THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRY-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 8 April 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRY-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 188 1.

The following telegram 'received yesterday by Mr Bevell, RM.,' has been kindly placed at our disposal :" William Young, stoker, accidentally kitted on Railway , line.— J. Barnett." | Sittings of the Magistrate's, Warden's and Licensing Courts were held yesterday, but .we are compelled to hold oyer our r eport, k It is notified that ))ie |ime during which the valuation list of the County shall be .' open for inspection has been further extended to the 30th instant. . We e|sewhere publish the programme of tite horse races to be held at Cronadunon • Easter Monday next. The chief event of • the day will undoubtedly be the running off ' jjjLxthe private m^Ji .between. Dandy and BBfeipee, upon which a laqjg ..^a^unt^t. r lieve, in good fettle, and the contest will, no doubt, be a very close and exciting one. ; The specifications for formation of race* ;; course in Smith's Paddock provide that tbe work i; to be completed in thirty Working ■ days, under a penalty of 20s per day over and above that time, a* the club is anxious to hive tbe course laid down in grass before the winter sets in. ' We understand that a fresh petition has been prepared and 'Jotted in the Supreme • Court, praying for tbe compulsory winding up of the Viotory Company. . At the last sitting of the Distriot Court , here, an aotion by Thomas Lynch against the bounty Council, claiming a sum of £200 damages for land taken for road purposes ■ was heard and judgment reserved. Mr Guinness appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr Lynch. County Solicitor, for tbe defendant. At the trial Mr Lynch raised a nonsuit point - upon the question of! jurisdiction, contend* • ing that the case could only be heard in tbe Supreme C ( purt, as the matter in dispute in*volved a question of title to land. Judgment iv the case was arrived at by Judge Broad in Nelson on Wednesday last, the Court upholding tbe nonsuit point raised by Mr Lynch, and consequently dismissed the case with costs against tbe plain tiff, ' In view of the large number of theatrical companies yUiting Reefton, Mr John Dawson has decided to make considerable improvements to his ball. The stage will be lengthened so as to make it one of the most cammodious on the West Coast. The in* terior of tie building is to be lined and ' varnished throughout, ventilation to be made more perfect, and ordors have been given for the painting of a number of high-class stage scenes.; Two large greenrooms will aleo be added ito the rear of the, hall for the con* venience of performers. Mr Eater, tbe lessee of the Oddfellows' Hall, also contemplates re-fitting and extending tbe building, - so as to render it available for publio enter* taimrients. Since the days of Processor Anderson, the leriathian 'conjuror, ofthe old world, tbere has, perhaps, come to the colonies no man who brings with bim such higb prestige in ( bis mystic art of leger Jermain as Professor Haselmajer. " JFrc6h from Europe, whither he has been in quest of the mam ■ vellous, he returns witb 'everything in his i profession which' the ingenuity of tbe nineteenth century' has devised to astonish, mystify, and startle the human understand** ing. His " Psycho "is pronounced to be the great enigma of the day, while bis "Crystal Cabinet" has added a new wonder to the world. Description must fail to convey ab adequate idea of these and many other of the" Professor V impenetrable' mysteries ftr th»y must be seen to be believed. '" Profess*, r and Madame Hasehnayer will open in Dawem's Hall to-morrow night. ' At the special meeting of shareholders in the Orlando Company i held on Wednesday, Messrs P. Q. Caples, W. Dunn, and J. Grieve,, were appointed directors to ill! up '••'»'■ 't . • • •■ ■ ■

vacancies in tba board, and a resolution was passed by tha meeting, tbat the shares V^tfe hands of Jbe company shouhKb^f^-yv^ -^ publio auction. A : y ,/ '• The Socialist Asso* iation of chioago has g publicly avowed its approvakpf the assaisipa** Hon of the Crar, and has eomMended<t'h* ; act* :j as one striking a fatal blow at despotism, f ; A sensational occurrence is reported in connection with one of the special trains conveying Cole's Circus and Menangerie from , Qolebuifn td f^feMtLffe of aW \) containing thrte lions, being higher tban the top of tbe otber ones, struck' a bridge crossing , the railway, The tpjr vras cot off, and two ( other cars' thrown off by the concussion, Tbe lions mnde no Bttempt to escape. At the sitting of tbe Police Board recently .. Capjtajtj. examined at length r <•■ He gave" IKe i history of the search for tbe ' Kellys. Ha was severe on Superintendant Nicholson, wbo be alleged neglected opportunities wbicH Wobldlfi^ve resu]ted ( !alifc»t.J ■ without faille in tba capture of tbe outlaws; tie said tbat Nicholson refused to use infor?a?§Ueii jrgwitad, *&§ssP [*&* effeetivefiieasurei showed bioiseif a iplendid officer, and won Itbe affections of the men. Captain Standish was equally severe on Lieutenant O'Connor, who had charge of the Queensland troopers. The Wellington Post of last week 'says :— Miss Marianue NoHh, the distinguished botancial artist, whose advent was announced in a despatch from the Secretary of State for tbe Colonies, has arrived in Wellington, and is now a guest at the Premier's. Miss North is engaged in Bundling a complete series of pointings of tbe flora of varions parts of the world, a*d her visit to New Zealand is for . this purpose. Tho series when complete, will be psesehted by Miss North to the Kew Botanic Gardens, near London, where also the building for their exhibition will be ' erected at. Miss North's sole oost: Tbis will ' be a very handsome and valuablo gift, and doubtless will be duly appreciated by the botanical world. Miss North's paintings pf flowers, shrubs. &c., indigenous IqMustWia, Borneo, Singapore, and "a few of New Zealand were on private view in the ballroom at tbe Premier's residence recently, and excited the utmost admiration, both for the remarkable . beauty of the subjects and the artistic skill and fidelity to nature with which they were . treated. Q' Qf lfi % | \f Cf 1 The Press* say*:-*" FeVwl ile%onlinced ' will rise from the perusal of the outspoken, 1 straightforward, and "eandidjf speeoh of Mr Bryce withont a feeling of deep regret that his services as a Minister have been lost to f the country. He hat already drag so muoh to solve^fie^iv^di^lty^^^ ' been looked to as a man capable of bringing 5 tbe task td|a satisfactory eonclnsion, that we ' can well understand how painful it must have been for him to sever hip connection with f colleagues at a moment when he roougHtrhe*' 1 bad brought things "to such a state that the fruit of his anxious labours might be fairly I gathered."