THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 15. 1880,

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 15. 1880,

!' f ' '■ ' .' ' ' ■ ■■- r — -— The County Engineer' his passed three miles of the Big Kiver track, commencing at Green's old sto.ie, Denny's Creek, and it is now open to pack«horses ror that distance. The gradient*} having ken found too steep, the contractors were ordered to lesson them by zigziging the track on the worst plates. The scraping of tho top plates at the. Golden Fieeco Extended for four days crushing during last week resulted in i.Qoz3, of amalpam from 93 tons of stono. The mine looks well, and another good dividend will bo available before Christmas. Tho company was during the whole of last week pnt to consider* ziblo inconvenienco and trouble, in consequence of the diversion of pait of the ordinary attention from tho regular workings lo the laborious search for the body of the man Horton, ancl tho attendance at the irquest reported elsewhere. • However, that trouble is now over, and general operations word resumed this morning. Thf* monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee will be held this evening at Mr Bowman's office at 9 p.m. . We learn with greit reuret that Mr John lloberts, an old an I much respected f ettlcc in the rallcy, bas had a relapse, no sitating his removal to the Sea View Asylum in Hokitika. - The United Alpine Company took off the top plates 30-1 < zi. of amalgam for fi»e days crushing last week. The quantity of stono treated was only 14.0 tons, as. the contractors could not keep up the supply, An extraordinary meeting of shareUdders in the L"W L-'vel Tunnel Company is announced for this evening at 7 p.m. for the purpose of adopting rules and eleciin. directors and auditors. The meetine will be formally opened al the company's office, ai;d immediately afterwards adjonrned to Dawson's Hall for convenience, as a large number of share* holders are expected to bo present in cons sequence of the great importance of the business of the meeting, not only to the company itself but also to the whole of the district. All tbo capital ot tbe comnauy has been sqbspr bed lor some time, and it is intended to adopt more energetic measures for the furtherance ofHlie aim and object of the venture by pushing on operations a' a greater speed. A meeting of directors in the Oriental Company was b<>id on Saturday night, when it was decided to invite tenders for driving 600 feet of tunnel to com eet the workings with the lately m-qirred tramway mid battery from the Union Compauy. The baling out of the winze on the southern reet will be taken in hand al once to enable a check survey being made preyious to the letting of the tun-

nel contract. Shares in the company are in active demand. Under dute of the 30th, wo have the latest news from' New South Wales, stati ing that the population cf the Bermagui is greatly reduced, -and that diggers are still departing. Many, duffers have been sunk, and on tho high ground comparatively few claims have been fouud to yield from '2^rs. to s*rs. to the disk; From Temora the news is better, and the flag has again been hoisted on the deep lead by the prospectors, Craig, Pollock, and party. It will be remembered tliat the same party reported payable prospec's and hoisted the flag about a month ago, and that gnat excitement was caused j in consequence of Ihe prospects not continuing good. The flag was pulled down, and the men roughly handled. However, they did not loose heart, but continued their labours and have bow proved the lead to exist with about half a pennyweight to the dish as far es they have crossed it. The general opinion now is that they were in the first instance badly treated, but e_pericnee r prom that this is ing nnd perse vcnoj^prospoctoriT have hot unfrcquently ,met with similar treatment all over the goldfields, from lazy rascals who prefer shepherding in tho shade of a gum- tree, while men of the right stamp submit lo hard work under mat\y disadvantages, and open the country. The stono from Kich'.°, originally known a3 O'Brien's reef, continues to show gold thickly, ond it is intended to form n company for the further development of the roef, which is considered the best in Temora. In Sydney, our correspondent met Mr John Clark, the .. carpenter, formerly of Eeefton and Westport, who gives Very discouraging accounts- of the Temora, and states that the Sydney and New South Wales' papers are not to be depended on. On the other hand again a letter, received per last Sydney mail by Mr Bde of this place, and which. we have perused, ponfirqjs the prevalent opinion of the permanency of the field, hut admits that progress will be slow owing to the great scarcity of water. "You're a fool, Frank," a Dead wood maiden 6aid to her bashful lover 5 " here I've been waiting two hours for you to kiss mo, and there -you sit just as if dad wouldn't come- down in about ten miuutes and close the shebang." The expression of a boy's face at the end of a straw tbat lacks two inches of reaching the cider in a barral ia supposed tv be the model that the artist selected ia the delineation of I Adam leaving Paradise. A B.mbjy paper states. — "Some little amusement was Caused in a Small Cause Court on July 29th. A Chinaman had to be sworn,) as much to fulfil the la - as to insure* his refraining in liis evidence from ' ways that are dark.' Part of the ceremony, it seems so fur as the Heathen Chiueo is concerned, consists iv breaking a plate in Couut, and John had accordingly brought one with him ; but, probably with an eye to economy, he tried to palm off a common mud hand cover on the Court. Tho Court, however,- taking a different view of tho matter, would have none of it and John was ordered to bring a china plate. Ho went of with an expression an his face the reverse of ' childlike and bland,' and returned in übout an hour with a pucka Birminham cheese plate, which being pat in and accepted, John wa* led into the verandah, where the prescribed formula was gone through, and the plate smashed. As he turned baok into the Court, 'ho smiled a sickly kind of smile,' and shook his head at the friability of things in genoral and cheese plates ond. possibly, ouths in particular, for, after giving the pledge of hi* veracity, he proceeded to inform tho Court that 1113 name was— Stewart !' The largest ond oldest apple tree in New Hampshire has jast been cat down. Its age is stated at 200 years. It meamred at the grouud lift Bhl in circumference ; -ft from the ground it measured 17ft Sin ia cireuaifcrenoe. It wa3 50ft high. It had =-even largo branche?, tho largest being over Gft in circumference, ancl a smaller one over 3ft. About forty, years ago it bore 50 bushels of upples in one season, aud until the present yeur it has borne annually. A Wairarapa paper inako* the fallowing somewhat .'mysterious' announcement': — ' It is stated that the cinyloymenfc of gi h in the ■ Telegraph Department has produced results not anticipated by Dr Lemon, but calculated to aTord gratification to tha Ministry for Immigration." Tlie Wellington correspondent of tho Lytteltou Times is responsible for : the following :— "'lt -is said- that when the, reie/il. snul claims of various public men for the A\cni Generalship wero under discussion by the "Cabinet, and Sir Dillon Bell's name had ju3r. brcu ireutioned. the Hon the Colonial secretary startled his collo:igu?s by asking with that expression of countenance peculiarly Dicksonian, ' Has he got that braw coat yet?' Itw.is elicited that Mr Dick referred tJ the Court suit wiih tlie Colony provided Sir Dill Bell when he went to London iv connection with tho withdrawal of the Imperial troop 3 from Now 3. aland. The collective knowledge ol the Cabinet could uot at a moments notice answer the question ; but Mr Dick, it is said, gave Sir Dillon the benefit of the doubt and las vote. Although it is a fact that "he fashion of the Court dress was chanced initcmlly since Sir Dillon Bel;'---ambassadorship, consideration for the Colon!;.! Secretary's feelings, and gratitude for his support, will doubtless prevent a similar charie again appearing in the Supplementary Estimates.'' . . , A census enumerator ia a STow Hampshire town found one family whoro the mother's Kge was 2G, and that of her eldest son 1_ year?. Inquiry revealed the fact tbat the mother was married when eleven years and sis months old to a man 23 years old. She is ii nntiva of Rhode Island, and claims to h::ve bsen the youugest mother ia thp Sluts,

The news telegraphed from Melbourne regarding tlie disqualification of the racenborse Ma'a, will bo regrettedby all colonists, but will surprise none. A. very general feeling provai'ed, and was often expressed, that Mat a— the grandest horse New Zealaud bos produced -would not be fairly run, and evidently that belief was not far astray. From a colonial point of view it is much to be regretted that this excellent animal, well able to win tbo Melbourne race, was not in better hands. The disqualification is a loss to tlio racing communities,, but this is the only way that Racing Clubs can punish rascals who descend to such makpraclices. For the sake of honest racing— if such a thing exists— it is to be hoped thot all racing clubs will endorso ■ tho ' action of the Melbourne Club, nnd endeavor to roako horsc-vacing something, better than a mere- vcUiclo for swindling tha public. The system of military sinecures ia tho British Empire has been doomed by the Minister of War;/ Mr Ohildcrs having expressed his determination to mo.. reform g in the army similar to those he made iv the navy 10 years ago. Tho »-ofonn i 3 urgently needed. For ordinary military purposes C 3 goacrnl officers arc xrqnireri. To GU these -_ffi-__d---flL_ir ___ll____i__]f _51Mrt _ill__ up, exclusive of tho retired lists; Officers ai© promoted to bo general?, not because j generals aro wanted or bf.aiis* of the efficiency of tho geuttomau promoted , but because they avo old ; and when they nrrivo at the head of the list of colonels they are ad' vancement to the grade of a Major-General. Of tbe men ilm^pronioted not oue in sis ever discharges tho duties expressed by liis title. When they become yory old they are appointed to be colonels of regiments at a salary of &1000 a year, though many of them never eyen sea the regiments of which they arc colonels. Wo (West Coast Times) are glade to note that steps ere to be takeen to bid farewell in a Suitable manner, to Mr Weston, whose career us an honorable and upright judgedeseryes so.ne public mark of recognition. Tbat liis treatment by the Government has been undeservedly harsh and unjust is a matter of fact, and as Mr Weston leaves on Tuesday morning next for Christchurch, it is to be hoped there- will be a good 'attendance nt the meeting called by tho Mayor and the County Ch.trinan. A Midlothian : olcctor, who obtiiined an order of admittance in tho House of Committe, was asked on his return, how he liked the discussion* ' Discussion !' 6_ys he. 'I could neither niak' head nor tail o'it. 13 u<, I heard Mr Gladstone. Ton's au awfa' man to. speak. Itj's fir oasier for yon aion to niak' v grand speech than 1 1 haul his tongue !' Jly the Gazette notice issued yestcrdny. it is : announced that all telegrams sent to or from tho Ahaura will be charged 6d, in addition to the regular rate.— Gr L *y Argus. Inspector Emerson took charge of the West Coast polic. district ou thursday, Mr Sergeant-Mayor Kiciy of the Grey district yesterday .—Grey Ar_us. . Tho' Queensland In po Fresj (published at tbo Gape) sajs that the owner of an ostrich farm at Tafelberg, near Craclock, will not L 20.000 this year out of the sale of feathers and young birds. Tho fortunate owner is a Mr Dislon. Friday's Southland Kews says :— ,: We. should like to, hear tho statement ofTiaially contradicted that Mr Oliver, anxious to give the Waimea liailway Company * every facility for making their— and his—speculation pay, lias handed- over to it the Govern* ment line between the Eibow and Kingston und that on aud after Monday next it Will bo worked by the servants of that conci-rn." Under the Dog Registration Act passed last session, a provision requires that by all registration offi ;es a suply of nmn.erad dog collars sholl bo kept, which shall be is-med to owners on registration. As the " oGicial collar "in connectioi wiih dog registration ii generally conceded to bs n fiuce, so:«e of our Council, aro considering tho advisability of laying iv n stock of paper collars to comply with tho Act, which, though it is particular to states that the codar shall be stamped witli a number, the year, and the name of the' district, yet says nothing as to the material of which it shall be composed.