THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 10 1832.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1042, 30 January 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 10 1832.

The following arejthe allegations contained in two petitions lodged at the Resident Magistrate Court, Aliaura, against the election of William Claughsey, for the Riding of Nelson Creek : — lst. That the nomination of William Claughaey was not given in the manner required. 2nd. That the said William Claughsey was not capable of being elected (a) by reason that at the time of such election he was- concerned in a contract dated the 26th day of July, 1881, and made between the said William Claughsey of one part, and the said Council of the other relating to the performance by the said William Claughsey of certain work for the said Council, (b) and also by reason that he was concerned in a contract dated the 26th day of October, 1881, and made between Frederick Prince therein described of the one part and the said Council of the other part, relating to the performance by the said Frederick Prince of certain work for the said Council, he the said William Claughsey being one. of the bondsmen for the due performance of the said contract. The other petition contains but the following allegation : — That notice of the situation of the polling booths was not given within the time required by the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, the Kangaroo booth being notified only two days before the election by Mr Russell, Returning Officer. Signed by six electors, 17th January, 18S2. The case comes on for hearing at Ahaura on Ist February, at 4 p.m. Mr Warner and Perkins appears for the petitioners. The Comedy and Burlesque Company had again a crowded house on Saturday evening last, and a bill of unusual attractiveness is presented for to-night, which cannot possibly fail to meet with mi enthusiastic reception. It aflbrds flic only opportunity which the residents of Reef ton are likely to have for perhaps some years in come of listening to the ■j;eiiis from two of perhaps the nuwt ; lopular repvosonin turns of modern tiwos. ; V> xl.v. lovers of music the occasion v.ill *!!''>rd «.• treat of no or&hmy kind.

Late on Saturday niyht and again yestorday there was considerable activity in Imperial shares, and prices advanced con siderably. Professor Hugo announces his intention of leaving Reefton on Wednesday morning next, and those deg'ring to secure charts should therefore make immediate application. We have to chronicle another destructive fire in Broadway — making the third within a period of two months. Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday morning an alarm of fire was raised in the lower part of the town, and at the moment the firebell rang lower Broadway became suddenly illuminated by a burst of flame which indicated but too plainly the danger which threatened. On arriving at the scene it was found that a cottage adjoining the Inangahua Herald office, and occupied by Mrs Donald Ross and family, of seven children, was firmly firmly on fire. The inmates of the cottage fortunately escaped, but without saving a shred. In the meantime the flames spread across the narrow right-of-way to the Herald office, and the brigade not yet being on the ground, the fire, fanned as it was by a gentle breeze in that direction, quickly enveloped the building, and in a very few seconds it was in full blaze from end to end. Beyond the Herald office there was a considerable gap, and the fire could fortunately go no further, and soon burnt itself out. From the Herald office some type, stationery, md other articles were saved, but the presses, newspaper "formes," and the bulk of the plant fell to the flames. The presses have since been removed to temporary premises, and it is hoped that' they may be patched up for temporary use. The cottage where the fire occurred was insured in the Standard office for £70, but the Herald office and plant was uninsured, the policy having been allowed to lapse, and the loss to the owner is therefore heavy. How the fire originated is a mystery. Mr Ross was from home, and the fires in the house had burnt out before the inmates retired. The children slept together in the front room next the Herald office, and the alarm was given by the eldest boy, who states that the fire came from the direction of the back room. A lighted lamp was usually kept in Mrs Ross' room, but this is said to have been burning at the time the alarm was given. Beyond this nothing is known, but an inquiry will probably be held. Cereceto's store, which is situate on the east side of Ross' cottage, had a very In the Supreme Court, Dunedin, Massey v. Allen for libel, in which the Town Clerk claims £250Q # damages, is now being heard. The Wanganui County Council has been receiving £500 a year from tolls. The County Council has heroically determined to abolish tolls on its roads. Mr James Rodell, of Tauranga, has a harmless, but once dangerous plaything 'in his office in the Bhape of an exploded 1001 b conical shell. The destructive missile was turned up on the racecourse some weeks ago. It is one of the shells thrown at Gate Pali fight, and from the position in which it was found must have been fired very wide of the Pah. The following appears under the head of marriages in the Evening Post : — "Warren — Ingle. — On the 27 th December 1881, at the residence of the bride's grandmother. Fred. Warren, butcher, of Masterton, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Charles Ingle, of York, England. No cards ; two cake ; nobody's business*" The following remarks occur in a lenghthy article on Tasmanian mining matters, from the pen of a "Visitors from Lake Wakatipu " which appears in the Otago Times of Saturday last : — "In the matter of prospecting for metals people in New Zealand have no idea with what an amount of determined energy it is carried on in Tasmania. It is all done on the co-operative system, and the number of parties are legion. The people of Hobart and Launceston are the best speculators, I ever saw or heard tell about, and they really deserve to succeed. In every up country town and villiage people go in for mining shares. The miners themselves invest freely, while even the servant girl holds scrip of some sort. As to a tradesman not being interested in the mines, such an individual is unknown here. An immense amount of scrip changes hands daily, and whatever an interest is worth you can always dispose of it. And it would not be too much to say that if the Wakatip people only went one-half as resolutely into developing the mineral resources of their district as the people do here it would be quite a different place." The last sentence has particular f 6rce when applied to the state of things at present existing in this district. The Wanganui Herald of January 14th says :— The footrace between E. Webber and J. Gentry (of Blenheim) on Saturday evening on the racecourse was somewhat of a surprise to everybody but pedestrian quid-nuncs. 150 yards no doubt is not Webber's favorite distance, but still it was thought that in his present high state of training he could pull off the event. The result, however, was different — Gentry appearing to have the race in hand from start to finish and winning very easily by eight yards. Time, 17 seconds. For the future Webber will have few supporters at any distance under a quarter of a mile, though the universal opinion is, to say the least that he could have made a better fight of it than he did on Saturday last. The Nelson Colonist says : — The Catholic community of Hampden and Matakataki are to be congratulated for the neat little church recently erected in their district. The building which is 38 feet in length by 18 feet in breadth, is situated on the property of Mr Clinton, who generously offered fin acre of his land for the purpose, situate midway between the township of Hampdsn and Mr Ribet's accommodation house. Six of the handsome Gothic windows of the late St. Mary's Church, and which were almost totally uninjured by the fire, were purchased by the contractor, Mr Jennins, and adds much to the appearance of the little building. On Sunday last the church was opened and blessed by the Rev. Father Mahoney, Bishop Redwood, who was unable to be present, having specially authorised him ;o perform the ceremony. Consjivlorjii'.-

the distance many had to come, there was a very fair congregation, and at the conclusion of Mass an appeal was made, when a very handsome addition was made to the Church Fund. The church, which received the name of St. Patrick, will be visited poriodically by the Rev. Father Mahoney, of Nelson, and will be another j mark of progress' to- travellers passing through the hitherto rather isolated district of the Central Bulled The Melbourne Age says : — The Garonne arrived at the Heads yesterday morning at half -past eight, and was immediately placed in quarantine at Point Nepean. Ample accommodation is available for the passengers at the quarantine station, and the agents of the vessel have arranged for an adequate supply of provisions, which are in no way to differ from the usual excellent dietry arrangements provided for passengers on board this line of steamers. The quarantine station has been declared closed to all visitors, and a patrol established loftwo mounted constables for the rigid enforce of this order. Dr. Bulmer is theihealth officer placed in charge of the station. The fumigation of mails, luggage -and cargo has been directed to be strictly attended to, and no necessary precautio^ have been omitted to guard against a spread of the disease. The Chief Secretary received a telegram from the Colonial S^Mtary of New South Wales, inquiring wtiat precautions had been adopted by jfe£ i^otortfch liealth authorities. A reply was sent indicating what steps were takfen. ~