THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 December 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1881.

There was considerable bustle in the shore market yesterday, an active demand having set in for Golden Fleece shares. It is now considered beyond doubt that the Fleece reef, from which such splendid refults wore obtained a year or two ago, libs been again picked up. It was reported yesterday that the lode had widened out to between three and four feet, showing gold calculated to yield between two and three ounces per ton. Shares, whioh on Tuesday last were sold at 13- 6J, advance! to 18s 6d and 19s Gd. This company being largely held in Dunedin, Wellington, and other outside places, its enhanced value will no doubt further stimulate the inflow of capital to the field. There will be a sitting of the Magistrate's Court at the usual hour this morning, but thej^ly case to be takenJo-day_is, we ijbej^ fieve, the pS-Hon^gainst the County (Council election, The regular sitting will not take place until Monday next, when the ordinary business will be taken. Several cases of personation have been discovered in connection with the last election for tbo House of Representatives in the Grey Valley electorate. It has been ascertained that one elector voted at three different polling places, while several cases of double voting have been detected, and it is not im* probable that proceedings will be taken against the offending parties. Four new mining leases were applied for yesterday, and will be found elsewhere in our columns. The miners of the Inangahua have decided to erect a memorial over the remains of the two unfortunate men wbo lost tbeir lives in tbe late fire. The acUs a very graceful one on the part of the miners, and the proposal bas been very cordially taken up from one end of the field to the other, and a substantial sum will no doubt be raited. The following gentlemen have consented to receive subscriptions in the different locali*. tiei: — Reefton: Messrs Brennan, Wise, and Wearne ; Black's Point : Messrs Connolly Casley, and Ramsay ; Murray Creek : Messrs M'Kenay and M'Kay ; Crushington: Messrs Watson and M 'Masters ; Boatman's . Messrs Lawn, Rooney tnd Currie j LyeU: Messrs M'Gaffin and Fedderson. We understand that two informations fot forgery were yesterday sworn before Mr Revel), RM., against a resident of Reeftoh. Tbe charges arose out of some telegrams forwarded from Reefton to Brunnerton on tbe day of tbe polling for the late General Assembly election. The eases will come before the Magistrate on Monday next. Mr Weston writes to the authorities in Greymouth intimating that the Railway Commission will reach there on Sunday -text, - and expressing a wish on behalf of the pro- ■ moters of the railway that every facility will be afforded to the Commissioners to collect the information they desire. In a matter of such vital concern to this part oi the Colony there is every reason to believe that the Councils of both the Grey and tbis County will vie with each other, not only by assisting in the collection of information, but also by according the visitors something in tbe way of a public reception. There is some talk of a new gold-bearing reef bating been discovered in the oun try to the south-west of Black's Poh.., and several leases have been applied for in the locality. We have been advised that the Railway Commissioners leave Christchurch for Greymouth by coach tbis morning. The Grey Argus of yesterday gives the names of all those elected to tho new Parliament, and the list shows 45 Ministerialists, 41 for the Opposition, and the remaining 12 are set down as Independents or Doubtfuls. Such a classification cannot, of course, pretend to anything like accuracy, the views of many of the members not having been sufficiently prenounced for the brandingiron. The return is, however, sufficiently near tbe mark to show that tbe late Government will meet the House with a fair majority. A well-attended meeting of shareholders in the Bonanza lease, Golden Point, was held last night. It was decided to register the company at once under the Mining Companies Act, in 94,000 shares at 10s each, and Mr W, Hindmarsh was appointed legal manager. The following directors were then elected : — Messrs Roulston, Aiken, Collings, Shaw and Dash. It was decided to proceed at once with aotjvo operations, and the contiguity of the lease to the Golden Point Company's ground will no doubt soon bring it into prominence. A preliminary meeting was held at Kater's Hall last night, for the purpose of arranging a children's picnic during the coming holi« days. Mr Sampson was voted to the chair. A committee was formed to consider the question of ways and means, and the meeting adjourned to Monday night. Mr Cooper was appointed hon. secretary and treasurer. At Titokowaru's trial, when Captain Norther oft had testified to Tito's threat, and his question —'Have the white people fo'_ ' gotten Moturoa and 2-Tutu oTe Menu.' The gallant captain, in reply to the question, said : 'We most decidedly got the woret of it at both fights.' Titokowaru pleaded guilty to the charge of using threatening language, aud was bound over to keep the peace in two securities of £250 each, or twelye months' imprisonment. When leaving court he shook hand* with Mr Lloyd, of the Manuia Hotel, and told him to look sharp and go home. Tito was quite unconcerned, (md. ja defence, said he _.__ij.ly knew nothing

of what had been said in evidence. In acknowledgment of the Ashburton Firs Brigade's pluck and efficiency at the fire on Saturday morning, when Cookson's stables were burnt down, the New Zealand Insurance Company have handed, by their local agents, MeaiVß Jameson and 'Roberts a cheque for £20 to tbe Ashburton Brigade. An extraordinary occurrence happened on board the barque Gladstone during her voyage from London to Sydney. Captain Jackson reports, that on October 22nd a man fell overboard: The lifeboat was lowered, and four men and the mate went in search of the ea_.-W.iy, and eventually re_eued him. He was (dinging to an albatross, which he had seized as it flew past him. A family of eonnibals were recently shipped at Hamburg, en route for Pari..- A captain sailing through the Straits of Magellan was fortunate enough to induce four men, four women and three children from Terra del Fuego to take passage for Europe. The greatest difliculty was ex* perienced in providing them with proper j food. At first ordinary cooked food was placed before them, but the whole company sickened, whereupon they were provided with raw flesh, and they rapidly recovered their normal state of health. All' the members of this curious company showed a remarkable capacity for learning, and arquired quite a_ - :;ff___-WU-y-^---'9-''__-n-.^ Captain Webb was very near finishing his swimming career lately at Tunbridge- Wells In a match for £100 a side he backed himself against G. A. Jennings to swim for five hours ; neither men to leave the water or touch any boat during the time ; the one who traversed the greatest ' distance in the time to be the winner. Webb from the start went right away from his opponent, but after being four hours in the water became benumbed. He however, I very pluckily held out, and when a half minute was wanted to complete tbe lime could barely hold his head above water. On the pistol being Cred he was dragged out of the water, and steps taken to recover him, but it was some time before he was announced to be out of danger. Jennings, on the other band, was perfectly right, and was greatiy concerned at his victorious rival's serious condition. The Imperial stables at Constantinople have been completely destroyed by fire. Ihe large building which was used for this purpose bad been built by Sultan Mahmoud for his body-guards, and in it were housed some, at least of the choicest and most perfect specimens of tbe Arab breed. At the moment wheu tbe fire broke out about 350 horses were stabled in the building, representing an almost fabulous amount of money. Tbey were all saved, the most stringent orders having been issued to the grooms and other persons employed that the first care should be to remove the horses to a place of safety. Unfortunately four stable-men lost their lives being trampled to death under the hoofs of the terrified animals, several of which broke loose and rushed frantically out of their stalls. Some of them even got away from their grooms, with terror, and were caught in tho streets of Pera, Sixty carriages were also destroyed, along with immense stores of hay, barley, and straw, and all the clothes and other effects of the persons employed on the premises. It is estimated that the damage cannot be less than £35,000. It is estimated by the Deputy-Master of . the Mint that out of the total coinage in circulation amounting to about one hundred million, sterling, not less than 40 per cent is light to a degree which renders the coins no longer legal tender. It is to be observed, however, that a sovereign reaches this point when it has lost three quarters of a grain, worth about J_d, The estimated life of our sovereigns is about eighteen years. It is satisfactory to learn although sovereigns are occassionally found which have been tampered with, our gold coinage does not as a rule suffer from anything but fair wear and tear. It appears that the Bank of England is accustomed to send light gold to the Mint for re-coinage at the rate of nearly 1,000,000. per annum. The force of men now at work on the Denver and Rio Grande railway extension is larger than the United States army, numbering more than 32.000. of whom nearly 19,000 are at work in old Mexico, 5000 or 6000 in Colorado and the remainder in Utah and elsewhere. As these workers support many othors, it is within bounds to say that this single railway corporation furnishes support to over 100,000 people in ita work of extension alone. The same company has ordered 100 locomotives for Mexico, which suggests tVe contribution such an enterprise is making towards the various manu r acturing and commercial industries connected with railway building. It is against such beneficent efforts of capital and energy that the anti-monopolists raise tho cry of destruction.