THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 24 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1880.

Ou .Saturday evening the reef, «hi<-h was reported in our last issue an having I een struck in tbe Hopeful, had increased to two feet id tU'cbness, with" stone con* taining apparently 2^ to 3rzs- to the ton. This discovery was made in lite No. 2 lere*. where the trming of the reef had formerly been abandoned owing to a break, which interrupted the search. This is • tery important find, as beyond opening from 90 feet to 150 feet of back*, it will blso draw the attention of the mausKement to places in the other level*, where the reef had been abandoned iv consequence of similar break", without more enrefut pgaininutien. It is believed that atone has been left beiiinJ which yet will prove** rich an any taken front the mine.

After some eery -fine weather,* tha gardens hare been much ben* filed by tbe warm and fruitful rain which fell during Mondtiy niijht. No. more beneficial results could have been attained, even if the various geoponogno3fics among us bad bad tbe management of. the element*.

In our last isbue we Announced with reu ret tlie death of Mrs Charles Vj'GaflTn of (his town. The deceased wnt'ruiting .Mr and Mh Han sen of Ihe Post Offitse Hotel, Hokitika, and intended to return to Ifeeftoa in a day or two, when she was taken suddenly very HI apd expired last Saturday. On receiving a telegram tb that effect Mr M Gnffin im. mediately started for Hokitika, which woti'd reach on Snlurdiy evening travelling night and day. Her free; openhearted, and genial- disposition, was moat appreciated 'by those, who knew her longest. She leaves an infant daughter too young tofeel her ad bereavement.

Kdward llanlun, the present ehampiort "anman pf (he world, was born at Toronto, Canada, and is 26 years of ajje, Blifthtly under sft. oin. high, and rows lOst. B!bs. By bi? txlraordinnry rowing performan«es he is acknowledged to be the best sculler the world as yet pro* duccd. 'The champion Img rowed in no lc«» than thirty «one Grst class matches and regattas, and won twentyHi>;ht— (he pick of rowing men of the day being in the race*. The skillful manner in which he uses the slidingoseat and aeu'-U is something nanrreljou*, and although « small man in comparison to the es»champion Trickett, be tHkes a longer stroke, thereby showing greater science. . Thai the match receiilty rowed between himself and Trickeit wa» a very slotr there is no doubt,* but Hanhio is »s superior to T^icke'lt as a Mississippi steamboat iit superior lo him* self-

By tlio courtesy of Mr Gorrie, who has been visiting the Lrell, we are enabled to publish late news from that stirring little place. It appears that the Buller County Council have agreed to subsidise lite construction of the road to tlu* United Alpine battery, this work is urgently re qttred, as the company throuuU the want of it aro heing del tyed in erecline additional crush ins; power, which is much needed to reduce the Ini^o rp«f it posses <es. A battery of 5 heads of stampers and three berdan? are purchased, and only awaiting facilities of transit. A* noun an the road i« made, the erection of adJi;i<?ns arid iasprcrcmeats to the plitnt wiii at once bo taken in hand. The mine looks exceedingly well, and the crushing sa(iß» factory, In all probability twj dividends will jet be declared before Fpw Year, The future of the < district on the whole look* promising, and a aooj d^aj o> pros* porting i* being earned on.

Laycocfc won the flop Biller'a priza on Saturday las', defeating WiillHce Itotis.

Ah estraordinarv v<eanoy in ilie re prensenlution of lh» llirJine; of IJrefton liavinfl: occurred throng?! tlie resignation r>i Alr^John M'GaQin, an clefiion to Qil the tncatit neat in ihe Council is an* nounred to take yhve on ihe 4 h proximo Xortiiiiatipus willbp reooivpd l>y the Uetu>ni»{{ Offiupr, Mr Monrnjlm: 1 , up till noon on Tneuday, Iho SO h instant Several gentlemen aspiring for Coon'y bonenra;! aye lcct\ luentio'iied as likeiy to ecrne forward, bul as yel nothiuu definite is known Ktiffieionl to warrant the mentioning of any names.

Mr P. Twohill -ot the '• Commercial" announced to etc iempore sweep ou the iittcrn«lioii»l boat race on Saturday erenirg. 'ihist was in a very short time taken up and drawn for, and tbe betting fertueot was kept up nilb s|>iik the whole

evening.

'Jbe Jifit Bitting of the Resident MagMrate'K arid Wu'rden's Court will be held 10-nioriop at tlie u^aal hour.

Mr P, Brennan nil! sell by auction at his utart, by iiistiui-tioiis from the lieef ion J<ckey Cluh, privileges for the coming Christttiait tacrs. consist in« of— two iclrfKhnicnt booths, fruit stall, right to tie gMpH. and^ -r»uht- to tlie race cards. 'J he fblc will t*ke i Ieee-en Saturdey. 27 tL Novtmtet, at 4

'""TnT* construct ion^of the Oriental luunflit(m\t last n : «ht at £1 4*. per foot. ■ft.clnrd'll'*tcher«iid p*rty ure the sue« cc»s f u^ tenderer?. Kesult Company accepted tender* on Monday eyeains! for the extension o 1 the old Golden Crown tunnel 160 fee., whieMt-Mi thoaght, will reach the reet in the Itesult ground. Gough an! Co. dr<> the »<icoe>sfal tenderers at £1 Us CJ per footi The afondiog General Government ad» rer'i?eroent cdtttaininK the proclamation fixivß (hedny of fbo DUtrict Court December aWtings So Rrefton Ht the 17th is wron* as lo ibe date, as tho next siliinc oftuat Oourt here will ba opened on the second day of December, and as only a for days no* intervene th« uttentiro of suitors «»•! wituesseC U directed ac» eordingif Tlie election of Coun'y Chairman for tho remaining term of the present Coun* eil will t*ke place to-day at 12 o'clock noon. As no candidate for the effife ha- , been mentioned, if H probable that the pre-ent Chairman, Mr P. Bicnnan, will be reflected. A recent Telearam from New Plymouth saysi-vThe Hon. Messrs Bryce and Kolloston had a narrow escape from beina billed. On Sunday, while being driven Iroin the C;imp to Opunako in the A-rmerf Constibnlary esprea*, on descending the hill, before coming to ti.e Wnitnba rirer. the brake fi ; «ye w«»y and tbe wpress went down tlis- bill with a run, intb tbe river. lfoHeston w«a thrown amongst the horses and Bryce got/soraehow wider the trap into the water, Fortunatly tJ«e gpntlpmco were not. injured, and Gnding the spokes of the Wheels were broken. Messrs Kollentoii and Bry«e procured horses from the camp, and proceeded on, their j mrney.

Thdcq'iatie txeiteroent which hus been slirriufi our community not a little of late, is. gradually subsiding. There has hardly been, any relaxation of anxiety, m the two important events in rowlnjr mitt erg followed so closely upon each other, but since they arc happily or nn-haj-pHy, as the case miy be. over, we will have ample lime to recoupmfe i»»r almost- exhausted sporting fiiroiu by the time of tbe summer meeting of our Jockey Cinb. Hernosand Posten announces tbe sin* (jular coincidence of two, tbe oldest mer« chant vessels perhaps i» the whole world, happening to be loading in tlieir port last summer at the same time, namely, fie German brf cant ine YttflßfraurLucM*, C«p.tain Limpki, which is taking in a cargo of limber in Spratigs Bay. On the 17th ol July, 1/81, the vessel was launched in Hckertorde. mad i* thus nearljr 100 year.old, and although she appears oJd-look* jng when cOmpare.Vto craft of more ten cent coos' ruction, she is yet stout, Btron«[, and seaworthy, and seerai well able to wiihstau'f many a hard buffeting of ihe mi ves. The othar veteran in the merchant fleet, which/is loading in the river is the Norwegian baiquc* SofiV AWia/ conmanded by Captain KfUter from Fredrikshall. This vessel is now ninety* six years old, and barrin^ mishaps, will run. many cargnea yet before she ahivcis 'her timbers. Will our tnodern olippew last ns long P y A Universal Exhibition is to bo held at tbe Crystal Paluoe, Sydeiihturs from June to October, 18SI. of wool, wooleo manulactures, and other induetries. The Swansea correipomlent of the " Ilobar^ Town Mercury " relates that on September 4(h a young man residing not far from Cole* Bay •» w an unusual number ol' Lirga animals fluuudering in the water, and not knowing to what tribe they belonged, tMined\atcly ttarted for Swansea to obt 4 " 'aasistunce liiytluir capture. Mee«rat Glovar and Qain manned a boat, and at ouce lo r t for th« sceno, and killed in the eluillow water and ou the bench tht> incredible number of eigh'y-siz wh<kle3, of the kind commonly known as flu backs, or huniprs. Tbe men wudud close up to them with every precaution, and ftabbeJ them wi h long knives bub md t'io fin. tha animals b;ing entirely l;el(iless in ihe cliuUow watvr. The bay wu* dyed with blood, and thoir dying struggles caused quito an agitation ul tlie water lor some rli>ldi>ce. They ura now ail on tho sand at low tide, nud in vory shallow water when tho tide is in. The Bm-.illeJt oi' them measures from 2oft to 30ft Thoe why havo been to view the animals declare that the immense number would not bo credited I except by e^'c-witnrsses, Tiie forfuivtte possessors »re now exceedingly busy cutting up unn boiling dowu the blubbsr, and puUiitg' the oil into all the spare casks and other veeselg they can procure.

A. Norwegian yawl, decked, 18-J ft* on tlia he% 25.'t. over ail. and cliitler built, bus started from Noiw» s y lot* a voyage round the wpr'.d. 'i'he proposed route w to Euglan.i* lijcncu to America, ucross tlio Continent by rail to tha "lit-itfc coast, tlioueo to New Zcal.ii>d, Australia, Indiiiti Ocean, lied Sea. Suez 0 iral, and lleduorraiican. The imprudent ailvfuturer's uahia U Jaliu Beauniinit. 'ill . Berlin popera a'so announce an equally ilaring voyage, to be undertaken by a sanguine crew of Germans in •' on ordinary River Spr;e sailing boat." The route w alot.g tlie rivers ta Hamburg,- thence to Liverpool, Now York, West Indie*, Lisbon, und baik direct to O«r---ruftiy. The ennouncoment that the hoj*£<i will bij gtai'ted " o« the Spree " v s.'gnUisatit

On tit* ' piwpepts of the new goWliclJ a! To Aroha i}j« iiew Zealand ilera.d says: — •• On this poiut wj caa say but very iitt!t>, and We'ib«lino to be too canguiiie." llic first diaeuver j of gold at To \vo\\n was mud. üboitt thirty j*ara ago by Colonel Chcsney. During many jears thereatter it wa« impossible lor uny European lo visit the district, but sinco the opening of Ohmenmi-i, pioues pfc: auriferous quarlz have been occuaionaily toet with A few daj'i ago a party of pi-osfccton,

oT-whom M> Adam IVrfccr'was one, discovered ?omo .BUvifow>us quirts Ot the, top of a reef Sinco that time Mr Joseph Sinallman. Mr C. F.- Mitchell, aDd others well'k.nown inem.ncption with the poldftclds havii gone on to the ground and have p^qged off claims. From what we have stuted above, it will bf #'on that it is utterly futile to attempt to mi»«i auy bargains with the Native owners b( reserves, or Htlempt to create any rich's. The Native can neither fell nor leasa the land, without the sanction of tlie Government, and th«j Ministers ore d<ternined to r« ; H«u in nil c-isoi". We may. say that, nceorduig to the bßit of our in^orsnation, the discovery mad* by Mr Porter end pirty is on the southerumos 1 . Native reserve, not fir from the small mej-ve made around the hot springs." A circular to. t!io following pff-ct has been iwued by Postal ])»p&rtineut .— ' Aftor having made a f* ! r tiut for the Satur hu ev«nii>g system at Chief and certain other post o flees, it has been decided to discontiuue tho practice of opening in the evaning at all offices excptin* Auckland, Grist church, Dunedin, and Wellington, from «nd after Saturday, the 4tli December proximo. Therefore only the four office* obcm-numel will continue to keep op. n » on Saturday evpnin?. The hours of attendance will be from 680 till S 3O p in. and the business, to be done will ba limited, as at present to 'the receipt of deposit* and the openina of new accounts only." Iv con* sideration of fie evening duty now fennanentl/\ imposed on the bpfoM-'i.ention-d office*, tbpy will close lor money orJer and Savings Bank business at 2 p.m, commencing on Saturday, the 4' h proxitno. At all other offices the pro'ent hour« of attondunce will remain undUturbed.

We hoar Hi at the deputy proporty tux eommidfioiers throughout tli3 Colony liave received inetruolioos to take proceedings .■•gamst'*pßi 1 8on'i who have not sent in statements as required by tho Act. We would re« mind dofuuti erg that they tuvulveth^mselves in heavy cspeuses and liability to fine if they do not ones iiiftk) tlieir peuco wi h Ihe offioers of tbe dep trtmeut. Thoso wiio have net received schedules will not be thereby os* cuHod. oa they can übtuin them on application fp the local officer*. in the district. \ ■ Sar» 'A3oio«leiw' in , the N Z. Mail: — '' Cricketers had better absfuin from making 1 ducks' fggs ' if they do not wish to shorten their lire*. At least *ueh was (he marking giren by tbe locml emblem o( stti'jbomess, when tha cuble brought the news thut (}. F. Grace was dead. Let mo quote (he exact word* ; ' The deeeaased gentleman flayed in (he AH-Englutid match against tlie Aus iraliuns on tbe 7tb, Bth. and 9th iusr.inr, but did not fteoro in either i'lni.ngs. ll ii d eth inu*t ' therefore ' hnye bei-n rather f uddeii.' Given ut the opening of the cricket season, . fcj-,e.. warning comes moit opportunely." From tho railway tele.riph line which is being constructed between Port Chalmers and Seacliif to bring tha 'block' svsteru into opprution, ]>o»t3 made fro:n old irun niils are b^ing . u«ed, 'c« dovtse<t"«o;oe <iiu« ago by Mr Logan tolegr.iph ingpsctor. As we ciplnmed previously)' each post is constructed of two rails, set slightly divergent at th<> btse and meeting at the- top. Those tnalto a cheap, light, and thoroughly se>-vi<vable past for telegraph purposes, ■ an & are great improvement upon the ugly sticks that do duty te and around Dunodin. The new settlement on the Waimate Plains hat immense udrantuges. The c.imuto is simply perfeation. The tvii i< eitramely rich and requires but little outlay to raik^e it pro • doctive. • Wood, aud water nbou ad : Pro-^ fituble watkets for produce are close at hand. Ample mesus of acoeti. There are no hardships of any kind to ba encountered, such as comoionljr nn»et the pionecM of acttlevient in a new country. No wonder the sale was largely at'ended and tho bidding btisk, The writer of London Toaii Talk in Ih-J i Argus say* :— lt is not often that ludij offers her uiito for theimpDrement of civili^tion ; but the Kntiywar Stut.B Gizettelusa •uotioa' of.wliieh, if the editor knew thv:»lue, he would ccrai ,1/ Bay, •« English i.'j papers plenise copy.' •I, the Duughtcr of j Guigee Dogee, do heroby doclaro t!wt about ] four years ugo I was betrothed to you, Mi» jetoce B ritsee, and that, ihougit my uncle tias often since then sent word to you to come and marry me and ba dvn 3 with it, still you persistently kept away all this ti.ue. Thus 1 huvo been wasting the .<blo>m ofiriyyou'h npon nothing. As a last resource, therefore, I do hereby o»l) upon you to fulfil jour ei»---i agomeat within fifteen djjs oi the publication of this notice, otherwise I ehull tnke to me a:i»ther husbund, with which transaction you will l'uve nothing to do." 'this seems to me both spirited and sensible con.iuct on the pirt of Miss Do^ec, uu>l & protest against long onj;ageiu< > nts very worthy of imitation.

Claia Stcphoueon, witli a dramatic and burlesque company, will shortly appear iv Orcjmouth. A rich find of coarse) gold was got in J. Fulle* ton's c!ai:n last wceti nt thu Seventeen Mil« Load ljtirryvi'lc. 23oza wua washed with tite dish 'in pieces from dot* downwuvds Tho jioli ironi the w:i«l» iirt ia ilie paddock wdl likely bo extra goad t otlur pieoes boiuj/ er.peoted to eJiow up.— Urey 'Hirer Argm.