THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 29, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 November 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 29, 1880.

f Ti^e yidd of 4Mi oa". of nmolgntn from top pistes ou 1 ; of 104. tons of stone i> telecfaphed a« the weekly relurnv from (.lie United Alpine Company. The manager of the Golden F ccce Ert°n fl el reports a return of 351 czi. of (lmalgam as the re-ult of ncnpingn fcf loij plates for the wee»« crushing,, ; 4^^) which time 110 tons of ig'!*r*.lfattrr. milled. The reef is Duly about two[^t| in the present stojes nnd fucesi, sud n-ere it not for the njood manoupmect a suffieienl quantity of »ton«? rould not be got out to keep tho mill iio'n?, but as it is' everything i* woiking Bn'isfactorily and the various operations »re regulated in BUi-h a oianDer that tf«ey, ns it were, dovetail into each other, and no time, labour, nor power, is washed in ilia pir formatiee of the business of the cow* pany. Koiainntiong to ill ihe seat in the Coun'y Coumil, which l»a« become voesnt by the resigmiion of Mr Joliu U'Gaffiu «ho wad silting for the riding ol Eeefton, will take phce nt the Council Chamber ttt 12 o'clock noon to-morrow, the 3(Kh instant. On Tbursday last at 2 p.m., Mr P Brennan sold by fitiction, on account oi Mr W. Miifid of Totara Fiat, gixteon young lambs. They averaged 12s 3d each. Tenders fo? driving 250 feet of tonne 1 in ike* Inongalma Low Level Tunnel Company, close to-d«y at 7 p.m. i find vUo tenders for extending low level Houth one bnnlred feet of the Caledoninn Company. Lirry's Creelr, close to morrow (Tuendny) at, 7 p.m., at Mr Wfee's office. The local horse?, which intend to com* pete in the forthcoming r?oes are going into oct've training. Mr Bronnan sold b? public auction on Saturday afternoon, the various priuleges connected with tbe Inanguhua Jockey Club Snmittcr Meeting to commence on December 27th prokiuiot The bidding was very spirited, and good prices were obtained fur tbe various lots, amounting altogether to £107 lOi. 21 r P. Twolii'l purclmed tbe Ko. 1 booth at £'35— No. 2 booth fell to Mrs Kelly at £31, while Mr Corbett secured lie liuit-stall for £3 Tlio gn'es ItUhefl £33 from Me Couuijg*ton, while the cards were given away {&> Mr .Itkin for 10^. , - Hobert Mulling, who was brought in, from JJuike'i* Creek on Fridty last, in custody of Constable Ben net for attempt* iug to commit suicide the previous day, was brouhgt before G, C. Bowman, l*tq., J.P., on Saturday, und dmrged with the ofl'coee, and remanded for seven day^ peudiog his convalescence. We under> stand that the 6t of suicidal mania had been brought on by frcessire drinking. Tbs m»n is now reported out of (larger, but he has had a very narrow escnpe o! adding one more victim to intemj orance. Mr W. Cochrano, contra«;or for mfjk* ing ffpprotichee to t lie new bridge, is w»k> ing goo I progres<C»itli tbe work, which is expected to be lOmplcU'd shortly. The Buller road is now in pretty fair order, tbe "weather.- l>eing greatly in its . favor 'It is high time* that the Council took some action in the nviUar, as tie leaving of the road without some work bcin^; done to it, will, in the long run, be very crs!!y to the Council. The Council Laving com* pelted curriers to widen their tiers, should now do their duly und see that the road does rot get out of re p;iT. Mr C. lihoiles notifies in aootlier column tliat lie is prepared to undertake ar.y f«uastiaentin the painting, g!nzinj;, ' papci"liflngii)K, and hotiie-deeoruting lino I ajeock, tlta Sydney Bcu!l«ir, has done " ela«bti/g !'- .work at Home, he having lieulfn Blackltam, Mostuer. and Eiley. ii separalo inattbci», and won the Hop Bitter'g 'prize— defeating America's hope, -Wallace Hess. It will be remembered l hat Wallace l>(pi e'e ealed ilanlun in June last ut America for (he same piiz*. it thus proves that the "natirs" is no! to be "liclsed" a? 'easily a.s John I3uli »md out Aujcrienn cousin imagines. The ordinary half-yearly meeting cf tbe fcharebolders ot the Caledonian Com* puny will te held at tbe Rcgie'ered

Office, lfcefton, on TuesdayTSOtu November, ut 7 p.m. In tli», Intercolonial riflo contest, Victori* won* by 129 points. 1 be Sydney Parliament Las been summoned for the despatch of Instaeu on December 15. Hnlf of the members «ate now been elected, and most of,- whom are favourable to the Government programme • ' \. r . liie. following miners have claims on the To Aroha coldticias «— Messrs Connea, Murphy, Wickliam, Wiiitnker. Reuben, Parr, Fergusson. and M'lo'tyre, and It I). M'Scot. . ' jhe New ZeaU'nil O.**He of tie 18th instant contain* *1»« notification of the appointment of George Charles ' Bowman, E«j., J.P., as a member of the Lit'ensiii-a Courts for the dxtriet of loangahua und the town of Keeflon vice George Ti'« Hroolr.'-E^'. rtruni'd.-' The General Assembly of New Zj>r 1 ii.d, which was to met- 1 on the first of December, »s fuHh<«r prorogue.! till the ( first day of March next cnanißS, gome time sine* we published a letter from an old- resident of Inangsbua, now of Tom' stone, Arizona, whrrein the meritH of ibat placV. in bar opinion, were somewhat '.over estimated. Tic letter ciosed a ereut' stir in the p'neo at the time, and several of onr semi-re-tlesx spirit felt uueasy for it while, and -fdepressed their intention to *tnrt for the U'wEl Dorado. Jn a subsequent issue, *n article appeared in our paper under the heading of Inatiigtil'tia r. Arzonn, ■wbic'i warned people from allo^inij nn undue excitement to Seal them into any rash or hasty aci.to > n««ft4jm.*,de. some very Mr. cotiip»rr«BHS ftet«wn^Ti the respective ■POiirechlOnhdltl" i^.owa ,a? «ty\?"* l1l ° 'ritfnU's fit At'zhno.K She? tlie{j,j|,liia firld ,'n.as B'ertdilv improved, and-^flple seem more contented with tWfuf.unVprospcci of cv* mines, and, wiih,<ines3|ej)'tion. n<> one has left (or the disi»;ijt G/ Ueld. Wo have now befork in iaflle'-jf "San, Franco pipers, in, wliii^'^ejjH^t* are girpn of Iha principal jafltfftoM^raina, and tltbcugh it ciinfnot •"!■#, lifted that the country wiil devrjd'pe 2^^'^ extensive mineral resource^, y^t^'fcVqii to..find »ny confirmation ot lht>jfon' ( ftlo>vii)g accoun s submitted to our cretJulity* ih the letter nbove mentioned.' Henundor we copy the. following ex!r.iets from the Tombstone Ntigqet of August 19th, 18S0 :-»* •• Mcxc MocjrriiNs : Encouraging reports continue to arrive from th : s district. Their enormous ledjies nre showing 'up be»ter Ujan «>ver in wiJlh and value per lon. Ben Jolin«ton'« claim called t!n» L Hie, shows a 25cr 30 ft vein, a»«.iyinsr about 100 taU to the ton. while Folev & EfclolT* property is showing equally well A recent blast in the Cupper Q-ieen works is tniJ to harp thrown down the hiP, where it cun be conveniently h-itidlorf hundreds Of tons of ore, and leaving exposed such a body as had rot boen ?.oe?i before— Ciubleit >X DMRicr —A Taonp the mines which are assuming importance is the Lizae sit tinted about 1| miies this side of Charleston. The develop* merits consist of a shaft 65ft deep showing n fine rein of extra' lvg 1 ,) grade o*e. From this shaft along dtift is to be run; Tel* lowing the ore body.— rftoTß— News from the Dragoons give bi#lhid3 and some of our ci'iz'ng have'^tf^'jput to got tb.eir fingers into the sUfWrfi/W' J ' A voter »t GraJt«ntstownl6n November 21, named M*Gregor^lJßn' !l rctu>ning to work in the MdarialtAJrf.jwjis -kiiled by falling t/ff the ladder w'hjsC'-, (l * 'There is a stampede fremJWaiksfrvto Te Aroho, whic'i ii .drainin^'ilie labor rnaiket ot Waikat6i F^ l i.' P eo i^ c k ft . pam,h;idgo i« one day. ' '" : .■)/ Cabletirnihs from Constantinople, under J '^cm^r) Sfa-rfm i — Dcrvisch r.isLa's'l'ort^ Wii4clVf<tJO4iigi on Dulcigno. lie met the Albttnttnu "in gftftt force, and fired at them. The enemy" replied most 7igorcus!y, which compelled' the. .former to suspend ti'eir advmice on the city. —News has been retired that Dems eh Piis'ia hnß nt Istat entered Duleiuno. A sJiijlit conflct took pliicfl at the outskirts of the town between Turkish troops and the Albanians, but the latter were soon o r erci>m?, and submitted to the enemy, the Turks. The following eallegrams were sen' a* special* to tho Melbourne papers under dale London. 10* I t" Non-roVr : —At a mwtinff . wliirh was being addressed by Mr Parnel! (it Athlone, tbe platform had been gawn tlmu^li, and collapsed with a crowd on it.— Owin^ to a rumour of inrasion by «ymputhiser<i with the victim* of the late league a great part of AJayo is arminsJ.-^'l'Ue Orangemen are preparing for the invasion cf tho country in wbicli tbe Land Leaguers have been at work, for i he pnrpose of reaping tlse crops of the tenant far in or, named Byoonl, the vieiim of t.he lf»uuu at Uallinrobe in C>nuty AfufO. A disturbance being apnreltended n Btrong mMitary loreu hi» been dia patched to the spot.—Norember Utb.— Th:» Times demands the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Irelmd, with a view of more effectually dealing with lie present Bgitatiou. ! Latest intelligence from the O«pe states that 1500 of ilie Colonial forces, hare repulsed 5000 Brisutos on November 13 Tlireo huijdred n bels anJ si< CulauiuU w. ro killed and wounded. Tho Kiuiaca mayors' ty election rpsultod as follows.— CHlaga'i. 74 ; Campbell, 40 ; B'.ako, 14; infoimal, 3 ; totul number of.yo.te« polled, 131. ■-:■.-, The detbration of poll for Mayoralty e'ectioa for Nelson Bhpwi DodsoD returne4

with a Wge racjorily, the figures bein»— Dodwn, 410; Harley, 159 5 ' Gri»hnm, f-2. The number oF votes pol?eJ wa* 038, ino'udinp 53 ladies. A good deal of excitement was ejperienood. ' York has been purchased (say* the Chrish<>hureh Press) from 'Mr II Goodman by Mr G. Oaborno. IFo will probably aupear for tlio -first lime in the co'ore of his new ojiner ' 011 the YTf«* Coast. York U entered for Iho 'Orcy mouth races. 3. Munro, Esq., was elected Mayor of We* 1 port on Wednes lay. K"eit month, the colony of Now Zealand will -witness two eclipses of the moon. A >j>i'rtuil eclipse of .tile.- ?u;i will occur on the 2nd December ut 2.16 p.m. A total eclipse of tho moon will occur on jho 17th .Decemj ber, «t 2. S3 11. ni. Mr B. Wtdker, lute of, Tlr.Utikn, lias purchased the 'Piince or Wales Hotel. Grej street, Wellington, <oi the sum of £1800. " A prisoner in Exder Gaol lia» ju~t com mit'ed tnirMe in an es'iaorilinavy ma<inei; After break 'ast he was nl lowed to remnin in hi* c«>!l for some, tin c, Mid on the warder* nejt Titling him .they fi % und..llinC be bud cawled utiiler tho (ted, ihcn lilted the end of the b.>cLiead and allowed it to fall across bis ihrout. lie was quite d«H. I Mr Curtis, Cauiiioj* Amii'or, has ji'»t ! finished the periodical rxituiniitton of the books of tho County Councils wMiin his (linnet. T^e lc"8i» that whilst the auditing look' Mr Cu^is^wO'dayß atG-reymouth and figUt hours at ftce f ton, be spent tut time hoiri with the books of the Buller Count y and spoke in terms- of jvais ercgnrding the manner in which they weie kept.— Went port i'lmog. The \Vttiraripi Standtird »ai» :— 1€ A pri* vafe lett« Thing befow m ussert* ihatSi>Julms Yogel hi! t»l.'gr:»phiwl to a relative i 1 Duiiediu "thuf. bo intends c lining out azain to tal» part i<i our politicnl strife." Wive be to do so, tic would tiptft the calculations of many a political t-cheiner. ■ '; 'Jhe Argu? of the 9fc-» 3»y a :— The Maym»f STelbourne. Mr. Meares. will ns:ume office to-dnr, ond in tho evening 1 will giva » dinner iv the Town«rijill to celebrate liis re-, election: 'The ihvitnions' are numerous, and as this 19 Mr, MWea' gPrtind sueeessiva in the nr.roral obaip ujiusuil iutprest attaches to tlio ]TOCi»eilin?s. It is worth mentioirng that on tlio mine dny a gcntbmsin intimtttily afsonijtod wiih tho commercial interest of Jlcitourr 0 will iuke his =eat at the 'Guildhali as. Lord Mayer ofLon^ort, We :re r er to Mr. Wni* M'Art'iur, senior p.i:tnet of the fiim of M' Arthur, Jlorrow, tnJ Brind, whose connexion tvilh Mt'lbourno dataa back lor 80 yt-uM. The total amount of the ■ English National Debt on March 3 1st, was £775 753 608 but 'alter dodu?t!njj diOfflQ 000 ■ for loini, ~repovdrable, £3.970 582 for the pnrclia»<« tnotiey of the Suez Cftnal shirci>, him! £2,000,000 for out*taiuii'-{» loan to I.idia, the nett total was £739 279,020 ,- . Rppo ts -on '4he '«tato of Epyp^ show that Iho agricultural population, teleised from odiouj-and. vesatione opprt 33:0ns, aresh'.-wint; ffrrater contcntmmt. and are working more industriously tbp.i has been knov?u bffow. To the nstoiiishment of thi Jax-eo!kctor J , the people are voluntarily ofleiing their ti\es ; and th«<y work more hoiire a day than formoly. L»nd iv Kgypt is rapiJ'y going up in the market, and in nviny Ui^triot* onrner) are asking 100 per (vnt. uiors thin t!iey did twelve month? ago. Forced lobor U ihe great trouble uf the people. On all works h? the pub io goo'l cvory househol I must send a certain number t> woi-k for a period without payment or money in lieu of sending men, but poor people ar^ not allowed to do co r aad this ctiuic« givnt ImrJshlp?. The Protqs bhUiul from Melbourno on the 18.li 'inst. f6r England' with the fi.at sliipir.eni oT frozen meut. The cargo conprises— 3000 careareasees of shcap, a small quantity beef, ft 1 d GO tons of butter. Th» pit 13 m~ ( gisteroil .47i degree* below z ra. The rJ." frigerating- chamber is t-pt about 9 d -g He^ low freezing poibfc The niaohine is working' excellently. IV additi >n to meat, the ProFiif talea 5000 bulbs of wool. It v understool that: if the shipruoat is successful tl'o Protos will return. , Tho Australian ciicketeM on their return home (the Home News States) will take with them 11 large sum ol money During the contest between tho Australian oiickcters and a North of England "lSleVen at Bralford, the amount of money -t-iken at the gd«e was £293 Qti the first day, £330 on tha .-'second, and £85 on dia third. Out of thij £714 the Colonials took exactly one-half, the rornuinrfcr being left fjr the pnyirent of t!i*»ftnglish players and the expanse enta.led ujion lha lscal romuiitte i ) or^tniising tht> mati-'h. TJit- Auslraliins'Obtainedsiillgi'e.itt'.* profit of the Kottin»ham enfoanter, coNclufl.-d on Sojjt, 25 ; 'iut oven this was exceeded by the payment wliicli the manager of tha. Ciyaiul L'rtlac; arrange-Jl to give them for the mutch lately played iiv the Pul-.ee ground*. They received no leas thun 750, while the Eiiiiliuh Profos-ipnili engaged ti oppose theoi had £20 each. They receive! £1500 for the match at Keniungton Oynl ut the beginning of Septembur, and when it is con* rtdmderod ' t hat ■■ they' haviJ bejn pliying erery week and all the week for the lust fiv« months in yarioiif parts of the country, tlio total must be aoraetliiog considerable. A .somewhat 'unusual occuranc? in Victoria, an attempt to cur/ out a duel, was feus! rated by the- intervention of the p^lio-, who arrested Ihc'chnltenger. It appears that for tome little time past the social relations of Uerr Earnest Speyer, the secretary to the German commi«sld at tha luternational Exhibition, and It. ;. Max Hindi, merchant of this city, haro not been of n;i amicable iiHtuto, und it hi,i u;» coiuo to Mr. Speyer'a. knowledge th it his \ jiour as v sentleman ban be^n tissitiird- by M . ilirs b, he gent a leltei to him d-'inu.n^^.; 1 apolog-. This w;.s refused, and :M^i^ !ell J^ s then - ie '* stated requecte'd tolrgft i^ c'UwfjM withdrawing the alleged calumnious' ss|rlions. a proposition, Ahioh was^ also, dex j|d. lloi^ Spcyer then in the usual con tnanuer sent & challenge to Mr. jrsuh by a genUemari^ -■■■ ■ ; .y&: - ; k

whom ha named as his second, and awaited tlie reply. At this stage Mr. Hugo Wertbieni apijeors to have been cov,9uUed by M . UirrOli on his behalf, anJ (he former gent: - man took the matter in. hand, oud prevented ihe Veering By iwcarlns? mi hifoi'initu>n b. ■ fore Mr. IVM-i to the effect flint Herr Spejer h»d unlawfully sent a ,m,e-si|e to Mr. Max itirgch, eh il engiti? hiih to fight * duel. tJpon this iaforinati m a warrant wa« issueJ, and last - nuht Mr. Speyer was arrested by Detective Cullaghati aud removed to the oily w«iichhouß». J*r Jlo-herwall w« in attondiucj and «t once. a.dniUtid the accused to bail in ono tu'-ety of £loo| aufi hi* ' ,bwn recognisance o! £200, lo apjieur before the City Utneh 0-» Wednesday mining. The fails o( tho matter will tttt-u in uirrrobfibilitj be elicited.