THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, APRIL 29,1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 April 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1881.

Our cablegrams this morning contain one or two items of more than ordinary interest. Agreeably to a promise made to his constit* vents on the occasion of his recent re-elec-tion, Mr Bradlough demanded in the House of Commons to have the formal oath of allegiance administered to him. To this a motion was moved by Sir Stafford North* cote tha* Bradlaugh be not admitted to the oath. A debate ensued Gladstone and Bright speaking against the resolution. The question was eventually put to the vote, when the Government were defeated by a majority of 33. and the motion was carried. Bradlough subsequently persisted in his right to be Bworn, and was finally expelled from the House. Mr G. C. Bowman, instructed by the Public Trustee of the Colony, will submit to public competition to-day at 12 o'clock, four-roomed cottage, together with household furniture, clothing, single* barrel gun, tent set of chimney sweeps' brushes and tools complete, clocks, lamps, and other effects, tbe property of William Beckharo, deceased. Mr Bowman will a)po sell at 2 o'clock to-day in the same estate, the premises known as the All Nations Hotel, Black's Point, together with the whole of the household furniture and effects. The absurdity of the West Coast prison system is splendidly illustrated in regard to the prisoner M'Grahey.. On Tuesday last, MfGahey was remanded for trial in the Magistrate's Court till Monday next, and there being "no accommodation," for the prisonerjinjjthe look -up at Beefton, he was despatched to the central prison at Uokitika. He left here by coach in custody of two policemen on Wednesday morning last, reaching Greymouth the same evening. Next morning he was taken on to Bokitika, arriv- i ing there on Thursday evening. Qn the following morning (to-day) he would leave Hokitika again, in order to reach Greymouth in time to catch to-morrow's up coach to Beefton. Thus during his absence from here, spending two nights in the Greymouth lockup, and only one night in the Hokitika gaol, and by the time he appears upon his remand, will haye paseed three nights in the Reefton lock-up- This etupid piece of circular sailing will cost tho colony something like £40, and for absolutely no reason in the world, for the loek-ap in Eeefton is just as secure as that of Greymouth, and both are much more secure than a coach or other mode of conveyance could be, i In another column the Ferro-Photo Com- I pany announce that they are now ready for business. We understand that they do not intend making a long stay in Eeefton, there* fore no time should be lost in paying the gallery a visit. It will bo seen by our Council report that the Government have consented to grant a subsidy towards the formation of a prospects ing track from Larry's Creek to Lyell, along the Jinn of reef. This belt of country has long been regarded as rpef-bearing, but the roughness of the locality and its comparative isolation has hitherto burred all prospecting in that direction. Tho opening of the line is therefore likely to lead to sotno ims portnnt discoveries. There will be a Fire Brigade practice thiß evening, at 9 o'clock. A meeting will be held at Dawson'a Hotel this evening, for tho purpose of forming an amateur dramatic clnb. We believe that prior to his removal from Reefton, some sympathising friends called at the locknup wiih an offer to procure the as« sietanco of counsel for M'Gahey. The prisos ncr, however, did not consider it necessary to have counsel in the inquiry before the Magistreto, but that counsel would bo provi* ded when tbe case went to the Supreme Court. Wo publish in another column o table of tbe dividend-paying mines of Victoria, The " Becord " sajß : — ' It will doubtless surprise some to find such aggregate r.-sults in tlivi* dends (spread, of course, over a considerable period). The total is but a little untler five millons sterling, exclusive of the immense sums obtained from claims in private hands, and other companies which are not tabulated." Mr IV air, Engineer-in-Chief, Mt for the Ahoura on Wcdnoed»y la.rt ; in company with Mr Martin, Resident Engineer. Mr Eld;

was not overwhelmed with deputations in Reefton, in fact, a short interview wish the County Cbairraam relative to the opening, or rather the reasons for the noh-openlng, of the Inangahua bridge, he was unmolested. In regard to the hitch which has arisen in connection with the completion of the bridge, Mr Blair is understood to have said that the Government having decided to enforce the provisions of the " Public Works Act," in order to acquire certain needed lands, the work could not be pushed on pending a settlement of that matter. Mount Hercules, New Guinea, is now considered to be the highest mountain in the world. For years past we have been told that 1 blood is the life ' but this expression, it appears, will hare to be qualified in the future for, on the authority of Professor Edward A. Schafel, we have it that a German professor has found that if the blood of an animal be removed, and the blood-vessels be filled with milk, or a weak solution of salt, the animal continues to live without any apparent inconvenience. The Sydney Bulletin is responsible for the following: — ''The committee for the St. Patrick's Day banquet ssnt an invitation to a certain distinguished Scotchman. Here is his neat reply :—' Gentlemen, — Your kind invitation I received, and but for other duties preventing, I should be present, especially as a Caledonian anxious to do honour to the memory of my countryman who in God's providence did so much for your dear Ireland. — Yours in haste but respectfully — ." The Taranaki Herald of the 18th instant says :— " The land at Parihnka is at last attracting a good deal of attention, principally among the settlers of the South Island. During tlie last few days, a number of South > em capitalists have been inspecting the land and they report favourably of what they have seen. Some intending purchasers have been holding back under the impression that the Government would lower the upset prices upon the sections, but it appears the Govern* ment have no such intention. It is expected that the pick of the land will shortly be selected." . . Mr William Clarke took advantage of the discussion on the sth instant, to make some severe comments regarding the Cerberus, which he said was manned by a captain on orutchers, a blind engineer, and a demoralised crewj the captain luxuriating ashore, and seldom visiting the ship. The men, he added were afraid to go to sea under such officers. The Government was obliged to report progress without getting the vote passed. Mr Clarke renewed the attack on Thursday. Mr Berry defended Captain Mandeville, and challenged Clarke to mako a direct charge, when ho would institute an enquiry into it* The long«talked of match between Langham and Dillon for the championship of Australia has been finally arranged. The terms are — 5 games out of 9, of 21 aces each, for £100 aside, to be playici '.at the Rising Sun ball court, Surry Hills, Sydney. The first deposit of £25 aside has been made, and the match will cone off at an early date. The Sydney Evening News, writing on the above states :— " We have been informed that Mr Glecson, of Auckland, Now Zealand, has expressed his willingness to back two New Zealand players against any like number from New South Wales, for any part of £500, and will also allow expenses for the match to take place in Maori land. The Auckland Observer publishes what purports to be a portrait of Mr Goschen. The indentical plate was some years ago made to do duty in the Dunedin Saturday Advertser as M. Leon Gambetta, the celebrated French" man. This is rather rough on the New Zealand public, who ought not to be treated by the proprietors of the pictorial press as Artemus Ward acknowledged to having treated the gazers at his ' Wax Statutes.' Perhaps the editor of the Observer will be prepared with the answer which Artemus on one ocasion gave to a doubtful critic;—'' I call it so and so, but you can call it what you darned please; Lady Yogel has made some talk in English society. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star says: — "Sando*n has seen its last meeting for the year 1880, and the occupation of the sporting man is gone une til " after the Now Year. Mra Brassey will have to Exhibit her choth«of-gold elewhere, and Lady Yogel must wait until the 6th January for an opportunity to cut her out — a vaiu attempt, as that expansive ' niillionaress,' as the Americans call it, can outdress a host of the smaller fry of the fashionable world. Lady Yogel, however, has succeeded in bringing her name prominently to the front in the society journals." The native meeting at Waitangi was opened on 23rd March. Three thousand natives were present, also a large number of Europeans, who were hospitably received. The speech of the Native Minister was well received by the natives, who gave three cheers when he had finished. Ho apolog'sed for his Excellency's absence, and said he would no doubt soon pay a visit to the Bay. Katene, who was forraely representative of the district, and a member of the Executive, said that all confiscated lands should be given back, as the confiscation wns a violation of the treaty. Mrs Bauby and a numbur of representatives of okl missionary families were present. The shouting of the natives when performing the war dance was distinctly heard at Russell, six miles off. There was a stack of food three feet high and half a-mile long — over 300 pigs, a large number of sheep and bullocks, 600 loaves, and 300 cakea. The hills around arid the steam on in the bay were decorated with flags. The Maoiis provided a free dinner to nil Europeans, who were waited on by Maori ladies. Archdeacon Clarke presided. It is a barbarous reality in civilised England that girls are still commonly employed in carrying mud for brickmakers, A writer in tho London ' Telegraph ' says that ; bare legged to tho knee many of them, bepkstered from head to foot with clay splaahos, drudging hmler than dvivon slaves evor yot drudged, somo of theso girls carry as much as a hun-dred-height mid a-balf a' a load, and cou-

tinuo that work at the rate of ba^f n ton nn hour for nine hours a day, Their earnings are 123 a week.' The writer justly concludes — ' When one consideres that five tons for 2s represents less than 4£d per ton for self loading and earning, and recollects at the same time that a b-oad backed six-foot coalheaver would grumiilo tremendously were he ftfkeil to Ciirry fifty sucks of coal — five tons— a distance of forty or fifty yards in a single day, it seems shameful that with all our vaunted tender regard for our women and children, such brute drudgery as hauling and carrying wet clay should still be recognised as women's work," Professional enthuaiasm is not peculiar to the soldier or the cleric. It is shared by the policeman, whose burnin » zeal for the incarceration of her Hnjesty's lieges is so often quenched by an unsympathetic magistracy. This pleasing trait in the characters of the guardians of the peace has lately had a notable exemplification in Newcastle. A policeman stationed outside St. Tbomas' Church, for the purpose of keeping the ad* joining pavement free from obstruction, was told by a wag that his profession 4 fervices were required inside. The ' active and ins telligent ' officer prominently entered the building, and stood, helmet in hand, awaiting instructions* A >churchwarden, who superintended the sealing of the congregation, seeing him, and thinking him an in* tending worshipper, pointed him out a pew in which was &■ respectable, and as it turned out, an unfortunate working man. The policeman, imagining this poor fellow the delinquent' he had been called in to arrest, requested him to step ou.t. took him off to the nearest police-station. This able officer then returned to the church and asked the churchwarden in question what accusation he had against the prisoner. An explanation ensued, followed by the release of the in.t nocent, nnd a great'many humble apologies. The wag who invited the pliceman in has not yet been discovered.