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A special meeting of the Hospital Commits . tee will be held' at Mr Bowman's Office this evening, when a fall attendance is desired. RenreMntattyis bavjpf be6.n made by Mr Ktwee 'fff^tho^jiDeptnnicnt/ respecting (spe , nrraehttga aftfe* Ly»ll T&gfapnstaiitin, which hare improved lately a telegram was received by that gentleman last night from Mr Johnston*, stating that the extra charge had beep removed. The arrival on Monday erenjng Jwt of , Mr 0. Y. O'Connorllnspecting Engineer of the South Island Railways, Mr F. W. Martin, Resident Engineer of the West Coast, and 7. R. Browne, 08., in town from Ghristchurch, Via Maraia, natarally exoited much interest to learn the result of their flying in», speotioo of tho East and West Coast railway '• route. As may be seen, the conclusions drawn from the visit are highly favorable to the proposed undertaking. The news caused some exoitement in town, and thoroughly stirred up interest in the it> i» the ititentibftto eoivene a public meeting tat an early date for the purpose of forming a strong committee here to 00-operate with the central committee in Christchurch. The party left for Greymouth this morning. The Comedy and DraTatio Company appeared again in Dawson's Hall on Monday evening last, to a good bouse. The piece announced for the night was the comedy of 11 Our Girls," but at twenty minutes past 8 o'clock the manager came before the curtain and explained to the somewhat impatient audience teat a very painful difficulty had arisen; All the characters were dressed for the piece, and had been waiting twenty minutes for Miss Morgan, who was staying at the Exchange Hotel, and as she did not appear be, speaker) , proceeded, to her hotel* otijy to«nd that after dressing for the part she was taken suddenly ill, so seriously that the doctor and the priest were then in attendance upon her, and she was* not ex« pectod to live. A strong murmur of sym> patby arqee frftm the audience, for Miss Morgan is, a most pleasing and accomplished actress, apd a great public favorite, Under these cinmmstance§ " Oqr Girls," coiild not be produced, and " Btruok Oil " was substituted, and although the second r^pre^fttation, it was received with a| much gusto as on the preceding night, apd no better, com* pliment than this could be paid the eonf* panv. Owing to the illness of Miss Morgan the company were unable to leave for Grey,* mouth yesterday morning as arrange J, aqd last night gave another performance to a fairly ' Kobd house. We are glad to learn that Mi«s Morgan though i still unwell, was much improved yesterday. It is elsewhere announced that Pro'essor Haselroayer will open, in Dawson's Hall op Saturday everting next. As the * Brufossor has just returned from Europe with all the I latert and most sensational novelties in his 1 mysterious art, his entertainment cannot fail | to attract. ....,.,„ We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr Sampson, postmaster, for a memo, that the Westport coach only rp«ched there last night, and will return to Heefton this cv tug. and leave again to-morrow. We regret to learn that a young man, lately in the employ of Mr John Reagan, at the Landing, who was received io the hos*

pital tbe other oay, suffering from organic disease, now lief in an almost hopeless condition. „--.. ,-;. r '"'V. " '/; ; ' The laoViDnd Weekly Wewi repo?fi tbat John Cornelius? one of the * noble six hundred,' dropped deaaV the other d»y as be wa* raining hftnae to esciipe tn^.ttin. 'Where' do all thede heroes of the past spring frpnil 1 About one hundred and lixtyueTen eicnped death in that brilliant though stupid charge at Balaclava. From American authority, we learn that some twerity-<one thousand fire hundred' and nineteen of these survivors joined the Northern army during tbe civil wir in the States. Seven o> eight hundred volunteered for service in the French army in 1870,' whilst a frejat many may be supposed to hare remained in the. British service, The mortally among these latter has -been : some^» what greater than the average rate of other men in the service yet still they number, legions, if we are to credit all reports. Howl these menj have multiplied in fwenty-sa years is a wonder all What a pityjfeir Julius could not have got bold of a number for New Zealand. It would have saved money to the rolony in the matter of immigration, .Poor fellows, had they known they were (to have been shot, strangled, drowned, ijiiported, exported, and otherwise used as thegiiave been since, they would not have beenlofeen eaeb other] on their escape on that ever memorable 25th October, 1854. ■ ! If I were compelled to choose between becoming an editor or a bailiff, or suffering summary annihilation, I think I should go in for the sudden death clause. lam told that the average editor has more enemies than any other professional man on the face of the earth, and, strange to say, the more talented he is the: more enemies advertise him and bring him into prominence. There surely must be something in a man who is well abused. I am further assured that a journalist can j never hope to attain to positive eminence unless be carries about with him a fist as big as a shoulder of mutton. .He must be proftcent in |h<> pugilistic art^and prepared at alt times" to defend bis honor and his nose both with his fist and his quill. There doesn't seem to be much of tbe poetry of life about all tbit, and fate is hard on tbe man consigned to editorial doom. Don't be editors, dear boys, life is too short. About i;b«e' bailiffs, I haven't much to say. You. may see one or two of them every day" about the Besident Magistrate's Court, with an eye in a sling, and presenting as battered an appeawnpd «s though they had just crawled off a battle field; However, of the two, I should prefer to be a. bailiff < but ray tip is for, the death racket.— « Stylus, 1 in Christciinrcb Star. The young woman that was lost in thought, after wandering in her own mind, found herself at last in her lover's arms. On> of the reasons why a side-saddle re* sembles a four«quart jug is because it holds a gal-on. A correspondent rf the Nelson Evening Mall writes a* follow.*!— A very important* disobverjr of lithographio stone was made by Mf Jonathan \Brough, of Nelson, in the year 1^ in iis rambles through the W;»irto Gorge, where fie picked up a specimen— the first found in New Zealand. After carrying it some hundreds of miles in his swag, he brought it to Nelson, and showed it several gentlemen, and then laid it before the com* mittee of the Nelson Museutn; who tome to the conclusion that it was a eun'ositv of no importance. Mr Brough was of a different opinion, and ultimately be cat it in two and presented one half to the Nelson Museum, where it can be seen at tbe present time, and the other balf he sent to Mr J n's Museum, at Gibson-town, Kaitnna, writing upon it tbe locality where it was found. The piece presented to Mr John Gibson has led to an important discovery, as he showed it to the Government mineralogist, who said it was the first fithbgraphto specimen found in New . Zealand, and one of the finest specimens he Bad seen of the kind. The following is an extract from a letter recently received in Wellington by a companion of a late visitor to New Guinea :— "Having noticed in New Zealand files some months back of an expedition to New Guinea which left Wellington about two years ago. Having recently visited that part of the is« land (Astrolabe Gulf) described in the account, I take the liberty of selecting further particulars of the gnlf. thinking it may be of interest. I have been engaged in the Island trade for some time, principally at the Solomon Group, but in consequence of tbe growing hostilities of the natives was driven further to the west. After having called at New Irelancjand Jfew ßritain, we ; proceeded to New Guinea via Dampier Straits, and on arrival at Astrolabe were surprised to find many traces of civilisation among tbe natives who came off in great numbers toweioome vi and who directed us to an anchorage, whiob I presume, was the ' Drury Sound ' mentioned in the report. ... We found three 'fathoms and a half on the reef, which extends across the entrance, and anchored in seventeen fathoms inside, surrounded by beautiful islands of coral formation, with rich foliage drooping into the water. Having made everything snug on board, we invited the Natives on Deck— about. 170 of whom immediately clambered up the side, bringing pretexts consisting of yams, coccoanuts, ginger, bananas, tobacco leaf, tortoise shell, sugar, cane, pi -s, and curiosities, and were very profuse in their demonstrations of welcome. By the assistance of one of the crew, who understood a little of the language, we learned that your people had treated them with the greatest kindpess— the benefit of which we enjoyed. Next morning a boat's crew was despatched in search of water. On making our wants known, about a, dozen .canons, contajning from seyen to nine Natives each, Volunteered to show us where it could be found, and preceded us up a beautiful river, about eight miles, where the casks were filled from a rivulet of cool, clear, fresh wafer. Here we noticed cut on a tree the words !Doye' and 'Courier,' 'G. Drury.' 4 little further up |foe river we landed at a village, and our party was joined by a great

number of* Natives from the inland tribes, who coudacied^us up a gentle rise to the. cultivations. The soil is very nob, of a dark chocolate color, and looked capable of growing anything. The Umber was also very and var-ed, some being of a bright yellobir oolor md fine in jni graio. We we-e shown 'a tree, the bark of which con* teined a most delicious perfume. The view from the high land was surpassingly fine— the broad, bright gulf beneath, dotted with luxuriant foliage to the water's edge, while behind, right round tbe bay, » distance of about seventy miles, is a belt of open, covered •with bright green trass, and rising in steps or terraces, backed up by the lofty Finisterre i Mountain in the distance, wooded from the basa as far as the eye* can reach, until it dies away in fleecy clouds, ... It was with feelings of great reluctance that wo set sail from this beautiful, fertile, and comparatively unknown clime, which will make a name for itself some day. It is my intention to return to it before long, and if you would like to join a party for that purpose please communicate: The interesting remains, which have been exhibited for some time at the South Kensington Museum, including all the gold and silver ornaments of the so-called Treasure of Priam, have been presented to the Emperor of Germany. At page 66 of his new edition of ' Hios,' Dr Schliemen de • dared that his Trojan antiquities should never be sold, and that * if he did not present them in his lifetime, they should after his death pass to the nation he loved and ea« teemed most.' They will now probably find their permanent home in the new Ethnological Museum which in course of Kensington by Dr Schliemen's orders recently. Dr Schliemann's subsequently left for Paris, and returns immediately to Athena

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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 6 April 1881, Page 2

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