The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 21, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 21 November 1881, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOV. 21, 1881.

It is notified that the auction sale of house* hold furniture at the All Nations Hotel, Black's Point, will be continued by Mr p. Brennan, at 2 o'clock sharp to-day. Tbe Lyon'a Tourists hare thoroughly ingratiated themselves into public faror in Beefton, and as fop the ladies of tbe company they appear to have quite captivated the heads and hearts of the male population, and we are afraid that there is no hope for the scrip market so long as they remain. The bouse was again crowded on Saturday night, and the performance nuet with the warmest approbation! To-night Master Parlato will take 8 benefit, when be will appear in his un~ riralled character pf John Stofel, in the drama " Struck Oil,''* and as this is the piece of the company, it cannot fail to draw a large attendance. Mr P. W. Martin* Resident Engineer, and Mr C.l': O'Connor, reached Beefton from Nelson on Saturday tat. They rode overland, and inspected the proposed bridge sites at the Inangahua Junction, and other places on the route. They left for Grej mouth this morning, and on the way down will fix the site for the bridge over tho Little Grey at Bitera's. Pc many friend* of Mr C. M'Gaffin will learn with regret that the state of his health causes som 0 anxiety. For some days past Mr M'Gaffin has been confined to his bed, and on Friday last Mr John M'Gaffin was telegraphed for and arrived last night. A most extraordinary escape Irom instantaneous death occurred at Black's Point yesterday. A son of Mr B. J. Scoltock, a little fellow, about eight years of age, was passing the slip and was seen to fall over the preci* pice. Mr H. Llo>d, who was nearly a quarter of a mile away, saw the child fall over, and ran at once to the spot fully expecting to find that the little fellow had been dashed to pieces on the rocks below, but on nearing the place he was delighted to see the boy climbing the slip and within a few feet of the top. Mr Lloyd assisted him on to the road, and inquired whether he was hurt, »o which he coolly replied " No, only my arm is br ken," at the same time holding out his right arm showing that it was broken just above tbe wrist. The sufferer was at once carried home. The spot where tho boy fell is quite 60ft from the road, and the face of the slip almost perpendicular, and how he eacaped sudden death ia bardly less a mystery than how he managed to climb the slip with a broken arm. The All Nations Hotel, Black's Point, was. submitted to auction on Saturday last by Mr Brennan, and was knocked down to Mrs John WUliams for £140. The Grey Argus sfcntea that Mr Eae, secretary of the Despatch Foundry Company, has been deputed by Dunedin people tp inspect and report upon the quartz reefs here. It is stated that Mr Robert Stout will leave for Wellington fqr the purpose of defending Te Wbiti. Mr Stout's view? on the Maori question are well-known, and be has undertaken this defence solely from philanthropic motives.— Dunedin Herald. '.The Westport Times says:— Nominations of candidates for the Mayoralty were received on Wednesday and declared at noon. Two gentlemen were proposed :— John Munro. (the present holder of tb« office) nominated by John Hughes and Anthony

Horn ; and William Reeve Haßelden, nominated by Frank Sootgen and James Powell. The poll will be taken 23rd instant. The dividend paid by the Bank of New South Wales for the past year is at the rate of 17i per cent. A few days ago a woman walking along the Oroaa river, near Feilding, heard a piteouß moaning and on procceeding along tbo river bank, discovered a horse with a tree lying on top of him. On the opposite side lay the rider apparently Hfeles?. She at once raised an alarm and procured assistance. The Feilding Guardian is informed that the mad did not appear cut or bruised, but when picked up he was quite dead. It is thought that as he was riding along the river bank the tree, which wa9 a dead one, was blown over by the high wind, and unfortunately fell on the poor fellow. Mr Frank Guinnose, a Collingwood, has announced himself as a candidate for the Greymouth district. He has resigned his Government appointment. At an early hour yeaterdav morning (says the West Coast Times of the 15tb), as the Bteamer Charles Edward, which arrived here yesterday, was on he»- passage to this port from Westport. a young married woman named Mrs Ways, a steerage passenger, came from below and deliberately jumped overboard in front of one of the paddle boxes. She was never seen afterwards. It is believed her parents live in Greymouth, The Evening Post of Friday says .—-The B.it Kennedy, which was chartered by the Caswell Sound Marble Company, to convey men and stores to the Sound, returned to Wellington yesterday, bringing favorable reporls as to the prospeotsof the quarries. The Kennedy remained in the Sound for four days, and during that time the men had formed their camp a Bhort distance from the works. The manager writes to say that the stone is of admirable quality, and he expects to have 100 tons ready within a couple of months. He also states that Mr Makay, the Government Geologist, inspected the dove colored marble quarry, spoke highly of«ts quality, and thought blocks of immense size might be obtained. An American paper observes : ' The only genuine 'champagne* made in the United States is made in California. But a bogus champagne is made in Connecticut , and New Jersey. Rhubarb and cider with dried apples are the chief materials used: A recent oontraot is chronicled with a Connecticut Valley rhubarb planter for 2,000 hogsheads of rhubarb juice, to be used with the customary cider in the manufacture 'of the finer brands of foreign champagne/ A monster hotel has just been opened at Bockway Beasb, distance from New York about 40 minutes. It is seven stories high, is constructed of 31,200,000 feet of timber, and contains 1200 tooma. To the main floor there are fifty entrances. The front piazza is 1400 ft long 70ft wide, the piazza at either end of the building is 400 ft long and 56 wide. The kitchen has 22 steam tables. Three miles of sewer pipes have been laid, 30 miles of water pipe, and 32 of gns. Seven thousand people to dinner is not reckoned a ' boom ' by any means > News is to band from the Islands reporting that the trading schooner Atlantic, while visiting Solomon Group, was attacked by Natives in a most determined manner. A desperate fight took place between the crew of the vessel and the Islanders, during which several of the Kanakas composing the crew were killed, but the Natives were finally beaten off. An American paper avers that Washington drew his last breath in the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the last century, December 31, 1799. ' '" K The Frisco Evening Post states that Inger* soil's copyrighted infidel lecture was published in Chicago, and he is going to sue the publisher. The defence set up is novel. The publisher claims that the law does not recognize, and, therefore, cannot protect, a blasphemous production as property. A Mr Postlewaite, who is opposing Mr Wakefield for Geraldine, and who said he paid Mr Wakefield's expenses at the last election, stated at a meeting : ' He could tell them many things about Mr Wakefield, if he liked, which would make them shudder, but he had learnt them from him in confidence.' The following letter from Mr T. S, Weston to Mr A. B. Guinness Chairman of the County Council, will be read with interest by the people of the Grey generally, although only epeoially intended for the members of the County Council:— 1 The County Chairman, Greyraoath.- My dear Sir,— Will you convey to the County Councillors when in session my best thanks for the vote they passed and sent to me through you. Sioce my return to Parliament the furtherance of my constituents' interests baa been my one idea and object. I claim no credit for it, and am entitled to no thanks. 1 was but per* forming a duty and any little benefit that may have resulted from my actions may per' haps be regarded by ray numerous friends as a very small return for many favors accorded to me in the past. Time will determine whether or not t shall sit in Parliament again ; should Ido so however you will not be forgotten. Apart altogether from the social and other ties which bind me to you, I realise that the interests of the Grey and Inangahua districts are identical, and that each should do everything in its power to insure its neighbor's prosperity/ With members who enjoy the ooufidenee and respect of the House, and are earnest in the goldfields' cause, much prosperity should be in Btore for you, Believe me I remain yours very faithfully, T. S. Webtok. Cbristchurcb, 14th Nov, 1881.— Grey Argus.

Mr 0. V. Morgan, J.P., one jf the proprietors of the European Mail, is at present on a tour of Australasia. A politjdnn tauntingly raid to his opponent. What do you know about finance 1 know ' waa the reply • that it take* two atmes a great deal'better than yours and mine to get money at the bank. *