THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 10 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10, 1880.

[ The Prcsa fluent did 'not forward our ! usual budget of news per cable or telegram last niajht owing doubtless. to the bj-al Spirit, which prompted him to et>j»y t'ie l-o'iday, without considering that our " readers .w;ll be disappoinied irben they find that late news are not to hand. We are. therefore, compelled to go to press without them. The farewell testimonial, to be presented to Judge Weston, is being very numevuiihly signed by all classes of tho community, and, as the address will be forwarded to its destination in a four days, it woyld be well for those who wish to sign it, and who have not already done so, io see Mr James Grieve, in whose charge it has been placed, and who has kindly jinclertali:en to receive signatures, The lest of the testimonial reads as fol« folowg:— " To his Honour Judge Weston. — » We, the undersigned, inhabitants of the; Jiiangahua District, are desirous of expressing .to you, on the eve of your departure from the West Coast, our regret at the loss which, we will sustain by your removal. We are conscious that your departure will creafe a void that cannot easily bfe filled. We beg to assure your Honour that you will carry away with you our heartfelt esteem, not only from the strict, integrity and impartiality, which you have ever maintained on the Beucb, but also from the deep interest, which yoa have constantly manifested in the advancement of tho district, and in the promotion of its welfare. We fer rently hope that the success, which great merits aod sterling worth desom-dly command, may constantly attend you in your future career. — Reefton, October 30th, 1880." Mr Criibeirt, the dentist, left town yes« feiday morning for the Lyell, and as he will not re»visit Ueefton for some considerable time, his clients will lieve to be careful with their grinders in the mean* while <o prevent taisliaps of on unpleasant naiuie. A match lias been arranged between two good and respected " Old Sports," James Ean«er and Eobert Craig, Io run on the. 25th December pros, in Smith's Paddooli— a flat race, 440 yards, for the sum of £100 a side. A deposit of five pounds each is placed in the hands of Mr John Dawson. Articles were signed lon Moodiiy nij»ht, and the peds are going in traing. There is life in the old boys jet. Yesterday liariag been the 39 h anniversary of the Prince of Wales' birth* day, ' the Grovcriinicnt, County offices, and the Banks, were closed the whole day, whilst tbe leading business firms closed at noon to take part in the enjoytnent of a much pe<3 ed holiday ; the weather in the morning was harrlly propitious for outdoor recreation, but nevertheless nviny availed themselves of the opportnnity and made small exeur* sions to tbe country. Negotiations nro pending l>etsren the outgoing aud incoming mail contractors for the purchase by the latter of the coaching plant; now running between this place and Grey mouth. Should satisfactory arrangements not have been arrived at and completed by the end of next week, it is contemplated to run opposition daily coaches with cheap fares, perhaps as low es "en shillings. The travelling public could "not /ail to eppreciale the re* duciion, aud iho district would benefit by baring the place more frequently visited. The nest English and European Mail via Urindisi will close at the Eeefton office on Friday, the 12t.ii duy of JSoyembev, 1,880, at 7 a.rn. The Jußf.»in»Timc Company haye ex? (ended tbo lime tiil the 2?nd instant, for reciving proposals of taking the company's minute on lijbule. A3 the miue is iu £OoJ order, and all the appliances corns j'lele, it is hoped tiiat many ofers will be i rcce.yed. Ibe tribute system ha.s been

m operation for many years in Victoria, find lias usually been attended whh good , results both to mine owners and tributors. Similar results would, no doubt, follow here were the system niora generally i adopted, especially in our poorer claiuiSj , i where the' strictest economy will have to be exercised to make them remunerative. It is gratifying to notice that the confidence in our r*>ines ia reviving, and that outside capitalists aro turning their attention Reeftonwards as a field for invest* ment. Several Dunedin gentleman Lave paid the district a visit, and yesterday evening's coach';: brought Mr Wnlson. also from thatVifyi and- who already is a 1 very large shareholder in some of onr most prosperous mines. Ic is hoped that j the visit will proje to him both pleasant and profitable. We (Grey River Argus) regret to have to announce the death of -another old Greymoulh resident, Ht David A'fagoffinj which took place yesterday mo'ininfj after a long illness, The deceased gentlemas was identified : with the history; of j Grey mouth from its earliest day.«, and at one time took an active part in the local politics being a member oi the Improve and five childien, to mouroTifo losst - Tm J funeral took place yesterday! and was largely attended. About) the time of leaving off work on Saluiday night, the piston rod of the Energetic Company's winding engine was found broken, aud had to be sent by, es« press to Greym'ouih for repairs, necessitating a partial stoppoge of work in the miue. The messenger returned fi'cni Grey mouth yesterday with the mended rod, and the engine will be ready to start to-day. In tue meantime, advantage is being tak^n of- the interral, and a general cleaning; up is now taking place. When , the stamps are started again they will probably be kept going till Christmas before the next cleaning up will be made. Dividend:! declared duriug this week : One shilling per share (48 000) in the Golden Fleece Extended Q. M, Co. One shilling and threepence per share (32,000) in the United Alpine Q. M. Co., with credit balance carried forward in both cases. The Reofton cricketer's assembled in Smith's Paddock yesterday at 2 p.m., and played a scratch match. Sides being choosen by Messrs Bmyrk and Martin. Each side had their two innings, and spent a pleasant' afternoon; the victory falling to the Srnyrkites. , ; , ; The baling out of the winze in the Golden Ftaece mine, where the body of the missing man Dick Horton is supposed (o lie, has been continued uninterruptedly sinca Saturday. Last* night the water had been reduced 120 feet, and a mau was lowered down to test the air. He i reported the timbers in the winze to be all right, the air 'good, and that the water was down 4o the cross- irivos. The remaitiing distance to the bottom 'will re* quire a proportionate longer time to ac« complisii, as the body of tha waiter becomes larger and the haulage heavier. We regret to nave to announce the death in Nelson on the 4h. instant of Mr James Hannan, some five months since a resident of this district, where he "was held in high'estimation by his numerous friends. He was also well known and respected all over the Coast by all those • who knew him, and who will regret hijg demise in the prime of life being only 85 years old. He was a brother of the late' Mr Willhm Hannqn, one of the early lleefton pioneers, who also died in in Nelson some five or Q years ago. Both brothers smeared from consumption, and succumbed to the same disease at the same place. There ia a strong and growing opinion that the Government ha3 a nice nest egg stowed away in the Treasury. The objsct io reserving the money ia tbus put by a contemporary :— lt would be a peculiarly fortunate circumstance for the Hal\ Ministry if next session, just on the cvo of the general eleetiou If they were able to meet the House with a considerably amount of surplus revenue which added to the unexpended balance of loan, would euable them to reduce tarulton and to judiciously vote money for public works subsidies, and in other directions. Such a result would popularise them throughout; tha country, and would yuia seats during the uleetiau. . . The prospectus of the Caswdl Sound Marble, Portland Cement, and miuiug Compemv. appears ia the Canterbury papers. The prfrvisioniil diivctovy is a, sii'dnl' one, and induces eevei'al well known nmnes iu Chvist-chm-ab, Well!- "ton, and HiAvlilsa. The capital is £jO,OOO in 10,000, shai'3B at £5 cuuh. ■ Several snull parce's of gold (says tfyo Mai-lbcougli Times) havo been brought into town irom tbe Uf per Wuirau cli^n^s wi bin tho pa3t few days, but the old storv is repeated that th:vo havo been no largo. fiuds, but sufficient is being obtained to i warrant further prospecting and encourage | r the behef so generally outertained that pay* , able gold in very considerable quantities is in the locality. : Judge. Richmond, says an exchange, ha3 a decided weakness for punning and joking. This week a juror claimed excemption from ! service, on the ground that bo was deaf of > one ear. " Oh, indeed,' 1 remarked the Judge,witli twinkling eye. " that is a serious obr jection Jurors are supposed to hear both ' Bides." : i According to the Observer, a Lawn Tennis ; and Scandal Club, is to be opened, at Parnell, .Auckland, next week with a 6trav«berry ( r eed. i As an instance of the rjpidity of travel be.

cW< i|n Engl Dn( j a nd Australia'"now'a-t]rAs, thel caeo of Mr Mark Simon, an old We-t Ooa|t resident who has return after a visit to |ranee, may bo insta'neeJ. This gentlem an|visited a theatre in London the night be(bi'ojfhe left by tbe Orient, and exanvly thirty eigbf days atte'-wurds ho piad a vUit to the Meltj'Ui'ne Exhibition. Tlii ■ New South Wales Government has been advised; that. Earl Carnarvon, formely "Secre vy -of @tate, conteinpltitas visiting the colon! a, tlio date not beiug stated. The e is a great, rush of passengers by sea and lf>d to Melbourne. Tho steamers nre crowded. Cobb & Co. about 120 passeoj evs daily. Fort er resident of Boas will doubtless be glad tj leava that the Coiuisliey— Halpia — R. Eaeland party difficulty has at last been 'amicabfr settled, a price haying been offered and ac|epted so that there being now no other bbstniotiou in the way, we may look Cor tbe?Company'a making on active movemenf-. 1 ; The Victorinu Prem'ev and Treasurer, Mr Berry, lips dolivcved himself of bis long espected iiiift'icial atatemont. It Trill be seen 'tiiat although State fjaaucing in Victoria is in a more hopeful condition that wo in 2fe\r Zealand can boast of, it has been found necessary to cuitail public expendituia in inapjr depgi'ttnenta. It is evident that iho exaaiplo"oi the ftrait9 to which a country may be reduced by unlimited borrowing, unchecked expenditure, and a plentiful lack of Btaieamen. The picture wo present to our neigh boi|i is -not a pleasant due, but it h in* !.-Btrnctiv<f, and must be of assistance to Colonial Chauceljors ol exchequers, in empbar-ising the results |>f extravagance and imbecility, and in iducitig \ shuddering' M.ll.R.'s to agree to economise as niueh aa possible. It js not ugreea bib, either to a country or an individual, to be instanced as a " bad egg;" but unhappily STew Zealand is in a position to point a moral. The only consolalioa left us is, that we are like a light-house, placed to warn other ships of stQte off the the financial shoals, iuto which ovx barque is drilting.Tr-\Y. C. •-'Times.. Judging from a recent case heard in the S>naU-:deb'es .Court, Mudgee, a great niauy newspapers isubscriber3 are isuor^ut of tbe law beamig on the subject. For their benefit we make tho following extracts, which we recommend them to " read, mark, and learn ; ' : —Any person who takes a paper regularly f''om a po>fc oSice, whether be ba3 subscribed or uofc, is rosponsiWo for the payment." "If a person orders hi3 pap6rs to be discontinued he must pay all arrears, or tbo publisher may coulinue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether tbe paper is taken from the otlico or not." " The Cotir,ts liavo decided to take newspapers and periodicals from the post oliee, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is gvimafcc'ie evidence of that intentional fraud." The Trade Protection Society sued sixteen of their subscribers for-arrear oi subscription to their paper. The defendants admitted they were subscribers, but refused to pay tho amount sued for, alleTing by their attorney as a defence th'ut the paper/was sent to them after they had given notice to tbo proprietors to discontinue sending eamo to them. The plaintiff's, by tbeiv attorney, Mr J. Jl'Cnrtby, contended that the defendants were liable, as at tbe time tbo notice w«s sent the defend dants were iu arrear in tbe subscriptions, and that Li3 clients could, in faca of that notice, continue sending tbo jSapei* until nil arrears were paid. In support of this view lie referred tbe Court to several authorities on this matter, llie police magistrate, aftor.hearing the attorneys' on both sides, sustained tbe view of tho plaiutiffs' attorney, and gave a verdict for. tho amount claimed iu each case togetder with, witnesses expenses. Tho muuicipjlity of Prague has forbidden tho wearing of d; r esses with trains upon the streets, because of the dust, injurious to the public health raised by them. Between the years 38G5 and 1879 the military expenditure of Kurope bus risen at tbo rate of three millions sterling; — that is to say from 117 to IGO millions sterling per annum. Professoi* F. Newman has just delivered an address, in which he advocates tbe relief of Parliament from local matters, which he would- .hand over to provincial assemblies. England and Wak>3 ho would dirido into nine districts, each culled by a pretty name with a Latin termination — Ebomcia. I.unui, Moircia, etc.; Scotland will be cut up into Pictia ond Caledonia; Ireland will have Ilouie Rule. With reference to tho appointment of Sir Francis Dillon 801l to the AguntsCJenovalship, the Now Zealand Times saya:— Six* Francis wjs selected as much from his personal tttness, as because of his loog and imiinate connexion with the public business of the colony. Admitting the necessity of filling up i_tb,e. vacancy, we heartily approve ol'Oio of SiVFi-ancis. " Ciear beaded, havd'Workiug, a keen iuvsstigator, perfectly versed in departmental routiur, a fluent [speaker, a vigorous writer thoroughly conversant with' tho Colony's affair, he will prove a right worthy euecL'ssoi' to Sir Julian Indeed, no one but a msn of very considcvubla attainments and force of charactrr would have been fitted to have suc^eadad him. Whilst vm could havo wished ic possible to have closed the department altogether, and so have saved the colony n, largo yearly outlay, y«t,upon con? deration it will, we tbiult bo aclmilU-d that tbo colony must b>i represented in London, cspaci t'y that as during the nest yo.xv or two it3 credit may possibly be severely ttssailort. A Champion on the spot to guard its interests, to meet and reply to all co.no. fl, wbetho.* by word or pen, ia almost indisperisable.