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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 2 June 1880, Page 2

Mr Beeyes left for Wellington yesterday monifcg. An extraprdinary meeting of the «harebol--d«rs of Caledonia Extended Quartr Minhut Poinpiny y as held at Mr Wise's office yesteyday.' A cqde qf r^les was adopted for the <jo«ppaV»y. Mejsrs F. Boonpjj S. Barr, W. IJprnJ J. and B. Ifpsß were elected directors, ap^ Mr (Gj-eorge Wise was appo ; nlpd legal manager. In the evening jthe djffPfP" fflpt an^'accpptod the tep^r gi

E. v Fitch, for exten^iiig jthj ipw level 120 ft north, the price being £Xf « 6d per foot. The Council will meet at tkrs»iial hour this ; afternoon fpr the d(*Bateh .# Uflskess. The Licensing Gou/fc w»H opeo to-wipreow, and theje will' 4* b» »^ttln j g of Jhe Magis. trate's anfl The County ChMwnsn. has jweeived from the GojejMqont » remittance,©* £8,600, on account qf the Mwpijtqisk road contract. T } bere I w ( as •..Meeting of fte dirertors of the T,unnel C^np«|yli»Higtf' .Mrflbrdop. wa* presented iftjKJrt^ Jhtffethe exact distance from the tunnel mo ; ath to the Ajax »haft was 84 chain?, and that'to fw »i the survey ~ had gone, it waj show,? 4h|* jthe proposed level if carried through <to the Left-hand Branch, on a dead Lewi,, the line would terminate at the level of the river. The dimension of the timbers for the tunnel is definitely settled upon. A. member of the present Victorian Ministry was travelling with his wife (by an ordinary tra^ *tjs now *he custom) on one of the Government lups. Leaving the lady in the carriage he went to the refreshment room. In his absence a guard entered the carriage and said, " Will you show your pass ma'am?" The lady «a»d she had no I pas*. «• Its always been the custom," mumbled the guard, "for mambeja" wives to have a pass Perhaps I bad better see tbe^ Minister." » B^t " «aidjbe lady, " although I havo.no pass here is my tioket!" The blank iquntenajace of that guard at the sight of #. ticket paid for by a member of Parliament ia reported to have been a sight to ■ )* j see.^ , . j " Asmodeus " has been moralising, and his theme the Qovernor's speech on education. He remarks « — "I don't like Sir Hercules Robinson— he is much too straightforward arid doynright for tny taste, and wili cull a spade a spade— a practice I detest. Only tbe | other day jie must fpels explode an educar tion bombstyU, which Mattered * S* 64 * man J truths abou*, and, I console myself with the reflection, a few fallacies also. I thank the? for this, O Governor, for will not one h<*tt the colony be at the throat of. the other half rr upon the religious phase of the question ? What harvest of malice and nncbaritableness is about to be garnered, and how folks wM batter each other ' for the love of God ! ' I agree with both rides j anything to keep up tbe fun and' suppress' 1 philosophical morality,' for if the Utter were in the ascendant to the detriment of dogma, how could we poor devils exist ? Pile up doctrine, oye professors and teachers ; pile mountains high, and by all means ignore the simple teaching of Him who gave Beelzebub such a cross buttock when he summed up the duties* of religion in loving God heartily, and ' thy neighbor as thyself.' If this golden rule were but practised, hell would burn itself out ; but dogmatic oontentions supply lots of fuel." At Mr Action Adams' request we (Nelson Mail) print the following part of his speech 1 verbatim, as he is desirous of showing the words used by the case of Adams v. Boyes : ,— " When I was asked respecting Donald being in possession of Marahuo I said ' I did 1 not make the agreement of sale with Donald ?' ' \ said 'I bajve entered into any written agreeifeent with Donald. I have made verbal 'arrangements, but have yet to get tbe Maori lease to complete.' Judge Broad then interjected, ' Is there any written agreement within the S|tatute of Fraud* P Nothing eke is of any use.' I said ' No. I have signed nothing.' Neither the Court nor Boyes' counsel troubled to enquire about the verbal sale, as it was of no legal value to Boyes, and I being on cross examination oould not answer except what I was asked." Wellington has been honored by the visit of two well-dressed individual*, who are said to tail from Sydney, and who have been doing the grand in the Empire City, and generally astonishing the natives. Becoming short of cash-i-a misfortune that, will oct sasionally overtake any gentleman -one of them inserted an advertisement in the local papers to the effect that he required a loan of £15, and would give a bonus of £3 for the accommodation, good security being offered for the loan, which was only wanted for a short period. The loan, as we are informed, was obtained, the seourity being pawn tickets for valuables. But alas, for the oredit of the distinguished visitors, and the peaoe of mind of the lender, the pawn tickets have since been discovered to be spurious, and the borrower has been run in for obtaining money upon false pretences, while his companion shares his confinement as a vagrant. Their names are George-and Joseph Jackson.— N.Z. Mail. Mr Justice Williams spmetimes says very good things, and was not far from tbe mark when, a few days ago, he took occasion to say that he could quite understand that people were unwilling to go to arbitration, and that toning up a coin was about as satis* aotory a way of settling a differenoe. Did it «ver strike his Honor that the Supreme Court was not much better, although as a rule less expensive ?— Star.