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Inangahua Times, 5 January 1881, Page 2

The t«nd"rof the Isanoakua Timb-s. being the lowest, was accepted on ' Xionday last by the Tn»n^rnnufi County Council for all aoVerlieinjj and prinMnrr required by that body tof the ensning {&p)9e months. -■^Tho r^ach orrived from Gr^ymnoth "^ferdnv eveninjj witij « fyll lo''d of nnssejieers, (he bulk, of lliem bpin?/ tpMirn^d hoiidar hitilff! 11 ?. Mr L ; nt»s cinr •brnuch from Westpnrf br : n2inu :i four-horst 1 rnn<^'. h « i»ff>n i.Mt Ue'Vff to run vi nppoj-'it ion on the G.cyl?pe?ton road. roiirjpon ftpp^'Citlons ha^e boon received by (be County Council for (he . nffisf . -of .- tSrvgineer ; Tnoy't of ijipin wp understand from loral ssspirnnK ■ Tbe s'lisrf* cpftainly, is l »ieh enouch to offer a tem'ptine: 'bait wcirlh'- while nibbling at, but yet fre are- surprised- t0. .-find that such; an amount of loc-il en2iticer : n<j talent Ir^ been slumbering unknown in our midst. Else*lioie will be -found an announcement calling a mreiinp- ofihe Eeefton .Toeliev C'nb for to-morrrw evening ot Coclsranp's Flolcl, wlipn all outstanding -hiim?, «risuig from the lafe race raee'ing will be paid, and .matters' of importance Hiso»is«efl, prit.cipaily rel»fing to the disposal . of the saiisfactory surplus, which will remain in the bauds of the club ; every member vr!.o takps- an interrst in the matter should n;;;ke it h ; s usincss to be ni'ts^u*.

— ff ,.., ..... . I ft - ■-' " ' ] Tfi» next English and .European Mall <vio Brih<&i will close at the Peefton Office on May,' the ftb. da^of Jitiaarri at7a,m, '* './" .' • * •' Th&acbtevpment'of Grand Flaneur in winning the Victorian Derby, Cup and ChampiW-Ruce is aVcat unprecedented In tlJo ifonsls of Colonial "racing, victorie3?were by do means nnexpected by thckowneVand trainer, as the final gallops of t^e borse on ibe ero of eaeli ev*nt pd?siMfro^ni -<or donbt. ,TheVperfbr* mancesi, however » were regarded by the pttbli'tfafr i&credrbte,, andjfc,,wax not -until* the close of Ftaiipur's essfr C&pp win' that all Melbourne regarded in the horse the vtvy-. perfecftonof a racrr. .' W«to»nt(haU£f old West Coaster? now resident in Wellington Will be down in the next trip of \ha Maori, with the intention of {enderhrg,l!br. the roadwork between Reefton and If ejspn. , ; %f, - \ ~ < , $htfttftrisfa l)ftftMiti6 Ooritpsny had a ,gOod house ag&lii last night, and the perfol" 'vbincf gsve u#t« uttded satisfaction. Thepiece ,Wa«tf Atpah>na*poj;uer^ It is needlea3 , tS|lf| - the pe<rorm«itice wa^Uegrdtfieftahlooa- one L^orV b^elf,' <»i6^i^wbipany has probably ' tan town>» of tlie Colony*. To l all lovcr3 of <he legitimate drama the r opportunity is therefore one that should not be missed, as in the ordinary range of probability itrcay be/a ldiig.timo 'before. -.it ia likely to recur. The piece for to-night is East Lynne, a piece which lately had a very successful run in Melbourne, undci* Misß.Pon.ier.oy, tho-Ameri-can atar actress. Notwithstanding the occurrence of the ■holidnya very greufc progress has been made willi the Inangahua bridge construction, and tho. structure has already' giyen an altered aspect to the locality. The whole of the piers liave been complcied, and the roadway and side rails are being rapidly pushed ahead, and there seems every probability of tho wofk being completed witbin the contract tinjc ; p i '/„■;. , :. , The efforts to iloat a company sufficiently wenlthy to drain and work the deep ground at Boss. The shares, with the osception <■■£ 5000, have been subscribed for, and these which were reserved from allotment, are to be placed upon the market at a premium of ss per bhareft Mr ConiislceYhnS; placed; the uriikrtaijing; upoif a-tli6rditghly' set uro' foot^ ing, arid the shareholders comprise' all the best names in Auckland. The: .required machinery has been purchased in England and is how on the way out. The venture ranks high in pnblic favor in Auckland, end ( the commencement 6f operations is v looked , forward to with glowing anticipations, It was reported thai; some alteration was in contemplation m the days of the arrival and departure of maila to and from Eeefton, but it has been definitely decided not to ia any way disturb the existing arrangements. We understand tbat the boolcir.jr ofTi^o in G-rey-moulh'will remrtin at Gilmer's Hotel. Keefton app^J* to be folevably we'll mown' tjirojigiiottt tlw^ttVioiid Zealand towns,j nns ne^l ' ffi^Mdinft.'Jts "jtHues ~ if' cogerlr. , absorbed. The Tftcefion papers at the difif--1 orent public libraries and reading room? 1 are regularly sought foi* and haye the ap*pearance of bcinw well thnmb&l over. It was the genpral bclief_tli"t tl)* 1 Inongaliua was ' asbi!i ; * lddiin^ tip/ and' tint it offered ft good field for investment, a feeling which ihe Heefton trayellei'3 had good means oT strpnqMipning. l\lr John Lawn, thp r^cpntly appointed mine manager for tho Just-in-Time has entered tipun h)3 duties, and lias started work in ,tlie mine with six men. The preliminaries to bo gone on with are the repairing of the ■two lower lfivels and main winze?, to make everything in read inpss, preparatory to breaking pat store in the south stopes, and prospecting; in ptljer jiar ts yf Mie mine. i\) ; Tn consflquenpe* of tlie absence cf a num* bpr of men on Christance leave, work in the TTriited Alpine Has bren for eomo time confined to a small portion of the mine ouly. All preparations hnvc been finished in tiro low level titnncl, ar>d 'general operations' will be resumed this week ail over t lie mino and •"H'elter returns ah> looked for as"^ certain.,.; Kofliirg Ims as yeb been dona towards tie 'additional ''new machinery, which consists o r a buttery of five heads nnd berdans. Tho ■■whole work is delayed polely ihrou^h tlie recoct of the Bull"! 1 County in not taking of ener^oric fcpsfor thp muHi needed extcii'ion tho road to the pompany's mill". As tint County receives a handsome return for gold dufj nrising.from <I\i^ claim ulonc, tho ne>Wt'*pßlvl Couiit'ifta^parf'lqnahle.;'', ?Jr Willhm Wt*^^, formrrlv of filfick'*' Point, is Wfll '■i«'"hli»'ii i d jn hotel Himjips* in SvfTn".r. Mr P. OlcP'nn, an old We«t Coaster, late of W«?«»tp'>j^ nnd Nnl.»on Cr->ok, has one of the leading lintel businosß^s in Auckland, nnd lms y,\*t complpffd Uio erection of a ball aIV-v.bi-]} cost f 800. " The moi-.tl'ly « le.-.ihvjr np of the United' Alpino CoiTir-a^Y rci=oH( d in 'i%\cz of melted gold fi'oin 570 ton>« of stone (rented, which enabled the directors to pay fov the newly purchased machinery and iron rails for' ihe mine, and to entry forward ahaudsomo bar ar.co. A gentleman from ihe Lyell on a visit to "Ree'tort, reports the grotifying intelligence-, that yevv good stpne has bsl'iv 'struck both in the -Maruift ansli Mo'oney's mines at tlie. Eight Mile. We notice "that Mr * Low -.hp. a .opengd a fancy goovip, toy and haberdashevjr htiop i»\ Eicliardson'a-;:biuldh)gs, central' Bi'cadway. The win'd-o w and the jt'oods in tbe'hiio^flre 1 fcastely arranged, nsid comprise a variety of* useful tiling well v.'orth coping nnd purphasing. We trust the lady will veceive such an amount; of patronage- as 4i<n* efforts to mni';tain liereclf deserve. Complaints reach us from the I/yell over ihe great, danger aM incpii.vonien'ce -experi-: Ciieed in crossing the river at. ChiMstie's dv.r* \na tie late rum,' woaiLpr, tlircu^h tbe ,ib-i-'cnc.o of a punt at that pis c<\ Owing to -»is ibeynco trt-Qo is frequently ialerruyted arc! l

The Inyo, -051. -Independent -gives .the . above olass of humbugs the following pointed notice : There aro oo the Pacific coast, quite a nui'.bcv of'so-caUed ' mining experts ' and c rock sharps/ but who ore tnnves and humbugs—without principal or honesty, knbwledgo or experience in raining. These fellows are generally good, plausible talkers, and have -any amount of cheek and assurance. They work themselves into the confidence of the honest msd unsuspecting capitalist who contemplates investing ia mines. In many cased |lio report is favorable : money is iuyi'eled.v and after a practical workiug of the mine, ? it proves to be wovihless, nnd llie investoriconie 9to grief through tlie ignorance of ihe espert. During, the., r past two years I ? eqmo of; tjiese Paci^s uoaSfc Jxpert^jumbuf?, finding- themselves too well known in Cali* fornia: and Nevada, and, scenting new dupes in Kew Yorlc and other Eastern citi.'s, have 1 lit out 'for tho Atlantic Coast. Many a ■ttiininjjf company -has been swamped, aud the prospefta, of many -a dislriet ruined by the ' frlLU^ilf^^rVtoiie^er* they : avfr^nentioned, diefamil^with \hfim is foreiby reminder! oi Ihe (erse (Ascription given by the Nevada miner, who e'aitl a niining expert wiis a man who wore jjye-glasses, talked Dutch, and didn't j£noW F hideuoecl |hing about a miac. -"■'• >Pay|ble (joltrnns been struck 1 adjoining the proepe|tor3 along the tramway from Eumara. Altho^h uot very xioh, it.is likely to give emploicQent.tb a largo ulipibei' of men, The tdUtanC^fem Kujn^ra is about four niiles. Tbef|V is' a probabinty (says the Eumara Times)V (hat. the new rush near the Teremakati wgleveiituaHy prove to ba of n favjavore.exte^sJH ■d^Laie |liiin at fii'sfc sujpjpqa^Jia,, cturit^BCTßtosV few. c|ayl nnolhcg ate^in ifct '' HßP!; 'woToi-bjfar frcm.a^nding to this subjeci%*ore fully, as," although in possession of so?4s important information in rrprard to t!ii? lfiSvr auriferous discovery we awai.t ronclueiv^ proo f , which will be definitely subs stanth'tecl or otherwise during the ensuing fortnigjil." ■ %% l,j'J\XV/i \ ;,::;■;;.: Tho^vyorl's which are^ going on at Abbot Cliff funnel, between Folkestone and Dovci' on thofSouth 'eastern railw.iy, In connection with the sinking of a that for testing the geolgiiftl, formations of the locality, with a Tie'w- B>. (ho formation of a tunnel between Enqlo&d and France, wore inspected on July 20th, '-nnd pronounced satisfactory by M. Leon &iy and tlie French engineers, including M. Duval, M. Grelon, and the Count de Moh'ebello. Ash ift of 80 feet deep lias 1 b-^en'fcink from the levl-L of oie eri'gine-liouse at higX^iter and a' heflding has fccpt; driven to the level of high water jnark for the puv-* pose of depositing the chalk. Power ul machinery h-as been fixed foi* driving an atmospheric drill, with vhich H is intended to drive a heading as far as Dover, a distance 6i Oirco ff.iles, under the line of roil* way. the beading at Dover to be SCO fce<; "Tho experiments are bcine carried cut midcr <he direction of Col. Beaumont and Copiain English. The Soufii.eastcvn f'ailway Company have made a grant o f £30 000 for the purpose.— Scientitic Aineria CCLX. In ! f.,e writings of Confucius, the g cat; Chined philosopher, the following passage oeetue : "Aswe me a glr.ss to examine the fi-m* <?Dh}i)g^ /f t^Tsg?*^rgdV! : amipuny 'eOiUetrce.pomts TnastLunmigtakab'y to the use of magnifying ghispes long before the time of tbe .writer, who died 478 years before our Ms. U, G. Jentios, F. B. A. S., he.s en* deavirooi to shew a very remarkable effect of tho t4jnefc Vinus upon tho curih. The prosit Brili^b Astronomer Royal proved many* vcars apo, that tho disturbing efTecto r this phnci was s;i great that t'.c earth was mutepjlh pullf-d n-om its oi^it* Mr Jenkir.s |i:ow3 tin fc it is to t r his cetton that tw must! look for an explanation of the cohV wive|. which, occur on ? ari ■' Average every eigh^3ears^-iis'in ! lg29, 1837, 18-45, 1555, " 1363.1 1871, 1879— and tliafc for she next 40 years} 'the temperature will be below the avevdigoy Ho states th«t a heat wave has ■' beenlobf ev.vetl to pa?s over the earth every 12 fearl, nearly eotemporary'wi:li the arrival of plajjjk- J-upiter at its' penlieliou, such a wave bei^iuow c'o&e. at; hand..: , Ifcflrf rei)pr!ed that an Ameviean inventor prop|Ves .to apply dynamo-electricity io the worlsiiig: of a stone-breaker, with which Ire nntl^s A-om 1,000 to 2,000 blows per minute, the actual breaking being effected wifclifija wefljre.«sliaped hammer. As- to the hc^V entailing •■arrangement, it nuiy possess ceri^'n' 'ai.lva!Vta'go?";'but. to use tlio power af soedßtl-hand instead of direct is rcfro^rf-ssiv?. .Ten^hovse pov/m 1 iiklicuted at (}je stcamcngisi'c will give scarcely six-hoivu powc 1 '