THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY,JUNE 21,1880.

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

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY,JUNE 21,1880.

At the half-yearly meeting of the members of the Reefton Hibernian Society, the following officen were appointed for the ensuing 4su t — President t Mr Arthur Breen i Yice-Prerfdeur, Mr M. Cullen ; Secretary, Mr J; Harris; Treasurer, Mr W. Williams} Warden, Mr J. Cereseto ; Guardian, Mr P. Butler. The sitting of the District Court will open this morning 'at half-past nine o'clock. His Honor Judge Weston reached Keefton by coach on Saturday evening. The Fiery Cross Company will close their crushing either totdav or to*morrow. A carpenternamed Henry Wesleben engaged preparing timber for the Welcome battery sustained a fracture of the collar-bone on Saturday last He was endeavoring to raise a lever wilb bis shoulder, and the log cant threw too great a weight upon tbe lever with the consequences stated. The patfett was at once ai tended to by Dr Thorpe, and is proI gfeising favourably. In our Court report of Friday last, it was stated that tbe National Bank sued the Union Company upon two promusory notes accepted by John Prentice and endorsed by the company. It should have been stated that the acceptors were Prentice and Irving. A correspondent writes: — A well-known resident of Reefton, Dick Nichols, while on his way home from Lyell on the 17th instant was swept off his feet, while crossing one of the streams in Larry's Creek, and would inevitably have been numbered among the dead, but for his being able to swim. This is only one of the many hair-breadth escapes whioh have occurred of late at this creek, where several persons lost their lives in the early days of the Coast. It is a wonder the County Council do not take steps to have a foot-bridge erected over it. We are requested to notify that there will be rehearsals for the forthcoming conoert and entertainment in aid of the Black's Point Band, held on Monday, Wed* nesday, and Friday evening, at 8 p»m n in Dawson's Hall. Sir George Grey has often told us that 16 people held two«thirds of England and Scotland, and the «est wen all serf*. By a recent Parliamentary return, it is shown that in England and Scotland there are no less than 30,000 owners of land from 190 to 1000 Acres in extent, A great deal has been made of Mr Maeandrew's idea of borrowing from the people of the colony and not going to England. If the colony had proceeded prudently in constructing railways, and not have gone to a foreign market to borrow— but simply set aside a certain part of the revenue for public works, would not the colony have been better off to-day than it is? But Mr Macandrow alluded to other means of raising money. If the colony was to control the issue of paper money, the colony could borrow about £2,000,000 or £3,000,000 without paying interest. We think, however, the colony has too much to do already without attempting to deal with the the issue of paper money, Mr Maeandrew's idea is not how ever, so Utopian as some of his critics imagine.—Echo. The Post of Wednesday gays:— "Has it occurred to her Majesty's Ministers, we wonder, that there was ample opportunity offered last night for "a smart stroke of business" on- the part of the local brewers and others, and a'corresponding loss to the revenue? The announcement of the new duties on beer was made about nine o'clock last night; the duties were not ordered to come into force until this day, 9th June. Between nine and twelve o'clock last night there was plenty of time for a brewer who was at the House to hurry down to his place of business and clear out all his stock before * the witching hour.' As a matter of faot, we believe that when the Custom House officers this morning went round to collect the duties on the beer in stock they found that one brewer had little or nothing to be taxed ; while we hear of another who cleared out 150 hogsheads yesterday." On tbe same subject we -find the following telegram from Napier :—" There was an extraordinary muddle orer the beer tax here. A brewer in town knew the exact amount of the tax early in the day, and one hotel laid in over two thousand gallons, besides which other houses laid in stocks also Again, before daylight this morning, all the oartu in the town were carrying away beer from the breweries, nnd it was not until ten minutes to ten o'clock that the Customs and police authorities were officially informed of the tax, though the police had been waiting up nil night in expeetHon of having to perform some urgent duty. Tbe result is that tome hundreds of pounds duty has be^n lost, the sum collected being only £240. It also appears that tbe publicans held a meeting here before the Statement was delivered, and discussed the tax and who was to bear it." Tbe Pharmacy Bill provides for the appointment of a Pharmacy Board for the colony consisting of six members and president, being duly qualified pharmaceutical chemists. The Board is to be appointed in the first in* stance by the Governor in Council, and at the expiration of three yean to be elected by the pharmaceutical chemists of the colony. The Board will have power to make regulations,, appoint officers, keep an annual regis* of qualified chemists, for whom examinations are to be held. The qualifications entitling persons to registration are ienrica m a ohemiat'a ahop for two mouths, serred as an apprentice for lour years, and at ten led a cours© of lectures, bold a diploma, or have piigßed en examination before the Board appointed under the Act. Trading as hitherto privileged subjects the person so offending to a penalty, wcorerable in q Bunamarj way before any Magistrate or two Justices of the

Peace, and all (tot, fines, and penalties, «?bioh ire fixed by the Board's regulation will go to the funds. The arrivals of immigrants at New York in April were 46,118, which v a greater number than erer before landed here in any one month. There has been a large increase in immigration of Hungarian*, owiug to the terrible distress whioh prevails in the north* era districts. People hare been reduced to the lowest depths of destitution. Hundreds of families are fleeing from the sufferings awaiting those who remain. It is said that the authorities of Hungary are becoming alarmed at the large etnigratiou of their people, and are beginning to consider means to cheek this depopulation of their country. Certainly England is the most democratic of aristocratic countries. Lord Beaoonsfleld, the London journals tell us, made Lady Lonsd«le the great success of the Queen's last drawingroom reception by leaving the circle of Ministers to speak to bet and offer her bin arm. This was no penance on his part, for lady Lonsdale is a very pretty woman, and on this occasion, the journals tell us, " Her Ladyship looked superbly. Her diamonds were magnificent, and on one tide of her sage was fastened a black pearl of fabulous size, set round with brilliants J*rom her sleeve (by courtesy,) or ra'her shoulder straps, hung string of pearl*, which had a curious and novel effect. Her dress, too, had cost 100 guineas at Mine, Herder's and on the white satin skirt in front, as well as on the train, were exquisitely painted groups of lowers." It was very like Lord Beaconsfield to take this little walk before the assembled Court of Victoria, with the most magnificent Star of the Garter ever made glittering on his breast, and the most brilliant woman at the Court on his arm. But when we consider that I/adj Lonsdale, bendes being the wife of an Earl who is a great landed proprietor of old descent, is a daughter of the great historic house of the Herberts, Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery, and that the Premie* who thus set her at the height of the fashion for a day by his courtesy, comes of a race .which forty years ago was refuted admi-sion to Parliament, and was himself a lawyer's clerk in early life, it must be admitted that the prizes of rank and power are at open to all classes of men in England as they are anywhere in the world. -N.Y. World.