The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 18 July 1881, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1881.

The tender of Crab'jßros., 'was accepted by the directors of tho Result] [Company for driving 50ft,of tunnel,' the price being 25s per foot. At a meeting of the directors of the Just* hvTime Company on Saturday evening, the tenders .of Mr Masters' were accepted for the supply "of mining goods and battery requisites. The tenders of James Billett were accepted for tbfeWnpply of d horse, and. also for furnishing mining timber. Some business was done "on Saturday last in Golden Points'at ■ 6d, Darks, 14) 6d t and Alpines, 28?, the latter in good demand. The proceedings of the Keviaion Court on Thursday last furnished additional evidence of a set determination to have the County Rolls as near as possible to the liking of the the compilers. It revealed the fact that the ReeYton Roll has been flooded with miners right qualifications by residents of Boatman's, while a similar addition has been made to the Boatman's Roll by friendly property holders here. Of course it is only by tho purest accident that all these miners-right holders in each place are favorable to the return of the present Council, but such is the case. Then again, it was of course another coincident that wrong initials had been placed to a number of names of electors known to be hostile to the Council. Again, the Council moved for the striking off of a long list of names, upon the plea that they were aliens. Here again, it was, of course,'' only a coincn dent that all these foreigners were declared opponents of the Council, and a further coincident that an equal number of aliens also on the Rolls, but not objected to, are favorable to the happy "family who have co long and so ably ruled the destinies of the County. And there are men who see nothing to disapprove of in proceedings of this kind, but by virtue of them hope to defy public opinion. A comet Is now visible from the Observatories at Greenwich, (England), and Wash in 2 ton (United States). On dit that the Hon. W. J. Clarke, of Melbourne, will shortly purchase and English estate, and be made a baronet. A second match for £25 a side between Mr Bollon's Half Caste and Mr Blower's Doncaster was run at Hope, near Nelson, on the 29th ult., when the tables were turned the former winning easily by three lengths. The census returns for the United Kings dom are now complete. The total population is 35,000,000, being 17.000,000 males and 18,000,000. females, This shows an ins crease of 4,000,000 persons during" the last ten years, It does seem unaccountable, the Lancet says, that, considering the constant peril in which the lato Czar was supposed to be. no arrangements were made for a doctor to be within call in case of emergency. The medical journal more than hints that there would have been at least a chance of saving his life if proper] help had been at hand, The Thames Advertiser relates the fol. lowing little story anent the G-overnor's love of etiquette : — • Whilst at Leyuka, Sir Arthur frequently gave dinner parties, to which the chief dignitaries of the island were always invited. Prior to the arrival of his Excellency it had been tho custom, in consequence of the great heat, for the guests at such gatherings to attend in light white clothes ; but Sir Arthur looked with horror on such a proceeding, ond no per?on was allowed to sit at his board unless he appf ared in evening dress, viz . claw hammer coat, white vest, and black trousers. The weather being exceedingly warm at all times of the year, the guests, it may be imagined, perspired very freely, and frequently wished they had declined the invitations ; but the host was inexorable, and they had. to use a vulgar but expressive phrase, to ' grin and bear it,' At last, however, this state of things was altered, and the dinnerparties at Government House were thenceforth regarded as the most pleasant of social gatherings. ' The change came about in this wise. The Captain of a man -of-war, the Nymphe, lying in the harbour, attended one of the parties., and of course went in full naval uniform. He bore the heat as long as he could, and then, half in joke and half in earnest; remarked to one of his neighbours that he would have enjoyed himself much better if he had been allowed to come in his shirt sleeves. The remark was overheard by either the Governor or his lady, and the result was that the guests at the next party were requested on the invitation card to attend minus their coats. They did so, and it was a somewhat singular spectacle, our informant says, to see about fifty or sixty gentlemen sitting down to dinner with the Governor in their shirt sleeves. The Otago Daily Times reports that chicory is being succe3sfuly grown in the Matuuru district. A noxious mixture called ' butterinc, is being manufactured in England as a substitute for the real article. It is stated that the New York Herald printed the entire revised translation of the New Testament in its Sunday issue. llio Bisltop of Sj'dney has recently irarrieel a third wi f e, whem he hud baptised in her infuEcy.

Mr Reeies has given notice in the H( me of two questions which he asked during last session but failed to obtain answers satis* factory to his constituent?,— 'First, whether the Government would appoint an Inspector of Mines for the West Coast of the Middle Island, to which the answer on a former occasion was in the negative ; and secondly' whether efforts would be made to extinguish the fire, which for some years past has been burning, in a Coal seam in the Grey district^ a fire which apparently instead of burning itself out continues to increase. : The Bill to amend, tho law practitioner*' Act, and Amendment Act, which Sir George Grey hue introduced, is intended to simplify the mode of entering the legal profession. It provides that the Judges of the Supreme Co&rt shall annually "in each district fix tin.es and placea where all persons of good character can pass, or attempt to pass, an examination in law, the passing of such an examination to entitled them to rank and practieo as solicitors within New Zealand. The following is the telegram with reference to the murder of Lieutenant Bower and party at the Solomon Islands receiyed from Lieutenant-Commanding King, of H.M. schooner Eenard :— * Gladstone tells me that the leader of the party which murdered Lieutenant Bower and boat's crew of H.M.S. Sandfly has been executed on the site of the imurder, in presence of over a hundred ; that the other murderers had escaped into the bush, but that the chief's son \thb b eld as hostage for their capture. Since the'i, another native, named Utonrnati, has been caught, who is the man who actually murdered Lieutenant Bower ; he, too, will be executed on the site of the murder, Lieu* tenant Bower's skull, watch, and' most of the arms have been recovered, and are now on their way to Sydney. The Piako correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes ,— An important feature in the railway scheme of this North Island, and one which will give a large amount of importance and prosperity to this and the : Waitoa district, is being arranged— no less than the proposed construction of a line of railway from Kotorua to junction with the Thames"^ aikato line in this district. The Patetere Land Association and others are, it is known, in communication with an eminent railway firm upon the matter. The line would open up the Pateteie lind* passing through Te Papa and the large Matemata estate ; and, running down the Waihou Valley — a larger and more important valley even than that of "Waikato— would junction with the Thames- Waikato line, run right and left to Auckland on the one eide, and' when the Thames end of the line is undertaken, to the Bast Coast on the left. Mr Horsley, a prison/ aurgeon, writing in the Fortnightly Review. 'On Suicide,' gives some remarkable statistic as to the per centage traceable to drunkenness. Of 300 cases which came under his notice, 170 were"traceable to drink, and forty-one of the remaining 130 were unknown or doubtful. Of twenty* eight cases of attempted suicide only three cases were not apparently j due tifrectl^or ins directly to intemperance. 4. ; ;'• A Bill has been introduced in the French Legislature providing that any citizen who loses his life while saving property at a fire, any physician who loses his life while laboring in the hospitals in tiarje of epidemic, and anyone who dies while endeavouring to save a fellow being, shall be regarded as a soldier slain on the battle-field, and insure a double pension to his family.