THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 2 December 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1881.

A meeting of tfaareholdert in the South Venus Company was he\4 at Mr Lee's office on Monday evening last, when it was decided to register under the Mining Companies' Act. Mr Lee was appointed manager, and Messrs Bruce, Dunn (W.), Collins, M'Eenny, . and Potts, directors. The company's ground adjoins the lease of the Venus Company. Mr John Dawson is th 9 first of the suffers by tbe fire to prepare to rebuild. Carpenters have arrived lrom Qreymontb, and Mr William Arnott, builder, has tbe plan of the new structure in readiness for the workmen. The required timber and iron has been ordered, and the construction of | the work will be pushed on both nfght and ! day* and a very few weeks will no doubt see Mr Dawson reiustated upon his former site. In tbe meantime the business is beiug carried on in the premises opposite and known as Kelly's fcottf. Tbe nomination of candidates for the Inangahua seat in the House of Representatives took place at the Court-bouse, Reefton, on Wednesday last at noo/i, Mr H. Luoas, being Returning Officer. The following candidates were duly proposed ; —Mr T. S. Wesson, proposed by Mr W. H. Jones, seconded by Mr J. I. Aiken. Mr B. Beeves, proposed by Mr T. Lee^ seconded bj Mr J. Shields. Mr W. M'Lean, proposed by B. Oxley, seconded by C. Maoquarie. The show of hands being in favour of Beeves. The Be^roing Officer stated that the names of persons acting as scrutineers, and the places of committee roQms.^ would have to be given to him in writing not liter than Satura day, December 3rd: Mails for the United Kingdom ?ia Naples and Australian Colonies per Albion, close at noon Saturday, 3rd fasten.^ at the Bluff. Sir James Weir Hogg made a fortune in India, and his wife holding a distinguished place iq London fashionable circles gave splendid parties. It is said that a young blood, meeting one of the Misses Hogg at ball, and not knowing her name, asked if she was going to a party at tbe 'Piggery.' Her naive reply wast 'Oh I'm one of the litter/ ? The Otago Times says t— Does anyone know what those confounded Maoris have cost us from beginning to end ? We have some reliable data down in 1877 from Parliamentary returns and the figures are appalling. They are as follows :— Taking first period from 1856x7 to 1878*4 we find that the expenditure for defence purposes was no less than £3,331,065 out of loan »nd £991,410 416 out of revenue. $or the three years subsequently 1876-7 the defence expenditure $808,434 put of revenue, and 227, 308 out of loan; The expenditure for those miscellaneous objects known as Native purposes, and whioh include a good mtny of those transactions known as i the ruzar-and blanket policy,' up to the year 1876-7 was no less than £801,497 We may safely add for these several objects for the four years ending 1880-81 another million, and we have thus a grand total indeed, considering the scant rerult gained by t: