THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEKKLY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29,1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 October 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEKKLY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1880.

Thfl I'nu'linh and European mail via Snn Francisco will close «t the lveefton office at 7 a;m. to*^ay. Tbe acquittal recorded in our. District Court report bas been received with general approbation by the public, and the many frienJs of the defendants were not slow to offer tbeircon<;ratulalion in person, causing fluite a rush to the little " City " up to a late hour. During tbe bearing of the case the Court was jjmnjnjed the whole tiny by the anxious public, and, (hose who could .not find room inside rex mained iv the vicinity most of the time. The case wns well got up and ably conducted on both sides throughout., and was listcped to with g^eat interest ; but U)e culminating poiot of the attention of those in Court was reached during his Honor's summing up, which op all si<^ e« was admitted as a most able, clear, cou cisc, comprehensive and exhaustive ex« position pi tb§ ca*e, entering into and explaining, as it did, even tbe most minute detail, and, in the op niou of many, unparalleled by the usually etle and impartial .and paipsfaking charges of bis Houor, lo j nies on former occasions. Nothing of importance is taking place, and the news f/,QiQ our mines are meagre, in fact, notably so, but tins can be accounted for by the fact (bat most of the meu from Bout man's are in town since the opening of the Court on business either as principals or witnesses in the important cuses from that locality. Law at present is absorbing all attention at the ejepepa? of ordinary mining business. The contractors for the completion of tbe mill for the Welcome Company ere making good progress, and the works in connection I herewith rire expected to be finished and handed over to ilie company in about three wrelts time. In Uie meantime, the hands are employed opening out in the northern shaft and preparing for sloping out, so that by fhe time the battery is ready, no dH.iy will take place in sending down stone for the fiist crushing. The Inconvenience endured by witnesses at the present sfujnss are not as t;reat as they wonMd hare been had the wealher nojfc been fine, but nevertheless it is almost time that some proviso should be made for their accmuraodalion. When ordered out of Court they havo to brave '.lie eleni^tits, whether it is scorching hot, piercing cold, or dren<?lifns{ wet the unfwtuua'e witness is not allowed to srelc shelter in the Court, nor yet is he allowed 1.0 go beyond call, as he mi y lit bo wanted at F.ny moment. He is, there** lore, obliged to remain within bail, and there is nothing wore wearisome to an active man than to be tethered as it we-e the whole day within a limited area jt ) mforced idleness, Thnre ought to be sorae strong represpnt itionson ijse subject shojrd be made to headquarters to have the matter attended to and the incon* veiiien.ee removed. Thp encroachment case pow before the District Court presents several peculiar features seldom met with under

1 ordinary circumstances. It appears that (he same gentleman is legal manager for both companies, complainants und de« fendants in this suit ; several of lite directors, hold that office in both coai> panics, and a number of shareholders 'lire also shareholders in both ventures. It wijl thus be seen that a number of | people are plaintiffs and defendants i" one selfsame ease, and at the same lime. Then again the special damages j !>y far exceed tlia general damages ' which seldom occurs in mining cases; in I this instance, a very ingenious, and, to ! our- mind, a novel plea is advanced by ! the complainants for claiming the amount set down for such special damages. It will be seen by our advertising ! columns, that Mr Thomas Lynch, farmer, land dairyman of 'Crusuingloii, will on I and after Monday, sell best milk for ! cash at the low price of threepence per i quirt, Good IPeaipliirs cheer up. Tho ha'f-ycirly meeting of tha Bank of New Zsulind w;is'held'ttt Auckland on. Fi-i-I duy when the Chairman of fie Boird o( I Director*, in moving tlio reception of the reI port and balunoe slieot, alludfld to the deI prcssioi prevailing in (ho Cotonies, $M\n« | that, although the Bank hud sustained severe i losses, still it was atye to declare the usual dividend of 15 per cent., amount in.! to Ll5O, DOG on the paid-up capital.— -Gi'oy Avgus. Lord Eleho, in ihoinidat of an otherwise dull speech in the llouso gf Commons pn the Irish Relief Bill, thus umusingly satirised, lll(5 action of the Government in connection ■will) tho Irish Compensation Bill :— Ho said Hie principle of tin* Bill was put in a nuf shell in a letter which he had received from a correspondent at Bristol. He wrote : "My Lord lamasoda water manufacturer.— (Laughter') Th* last three years have bean as disostrous to me a3 to the Irish husband man. Mj Landlord is iuexorable. He will have every copper of rent, no remission whatever, and threatens, eviction by distress on my -plant and machinery built into his freehold Smitten sorely by wretched weather and German Spring competition— (laughter)— a Sodai-water Relief Bill enabling me to claim by plant or full compensation M defiance of any legal process would put nic on a bed of roses. It is useless throuteuing to shoot my landlord if be had the audacity to claim his own—his rent-»us he is an ofljeer of volum leers, aDd a far better shot than I *m." An Auckland correspondent writes as follows ,— Mining affairs nra brisker than for some time past, owing to tho deop-druuitige quesiion have been settled on a now basis which it is be! : eved will prove satisfactory anct permanent. Tho yield of god for tbe month is close upon 4000 o::s., which is eve-y good, all things considered, An attempt is being made by the U3e of water enginss to make the reduction of low grade quartz remunerative, and if the experiment i 3 successful it will make a new era for goldminin<? on the Thames. " ffli\e&" tells the followiuw story anent the confusion to which tho practice of naming animals (and we might also add plants and flowers) flfter distinguished peisons tends i — Mistress Nelly C— — , who h>i* spent most of her days on a station where the patricians of the flocks nntl herds ore known by ari3tocratio names, visited Ballarat last wi.ck during the 'Champion Slieep Show. A friend who bud not seen her for years; and was good-naturedly anxious to pnrnde some of the amusements of the golden pity, asked permission to send her .tickets for the concert that evening otthe Academy of Music. By way of further inducement be said, " Yon will see the Duke of Manchester there." " Oh, indead," said she, " I heard they went to the railway to meet him, and afterwards brought him to the cnttlo Ta'th ; but bow will they s:et him on ,tb estate ? Will they rope him, or bundle him, or what?" " Ropo him," said her fn'encl in astonishment, " why should a man be roped to po to a concert ?'" 41 Man!" said the lod.v ; "is it only a man f* Faith, they made ep much folk nbout him, I thought he was the prize merino." Mining matters nt Croninvile (says the Charleston Herald), haye almost boon at a standstill for the piefc vepk ov I*o owing to a breulc having ocenr-red in Shine's hi? race The necessary repairs — wbioh Qons!* 1 ; mainly of tlie driving pt a lonsr tunnel-^- iro cxper-rnd to be completed to-day nnl if is a?serted that owing to the nubsfanUal ni^u'-c of tbs niterotion no fuvther mishaps will occur on the race. EMcr Sorenso" favsthnt ' when a mun otils on Hie garment of (be Mormon faith, all Ilia wickedness evaporates.' The latest current connoted with the police fovce is that 1 the Government propose di'pemi'g with the sei-vice* of a numW of tbe country policy nnri appo ; tiMn<» nn individual in each township ns a kit d of ciri'ian constable, who will be supposed to do duty when required ! Wecon f e3B we don't bolievo the umior. Green flax is now largely exported from Wellington to Melbourne, for pnr-p0903 in connection with the manufacture of paper. The house for Rpwi, built by the Government, at Kihikibi, is about completed. A lirge quantity of furniture .ha* been sent up from Auckland for it, and workmen detained to lay floorcloths nnd curpets, kc, and gpe that the place is properly fitted up as a resis dence for n ehinf. The Clutha County Cmneil fail.>d in a recent endeavor to obiain some advice gratis. Through tho member far the district t ! c Attorney-General was asked whether the postal cards nspd by some of the Counties ure a legal an.d'SUifieient service in tho collection of ratep, in the^o 0. -untie*. <l Consult your lejal adviser," was Ms Whitaliei's rei ply-