THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 20 June 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1881.

We learn from a private source that the interest in Qreymonth over the election was quite equal to that displayed in Reefton, Business was almost wholly suspended dur» ing the latter pnrt of the day, and as soon as the poll closed crowds of excited voters gathered sound the booth awaiting to hear the result. The. account of the re-ult of the polling was received With tremendous cheering, and thence throughout the night up to 10 o'clock the hour at which the latest news came to hand, the interest and enthusiasm was -itnmense. The majority then recorded for lir^jfreston made his defeat impossible, and Ilia hol|l was besieged bj crowds of en* thn.-'-.ctfo supporters, and he briefly ai» dro?oc:l them from the balcony. The band swbci r [nßntly turned out, -and paraded the stre^T., 'he very beat of feeling prevailing on all fides, pnd one anaall agreeinj that the We::t CofiSfchad secured an able and earnest representative. Mr Weston left for Christ i church on Saturday morning, and reached Christen uroh last night^ and expects to be in his place in the House on Wednesday nost. It is announced that a final meeting of the members of Mr Weston 's late Election Commiftee will be held at the] place appointed, this evening, and all persons haying claims against' the committee are requested to render them for payment before 5 o'clock t\M ovening, otherwise they will not be recognised. . Mr F. T7. Martin, Resident Engineer, 7!reyuouth, reached Reefton on Thursday evening kstj for the purpose of inspecting tmcl passing the Inangahua bridge. We kf.ra that Mr Martin expressed himself thoroughly satisfied with the manner in which the contractors, Messrs D. Coohrane and Co., had performed the specifications, and handed them the final Certificate, and the bridge was then thrown open to public traffic. The benefit of the bridge was illustrated on Saturday evening, the up Grey coach arriving when the river was in a high state of flood, but through the opening of the bridge was enabled to come through without detention. Mr James Wilson, for some years mine manager of the Just*in«Time Company, Boatman's, has been appointed mining manager of the Albion Company, Terawhiti, Wellington. At the sitting of the Licensing Court on Saturday last a itfansfer of the license of Monahan's Hotel from Mrs Allen to Eobert Dash, was granted j as also a transfer of the license of Wilsori's Hotel, Boatman's, to James Wilso'nJ Mr Thornton. C.E., estimates the cost of the West Coast railway (says the Christchurch Telegraph) at £1.000,000. while Mr O'Connor, C.E., puts it as fully £1,500,000. The other day one of the principal 'knights of the cleaver 'of Hamilton had occasion to shoot a bullock, and he proceeded to the spot where the innocent was grazing. Getting within 100 yards he fired and hit him but not fatally. One of the Hamilton crack shots out pheasant shooting appeared on the scene, and, t]be bufcher tailing advantage of his presence, politely asked him if he would have a Bhot. • Certainly,' replied the « sport/ 1 give me the rarbine and I'll fetch him down f Bang went the gnq ; the b9ast roared and scampered off. 'Why you didn't hit him in the right spot,' cried the man of sirloins, . • No by Golly,' answered the pheasant hunter, ' But if he had been on the wing I'd bet I would have fetched him: c(own.'— Waikato Times. A gigantic railway scheme is on the tapis in Australia, it contemplatesjthe construction ofja templates the" construction of a line conline connecting all the capitalc/Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. It is E)$.M that capitalists are prepared to undertake the venture if they can obtain certain concessions in the shape of grants of land. Tt is considered I hat with the provinces thu9 linked together the federal sentiment will become a reality, and that the various Colonies will seek that, closer union which is desirable for the proper development of their resources and the attainment of a national position. ' The Dunedin Herald hus the following ap - pofHe remark!" :— For our own part w- should not ore a straw though the whole Ministry came from the same parish, provided they were the moßt capable men available for conn ddcting the public uffairs, We frankly admit thut i' nvoulJ bo very difficult for the Premigj?

to find a fit successor in Ofcago to Mr- Oliver who was, take him for all in all, the best man for the post of Public Works we had to give ; and we hope he will not sacrifice the welfare of the colony to the wretched prejudice we have endeavoured to expose. Mr George McLean is the only member among the G-overnmeut supporters south of the Waitaki who has the slightest pretension to such a difficult portfolio as that of Public Works ; but we fancy the member for Waikouaiti has no ambition for what are called Ministerial honours. Borne of the other names that have been mentioned are simply ridiculous. We have often adverted to the poor set of Representatives returned by Otago — many o f them absolute nobodies; and if we were wholly excluded from a direct share iv the Government of the colony, wa shou'd orly be properly punished for our culpable carelesneßS in this most important respect. The following is the latest item of Opposition gossip to hand from the seat of Government :—• It seems now to be defiuitely understood that the members opposed to the present Government will act to* > gether cordially as a general Opposition party, but wi hout at present choosing or following any , particular^ leader. The question of fleladersbip wifffr^^ over till a more convenient season. Mr G. Vesey Stewart, the founder of EatinEati epeciul settlement, and a man com jparatively new to the Colony, will contest the East Coast constituency at the general election. The following is some of what he said to the Tauranga electors. — < What we require, in my humble opinion, is a strong Government ; but I fear one or two of its members are too much afraid of the opinions of persons having selfish, narrow minded views on the general settlement of the country. I should be res joiced to see the dash and go-ahead policy of James Macandrew, tempered by the financial abilities of Major Atkinson, the keen foresight and legal acumen of Frederick Whitaker, and sterling honesty of John Hall. The ory of a Liberal or a Conservative 'Government in a new country like New Zealand is all bunkum and clap-trap, being •merely used by political agitators to throw jdust into the eyes of the working classes who possess, in our district at all events, such favorable opportunities for obtaining by purchase, f freehold estates in small lots, and 'therefore their true interests are bound up ; with the owners of property.'