THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1040, 25 January 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1882.

Considerable public dissatisfaction has been occasioned at the manner in which the funds subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the fire in lower Broadway have been distributed. It seems that a meeting was held in the fire-brigade Hall yesterday, when it was decided to divide the amount in hand— £lso, equally between Mr J. Corbbet, and Mr J. Danks, allotting £75 to each. The meeting at which this decision was arrived at was only attended by a few persons, the majority of the subscribers having been misled by the wording of the advertisement convening the meeting, which was headed " Reef ton Fire Brigade," and summoned a meeting of subscribers to the " Fire Brigade Fund." Had the object of the meeting been properly notified the at- . tendance would no doubt have been larger. We do not know who is responsible for the blunder in the advertisement, but if done designedly, it is a very disreputable proceeding, or if the result of a mistake, is certainly unfortunate, as it has given rise to much disappointment and dissatisfaction, many claiming to have subscribed upon th<? distinct understanding that the division of the relief should be pro rata upon the loss sustained, while others are annoyed simply at their exclusion from the meeting, and it cannot be denied that both have reason to feel aggrieved. This is the first occasion that any such discontent has been created in dealing with funds of the kind, and it is to be feared that the circumstance will be ranombered. • The first step in the iniation of a large and powerful quartz mining company, to operate on the Golden Fleece line of reef, was taken yesterday, by the occupation of nearly 100 acres to the north of the Golden Fleece Extended Company's ground, and along the compass line of the reef. The project was, we believe, ori_ ginated by Mr D. P. Anderson, Mr M. Levy, and others, and has been so eagerly taken up, that the successful floating of the undertaking is now beyond doubt. That the Fleece line of reef will eventually be traced through to Boatman's, whether in a continuous line, or in detached blocks, is a beiief that ha 3 long been entertained, and the formation of a strong company, prepared to set dirmond drills to work on tho line, and thoroughly test the counti-y, affords a strong assurance of the scalisation of that belief. *^f Mr J. S. Smith was entertained- afc a banquet in Dawaoii's Hotel, on Monday evening last, the attendance being very large. Mi- Smith left by coach this morning, and iufamda to join law brother in an extensive luisjruj.iH I'H.vtiK'i'rthin at AuiWr-

Referring to the sulphur lire Tikitoro, the Rotorua correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times says :— lt appears the sulphur caught fire through frying cinders from a bush fire some distance off, and in less than fifteen minutes the whole sulphur flat was in a blue blaze. Nobody could approach within a mile of it, the fumes were so strong, The sight at night was grand and awful. It has now been burning , for the last five days, and is likeiy to burn much longer before the thousands of tons of sulphur are consumed. What a chance for tourists to witness. a xeaL-volcofio INo Tongariro business about -this, no hot water ; but real blue flames shooting -up into the air, something like the corona during an eclipse of the sun, only more vivid in its aspect," •-,-•"" The following resolutions were passed at a meeting of the Provisional Directors of the New Zealand Wollen Factory Company Limited, held in Wellington last week: — "Owing to the lack of interest desplayed by the public, and the want of response to the application for shares, the project to form a Woollen Factory Company in Wellington on the basis suggested, be for the time abandoned." It was further resolved — " That the Provisional Directors each subscribe £2 to pay preliminary* expenses, and that applicants for shares have their money returned in full." In the course of next session (says an Auckland paper) Sir George Grey will move that a parliamentary investigation take place into the books of the Bank of New Zealand (as holders of the Government account). This course, it appears, was once taken with the Bank of England at Home, a fact which will be quoted as a precedent. From a report from the mine manager of Langdon's (says the Grey River Argus), the contractors are in 92ft with their tunnel, and have struck a reef at that distance wlu'ch measures Gin at aho top and 9in at the bottom, and contains a large proportion of iron pyrites. The reef is in some respects not unlike the reef where work was carried on last. 'Ijjheve' is the same sort of pug containing antimony; a few pieces of which have been picked out as specimens. The reef, however, dips into the hill. It is thought that in a few days the work will have been advanced sufficiently to enable a better estimate of the nature and value of the lode to be arrived at. Mr Justice Williams does not seem to have a favorable opinion of the way the licensing laws are administered in Oamaru, In the course of the proceedings at the Supreme Court at Dunedin his Honor remarked that it seemed to him, from repeated cases that had come under his observation, that it was as easy to get drinks in boarding houses in the city of white stone as it was in public houses, Mr Haggitt suggested that the boarding housekeepers sent to the nearest hotel when they wanted to supply liquors ; and his Honor remarked that they would say they did so, which was nearly the BftDlfi^. i^, -^j-ji.--..^. . ' j-r-gH^ ■ j.-- ■■>"■■ : ■ ■ , , Thd^rigM-^ffiaSe to gather herbs for drying and other purposes is when they are just beginning to cpitne into flower. They then possess their peculiar virtues in a higher degree, than at any other period. When cut they should not be laid in the sun, as excessive heat causes them to dry rapidly, and the leaves and stems become brittle. They should be laid in the shade, carefully protected from any sun or dampness.