THE Inangahua Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1034, 11 January 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1882.

The Hon. the Minister of Mines on Momfiiyjdriorning last proceeded, in j coinpaiijr with ft large party of gentlemen, to the (iolden Fleece Extended n Company's works, Murray Creek. On arriving at the mine a, suit of the re- , filiation "duds" was provided for the t lion, gentleman, and lie descended on the cage with Mr Tronnery to the r No. 4 Level, which is about 800 ft in deptli from the crown of the hill. The ptlier visitors having descended *in like manner, the party were taken through the workings and to the northern face, > where the men were engaged breaking down stone from a fine looking reef, of _ from four to five feet in thickness. Mr Rolleston (expressed his surprise at the j fact of mining being carried on at such * a depth in the district, and particularly so at the magnitude and permanency of the company's works, and Avas astonished to learn that nearly seven ■* thousand feet of driving had been done in the mine. Having been conducted through a labyrinth of drives and cross drives, and been initiated into all the mysteries of " winzes," and " uprises," and " incline shafts," and " shoots," and $ " passes," and what not, the visitors were i brought to the surface, the machinery running at half speed. In order, however to show the ordinary hauling rate, G i a truck of stone was ordered to be sent up, and in a minute and a half it was landed. The stone was then examined and some nice specimens picked out, the show of gold being remarkably good, the quartz as a whole being quite equal to an ounce and a-half per ton. g> The Minister was evidently agreeably - surprised with what he had seen, which » could not fail to give him a very much enlarged idea of the nature of works > bring carried on in the district. He expressed a wish to see the company's battery, and was accordingly shown i t- through by Mr Trennery, after which the party started back for town. On the way down Mr Rolleston was much interested in the relation of the difficulties the compauy overcame in get- ' ting their machinery on to the mine. _ The site and course of the Inangahua Low Level Tunnel was also pointed out to the Minister, and the main objects of the undertaking fully described. The party reached^town at 3 ' p.m., apparently well pleased with the day's doings, '- The Hon. the Minister of Mines will ; > be entertained at a public banquet in c Reefton on Friday evening next. 3 Attention is called to the sale by public auction by Mr G. C. Bowman on Saturday next of the valuable preperty known as "Green's Farm," on the Left-hand ) Branch of the Inangahua river. The ! land comprised within the area is amongst the best in the whole district, the soil i being both rich and deep. The attention of contractors and others is also called ! to the fact that the land contains the only totara and birch available for bridge building, the land thus being immensely valuable for the timber alone. c A paragraph stating that Captain Evans, '• of the steamer Wakatu, who was supposed to have been drowned while on a passage from Wanganui to Nelson, is still alive, has been published in an exchange. The T paper in question states : — "We hear, on j I good authority, that Captain Evans, who j ! was supposed to have committed suicide ) j at sea is now in command of one of the x largest steamers out of 'Frisco. When the Wakatu w«3 searched for him, the ladies's cabin was missed, and the gallant though too much married, captain, got safely off to 'Frisco by the outgoing mail boat. It is now known fora certainty that tlie tragic suicide never took place. " How that certainty has been arrived at is not explained. The fund for Mrs Garfield has already ? attained the large sum of 330, OOOdols. It is entirely due to the untiring efforts of , Mr Cyra3 W. Feild, always ready and willing to engage in any generous enter- • prise, that the subscriptions have been so j bountiful. The late President was comparatively si poor mjui but now Mrs Garfield will be able to carry out liei 1 heart's desire of giving the fc4 education to her children. From the Wostport Times wu loam that s ! the Public Works Department will proceed almost inline liately with further exteiifiion of the training wall built to protect the- river bank, and to aid in deepeni in;,' the river channel. 'Three localities — j viz., ground belong ng to the Westport I iJoi ivy Con; air/, O'ranity Creek, t.nd

I Fairdown have b^.-u \n.;\>iM:U:A, with .- view of obtaining.' the nccossuiiy nuitorial. Tliere is un abundance of stone at either place, and the laden trucks will run on the railway line direct from the quarry to I the liver side, when the stone will lie tilted in, until a heavy and almost impomhable wall is formed. The travelling correspondent of the S.M. Herald thus describes a modern warden when referring to the Temora goldfields :— The water shafts and puddling machines of Temora are good properties, and dozens of the alluvial claims are yielding satisfactorily, the present season water being plentiful should afford a fair test of the field and indications regarding its future. Mr Warden De Boos has it under complete control, and his urbane manners and active habits have done much to check litigation. It is well that it is so, for Temora miners have been, and in fact are, remarkably litigious Mr De Boos keeps as many cases as he possibly can out of court. He follows the system of going to the claims and settling trival disputes promptly. Taiaro, the first member returned for the new Parliament, speaks English perfectly! ha^ on| son, in^ammg as a barrister, and another' gbing^TEhgiand to walk the hospitals in training for a doctor. He is strongly Oppositionist. The Tablet learns from letters received from Suez, via Rome, ( that, in all probability Bishop Moran would be prepared to leave Italy for New Zealand, via Brindisi, by the mail that left this month, so as to arrive in Dunedin in January. Mr Joseph Hatton, in an article in one of the magazines entitled Journalistic London, states that Bradbury and Evans paid Mark Lemon £1500 a year for editing Punch ; that the Field, yields an annual income of £25,000 to its proprietor ; thai the Queen yields at least £10,000 a year ; and that in one week the circulation oi the Daily News— thanks to its seventeen war correspondents, of whom Mr Archibald Forbes was the chicf — rose from 50, 000 to L 150,000. For forty two days the four surgeon* attendant on President Garfield — Bliss, Barne's, Woodward, and Reyburn— charged the Government 3,200d015, oi lOOdoJs each per day. Dr Agnew'a bill for the same number of days for "consultations, operations, and visits," was 3,600d015, and Dr Hamilton, for " visits and consultations," rendered a bill for a similar amount ; the medical men 'a services amounted to £7 r ooodols (L 17,520). It seems, according to a Milanese journal that the prefect at one of the first cities of Italy, who is a rich landowner, has, in this civilised age, resorted to a feudal custom, obliging his field labourers to wear an iron muzzle during the grapeharvest, to prevent them from tasting a a few, bunches of grapes ! The fact was noticed last year, and yet the said pre-* feet still represents the Government. Asia Minor is threatened with a repetition of the terrible famime of 1873*1874. Locusts, drought, depopulation, misgovernment, have wrought their effects. This year's crops have universally failed. The district of Angora again appears to have suffered the most severely, and the unfortunate inhabitants are already beginning to emigrate en masse in search of food, lest winter anows and swoollen rivers should cut off their communication with the outer world, and they should again find themselves pent up in their mountain homes, without a chance of escape, and reduced to the same fearful plight which seven years ago caused fathers and mothers to sell their children for a handful of corn. Mr Swanson is the luckiest of the Auckland representatives. He is the only one who does not have to fight for his seat, Mr Swanson is one of the hardest working members of {"he House and his close Attention to legislative duties and to all matters entrusted to his care has strengthened his hold on the electors and gained him many firm supporters. He is an active, independent, useful member of the House, and deserves his present exceptional success. Those who recollect Mr Dungan while a resident of this district, will endorse the following :—The Hokitik Star says, "The County Chairman who presided for the first time at a meeting of the County Council yesterday, made a decidedly good impression. He' is courteous to a degree, allows latitude to a reasonable extent, but seems determined the business of the Council shall be conducted in accordance | with standing orders, and insists that all resolutions shall be put down in hand writing. He can exercise firmness when necessary, and will not permit dictation as to his duties."