0-uyon. Having purchased a mob of cattle he Wi o» the return journej, but before reaching the Cannibal Gorge he was overtaken by the, recent bad weather, and suffered a detention of some days. J£e at length got through the Gorge, and on to Bull's Flat, by which time. th,e weather was at its worst, %nd/ the rain fell continuously for seven days. Fortunately there was abuns dance of grass for the cattle, and Mr Paine happily met with a party, of prospectors, and with them parsed seven days. The pro's* pectors, however,f had ejjjj&ustl|i^tb«*f§j%>ro|if visions some time pf evill^y, *to tlm air 5 hands had to skirmish round for Maori hens, wliioh farmed the sole diet of the J?#rty ; bat the birds were plentiful and easily caught, so that the bill of fare was ample enough. Towards the end of the week the weather moderated, and $fof journey W*f f °H*i*"*p4s , termin_ajitg gfs|alrapdy/B|atid*J sMrlPaine if of opinion that the Maruia route will eventually become the great stock highway to the West Coast. Its advantages over the Ahaura | Saddle route are undeniable, as cattle and sheep can h* dr|yen here from Canterbury in five d#i|l(ttlrt^dMfee^«w^hifrf6n4;aay*bf t Beefton, whereas (he Ahaura route takes twelve days, with little or no feed on the the line. As Bsr Paine has driven over both routes, his opinion is entitled to weight. He , thinks the passage of the^'Gdrfe 1 made available for traffic in all seasons. Mr R. Reeves, M.H.R., reached Beefton last night. A remarkable, phophecy wns made by Dr Wernes Siemens at Berlin, wienigcturi&fi on toaotmu§V!>n or |br*e, h,epredic4ed tKaTme '' energy o,f the solar rays manifested in currents of air (winds) or in falls of water would by-and-by be used through the medium of electricity io furnish all ne^e%%ary heat and rendertvUlJinJfPfßfff t (gfrfw&rjfcfe; |SoJ much has been done latterly in the field of electrical discovery, that the prediction may be nearer verification than is generally supposed. Mr W. C. Roberts, well-known in Hokitika in connection with the managem^ jjij the branch bank of New Zealand in that town, and who was some years since removed to Dunedin.has retired from tne management of the bank in that city. At the special meeting of the Vincent County PoMcifi|n &"jirU 4% Pf fe, in answer tt> Vqufry- " !Er any^attenfton \sas to be paid to the, very generally expressed opinion that subsides ceased on March 1," is reported to have said •' he bad little doubt of the subsidy being continued, The circular from the Under Secretary was framed in utter ignorance of the d>9tinot vi*ws of the House expressed last session, or was an Bttempt on the part of the Government. rd~ set aside the the expressed wishes of the House. If the latter they would find them • selves in the cold."