THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 26 August 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,1881.

Tbe heavy snowfall on Tuesday last seems tobavedone some slight damage at Boat* man's, where the over-weighted trees and branches in falling down injured tbe fl inn ing of the Fiery Cross Company's race. This, however, did not prevent tbe company from finishing their crushing, which was going on. At the Jnst-in-Time, the tramway also received slight damage, bat not sufficient to interrupt tbe conveyance of stone. It appears also that the short track to Boatman's is almost cbokrd up wilh fallen limber. The next English and Europoan Mail via San Francisco will close at tbe Reef; on Office on Monday, the sth day of September, at 7 p.m. Mr William Gardner has been appointed agent for Stilwell and Bie ice's Eclipse and Viol or Turbines, and also for a Lime extract* iug heater of the same fivm, and invites ins apecticn of catalogues at bis residence lower Sb id-street, Eeefton. The Heater is a contrivance for separating and extracting lime and saline matter from tbe water used in steam boilers, for the purpose of preventing incrustation. It was currently reported in town yesterday, that negotiations are pending between Mr Win. Hunter of Dunedin, who is visiting the district, and our old friend Mr Pahfck Hunt, for the purchase of the Captain Cook Gold Mining lease, including the old Little Wonder claim, Lyell, of which the latter has been (he sole proprietor up till now. Mr Thomas Collins has courteously shown us a telegram from Mr R. Savage, Lyell, stating that a gold-beaviog reef 6 feet wide had been struck in tbe Welcome Gold Mining Lease lately applied for by Savage Bros., and comprising poHioDS of Matl bew Long's apd the Nonparioi old leases. The Tuesday's drey mail coaoh, which owing to the impassable state of the roads only reached here at noon on Wedaesd-iy, was despatched wilh tbe return mail yesterday morning, and having met the up coach at the Abaura returned again, and arrived at the usual hour last night— thus maintaining the communication uninterrupted. Love's Juvenile Minstrels gave their second performance last nigbt to a moderate house, and fully maintained their character as. {a very talented troupe of artists, well worth seeing. The entertainment, possessing as it does, the novel feature of juvenile actors, wbo reuder their parts like old veterans, is well deserving of patronage, and with tbe now apparent improvement in the weather, will, no doubt, command crowded houses for the two remaining performances. A Grand Matinee for Bcbools and families will be held to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon at 2 o'clock p.m. Tbe Grey Argus of August 23rd says :— Jame* Davidson, a miner at Orwell Creek, was killed to-day by an iron chain running through the pully over tbe poppet beads, striking him on the hend. Deceased was a native of tbe north of Ireland, was 45 years of age, and leaves a wife and fire children His life was insured in tbe Mulual Provident Insurance Company. The committee, appointed by tbe R.V.F. B. to arrange for a series of forto'ghtly literary and musical entertainments in aid of the funds of the brigade, submit a very attractive programme in our advertising columns, for the evtning ol Tuesday, ihe 30ih instant, at Dawson's Hall, and as tbe price of admission is fixed at tbe low figure of one shilling, it is hoped ihut the disinteresUd services rendered by the brigade will be publiplj recognift'd by a bumper hou?e.

The approach lending to the two places of worship in Church-3treet is almost impas* sable owing to the clay which Coins the rising ground, having formed into a slippery mud during the recent bad weather. As a great deal of traffic goes over this ground especially on Sundays, the Council should order a few load* of gravel to, be spread along the roadway, where required. The death is reported of. Dr Howson, of Otali, who came out to New Zealand 30 jeovs a2o ia the same sh'p as Sir William Fox. It i* Eta led that James Gordon Bennett, ibe propritor of tbe New York Herald ia about to many a daagliter of Pierre Bona* parte. Tbe yie'd of oranges Uvs season in tbe northern districts . of Auckland is said to be eiceed : ngly prolific. Tbe Libels in the Old Country with Mr Gladstone at their head, are now termed by advanced politicians the Aristo liberals. Lawrence boasts of an ' old indentity ' who turns the scale at 27«t 31b. The first instalment, consisting of 120 toes of rails for Ibe local tramways, has arrived at Invercargill. A sailor in Sydney (says tbe Herald) being unable to get into his lodgings by the front door on Tnursday nigbt, determined to enter down the chimney. He lowered himself 4or 5 feet, and then got slack, and was unable to move up or down He cou*d not be removed until the Assistance of tbe police aid others was obtained lo b*eak ia tbe wall over tbe fireplpce. Wben got out, be was insensible, and bad to be removed to Ihe infirmary , where he quickly recovered. At aa inquest upon a lady ia Melbourne a few days ago, who bad died from tightlacing, it was shown by the post-mort»ra examination that tbe poor creature had so abused the form which nature had given her that sh» bad actually two etomaobb, like a camel. In these latter days women are encroaching upon our empire in aU difeotions, end the various walks of l ; .i"e which men have hitherto considered exclusively their own, are be» ginning lo be trodden by ibe fairer portions of humanity. Instances ace not wanting to illustrate tbe truth of tbe remark, and one took place yesterday. A lady hailed a bus in Collins street, but failed to catch th 9 driver's eye, and thereupon she put ber fingers in her mouth, and emitted a whistle which brought the vehicle to a stop, and mij-ht have aroused the enyy of the king of tbe catcallera.in the gods. A numerously signed petition in favor Wessel repeiving, as he is justly jantftledjto, £500 as tbe prospector of the Seventeen Mile will be forwarded to Parliament in a few days. , The special correspondent of tbe West Coast Times telegraphs as follows :— Mr Wes* ton asked in the Assembly to day if Govern* ment had received the report of Dr Gilo and Mr Mueller in Ksnrick's case, and if Government would lay same on tbe table of the House. The Minister of Justice said Govermneot had received the report, but did not consider it advisable fo lay same on the table of the House. I have not yet seen the report but am given to understand it does not convey that the specific charges are fully born out : but sufficient proof has been adduced to show irregular habits on the part of tbe officer complained against. Government will in compliance with report remove Kenrick to some other district. The molher of tbe talented authoress 1 George Elliot ' is still alive in Hobart, Tasmania, and has reached the ripe age of ninety. The younger of the two princes (says the Sydney Echo) is a born diplomatist. At a ball the other evening he was anxious to smoke a cigarette, but did not like to prefer a point-bank request to bis tutor, as it would probably have met with a refusal. He accordingly hit upon the expedient of asking a welUkoown rev. gentleman and some friends in the company if they would have cigarettes, and in courtesy they consented. Having taken tbe precaution to reserve three or four cigarettes for himself, he asked the rev. father if be would be kind enough to ask bis tutor to permit him to smoke. Tbe father, of course, complied, and the necessary permission having at once been obtained, his youth* iul highness chuckled at the success of bis diplomocy, and bad bis coveted smoke. Tbe Chronicle a leading London journal, admits editorially that '.(here is less crime committed in Iroloqd than in any olber p*rt of tbe United K'ocdonj. I? it w e »c not for agnrian outrages tbe Emerald Isle migbt cerlaio'y claim to be exceptionally virtuous, for tbe whole island appear* to be singularly free from those crimes of violence which are far two com* mon in this country. Irishmen do not beat their wives <o death, nor kick the life out of those with whom they bare a atauding gvievanre.