THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 17 August 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881.

A special meeting of the Council was convened for Monday evening last, for the pure poae of passing a resolution to the effect— " That the Council invite the co-operation of other local bodies to agitate against the Abolishment of the gold duty," but owing to the want of a quorum the meeting was adjourned until the following day, when the whole business lapsed in consequence of the repeated non-attendance of Councillors. Mr Henry Heuer of this town received a communication last week from the Undersecretary to the effect that his Excellency the Governor, had been pleased to grant the applications for letters of naturalization, which had been made by Mr Heuer, All the necessary documents accompanied the communication, and as the application was only made a few weeks Bince the promtitude of officials is to be commended and should induce other aliens, who happen to reside in the district, to take advantage of the facilities fur naturalization now existing, especially as recent experience has taught them to what extent they may be worried by an inquisitorial and one-sided County Council and its servants. The following mining item was omitted from our report in last issue : — " Energetic—The main works of the company are progressing steadily and with favourable results as evinced by the crushing, which was brought to a termination on Saturday last. The cleaning up showed a very satisfactory yield for the amount crushed, and it was generally remarked that some coaraer gold had been struck tbaa that generally obtained from this mine. In addition to the regular operations, attention is also being directed to some smaller .reefs, which exist in the higher levels, and which have hitherto been overlooked as too insignificant. They are irow proved to be gold-bearing, but the precise quality cannot be fully ascertained until wore prospecting is done." The Bank of New Zealand anticipating an increased yield of gold in the district have commenced the erection of a new and more commodious smelting house, which for the sake of safety and greater convenience is detached from the main building. First-class furnaces with all modern appliances will render the treatment of tbe largest parcels a matter of eaay accomplishment, Mr Halse, of the Audit department, is visiting Reefton on an official tour of inspection of the books and accounts of the General Government offices in the district, which are subject to the control of the depaittnont. The Bhare market stillj^confinues brisk "Welcomes, United Alpines Golden Treasures, Fiery Cross', and Oust»in-Times, are at present the favorite slocka. The Fiery will start cru«hing in a day or two, and it is anticipated that the result will, as heretofore, piove satisfactory. The Justin-Time still keep the large body of stone in thi-ir low ifivel north; the reef continuing some 7 feet wide, and as it has tiovv been followed for the lust fort i. ig! it with theic dimension what at

first was looked upon as a bulge, which was likely to narrow down in a shift or two, has now agreeably surprised Mmreholclers by its holding out so long and ts probable continuance. The funeral of the late Mrs E. Smith, of Ahaura, took pluoe on Friday last, the remuing' being followed to ihe grave by over 100 people, from different paits of the Vulby. Two sons of the deceased, who reside in Canterbury, made (he journey from Chiistchurch to Ahanra within 30 hours, and, when at the Bealy Pass, were most kindly waited for by Mr and Mrs O'Mulley, who embraced the opportunity of testifying their respect to a district they had but just left, and where they were held in such esteem by all classes.- Grey Argus. ' Correspondence has been laid on the table of the House relative to the San Francisco mail service, showing the persistent efforts made by Mr R. J. Cre ; ghton to procure American aid to the service, also the strong appeal from the contractors for fines incurred through the late arrival at New York, owing to accidents, to be remitted, which both "New Zealand, and New South Wales firmly declined to accede to. The papers on the Suez mail service produced chiefly relate to the practice of the London Post Ofice to send by Suez letters not so directed, or even marked til *' San Francisco ; also charging only sixpence instead of eightence. The Knglish postal authorities decline to increase the postage via' Brindisi, but agree that letters shall rot be sent that way unless specially addressed. Tbe Melbourne postal authorities also object to extra postage charged by New Zealand for letters sent to England via Brindisi as an infraction of agreement. To this the Hon. J. Hall replies that no such agreement was made by New Zealand, and that this colony loses eigbtpence on every half-ounce letter posted via Brindisi, also that the^subsidy for the iLonthly mail steamers between Melbourne and New Zealand is sojheavy proportionately to the correspondence posted, that it will not be continued. A despatch has been* tabled „, from the Secretary of State to the Governor, intimating that in future the Grown agents were not to be employed by the colonies posses ing constitutional government. Begarding New Zealand. Lord Kimberley says :— ' While I have no desire to interfere with tbe arrangements under which the Crown agents are charged with the payment of interest on loans already issued by them, or with the redemption of these loans or their conversion into inscribed stock, I shsill be glad to learn that your Ministers are able without difficulty, to make other provisions for the transaction of all the business cqnneoted with any future New Zealand loans.' On this the Premier made tbe following memorandum to the Governor :— ' As regards any future New Zealand loan arrangements not involving the employment of the Crown agents will be made.' It is reported that the appointment of manager of the Wellington Trust, Loan, and Investment Company, vacant by the death of Mr Jonas Woodward, is s likely to be conferred on Mr Thomas Buchanan, who is about to retire from the inspectorship of the National Bank. The rogues wlio drilled into and blew opm the town safe in Mansfield, tbe other nighs, found, when they got it open, that it was not only empty but unlocked, and they could have opened the door by a turn of the handle. They were so mad and disgusted that they wondered they didn't die. Now all the banks will be adopting the Man si field plan. Of the lepers in San Francisco, Mr C.W. Stoddart writes in tbe Melbourne Review : — 1 There, are at this present writing 15 lepers in the Lazaret. They were all a few weeks since roaming at large in the city. They are not all alike ; with some the flesh has bpguu to wither and to slough off, yet they are comparatively cheerful. As fatalists it makes very little difference to them how soon or in what fashion, they are translated to the other life. There is one youth who, doubtless suffers some inconvenience from the dummy development of his case. This lad, about 18 years of age, has a face that is swollen like a sponge saturated with corruption ; he cannot raise his bloated eyelids, but with bis head thrown back looks downward over his cheeks.' A correspondent of the Scientific American says : ' Let anyone who has an attack of lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on tbe wound, and relie f will follow in less than a minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cut or bruise cold turpentine ; it will give certain relief almost instantly, Turpentine is also a sover-. eign remedy for croup Saturate a piece of flannel with it and place the flannel on the throat and chest, and in every case three or four drops on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly.' General Joubert, the Boer leader turns out, aft°r all to be an American,. He is a native of Uniontown, Fayette County, P., where he was born in the spring of 1841. His parents came from Holland previous to tbejwar. He was educated in the Uniontown public schools. When about 14 years of age he was tried on a charge of ossault and battery and acquitted. Soon after he left America, going to Holland and thence to South Africa. At the outbreak of the Confederate Rebellion he returned to the United States, served in the navy under Admiral Dupont, and afterwards as a capUin of a coloured company, under General Wetzel. He returned| to Holland after the war, and went thereafter to Africa again. His full name is Daniel Sturgeon Joubert, having been named after Senator Daniel Sturgeon, of Pennsylvania, who befriended Lie father. Dean Swift, hearing of a carpenter's falling through the scaffolding of a house which he wt>s repairing, remarked. that he liked to see a mechanic go through his]work promptly. Under the above heading we publish elsewhere a paragraph giving an account of the telegraphing of the New Testament to the 1 Chicago Times ' Mr Meddings, the Superintendent of Telegraphs here, has supplied

ua with a few figures which, without detrac! ing from the merit of the above feat, yet go to show thut the time occupied in sending the message was not by any means gcoJ — in ftct it wna beaten doub'e by the operators hero during the transmission of the Financial Statement. The Chicago message consisted 83 715 words; 19 wires were employed 6^ hours, and 2 wires 2£ hours, equal to 128J hours work for 1 * ire, This would give an ayorape transmission for the whole message of 651,5564 words per hour. The Financial Statement consisted of 11,000 words; 1 wire was occupied 3 hours 5 minutes, another 3 hours 15 minutes, and a third 1 hour 10 minutes, or a total for 1 wire of 7 hours 30 minutes. The Statement therefore came through at the rate of 1466.6 words per hour, a feat which reflects to the credit of the local operators. — Christohurch Press. The electors of Nelson have requested the County Council to petition the Government against the proponed redistribution of seatß. On the Council's suggestion that a public meeting should be h/ld, and an expression given in support of we petition, the largest and most unanimous meeting ever held in the local ty took place.' (The different interest's which existed in the existing electoral districts to those of tha proposed new districts were pointed out, and it was said that an existing constituency would be disfranchised by the adoption of.tftfe,pK>posals. The meeting resolved to send a petition through the outlying districts for signature. Mr B. King, of Mudgee (New South Wales) died from tetanus. He hid crushed the tip his finger a fortnight before. Uriah Speechley, sixty eight, has died at St: Peters, Sydney, from injuiies received by falling off a 6ft wall on to the handle of a bucket. A sum of £200 has been voted in the House of Representatives, for preserving the seeds and roots of indigenous plants likely to become extinct. This is how an accomplished society reporter, on a Dakota Territory paper, gave its readers an idea of a social, with the description of the costumes worn by the ladies at the party :—' Mary Anne Monroe, red frock, while sack, and hair bunched ; Emma Latrobe, yellows dress and high-heeled slippers ; Marisoßf Willougb by some kind of thin stuff, wb|te. and tied up with blue tape, and hair frfezed ; Jennie Murchinson, black clothes and ft feather in her hair; Ella Waxfork, red haif and gray suit flat in front and etuck out Itehind; Paulina Theiley, bigger'n a tub| and dressed to the top branch ; nhe had on a velvet outfit a mile long, and sixteen rows of teeth on her gloves ; her air was a dead yellow, tied up like a bag and a lot of vegetables in it ; Florence Leu, green dress, flipped with velvet, and hoisted up at |he side with eheck-nein ; Yinnie Hammersley, white net work with red streaks, walked with a limp hair frescoed.'