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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 October 1880, Page 2

The United Alpine weekly returns are still on the inorease, tbe last being muoh the highest yet obtained, viz , 590 ozb. amalgam from 166 tons of stone, torn the top plates only. There is likely to be some rather fine cut« ting for the local mail services this year. It is reported that tbe Grey mail bas been tendered for at about half the price now paid, and a determined attempt being made to wrest the contract from the present holderp. The tendering for the Westport line is also expected to be very keen, a larger number of tenders having been sent in for the services than in' any previous years. The result o the tendering will probably be known during the courae of to*day. The Melbourne Exhibition was opened punctually at 11 a.m. on Friday last. The attendance is estimated at 70,000 persons. The ceremony itself was a very formal affair, aud did not occupy many minutes. We understand that tbere are several heavy and important civil cases awaiting tbe next sitttng of the District Court here. The Court wiii, we believe, open on the 28th in» etant. It is reported tbat the late continued wet weather has been very severe on the roads throughout the County. The Westport road being the chief sufferer. It is quite evident that no time should be allowed to slip by in settling the question of maintenance. That the roads will have to be kept in repair is certain, and the sooner the responsibility of that work is put upon the right shoulders, the better it will be all round. We see a ?ood deal of trouble ahead of tbis question. The entertaiament held on Saturday even* ing in aid of the Hospital funds was fairly, although perhaps not so largely, attended, as was expected. About £12 was, we believe, taken at the door, and the total reoeipts may possibly reach £15. We believe that about a similar amount was raised by the late concert. The entertaiument itself passed off yery successfully. The Grey coach reached lleefton on Saturday morning, and the We.'tport mail gat through yesterday shortly after mid«day. The Greymouth coacb left on Sunday morning. In our last Warden's Court report of the case of Feeche v. Welcome Co., it was said that the total expenditire bythe complain* ant on his claim was £50 18s, It should have been that that waß the expenditure for the week preceding the hearing of the case. The members of the Headier Bell Lodge have decided to celebrate thpir anniversary with a ball and supper on the 30th November. lt is announced that the prospectus will shortly be issued of the Lyell Creek Long Tunnol Company. Tho ground U situated end on ar>d broadside to the United Alpine Company's lease, and its position thus ranks it as one of the most promising ventures yet launched. Mr A. Breen informs us that a splendid seam of coal, six- Teet in thickness, has been intersected i i his mino at Soldier's. The debate in the douse of Commons which began on August 26th, was continued until 1 p.m. on the 27th. Lord Hartington u'ged the Irish members to proceed to the consideration of the vote of supply, assuring them that they were mistaken if they thought to wring pledges from th,e Government by obstructing Government supply. Notwithstanding thiß appeal the discussion was kept up. and a motion to report progress negatived by 142 to 29, The O'Douoghue then moved an adjournment, which was also negatived. At 4 a.m. Mr Parnell revived his motion for an adjournment, to which Lord Hartington objected, saying that the vote on the Irish Constabulary Bill had been for three nights, and tho Irish members, instead of proceeding with it, had raised discussions on cher matters. At five o'clock Mr A. M. Sullivan was speaking in justification of tho procedure of the Irish members. He spoke for nearly an hour. Mr Parnell then suggested an adjournment, and said that the present state of affairs was tbe result of Lprd Hartington's headstrong course. At 11.50 p.m. Lord Hartington accepted the proposal of Mr Purnell that the Irish Estimates should be voted that night and the Constabulary Estimates on the following Monday. Mulle. Sarah Bernhardt's seven changes of attire iv the part of the heroine in " Frou

Frou " (says a London paper) have attracted much attention among the curious in such maters. From the report of a competent observer we learn that in the first act she wears first a grey riding habit, then an evening dress, consisting of a Pompadour tunic over a skirt of creaTr-colored foulard ; in the second act a peignoir, or loose gown of wbite muslin then a robe of garnet hued satin, with full puffed sleeves and a" tablier " of figured silk j in tbe third act, a white "muslin tunic over an under robe of cream-colored foulard, witb little puffs ; in the fourth act, a dress of grey taffetas trimmed with £,rey satin, and a petticoat gathered in front and trimmed with fringe and pearls ; lastly, in the firth act, a robe of black crape trimmed with black velvet and a large fur mantle. We can only hope, in tbe interest of our lady readers, that we have correotly rendered— co far as we have ventured so to do— the technicalities of the toilette employed on this occasion. In response to the United States Senate resolution of March 8l;b, the Secretary of the Treasury has just furnished to that body an elaborate statement showing the expenses of Ihe Government "on account of the war of the rebellion from July lst. 1861, to June 30th. 1879, inclusive." The statement exhibits the gross expenditures, the ordinary exj penditures, and the expeuituves growing out { of the war in all the various branches of the service, either directly or indited ly affected by the war. The grand to' als are as follows : —Gross expenditures, 6,7.00.702.505 dols. ; ordinary expenditures, 609,549,124 dols. ; expenditures growing out of the war, 6,187,243, 355 dols. The principal items of the war en penses are Jthe following :— lofciest on the publio debt, 1,764,256,198 dols. ; pay of two and tbree years Volunteers, 1.040102,702 dols.; subsistence of the army, 381 ,417,548 dols.; clothing of the army, 345,543,880 dols. ; army transportation,336,763,Bßs don. ; purohase of horses, 126,672,423 dols. Be was a stranger, but he entered witb nn air of confidence, and handed us wbat he oilled a "Joke," We examined it, and told him that it contained neither sense nor point, and tbat it was a pure piece of idiocy. " Well," he replied, reaching for his manuscript, " I haye read your paragraphs for some time, and I thought you preferred them that way." Tbe '• Daily Times " says that the attendants at the Dunedin Hospital are now required to appear in uniform when on duty. The uniforms adopted are very much like those worn by the Gaol warders, but the material is not so good. Why cloth caps with large and heavy leathern peaks should be a part ofthe uniform of in-door attendants it is difficult to understand, but it may be that the committee are desirous of leorning by experience what amount of pressure will produce brain fever, or whether headaches can in any way interfere with the duties of hospital attendants. Commenting on the statistics published with regard to the number of evictions in 1878 and 1879. the Belfast " Morning Xews " observes that this is a matter worthy the consideration of platform speakers who may feel disposed to denounce Government interference. Mr Forster has added to these returns the astounding information that up to June 20th of the current year considerably over 2000 ejectments have been executed. How far the work of turning out tbe people shall be allowed to proceed is the question which awaits the answer of Parliament and the nation. Mr Charles Woolcock ex«M.H.R. for Grey Valley, (says an Ashburton exchange), has at last been provided for. Mr Woolcock has been appointed to take charge ofthe unemployed in the Patea district, a position for which his early training yery well fits him. A contemporory says : — " Over a quater of a million of advertised sweeps will depend upon the issue of the Melbourne Cup event in November next. This is significant of the gambling spirit of the age."