THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY,NOVEMBER 1,1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 1 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY,NOVEMBER 1,1880.

At the termination of the criminal business on W«Hlnesd;iy evenin;;, \\h. Honor JtidseWcston s;iirl ; — " This being tlii? last time X shall bare the hnnor of addressing .8 jury, T avail my.«plf ot the opporlunity to re'er to the paucity of crime ia this 'district (luring my ndmiuis* tr tion. It is the more rprnark«ble inasmnch as up-in a goldfieh', wiieie ail classes are suffered to contrregnte. and tt'liere jiroperJy -ff profit value is nec(?^« sarily txposed nnd liable to the depredations of t!in unworthy, we rn^'it rp.-ieons ably expt'et to fi-iul nnmerous off> n'lors 1 . The fact speaks volumes for the miners themselves, as well as for other el.-isses. ?*Ty connection wish the miners in this Coast has extended over a lennlbpned period, we have met in my Courts, at, the festire bo.ird. in their ■mine*, flnil on the road. Their independt-nee, nobility of fharacler, lnndness and- liberality lo» . wards 'eaeh oiher,. has always slnipk me. Wherever I msy be, and horfe^er I may be pl«ced, I always vetrcTl (hem. RT)d look bnck with unfeigned pleasure I to my Krjonvn in Ihrir midst, and I Hp< preciate to ihe full, the kindness aivl respect they, wilh ynnr-elvps. luire erer vhown to me. GenUomnn, I now disfharjre y^u wilh' t'-ie thanks of yow Qieen nnd country." There was much tn-pl'iuse at the close of his Honor's re* marks. A clcaninz up for flio TJni'erl Alpine Comi pan? for flu' vcccVv omAv.yvj, vesulicd in 416 ozs. of amsi]*:iui, from 135 tons of ffono The Golden Flcene E'vlencWl elcftneJ up with 378 ozs. of aTia'^i.-n, from top plates only, for the waek'? crushing. Mpgsrs Cior-ip (H'fl T.ee rolunicrl vo'tercl-iy eve7iin2 from Lye'l. where Ahey hai a 1 tended the half-yearly mertino of shnreholcSers in the XJ'nited Alpine Company, which wns IhM onSuiuvdiiy last. Tho flpction of directors rsuHi'd in t^e r^.apnoint'nent of Messrs Fennel!, Gor ip. l/*e<l;ir.iv;nn, ranradson, ntvi tV)caoi. Messrs Lrj a •.<] ll'Ooy were ro■e?pcfecl nurlitoi'3 fo/il:o next term. T'io re.« P'trts of the (li!'o?t>-.iv, 'nining nnrl balferv manarfprs, were vc-iul and r> ccivod, nnd" dis(i'osed a very jirosperoua inn" g^'iVfac'ory state of tlie compi>ny's ufPuirs genevally. The bal:ince*shpet showed a large balance to the credit of tlie convpony. It was resolved io el^irt the low level tunnel within tl s?e mcull)3 after it professional suvvcy, which ffim orclereil to be mft.de witlionl iio'^y. Tlse chairman of directors, j\lr FemieH, was requested to inteviiw tlie P.ullir County t'emncil, m roid to tho battery. A farewell 'jimquet. v as z'tyeu to Ins TTonor Jtiil^o Wcisto^ on .Sijiinvlav nis;)it- st i).r,v»o.'i IToVil-, to fxpre**, inwious fc> lii^ lecviirr li^c'ton, a a?nso of tho Liji c-sSiiimlioii iv which hi? is held in tin 1 di.-irici. A nu-xbci-of fcenlleraon arson bled at 10 o'elocl-:, i-epre* sc!itin»all ))ir|s of- the district, imcL nil see lioii? of tlie coinnuvifiy who lmpppnecl to bn in town, Tiie :itV-jir was pot up »t t<o shore a notice to admit of ihe attendance of niiiny, who, otherwise, would have arrsnigorl ilifiibusiness io us to enable, them to be present ; hue as it .was, a viry pleasant evening vr.is i fptnt, highly c joyed bj tho guest of the

evening, and the rest of t he company. 'Die County Chairman, Mr Ercnnan, presided and carried • out tl»e pvogr.immp, consisting of toast?, B|ieeche?, egnga, and nvasic, in his usual genial manner.. Wo lvgret t but want, of space uoinpi'ls us to bold over a full report. A class manufactory » libout to bo started in Auclvlinrl. The fwi> Ounmis.sioners of Kail ways for mully rolireil from tlieiv offiens on Wednesday liisr, und handerl over all public property in their ohnrire to tho (lovernmont. ■ The " New Zealand Times " alluding t" lhe ortouv of iabba;?e that pervidcs Hie Wellington Supreme Court und Police Station, desires to know if oabbago sharpens the detective faculties, makes, police "active and intillignnt " or is the only dish procurable on on account of the 10 per cant reduction. The ••Syduay Bulletin" says .—" The . yo-ing New Zealand Fr.ispactinjj; Parly (Forrest, and Co.) have taken up an a tea two miles below M alone/a Temorii. The puvty in | question j.vprweiffc..the?,,fii'st oontinjreut of New Z mlund uiinera \yho have anivbd on ilie i gold field. An advertisement lately appeared in an InvurcurgiU paper .calling a mealing to or- i range* for burning Mr Oliver and Mr Con jevfl,| —in efßiy. . . ' Mr Pyke is reported to have inf. rmetl the members of lh<? Vincent County Council I hat t ho Government iiad three "millions of money available from the lust loan. By his casting j votes lhe salary of the Chairman was fixed at j £250, instead of ;Gl5O, ns proposed by some in favour of retrenchment. Inspector Mallard has determined to leave I the polioj sooner than accept reduction in j rank, I see Joey Tvcps's new ' literary pvoductian ' j an old chum styles it), the iillesmcre Advertiser, has " gone bung." So much (he better for-the Guardian, Joe's energetic riv»l. Mr. Sherlock, publisher of the Guardian, ha.« | purchased the '' ptook and plant " of his j nufcigonisf*, ''giving Mr, Iws* a c;ood margin for profi'." I don't doubt 'the veracity of Mr. Sherlock's statement, nor will anyone be I surprised that " Joe " ( ITeuren bless him !) J has made " another good thing " by one^of his ; prematurely-born journals. And now he has ! <;ooe lo Waikato, South of Auckland, to hum i a honest" penny there, by atari insr a paper in opposition to the Waikato Times, and afterwards sell out to the proprietors of that, paper. Leave Joe alone, Tom ; he knows his way übout. No fear of him loosing a penny in speculation.— Tom Pepper, Eg. A modest request was made to Mr If eeling Registrar of Births, DeaUi*, and marriages n few days since (siy* the Manawatu Tiirtes). A young lady, of Continental extraction, whon'i he had married to a countryman of hei's about twelve months ago, came to him to know if ha could unmarry her. She said that her husband had gone (o Australia, and that she wanted to get married a^'ain, Miu* proving that every burnt child does not dread the fire.. The Registrar told her the thing was impossible, ungaliuntly adding that if ho*||oukt onfy perform suelv u feaf, and undo hall' the evil he had been paify to by marrying, he would have to rcai»n the town clerkship to r.tt.nd to th<? benedicts. Latest En»!ish arlviess (say 9 Town and Country) ar-j ■■<]) in the old "f"uin wt'tli.reference to Trl.'kett. The critics didn't thin', much of JJlrickman, but with one accord maintain that Trickett- is not good enough to make the Canadian race. In confirmation of the ficfc this is really (he current opinion amon-'Bt rowing men, I learn that a gemleman in Sydney sent. Home soms money to a friend who tdces a prominontpartin English aquatic* and requeued him tot lay it out in bucking;' Trickett. Ilia friend wrote by last mail to say. that after making every enquiry 1)0 thought it bo!ter not to Ao jiiiyflmjg, net Trickett hud iv-.t the slightest chance if Haalan is fi-it nnd well. Evidently some one is ma'iinir a mistake. It maybe I lie New South Wales people, if so, it bo the first litn« tills v have made sucli a very large one— in ath!oii?s at any rite. The first brief given to the lato Dr Kenealy, was given by the late Mr ATausford, R.M. who died the other day at Invei-car^ill. An enterprising American p.i'cnfeo proposes to control lhe rainfall in any locali-'y by means of explosives ami delor.arivijj fompouvids, raised to Iho cloud level '■ by menu of single hailons or parachute*, or in S9inc cases by flecls of smu'l batlons, the oliavgns bein^ simultaneously espl ulni by msiv s of an electro connpcMon. Anotiier inventor, i Mr G. If. Bell, goo.i »o fix* as a plan- of si rain ■ tower lo the Scientific .'Viii?ric;m by which he promi3?9 not only to produce- rain wlieu it is needed, but to prevent it from falling wlicu it \s not d.^ired. Tiie proposed (ur.nol th.'oujh Blanc is bain,' seriously ia'ikerl about in FtMiice, and the French Ooveriiiueut hu,ve co'iintis-tioned ! j\l. de L'jjinaye to draw up a ivpo. I o-ti the scheme. The estimated cost i5,£3. ! i00,000, and the extreme length would be about eight mile*. A deputation froai ths Victrjiiin Typograpicul- As.-ooiiition recently nsk-'d Alt* Graham Berry, Chief Secret'irv, to bvin^ in a ; iiill to amend the h\w? iv'uii:'g to I'aatoi-iej, X'b"iir chief object was lo prevent the eirp^oym»!it of boys atnight-worit in morning newt— oTici's. sfr. Berry expressed liis willingness lo assist the ceputalion in ge^ihg a- Bill passed on the su'jVcf, and said it would not be difficult to limit the wovli ig hours for boys. He also in form ad jlikiu thac (!iey could do moi'i? by llvirown orjjnisatioii than •imi leirisliitioii n uld do for them.