THE Inagahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV, 8, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 8 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inagahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV, 8, 1880.

■The fciToarnble report of tbe oVeclors' and mine matter of Hie United Alp'ne Cbmpsmy otlhe hiiK'-veirly mee : «insj oa Ihe 30l!t vU M is fully borne out by the mnpmficent yield I;<st weeU of GDI ozvof ■amalgam from IGO tons of stone. Tins is the remit from the seeping of {op plates on!v, hikl exceeds tbe jjood flverstno coMsUlentb'y. By lie time tbe geneval eleiiui"? up takes pl;>ce it is expeclcd that a slil! -greater veLum will have been reached, a* He richness of Ihe stone sppdis to improve with Ihe derclop« mm) of Hie mit'C. Mr Petf'r M'Pailand of this town is Ihe snscess'ul (onJerer foi* the ''.Coalman's j lri«wre!dy mail at £29, while M> Frank ] Courlncy Ijp3 secured £S3 for (he June» tjon-'Lyell bi«weeUy contracts The dis« lancos in b.o'.b ca?es pre about the sumo, Mr Harry Mace, of Welliogton. formerly of the West Coa?t, and well known here as ooe of tbe early pioneers an I pvomoiers of iho Apx Company's mine and plant, is proceed in» n/jainst a partner lor fraudulent conspiracy. Mr Alace ngserlg that lie lose 3 i'4ooo. A teles'Vj'h station has been opened -at Piipntoiboi, in iLe County 'of Mao.'ilniij. Ffora and a(!ei' the lirst of Pecember nes', the telegraph slution at Haslings, County of Thame?, will be closed. Sepnr.it e tenders aye invited in another (foiumn, and will close to»ii'iorrow. fop exleudiu^ JN T o. 6 level of tho Welcome Company's tunnel 200 feet, '.und also for driving lutermed'afe lore} GO feet or thereabouts. Sprcili&ilious at Mr Brennan's oSlfe. Tbe {'leaoing up from the Golden Fleece Exleuded resulted in (he yield of 930 ozs. of retorted gold for Gve weefrs aud four dnys crusbin?, dnriog wh'ch lime 763 tons were put through. The bal'ery will resume criislini? ajuin tomorrow (Taesdiy) morning, by whic^i time the necessary repairs to the boxes will have been completed. A Isle (elegr; in, n kieh we Lave seen, informs a geutlemin in town, who is a large shareholder in the company,"that the general monthly cleaning up. of (lie United Alpine Iwilcry was finished on NSiilnrday, «iud resulled in 925 oz*, re% torled aold for four weeks crushing. A dividend of Is. 31. 'S declared, and a liirge balance brought forward. The ovd'noi'y half-yearly iiu'etinsj of shareholders in tlie JusT.«iusT'me Company was held at the Company's Office, J>roudwt«y, on Saiu'dity. The director's report aud l'a'ance»«lieet were received aid adopt r.d, mid the vacancy in the dircc'lory, called by the resignation of Air John ' M'GafEn, was filled by Ihe election of Mr 0. C. Boirmnn. Tiie meeting ibeu adj-tiinicd till Mie 22nd in« slant, to which dale the liui<» »br receiving offers for v til kin* Ihe company's mino on tiibtite.ba? bc«*n er.fendrd. Attention is directed to Mr Bowman's advertisement ii another column, wherein sale by auction of the Union Company's batter?, eo'd-mi»inu and mineral leases, water»rnc<\ b'iool*, piiddock*, &c,, js nniifiiJil, all 'o be sod on ihe llih uist. The nest irquUi" n»nnthty mretin? of the County C'ouitc'l nil ! a!ce place at the Council Clnmbe-s, on Wednesday, lOlh i>i9»., at S p.m. The Melbourne Hotel, Grey mouth, li:i«i. changed hand*. Air G. H. W'illcocks •s Ihe new landlord. The Rimnal meeting of the Inanj;:ilma Conniy Conncil for the eleclion of Chair* mm nill be held on Wednesday, the 24' b, 'next ensuing. Tbe-cootrac'tdrs for the Bis; JJiver tract. it appears, are mukiu^ pood pios>res?, 1 i-o»'«!dering the bad nealhcr lately experienced, and have, wiih exception of one or two places, which are sublet, but which will be (rushed in a couple of days —I'otnplpied obout three miles of (he io:id siartiii" from lh» jiiuction of Deuis a;id .Oevil's Crt'eks.'and crossing llj«.« Maori • iv\ StaHvinu Creeksj so tii t horses will i'O able to in 1 * 1 -' tiiinn^h the-'- wliolo dis«. •«!!(■»- the en.l of this! week. l-'iok UoiMcf, a miner pmploved in the •Coklcn Fii.'--H!0 I : £ c;.<;]^.i, vv,>:j Briissiiit; Slum ]•!* Ivtif'tiron >i:;!i. O y r. ; S l UrJ:iV, ;!!!'! !

as lie did not return, his mute R rew alarmed and reported <o the manager (bat ■ haying- required - romo tods in the 'fare ibey were working in, he sent the missing man for them, but as he did not reiumand con'd not bo found fears were entertained hi the mine that something 'lind happened Lim. o<i fnrlber senrch b h>g made, his cap was fortnd flowing on ( lie wafer ia an abandoned wii zc, which formerly had beta sunk to a depth of ,I'jout 200 feet from the fourth level, and I lien left disused for some considerable time. The v.a'ev having no ou'liifc has accumulated, nml stands vow about 30 feet below the level, thus leaving 170 feet of water in the wiuze, which will hare (o be bailed out by band into flic pmnp rfin ft, an d will probably t.-lco tb we or foiu- days in dcinjr, as several ciopsdrives couatnuoicafe with the whusp. Jl is almost; reilain thut the body will be found, but it will probably rerani n nnaccnurtfable bow the thin£ li:is happened, a* the w'nza fa a coßsir'ernblo distance away from the present wckinss, and no oue rould have any bos-ness to. approach it . . .. -■ ..;,;■,.- v : :;::« , T|ie^^^palrnd^!hoi;iti^:hi^su^ ■cceded l in J (heir eHdenv<snrsvto:VedjO|i;|||te hillici'lo bigh charges for rnblegfaMKSjtoj: l!ie Australian colon-ex. Ft biff" Ibo Ist instant, t!ie reduction is one Shilling anil sixpence for (he first ten word*, and (wo;.'rc'n'cefcfwxeaph nc?cJHsbnal trord on ni espni tariff' ralesi, The inter New ZMhiticl rotes, and also charges on collect m^s« siijjescom'nq; from the Australian <;o!o'iic«, remain' «n«l ( .ered, / A ■miueivJcoiTJ. fbo.Bijj river 'vepo-lP: Ilia^i Keve-iil ynvlies nvc nor!ntij» nn'H jvo«pee(it)<j about the locality, and (lift olhers a>e Hiiivin<r »os;'P< > fhenhrcea t'i il. IT<* (biitlrs Hint numbers wi'l find employnte»t (here at small, or as ho puts il. poo<' vrp^e<s. mid I'»a6 were a s'ot-fl oppnod- s;i Uie neijfhljou rli ood. grc:it fneiK^en Troit'. 1 he offeied io fho*o ahr-irly soilled in the plore, mi would ihdnca in ">v ollie«*s to set in perniiwently, w!io »io\r nuh f remain wliile-thoir rations h'sl. Tlie swarding; of provisions from lienfton or An'on'o's, bei^R a' serious thaw bad;. Tl nii^ht perhaps be troi'th i'.tc wbi'o of s"ine O'to. on the l<y:>!<»oufc for a small bn^'tuss!, fo p'iv n visit to the ph'ce and jud?.e for himself. The Ntipier " Telegriph "■ states that IFr. Tollemnclie now, in England, Ins expre«fcd Jits wHli!iqne:-3 to p:i_v (he property, tux on Ibe funihl inve3!cd i-.v IL'wlie'a H.\j, which amounts ta oboirt £330,000, wnicb, under Hie .Act, could not have been collected. Another Ynu'ioe invention h a bicrele to be <3 i-Tvan by compressed aii 1 , which is to be immnod in'o the iron tanlc tbat form 3 the scab of (be rider. Fi-oin (ho Ist o r ApvV, 1537, to the CO(h of Seplembec, 1880, <ho a«""Hty ofgo)d entered fin* duly for export-i(ion f> f om Hew Ze-.ilimcl ws9 9^07^93 ov.t, . va'ued. atJ;a7, OOO.S^. Of this quantity Auelc! <n 1 ]vpdnecd 1,230,-85 oz?, valued at FA.Wi oS3 ; Wtllingto'i, 00 f/.\ valued sir £120 ; Mnv'borou.'Mi, 47 217 ozs, valued at £IS:Ji£,5; Neljo'i, 1,623/.! o/.s, valued nt £ B, m.o'yZ ; Wf?t]inc!, 2,32'> ; 3G0 o«3, valued afc. £lo,ooB. 219; nnrl Oti'to, 8-.955,912 o/,.« vnhvil tit £J's,<»l-5.592. Tl»3 eomp iraliye returns enfercd for July for expo f.nt ion tor the quarters ending 00.t.1i September, 1880, on 1 GOih September, 1879 i sl>ow en )iice;i3o of 8170 ozs orer the c6i'i'espond ; »g quarter of Ja?t yein*. The commissioiiers st;>i9 that .wpwanU of 5 m?llio""i3 pertibed during tlio lime of (lie I.idian Fumiiic, and ibs from want of (imely preparation to meat a calamity which 'v periodienlly inevitable. The U.iiited, Slates, while it c-ont:iiri3 le:<^ (bun a sis'li of t-ho-popaM'on of Europe, liu> /oui'-Cflbs as miniy sheep n3 are in all Ibe conntcics of Europe iogelhep, A landslip at Passo \Tarlino, near Cataniii, Sici'y, recently brouglit to li'^ht a l:trge number of ancient. (om'is aud nrtistic objecf?, be lieved to belong io (he eemcti'vy of SiDc.ita* a (own on (be fiver Simef, nieutioivxl by Pliny. A* much as ni.ipiy thousmd pounds a yei:r i^ sent out of tbo colony for fruit that could be grown in Key Zealand.* In Lumpki'n eoumy, Gn., (lice \i a noiro v>'omnn. named Matilda llerbeit, wlto i? 72.> je-irs old. At Sinijr/pore, wiihin six wvel's, 40 Chinese hnve died out of sis hundred. Tlie c!ise.,i?e i< lvhi-wir »» beri beri.' It is sinlcrl ibat a 1::vgo p-irty of Jp.*nil9 expel lod fiorn France will cotno to Ne\r South ■Wales. G-. W. Williimi.tbe coloured ivp'.ose.ntative from ITtiiDilton eouitfy, is writing a bisfO'-y of Hie cn'ouix'il r ice in America.' The <lo'nc.i.d3 of the wntch trade in the TJitHud Si: lies a'Tiouat: io 8000 \v.-itehe9 c d.iy. Pii Kburjj I'onhiins 30 per ceni. of (he entire t^.f-i Industry of the United slate.i. iS.vitzeil 'iid Ims no army, no nsivy and no for.»i{.'\! jiolifij*. I'i ■••ye!in£ w becoming daily reoro popular in JFnghmd. A company bas been Gttirtcul m Chicago to make sug.-a* ffom corn. The testimony of a fortune-teller convieled an Ohio ineondiiyy. wlio had gouo to the wonifin' for advice. A Cliinainaii nt Butslier'a G-ally Otago, has reported that ho lia* found a nugget weighing 41bsThere Ins been a renrked improvement in j»fHeriil business m Timuru during the lust month. Tlie building turda was neper brisker The Wosport Times cay? :— The We.'fport litwss Eand has taken delivery ol their now uniform. 1 consisting of a tunic and cip ; tbe material u*etl is blue serge, wilh white facinua, and the cost of Hie set off is c.loso on S'.T.j, Mr G.eorge Ferguson 13 the manufacturef. We are informed tlii».t it, is the iuteotion of ilie Uund (o bold ti soi.-ial d-mee assembly en the evcnini' of the 9th «t the Masonic Hull, and Uio tiguve to jidn-it Luly ai'A | iioniioman h:>n beea fixer! Nt viie moderate j ?ura of 3.'. The .Unnd v.'iii parade on that i 1 cvcuivig ut 7 o'Li\it!r, ' '

Mr D. Doyle has been appointed to the Managership of the A rgyle Water-race, nnd Mr En-j-an siTeeceds him hero as Public "Wo. l<s Overseer. — Wesipoi fc" Times.

r llie harbor of Old Dulcigno is one (ho Adri-it'c, and the best that exi.'ts on ibat hai'boilc^s coast be! ween the southern point '.f Dalmaii.i and iho mouth of till Drin. The haven is n, sure safeguard from (he seulh win .'a— the tierce 6iroeco, but is esnosad ou its liLVlhcm side. There are about a dozen huts now on the beach, making n little sett'enirn', exclusively Albanian, aud called Linmni. In Ihe beginning of the sixteenth ceniuvy the appanvjineo of tbe ha'bor wa3 veiy'diiToren!;. The tovru fell into Turkish hands very late in 157P, and the Tur'.nb Governor of Scutari, who woo responsible for (lie district, proved incompetent -or unwilling (o check ihe piracy which gave Dulcigno an evil name iv the sixteenth and •seventeenth centuries. The light Du'cignote barques d.-^ended on the Italian, -Jb-tniau, even Greek coa?ta. The IVte undertook to put, rheiu.down, but the Governor of Scutari, himself' nlwvy^ e^o en from a pai'ticular North 'Albanian 'fsifutK;, was not inaccessible, cud morrovei-thc lfpite had no porticular ob< jeft'on lo «eoing the Austrian end Italian toayne'cetla uaged. An tinm;niags:iblo Pi* ha oc List made b|? tippparaneo inibe porsoi of "Sah^n, i i»J v tbo">lioloT piitcignote Ceet| H-^fbcring vo fewer; tb:n 500 vessekpwai binned to the wfer'a edge -hi its own harbor. Tliis blow mined Old Dulcigno, and tbo present (osvii;',»Hi3 I .platited;a iit.le" hirthcr in-liiiid-'to '(-.il-oits i)t ; ico>jvi*i i 'l7 -3 'l*e to\vn wa3 occupied by ibe : Venetians, but ouly for a brief period. In' -J 873 ihe Montenegrins look it by slbrm, mo-t of tho Turkish garrison having previously got a waw by sea. Austria however,' nt the IJorl in Congress objected to its ictcnt'oii by Moul'civo^ro, and GFusinje cud Plava wcVe substituted. #

Telegrams arc now scut by tnct'us of pucu-*_a!>c-|itbrs all over, or rat her uuder, Paris ;" the electric leloj_r»pu biuing giveu place to the inccbsnie.il ."transmission of the messages in l'.tlle carreers' by means ol coinpresscd fir. E'cct'.'icity ii, howeve", about to resume its sway, aud ao elec. vio post, on the principle of D.. Werner Siemens recently descvibsd in the CaiUercr, i* to be sitb-l ttatcd for the pneumatic O'.e. In u. Jcrgi-oimd tubes, saiall eVe! rie trains la dea with the messages will be nvi on rails at I'..*c ra.e cf ii-locn miles an hoe-, a socccl which very uuu-h errceds that of t'-c pneiima.'o post for long disii'ueos. Pr. Siemens' invention is also to be applied lo tt. new traaiwuy !•'- Berlin. The success of lire i<„bbn'aue_n post 1 % . tvain* iseaough to mall a' lis as!.- i' the j ii.no is uot xi hand when oleci'-ic railways si. a! I be laid iv submerged lobes, atid people I '-misportcd through narrow waters instead of under or over tlicm as befove. How would ai electric tubular railway Intel aloi'g on tlio bottom of the channel be ha ; lcd by million?!— Cass;*!!'* Mogaziuo,