THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9. 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 November 1881, Page 2

THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9. 1881.

The following nominations were received last night for the Inangahua Cup : Forester, Half-caste, Te Aroha. Longlands, Warriral, j Lillipie, Sir Stafford. \ As we were going to press information j reached u»of the death of Air Michael George Green. The death created the greatest con; st( rnation owing to its awful suddenees, as i lie deceased sras apparently well aud about town in the afternoon. The interest in (he shara market was fully strained yesterday, and exoitement showed no abatement. Golden Points and Keep-it-Dark 9 remain iirm at 20* nnd 45s respectively. There was a great run yesterday on Fiery Crosses, which advanced from nbout 7s 6d to 17s 6d, and come heavy "pots" were made by local holders. There was an :'M<i|e enquiry for Morning Sturs, 29 ? |being freely offered, but as far as we could learn no ; seller* could be found at that figure. All day long the streets were crowded with pecipli^x^Wboje ardour was in no way affeeteil by the frequent showers of rain whtah'ilil: throughout the day. The business dondT through the telegraph office has been very large, and outs'de capital is flowing into the district with a readiness quite unexampled. By a private telegram from Dunedin we learn that the excitement in mining/ shares is hardly less intense than it is in Reefton. The different brokers offices are besieged with npeculato«> and the •' latest from the front " in the shape of Reefton quotations is the signal for renewed activity. Messrs Aiken and Oyerend have officially withdrawn from the contest for tbe Crushington election. Transactions in Golden Point shares were active yesterday, and closing sales were firm at 20i. Tbe mine was visited by many persons yesterday, and one and all unite in pronouncing a bigh opinion upon it. Two distinct lines of reef have been disclosed, and somo of the stone is said to be equal to 20oz per ton. The discovery being in a part of the district not yet prospected, has led to tbe best expectations for the future of the locality, and the ground has been pegged off in all directions* Mr Beeche and others inspected the mine on Monday last, and express themselves as thoroughly satisfied with the quality of the stone. The buss in Ibe share market quieted down a little yesterday afternoon, although quotations remained firm, and there was no seabt Of buyers in the leading lines. News was brought to town last night that the reef in tbe Golden Point is still making, and now presents a substantial body . There was some inquiry for InglewootU yesterday. Morning Stars were in active demand last night,, and sales were effected |t,2s. Tbe ftiverton paper un&rs|ands that a fund, amounting to £2000, IfJsiHen raised by the Chinese for the purpose of exhuming the bodies or bones of deceased T)hinamen in New Zealand and conveying them to- China, where they are supposed to find a more sacred place of sepulture. A ship is to be chartered for the jrarpoge*. That distance lends enchantment to the view is once more proved. A correspondent of the Riverton Star writes :— ••' We have just received a letter from two old identities who left here for the Mount Prowne (N.S.W.) tagging* a ft* weeks ago, viz., Messrs R. O'Brien and J. Ratry. They were disappointed with tbe place, and wish they had never seen it. Their opinion is greatly in favor of New Zealand, which has advanced 100 per cent. in their estimation.' An American paper say*: William Sprague, of Rhode Island, has spent a fortune of 12,000,000 dollars left him by his father during the last 20 years. As he didn't start a daily paper to fill a long»felt want, it ia difficult \o understand how he expended so much money in that period. If he employed a plumper three months a year, he ought to still have a couple of thousand left. News has reached the Lyell (theLyell Times of the 22nd nit. reports) that a serious accident had befallen the Nelson and Hampden coach on the trip to Hampdeu recently . It appears that shortly after leaving Troweru,' about 18 miles from Nelson, one of the tracechains broke, and Mr Newman (the driver) and a passenger got off the coach for the purpose of adjusting it, giving the reins to Mrs T. O'Rourke, of Hampden, who was a passenger. While thus engaged, the horses became restless, and bolted, going along a very steep and dangerous sideling at a furious pace. Approaching a curve in the road, Mrs O'Rourke pluekily jumped off tbe coach, falling some distance below tbe road. In rounding the curve the coach capsized . and horses and vehicle, were precipitated down a steep bank, /alhng iv a heap across a large log. Three of the horses escaped injury, but the fourth is v< ry badly hurt ; tbe coach is said te be a total wreck. We regret to learn that Mrs O'ftourke is very severely injured, beiog much bruised about the legs and body, but we ore not aware whether any bones are broken. The sufferer was taken back in a trap to Nelson, for the purpose of having her itijurieo attended to. The mail* were brought into Harapdon on horseback. The damage to the coach and horse will piove a serious lobs to Mr Newman. | From a late Nelson paper we learn that Mrs O'Rourke bad both her ankles dislocated. [ A dinner table, ibe centre of which is occupied by a lake containing gold and silver j fish and rocky isiets, from whioh fountains and palms ariae, having banks of green lycopofiiums that have just enough space for the plates and glasses of guests, is a remarkbble feature of Lord Charles Beresford's din-'ng-room. Mr John Bright, at home, lives with his now motherless family in quiet unostentation m becomes a Quaker. His library is a

I notable feature in hi* modest home close by the mill, 1200 volumes of which were bought frp lim at a cost of £5043 by bin admirers a'ter the Com Law League had fulIllled its mission. Tho team of English professional cricketers, nnw on their way to Australia, havp alrcorly pared tw.) mntches in the States. In their match at Philadelphia little intorest was taken, and the Englishmen had an easy victo y. A day or two afterwards they played n match against a New York eighteen, whom ihey beat in one innings. The G eymouth Star say-': — The contest between Mr Guinness an.'] Mr Kilgonr for the Puroa Riding, it likely to be a very keen one indeed nnd it is difficult to say who shall prove victor, The supporters of both are very sanguine of success, and we firmly believe that not more than two or three votes will be between the two, when tbe pol is declared. Both are eugag'd activel? canvassing for support. Mr Kilgour addresses a meeting at Gilbert's this evening, and at Pivoa on Saturday, while Mr Guinness addresses the ratepayers at tbe same pluses on Friday and Monday. Mr Marcbant, speaking at the Wellington Philosophical Society on the effect of floods in Canterbury, Mid he had surveyed that blook of cruntry, and believed that the destruction of the timber bad a baneful effect in increasing the rapidity with which the storm water ran off the mountains. He instanced the case of the Rimutaka and Tamrua ranges, and stated that if the clearing of tho forests was continued, the result would be the scouring out of all the valuable lands in the Huft and Wairaiapa Valley. Bush reserves were now being made to avert this disastrous result. The Wairarapa Daily complains of the scarcety of bush hands in the Wairarapa. It adds :— c Farmers will do well to prepare themselves for a scarcity of hands during tbe next harvest. It is very evident that good labor is obtainable now on a very limited extent, and that in a few months wages will be' bigh and men hart) to obtain.'