THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, DEC, 10, 1880.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 10 December 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, DEC, 10, 1880.

* The auction nle of tlie Newcastle eon] mine At Soldier's Gully will take .'litre' at Mr Brtonm'n ttarfc tofraorroiri »t 5 p.m Mr Brennan w 11 auction at his pffice, to morrow at 4 p.m. 100 shares hi the' Oriental, and 243 shares in (he Specimen Hill Extended forfeited for goo-payment j of onlln. : We- are in jrgeeipjt jp/ a letter from Mr R. W, Carjr, theatrical vanafter, announcing the engagwiit of ' Professor and Madame Hafleinayer for a Hew Z»aiand toar. Mr Carj #ill shortly visit Reef loh for the purpose of arranging for (he Professors appearance here, which, judging from his worM-wide reputation, cannot fail to prove satisfactory. An inqae^t w»§ held in Christcharcb on Mpndny, 6t'j Deaejpber, oo the body of Glisrles Cavendish Uorrell, Clerk of the Court at Ashhurton, who was found I dead in Coker's Hotel the day before. The j jury retarntd a verdjct to the effect that ' deceased met his death from an overdose of laudanum taken *<* obtefo relief from nearalawa paw** They beliered he was sane, and had no intention of destroying iiiniKelf. At Goonamble (New South Wale«), a pnhliean named F«*d Darker shot bis wife, and then hinwelf. A fatal accident ptvumH ysfewday morning to Mr Bobert M'ftnoy, the well-known storekeeper of the Seventeen Mile Beach. Deceased arm driving some cattle when one of them wpaped. ife endeavored io dead it, *nd in doing so, attempted to cross a lagoon >tiptit the Government quarries' on' the Greymouth side. While in the water he dipped off his hone, and Wore assistance ooold «eoj)h him he was dfovaqi. The body was recovered about half an*honr afterward*, Deeaased, who was ranch respected, was • native of Belfast, County Down, Ireland, and was 45 Tears of age. He unfortunately leaves a widow and six children to mourn his untimely end., An inquest was held on the body, wnen a verdict o\ accidental death was returned. Foul Play and Natator have been soratohcr for the Dunedin Cup. ' The lighthouse keeper at Cape Campbell reporin the lost of an open boat in Cook B'rait, with th|ee men named Mori, Harrison and Pholomai abolrd. '■ Thu pace of the quickest trains in England is greater by 10 wiles per hour than that of the quickest trains of any other country A Norfolt> man has invented a guv-metre with a priotfmdioator attacked, which shows in dollars and cant* the amount due for g»p. - 'It is proposed to bold an Industrial Arts Exhibition at Lab ore, the capital of Punjaub in Dwjmber, 1881. ' » ' The Marquis of Bate hits built a villa on the Site of the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem, whore he occasionally intends spending the winter. The Age says that the Govrrnment do not intend to appoint a judge in place of Sir Redmond Barry. The Racing^Club hat confirmed the disqualification of Mata. ' " „ i As various statements have been made with TPgurd to the strength of the Amiod Constabulary force in the North Island we have ascertained from official aouroes that they number in all 7*2. of whom 583 are serving on the West Const. We understand it is the intention of the Government to made reductions as soon ns it can tafely be fjona. . We are please I to hear fro nth Ron. Jas. A. Bonar, Chairman of Directors of the Aom Gold Mining Company, that (he Go vcrnor has granted the lease applied for by Mr Gomitkoy, and hope to see operations Commenced shortly, a« there o in be no doubt that this will m«-an the inauguration o' a natr em of prosperity for Boss, and a revival of (he flourishing trade Hotitika formely did wirh tfiat pisfrict —West Coast Times On Cup Day M Melbourne a wetUknovn Sjdney liebe donned a dr»s« which cost £120. At Flemington this year, it was computed that the dresses and other garments won by the fair *es cort over the enormous. #'u'n of £1,0q0,000. A company has b«en started in Chicago to make vugar from corn. Tt is now % correct thing (wys the SytVi ov BulteMn) f>r every candidate in a civic of Farlianwtdvv e/e-thn rogivA at lenat ouo regatta trophy for companion. JSlo \tn* than £14000 out of the $30,000 has been subscribed tor tha balloon trip to Jb# JMh P«K 'fhe nambe* of sh ep *t the en 1 of 1878 is »s follow* :-rAu«tf!iH:i, 4)7 .^i > 762 j N«w W Itnit, 130G0335/ Total, , til. OGQ.lUQ. Thesi; mufiber' )rif« now routcriaily iiiorenseJ. Kiigtnnd, in round n.i.-qbar^, hit* about 35, Ootf.POd of thrnp. The (\tstei'tUe> who to cleverly captured W«bt-rg, of gold-robbery fara*, ha. got the ' fjick ' .beuuusi} be spp'tir d at the o?.ce one iiwrriing Home two.minutea late, « Atticus,' in i ho Letulor, suggests jealous yas the real A Stdn j firm is tho successful tenderer for a yit'oi'iau hulf-iniliion short dated loan Tt is a curious comment on the rival politics *%f the i wo Colonies, thac Free-'f^ade Nev South VVules shoi^ld become baiter to Protectionist Victoria. 'Jhe lew c ißbriKffl Gprmim gpulptor, WilJ^r. whose mng;ijfju«t)t ffatwe of Pro? iiMthcus Boand"h>is jij.t \mn batjgM for .60 : <¥W;H)frJf«bv^e(a-oy«rf)iiient und. pladed 1 in the BirJ-lJ National Qnllury, vas when a poor !»ov> n cook jn a Muui.h holtel. Accord)j)g-"jlb. ilio Fji Times of thr 16 hPctoler, iitv4,k.4, pas (iloiost on the jergi- of

famjoe, throtigl) the quarantine of a vessel provisions.^ It says :— should the quarantine of the Gungas be a protracced oite, Lcvaka will n reduced to the most nopleasant strait it haj', know for many a dar. Butchers and, bakers are alike at their wits ' and their supplies' end. Mr Pagain/oinis us that, depending on the sharp qu board tho Gunga, he has not provided himself with a supply of i attic, and » few days will tbrow the town on to preserved meats ; while the bakers, have pot only nhaustcd the usual monthly stock of flour, but haye bought up all in the hands of t*« storekeepers, and but two days' supply remains. The only re-source-is biscuit, The market is bare of vegetables. Yams cannot be proenred for lore or money, and a few kutnalas represent . the entire stock of tubers. If the quarantine continues. JLevaka will present the novel spectacle of a community starving in the midst of plenty, and lodgings on board the Gunga, cf en at the risk of infection, will be ut a premium." ' If Te Whiti with his prophecies, and T* Footi with his remedies (remarks the North Otago Times) are left severally cc themselv#p the Maori race may soon Ye where the purveyor* of ParihtH feasts, land«sh»rks, and vendors of yitrolised , ton »n please or rhapsodies may drive them into the Lunatic plague them no more | Cc Wb»ti with his A«ylum. and Te gooti with hifc medicines will probably scud the rest |o premature graves. A piece of planking token from a vessel ■dug out of the ground at Bandessard. Norway where it must have been lain for centuries, has been brought by Captain M'Eachern. of the ship The Sir Jamseljoe Family, which arrives ytstorfay from Fredericksitadt, It is to be presented to the museum oTMelbaurne, Some time ago an account appeared relative to the finding of the vewel while asking an excavation, M Sir Juiiui Yogel, in his reply tolie Bey. J. Foster's mis-statements, says th|f its is a folly to suppose that ao woes«:oMibor has more than a temporary aignjft#iee in a country like Hew Zealand, -jo <%«ourse of thne it wfll support a popnlatku^fovftr 20,000,000.. How obsurd to think that it i» A over populated with less than half a million ! In the oourse of a letter to Mr Bum. M.H.R, f)§tc4 Welling»o», Ifowmber 13th (published in the Southland, Times) the Hon. R. Oliver say* tomy owning shares in 4H» W«<flik SPlaiii railway. As loon as tb/s fact— mentioned by myself to the rfouw-i&eared to aftbrd ground for Opposition attack I authorised the sale at any prfacof the 35 shared b.«i subscribed for, and before the cl^*o>J& session I.kamt j that they irere J soW. -Wi i pr«oise date of ( transfer Ido not recollect, '&« it wai at the beginning of the year, durinj^tbe few weeks wbiob I spent at Dunedin. tt, shows pretty ; conclusively the spirit in wjbich malevolent people j'idge one's actions that ibfrplrffry snm of £37 10s thould be supposed to afford suffio : eut motive for a particular treatment of (hat line by me." New* from Teraora is exceedingly good. Several claims «re now paying handsome dividends, >nd . a fresh reef has been dip covered. Three' bigs ' o? dig' recently gave seventeen ounscs. One load yielded seventy ounces. At Ballarat a 800 ounce nugget has been unearthed at Blavkhill in a 680 foot lease. McColl, tafjiniwentlf Librarian died; Dusembor 6th from paralysis. It is currently reported in Napier that the late Messrs Stoker Bros,, of the Melbourne Btation, hear Kaikoara, have willed the bulk of their property valued at to London Hospitals. The Customs o Boers b Wellincton are making a raid on publicans having unstamped boxes ot oigars in their possession. At the National Artillery Association's meeting at Shoeburyues* in August Inst, a detachment of thefieabatn Artillery; Volunteers won 'the Queen's Prizej aud Corporal Hindon (as No. 1 of the detachment) received the gol^ cup: A colliery explosion at Seaham in September last proved fit»l to no less than twenty members of the above-named corps, ainon£ them nine o r those who had formed the winning detachment at Sboeburyness. Fxuctly one month after the return home of the Volunteers, when Corporal Hindon Was carried by his comrades in triumph round that town, hi* renjiin* (which nad been found in the pit horribly multilated) were conveyed to the churchyard fqr burial. On the lid Q f the coffin was lai 1 a wreath and cross 'of flowors,, made and given by Mrs Wurhani, wife of Caytain Warham. There w.w other wreatl.s givun by friend* of the , deceased. The gold cup which depetwed won at Siioeburyness wai placed on the coffin | likewise. The funesal procession w>s of vi-vy grfi:it length, meiiibers of the Oddfellows' lodge, which Hiadon was connected with, follow ncr ii* welt as numerous inhabitants of Seaham ilurhor. The poor fellow leaves a widow and five children. One of his l rinnghtprg hud been but recently married, and htr husband, as well as her father, perisheJ in iJie viii p.