THE The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 4, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 July 1881, Page 2

THE The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 4, 1881.

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs as follows '— " The Reefton . deputation waited on the Premier on Friday. Mr Hall recommended the deputation to communicate their wants in writing, wben they would receive consideration." Verily out of nothing, nothing can, come. A mote complete and humiliating snubbing tban tbis, it would be impossible to imagine for our most influential delegates. But the Premier in thus enrtly and ef* fectively dismissing tbis so-called de** putation evidently understood tbe situa* tion, and was not short of an expedient for ridding himself of the superfluous piece of boredom. We may feel a pang of regret for the sorry figure which the deputation must have^ifift $tf<3er Jjpch a stinging rebuke, but the propriety ioi tbfr snubbing is beyond question, and so passes away the glory of tbis brillimt embassy, and its Royal Commission, and what not.

Tbe management of the Justnin-Time and Fiery Cross Quartz Crushing Company have placed Mr Henry Francis in charge of their mill at Boatman's. Mr Francis bas been at battery work from the early days of tbe field, and has the additional qualification of being a skilful millwright.

Sunday next has been fixed upon for a Hospital Sunday collection by the different religious denominations in Reefton.

The members of tbe Black's . Point Band j g ive tbe first of a series of open air peefor-« mances in Broadway, on. Saturday evening; last. The pieces played were ' The Stranger,' quick-step; 'LetEtin Bemember the Dajs of Old,' quick-march ; ' Queen ' 6 Messenger,' selection ; • Queen of the Rink,' valse ; * Song of Labor,' quick-step. The performance was on the whole highly creditable both to the | members of tbe Band, and to Mr J. T 9 Richards, tbe band-master. The Band will j perform again next Saturday evening.

The Grey coach arrived yesterday afternoon, but the Westport coach with the Reefton portion of tbe English mail is still weatber-bound at tbe Junction, but will probably get through to-day.

The billiard tournament at Twohill's Hotel, was brought to a close on Saturday night, and resulted in Messrs Letcher 'and Paine taking first and secon-'pfizea, '"£sJ art £ 1 12s 6d respectively. During the early part ofthe contest Messrs Breen, Mirfin, Jacobsen, and Little retired gracefully. Later on Messrs Morrison, Hcapby, Dornan, and Jones followed snit, leaving Messrs Ross, Seymour, Paine, and Letcher to try final conclusions. The two former soon joined the mnjority. leaving the issue for first and second honors to be contended for by R. Letcher and Ti. Paine, tbe numbers up at the finish being Letcher, 100 ; Paine, 86.

The marked improvement which has taken plat-e for some time past in the appearance and prospects of the Golden Treasure mine Murray Creek, culminated in the latter part of last week in quite a heal by run on tbe company's shares, hut the confidence felt in the mine ia such that few sellers could be found, the prevailing disposition being to hold on firmly. The great increa?e in tbe value of this mine has given a very healthy tone to other interests in tbe locality, and that portion of the field is now being viewed with very much increased favor.

Tho United Alpine Company, Lyell, have discontinued crushing, pending the erection of the additional crushing power, and we are therefore without our usual weekly returns from that mine. Chicago lias 300 churcbea and 1000 saloonr, : Ifc i 3 expected that there will shortly be a creation pf ney-- peers.

The skull of a gigantic fossil rhinosceroa bas been found in Siberia,

The Smiths of New York city now nttmber 2430— almost a balance of power.

Sir Jglius Benedict- is completely restored to beah^and the enjoyment of sightOne ofthe heroes of Rorke's Drift, named Casei--ly»lhas been sentenced to a month's imprißonm«Jnt for larceny at Brighton. _

General Bherman, the American Com-mander-itiuChief, bas found it necessary to make an -earnest appeal for tbe impartial treattnent Of colored - officers, and privates in ibe service. • - «

The Christians of England and Wales bear 80.000 eegnons every i_ Sunday, 0r .4P00 4 OOOa year. This cost of Christian worship and benevolenlenterprU.es is estimated at £16,000, 000yearlyj' ?

A trial at Freiburg, in Baden, bas brought out tbe fact that Durlacber Bros., of Kippen* beim, in fire months bought sufficient spirits of wine for the manufacture of 653.000 gallons of their wine, and enou?h tartaric acid for the : fubrication of 494,000 gallonp. .- The court sentenced "each of . the prisoners to fi/e months'' imprisonment and to pay a fine 250d01.

The death of Lord Beaconsfield relieves tbe Exchequer of a payment of £2000 a year. Tbis was the pension wbich tbe late statesman drew as ex-Cabinet Minister. It is an

ma^^rn«^_oTiivail themselves of, as tbey think proper. The salary of an English Prime Minister is a manifestly inadequate remuneration. If the matter were to be regarded merely from a monetary consideration it is obviods that a man able enough to be a Prime Minister of England could, if he turned his attention in other directions, earn considerably mpre than £5000 a year. It was, therefore, delicately arranged many years ago that two or three of the principal offices of tbe State should carry with thera retiring pen-iions of £2000 a year. Mr Gladstone has never availed himself of this privilege. Lord Beaconsfield^ being a man of smaller fortune, accepted the not too overwhelming bounty of the? State^vThe pension lapses when the regular salary of a Minister is drawn. Thus from 1874 Mr Disraeli disappeared from tbe list, but in 1880 application was made for tbe £2000* in tbe name of tbe Earl of Beaconsfield.

There is a melancholy consolation, says a Home paper, in bearing of a House of Commons afmost if not quite as-dieorganised as our own. The House of Commons at Ottawa recently sat! till eight o'clock in the morning, when tbe last of the 25 amendments to thei Canada-Pacific Railway resolutions moved by the Opposition was rejected by the Govern* tnent party, and the; jbUl confirming the contract made/ with the original syndicate of capitalists passed through its first reading. The scenes m the Hou»e during the ' all-night sitting ' just before taking the votes are described as having been of the most thrilling kind. Chorus songs were sung to tbe accompaniment of toy trumpets, tin whistles, and ' dinner horns.' while some sleepy mem* bers were used as targets, and pelted with wads of paper^nd blue -books. The Govern ment parfflefi^ -itabgft of tfitfOppolitiori do all tltuv •jJea'tfrif on the amendment!, twenty of which were disposed of in the sixteen hours' sitting, but interruptions were so frequent that no speeches in the ordinary acceptation of the term were in reality attempted. The night, it is stated, was a memorable dne in- the annals of Parliamentary' history.' The doctor's bill for attending Superintendent Hare, who vwas shot in tbe wrist at Glenrowan, in tbe attack on tbe Kellys, amounted rto no. less \ tban £620. The Victorian Government, who have to pay tbe bill naturally want to know how the account ia made up. ( A further trial of tbe. Beaumont Compressed Air Engine, wbich is expeoted to be adopted; by tbe tramway companies in London,4 and- now exhibited in various plkees. took place at Stratford on April 14th, in tbe presence of Colonel Beaumont, tbe patentee, and several gentlemen connected with tbe North Metropolitan Tramways Company. Two cars were attached to tbe engine, which made tbe journey to Leytonstone and baok in thirty-two mm ates. The pressure on the re* servoir on starting was 9301bs per square foot and on returning only 2601bs were used. 4701b8 of air were exhausted on tbe whole journey out and home, the distance travelled being Sir miles. The passengers carried avers ed 104 each way, and tbe time mentioned included a stoppage at tbe Plough snd Ham row of 13 minute?; Wbenthe traffic is definitely settled, tbe exchange of engines for the completing journey .will not exceed cix minutes. ',- -.A *

By the way, writes the Wellington correspondent of tbe Oamaru Mail, Sir George drey was irresistibly funny on tbe evening of June 15th. Major Atkinson, in introducing the Chinese Immigration Bill, said that it would come into operation wben there were 5000 Chinese in the colooy. This would be one per cent on the population. He thought this desirable, as it was very important tbat there should be in tbe colony an admixture of nationality. Sir George Grey said :— I congratulate the Colonial Treasurer on the statesmanlike and philosophical principles on which be has based the Chinese Immigration Bill, and on tbe great attention evidently de« voted on tbe subject. He tell ■* us that a mix-, ture of foreigners is great advantage to every nation, and be bas carefully ascertained that one per cent of the population of each race of foreigners is tho exact proportion in which the mixture' Bhould be taken. Tbis be has provided for in the case of Chinese. Tbis f* a new, but great, principle for producing a model breed, which will doubtles be copied by tbe whole world wben once established here. I presume the Government, with their U9nal aniiety for.tbe welfare of the country, will see that a clause is added to tbe Bill in Committee, under the authority of which funds should be provided for the introduction, of some proportion of persons from eaoh colored race, including the much despised nigger, so that by the assemblage of varied

people, they may have tbe credit of baying produced a new model race, excelling any hitherto seen.' The sarcasm was so perfect that Mii-i-itera did not realise it until the Opposition laughed 4 heartily at tbeir folly, when tbeir complacency gave place to frowns of profound annoyance.