THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 October 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1881.

A call of sixpence per share has been mpde by the Eureka Company. Our Lyell correspondent writes- that the revival of mining there has now become almost general throughout the field, and the number of hands employed in tho different mines is now nearly as high as it was in the best days of the field and the inhabitants are full of hope tor the future of the placa. Tenders Bre invited by the United Alpine Company. Lyell, for five hundred feet of driving. The tenders will close on Saturday next, at fhe imager's oflice, Lyell. Although no effort has been spared either by the police or the friends of the deceased, no tidings have been obtained of 'the body of David Condy, and there is now but little hope pf its ever being repoyered. A number of Beefton « roe .iti' left this morning for Mount Arthur, in the Kelson 1 distriot, for the purpose of inspecting and reporting upon the quarts lodee there. For some months past tht title to thejfotmd has heap ip dispute, but the original occupant, James Burns, petitioned the House at i the iMtgwsioi), -with the result that he has 1 been confirmed in his possession, and is now ' making arrangements to plaoe the property ( upon the market. The prospects of the reel ere said to be very encouraging, but we shall r be in possession of more oomplete informat tion 90 the subject in {he courts gf q few r days. t Speaking about the Indian goldfields the 1 London World says:— lt requires but little | experienoe of' oompany mongering to recognise that many of the more recent gold- | mining companies, put pn the, market by , speculators under shelter ot tbe success of • the early ventures, are sure to, prove dismal failures. The promoters of some of them j after a year or two, may be fummoned, to unwilling rende*yous at the Mansion Honse, and. as often happens, the more innocent may t have to suffer for the sins of the really guilty, It old story. Legitimate openings in any line of enterprise are sure to tempt bas e imitators into the field. But {hat should • not discredit the original projects. Beoause men will gamble with counters, and put then* money in gp]d~miniug shares as they would stake money for the Derby, tbat is no reason why a gretafr enterpr'se, fraught with ■ enormous benefits to India and the British Umpire, as we belive these gold discoveries in Southern India will prove, should be ar- - rested w discredited. Mr Hyde Clarke, in a useful paper on * Oold in India,' just pub* L Hshed, *yt bt haa, for two years foreseen that in all livelihood thert would be a gold mania, and that speculation would take the form of gold-mining. But that has nothing to do with working bona-fide gold-mines jq, India or anywhere else, We have heard the opiuion expressed by men who knew what thoy wers speakr'ng about, tbat, if only ade. qoate skill is brought to bear, the results io 1 India are likely to exceed anything witnessed in either California or Austya% Thjt means— if the expectation be realised— an immense addition to the world's stool; of the precious metal, possibly a gold coinage for India, and, at all events, the appreciation of silver, so that loss on exohange will oease, and a mighty stimulus . applied to universal trade. We are on the eve, if appearance lie not, pf a gteat upward bound in tbe world's commerce, and enterprise. Inflation may be expeoted to go along with anything of tbe sort. It always does. Gambling dogs enterprise ac the shadow the substance. The numerous mining oompanies lately formed will not all prosper. But though gamblers lose premiums, and the capital in some instances is swamped also, fair mining will giye fair results, and in some instances large dividends. In any case, whatever the fate of individual companies, both India and Rng* land stand to be gainers from the opening up of the goldfields of Wynaad. In Sandhurst, Victoria, tbere is a venerable couple who hart been married 60 years, and botb aye still in robust health. The Bendigo, Independent says thai they intend eele* brating their A-ta\ wedding day by what Is known under such exceedingly rare eirenmstanpes as ' a diamond wedding,' tQ, Wbfeh a large number of invitations bave been issued Mr and Mrs. L. Lewis, tbe happy couple ren ferrsd to, are aged respectively 94 and 84. The .. ' diamond wedding ' the second only that oan be remembered as having been celebrated in the colony, is announced to take place on the 25th instant, and ' all the world and his wife ' are incited to the bappy event. Men's wages in this oountry (writ* the San Frenoiseo correspondent of a eantemporary) are always paid by the day or month. month's work on land, aod thirty days a month on the water. The employed have the same right to quit work whenever they please as the employer bas in discharging them whenever he wishes to. The employed receive pay for only the actual time they work. With a few exceptions, ten honrs constitutes a day's work all over the United Btakes, and there does not appear to be muoh smoking or beer drinking done during this time. The wages paid baying, harvest, and threshing hands average from 8s to 12s per day ; carpenters and cabinetmakers, lOs • bricklayers, stonemasons, and miners, 12s ; farm hands, teamsters, stegedriveis, millmen lumbc-fmen, and shepherds, from £6 to £10 per month and boarded. The Timaru Herald remarks in its usual agrcable manner, that the noble army of car. pet baggers whose who'e idea of politios is to get as much as they can, bate Mr Hall and his friends more cordially than ever. With one exception. The member for Geraldine perhaps the most unblushing political turncoit ard office seeker in the House, sticks to his friend Hall closer than a brother, and will no doubt continue to adhere to tbat worthy gridirpner hke wax, until tbo Putyio Works

_■_■_■_____■_■_■• IM__«HW WaMaHaaHa ß««ri_aM_— — >; rort folio is pi yen away. Mr WukelL-ld moy happen to be again disappointed, in which case he will certainly rat once more. The Loafer in the Street relates the following :— ' A distinguished actor, well known in Christchurch, and whole name rhymes, with dove, has distinguished himself. Like Mr Seddon he some, lines takes curious liberiies with iho English language, and after some very funny speeches lie made in 'Our Boys,' I believe it was on. the West Coast, a notice appeared next morning on the prompter's board to this effect :— 'Mr is recommended to make a little more acqpaintance with Mr Lindley Murray.' Turning to a fellow pro. who was with him he asked, 5 ' Whojis thi^ Lindley Murray, 'Pil knock ppqfs off him.' As the reporters had h been rather rough on the distinguished, actor % "he" thttught Lindley Murray must be one of them, and he called on one of the editors of the local papers to complain of his hard usage. ' Have you a reporter on your '. ;iag o'f-a paper,' ssfd the Titian, ' called Lindley Murray ? ' 'I believe,' said the editor, ' be has been dead for some years. { ' It's lucky for him,' responded the actor, ' or ( 1 would here knogked the stuffing oat of (he . swine.' _And lie passed slowly down the _ stairs leaving tbe editor i% .convulsions of , laughter/ Ap iippsing psp was, brought l'jjp^ -|_€i Supreme Court the otherjlayby bur West pPotot lewyen. : f4^^ tq depide questions of a dissolution of partnership bet^ee%Mandl and ijtennurd, and the learned jjadge cut the gordian kqot in a j few roigute*, by granting a di-wolutiop from the Bth of January last, and informed the ' plaintiff there, was neither a case for the jury neither could the mortgagee be, compelled to give up the books of the conoern, of which he , hed foreclosed, aad that he * oould sit upon them till hie money was paid.' And the lawyers and a jury were to sit on the shells , of the oyster this time. ■ An agitation has been got up in Wellington > in favor pf appointing a Solicitor as Town Clerk, on aooount of the excessive law costs which have been paid by the Wellington Corporation during the last three years, ' amounting to the enormous sum of £3303, and as compared with the costs incurred in Christchurch of. £$92, and in Auckland , £547, for six years, just double the time. The Council, however, do not se v «n to approve of the idea of appointing a lawyer to the. poei* tion, as a motion to that effect has been [ negatived. Tbe castoraoil-tree is now being extensively cultivated at Tauranga, and . the Bay of Plenty Times states that several children have b^en poisoned by eating tbe berries. Io two or three cases fatal results were feared. No matter how truthful a man may be , through life, he, is to lie |t the point of death. Some author cays that one of the uses of adversity is to bring us out. That's true— particularly at the knees and elbows.