THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 24 September 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1880.

Tbe Nelson p wple do not appear to have yet thrown up the sponge in the matter of the railway to the West Coast, as we observe from Hansard that just before (he close of the session Mr Pitt, one of their representative?, moved for and obtained leave to next session introduce a Bill: designed to place Nelson on the same footing ia regard to the r lilway which the Province occupied at the time of the introduction of the Public Works polioy. This means that authority shall be given to Nelson to separately contract with private capitalists for tbe construction of the line for payment in land. In assenting to tbe iniroduetiou of the Bill, Mr Oliver said the Government dtd to without in any way committing tbeuwlvM to its provisions. The up coach left A b aura at the usual hour yesterday, but as it did not arrive hce the supposition is that the driver wai bailed up at Devery's Terrace. The Inangahua rivpr was running pretty high last night, and had the coach nviived it would have been un abla to crossA special meeting of ihe shareholders of the Just-in-Time Company was he'd at Mr Wise's office on Tuesday la?t. After a lenjlhv discussion it was decldd to suspend a'l work in the mine for the time being, ond tt» let it on tribute. It was also resolved to discontinue nil expenditure in the mine., nnd two direofojs were appointed to vicit the mine and collect th* tools. This action is only temporary, as the haK-yearlv meeting of the company will, shortly be held, when Ihe future plan of operations will be decided. Owing to the unfavorable state of the evening, it was deoided last night to postpone the hospital concert until Thursday erenirg next. We think the committee noted very wisely in tbe matter, for in the face of the weather a good attendance could not be expected. The interruption to cable cormnumealion with Europe snulfit out for tbe time being all those consuming European topics, from tho price of wool, right down to the movements of our dis«esteemed and very expensive friend Ayoub Khan. Poor old Ayoub and the Sul* ton of Turkey — we musn't forget the Sultan, for he i* jasf a« dear f/Tpenrive) to us es the other potentate— your'e wipfd off cur map f>r forty -eight hours anyway, and we feel quite lonesome.. For four years we have bad you—or rather the par of you have bad us —every issue, in some- form or other, and c*# f us more hard cash than would pension you both for li r e. For ihe all too brief period of forty-eight hours then we breath, and in the meantime may your shadows trrow less— a heap lew. M'<y General Roberts, and General Burrougb, and General Phiiyre march on you, and surround you, and ovenvhclmn you. May the Great Powers ?it on you, and distract you with ultimataeach one more agonising than the last. In short, until we next heo,r from you, which will Purely be directly upon tho restoration of communication— may you both be rammed, jammed, and caterwompously chawed up. We have said itTbe adjourned meetine of the Race Committe will be held nt M'Gafiin'* Hoiel tin's evenfag* w.be» the date of the forthcoming meet will be feed, and other business in ftmrecM'on therewith transacted. The folt wTfls<.W'Te appointed s'ewards at the last meeting : — Messrs Ricliardson, Trennery, Williams, Q.uialey.Hartipan, Coc'irme (W.) (Vbrane, (T.),. M'Quillan, Walsh. Lep. KdwardsChinir, Of linjrber, M'Ginley, W«l. k^r, A'exander, Arohr». Dugpan. Barr, B»w---mnn, and Oarven. The mreting; wi'l be h.ld Bt 8 30 t^hiirp. when replies are exoeeted ,from GreyiT-o'it^nnrl Flampden in rospect to : the dn'«- of their mppfci'njrs* Mr Hunrei-i a g nrtomtin from "R-unedip, ; who.ia.lor2 ly int«re9fed in R efion and Lyell nunes, avw'fd* here by. coach on Tuesday evr'T)i.i2, and subspqii-'ntlv visited' ti" pin- f work?' «"• r r Ifun'pr was a Wge. i'-v-f r at the Thomeo. in it* mot pto^ieroiis cay*. nnd whs unionist the 'avord'o^' Fmtnne. We i tinufit tba v his Ptperie">re of tin's fi*ld tn t ■! fully vesili-e esppclatinns,- and th;it he m v depart 'til' v impwssed' with the soundness if our mii)i«'g- indu-<lrF. . * A mopting. wil be held at D.iw'on's TT il (o-morrow evrnin?, for the p»rpos« of a-■v-angirg a Chrisiy.- .\fin*(ri-l enferlainment nl no e:irly d!i!e, ani an effort i»>fo be made to pill fopih. an «n!erlainment really worthy of the name. 'Jotwiatever cause it is to be as* ••ribed; it is.ntidoniab!y true t!m? the ordinary sing-song concert carnot hold a candle to the ne^ro entertnib-nents. in tjie matter of ■populiin'uy.. Tlie craving for umusement is paramount. Of course, there' are various kinds, of amu*oment, but the s-t of the popul«r current ia direcli- upon that paWioular form whifh nr.ost abundtintly inciie? to laugh" ten,. and this is ju*t, wl>e c the buri^ oorlc pompa m. A gond nearly lat!«;h iv- at. 'ul< <i;»e.s worth gpi!'^ a long wav to enjoy, and when, to *li.-« is uflded some-good solos an j c'ioriisp». tlipre is good vulue fir t!io menßy. Wa shall lberfl' i ok forward with iotpatier.ee to tie debut of the sible en*ert»incrß, and to whatever charity the proceeds may bo C-&-

--voted, a substantial benefit will undoubtedly accrue. is far os can be yet judged there is esery Vemon to fceikre that another of those wretched bungles which have ever signalised Getie»«t Government engineering on the West C«ast has been committed in conneca tion with the Inangabua bridge. By the »pcciß<«t'»ns the piles for tlio bridge are to bedi«»*i*Oft.but it turns out that after rimmax at the first naif dozen as long as Ibe timbers would permit without the risk of splitting, they cannot be got down wore than a few feet, owing, it i« supposed to the presence of the bed-rock. This is a very fl^'ious matter to the community, and hence our rea» son for referring to , the subject in oar last is3up. The chiving has been discontinued, and, wo believe, Mr Garven, the supervising officer, lias communicated the position of matters to the Government. It wa« stated yesterday moroinsj, upon what authority we l-now not. in the fare or the discovery made, that the pile-driving wi'l now be procerd^d wfth on the opposite side of the viyer. . Without pretending to the possession of any ■ expert engineeriug knowledge re rar.not think that any further driving will be sane r toned until the whole line has been explored. We are informed that early resi« ; I dents of Kcefton well remember seeing the > I rock cropping up from the river bed, a little to the south of the present channel, und directly in a line with the proposed bridge We give Ibis as mere hearsay, but in the bet lief that it is entiiled to credence. We do not doubt that Mr Garven has fully informed the Government of the serious hindrance i met with, and will watch with interest the step to be taken. The difficulty could never have arisen bad proper exploration been made at the outset by borings, but this precaution ■ appears to have been neglected, and a rather i nice kettle of ush is likely to be the remit. Tenders are invited by tho Welcome Com* ' pany for completing the erection of battery, and other woks. The tenders will close on Thufsdrt. 30h iaslant. The. German tradition of the existence of " doppelgangei's " .or "doublas" sometimes appears to be real in actual life. These singular resemblance between two men, unrelated by any • ties of kindred, occusionallv occur, and Shakspeare may have founded his " Comedy of Errors "on some tale of renl life, where the Dromios had not the e^euse of near relationship to explain their singular likeness. According to the newspaper eorre?pondent9, the Czar possesses a •' double " in the shape of an officer who has b?en frequently mistaken for his Majesty ; while a " doppelganger" of General Gourko neirly succeeded in deceiving the oSL'iuls to whom he applied 'or a private interview with the En>pero'<'. History is full of examples of such •' doubles " — real or imaginary. No king or prince ever died in prtoen but a tradition was spread abroad that he had escaped, and was living disguised in some safe retreat. The Bretons devouily believed that Pvinca Arthur, instead of being murdered by his uncle, ended his ddys in a monastery. Lambert Simnel and Pekin Warbeok successfully pesonated tbe sons of Edward IV.. and, ac--1 cording to the testimony of contemporaries, boh possessed considerable resemblance to ' their repute i father. Pew historical o*awcle'S have had more counterfeit prrsentments than Sebassian of Portugal, who, being found miming a r tpr » battle against the moors in ' 1578. was represen'ed by a succession of im - poetors for rears afterwards- Concerning one of these historians tre yet in doubt. Id 1598 a man presented himself to the "en tin n Senate, eluinoing. to be the lost heir of ! Portugal, escaped from a twenty v^a^s'captivity .among the moors. He possessed great 1 personal resemblance to the lost Prince, was afquainißil with secrets concerning (t ie Royal 1 Family, and had certainly strong evidenc? to produce in favor of his claims, but he was deeiJed to k» another of the lon<r series of impostors who had assumed (ho title of ?«bast ; an, and was sent to the galleys. To 1 the close of his life, however, he persisted in his talp, and its truth is one of the. many lrsforical mysteries fint are never likely (o be cleared up. Russia, too, hns had its historical i " d-'uWo?." Many counterfoils arose to prr3onate that Demetrius, son of the Cr.w, as ' Grand Duke of Mu«covy," who wus murI deed in 1630. fn 1573 an tmpostor aro=e w'io asse'ted that ho was Peter HI. He lei itn nrmr against (he Empress Catherine, but was d feiled and executed in 1775. There wro many claimants to the title of Louis XVI f. In the present cen'u ry a mini nnmcl Elooznr Williims. residing in Canada, was believed by many persons to be th" vi • Cotinate Panp'iin, who it w:iii said hud bprn secretly conveyed to Americ* by a fuilh'nl t?i>r?mit, instead of dying in the Temple, — Glolo.