THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 14 December 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1881.

An inquest was held by Or. C. Bowman, Esq., Acting Corouer, on Saturday, the 10th instant, at tbe hospital, touching the death of William Baillie, who was brought down to the institution on the erening of the Bth instant, suffering from injuries reoeived through a fall of earth at his claim in Lankey Gully. The evidenoe of Dr Thorpe, who had made a post mortem examination, went to prove that the deceased had sustained a fracture of the lower part of tbe spine with laceration of the spinal cord and of the kidneys quite sufficient to cause death. C. R.Nelson deposed to having worked together with de* ceased on the day of the accident, and that whilst Baillie was working in the face of an open cutting at about 6 o'olock p.m. a block of rock weighing about 25 cwt fell down, a portion of whioh caught the deceased. He was immediately extricated, and with the assistanc. of George Jones and others, brought down to the hospital. D. O. Preshaw, the house steward to tb. hospital, said tbat the deceased was taken in about 8,30 p.m. suffering from internal injuries, and tbat be was examined by the doctor upon his admission, and that the instruction of tbe doctor were duly carried out, but that death ensued about 20 miuutes past eleven the same n'ght. Thomas Baillie, merchant, of Westport, a brother of deceased, stated tbat the remains were those of his brother, who was a native of County Down, Ireland, and about 54 years of age: Tbe jury, by tbeir foreman Mr James Connolly, brought in a verdict in accordance with the evidence produced. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Morning Star Quartz Mining Company, was held at Mr Wise's Office, on Monday evening, Deeembflr 12. The balanceasheet and report of outgoing directors were received and adopted, Messrs M'Laugblin, Grieve, Mathe.oq, Casley, apd Hansen, were appointed directors. Mr R. Roulston was appointed auditor. From the report of Mr Hornick, the mine manager, it appears that two short tunnels have been driven along the reef, which is from 12 to 18 inches thick with fair gold. An open cutting is now being carried into tho terrace. Pros* pecting is recommended on the south side of the oreek, whi.b, if successful, will prove the lode of considerable valuo. Ihe proximity of the Golden Point ground attaches some importance to this property. The funeral of the late William Baillie took place on Sundity last, and was very, largely attended. Attention is directed in our advertising columns to a meeting pf shareholders in the Bonanza Gold Mining Company to be held to-morrow evening at Beilby's Bucka' Head Hotel. F.r years past the children here have looked forward with anticipations of pleasure to the annual grand pic-nics during the Cbrbtr_aß holidays, and we are glad to cc:» that they will not be forgotten this year, as a public meeting for that purpose is culled for Thursday evening ut ICater's hall During the pa?t month 68 new miuing leases wero applied for, and as tbe authorities seem fo be anxious to deal with the applications without .l-l-ir, it U probable that in a

very short time a number of bands will be required to comply with the labour covenant | of the leased ground. A number of old claims bave also resumed operations, and a scarcity of good miners is beginning to manifest itself already. The district, will feel the loss of tbose experienced men. who left some four or five month* since. Clement Scott, well known in London literature has obtained £1500 damages in a libel action which haß arisen out of tbe will which Miss Adelaide Neilson, the celebrated actress, who died suddenly in Paris, August, 1880, made io favour of Bear-Admiral Glyn. It is stated that the French intend to exercise a protectorate over .the Austral Islands, dispersed over the group south of the Society Islands and over Cook's Islands in the Sonth Pacific. ~ '- ~' An attempt has been made to murder th e President of the .Republic of Venezuela, but the assassin failed in his object. A Nihilist plot to destroy the Emperor's Palace at Gatchina has been discovered. The plan proposed, was to load a balloon with dynamite and cause it to descend on the Palace. Several arrests have been made. Count Yon Moltke, Chief Marsh .11 of the German Empire, bas resigned the command of the German army. - The Mayor of Sydney haa inspected a number of buildings reported to be unfit for jPSL!_2?^sfne ___y_r "decided that _2 were ready for demolition, and ordered that steps should be taken to have others properly repaired. The totalisators on th« Forbury Park Racecourse wero worked under tbe auspices of the Dunedin Jockey Club. Th. Herald says : — ' Owing to a miscalculation in the management of one of them, the Club is likely to lose a considerable sum of money.' The greatest increase in lambs that we (Mount Ida Chronicle) remember to have heard of in the interior has taken place at Mr Connolly's farm, Hyde. There are about 300 ewes on the farm, and they multiplied to the extent of about 175 per cent. Tbe Cromwell. Argus states that Wilson who escaped from tbe local gaol, attempted to negotiate a £5 loan from one of the banking establishments there, offering a security his 'house on the flat, which was all right, only a hole in it,' said house being the gaol, from which he had escaped by making a hole. Wilson is 15 years of age. A most important discovery has just been made out in the far North we3t of Australia. A well was sunk for 300 ft, when a bore was put down, and after passing through some salt water struck a magnificent spring of fresh water at a depth of 573 ft from the surface. The water immediately rose to witnin 10ft of the • surface. The discovery is a most important one, and will have a marked influence on the future of tbe pastoral interests in these waterless plains ofthe Ultima Tbule of New South Wales. An unprecedentedly large return of gold has been obtained (says the Sydney Echo) from a small pared of pyrites sent to England for treatment by the Reform Gold«mining Company, Lucknow, near Orange. From' 17cwfc of stone per Cotopazi no less than _-soz of gold and 550z silver were obtained, for wbich the company have received net value credit to the amount of £850 4s lOd, enabling them to declare a dividend of £9 per share of £25, making come £36 per share paid in dividends since Ist June last. There are only ninety shares in the company, which are of course at an enormous premium, as, in addition to the large return now to hand — probably the heaviest yield of gold per ton yet obtained in any part of Australia— several more shipments, supposed to be equally rich, are on their waj to England 'or treatment This rich shoot, which is dipping almost perpendicularly in the company's ground, at present shows no sign of diminishing in wealth. It is stated that a Sydney firm has offered 25,000 for the mine, but that the shareholders are not inolined to part with it for that amount.