THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 30 September 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1881.

Tha Wellington correspondent of the Christchuroh Press, speaking upon the Bailway Construction Bill, says :—•" The Council has read the Railways Construction and Land Bill a third time and passed it. The amendi ments made are so numerous that it is almost impossible to realise the full effect till 1 the Bill is re.printed, bnt Mr Weston and 1 other members who bave taken special in* terest in the Bill tell me they do got think the efficiency of the Bill has been materially impared by the amendments made." Tbe tender of Mr Jas. S. Fitch has heen accepted fpr the erection of new premises 1 in central Broadway for the Inangah.i Timks. A meeting of the Inangahua County Ooun» cil was called for Tuesday evening last, but had to he again adjourned, owing to the absence of a quorum. A meeting has heen convened for next Tuesday evening. The monthly concerts inaugurated by the file brigade seem to be gaining fresh popularity on each repetition, the attendance at the concert on last Tuesday evening having exceeded tbat of any preceding one. It is needless to say that the whole affuir passed

off very pleasantly, and gave the fullest satis faction. _he concerts have had the effect of adding considerably to the reputation of oar local vocalists, many of whom, having become familiarised to the dread of a -p-bHo audionce, do much better justice to their powers, and tbis is conspicuously the case with the ladies. It has been suggested thatthe hospital might be permitted to share with the brigade in l\\i good fortune. The man who tells two loaves of bread where only one was sqld before, is entitled to he regarded as a public benefactor. Mr John Dick, of tha Glasgow Bakery, Broadway, announces that he is prepared to supp'.y bread in any part Qf the town at sixpence per 41b loaf. The predictions of a favorable fruit season in thejinangabqi are ao far in a fair way of rer alisatipn. In the more favorable situations the stone-fruit trees are loaded with blossom, while gooseberry and currant vines promise an extraordinary yield. Mr Minderman's orohard at the Inangahua Junction in appearance more resembles a piece of Tasmanian scenery than West. Coast cultivation, so luxuriant is the growth. The quantity of snow on tho ranges, however, is ominous of late frosts, and fruit growers need to be on the watch. Ttisnot with any desire to reflect upon Vth. fti. .i\f i^i-hn hWaf : i> fiiiU .ri nttiaatoa which has been coflspicviQUs on many occasions of late. Whenever the fire-hell rings -there seems to be a disposition, on the part of the members to wait to see whether there is any necessity to run out the hose and complete the coupling. This is beyond doubt a mistake. Immediately that the locality of a fire has been ascertained, the business should be to at once bring the engine into play, quite regardless of tho nature or extent of the fire. No better praotioe could possibly offer, and by timing the performances a good test wpuld be afforded of the progress in efficiency. While on ihe subject we may also poiut out the advisibility of either restoring the fire-bell to its old position, or removing the hoarding which now surrounds it, mufflthe tone, and reducing the sound to that of a bell half the size. As it is the bell is almost useless anywhere out of Broadway. ' This matter is io important that it ought not to be overlooked. The committee of the Diamond Drill Com* pany met at Mr Jones' office on Wednesday evening last, when the form of the prospectus was decided upon, and authorised to he advertised in our Monday's issue. We learn that Mr Charles M'Gaffin is still in yery indifferent health ; he left Nel* eon for Wellington yesterday. Tbe acquittal of M'Oahey in the Supreme Court, Hokitika, on Wednesday evening last was made known in Beefton by private teles grams almost directly after. The verdict created no surprise, indeed the result had been generally predioted aright. The Paris correspondent of the Age says :— The new Press Law lias come also into operation. Its great advantage consists in having codified the laws bearing on the press, and which extended from the First Republic down to the Third, and as tyrannous as they were contradictory. No caution money is henceforth required to be deposited before starting a poiitioal journal, but all parties to the editing, publishing and sale of a news* paper are held responsible for its misdeeds. Foreign journals can enter freely ; only an order-in-Council can suppress that privilege. Every institution, can gow be censured, save the President ofthe Republic. No outrage on public morals ie to he permitted. There are a few clauses rather hard for editors, but these can be reformed by the new legislature. -Relations with England are cool and polite. Friend John is in a suspicious mood, and while accepting all pacific assurance of disinterestedness &c, keeps his eyes uncommonly wide awake. To bring the commercial troaty to an issue, he declines further negotiations till the French put their con. ditions in a praotical form, and in the promised liberal spirit. Otherwise he will have nothing to db with the matter. His attitude is quite correct. The treaty has the air very much at present of a fiasco. The French believe England will accept gladly any conditions rather depart from ideal free-trading. English traders here have largely modified their views on theoretic commercial freedom in presence of the increasing continental ' blockade against British products. If the role of England be to teach nations bow to live that necessarily implies she is not a pigeon to be plucked by cosmopolitans. For the moment no commercial treaty with France , is tbe resolve. The correspondent of the Daily News says that the recent trial has distinctly raised the reputation ofMidhat Pasha, thrown great doubts on the question whether Abdul Azizwas murdered, and created so far as can be judged, the impression that the whole of the proceedings were prearranged, with the ob - ject of getting rid of Midbat Pasha and other . obnoxious persons. The sentences of death , passed upon Midbat Pasha and others found guilty of the murder of the Sultan Abdul Aziz were confirmed by the Court of Appeal in Constantinople. Lord Dufferin advised , the Porte that a very favorable impression , would be produced by the exercise of the Sultan's clemency. The correspondent of the i Standard learna that it is now (J,uly 14) , quite oertain the Sultan will pardon the cons : demoed Pashas banishing them to some re- > mote place, the Sultan's ends being attained by proving Abdul did not commit suicide. i The Westport Times says :— A great number of residents of Westport and surrounding townships are suffering from influenza. At Waimangaroa the complaint is very prevalent, . and bas resulted in the school being closed. ; The cold appears to have assumed the charai ter of an epidemic, and shows no signs of : abatement. It is accompanied by violent pains in the bones, i The Otago Daily Times Btates that at a recent sale in Sydney, Mr Wentworth ; gave £2200 for the racehorse Waxy, who : is atpresent a great favorite for the Melbourne i Cup. ! Canterbury potatoes were sold by auction

in Auckland last week far £1 per too, bags included and delivered to store. The Kieff newspaper * Labour' publishes a telegram from Pontivel, ia the province of Koursk, which states that 119 men and girla, haviDg been sbut up in a barn by the steward of a property called tbe Bolgin for refusing to work, were all burned to death by a village mob settipg fire to the building. One person has been arrested, apd confessed to his share in the crime. The • Golos,' in reproducing this news, characterises the story as inoreditable. lt is stated that a detective has beeu killed at a secret meeting to watch the proceedings. He was placed on the table, and his throat was cut. Similar murders abound in the provinces, whither the Nihilists have transferred (heir activity from the capital " '- "- The Jewish Chronicle says—' There are several schemes under the attention of the Forte for the settlement of the Turkish national debt. One of the schemes originally included a proposal, first started in our columns, that has a particular interest for Jews. It embraced the provision that Turkish bonds should be exchanged, in proportions to be agreed upon, for Crown lands. It is well known that there are a large number of Jews in Russia, Hungary, Roumania, in the Holy Land iiself, and other parts of .tlij fc_.y..l.l__«__ri" af mnn in l'tllft mflflm. fttltftl* prise, and industry — who would be glad to settle in Palestine as colonists if land could be acquired on reasonable terms and with indefeasible title. Bhould the Porte events ally agree to tbe proposal, the purchase of lands in Palestine and Syria would be much facilitated, with advantage to the state and the purchaser.' We (Nelson Mail) understand that Mr William Clarke of Melbourne, who has for the last two years been engaged in forming a Company and arranging for the working of the petroleum and paraffin springs nearGis* borne, has made arrangements for the cons ditional purchase ot tbe Champion Copper Lode Association's property in Aniseed Val* ley. Mr Clarke visited the spot on Wednesday last and was xxo thoroughly satisfied with the prospect*- that he had no hesitation in making the necessary arrangements, which he has no doubt will be carried out in a month from now, and that very shortly afterwards work will be commenced vigorously as th* .parties immediately connected with the undertaking are men ofthe highest standing in Melbourne. Jtis exceedingly satisfactory to learn that there is at last a chance of copper mining being commenced on a large scale in Nelspn, aud there is good reason to hope that this may lead to the further development of the mineral deposits with whiob the district is known to abound. At a Liberal demonstration at Ballarat on the 12th Mr Berry made a long speech, criticising Sir Bi O'Loghlen's Government, and giving a resume of the proceedings and aims of the liberal party since 1875, He took full credit for the" recent Reform Bill, and urged his audience to avail themselves of it by returning Liberals. He claimed approval for tbe advancement of the .interests of the colony under recent administration, and finally recommended the party to work together to abolish plural voting. Mr Yale al- ' so epoke. 'He considered tbat the Governor was partial in granting a dissolution to Mr Service, refusing Mr Berry. The meeting carried a _eßolu' , ion'expressing confidence in the late Ministry. Delegates from the Reform League met afterwards and adopted a programme. Since his committal for the murder on the Brighton Bailway, LeFroy has engaged himself in an elaborate correspondence with his solicitor and bis immediate friends and relations. In that correspondence he still persists in his innocence, and is as emphatic as ever in his repudiation of the plea of insanity which haa been suggested on his behalf. The officials of Scotland Yard are still prosecuting their inquiries with the view of discovering the missing watch. They regard tbis as a most important piece of evidence, 1 but are afraid that all trace of it is lost, and that the prisoner haß destroyed it. Tbe search for tbe pistol is still continued along the line by the servants of the railway corns ' I pany and the East Sussex Constabulary. A disgraceful scene, culminating in a free fight, took place the other night in Argyle Free Church. Glasgow. A meeting was held against the wish of the minister, who took the chair, but refused to constitute the meeting. Another chairman was openiug the proceedings with prayer, when he was seized by tbe throat and assaulted. A general disturbance followed, women joining iv it as well as men- Only one, however, was detained, on a charge of assaulting a church officer. Tbe reporters were subsequently expelled from ; the meeting.