THE Iuangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, DEC. 6, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 6 December 1880, Page 2

THE luangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, DEC. 6, 1880.

The result of the weekly scraping of top plates in the Golden Fleece Extended is as usual very gratifying— 347 ozs of amalgam was obtained after a crushing of 138 tons. The United Alpine cleaned of top plates 424 ozs of amalgam for the weeks' plfllhjng amounting to 163 tons, jlaHlljil for the election of a member a^Hw&fpty Council to Gil the vaoaney |j|HS|p!§>resentation of the Riding of IHMKfI^ 18 taken on Saturday, and raMßraP.'in. tho return of Mr Thomas, Pla^kett, by a raujorily of 80 roie< over ,liis opponent. Tie whole election through* out has been a very tame affair indeed, as compared with former contest* of a similar nature in and about Beefion, and the public* spirit, which should animate citizens on such an important occasion as the election of a honoured representative 'in the Council, 'has teen entirely absent, no outward demonstration :vt any Vi^d being noticed in town during the whole day. No cabs, no cards ; no prints, no posters ; no. beer, bo bnlfion ; ia fact nothing showed visible signs of extra animation, not helped to enliren the dull proceed ing i The encroachment case Beeche v. The 1 Welcome Company terminated on Friday , evening. Judgment was reserved until '< His Honor would have Bn opportunity on Jiis return to Nelson to consult anthoi** tie'i^-fm Borne important points* which j were. raised by the counsel for defendants. The costs in the case on both sides, amounting 'to £59 6s. for plainiiff, and £18 10* for the defendants, were settled by His Honor befora teaviag the Bench to .enable him to award cost to whiehercr may prove the winning side, and he inti» mated his intention of notifying counsel engaged as soon as \ie had arrived at a decision, bnt that the judgment could only be entered up ( in BeeHon at the next sitting ns it requ'red to be done within the Westland jurisdiction to reas der it legal in the erent of an aopeal.

By ordel? of the Po^t mastersG-eneral, the commission yon mnn.oy orders issued ia Nj-Mf Zealand on the XTnited Kingdom will be charged occofdina to the f^lowina scale from the Ist December :— For sums noli exceeding £2. Is , for mm 1 * exceeding £2, and not exceeding £&, 2s ; for sums exceeding £4, and not exceeding £6 3<; for, sums .exceeding £6, and not exceeding; £8, 4s ; lor snws not exceeding £3, and exceeding £10, ss.

Robert Muiliris wis brought- up on veirnod before** G. C. Bowman, Esq , on Saturday charged w>Ui having iufl'c'ed snme wounds on his arm la<*t ve&ok afc Burkes Creek. The man exp'Tsepd °ieat contrition for his foolish pet, which had been committed whilst his njiinl was tiffecied through drink ; his p-nvious iv» offensive nature and a nod" ch.ivaefpr Imv ing- been tesli fieri to, he was, afipr a severe reprimand and caution, discharged from euslody.

As tiio cutter Rosa wag sailing op Manuka Harbor oxi *I}ecember l-^t, lb« crew fonn3» Mann" siuin^ on <op of a bont, whieb was floating mast down with sails set. The Maori said he had been on board- two li< urs ;he was in an exhausted state, end unable to giro bd at'count of the accident. One huTidrcd and spventy-one persons aro-reyularly receiving- charitable aid in Canterbury .' The ConU'rcnco vow sitting at Victoria is tnakini: satisfactory progress with r.pg:\rd to border dutia.s ana the Chinese (JU^BtiOT).

' : arrived from Stewart's- Island «fc ,'tlie Bluff on December 3rd, and re* ports tlie discovery of a golcNbesrinw q',i£v<z reef, running from I?ort William lo I'lilerson's Lik-t. The specimens show -old ck'nriy. deveral cnta-r^ weve chars u-ye.\ specially lo couvej residents to f& Vert (>D c-.n Dcc.auL.oi' I*l tp Oi)!ai?i .iiiii^r's rit;!jLs.-.. 'j l;e prospectors qnieiiy ..li'aiiip'd a -grant of | ilH j a week a; , 0> g,,^ lave r-«va!"a tff tu-^t of the supposed' Hue of i'£c!'.

It is stated -that the losses of the 41---baniaos and Turks in the conflict which took place previous to the occupation of Dulcigno by Dervisch 'Pasha heavy.

. The discovery in London of a. new sMtem of electric light in? in which filar ments of carbon are employed, is believed tohavo solved the difficulty of bringing the invention into domestic use.

A cablegram, dated londoo November 25tb says :— William Herbert* a bocrtmaker, late -of Footscray,' iv Victoria, who suot his sister^n-law, Jaae Mes-* senger, at Finsbury Park, and afterwards attempted to commit suicide,* Las been tried for murder, convicted, and sentenced to death. Butter is 4d per pound inGtcytown^ Wairarapa. Diptbem ha?, broken out in Cbristclmrcli, Orer LBO have been oflPcrefl m Kui^ara as pvizes for athletic sports to be held at Christmas. . * ■ > The late . sale ■of lands on the Waimnte Plains have yielded the magnificent sum of '£8000 to the New Plymouth Harbor Board, and the coming Sile will, in all probability, yield an equal «urn. Tlie Government Eesideat at Polraergton repoits that 20,0000z3 of gold were taken on Margaret field, by about 600 Chinese. The election for tho Mayoralty of Hoki- • tika is likely to be upset, through some slight in formality. A large number of ministers of religion in Now Zealand hare agreed to preach on Terns perance on Sunday, December 12.

Large Boroughs theji appear to have in Otago. In a contested election for the Mayoralty at Arrqwtown, the successful candidate polled 22 votos ; at Queenstown, 32 ; and at Cromwell. 26.

We notice by our Dnnedin files tbat Mr Harvey, late Di-triot Court Judga has resumed practice as a bamator'and^olicitor iv Punedin. ' J S The French vignerons, at Northern Wairoa have planted 30,000 vine cuttings, ,-h A Sirs Holder, recently^ frc^Eplancl. is preaching ill ihe Frutiiti^e '^^Sches in Cunteibnry. " ' '''*' -'' It is uaderstood that 3£aclame Summerhayes, who recently gare pianoforte recitals flt the Melbourne luteruatioaal Exhibition, is about to visit Sew SJaaland. '. . • Ibe breakwinds erected t>p the Ritnutaka (Wairarapa) line are fo|£d tp answer.: Bricks' of compve«3eft;W»ikato coal, macufactured in England, have been sent out by Mr J. 7. Maceloid. The specimen is in tho Auckland museum.

Heai'tronding. accounts are*^iten of tbe famine in I'ersia. Many have taken poison to avoid starvation.' „In bn.6/ case * mother was fouad eating hec'ejSild. '

4 shipment of Wellington butter has been lent to London, costing when delivered thove 7d per lb. which should leave, a epleaded margin for profit. "' ""

t Moffit is said to have be<3a a deserter from an English regiment.

Cousiderable eliipmejits of flax are being made from Wftuganui to Melbourne. '

The. OtagaseUlera have ifcai-led a eUßlmg Bubscvipiion fof the-pui-posd i>f jfmrcbiwog and pre-un(ing a testimbiifal to Sir Frances Dillion Bell prior to hia departure for England.

Me»srs Fisher and Co.of Auckland, had tho contract for anpplyiuy 1000 shias of beef per day to the' Circus , Company^ The Wild beasts ought to tin ire.

A new development of the timber indnHrics has recently been made dear the lowa of Norkojiiug, i,i Middle Sweden. It consisls in tnaiinlactumig thfe.»l for croohefc

and sewing pnrposrs iVom pine tiinbei 1 . The process is not male public, but the products are said to be fi.is jii qua'ily, aud tbo piice is low. The thread is wound oa balls by umchiaery, aud packed iv boxes for expoi*. The. uew business is likely to be v succe?sCul oue, for ,lhe oilers 'from nil- part's of the country" sve so- numerous already that the new iactory is unable* to fulfil them,

Death, the great leveller, hu« removed another p( Grcymouth's earliest inhabitants, if not the era-licit edller on the West Coast of New Zcal.iud , wa allude to tie veqerable Mao.'i Chiof, Tainui, who died on Tuesday evening. 'The old Chief was nearly eighty years of t^e, and may be regarded B 9 the last of the pmeJy Maori raeo on the Wcit Coast. The old mau must have been a fine stalwart savage in bis ea>]y days, and until recently he war hula, nnd hearty, but wifcbin tbe ksfc few mouths he became si;one bIJ-ni, aud.it w<»3 a pitiable si^ht to see the old Chiof fueling his wjy about the ground b«b;isi'jg lo his house, or' being led by pvio. of his ivlutires.-' °A. .kindly, and old gentlemen, was Tainui, aad ho will be misspd by the rhihh-en especially, witii jyhotn he always liked to.

Tho New Zea'and covrespondmfc of the Australasian Insurance and Banking Kecoi-d writes ;— " Various rumors are afloat, with which I need' not trouble your readei'3,?as to a vast liinindal .juggle which is at one atftl "the same ti'iie to eai'ich Sir Juliuf and tho Colony and thu Colonial bondholders. Ihe £28,000, 000 of deb! a are to be played upan, converted, and takau over by a compauy."

Tlie Chicago commission firm, Millaid and Co., of the JJoard of '.trade, have brought a suit ugainjfc Mr Bes Vobui, Goveroov of tha Fiji Islands, for 7000 dollars for money los* on grain speculations. Des Vceux lost 15, 000 dollars, of which; the commission firm

have only been able to collect 8000,

Professor Eel), inventor of the .telepheqe h:is read a paper helVe tbeaaiiTiean. Association fov the Advancement qt'Scu-'ncOj deluiling experiments be lias made whereby. lie has demonstrated that, without a conducting wira u3 iv electricity, eouihl eaa bo conveyed Ao.m station to elation by means of & beam of light. Tho " receiver " iv this cass is silefls' ium, and '>y contvolliog the fovnj ov eharuef-ov of liio li^'ifc vibi'atioijd on lliij body the <l'i.;iiL:!.y or i'.U' sound .can t?e cou! rolled, and id! vari u'es ci liuiuan spoeolj^b'taitieti, s The prt>:e-.-.oi > hs>.3 spbkim in fiiis -iuiumer ivivU

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