THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1032, 6 January 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1882.

We elsewhere publish a report by Mr W. E. Rowe, geologist, upon the Golden Fleece Extended Company's mine. The company have been fortuuate in securing Mr Rowe's services, for there are few experts whose deliberate opinions will command an equal share of attention and confidence throughout the colony, The Hon. Mr Rolleston will reach Reefton to-morrow afternoon. We publish to-day the memorial of registration of the Bonanza Gold Mining Company, Devil's , Creek. Mr William} -fliftdraatrsh is the legal manager. The company's ground is situate contiguous to the Golden Point Company's ground, and the shares are held in good estimation. We understand that instructions will be issued immediately for the extension ofthe. telegraph wires to Boatman's. Application has, we believe, been made to the Government to have Boatman's connected with the telephone exchange now established in all- the chief towns of the colony. We gather that it is part of the new arrangement to erect a post and telegraph office at Boatman's, and appoint a permanent responsible officer to the post. It is reported that the claims for insurances arising out of the late fire in Reefton are, some of them, of such a nature that recourse is likely to be had to the Courts of law in order to settle the matter. It is claimed by some' of the insurance offices that the claims are largely in excess of the losses sustained, and they positively refuse to entertain them. Here is a lesson for insurers — one of the sufferers by the fire was insured for L4OO upon his premises. After the disaster he sold his allotment to an adjoining owner for LIOO. A few weeks after the transaction had been closed, the insurance agent arrived in town, and intimated the intention of his <jompany to rebuild the premises instead of paying cash down. The insurer having parted with his frontage, was of course, in a terrible fix, but the astute insurance agent helped him out of it by offering to pay . down L3OO instead of the L4OO insured, and the insurer had no option but to accept the reduction. The new premises for Mr John Dawson are rising like magic under the able hands of Mr William Arnott and his staff. The building is two storeys high, and presents a grand frontage to Broadway, and when completed will be one of the finest hotels on the West Coast. The main portion of the structure is already up, and a very few v/eeks more will no doubt see the genial and widely respectt A host once more installed upon his old site. Mr Perkins, barrister of Greymouth, hp,3 been appointed Crown Prosecutor for the judicial districts of the West Coast. A very absurd scene recently occured at the Wanganui Licensing Court. According to the Wanganui Herald, the proceedings had been .attentively watched b 3' the good lady to whom the rent of the hotel will be payable, and. who consequently could lwirdly he termed a dig- | intorosted spectator. On tl;o i'ench I pronouncing iv favor of the Hcon.se, the ! jny of this fcinyiilar female knew no hi<iinntf, and .skipping lnenily v.\> to the Clerk's Kcal, sk« uc^usiteil in fn.«iit of Mr Wiiid, Pt.M., a bimch of dilapidated ;:«.i;inium stalks' which pac evidently hciuiYOi to lie ;i I'Hi'juet. It would be diffi:.uh iv ;silj vllicil Wwh I.'k! li;<;at lUl'.Uiiillg — •.. :'• i;;k '- S .. :■".:: ■■i : - '"•.;•• !ior vvli iv!;jr'i J

the giver of the bouquet made her floral offering at the feet of justice, the astonishment depicted on Mr Ward's amiable countenance, for tho horrified manner in which Mr Woon pitched the flowers on the floor of the Court. There was again an overflowing attendance at the Oddfellows' Hall last night, and the popularity of Messrs Batchelder and Bent's Minstrels grows upon the favor of the public. The company will make their farewell appearance this evening, and no one should miss the genuine treat which the performance certajnly is. The public pic-nic yesterday was a marked success, upwards of a thousand parents and children attending. Our report is unavoidably held over.