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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 June 1880, Page 2

A most unaccountable delay hag taken placed in making the promised appointment • of a Besident Magistrate and Warden for Inangahusi. From advices received by us from Wellington, we learn that the- appointment (has not yet been considered by the Government, and tbajb it is unlikely anythine will be done in the matte* until after the session closes. The Art Exhibition in aid of the Church of England Fund was again opened to the public on Monday evening, and waa even more numerously attended .than on the opening night. Many fresh exhibits had been added to the collection, and in addition several lady and gentleman vocalists sang during the evening. The Black's Point Band attended on the occasion, and their presence greatly enlivened the gathering. The j^> hibition .was again opened last night, and was well attended. By special request, the hall will be opened on Saturday evening for the last time, when in addition to several new pictures and a large number of local phototogi'aphio views taken recently by Mr H. I Williams, a number o p fresh curios will be shown. The local podges of the Oddfellows' and Foresters have decided this year^o hold their annual celebration ball and supper in eon* junction. This course has, we believe, been, decided upon so as to prevent the two festivals from clashing, and <every effort will be made to make the gathering the most brilI liant and successful yer^held in Reefton, Messrs Gannon and GHlcbrisfc may claim the right of being the pioneer settlers of the ! |laroia, they baving"fobtained the necessary rights to establish an accommodation-house near Cannibal Gorge, which is situate about one day's ride frona Reefton. They will use. all possible despatch in the ere tion of the building, and hope by the coming spring to be able to afford comfortable accommodation tc visitors from Reefton, and there is no doubt that their enterprise will be wejl by the public. | Mr Blundall has succeeded in forming a strong party of tributors to work the North Star and Inglevrood mine. The men are all experienced quartz miners, and their intern tion is to give the mine a fair trial. The very rich stone obtained in the adjoining ground (Phoenix), at no great distance from tho North Star boundary, is strongly in fayor of the success of the tributors' operations, and which would be a most important event for the district generally. At the recent sitting of the Licensing Bench in Ra,efton the license was withdrawn from the All Nations Hotel, *. Black's Point. The house bad been licensed from almost the first days of Reefton, and it does not appear that any complaint was ever raised against the conduct of the house, either by the «d---joining neighbors, or the police. . In the face of these facts, however, the Bench refused the application, for the tallfged'reason that the house was not wanted. Now, whether the bouse was wanted or not, we will not say, but this re will say, that had the Bench struck out thirty per cent, of the entire applications for the Inangahua, and advanced the same reason for so dojng, jthe Court would have been equally justified. Who will attempt to dispute that fiere are not three times too many hotels in Broadway, or in indeed throughout the entire licensing dise trict ? But what Bench has ever yet attetnp* ted to interfere with them ? The last Bench has don? bo, but, as it seems to us, with ins vidious hasteness, for if any respect "^at all is to be shown to the principle of •• vested interest," iD regard to old established hotels, then the man Beckham, 'whose application the Bench so unceremoniously rejeoted, was about the last applicant upon whom the Gourt should have alighted, the circumstan< ces of his case being peculiar. The hotel, it appear?, was recently put up to auction, and upon the assumption that its title to a re* newal was past dispute, Mr Beckham bid fog it, and eventually became the purchaser. By the decision of the Bench he now finds that he has been entrapped into the direct loss of a considerable sum of money, as the premises without a license are of no value whatever. Now apart from tbo question as to whether thahemse was wanted or not, this duelosea a case or hardship which the Bench must have quite lost sight of. The case is important, because should the Bench pert severe in the came arbitary eourse, there is no saying how many licensees may be similarly j dealt with at the next sitting. The Western Meat Preserving Company of Colac, Victoria, commenced the s.eaßon!s operations on March 30th, since which time enormous numbers of rabbits have been sent into them. The folao Reformer stateß that on Tuesday night 3838 pairs were brought in Wednesday night, 2151 pairs; Thursday, «763 pairs ; Friday, 4000 pairs— making in all the wonderful tqtal of 13,753 pairs, or 27,506 rabbits. Mr Farrington, the manager finds that it is not possible to permanently manage more than 2700 pairs daily, and has had to give tho carlerß notice' to 80 for moderate the loads as not to exceed the number. Two thousand seven hundred pairs daily fot^mly fire days fa the week would give 27,(jp rabbjt& we,eklv^pr 675,00j) in a season of 25 week*. Tiiis iy^U^e ly 60 per cent more than was byougUijHJKl'ear.

yesterday (lays tbe Nelson Mail) being the Sunday f within the octave of Corpus Chrysti^it was petebrtfed by the congregation of St, Mingr'B by a solemn proeesijdn of the Blessed Sacrament. This old Catholic enstom is still observed on the Continent with grWt pomp, and has always been Jeep* up »n some parts of England. Tbe scene, as tl,* procession moved up Manukai-street from the Convent grounds to Church, was very strikpg. Some hundred or so of young girTa wearing the white and blae habits of different religious confraternities, and pre» ceded ,by about 40 acolytes in scarlet cassocks and white surplices, walked in two j lines, a wide apace beiag left between for the banner bearer?. Following the yoimg ladies tame the Lady Superior and between them twelve little children in pink and white, and carrying bagkets of flowers, which they strewed in the putb. T&e,n came the Hibernian Society in full regalia and beneath a white gjlk canopy which was supported by ,jnern>ers of the Society appeared the Rev. Father Garin, wearing ft beautiful copa of cloth and carrjing in his hands the tilver monstrance containing the Eucharist. The menibe^B of the congregation followed in pairs, the ladies leading the way. Upon nearing tho Church the English Catholic Hymn " Faith of our Fathers living still " was impressively jwng, and, widely as onlookers j might dijjfer from those taking part in the procession, no one could doubt but that to them it was an occasion of great solemnity. At the conclusion 0 the special qerviqes, which will last until to-morrow evening, there will, we are informed, be a closing procession by torchlight