THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DEC. 20, 1880.

Inangahua Times, 20 December 1880, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DEC. 20, 1880.

Daring the reek ended Saturday tost, 138 tons of stone were redqcei for the 'Golden ifteece Exteaded at their mill, vhich^agaiil is doing the work with customary re'gula'ity. Tbo mine continues to look well, and the stops* show a good i ' average thickness df stone. Tiro hun« | dred and fifty.one ounces of amalgam -ir^s taken, off top plates. ,^»« Hopeful Gold Mining Company i illlf hot&itt ordinary bair«yearly meet" ; Afo^^^t i%^ ) P i P^ ti 'f** office to«taorrow I 0 * Bnstness*«-To receif e ing Company, was'held at the company's office oo Saturday, the 18th instant, and resulted in the re-appointment of the retiring directors and auditors. The company's new tunnel was reported having been constructed a distance of 60 fret since tile" commencement the other week. Some difficulty ha* been experienced in transporting the iron rails up l he Devil's Ureek owing to its impassable condition and the want of a road to the mine which is touch required, and which the Council should atteud to, to facilitate the opening of what promises to be a very important division of the district. A very* favourable report was received on Saturday from Mr Currie, the mine manager, of the Fiery Cross Company, Boattntiti'd, of the weeks operations of that company. The. winze is now down 94 feet from the leyel, whence it commences, and the good reef, struck last week, is improving in size 1 and quality. Twelve tons off|one was tbo result of the waek's worfP^sinking through the reef, which he estimates at 2 oz. stone. This can be taken as a correct estimate, as Mr Currie is noted for the accuracy of his judgment, as to the quantity of gold contained in the stone upon which he passes bis opinion. A rather sudden death occurred at the Hospitalon' Saturday evening to an inmate named John M'lntosh who had been admitted on the Monday previous, Buffering from a curious sensation in and an occasional numbness of the upper extremities caused by unhealthy action of the heart. It appears that the de* ceased was allowed some outdoor exercise, -to.jallnythV resHe(SßQe.se, which was" one of the symptons of the disease and feel* ing considerable better on Saturday be intend d going up the street before bed t,me, but bad only reached about 100 yards from the Institution, when he felt the attack coming on and returned to the ward. After having been attended to he felt better, and Wnrdsman left him as ho thought all right for the night. Having retired to the next room; Mr Preshaw shortly afterward heard a long drawn gasp from the direction of the ward, and upon visiting the bed of the, deceased found him ia the throws ol death, which only lasted five minutes. The deceased was well and favourably known in the district since its earnest dayft, but bad been absent at the Kumara | for about three years, from which place he returned about four months ago, and got an engagement at the Keep-iuDurk as carpenter. Some few weeks since he had to leave off work, and was treated for his ailment at the Hospital but bis health improving he left on t!ie 25th ult., but had to return again as stated on Monday last. Mr M'lntosh was a native of Aber* deenshire, 39 years of age, and a financial member of the Beef'on Lodge of Odd> fellows, by whom he will buried to« morrow afternoon. ' The Hibernian Australian Catlio.'ic Benefit Sbeifcty held their 1 balfcyearly meeting on Saturday evening at the lodge room, Williams' Hotel;, when the following officers were elected for the enailing term :— Pre/i'denf, Mr M. CuUen ; Vice»Presiflcnt, '* Mr Walter William* ; Treasurer, Mr John Quigiey \ Stecretary, Mr John Harris , Warden. Mr J. Cereseto, Bcd Guardian,. Mr T. Moore. The Pbdeaix Kxtemied Cotopany »t their halfcyearly meeiing on Saturday aflernoon received ba!an'c6»sbeet and reappointed the reMrfog directors and auJi^ tors. ' The extension of ilie low level tuntic'l is prdgre^int; ua iuvourably. as cireuoaittances pe'roiit. The good reef from which fcucii ctcelloijt returns here received at- a higher le*e!, is exiief'ietl to be intersected in about 30 feet atari).' Tli'e ordinary half yearly meeting of shareholders ift l&e Hopeful G-olrl Mining Opmpany, Limitel, will be held at the rornpuny's office io>Hiorrow {Tuesday) the 21st, at '1 p.m. Mr G. C. J3dvrman;, ihsfrofted by the mortj>aaee, will sell by public auction this day (Monday) at 1 o'clock p-m., I'aricfis lois of catte, including feonie <;ood milii cows, ste;rs, and a 'boll, also ■"tnr-din-g cn>ps, fowls, ek'. f etc., at; Mr M'Oahey's farm on the Buller Koad. VirJotm M'Guffia, aucuoaeer, will con* di:et t')e sala. j be Krst : -harf->vnarly meeting of share? lioldPM-in Mhe U( ;i «ult Gild Mining "Com* pany %an ! lje!d tit '.Up company's cf&ne on "Friday : evfiiij)g, awd was well attended. IJiB dir*oti*'a- .rty^M-J .BH.I b^3nce-.s.hcef ;

proved satisfactory, showing a healthy state of affairs. The directors recommended the extension of the tunnel about 80 feet farther on the No, 3 level, at which distance they estimated that the line of reef* will be cut 400 further south than the workings carried on by the Victory Company, and state that if qnarfz is met with si that point, a large block will be opened, as this rorfioo of the mine has not been prospected on either of the previous lore!*. The retir« iog directors, Me«srs Collings, Masters, Connolly, and Kater, were re-appointed . Mr James Eidd was elected \n place of Mr Kalf, who Kt»d resigned. Tha contractors for extending the old Golden Crown tunnel into the company's mine, were also repdried as making good pro* gregg, the country not proving as hard hs w»s anticipated at the time of letting the work.' ' The Weights fpr the Iniogfluaa Cap at ! the forthojfMnjnjjf Summer Meeting were. ] evening, by Messrs ble's Whalebone, 9st 7lb ; Mr Cocbrane's Warrigal, Sst.-lOlb; Mr T. O'Weill's Rory of the Hill?, Bst 41b ; Mrltobson's Hafa, B<t 31b ; Mr J. Gallagher's Young LHljpie. 7stl3lb; Mr H. Alexander's Black lhy, 7st 41 h ;.«nd Mr T. Walker's Motintain Maid. 7-t. From the Wes'port Times! we learn that an inquest has been* held on the bodies of the fwo .men,- Samuel Jenkins and Alexander Weddnll, whose death by drowning in the Mackley Creek we reported in a former issue. From the evidence of the survivor, William Brandon, it appears thai the ftree men after proceeding about four miles up the creek in a canoe, came to a fall, and whilst in the net of dropping the canoe astern in the still Grater 1 the current caught the how of the canoe and swung hep round carrying her into the rip, when the cmoe was swampel and went down under them. Jenkins caught hold of the witness, and both were drttwn under. Eventually the witness managed to reach a rock after Jenkins had loosed his hold and sunk. After going for and obtaining assistance the witness returned, and found the bodies lying in from 10 feet to 18 feet of still water, within ten yards of each, other. A verdict of accidental, death by drowning was returned. Cole's Circus is now in Christchurch, and is largely patronised by Maories. Sir F. 1). Bell was a passenger to Melbourne, t$ the Te Anau from Wellington 6¥ fteedifibef * 16, o¥ pi way to England. Mr E. Fhaw has been appointed Bis* Met Judge of Wellington, and Chairman of . the Lirensing"^Bencli J for Wellington City and suburbs. ..Fifty thousand rabbit skins from the Hon. M.r Martin's run have buen sold in Wellington *t threepence each. A gratuity equal to fourteen months' salary of the late Judge Mahsford, has been made by the Government td Mrs Mansford. , It is stated that Warepa, the native committed for trial for murdering hjs wife at the 1 Chatham Islands, belongedto the same tribe as the 'condemned native Tuhi, and is also related to him* No satisfactory tender ha7ing been re« ceived for the purchase of the Wellington Evening Chronicle, publication has been suspended, A man name! John F. Walsh, who ar« rived in Sydney from -N"ew Zi'a'and on the 25ih September, shot himself through the heart at bis lodgings in Kent street, Sydney. The day before he had been victimised by some sharpers, who swindled him out of his money at a gaining table. A telegram d^ted Wellington, P-eem-ber 16, says :— lt is not probable that the case of Tuhi will come before the Executive Council earlier than Monda? or . Tuesday next. Tuhi on being conveyed te the gaol itt a tsafe yesterday appeared not in any way to realise his position for he stamped his feet boisterously, shouteJ to t ha horses, sang Maori snugs, and generally behaved himself as if he were -Eoing to his home after a release from his confinement, rather than pi'oceedino; to thn plica whofe he was soon to tie bung in his ceil, he" still maintained his eiireJpss demeanour, bu*: he passed a rather re^lesg rn'uht. It is thought the execution niav positively ( Jake place about Tbursd-iy next, James Eoyii nrrssied for the murder ofBji'^er at Meiliourne has baen disphargecl» Bakpr l»4s..uirned up, and Siiys he w;-,s suffering from . sunstroke, and logt his senses. A Queensland tele»ram, dated Denenif. ber 9, says :— Vfr Freshney of Caivlw^l, liis son, and dau>jhter'in»law, have been drowned in Hinnk-en Brook Cljasuel. Their boat capsized, and the only survivor,'a kanaka, swam five miles. A well-known sporting gentleman iv Dunedin haa backed NatiV B Cut to trot any ltorso n Now Zealand for £200 a-Lide. TJie acceptor of the wager is Mr Kirkwood, who will Aitme the horsu he will'trot against the Cat on Tuesdur. TJie match, says the Daily Time*, .--.will-- take place in about a mouth. The first has already been mad^. The truth of tlw following Somewhat singular freak of nature is vouched for by a gentleman on whose word thu ' Launc=ston Examiner' so-ya it can rely : -Jli- Tiioinaa Buttery, late of Gold WAI Farm, Ascot, who arrived Iwre in 182-1. and was born ou October sth, 1339, has got a Cull set of new teeth, to commemor.ilo whk-b. eveufc be hua had one of the ne.w tuaflticatoia lakea aut <ox a /oiuad •

There are a few points of interest.connected with Mr ButterY's family history. His grandfather Jived to the advanced ago of 109 years, and at 101 years he was still co lmle and vigorous that he reaped a ' stock 'of wheat, and stooked it himself. Mr Buttery's own father was apcidentully killed at tlie age of oighty.'six during a fox-hunt The origin of this family can be traced to the times of William the Conquerer in England — one of the commissariat under the Norman King, who, gave him the fiame of Buttery out of compliment to the, satisfactory manuer in which be had disaharged his duties, It is understood that the following is the programme for Bis Excellency's inovemeuti iii his approaching tour of the. colony. He will leare Wellington some time next month proceed overlaid to Nftpiec by way of Taupa and .Cambridge to Auckland. The Hineraoa will convey him. from Manuka to New Plymouth, where he will go '.shore subsequently returning to Wellington, visiting Wanganui cn 1 route. He will next travel by the llinemoa to Lytteiton aud go overland to Weat« land visiting various pla^B on his way. From Westland he \till go to the Bluff calling at I (t|fl|i|jfe£^O ast S^iaj?' J?t°.. m the BLiff he will t rave' <mftlsn<^flp^ffV9n^^PrS99Rto4^t Oamaru, Timaru/^|ftjra Christohureh finally embarking at Ljft^Sn in the ninprnoj on his return to WjUiogtod.— West Coast Times. T| Ameiioan papers faporfc that about SO miles from Sanla «Oj. the capital city of the territory of Newf'Mexiea, the soil en which the tillage of E^jrcitas stands has boon found to be etrongly Impregnated with gold. The publio authoiiti^ of the Territory bare commissioned some experienced engineers to report oa tho case. \ Some spots have been found very rich in .'the precious metal, and the soil (" dirt ") has: been sold at the rato of three dollars (he pound weight. In Hungary one's official a«e dates from his baptism. A weman of 40, only recently baptised into the church, 'was arrested -for stealing, tind pleaded tbot she was an intact, being legally only si* months old. The cout't considered the defence . good and acquitted her. •■.■'; b. . . - A man committed suicide by drowning lately in six inches of water; He couldn't have done it alone, but lvis wife, with that self-*Bacrifloing devotioa and helpfulness ao characteristic of the sex, sat on his head. A novelty in the steamboat line is being built at the present time at If yaek, TJ.S., and whci completed is expected to show an extraordinary turn of spccci. The hull is built" in the form of two cigar-shaped cylinders made of iron, and braced together at a distance of about 25ft. apart. The motive power will consist of: a paddle-wheel, Bft. in diameter, running between the cylinders, on i the top of which will rest the deck aud j saloon i } and steam vdli^e, supplied by onepeciiljiirlysßaped boiler, Cftplibl« of cany^ng 1251 b. of steam to. the square inch. The total length of the vessel will bg SSOOftijond her draught less tTtian 3fts jmidships. The iriventbr; clarms faster or eerid tbem further^ (if she bursts) than any other boat in the American waters. Sir Henry Parkos, in a lengthy address to the eleocorß of East Sydney, for which he has been returned, eaid :— "I am a declared advacate of the priaciplcs of free trade, with a firm belief that the steady advancement of the ©o|ntry to a position of greatness and abiding prosperity will be beet promoted by a. policy. ; which has been found so beneficial to Great BritiUrt. What is called protection is the policy of the unthrifty — the creed of the improvident wagsonfirs, who are ever calling upon Jupiterto drug their ill-manuad .vehicles from the sloughs of their own neglect. In former periods of English history protective laws weredevised and sustained by the oppressors of our countrymen— by men whose chief objects were to expand their own rent-rolls, to preserve and perpetuate monopolies, and to crush the spirit of independence out of the people. By a strong effort, oi for^etlulness of the lessons of the past, mcii who cajl themselves Liberals in Austraiia have adapted the devices by which llioii* forafalhera Were for generations ground in the dust. It returned as your seprcsentative I shall strenuously oppose restrictions on the operations of industry and commerce, balieving, /jijJ I do, from the teachings of ex- , ! periencß^ithat trade will flourish best, and that m^iiifactures will grow up most healthily j in the |fftro and braeiDg atmosphere of entire freedoni/' The New South Wales electionhave -resulted iathe return of f red-traders by. alargeyitajtfrity.