THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, AUGUST 12 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 August 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, AUGUST 12 1881.

\Te l^rn that Mr Wesfon, M.H.R., was -uddonly called away to Christchurch on ThimcUv last, on urgent rrivate business, •n«t will return to Wellington again this evening. Owing to the numerous entries the billiard tournament at Cochrane's Ho'el, could not be brought to a close on Saturday nigbt. It will he° continued this evening, and concVlcd on Tuesday nijsfct. The nnnounoe-mc-nt <or touvnnment No. 3 will be seen m our a'lvprt'siig columns. The time for receiving tenders foa the conftruetion of a tunnel for the Johnston's United Company, Nelson, has been 'extended from the 18ih to (be 29th instant, for the convenience of Reefton mine contractor?. Tenders aro elsewhere invited for the extension of the Caledonian Company's low level. The recent good yields and favorable prospects of many of our mines has given a f resh impetus to the mining industry, and d-.mand for shares in favorite claims is in? gcr^easing daily, causing n brisk market/with advancing prices. The brokers are enjoying the sport, and malting the most of the occasion, almost wholly monopolising the telegraph wires and keeping the clerks busy. Some forfeited shares were submitted to auction on Saturday, and found ready pur* cqasers at fair prices. We are requested to remind, the puttie that the drawing in Jacques' art-union, will pssitively take place on Saturday, 20th instant, at 8 p m., in the Oddfellows' Hall, Upper Broadway. AH persons entrusted with, the sale of the tickets will please forward the money without unnecessary delay. The twenty-four hours' walking match resulted in a win for Drummond, who did 108 miles. An Auckland contemporary observes that the total value of all the whiskey imported into New Zealand in 1880 was £61,901, and it paid in duty £143,639 ! Roughly speaking for the privilege of drinking three pennyworth of whiskey (actual value) a man pays the State more than sixpence. Gin is equally profitable £41,680 worth cleared for home consumption yielded to the Colonial Treasury £111,801.' A writer in the Patea Mail is advocating the establishment of a line of steamers fitted with the refrigerating process to convey frozen meat from that port to Wellington, Westport, Greymoutb, and Hokitika. A man in Canada exhibited a flying machine on the 26th June. At an average height of twelve feet, be made a flight of a quarter of a mile. The machine is said to be the result of thirty yeara thought and labor. Should the sanguine anticipations of Mr Jno. Dixon, the inventor of a process by which it is said gas can be generated at about a farthing a thousand feet be realised, he will be one of tbe richest men in creation, and will probably draw thirty or forty thousand pounds from Spdney alone, and in lika proportion in every centre of population in tbe civilised world. Tbe patent is eaid to be based on a treatment of bteimth filings, mercury, kerosine, sodium, muriatic acid, nitric acid, zioo, copper wiw, water, lime, charcoal, antimony, tin, nauiha, and iron filings, tbe bulk of tbe kerosene being 8000 out of 10,000 parts. The kerosene is supposed to be constantly condensed, recovered, and used over again. Archer received £5000 for riding Iroquois to victory: He baß won the Derby two successive years. He is a very rich man, and supposed to be worth nearly a hundred thousand pounds. It is stated that a brother of the notorious Freethinker, Bradlaugb, has been holding Evangelistic services at Bristol. The sustentation Committee of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales have again paid an equal dividend to their ministers at the rate of £300 per annum exclusive of the uses of manses where these are proTided. Some ministers receive bonuses from their congregations in addition. Tbe Parliamentary correspondent of the Taranaki Herald says :— * There was a little fun got out of the Dr Pollen debate. A legal opinion was read deciding the intricate question of when a man arrived at sixty years of age did it involve the granting of a pension ? Mr Fitzherberfc submitted that as he was over 59 nnd in his 60th year therefore be might b? recorded 60 for the purposes of the Act. Tbe question was solemnly refered to the Law Officer of the Crown, and he gave this very sagacious opinion : — ' lam of opinion that a man ia not 6) years of nge until he has lived 60 years.' The House absolutely shook with laughter when this pro* found amusement occasionally illume the mns?ive dullness that ordinarily oppress members when obstructive questions are debated in tbe House.' Mr Finn has given notice of the following questions : — lf it is true that the Warden, Eesident Magistrate at Kumara, on the West Coast of the Middle Island, opened his court there at eight o'clock at ni^ht ; that on the 18th ultimo he allowed the evidence of five or six young girls, the majority of them being under fourteen years of age, to be taken between such hours and ten minutes pjst four the foilowin 3 morning ; that about half-past three in the morning of the 19th ult., he either )'s*upd or prepared a wan ant for the arrest of a young lady, named Miss Marlow, wlio failed to appear before him sit that hour, to give evidence in a case then bcin* tried ?