THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 14 January 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1881.

The case of the Telegraph" department v. Conningfon and Moor, which was heard in tho Magistrates' ' Court yesterday, should act ts a caution to parties felling trees Contiguous to tho telegraph lines, Defendants were charged by Mr Sampson the officer in charge, witb failing a tree across tho line so as to damage the line wires and were fined £5, which together with tbe cost of repairs and other expen* sei brought the whole penalty up to • about £15. *]' v The next English and European Mail via San Francisco wilt close nt the Peefton Office on Friday, the 21st day of January, at 7 a.m. ' At a meeting of directors of the Golden Fleece Extended, held at Greymouth, yesterday, > day, a dividend of tifd per share (43,000) was * declared, and will be payable at the company's offioe on.Monday, the 16th instant, . A rhanqsome balance of several hundred pounds was canned over- to the credit of the reserve fund* * Dr, Farrclle, ojf Nelson, has arrived in Greymouth from England. He is en a - professional visit, and will* in all probability, ba i& Beeiton, in the conrse of a few days. ! The adjourned meeting of the committee of -the publio pic-nic will be held in the Odd* fellows' Hall thi* evening', when all members are requested to be present. < An appeal will shortly be> made to the public of Seefton on behalf pf John Maher, wlio was some time ago so frightfully injured by an explosion of dynamite at Boatman's. The unfortunate man has been qnite incapacited from work, having lost oue arm, and several of the fingers of the other. His chances of life have therefore been hopelessly blasted, and no more really deserving case Could possibly be urged upon the considers* into of tbe charitably disposed. A notification appears in the Government Gazette, under the hand of his Excellency the' Governor, fixing the dates of the sittings Of the District Court at ' Beefton for the current year, as follows :— Fourth Monday in February, May, August, and November. By a recent act of tbe Legislature, the capital city of Tasmania has been altered from Hobart Town to Hobart. ■' ' -His Honor Mr Justice Molesworth expresses in rather plain terms his disapprobation of the verdict of a jury returned in the Melbourne Criminal Court in the case of two young men named Leish and Fhipps, charged with aMault and robbery ia company of a Chinaman, at Hotham, on the 4th inatant The evidence far- the prosecution wai yen ' \«||&&> .afidv keeping til prisoners, who' were if&y Meartfled, in view until tbey were |*efct»ken by the police, after a pursuit of Jrarliourf,*' and placed in custody. His directed the jury to find upon the facts of the cese, and when th.py returned with '^ffiPot o.6^^,'*^ he in surprise, '•^That; no'robbety ? " To this the foreman replied," No sir," whereupon His Honor, with said " I must express my dSstin^fei^nibatioh of tbe verdict. If tbe Jp&cfpiplfitness had been a European in' sfcad ' ffl/fc Chinamen, the verdict would hkw been different. Aa it is, it is a positive dis* grace to the country.** ? I The Steamer Genii, of the Marquis de Bay's expedition, has arrived at Sydney. The capBttdtt reports that on the India's arrival in New Pend, it Was resolved that the site for the ftp* colony should be Post Breton, on the 'south west end of New Ireland, No time was If it in getting the combined orawaand setl&m to cWrthe laud for cultivation and M ftlding -bouses. Five houses werecomm eied, and ow : building was reajctfed froth plki Tiki to the new settlement. The buildings are distributed over about two miles. colonists were comfortable aod working »ously. They comprise two classes—one ected with the Marquis de Bay's oompany, the other of free settlers. There are #0 harbors, half a mile apart, one earned pnglish Core, and the other Irish Core. The |nchorage is deep, mid a splendid stream of tfiter^nns into.each- liarbor. The formation OfrrCids is proceeding steadily, one being to Tiki _, distance of five miles* : t The cap- < tain efijhe Qenil spent soverii bouts .there. Tbe sfr%uis navigable for steam launches for >Ji| or feton tfiiles. Those on shore were iv #tfd jiealth «& contented . J^l^Konday jf#eniog Mr J. J. Gtbtti, who Dunedin the reptiiatiou of .^p^^tb «n - Instructive apd tmlting lacip^HkoK« lm>'®^£Mi i«s. Street, tbe first of. a course of lectures on "Diabolism, Magnetism, and Spiritualism ; or the Devil. Boos he exist, and what does he do?*' iThoso who attend need have no fear of ennui being induced by tbe dulness of Mr. Crofts discourses, f-r he possesses a Urge fund of that plffisant hamor for which the* sous of the Green Isle are famed, added to the ability to blend together in perfect haruaony tho varied elements of instruction, seriousness, and legitimate fun. The New Zeshnd Herald of Dec, 14 says ; —Quite an exciting incident occurred as the mail seramer Australian was leaving last night. The vessel having given her eusldmary whistles had lossened her' hawsers, and Was some feet from the wharf when Wil d; cries of ahirui W»-re heard arising from hi-r decks,. The cause soou became apparent. Three ii cm -passengers Wire on board, and stood an . | excellent chance of being borne ftvrii their family circle a fortnight's journey sorely 4 against their wills. What was to be' done ? How w&rc they to get ashore ? The ready wit of the ship's officers found a solution of the problem. He seized a very narrow plank and stretched ifc between the vessel and the wharf, some eighteen inches resting on the latter. Number one w'th two bounds was

ashore, amidst the congratulations of his fridnds. Number Two hesitated but the ship was moying away stea ily, and the end of the bridge on the wharf, was growing very much less. He screwed up his courage and managed to reach the shore. A still more perilous adventure awaited Number Three. It was literally a question of an inch of plank • as to whether he dropped into the water or IL reached tho wharf. Ho rushod with the I boldness of despair and succeeded. Scarcely , had his foot touched the landing when the r plank* which had supported him an instant before, fell into the water, and the good ship sped on her voyage.---t The Dunediu Evening; Star says !— We ' have been permitted to take the following extract from the letter of a Dunedinite now in Melbourne:—! went to see Mr Miiner wbo is now here. I was passing by the • Temperance Hall and saw a crowd of people standing in front. These were thii lame, the halt, the blind, and deaf. So 1 made inquiry ' tod learned that Mr Miiner Stephen, the Sydney barrister waa to operate on the poor that afternoon,. When they opened the i visitor's door'liwent in, but a young lady , standing at tht door ask me for my order. [ told her that I was unaware ah order was required, She said " Oh, yes," but she could not find it in her heart to slid me away, ancb*%he -placed me**m theijlatfofflfTrdlrtrto-1 1 Mr Stephen, leaying the crowd to rush in through the unguarded door. When every* thnig was arranged Mr Stephen said "Suppose i any of you were to. find relief you must thank , God not me, for it ; lam only an instrument in his hand*'." Then he called for those who were suffering acutely. Whereupon a woman • aged eighty was carried forward in a litter. She groaned and shrieked with pain. Mr Stephen' then went ttp to her, and taking a small piece of red flannel placed it on the nape of her neck and blew ; he did the same to her spine, and afterwards to the affected parts* after which be drew his hands over the arms and body, and then commanding the pain to leave her to rise, whereuoon she rose, crying with joy, and thanking alternately the Almighty and Mr M. Stephen. In my presence Mr Stephen treated twentyeight cases. Public opinion runs against him. , Some say that all his patients are swindlers others that he Only gives tompory relief; but I never was more astonished in my life, A Strange case of libel was recently tried in a Maitland Court, The plaintiff, Yonng, sttcd ..Tipper for £30 for alleged libel, contained in tha Maitland Weekly Post, in the following words :— " Teddy, tbe little tailor, wants to get married, but he wants the house ready furnished. If he marries Annie he may get hia board for nothing. Lucky Ted to miss the one you did, for you would oftener have enjoyed a cup at your head than for yonr tea." The Judge awarded 40s damages. A yotfng lady who is studying Frenoh lately wrote to her parents that she was inyited to a dejeuner the day before, and was going to a fete champqtre the next day. The w of_&e eolleoo was. surprised to ret>r tip after, laying, "If yon keeprmy daa|jlK3?away|rok those darned menageries and ts&Se shows, I wid oome and see vfrhat ails her." < mmmmmmmmmmmmmammmm