THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 20 October 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1880.

A memorial is being signed by every business man and prominent resident of the Inangahua and Lyell, praying the Government »o reconsider their decision in the matter of the dismissal of Mr Inspector Feast. We believe tbat similar petitions are in circulation in "Westport, Greymoutb, and the Grey Valley. D V , and wind and weather permitting, the Inangahtta Times will be represented at tbe Melbourne Exhibiiicn by a full length portrait of our special reporter, wbo will contribute to these columns a series of, articles upon the industrial, political, and social aspect of the Victorian metropolis. He will also visit tlie chief quartz«mining centres of the sister colony, and furnish particulars of tbe progress of the industry there. At a meeting of the directors of the Just-in Time and Fiery Cross Machine Committee held on Saturday evening last, .the tender of Messrs Gross and Watkins was accepted for tbe erection of fluming. The sale of the properly known as O'Donnell's farm, siluate at Cronadun, on the Buller road, offers a splendid op« portunity for persons of moderate means desirous of embarking in agricultural pur» suits. The land comprises 42 acres 1 rood, and is one of the richest sections in the Inangahua. A large portion of the land i-s already cleared and ready for im« mediate cropping, and its frontage to the main Buller road and easy distance of Reefton, mark it as one of tbe finest properties in tbe market for some time. The sale will be by auction on Saturday next at 2 p.m., on the ground, by Mr P. Brennan? There will bo a sitting of the Magiss (rate's and Warden's Courts tosiTiorrow, when a number of important cases in each will be called on for hearing. We understand that both Mr Perkins nnd Mr Guinness will be present from Greys mouth. Mr G. Wise, manager of the Inangabua Low Level Tunnel Company has received a no* ilication from the Registrar at Hokitik.'i announcing the incorporation of the company and issue of the certifi-, cate. A general meeting of the share* holders will therefore be called at once to elect directors and auditors, and transact ohpr business. Mr Williim M'Lean has just returned to Weliing'on from Sydney, whither he went for the benefit of his bealtb. He has returned qirte rrsfored to health and, s'nnige as it may appear, he attribute,'-' his cure to the agency of George Milncr Stephen, tlie 'Spiritualist.' In a letter to a Ileefton friend Mr M'Lean snys concs'rning Mr Stephen: — "Yon will hardly credit that I was cured by George Milner Stephen, the great Spiritualist, who professes to cure the blin', deaf, dumb, halt, and in fact all the miracles performed by Christ, save and except the raising of the dead, nnd wish regard to tho hitter, ho does what is better, he is able to converse freely with them on till matters affecting him "self, his f'iimily, patients nnd others ; the whole thing is a perfect marvel, nnd worthy of further investigation.' We are sovr? to think that Mr M'Lenn has net yet been qivt.e restored to health. Mr Gilbert, dentist, has arrived in Re ( ;<:ii. t'Tid uny be consn't'-'d at Daw. r O „X \lyx A? Mr XyiyyX --i..?

Mr Warden Revell reached herefrom Lyell last night. I Thn peoplo of Eeefton are promised a treat in the contemplated visit of the Lynch Bell-Ringers, who are announced to appear in Dawson's Hall on Friday and Saturday evenings next. The com« pany is very highly spoken of. We regret to have to record the death of John M'Nab.a minor, who was recently injured in the mine. The sufferer was remoyed to i Greymouth and died tbere yesterday. j Mr and Mrs Tilbrook were passengers yesterday by the schooner St. Kilda, j for Melbonrne. ! A recently-arrived foreigner latoly stopped at one of our hotels, and at tho suppcMablo began to play fearful havoc with a plate of hard-boiled eggs, scooping out the yolk and • leaving.the white untouched. Juat as he was devouring the tenth one, the waiter remonstrated with him, calling his attention to his wastefulness, "Good gracious, man," ho remarked "you vouldnqt have mo cat ten vites vould you ? De yolk is dcv shicken, and dor vites der fedders. Do you tinles I vants ter malio yen great bolstertof mine stomach ?" It is eyery man's privilege, and it becomes his duty, to live within his means — not up to, but within them. Wealth does not make the man, and should never be taken into account in onr judgement of men. But competence should always be secured wben it can by the practice of economy and selfdeninl to only a tolerable extent. It should be secured not so much for others, as to sccaro to us tho consciousness of independence and the constant satisfaction which is receiyed from its acquirement and possession. I have (says a writer in a Home pnper) often lately been asked what chances are for single women in emigrating. During our stay in New Zealand I saw much misery, ending often in degradation, amongst young women who, having failed in finding openings at Home, or wishing to live in a more genial climate, had started for tho antipodes without knowing exactly what they meant to do when they got there, where to go until they obtained work, and being unprovided with the little mon n y necessary for their support meanwhile. I would strongly advise some of my countrywomen to t«*y the Western States of America instead. Perhaps this may not seem to be so much to tbe intorests of the Mother Conntry, but it would certainly often be better for the individuals. A single women should if possible, join a party, or at any rate go with one or two friends, unless sho be thoroughly self-reliant and capable. For the benefit of any who may feel fitted for such an enterprise, and who haye sufficient, money to pay the passage and to provide board for a month ov bo after arrival, let me say that a school teacher in one of 'the towns earns £16 a month ; a dressmaker, £14 ; a good cook iv a family, £7 a month a,nd board general servants, £6. So many unmarried 'men emigrate that,' besides the certainty of good wages, there is a probability of a comfortable borne and a husband in time for not a few ; and what honest and true women will affect to despise the advantages of these ? " The world is wide and large." and we have too many solitary and ill-fed women in our cities and towns. The Glasgow Herald says : — There is a prospect of operations being resumed at tho Kildonan gold diggings, Sutherlandshire. A German gentleman is at present testing the gold-producing properties of quartz . taken from several points in the strath. Tbe results are reported to be very promising. The process to bo adopted for separating tho gold from the quartz is said to be quite new chemicles being the princisal agents emplsyed Persons long resident in Australia state that they are struck with the resemblance of the geological feature^ of Kildonan strath to those of the Australian goldfields.