The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 4 March 1881, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1881.

We publish elsewhere the concluding portion of our report of the District Court proceedings. ' We learn that Mr S. Osborne is on the w.af over from Christcliurch with three go6d. racers! The" cheering intelligence was brought to town Inst night by Mr T. Bruce of the striking of good payable stone in the Golden Treasure mine. lode, which is reported to average folly tljree feet in tbieVn/esiV was met in going north towards the Comstock ground, recently acquired by the company. The news created some stir last night, and gave rise to ii very confident feeling. ''"'' A correspondent from Grey mouth sends us the following :— ln response to an advertisement in the Grey River Argus of the 22nd February, a well-attended meeting of gentle* ihm favorable to the establishment of an independent daily morning newspaper in Greymouth wan held at Kilgour's Hotel, on the 23rd. The County Chairman was voted to the chair, and there being about forty gentlemen present, Mr Guinness at onoo explained the object of the meeting, which was, he said, to* seriously discuss J the advisability of establishing an independent morning newspaper, which would exercise a power* ful influence by its persistent advocacy of the advancement of the commercial, mineral, industrial, and material resources of the district} which would be independent in its tone and reputation, and which would en* deavor to lead and enlighten the people by its fearless, out-spoken, and thoroughly representative views. The prospectus and estimate of cost having been put before the meeting, it was decided to float a company, with a capital of £2,000, in shares of £1 each ; the terms to be Is on 'application, Is on allotment, and calls not to exceed Is per month. 510 shares were subscribed hr in the room. The town and country will be duly canvassed, whon it is hoped Jhe venture will receive substantial encouragement. Great credit is due to the promoters, viz., Messrs Guinness, M'Carthy, EHgour, Bae, Moss, Perkins, and Sydney Smith; (Ghristchurch) for the energy displayed by them in connec- , tion with the matter. Mr Wickes has been asked to float shares in Christchurch, and there can be no doubt of the wisdom of his policy in dting bo, as the " Westland Herald, ' and Grey Valley Advertiser," when fledged, will strenuously advocate the construction of the East and West Coast Railway, as projected by Mr Wickes and his friend*. The ••Argus.',' with its hundred eyes, sent its editor—not to report tHe business, but to play the spy—and thus to prove h'o^ consistently with its name were its aof joni,"' : - J||M|ijb. A Sydney telegram to the j|^^^He Press, speaking of the raporte<in|HHffi^ field at Wilcannia, says :'-r'A mln^n^med Evans brought to town op the 7th 240z of , gold, consisting of a Dupget weighing 10ot, and a second one of 2oz. tlie remainder being coarse imggety. He states that himself and party obtained it in three days, from two to six feet from the surface, with dishes. The diggings are about 200 miles from Wilcannia. Twenty-five miners' rights were issued. News has been received of fresh finds in the Grey Ranges, but requires authentication. Two coach 1 left Wilcannia for the diggings well filled. In the District Court on Monday last Mr Richardson 'claimed exemption from service as a juryman on the ground of being an officer of the local fire-brigade. The exemption was allowed. i With reference to the West Coast railway, we learn that the promoters have re* ceived intimation from the Government to the effect that after the preliminary in* spection by Mr Anderson; of Messrs Thornton and Browne's route, Mr O'Con- , nor will be instructed to examine it more in detail and report (o the Government. Ministers are evidently determined that they shall not be teased with the project for some time to come.' Speaking upon the tubject of the railway, a writer in the

Christchurch Press says;— " Now that the West Coast Bailway is attracting tbe attention of tbe residents of the East and West Coasts, our duty as working men is to co« operate with the promoters in order to en* deavour to carry oat such a grand scheme, and sweep away the present existing depression. Let us pledge . ourselves by eyerymeans in our powe** to help on so good* a work t and the first step to take is, that before our members go up to the Houes let us extract from them a pledge that they will heartily support the scheme when the Bill is before Parliament. Any member who will not give his consent to assist in promoting the measure should not be returned at the next general eleoMon. Let us boar in mind that.it is the votes of the working men that send our members to Parliament." • The late heavy , rains have •*• occasioned greater damage through the Inangahua than was at first supposed. The Westport road a Cronadun was torn away by the flood to such an extent as to stop all traffics. A channel nearly ten feet deep was cut in the road at the corner near Mr Gallagher's * fence, and the County Council had to take immediate steps to render it passable. For* tunately, the work was so far accomplished as to allow the Westport coach to cross on Tuesday evening* and titice^tben the damage has been fully repaired. Great injury was also d"ne to raining races at Boatman's. The Just in« Time race was damaged to a considerable extent, the break caused necessitating a delay of a few days in starting the battery. In th» Murray Creek district, some injury was abo done. The Keep-it Dark race carried away in one or two places, and hands had to be at once put on to effect repairs, which are now well advanced. With these exceptions, the rainfall has been very beneficial, and ougl't to be the means of greatly increasing the gold jield of tbe district during the next few weeks. . , In reserving judgment in the case Lynch t. Inangahua County Council, his Honor said he regretted the inconvenience to suitors, necessarily arriving in this and similar cases, through the unavoidable delay which must take place before judgment could be given. The absence of > good law library rendered it difficult, if ' nofc impossible in complicated . oases, to give them! that attention and careful consideration, which there importance required ; and as he deprecated hasty decisions judgment could not at all times be given on the spot or even in the district, where the case happened to be tried. The decision could certainly be arrived at in Nelsoa in a few days, but judgment could only, be given and entered up within the We3tland district. With a view to facilitate matters, he bad made representations to the Minister of Justice recommending tbe ' amalgamation of the districts, over which he presided, but as tbis can only be accomplished by Act of Parliament, the mattei* will have to abide the issue of the meeting of the: House. It isexpected that pew Judicature Bill, which is promised for next session, will provide radical changes in the whole ad« ministration of justice*, find will probably materially affect tbe prflsept District Court system. ; ; ■■?- rj ,■> ; : . ' : '-.\^:\ In the District Court on Monday last the jnry in the case of Begina v. Barton drew the attention of the Court to the inadequate accommodation of the jury-box. The seats were too close together and too narrow, giving rise to all manner of discomforts. His Honor concurred and promised to bring the matter under the notice of the Government. Nobody thought of throwing in a word on behalf of the long-suffering reporter, who has to sit all day on a rail, at a table no larger than the end of a flour-barrel, with his feet tucked under him bke a turtle-dove. We invariably weep when we think of it. An accident of a very painful nature hap 1 pened at the Energetic Company's batteryhouse on Wednesday last, to Mr Frank Smith He was sharpening an axe at a grindstone driven by the engine, when the driving-rope slipped off the drum, and in trying to re-adjust it he was caught up and dragged on to the roof of the engine-house before assistance could be rendered. Tbe whole thing was the work of an instant. Upon his release it was found that the unfortunate man's thigh was broken, and a nasty flesh wound inflicted on his side by the pressure and friction of the belt, or rather rope. The sufferer was con* veyed to the hospital where he recoived every attention, and, up to a late hoar last night was progressing favorably. Mr Smith had a con* tract for supplying the pompany with mining timber, and was a more than ordinarily care* ful man. The profits of the Auckland Morning Herald are stated to be £25,000 per year. Fruit is advertised at Nelson • cheap as dirt. 1 One hundred and fifty tons of kauri gum has been received in Auckland within the last ten days. I In an address to the electors Mr Hursthouse laid New Zealand was the finest country under God's sun. Mr Grove, who ia acting for several Eng':?h j capitalists at the Wyuard diggings, Madras, j has arrived at Sandhurst to inspect the latest improvements in machinery. A rabbitter, who advertises in the Southland Times, asserts that he has made £1 a day at rabbitting, and that his 22 dogs have caught 19,700 rabbits during the summer and winter.' The enforcement of the compulsory clauses of the Education Act in Dunedin appears to be telling a tale since the holidays. The attendance at the various schools has increosed so greatly that there are only two in the city where applying scholars have not to be turned away from the doors. Mr W. J. Moore, one of the Dunedin cricketers, has been disqualified for twelve moriths by his club for disobeying the captain in the recent match with the Australian Eleven. It appears that Mr Moore was bowling and when ordered to change ends would not do so because he would be bowling 1 against the wind which would no dcubt interfere with his proG'-iency.

The New Zealand lusurance department charges a fee of 5s for supplying information regarding the surrender value of a policy. This fee is charged as a check on frivolous in' quiriee, and is returnable on the surrender money being accepted. During a thunder storm in Melbourne the other day a man named Henry Froot was struck by a flash of lightening and killed instareously. The body was much discolored, especially^ the face. The electric fluid had apparently struck him on the back of the neck and ran down the spine to his feet, end his boots and socks were completely torn off his feet. During the harvesting operations on the station of the Hon John Ball a few days ago, the reapers came suddenly upon a swarm of bees in the wheat. The angry insects im<ifiediatdy attacked the intruders, and the horses became unmanageable. To set them free did not take long, and in a few moments men and animals were flying over the plains leaving their implements, consisting of a reaper and a binder, sundry coats and lunches in the possession of , the enemy. One of the wounded looked afterwards as if he haJ spent an hour with Tom Sayers. • You. boys will -hayew.chano.ein the affairs of the colony, and I hope you will make a better use of it than some constituencies have done, and trust you wilt not, like them assist in returning drunken bankrupts to Parliament. (Applause) I can say some things that other people could not, and I do not care whether they are pleased or not ; but I think every right-minded person in the colony will agree with me in what 1 have now said.' The above id an extract from a speech delivered by the Governor of Queensland at the breaking up of the Ipswich Grammar School. The facts connected with the shocking fatal accident in the Great Southern Company's mine at Sandhurst, on Jan, 20, have received the consideration of the Victorian Minister of Mines. "As it appeared from the evidence given at the inquest held on the bodies of the two men who were killed in the mine, that a breach of the regulations of Mines Statute had been committed, instructions have been forwarded to the local inspector to institute a criminal prosecution against the responsible management. It was a very old remark (says the London Times) that children brought up chiefly on a milk diet, as contrasted with flesh, or too ex» clnsively bread, grow up taller, healthier, and stronger, as well as more lively, cheerful and happy* The free use of milk in some of our union workhouses has entirely changed the health, the looks and the spirits of the children, insomuch as to lead some people to demand that every laborer's child should have ' the same advantage. No doubt it is a question between mild and strong drink. Few children brought up on the former oaie to touch even- beer, or could be made to swallow even spirits, except by force. There is really some hope of a national return to the product of the dairy in preference to those of the brewery and the still/ Literally ' millions of acres have been withdr^^ frdtt the cut* tivation of wheat to make -diaries snd grazing farms. The plough, which in the memory of man was seen in the suburbs, and even on the «tes of public edifices in our great towns, is now npt to be seen even within walking distance. The cow is there instead. The: children are the better for it, and, if the im; provement is not so palpable and the children are not quite as they should be, we iiave to recollect the unfavorable atmospheric conditions in which they work, and live and sleep, and even take (heir exercise. The Napier Daily Telegraph understands that overtures haye been made to Mr Ormond to join tile Ministry, b,ut ? in the present con* dition of the finances of the colony, the offer did not attract him from private life. The same paper, discussing Captain Russell's fitness and chances, says : — Mr Ormond has no notion of ' financing ' operations when it is possible to pay cash for them, and h e would refuse to proceed till be saw his way dearly to get the colony out of debt, and to keep it within its revenue. Captain Russell, on the other band, if we may judge him rightly j would prefer the development of the natural wealth of the colony to retrenchment, and a progressive policy to one which be limited by considerations of debt. The following dipping is from the Licensed Viotullers' Gazette :— ' Thompson, the Aus» tralian, remarked when Lay cock came aboard after the final heat, ' How did we lose our mon^y on the Champ ; ousbip ?' The 'corns stblk' continent must have been as blind as ears of corn if they could not see that the lumbering Ned was overtrained. Trickett has achieved a best on record. Ue has make more enemies at Putney than he has won 'a'pence during his career as a sculler, and no one will be sorry when be packs up his traps. Laycock behaved like a firm pal to Trickett, and promised him a half share in the Hop Bitters prize nroney. We should be surprised if bncUbehaved. Ned said even • Thank you.' '