THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 8 December 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1880.

Paring the settlement of costs in the Beeche and Welcome case; the customary unseemly wrangling took place over a few paltry iihillinug id certain small iteoog tor mileage. The counsel on each side were trying to swell the costs for his own side, and to reduce it for his opponents. Some very invidious distinctions were also attempted to be made as to who would be entitled to the regulation one guinea pet day, and who would have to j ut up with the less pretentious 10s. We hayo often noticed that the strife over costs at the end of cases usually simulates the worn out energies of counsel iato acrimonious disputes over trifles, whilst during the bearing; of the cage itself th.ey placedly concede points of greater importance, and in our opinion it does not add to the dignity jf;,] any Court to have it, as it -were, converted into a L^ggling hucksters shOpJf&s soon as the question of costs arisnf^Tbe more dignified plan would, be to lea re the costs tJ be tasted by the Registrar or some other officer of the Court, if the respective eoun« gel had po confidence in (be moderr* tion of each other. Professional etiquette establishes and demands 101l confidence in the how fid? assertions of the gentle* men endued, when questions ot hundreds of pounds' are involved ; why should not this courteous concession be extended to matters concerning only a few shillings ?

Tiie li.Mi and Warden's Court will Open at tlie usual hour to-morrow morniog. A sitting of the Licensing Court will also be held during the day for the hearing of applications.

Tenders close at 8 p.m. this evening at tbe company's office for extending the Specimen fiill tunnel a further ciiscanca ot 150 feet.

Messrs Smith and Saikley announce tbe arriral of large and important shipments of new season goods suitable for ibis market, and invite inspection.

Atteiitiou is directed io another column to the pfttepectus of the %eli Creek Extended Quartz Mining Company (Limited.) Any one eonversaqt with the situa* tioo of the ground for tbe intended opera* tioas, and tbe surrounding country will at once see that the statements made in the prospectus are fully borne out by /a<?ts, whiuh be confuted. We recommend ,tbp yeqfure to the mjl\w of capitalists! and speculators. The Uace Committee will ineet at Mr Breunan's o|uce to»uiorrow Evening at 7.30 p.m.

Wallace Boss, the Canadian, won tbe match with E. Trickett easily on Monday last by Ithree len«thß,

Thu coniHuaioii of the »i| days' walk* ing lournanoent at i^lelbourue on Monday night was moat exciting. Biter was drugged on Saturday by a looker on, b <t got over it, started a^aio, and iimslied on SunJay with 3>7 ruil^s ; Swan (New 306, and Suymp'ir 256. ' Tiit' coulract lor driving 490 feej in the No. 4 level ot the ]£eep»it Dark C<>m j.-ariy was let last nijiht to Mexsis Frank Oo:fa«bon antl Co,, at £1 12s 3i per toot.

The prdjudry uiontlily uit'cti»{; of the County Council will take place at £ a'dock p.m. to<Jay, vrhon the new metn* ber will be introduced, and take hit seat This ititerestinir ceretnony will, no doubt, be witnessed by a nutuner ol rate* payers, naturally anxious \o learn how the debutant shapes.

TenJers* Jar M*e repairs to tlie b-idije across Devil's Clue* oil die u);i<n Gn-y rond, aud also for foriiiiUij b s u^li track fon Ciirnboo to lAit* Kiv^r a-ill rjo receivaule up to 12 o'c ock uujn (O'4'iy at. t.be Uquncil (JlihtnUeis.

JJy the mail just received al»ises Bre to 1 1 a iid ruspectiite; the contempLteo. North P^le esjjedition, wbich \t iuiended lor next year, and whjch in to ba a joint «-fl'jrt of Kimland ans Cajjida. Tlie eiih jiuiiiß year wiii bo particularly fuvourable for ihe attempt, as a nu nberof oilier expeditions, will be 'despatched to the Afoticseapin the pui'suit of discoveries. Hie Kiiyottages of a number of ooHervalions Ocihh tiikeu simultaneously by diilurent «nd iudependi'iu expeditions in the sauio latitudes ui(i rna'ei-ially assist in obtHiuirif; correct iia(a, whereupon to lihsh the s-ltjeuieiit of scieiitiu'c qn-s i m:s upon « Inolj further himl tuture di B covt'ries ..ill ilrpt-iiil. the miur.' uf aliicli it would now l>e dilficiiie u> anticipate. Coni mandv-i Clifjuf, who is to talio covnaisuiA ,

pstitnates the expenditure for three yeais at £30,000, '"calculatod at the same rate-as Nordenskjold'? Vega e^j»dition, which cost £20.00 "> for two years. The funds required will bo mainly pont.rilu'ed in England and Canada privately, and it is proposed to charter the Ve^n, whieb ro sneeessfutly, accomplished tbe NorthEast passage under Prof. Nordenskjold and Lieu'entnt Polander. Tbe la ; ter part of the programme is at rariance w th former news from Sweden, which formed an article in our paper a fe«r issues back, and wherein it was stated that the 7p°a was then being put in repair, preparatory to a Real-nMiinar vovas;p. on which slio res to be sent. We would certainly verr much prefer to find (hat the intended English and Canadian expedition had secured the veusel for purposes for wWjh she has proved herself eminently suitable, and wherein she has become known to the world, 5f ebe is <o eo o«»t a»Bin. snonpr tlian <o see her employedl as at first, intended.

One of tbe most disastrous fiVes tbat ever secured in Punedin, broke out at about fouv o'clock on Sunday mornin«. in tbe large wooden birldings on tbe reoiairaed land, used a* an. engine and tramway sbed by David Prondfoot. It is not known bow it originated. Two men were on the premises at th? time, one of them cleaning engines. So quickly did tbe flames spread that they bad barely time to eicape. The building* were completely destroyed, also thirty-three tram-cars, seven engines, and a tremendous quantity of oats. It is almost certain it is a case of incediarism. Proudfoot says ha is insured for L14.000. He estimates his loss- at LWOQ above this, without reckoning tlie loss by suspension of traffic, only three ears being left. Jl message will be sent to Amesioo to-mo»row for others Moi% are a,n tbeir way be«e aid every eflort will fo made to keep up tbe traffio ( % A fire broke outfa^ Morris's Rossiffotel, Set'don •(wet, Kumaii, shortly befoeAhree o'clock on Sunday morning, wbich'buHding, was quickly burned to the gtqutfdjf The i sharp wind blowing at the time sddedFgreatly to the strength of tbe Qames. A small fruit i iriiow on the one side, and the pjamtejs^Qf D ivies, tailor, and Holmes, tentmaker, oV tbe ether, next facing victims totbe.de. mol'sliing elements.

Colonel Hende^ipp, irf tii annual report just issued, states that 28,775 windows nnd doors were found by tbep^Mr open at night or insecurely faste^T kr^^ndan^ and he add%j-— <• The diif oP'inofttitive to crime and tbe facilities in its eommissioi held out to

thieves by tbe culpable carelessness of house -, bolden nave a very serious effect in fostering among a certain olass a tendency to tbeffc to whioh they are already predisposed."

Edison says that the new lamp will toon be ready for tbe market ; he has machinery ro turn out 1260 per diem j tb^y will cost 3$ cento each, and will last with ordinary usage six months.

Moffat, tbe Putobn-ManH, who was shot at Tubua (^ays the New Zeakad Times), had for «otne time bean living £t Palinerstoo Nor ih with his Native wife, a,,.fine-lpoking young woman. He lias onlv one ohi'd. The wife's maiden name was Mere to A^eawe, a sister of Pertite Aweawe. The reason assigned by Moffttt to the Natives for bis visit to Tubua was not prospecting for tfd'd, but prospering for bank notes a bundle of which be is stated to have conceiled there some years ago, after an attempt on tbe part of tbe Natives "to rob him of £1000, which be was known to' have in tho houxe. This money he received for a share in a flour«mill at Maungatatari, of which be was manager. There will be much grief among the Maori friends at Palmerston, where lie was liked of lale years, notwithstanding liis nneviahle notoriety . About eighteen months ago tbe deceased MofTatt and his wife were staying for some three woeks in Wellin^tdn, first residing at tbe Puke of Edinburgh, and afterwards at Wakeford'a Hotel, Manners strnet.

Tbe steamer Tararaa, in port onFridny last, (say • the Christohurob Press) wa< more than com moii) y an object of interest, public oarinsily having been aroused by tbe reported robbery of a bos of coll valuod nt LSOOO from her bullion room on her last trip up to Melbourne. From nil that could be gleaned tbe perpetrator of tbe gigantic theft still remained as rauoh of a puz^e as the whereabouts of tli9 missing bo*. From the cirPUmgtiinct) tbot a Victorian doieotive oame down m tbo steamer, it may be in r er rod that tbe U.S.S. Co^ do not purpose letting the th'ef enjoy his booty openly. Du.in<» the tiiKii* the vpssel was in port a sharp Inok ouh about her was Jcept by a certain Gentleman in plain cloths, and tbia course i.-> pu'-sui-d at every etoiiping pltce cij route, aud doubtleei will.bf fin* to'ne time to como.

Mr Patrick p?Connor ia to bo the new )^oit't v oi iht> Melbourne IJo^el, Charleston. .

In noticing tho l^ew Zealand Oourt at the Melbourne Ejhfrition, the Au»tra'asim eayi» : — : 9'»ne ipUnded block* of marble are exhibited by the Cant rbury Marble Corns' I p:>ny. The well-jjnown freestones of tUis province rao3t!y come (rom Bank's Peninsula, and are of Fokanic origin. Nearly all the other building stones are calcareous, and l'n ia the Waipara- "n(3 0 imam fq^mations. Tae Oania^u Stone Company show an obelisk — a §ne column of white calcareous limeMone, aa well as oraamentxi jtrg, vssep, «Jf<). carved |n their stones by Mr S. G[-odfrey. This u the manner, in which a Canterburv contemporary acknowledges the receipt of copies ol a new paper :— 'and another one !— Wa have reqeiyeii a couple of issues of the EJiikoura Star. The doors of ourUunafvt asylums avo quite wide enough to ad,mit a few more people." Our contemporary evidently thinks {here ore enough papers in Now Zoalitnd. "V^o think there aw ttbout twice to many. t'iie st:it«menfc whjqh has beeu freelf circuited throughout tbe colony to the effect tliat the Government intend ~ to. fill up ihV vucaucy in Ul9 Legislative Council caused by tli.! ii(){M>,ii)ti)sent of Sir P. Dillon Dell r 0

tie Agent; Generalship, by calling Mr 09---wald Curtis, of Neleon, to the XJoner House is (a contemporary asserts) entirely without foundation.

At tbe annual meeting of tbe Asbbu-ton Gas Compunv tbo Cbairmm said tbat tbe Compaip h(?fnnwirhl3 consumers, wbo in creased to 45 in September of la-t year, but had now reaobed tbe number of 81. The Sfirrptary tendered tbe further i'Tform»t!on tbat ihd Company now suppUflfl 20 pu'ilio hmps. Tbe Chairman went on to sav that G reymnuth coal wa« used, 30 tons of a con« trnipt; for two hundred tons of a" contract with Mr Turner bad yet to be delivered. Mr Turner's was tbe lowest-, tender. Mr Wr"»bt said Westport coil, tbe »uilabili!v of wbich for gas purpose was beinsf tinted by manv companies in the colony, wns aclver-ti'sed in tivtte'ton at 25s per ton. It would be well to watch tbe. results of these tests, and keep tbe coal in view. A Bervant at Government TTowse, Svdnev, Dwente.l ber biisbmff tbe oiber day with the 2tth child.

A cortT of <be Brst edition of Rums' pnems, printed «t K^ma-nock. with a few autosmph !n»es bv tbo poet, was sold at Messr« Sotheby's, tbe - weH^nownauc!iqm?ers of literary pro* perty, London, for £'9 10s. A we'l-lfnown ocress in Dut» edin, playiDg in a Shakespearian cba*aote^, bad by ber powers, Bushed the audVftnoft iito perfeot stillness, wben a little .Jew, etirting up, cried out fierc«lv "My Got! who vas dat shpH in my eve ?"

In a Yankee piper tbe usual 'beadJog, Bi-tlw, Marriages, and Deaths, is dispensed with, and tbe coluiin is beaded Ha f cb, Match, and Dcspalcb column.