THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY. APRIL 15,1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 15 April 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY. APRIL 15,1881.

Mr. A. D. Batfeild of Nelson bas nOti« fied bis intention of applying to tho Commissioner of Crown Lands, for a jrospecting license to search for minerals, other than gold, over an area of one thousand acres in the vicinity of Lankey's Creek. In oilier wptds, Mr Bayfeild bas applied for a lease of one thousand acres of laud directly on the line of the proposed East and West Coast Railway. The application, for so large an area in any part of the district, would at any time be sufficient to arrest attention, but this is more particularly so at the present juncture. In the first place, the land applied for is known to contain coal, anti» mouy, and other ores, and the fact that it lies contiguous to the line of the projected railway, marks the situation 88 in every way an eligible speculative holJing. We do not for a moment doubt the bona fides of the present application or the ability or intention of those interested in it to go properly to wo k upon the ground, but seeing that the area in question has already been proved to contnin ninny minerals other than gold, we do not exactly see the need for locking up such an extensive area. We, have no desire whatever to enterpose capricious oljections to legitimate inter* prise. Here there is room enough for all, and the one thing needed is outside cap?* » tal to develop our resources. While, however, we should be especially careful not to score away legitimate enterprise, it behoves us to be watchful that our best mineral lands do not fall into the grip of monopolists. If Mr Biiyfeild is able io show satisfactorily that he is prepared to go to . work in real earnest upon the ground, there would possibly be no reasonable objection to some portion, at least, of bis application succeeding. But we cannot consider for a moment that the application as a whole will lie entertained by the Waste Lands* Board. Tbat any individual or company should be allowed to acquire so large an area as nearly two square miles of our best mineral lands is rather too much for belief. The railway agitation has of late drawn a good deal of outside attention to this district and its resources, and this, with the prospect of railway communcatitn being established; may he expected to draw capitalists here from all parts of the colony, and in view of such a possibility it would be suicidal to lock up the lands against their enterprise in the manner proposed. We trust, therefore, that Mr Bayfeild or the Waste Lands Boa id will see the necessity of very largely curtailing the application.

tions to ihe Governor. ; i^he''evide.n I c6;bas. already prepared tbe^ublre^nindWor the;, verdict, which, it is nißed%?B td' sayijit; one of • Gailty " against tfjje}: Superintendent. Indeed, the throughout so conclusively substantiated the charges (bat it is hard 1o understand what need there was for withholding Ihe : judgmept. until, now. %L the cvi? dence " fully Iprcved ''; the majority jof the charges against the accused, there couM hare been no great necessity for sparing; him from ihe ignominy of an instant yerdiet. .?Tpwey,er,,. the Com* mission 'find that Whitelaw is unfit- tohold the position' of Superintendent, and it m&y^ 'therefore' be * "cniicluded flitft bo will be at once dismissed from the position. But tfie question mßy fairly be asked : 4s the > punishment of mew fdis? missal at all adequate to tlie offences of which lie h»s -Veen. J V clearly proved " to have been guilty P The answer must be in the negative, and unless some effort is made to reach him with the arm of the criminal law the evil of his exs ample will outlive his present degradation, and only serye to Jntensify^tbe fueling of nMstrust: in the managenWtifi 'of W %*yi Inms which' the enquiry has created in the public mind..: The only {parallel to the brutal arid disgusHng revelations made in this enquiry* is. to be found in the report of the case pf Bowie 'v. the Melbourne Argus. Dr Bowie* the medical officer of. the Hew; Asylum, Melbourne brought nn action for libel against the Argus in respect to some comments made. concerning the conduct of the institution. ' The. evidence in (bat case has been a matter of history for nearly twenty yearsV but it has until notr stoodjalone. A match nt cr^cjtet, -married v. single, wi|i; be plajed in ( Biniib'a Paddock-this aYWnoon, - wickets to be pitched at 130 o'clock. Aft plnyets wishing to take part in the match are - requested to be on the grounl by the hour stated. : Mr T. Grallagber.'one of the pioneer butfi,ne«% resident* of Inangahia, has taken his froni $uy jlistrict forfKaiajpoi, Canterbury, where be has purchased* an ex* tensive business. Mr Gallagher, as a citizen, rendered most important service in the development of our mining, industry, having from first to last been (connected in b large way, With ttany.of dtir leading .ventures., ; As, a member of the Inangahua County Council, he was one of the most useful and practical representatives in that body, and his absence will be much felt, not only by the Biding of Boatman's which* he fa%<fqriput .th<f Cpmty generally. Privately Mr jGrallogher's departure is mach regretted, and his sterling qualities will not soon bo forgotten by the host of friends be has left bejund. Mr Gallagher having sat in the House of Assembly as one of fbs reDjesentojtvei "jfer Wejtp<fr£— jtbiV foct^withi ftis iniimata. knowledge iof UheV resources of the Inangahua, W estpor*, and the West Coast generally, will enable him to throw important weight into the railway agitation in Christchurch, and we feel sure he will use his influence with the utmost advantage to this portion of tbe cdl^ny*. ' * ' We bave received from the publishers a copy of " Woodhall and Claflin's Journal," a periodical " devoted io the advocacy of Great Social Questions, and for the Higher Instruction and Improvement 0/ Women." The paper is edited by Mrs Victoria , Woodball, formerly of America, but now of York-street, Covent Garden, London* The paper is devoted almost exclusively to the vindication of the editress from the charge of sympathising with the principles of |he "^TgeeLove Club"? 6t Newhrork/This " Frle Love Club teems to have been a rather sultry affair, and a little too far in advance of its time, for the organies ation was violently suppressed by the Go« vernment, after a short, but, as it would appear, somewhat active existence. Its founder was one Stephen Pearl Andrews, one of the vilest eatyrs that ever disgraced humanity. From all we can gather Mrs | Woodball appears to have been a shockingly illused woman, but the evidence upon which her vindication rests will thoroughly wash out the stain oast upon her. The former petition in favor of a fire»rato i having been thrown out owing to the preponderance of dissentients in the lower part of the town, the boundary within which rthjß tq£e isjto be^levied has been reduced so WtoleWeout the malcontents* and a new petition in favor of the rate is now being circulated for signature. . To-day being Good Friday will be observed as a holiday in the Post and Telegraph Offices, and the example will, no doubt, be followed by business people generally. As the weather promises to be fine, it is to be regretted that some kind of amusement was not provided for the day. Probably our cricketers will arrange a match which will in itself afford an excuse for a stroll as far as Smith's Paddock. Some disagreement over financial matters having arisen on Tuesday night last at the settling, up between Professor Haeelmayer and the local bell-man, the latter! 'paraded; the streets at midnight dnd gave a very fres expression of opinion as to travelling professors generally, aod Professor Haselmayer in particular. * ; ■•-,-■• -7 Ihe final deposit of £100 over the match between and pandy .was made at M'Gaffin's on Tuesday lust— £100 a-side had been previously staked, and the last; instalment was made as above in accordauce with the articled of the match. The two horses have been under care'ul training for Borne weeks past, and both are reported to be in first-class fettle. The match will bp run off on Monday next, and owing .to the large amount in private bets which abides the event, the attendance at the Cro&adun course will, doubtless be very large. New Zealond is just now favoured with a large number of distinguished visitors. By (he Wakatipu, which arrived at Wellington the

other jayV. there ftrnv^: ttiejDuke of Man*, chest^ahd the Ho^;Marsham» Lady /Ann fan^lftdy Jtfary Jpirsbam A cumber of A«st|&ri noblemen also arrived at Auckland lasVtHek, fe« the jiirppse of visiting the hot ■sp&fflgl. ' TteDuktfof Manchester is ri large property Slsfcrl^ Vwtoria and; Jjew S©uth Wales. The flutter amongsTthe P.bnsonby de Tomkins of Wellington and . Auekland>ociety is ttfe: extract the following^ Victorian and Tasmania*! fl**tf> <tf '"'nuninj '*?*■ from late papers . - 1 - Stanhope Tin, Mount Bischoff, 14th Mareh>3Struclc a'lfresh'lode, very ricfi in tii\, ; in wh^qbgreal pieces, of many pounds weight of mapine black tjn are fbuntlj ajnd a, stratified felsite in thin layers, highly charged with tin, the lode between 4he /.wills' being 11 feet, and widening as it goes eastward, J There are' now three distinct lodes opened on the eaßtejrn_portipn of the company's lease, and arrangements ifoH be made to Recommence dressing jind smelting the. tin ore when the wet season sets in— Great Northern j Walhalla, 10th March.— Very good progress has been made with cross-cut at the bottom of Bhaft. Nine feet have been driven for the past week, muking a total of 15 feet from shaft. Country similar as at date of last report, Jiard* fcltyin, slate s^rataj nearly verticW" Thfmfllfci^n? quariz will be reached in about 15 feet or 18 feet further driving.— Magdala, Stawell, 11th Ma' oh : Eighty-two feet was bored with the diamond drill during the past week j total depth of bore, IBS feet A change of ground was met with on the Bth instant ; the core and borings indicate to be the track of a yertical reef. From the time the-roda touched, until harder ground was reached, 20 feet had been bored. The core and borings are very t black, and heavily charged with mundio. After a long spell of inactivity work is again to be resumed by the Inkerman Company at Rainy Creek. Men have been put on to clean out the drives, repair the timbering, and fd look af terser matters requiring attontibrii^before the\ mine can again be vorked to advantage and with safety. The company have good prospects before them, as there is a large body of stone immediately available,, crushing* from wliioh have shown its payable charaoter. All this mine requires t| igivl pt a permanent ijaceu amongst Jibe dividend-paying companies of the'fieidy is cheap crushing and economical management, and we are, therefore, glad to see the determination of the directors to bring this desirable end about. The W&t'Goast is 4 bera j^fls^fluoded with Chinamen. Each trip of the Hero for nearly eight months past has Bwelled the number, and we now hear that a small colony of Asiatics has just been landed at Sydney from Hongkoßgj'ifti*^^ awaiting the next, trip of the Hero to reach Greymoutb. About eighteen months ago a Chinese gardner who made a good deal of money in Reefton in the early days, left here for Hong Kong, and the present influx is;, no doubt/lue to his "t&ncouraginij t account .of ttie Wipsthtjoast goldfielfle. The following is to good to be lost :— At Edinburgh, on the night of the 4th instant, a commercial traveller,, his father and sister were shot by two. men whom they met in the s^reeti Later ;on the^ame men wounded three policemen, who saw them near the Custom House and challenged them. One of the men then shot himself through the head and the other attempted to do the same but Was prevented and captured. When charged with the offence he refused to give any account of himself or his companions: There names are said to be Grant and Seymour. They are stated to have belonged to Kelly's gang of bushrangers,*and after that gang was broken up to have come to London from Australia to assist the Lapd League or other Ir isli agency,- The three policemen and the persons shot in Edinburgh, it is believed by the same men, are likely to recoyer. The Westport Times says :— The Residei-t Engineer, Mr Wilson, and with him Messrs Woodward and Jones, returned from a survey expedition per train from Waimangaroa on Friday evening. They have been engaged in , surveying a prospecting track between Lyell and Mokihinua, as promised to Mr Fisher by the Minister of Public Workn during the last session of Parliament. The survey party started from the Lyell township and, after completing their work, came out at the Ngakawau river. During the latter part of the time they were in the field it appears their larder was not extravagantly sup* plied, the chief article of consumption being oatmjiakr &■■s% '* ; : : i J?2 '-'',■ .;'J A meeting of the City Council was hold in Melbourne recently, when it Was decided to forward an address of condolenoe to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, on the assassinntion of the Emperor of Russia. The amended rules for the management of the Queen Victoria meat markets were referred to a committee of the whole council at the meeting on Monday next. The tender of the Eleotric Light Company was accepted for the lighting of the Eastern market, the contract being for four years. The Tan Yean question was considered at some length, and lit was resolved that .the metropolitan and suburban local 'bodies should be invited to a conference to consider the advisability of I vesting the works in a commission to be elected from the various municipalities. The Melbourne Weekly Times says the pace .for the last half-mile between Grand Flaneur and Progress in the St, Legar, ' was 'something terrible. The time, 3mins 16} sees., was the fastest on record in the Australian colonies, and it is said that Flaneur could have beaten the best English time if he had been pushed. The Bruce Herald says that the manufacture of white ware at Milton pottery although not long commenced already shows a finish which elicits the admiration of skilled Staffordshire bands. Thirty-seven men ond seven apprentices are employed at the works. L'Estrango, the aeronaut, was presented with a gold watch and chain, valued at £70, He announced his intention of giving up »riul excursions.

A« man, named Thomas Bowl, died at (he Maitland Hospital froa Wood poisoning, through skinning a dead bollock. The coroner said this was the third case this year, and advised that in future the beasts be burnt., , -'- '• ..'•-' - v :. The total amount received in aid of the funds for defraying Trickett's expenses to England to compete against Hani an was £958, After paying expenses a balance of .6170 remains in hand. The *eoond prize in the wWanui Sweep on the Cup was won by Earnest Wilkinson : who is awaiting Jus triafiat New Plymouth ,qn a. charge of embezzling Government f moneySi The Thames Advertiser says that the prbniofeY of Hawera Gold Company in the English market, is Eicki, formely a mining speculator at the Thames. He obtained a raining lease from the Native owners, and which, though valueless, has served as a bait to Home investors. He was formely an auctioneer at Hokitika. The Melbourne Age says.— The report of the Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr T. Couchman) for 1830 has been published, and gives a retrospect of the general administration of the Act for the Regulation of Mines, Although the fatal casualties for the year were •lightly in excess of those of the two preceding years, the total number of persons who | received fatal and non-fatal injuries is less than any yet recorded, notwithstanding a perceptible increase in the number of miners employed. The inspectors of mines, in their periodical reports, testify that as** rule there has been a general and careful compliance with the provisions of the act in all the principal mines. The total number of arcidentswas 134. Therr >porfionatenumber ofp irsons killed was I*3l as compared with 1 29 per 1000 in 1879, and 1 93, in 1874 ('he year in which the act came into operation). But the proportionate number injured has been only 234 per 1000 in 1879, and 526 in 1874. Reference is also made in the report to the poisionous effects of the fumes of burning dynamite, and some information bearing on the subject is given, as elicited at the investigation into the acoidents from dynamite at the Great Western Eailway Company's tunnel. Mr Couehman states that it appeared to him ttie breathing at constant intervals of vitiated air would be likely to have a prejudical effect upon health. Be suggested that some competent persona be authorised to make investigations as to the effects arising from blasting operations con» ducted in. mines. If found to be prejudical he recommended as a remedy either the better ventilation of the workings or restricting the use of objectionable explosive compounds. The Lyttelton Times proprietory has been converted into a limited liability company, the proprietory being practically the same as hitherto; 11 A report of the sugar industry in Queeneland' has been published by Messrs Gordon and Gotch of. London. In 1864 the sugar cultivation of Queensland flavored less than ,100 acres. The last report give 16,000 acre 9 with an annual production of 279,000 cwt. Under the title c Postal Cats ' the London Telegraph soys ' That certain Dutch naturalists have come to the sage conclusion that Gnmalkin may be utilised bb a lettercarrier with considerable advantage to pub* lie interests. These worthies propose to organise a service of post cats, and are at present engaged, by a series of ingenious experiments, in testing pussy's capacities for delivering the mails. Selecting Lu'd for their headquarters, thence dispatoh a number of cats securely tied up in wollen bags, to the neighbouring villages, where they are freed, from confinement and turned loose, with neat packets of letters firmly strapped to their backs. 4.t once their domestic in« stinct3 come into full play, and they swiftly flee homeward with unswerving directness. Of thirty seven cats thus constrained to serve their country, not one has hitherto failed to fulfil its postal function with excellent punctuality. It is feared, however that when a double service shall be arranged difficulties and delays might arise from the meetings of post-oats on the high-road. If the feline postman can be inspired with a high sense of duty, over-riding personal impulse, all will be well. Failing this, we apprehend that irregularities in delivery will take place.