THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 2 March 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1881.

. if We regret to hear of the untimely death at (Jreymouth yesterday afternoon of Mrs Barkley, the wife of Mr Barkley, of the firm of Smith and Barkley. A meeting of the race committee was called for Monday evening, but lapsed through non-attendance. It now stands adjourned till Thursday evening, at 9 p.m. His Honor Judge Broad, after finishing the business of the sitting, this morning proceeded to Westport, where he will hold Court at 8 p.m., and will proceed by steamer to Nelson at midnight. The District Court opened on Monday morning, and was occupied during the whole day with the case of Eegina v. George Barton, for robbery from the person. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Eokitika gaol. As the evidence in the case was a repetition of that given in the Magistrate's Court and published by us a*few days ago, we do not reproduce it.' Mr S. M. South Crown Prose* cutor conducted the case against the prisoner, and Mr W. H. Jones appeared for the defence, and at the conclusion his Honor complimented Mr Jones upon the ability and ingenuity he had exhibited in the case. Yes* terday the bite Lynch v.* Inangahua County Council took up tbe greater part of the day. TnllAUe^ was concluded, but judgment re■erved, • County tyoHpifor, appeared for thStegfl.-anl Mr ' Guinness for tb'eY>lainti£ TKK^^^^r-fr ■/■ Mr Lynch, WwThDlf of the National Bank, moved in the District Court yesterday for an order to wind up the Union Company. : Tbe order as prayed was granted. '' "' ' The New Zealand Time* in referring to the success of the shipment of butter sent home by the Protos, says— We trust to see this export trade established on a large scale. The London prices current shows that from Is to» la 4d can be obtained for the fine»t qualities of tinned butter in London. It is clear, therefore, that a large export trade in butter would bring great gain to the New Zealand farmer; And there is abundance of demand for it there. The yearly consumption of butter in London has been estimated at ten pounds per head of the population, or 40,000, 000 pounds per year, without including some 3000 tons necessary for victualling ships leaving the port. Here now is the prospect of a highly profitable trade, in which this colony ouvht to fully participate as well as in the export trade of frozen meats, An English paper cays :— Mr Fawcett's experiment in the direotion of encouraging poor people to make small savings has, after nearly two months' trial, proved most successful, and his scheme has now been extended over the whole country. The essen tial feature of the plan is, as many will remember, an arrangement whereby the post-of'ce savings banks are virtually turned into pennybanks. As the expense of keeping an account of extremely small deposits is great, the postoEce has, up till now, refuspd to receive any sum under a shilling. Strictly speaking, it will still act upon thin rule, only under a modification which will enable the penny depositor to do business with the department. Forms are to issued gratuitously each of an ordinary cheque, on which there will be twolve printed spaces whereon penny postage stamps can be gummed. When a f.<rm is diled up, it will be received by any post-office bank as a shilling deposit. The plan has been in operation in 10 selected counties since September 13 ; and tbe. result is that through the agency of these forma 7000 new accounts have been opened. Mr Fawcett reckons that if the scheme had been working all over the country during the period referred to, upwards ■' of 70,000 new accounts would have been opened. Clearly, if this estimate be correct ; the PosUoffice Savings Btnba must now prepare for :a vast extension of their business, and a great increase in the number if juvenile depositors. The scheme, indeed, jcems well adapted to work into the system of ichool banks founded in many parts of the jouritry—moro especially in Scotland and the lorth of England, In fact, it almost appears 19 if the plan were devised for the express jurpofle of aiding the benevolent efforts of hose who, for many years past, have been lrging' that it was hopeless to make the jeople of England thrifty unless they were ruined to ba frugal in the plastic years of jhildhood. •■•;=• The two riral Dunedin daily papers are scorning quite vicious. Only the other day he Otazo Daily Times kindly directed afc;cntion to the annual balance-sHeot of the

Morning Herald, which showed a email financial loss on the year's operations. The Herald, retaliates, asserting that the Times has lost considerably more, and adds the observation that while the Times' shares are quoted at 50 per cent discount, the Herald, sharps are selling at a premium. There is in Victoria a Mr G. W.,Rusden, I Clerk of the Legislative Council, or something of that sort, who thinks that there is a good time coming for lunatics. He predicts that some day the lunatics will be the majority, end Will incarcerate the sane* : No doubt Mr Kusden's Parliamentary experiences have cons strained him to this appalling forecast. There are three female barbers doing bttaii*'*ness in San Francisco. On this subject, 1 Silverpen ' the 6 chatty correspondent of the Auckland Herald says :— ln an interview I had some time,, ago, witlu the, first femiuine shaver who ever set up in the town, she in* formed me- that East the business is a res gular one among the fair sex, and a profitable one. I believe fthe is a 'first-rate hand herself, but she says thetrouble is women won' 1 ' stick to their trade.' They shave until they fall in love with some one, and then they throw it up*. However I don't see why it should not be epcouraged, as there are too many girls nnemployjd^ and is g would [atjny thing has such a power over feeble woman.' Old world, telegrams inform us that the Duohesj of Edinburgh feels keenly the disgrace of that morganatic marriage contracted by her Imperial , sire, and that her eldest sister of Wales has come down to her in her trouble with sympathy and forgiveness and tender consolation^- It can be no matter of surprise to any who have thought upon the matter. That • sea-king's daughter from over the sea' has ever been a fair white lady, and even as the of the old time, in all things, 'tender and true.' And the proud princess is humbled yet ennobled, by her humility, for in it her womanhood is worthily s shown. White Czar, in hia majesty, his misery, iiis dread, and his shame, is not a pleasant objective point. One is troubled for an answer when a disloyal doubter asks: ' How shall the order stand when the head thus rolls and wallows in mire and -filth of cowardice and shatre ?'