THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 24 August 1881, Page 2

THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNE SDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881.

Attention is directed to the advertisement in our columns notifying tbe adjournment of the R.M. and Warden's Court till the Bth duyj^of September next.

The prelimary step for striking the annual rate was taken by tha County Council on Monday evening, when the estimates of the proposed expenditure were approved of. The whole rateable value of property in the" County ia -£22,288, and the rate of Is in the pound, which it is proposed to levy, amounting to £1114 8s will, as usual, just balance the accounts to a fraction

Love's Juvenile Minstrels will arrive today per private conveyance, and will perform this evening ot Dawson's Hall. A novel, chaste, and refined entertainment is promised. This abonld draw a good house.

• It is some compliment to the practical knowledge and industry of Mr P. Q. Cuples, to find that Mr Jas. M'Kerrow, Secretary of Goldfielda, bas regarded Mr Caples' contributions upon mining matters to this paper, as of sufficient merit and importance to embody them ip his Annual Report to Parliament. In his Report upon the Goldfielda of the Colony, Mr M'Kerrow, says : — " Mr Caples, who has recently made the tour of the Victorian gold fields, was mpch impressed with what he saw tbejre of thet power" ful aids tbe quartz-mining industry has in the application of machinery, notably the efficiency of the diamond drill as a prospector, and of rock-drill, driven by compressed air, as an unwear'ed miner ' that can reduce the working expenses one-half and time 1 onefourth, aa compared with the ordinary ham-mer-and- drill labour.' In New Zealand^ where we bave ao much water-power running to waste, the application of tbis power to compressing air and driving rock-drills |wou!d soeta to be tbe prelude to a new era in quartz mining. It is desirable it should be.* And as Mr Caples baa favoured the public with a concise account of rock-drills and theirj latest improvements in a paper, which ia ope of a series in the Inangahua Tim?s, of the BtH June, 18^1, : t wili be to the pub'ic advantage that the opiniona and observations of one po experienced and trustworthy as he is, should be made further known on a matter so important, and with that view his remarks are given in full.'

It appears that a flutter has been paused in May^air by the arrival of an Australian millionaire. Sir Samuel Wilson has leased the town house of the Earl of Crawford, with the right of purchase, and a Society paper announces tbat he intends to do credit to the colony whioh he represents. In the last ballot for the Royal Colonial Institute the principle new member plocted was Sir George Bowen, np-w Goyernor of Mauritius. Two New South Welshmen haye also joined — Mr. Justice Fawcett and Mr Samuel Gray — and one Victorian, Mr Thomas Wanlis?.

Auckland, says the Observer, js cursed with a number of systematic loafers, who prey on the charitablyedisposed, begging money and spending it in drink. One of tbem weut to a city man, told a woeful story, and induced the gentleman to part with half-a-cown. Not quite satisfied, the gentlemen went to his office door, and saw tbe sturdy begger make for the nearest hotel. Taking a short cut, he was just in time to see the man call for a pint of beer and deposit tbe half-crown on the counter. ' No, you don't/ said the gentleman who leaned over tbe counter and got his, half**

crow back again.

What is known as dairy farming on the factory system is about to be tried in New Zealand, and the Otago Daily Times says its promoters are confident of success. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company have decided to erect a large dairy factory on one of tbeir properties, and to make a thorough trial of the system. Mr Brydono, the manager of the Company in an address to the Otago Agricultural apd Pastoral As* sociation, advocated the general adoption of the system, and placed a large amount of valuable information on the subject before the

meeting

Wellington readers will hail with joy the following paragraph in the Postma3te:rGeneral's report.-? :— ' The want of new offices at Wellington continues to be seriously felt. A new building baa Bgain been promised. A sum of money is to be placed on this year's estimates, and it is intended that ihe work shall be put in hand during the

current year.'

The South Australian Legislature lately rej'-cted a motion for payment of members by

22 tn 6.

The Cotopaxii' on her last voya?e to the colonies, brought £26,000 worth of new silver

coinage.

In the course of a very eloquent sermon at Sydney, the R^y. Dr Ellis remark ed that the mo?t, devout worshipper of God he hud ever known was u pnor bal lef-d -nicer ir. London She w.-is a widow, and was the -ole tuofiort o! her mother, two sisters, and three children.

Apples sent from Adelaide, fetched foirpt'nce per pound in the London market.

One thousand six hundred cases Of smallpox are now in the London hospitals- and the ep ; demic is increasing rapidly.

The Russian Government sent into Siberia durinp the month of May twelve thousand

convicts.

A yonng lady named Ida Foster, of San Francisco, daughter of Peter B. Foster (deceased), of the Morning Call, after quarrelling with her lover, took strychnine and died in his presence.

The Wellington correspondent of tbe Timavu Herald telegrnphed the following report of the close of tbe no-confidence debate :— ' When the House met last evening every gallery and every corner of available space was crowded to suffocation. The attendance of members, however, was not large for Mr Jone9 had possession of the House. He continued to read his speech for nearly an bonr, and a ten-hie infliction it was for them. Mr J. T. Fisher took . up the speaking in a nasty snpering speech, iu which be propounded tbe theory tbat not only the Judges, hut also tbe rest of tho Magistrates and Justices oi the Peace, ought to be elected and disrniased by the popular vote. Ue abused the Judges aud Magistrates yiotently, charging theni with drunkenness and that sort of evil living, declaring that some of them were oyer bead and ears in debt, and that he had seen tbeir dishonored bibs exposed in tlte" shop windows. He said when these charges were made to the Government the Ministers o' Justice actually refus d to dismiss the Judges and Magistrates unless their accusers proved their statements. This was loudly cheered by the Government party, and even tbe Opposition looked foolish at such a Btrange crime tying attributed to Ministers. A f ter a long tirade in this style Mr Fisher collapsed, and, nobody else speaking, the division followed, the votes being exactly as 1 had informed you they would be,

Our readers will remember the Rodanow watch swindle. It bas cropped up again in the report of the Postn,aater-Generara who make the following observations on tha subject , — • The extent to which bogus co:npaniea baye been established in tbe United States, and advertised for purposes of fraud ia well known. The evil had assumed such proportions th<*t the United States Post Office determinad, in the publio interest, to inters fere, and to intercept letters addressed to per* sons or companies known to baye been es« tablisbed and advertised for fraudulent purposes. One of these, the Rodanow Watch* manufacturing Company of Boston, recently advertised very extenaively in this colony, and numbers of persons eager to secure a firstclass watch at a moderate price, sent remittances to the so-called company. How many remittance letters from New Zealand may have reached the company it ia impossible to state, but by recent mails from New York 64 letters addressed to the Rodanow Watch- manufacturing Company. Boston, originated in thia colony, and covering bank notes, drafts, money orders on London, and postage stamps, to tbe value of £163, were returned to this office, which would otherwise have been lost to the senders but for the vigilance of tne Post office officials. It has been estimated tbat noHess than 207 persons or firms were, al the commencement; of this year, conducting throughout the United States fraudulent lotteries and q{;her schemes to defraud the public. It therefore behoves the public to be satisfied of the bona fides of advertisers. It is not always possible to de - tect fradulent companies in tbeir initial stages.' — Post.