THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 19 December 1881, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1881.

The members of tho Railway Commission arrived by special conveyance yesterday evening from Grey mouth. We believe that it is not the wish of the -visitors that any fuss should be made about their coming. Their mission is a dry matter of fact one, and as their stay here must be limited their desire is to make the best possible use of their time in gathering information relating to the coal, timber, land and other natural resources of the Inangahua. It is unnecessary to say that- the Comity Council and the community generally will co-operate in every way to assist the work of the Commission. Wo are compelled to hold over our Court and other reports. The Grrry Rivc»' Argus sajs s— ?\n antimony specimen from Langdon s Extended, 901ba in weight, was brought to (own oil Saturday afternoon by*Mr Splaine, one cf thoie engaged in prospecting the mine* ami also a large holder in it. Oiiginally the lump weighed 1201 b, hut a piece was broken off so Hi to bring it to a moie reasonable size for transport, the only available agency for that purpoß6 'ftevjg a; roan,'* fraujr. TS.twi-' when reduced to 901 bit was no ordinary load to beVo packed down fu.<h a mountain slope os that of^Xanjrdon's, which is at once steep, rugged, and slippery. The stone is at present deposited at the offba of the company, and is I to be sent to Mr Howe, who reported on the mine, and was much struck with the size and richness of the outcrop ot the antimony reef, I and especially that portion which had been laid bare by a landslip. It might be men* tioned in this connetioo, and for general information, that a large quantity of ore which had been stacked on^tb.e surface, wut carried away by the same slip. Stimulated with Mackelvie's handsome gift painting, an Auckland gentleman offers £500 for the erection of an art gallery, if others will aluo aid. Some of the Temoral reefa are yielding well. At Copeland's claim lOOozs to the ton is reported to have been obtained. High heels are no longer seen in good society. The fashionable heel is low and is placed under the human heel, not in the middle of the foot, as was the case with the high taperiog bed. The plainest boots aw the most stylish. Any fancy stitch, or other ornamentation, is considered ' bad style/ but patent leather is not only permissible, but very much worn. Satin evening shoes arc embroidered with gold, silver, pearls, steel, silk and braids. The devices are numerous, but the monogram is now excluded from the list, The rage for monograms has burnt itself out, and the lady who wore her husband's heraldic emblems upon the sleeve of her walking dress in the park, did mucb towards showing up the snobbishness of advertising j One's name and rank upon one's garmentTruth. A correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes :— Lyell is very prosperous. Wages are high— twelve shillings a day, and upwards. There are no unemployed, except those who are living on their incomes.. It i* something marvellous to hear the tales told of the incomes realised by some of the miners. And it is difficult to resist the contagion of speculation. But I did resist, for I remembered the advice given me by an old miner who had been in California, Victoria, and New Zealand : — The only person who can speculate with any ohance of success in a quart* mine is a practical miner who is at work in the mine.' This seems oommon sense, and when one finds people who have never seen a mine, or even the district in which it is situated, speculating on the sirens tb of reports which they cannot by any possibility understand, one is not trnch inclined to pity them if they loie. In reference to the rumor which has gained currency that the P and O Company j aro about to put on six steamers to compete with the Union Company for the New Zealand and Australian trade, a Wellington correspondent of a Chris tchurch paper says that tbe facts are as follow : — A travelling inspector of the P. and O Company was lately in New Zealand to inquire whether im« porters were satisfied with tbe Union service in regard to conveyance from Melbourne of goods transhipped ex P and O mail steamer?. There had been complaints of delay, and i* bad been alleged that some preference was given by Union boats to Melbourne freight, whence arose a delay in forwarding through shipments from England which, it was as* »er<ed, were often left bshind in Melbourne. I understand that these complaints were to some extent substantial, and that tbe P and O inspector endeavored to ascertain what support might be expected if the company ran boats to New Zealand. It was proposed to only run to Auckland, Wellington, and Lytte'ton, as it was thought that the Port Chalmers bar would prevent the access of such large boata to that harbor. The plan was to lay on some of tbe older and smaller boats of the company, which will be thrown out of work when the magnificent new boats now building are ready. I have heard it hinted that the hasty journey home of the general manager of the Union Company to hurry on the completion of tbe new boats building for tbe company was portly caused by the threatened opposition of tho P and O Company, However, from what I can gather, the idea has fallen through for the presen^ and the P and O Company probabl., are not unwilling to sell to tbe Union Company the boats with which it was thought of running against them, The building o( railroads through Arizona and New Mexico has opened up a fine field for industrious men, who grow fat in stealirg valuable timber from the United States in secluded nooks, beyond the pale of civilisation. Iv New Mexico it is said that one firm ha 9 undertaken to furnish 3,000 000 ties for tho u:*t? of the .Vi'.3ics>n O*:-iif rul luuiroad, Yiliich arc b'.-ii'g cut on Guvcrair^m luudi'

,v!ii!o on llso line of llie Atlaniie and Pacific Railroad tb<>y are having ewrrlhing their own war. Sawmills ore being built, and con« ti actors have locnted tf various points and a.c engaged in furnisliing bridge timbers to the company. Tho wrong men always get rich. It 'b the (Vlloir who has no niooey who is always tflling you how much gooi he would do "with it if lie had it. In tho march of intellect rogues seem to keep well abend, and ore ready enough to employ fcience in attaining their ends. For« gera in particular hare always shown themselves keenly alive to new process and invention?. Their ingenuity Beeoiß to keep pace with all attempts to buffla it, which of late years been suggested by photography and photochemical science, A branch of the Bonk of Warsaw received the other day an example of a new device, which consists in splitting 100»roublc notes, and uniting each side with the 'corresponding upper or under half of a false note t ' , 's, I ' Four of the most important Preach light* houses have already been provided with very powerful electric apparatus and with machinery for furnishing sound signals during 9tormy or misty weather. It is proposed to npply similar apparatus to the forty-two other • The total coat is estimated at 7,000, 000 francs (l,4oo,Coodcls) for the electricity, and 1,000.00'J francs (200 OOOdols) for the J ftfl jjrnvr|ifti T^ffi °§jjjf,"'* i .''TTl \\ V"l t )}/thl in view of the protection 'which it m\\ afford to the immense capital represented by the 225,000 ships which annually visit the French barlow. Miss Flora Guiteau, balf-Bister of Charles Gtuiteau, is a graduate of Cuzeno Seuuinary, New York. While there the was especially noted for her musical attainments. King Ladwig, of Bavaria, is gradually becoming more eccentric, and bis capers are of a character which, if committed by any one not of royal blood or very high family connection, would be classed as the acts of a fool pure and simple. A few weeks ago the King met with an amusing mishap at his romantio residence in the mountains beyond Munich. He had caused to be constructed a mechanical contrivance for agitating the waters of an artificial lake in a mannerjwhicb imitate a storm. When the waters became very boisterous, so that they pleased him much, he set out upon them in a boat alone. Tery promptly he found himself upset. Courtiers who had remained in the vicinity, in violai tion of his commands, came promptly to his rescue, else he would probably have been drowned. The banks abound in .money (says a Sydney paper.) The deposits equal to £128 of accumulated savings for every family in N.S. Wales. Tbe last nine wool-clips of the colony were worth fifty millions. The thirty five million, sheep ! yield two thirds of the total value of the annual exports the year's clip is worth ten millions sterling. Tho land taken up during the last nine years was twenty one million acres. The banks have among them a large number of sheep runs. ,- .- „ ■ : .