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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 November 1880, Page 2

The Resident Magistrate and Warden's Court will bold its fortnightly sitting on Thursday, the 4th Jinstant, at 10 o'clock aJm. The case of some ratepayers against certain members of the County Council wilj, we understand, come on for bearing, summonses for that purpose having been served on Monday. Mr Haselden from Westport is expected to appear for the complainants, ' . The advent of the •' National Mutua 1 Life Association of Australasia, Limited," parks a new era in*the history of life assurance in New Zealand. This association in its first inception introduced important and [liberal features for the conduct of its business as a purely mutual office, and the marked success attending the association since its founda« tion fully proves the appreciation of the public. We understand that the association intend makirig'ilsjbusiuess thorough* ly local. A board of directors has been established in Wellington, and agencies are now being established throughout the Colony. We believe a district agent will be appointed in Reefton for the County of Inanganua. Mr A. D. Bayfeild hag been appointed Inspector and Special Agent. A well merited compliment was, the other evening, paid Mr Charles Bruun before his departure for Arizona, for which place he ia bound 'per outgoing mail steamer, Boing a resident of long standing in the district, and having materially contributed to tha develops ment of thellquarta^mining particularly in the Boatman's division of the district, he was W only well known but bad through bit: genial disposition, honest and upright dealings, and other sterling qualities of no mean order, secured a number of warm and devoted friends, who desired to inaifasfc their appreciation of his merits, and to express their regret at losing him >rora their society by a general demonstration, but as Mr Brunn objected to this, it was arranged to invite him to a farewell banquet given by a few of his most intimate frieuds to wish him success and " God speed." This took place on Friday evening at the Atheoeeum reading rooms after closing hours, and wasjsuxuiessfully carried out under the able management of Messrs Grieve and Schulhof. Mr Brennan took the chair, and, after the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of, in an appropriate and happy epjeoh, proposed the toast of the evening, which was heartily responded to by the company, who spent a pleasant evening with their respected guest. Mr Bruun left Reel ton the following day for Nelson, whence he will proceed to Auckland to meet the next San Francisco steamer. ■In the afternoon on Friday last, during the examination of one of the witnesses in tiie.-ease Beeche j. Hopeful -■ Company, his Honor Judge Weston said :—" Gentler* men — I have just received a telegram from the Minister of Justice, stating the inability of the Government to leave me to complete the business of the session." (The several counsel expressed regret at ♦he action of the Government, and they said under such circumstances it would he idle to proceed further. They pointed out the inconvenience tlmfc would result to the parties and the witnesses sub109'iaed, through the decision of the Government.) His Honor said : " I have done my best, and have goae so fur as to uffer to act as Deputy Judge to the end of the session to prevent loss to the suitors, nevertheless it is not to be. I have never been consulted, and do not eyen know what arrangements have been made for carrying on the business of the Courts; indeed, but for the newspapers and a gazette, I saw last .night, I should not have been aware of Judge Broad's appointment to the district. lam compelled to make those statements or I certainly would not do so. After seven years on the Bench, to leave my work undone in this manner is distasteful to me, and I regret beyond measure the in* convenience, which the people must sustain through it." The following winning numbers in Gilbert Stewart's sweep on the Melbourne* Cup have come io Heel'ton :— lslO, Od.^

trick— Mr S. Herron ; 150 L, Itospito— Mr T. Davics; 1512, Eichd— Mr G. Black; 1503, Queen Bee— Mr J. Church, 1523, Bradaluin— Mr 0. M'Gafim, and 982, Bosworth— Mr Twohill. Mr Brennan sold by public auction, at his mart on Friday last 2003 scrip in the Pbariix Extended G.M.. Co. at 13 per share* also a parcel of the Homeward Bound at sixpence. The friends of Mr Charles Gordon, an old resident bf this place, will be glad to learn that he has secured a good claim at the Tenftra rush, N.S.W. Eetulus are. to hand, and posted up in Dawson'g Hotel, from Mr Cuples, of the drawing|-in Goyger's Monster Novel Oracle fCompany, Melbourne, on the events |i the Victoria Spring Meeting, consisting bf twenty-four races. It ap* appears ptiafc £39 were handed to .Mr Cuples on his leaving for the Exhibition, by as many gentlemen here, for joint lDVestrafiat in the " Oracle " sweep on tbe Sprang Meeting, and tba return suovth that the luck of Reefton is still in the ascetidan,^ Seren horses we"fl drawn by lUe licletsflield by aies«r«p«ples A <sprbyrnong * Plate -?-• ' BuKic*]aba '''Santa Claas ' i Maiden Steeplechase—' Actress / Van Yep Stakes — ' Morning- Star ' ; Maies Illadac-^ Lapwing Filly.' With a privafwlicket tbe ' Hardee of the Mills ' bag fallefto Mr Trennery in tbe Derby. I It appears that in manufactures Eagland at present stands pro-eminent. Its operatives number |,830,000, againsfc 2,781,000 of Germany^nd 1,936,000 ofFranee, and 1,150, 000 of Eu|sia. The production per operative is -riven aP-United Kingdom, £224 ; France, £220 } Germany, £103. In the principal textile mdaufactures, cotton aod wool, the United' if iagJocn produces a total of the value of £155,000, France £65,000, Germany £18,000,000. The following is the population of the Colonies :-~Yi3toria, 899,000; New South Wales, 735,000; and Queensland, 218,000 ; Soulh Australia, 290,000 ; New Zealand, 464,000 j and Tasmania, 112,000 ; tbe aggregate being 2,710,000. The largest number of votes polled by any candidate in the last English election was polled by Mr Johu Sla<»g, M.P. for Manchester—24,9lß. A match has been arranged between Rush and W. Trickett of Paramatta, for the middle of November. Thompson, well-known In Melbourne, has received a telegram from Trickett, stating that he was never bettor, and feels confident of retaining the championship of the world. The civil service is by no means safe from further reduction. The Government are said to be on the «ye of dispensing with the services of many balefire of departments whiah have hiterto escaped the pruning knifo. It is to ie bojteditliafc they will oonoider carefully the refatiyo merits of the officers, instead of making themselves ridiculous, as they did in the case of the police, by their haste and unfairness. Tbe following paragraph is taken from the Grey River Argus :— " We understand that Mr Button, the eminent barrister of Hoki(ika, has decided to leave the ' capital of Westland,' having resolved to commence business cfc Cliristchurch. Tbe resolve of Mr Button will be much regretted, as notwithstanding being one of - the earliest of West Coasters, he will leave behind a vacancy that will wifh'di Boulty be filled up." The last phase of Irish n Distress "is certainly comical. The tenants of an estate in Leinster haye combined not to pay rent, but to wait for the " good time coming." On the landlord remonstrating with one of them, and pointing opt the unpleasantness of their probable fujture relations, the man replied " Well ye'r know, I can't pay yez tne rent, but if you're anyways short, I'll lend you the amount." { ■ We (Gre^ River Argus) are glad to learn that the negotiation* which have been carried on by the iirey River Steam Tug Lioness, of Hokitika, ijave resulted successfully. We understand j this purchase has been made for the purposf of th?« port being always provided with* an eH.iient tag in case any accident might happen to the Dispatch. We take! the following from the Otago Witness wider the' heading of 'Passing Notes "t— k always thought a Colonial Governorship a vwy good trade to bring a boy up to| but that, it seorn-i, is reaily a mistake. "' ■■Ifffife seems reason to think that there is even a good deal of genteel distress amongst Colonial Governors just now. Sir George Strjicban, the Governor-designate of Tasmania, declines to proceed to bia appointment on the ground "that the pay offered him is mad equate. Governor Weld, ifc appears, has alleged tint during lv's Tasmanian incumbency he found it hard work to live. T|e business did not pay at all in fact Kef jst money, having to .trench conn siderably oti his private income. Somebody will be found, I imagine, prepared in thn interests of the Empire to vegetate for a season in Tasmania on £2000 a year. The climate is ?ood, provisions are cheap, there is a house with strict economy I almost think I could do it myself at that figure. It i| not easy to see, however, how a Colonial. Governor who can't live on his screw can do^nything to improve his position. It wouldu't^do, for instance, to uMliae his glebe, or dfijbain, or whatever it is is cxUe-i, by keeping I» market garden or rnnning a milk-cart. The prejudices of society would hardly aUowv it. ledgers don't pay, racehorses are a bere pit to sink your money in, sweeps are'.^anity and vexation of spirit, mining acripiulways sells in these hard times for leas thai^you buy it for, and if you hold on the " .calls " swamp jou. Tl:ere remains writing fo><' the newspapers— but tlien a nian doesu'fc get more than half' a croivn aline. even for Passing Notes, and the numVr of Hues of that : 'i qualify you '.'tin wiii-i ivi l <''iy is limited. Besides, a Colonial Gov.riior

hasn't always got the brains. The only chance I can see for our Governors, if the pressure of the times continuss, ia to " receive only in the mornings, diae out five times a week, suspend all Church subscriptions, lock up the wine-celler, and visit in a hospitable squatting district whenever the Houses are not in session. A good deal may be done by economy in drinks. In the palmiest days of Victoria Sir Charles Hotham bad the moral courage to entertain his guests with sound " colonial." Occasionally tome fastidious civil servant of high degree, after venturing to sample the vice-regal swipes, would clap his hand suddenly on the gastric region, and double himself up in a pantomimic- colio. But Sir Charles as an old naval officer who had seen service was accustomed to tbo spectacle of physical suffering in many forms. He was not one who i would turn pale at — at —(what is the Greek for stomach-ache ?) at the sight of a mere I abdominal inconvenience. Those who mocked at his Excellency!* beer lost his Excellency's favour* and thus by the adoption of this Spartan regimen Sir Charles both Bayed his wine-bill and abridged his visitors' list. To any distressed Governor living in peril of the bailiffs I ..commend this example* As my literary engagements seldom ellotr "me to