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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 28 May 1880, Page 2

Mr Richard Beeves, M.H.8,, announces that he will address his constituents at Dawson's Hall on Saturday evening nex f . MUs Moeller, of Q^eymouth, has received the appointment of second assistant teacher in the Eeefton State school. The monthly meeting of the County Coun« ! oil), which waj to hare been held on Wednesday^, heg been adjourned until Wednes- ( day nest. i A number of experienced miners are wan* i ted to join the tribute in the North Star mine. ( From the character of the last reijurn obtained ' there should be no difficulty in getting to- ' gether the required complement of men. ' Mr T. O'Neill has, we learn, purchased th e ' premises formerly occupied by Mr John Dick, and will open a branch butchery at once. t Tbe stone in the Keep-it-Dark winze is re. i ported to present a tnastnificent apj earanee. : The lode has can-ijd down to the foot of the i winze, and the stone is said to be equal to E loz per ton , An extruordinarj meeting of the Bha< e» t

holders of the We'coma Company was held on Wednesday last, for the r ur P° 8 ® of wtify" ing tbe action of the directors in regard to the erection of crushing plant. The formal resolution!* were unanimously adopted, and the directors were empowered to borrow the Decenary capital from the Bank of Kew Zeas land. The proceedings were very brief. The boldness and rapacity of the hawk— feathered hawk, is proverbial, but at this season of the year he become? more than ever a foe to the poultry yard. Driven out by the snow from the highland into the open country, where his ordinary prey is less numerous and more watchful of his coming, his appetite suffers proportionally, and urged by hunger he will do a good deal for a square meal. Within the last week or fo, Reef ton has been visited by several of these" feathered freebooters, and they have left vacant places in many of the rfcmfstfe roosts. On Tuesday morning last a hawk was seen to swoop down upon a hen in Ohurchz-street, and actually fly off with it. It was, however, unable to rise very high, and the struggles of the hen could be plainly seen- Presently a second hawk appeared upon the scene, and made a dart at the prize, but between the two tbe hen got freo, and fell lifce a stone from a height* of about } 600 feet, when those who had witnessed the occurrence ran in the diretion, and prevented the hawks from recovering it which they tried desperately to do. The hen when picked up was alire, but one leg was nearly torn off, and the back was almost free of feathers. One of the hawks was eventually s'aot. Wee recently a young hawk seized a full-grown duok on the Buller Koad, and flew or rather dra-ged it along the ground for a distance of nearly half a mile, but being una.ble to rise was finally overtaken by a dog and released the prey. The duck when, picked up was quite dead. Nearly every morning hawkes are to be seen perched on favourable elevations round the skirts of the town awaiting plunder, ar»d several have a'ready been shot. If there's one ailment more than another that's heavy on square, gin, its gripes— that is horse gripes, or gripes in horses. It will be understood that we distinctly disclaim any desire to set ourselves up as an authority on veterinary matters. We nerer had the gripes ourselves, nor we never had a horse that had even a touch of that distressing malady. We are particular in making this explanation at the outset, because malignant people might be tempted to say that tbe complaint is one to which we, for reasons we seed not condescend to eluoidate, should be peculiarly liable. It is not ao, however, and- all the in' formation we are about to impart On the subject was acquired at the last meeting of the County Council. At a late sitting of that bady our Teutonio friend and tosser, Mr Fred Hatemer, whom everybody know» for a right down genial, honest fellow, and moieover, a skill vet., put in a claim to the Council for- £Ibeing the retail price of four bottles of the best Holland's gin, or schiedam aromatic schnapps, we forget which, alleged to have been supplied to tbe County horse on a recent occasion, when that public quadruped was suffering from a terrible paroxysm of the disorder already mentioned. Of course, it will be admitted that the quantity of liquor was large but do we not all know that desperate diseases call for desperate remedies, and everybody who. has acquaintance with Mr Hatemer knows perfectly well that in such a crisis, and in the presence of such a sovereign remedy for internal disorders as square gin is known to be* he would not act meanly by the patient. Well, the stimulant was consumed and the horse was cured— cured of the gripes; but mark the sequel. Instead of the Council planking payment right down, and passing a flattering resolution to the good name and fame of Mr Hatomer ; instead of doing this, what did they do when the account was sent in for payment ? Why, they simply laughed — sniggered, that is the correct term j they simply and unequivocally sniggered at the idea of a horse drinking four square bottles of gin. They did not attempt to insinuate that Mr Hatemer himself must have also have had a touch of the gripes, or even to hint that his conduct throughout the trying circumstances of the horse's indisposition had been otherwise than strictly "square." No, they did not— dared not, do either of these things, but what ib quite as bad, and still more un* grateful, they refused to pay the amount ! Although pained and mortified at such treatment, Mr Hatemer, however, was not a man to be choked off liko that, and so it was that at the following meeting of tbe Council he renewed his demand, this time with, the al» tentative of proceedings at law, and then and then only— at the point of the legal bayonet, »o to speak— did they pass the account, and thus »fter all waß virtue triumphant and Tioe —vice versa. The Wellington Post has the following comments on Sir G eor2e Grey . 8 * lately delivered at Auckland :-Anybody who could be so really emulous as really to expect from Sir G-sorge Grey either anew subject of discourse or even a fresh mode of treating his '• old, old story," must, on read _ ing the report of the" Great Pro -consul's" last night's speech, hare realised the force of the ommitted " Beatitude " — "Blessed is he that expecteth nothing for he shall not be disappointed." Similar wouH be the oase of him who looked for any useful or praotioal deliverance from the same quarter. We are so far blessed in that we indulged neither of these pleasing anticipations, and thprefore have pscaped the bitter pangs of disappointment. Hisspeaeh, divested of those graces of oratory in which the speaker so notably excels, was indeed a singularly p(*o? and em ply string of Irite pi ititudes. An electric girl is a resi 'en t of London Canada. She is said to be just 19 years old. She has been sick two years, but is now well. The doctors could not tell what was the matter with her, but since her recovery, she seems to be a walking battery. Unless visitors' nerves are very strong, they cannot sba.k.B hands with her, nor any one can placa

their hands in a pail of water with hers. Bj joining hands, she can send a sharp shock through 15 or SO people in a room, and »he possesses all the attractions of a magnet. If she attempts to pi k up a knife, the blade jumps into her hand, and a paper of needles will hang suspended from one of her flngete. She cannot drop any small article of steel she may pick up. On entering a room a per ceplible influence seizes everyone present : while some are affected with sleepiness, others are ill and fidgetly till they leave. A sleeping infant will awake at her approach, but with a stroke of her band she can coax it to slumber again. Animals are also subject to her influence, and a pet dog of the household will We are told, lie for boars ftt her feet as motionless as death. An occasional breath is all that reaches us of doings at Fitcairn Island, where a returned detachment of the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty now resides. The most recent is a» follows, and it will be seen tbat it bears witness to the continued spirit of nnworldliness and simplicity that has | characterised, since the days of John Adams this singular people ;-The Lammermoor touched at thePitcaiin Island on November 20. A boat containing twelve men put off to the vessel, bringing flowers fruit, and vegetables. In return the ship'i crew gave the Islanders som« salt pork, bread, newspapers, and magazines. Novels they declined to receive. At a meeting of Wellington Benevolent Society the other day the secretory stated that he bad received a cigar box well filled with coppers from the proprietors of the Te Aro Club. It appeared that there was a rule at the Club that any member using obscene or improper language was fined a penny for each offence. The amount in the box was 18a 3|d, which represented one week's swearing. The donor eaid he was quite willing to present this to the Benevolent Society if they would accept it. The money was then ro'led oat on the table, and it was found that in addition to the copperß there were sixpenoes aud other* silver ooins. It was suggested that the sixpences might represent a week's worth of swearing paid for at the end of the sixth day. The members found it difficult to account for the odd half-penny, which would only represent half a swear. One of those pprese t, ufter turning the money over, said it looked c^ean enough though it came in a dirty way, and he did not see why they should not ac oept. It was accepted accordingly, but no note was made as to it acknowledgement with thanks.