THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 17 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDA Y, NOV. 17, 1880.

Tho next fitting of the Licensing Bench will he bcld on the 7th proximo. All Applications must be lodged with the clerk to-day . . ■•■•.. Mr Alexander Tail, tlie photographer,has arrived, and inlends to open his studio in a day or two. His stay here will probably extend over the holidays, and as he is well-known as a first-class artist, the people of the distriot will have an opportunity afforded them of having a true, elegant, and well-finished portrait, taken ty aid of the late improvements and innovations in the art. Mr . <niirti» r the Counties' Auditor, has His visit to tho Coast had been delayed in consrqncnce of the illness of Ihe BuU ler County Clerk, which prevented the books of ithajb County being posted up, nnd the balance-sheet prepared ready for the half-yearly audit at the usual time. Accountants most be scarce with our neighbours. Suppose some of our own surplus talent cross tbe border. The N.Z. Gazette notifies that from the 31st tilt., tbe following port* sljalj no longer be ports of entry under the Cus« toms Regulation Act, 1858, viz :—Whangarei, Tauranga, Havclock, and Akaron. The Hon. James Alex mder Bonar is gazetted a member of the Land Board cf tbe land district of WestlandThe British and liussiau Governments have made arrangements regulating the disposal of the estates of seamen being subjects of the one State, who shall die on board a ship or on the territory of the other State. The articles provide as fol» lows':— That. the estate of any seamen thus situated shall be delivered to the Consul of tbe country ot which he was a subj.'ct without any of tjiej formalities usually requirod by the law of the coun* (ry in which he happened to serve at the time of his death, except in cases where the deceased- shall have served in the navy, in which cose his estata, will have to be administered according to tbe law of the land he served. Finnish sailors are included in this arrangement. Afnrtjier *nle -.of rural and town lands ! on the Wajmate Plains will take place at rTaweria- during next month. Eight thousand five hundred acres, varying in sections of 50 to 105 acres each will be offered for sale on immediate and deferred payments. About onesthird will be open for application on deferred payments at £5 per acre. The auction for contested applications will be held at Hawera on Wednesday, the 15ih December. The sale of cash sections wilt be held on the following day. Upset price is £4 per acre ; qunrteriacre sections in the town- .. ship of Manaia will be offered on the 17th at prices from £10 to £25 per section for cash. Fifty suburban sections, vary*. ins from 5 to 40 acres, will be offered on the village-settlement conditions on the 20th December, at £6 per acre. An application by Mr G. C. Bowman, nn behalf of the West Coast Gold Mining Company, for a lease of sixteen and a half acres or ground situated about 100 yards.bolow the Oriental Creek and north of Devil's Creek, n ill be found in another column. The Oriental scrip is steadily advancing, and ure now changing hands at 3s 6d per share w : .th an upward tendency. Tho whole of the Devil's Creek division of the field is receiving greater attention than what has tately been afforded to it. Two mining lease? have been applied for within the last few days, and oilier ap» plications are spoken of as to follow. A fresh impetus seems to have been imoirted to tbit portion of our extensive fu-id since the acquisition of the excellent plant by the Oriental Company. .We regret that we have to hold over for the next Lsue the half yearly balance* sheet of the Inangahn.i County up tp the 30th of September last. The accounts were audited by Mr Curtis, who ex» pressed his approval- of the orderly manner in which books, vouchers, and other papers had ben submitted to him. With these facilities he went through his work here i;i about three hours, which ?t other places sometimes would take two days to perform. Hush won the rowing mafrli against W. Trick elt nt Sydney, on Saturday las', e-isi!y. An extraordinary meeting, b/Mng the fir*t vince registration, of shareholders in the Innnirahua Low Level Tnnnel Gold Mining Company, limited, was held at Dawson's Hall, f»n Monday evening, the loth instant, for the purpose of adopting rules, and for the election of directors nnd auditors. There were present in i;ei son— Messrs Bowman, Collings, Connolly, A. Cereseto. Hankin, Brennan, Gardner, Lee, M'Kay,- Mulvey, Aiken, Gittoes, Trennery, John Lawn. Schiller** man. "Bartl.ett, Wise, Combe, D. J. Martin, Green, J. S. Smith, Eater, M'Quarrie, Ox-ley. Stevenson ILil^our, Chattock, Sampson, !?oen», J- 0. CV>i*r. and Gorrie. By proxy ->.' .'Messrs, Wallace, 'luimsay, Bath,' M'Lfiughliii, Trebijeock, Penrose, rl'Tr.vwan, Mathews, Miitson, Howie, ilu >;,-'or., H<n-lgers. James Lawn, F, Thomas, Iliel>»rJ.son, Marnoj, Morri.-i, Armstr''inu*, Then. as Jouo-, Vv\ Gun way, P. M ICepZie. ;-;r.riiVH...n, Ker.v ArnoU and - Co,. D;i];rc,. l-l-.ilcht-ton. ijad.',:.'^ NuiK-a*-

row. Holder, K. Wilson, C, James, Pottg, J. Hamilton, Rae, F. Austin, T. Pole, Eedmaynp, E. Tarrell., Henry Jones. Parkinson. Warner, J. Mitchell, M'Eee, Sheniian, Bianchtrd, Farra.E- Campbell, M'Mynn, J. Cereseto, J. E. "Wearne, Caples, V. M'Beath, W. Greeen, Corbelt, W. A. Brown, Schulhof, Dawson, James Lynch, A. MKenzie, Frampton, Cohen, T. O'Neil, Settee, Hugh Adam, W. Norris, Smith ond Barkley. W. B. Barkley, C. Domasky, arid De Fiiippi— the total number of shares represented being 18,679. Mr P. Brennan was voted to the chair, and opened the proceedings by reading the advertisement calling the meeting. Tbe code of rules submitted to tbe meeting were read and adopted. The tales provide, among other noteworthy things, that ihe number of directors shall be seven— four to form a quorum— their qualification, 100 shares, and their lerm «f office, twelve months, Tbe halfyearly meetings to be held in the months oriffay" an* November year, and calls limited to ope penny per share per month. Twelve shareholders were nominated for the directory, and on a poll being taken, the following gentlemen were declared elected :— Messrs G. 0. Bowman, James Lawn, J. S. Smith, John Trennery, William Gardner, P. Q. Caples, and Joseph Kilgour. Six nomination were received for the office of auditor— two being required— a poll whs taken, and re» suited in the election of Messrs Henry Poingdestre and Hugh Boyd. A resolution was* passed confirming tho appoint ment of Mr G. Wise as legal manager. With a resolution confirming the minutes of the meeting, and a vole of thanks, to the chair, themeeiing terminated. The quantity of pig iron which is estimated to bo annually made throughout the word is 13,000,000 tons, and of this amount rather more than one-half, or 6,608,000 tons, are made in Great Britain. The value of the raw material is very email, for the Iron as it lies in the earth is not worth more than 10s a ton. When worked up, iron become^ very valuable, and in some cases far more valuable than even gold itself. A pound of the finest pig iron is . worth about ld, but when worked into balance springs for * watches it is worth £1600 or £160, more than 25 times the price of gold. ; v The Prince of Wales' life is insured ;lh the Prudential Assurance Company for £40,000, and pays a premium cf £800 a year. Mr. James Blackwood drives the hand* eomest carriage in Melbourne ; Highett the most espensive— the latter's cost £400. The united ages of three Victorian judges — tbe Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barry, and Mr. Justice Molesworth— are -207 years. May ; they live as lpng again. Over. £600.000 was sunk on the Daily News before it paid one penny of dividend ! The capital with which \t started was £150, 000, and it hud Charleß Dickens as its editor. Within the" last six or eight years it "has begun to pay, after twenty years' ruinous expenditure In Loudon a right to hiss during a theatrical performance has been legally conceded. It was held that as no objections had been made to manifestations of approval, similar demonstratioHS of disapproval were perfectly legi--timate. The daily allowance of oa's to the horses of the Victorian police is to be reduced 50 per cent. There a 1 ' 8 some people of opinion that it would be better to reduce the forage . allowance of the prieonors in Pentridge than" put poor Bucephalus and Bosiiante on short commons. A Leading English economist says the money value to a country of every eaiigrant is £150. The European stream. flowing to America is estimated at £30,000,000 annually. The select committee on the Tay Bridge Bill have completed their inquiry, and tlie conclusion they came to was that it was expedient to rebuild the bridge, that the proposed site was the most suitable that could bo selected, and that the bridge would in no way interfere with the navigation of the river. It is noteworthy fact, as indicating a change in the spirit of the times, that tbe Irish land agitation is more vigorously supported by the English" than the Irish press. Twenty-three companies at Sandhurst called up last week £5190, the heaviest call circular ia«ued for years. .The current gold returns were 31000z., with a dividend of £225. The Victorian Minister of Railways has introduced a bill, for tlie construction of 472 miles of additional lines. Tlds is distributed oyer seventeen country and seven suburban and special lb os. An extension from Hawthorne to Lilydale is included The latter place, situated in (he midst of beautiiul ranges, will, on the completion of the line, bi-couie the Mount Victoria of Melbourne. George' Milner Stephen is dow on the warpath in Melbourne. However, the Southerners don't believe in him, though there did the other day appear in 'he Melbourne evening paper an account of how the miracleman, by means of an application of double three-star magnetised water, caused a new nose to grow on the face of a man who had lost his olfaotoy organ in the Balaclava charge. ' It may not be generally known that the editor of a Bendigo paper offered to join the Kelly gang when they were in the Strathbogies. It 'is nevertheless, a fact. Kelly, however, declined. "What we want," sikl Ned, "is meu of honour. Besides/ added the outluw,"you ought- to lww made the proposal before we robbed the Jerilderie bank." That man still edits a Bendigo paper. The North British Agriculturist thus refers to Messrs Grant and poster's report of New Zealand :— " Perhaps no publication on the subject that has hiilwrto appeared can be" -,f gi-cuU-i- ink-rest to the tanning community of this country, as it is " de facio," a farmer report to fanners and dealswith tbe Md'ir-ct ' n "■ man tier pp'.-eisUij > :l .UTvu to the i-n--o^.- Iv is :j/i *1k wV-.i-:. :- ?■'-'•-•"- --ivo't! repc-i^ 'a:.- U eou:.ih^ i.^-'- r 'i? ''-''- 'P,

port the belief which obtains in certain quarters, that the penniless have only .to emigrate in order* to make a fortune. A little capital and -capacity fora deal of hard work are iudispenaible requisifies. For people thus- prepared, this well written and evidently conscientious narrative ought to have many attraction;, as it conveys much useful informations and sound advice." The Bridgton (Me.) News says:— "The types laßt week made us say that ' the showers were nnt gußoient to meet the wants of the Milkmen,' &0., instead of ' millmen.' " The Mount Greenland Gold Mining Company of KoB3, have ordered, through Mr Ueinz, of this town, a machine called tho Little Giant, whiob is. believed to be the largest one made in New Zealand. The machine is now on view at Mr Heinz s shop in Eevell street. It is used in hydraulic sluicing, and ahould be a great boon to milling companies with a good supply ."of water. When Iked in position it is easily bandied. It consists of two elbows revolving on each other, with a half ball joined with a aozzel attacked nnd ballonce weights for a guide Tli ii pi .;^tfifcji irlrpr'in believed to be an improvement on the Californian model. 4 Tho water gets a cleat run without any impediment.—West Coast Times, . By the Cotop'usi, we have dates from Cape Town to October 10th, which inform us that " The attack on Ngati was folloyed up by aa attack on Nibarns Hocka, the small station garrisoned by 13 Europeans, under Mr Surmon, and 20 natiye police. Twice wjs thia little band opposed by a party of Bamtos estimated at 3000 men, but on each occasion the assailants were beaten off. The position of the Uttle'garrison, was, however, so critical that it w»8 .determined to effect their relief, and on Monday last a column some 300 Btrolig marched to the place und brought out the garrison. The rebels opposed their march, but unsuccessfully, losing a number of men. The British loss ouly one man killed and five wounded. An American contemporary the " San Francisco Call." must be jointly considered a " valuable medium " by its readers., for months past its subscribers have been gathering gold from its pages— not metaphorically, or as the result of the prudent adoption of wise counsel therein contained, but actual solid bullion. One correspondent writes a follows:— "I had observed previous to last February that the" Call" often contained golden nuggets, but Irom the 6th of that month to- tho end it was rare to have a. number without its golden show. From the paper of the 6th I took fifty-six pieces ol gold, the thickness of the " Call," and varying in size from that of a small pin bead to nearly the size of a three cent piece. I think I have more than a hundred pieces of gold taken from the paper that month. All left a hole when removed, as the thin film of paper on the inside was rendered brittle by the hard pressure 'which the calender rolls gave as they flattened the golden deposits. In addition tothe gold I got platinum, silver, iron, tin» and some lead." The editor was altogether unconscious of the presence of thesd mineral treasures in his journal, but found, after inquiry, that his papermaker'.wus responsible for their iutroiuction. In the manufacture of the, paper pulp water was used thalj had been passed through a flume in which miners had washed dirt, containing all kinds':''' of precious metals. The gold is what w known as "float gold," and escapes the mineri, who still follow the primitive methods $ washing. Some of the water used is takohtfrom artesian welU. The manus facturers had often noticed a substance that glistened hi the water, but they supposed it to be mica, as the wells were bored through mica deposits.