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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1050, 17 February 1882, Page 2

Professor Hugo, who has established a high reputation, not only locally, hut throughout the whole of the West Coast, the striking accuracy of hia physiognomical delineations of character, will give two more lectures here before leaving. On the former occasion of the Professor's lectures in Eeefton the residents were in the thick of the share excitement, and too unsettled f oranvtlugig else than raking |n 'mK^^mm rtraibcr aad 'fidelity of the readings of character given privately by Professor Hugo has given rise to a general wish that he should repeal) hia lectures, which he will do this and tomorrow evening in Eater's HaU. A large number of prominent towns-people have | consented to submit themselves for delineation on the stage, several young ladies being amongst the number. At Hokitika and elsewhere Professor Hugo Wl for hia subjects on the stage all the leading ladies and gentlemen in the place, and as the general every-day character of the most prominent residents ia moat widely known to the people, these subjects afford the best test to an audience of the Professor's skill. Mr Hugo does not burlesque the subject, nor expose his clients to unnecessary ridicule or mortification, in any points involving a delicacy of sentiment, bo that there heed bono distrust in submitting to hia scrutiny. He is manifestly no mere smatyerer in the art, and as all men are by nature physiognomists to a greater or less extent, it cannot but be desirable that all should seek to add something to their knowledge of a subject which, sensibly or insensibly, influences us so largely through life. Some very rich stone was struck in the Imperial mine yesterday, and shares hfee to 12s. 6d. in a few hours. Further particulars will be furnished hy us on Monday. Mr James Stevenson willsubmitto public auction to-morrow,, at 3 o'clock* On the ground, the valuable business frontage formerly occupied by Banks* Empire Hotel. As the auctioneer rightly points out, such an opportunity of securing a really first-class business stand ia not likely to offer again for some time, and ita . contiguity to the magnificent hotel now in course of erection for Mr John Dawson marks it as one of the most valuable sites to be obtained in tha town. - - - The following persons have been nominated as candidates for the Licensing Committee for the Boatman's dis- j triet :— Messrs Barr, Boardman, Davin, Feehan, Sassier, Murphy, M'Ginlay, Booney, and Slowey. The poll will be taken on Wednesday next, 22nd instant, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Mr James Grieve being the Returning Officer. The next English and European mail via San Francisco will close at the Reefton office on Wednesday next, 22nd instant. Tenders are elsewhere invited by the Albion Company, Terawhiti, Wellington, for driving one thousand feet. Tenders, which will close at noon on the 2nd March, are to be forwaded to the office of the company, Grey-street, Wellington, where specifications may be seen. The Wellington correspondent of the Grey Star furnishes the following items of West Coast interest : — Government can't interfere with mail service till the end of the year, when tenders will be called for a bi-weekly service from Greymouth to Nelson, via Reefton and Lyell. — Messrs Petrie and Robinson have succeeded in getting a special vote for the Education Board of Westland of £1600.— The Government will not themselves introduce a Bill, but will give all support to a measure for the establishment of a High School at : Greymouth. —It is generally accepted that Government will propose a new loan, .probably five millions.— The land boundaries on the West Coast will probably be so altered as to place all lands thereunder 'one Board.— Among the works on the West Coast that will likely be provided for next session will be the harbor works, Greymouth, Oobden bridge, extension of railway to Nelson Creek, and votes for roads, water-races, and prospecting. —- The vote for the Greymouth harbor works is nearly exhausted. Mr Petrie interviewed the Ministers, and urged that the work should be continued at its present speed, in anticipation of future vote, rather than as was intended, discharging a large number of men and reducing others. In the absence of the Minister of Public Works, no definite reply could be given until to-day. Speaking at Hokitika the Hon. Mr Rolleston said he had no idea that between Nelson and the Buller and Reefton there waa a country whioh compared with the beat ia the colony. At Westport and Greymouth there were elements of future prosperity which few could realise. He had been down the coal mines at home, hut those of Greymouth and Westport eclipsed them. Within the last threo or four days a number of circulars have been freely issued, purporting to be copies of the pros p-'jct'usof -the Tictoria Marriage Insurance

Company (Limited). The inducements held out to subacribers are that upon payment |df an adinitttfeca fee of 10s. they Ifey Nbecomelaelhijets, and th** "* *% fevent oi.thei* marriage they will be ef-. titled; to the receipfl of aaum*f £200. ft ia |iven oat ihalfpe society ia estaniiahed for the pta^ej of encouraging 1 marriages, by affording to the poor people opportunities and inducementa for joining in the bond* gain to themselves and .without fear of sucoUmblng to those pecuniary obstacles whidf stand in the way of would be ! f^edkte-^limited"-H»^a. According to the document which is before us, the number of members is to be limited to 1000. A subscription fee of 10s., as already stated, will be required from each of tl^ese, ano> fipon the occasion of any nlembwa' niarliage ar call bf 255. #ill be made upon each unmarried member, in order to meet the payment of £200 accruing; due to the particular member who has had the temerity to enter the matrimonial state. A certificate of marriage itto be forwarded to the manager of the con)pany within seven days after the $&*&&?< MuMW &$ **** ***** proof of the-lanfe^tiie married member will r^ssive hia £200. a member after, <his maSm^'M|^# all further iiabih^^^uMwis is required to pay a call of ss. on the occasion of every marriage of his fellow members. So the game goes on, with this additional iuducement in order, ,we suspect, to attract nonmarrying subjects, that members of six years' standing, said unmarried, will receive £100 on application to the manager at his office. All this,, of course, looks very well, but in the absence of any provisional directors, or the name of any secretary or manager, holding a responsible positUm, tb^ project must be looked upon, ■mth7B(^i, v iuspl^k»n. The" office of the,, company is at No. 5 Eastern Arcade, and was when a reporter from this journal called there in charge of a pleasant-looking gentleman, With a dark beard, who in the absence of the manager expressed himself , prepared to afford all information. No person o^jdin^ry <eimmen -serine «| ■judgment will bV tikel^ 'to be led away by the pamphlet in question, but it is very probable that through the representations of the canvassers (who, we are informed, are females) some unsuspecting people mjajp boriadjiced ,to« lend a willing ear to the arguments placed before them as reasons for enrolling themselves as members. As a matter of fact about forty persons, so we are told, have by payment^alreatfy qualified themselves as j such. We do not say that the project is a swindle, but we are at likerty to regard the prospectus as savoring very much of the Montague Tigg business. The only name appearing on the prospectus is that 'Of J. lifemi^ltofc-tir pftotef, 201 ElizabethBtjreetj. Kelbonrn>. (A number o£ <( press opinions " also appear in the circular, but t the several journals from which they are extracted are not quoted. The last line of the prospectus ia perhaps the best. , "Application, by letter, containing admittance fee and address, will be attended to. "-Melbourne Age. King Tawhiao on Legends. — On the first day of the Native Gathering at Reweti, Tawhiao, in conversing with some of the Europeans present on the ancient history of ISew Zealand, alluded to some Native legends, with which the general public are not likely to be familiar. Pointing to two of his chiefs from Eawhai — Hone Wetere and Pikia— he said they are the descendants of an ancestor named Tirewa, a seer who many generations ago from a dream predicted the advent of the Europeans, by proclaiming that a race yet unknown to thb Jdaoris would come to New Zealand in ships, would Wear many colored garments, and ride upon animals larger than dogs. That prophecy had been fulfilled. Tawhaio also mentioned as a singular coincidence, that one of his ancestors, before European settlement, while walking in the bush near where is now situate the Taupiri coal mines, met a fairy, Patupaiarehe, Who, in a song told him that the name of this land was Tirani— the *iv TirehiorNew Zealand of to-day. He also gave an interesting account of the various methoda of divination practised by the tohungas or priests for ascertaining whether peace or war would ensue between tribes, or whether a certain warrior would die in battle or have a natural death, i The jnethofia referred tb somewhat resembled those employed by the Roman augurs. His own future had been partially revealed, by the art of divination, and, among other things disclosed, was that Tawhiao will never die by drowning. His body may, however, be eaten by a fish. The ground of this belief is, that one of his ancestors was capsized in a canoe out of sight of land, and immediately a whale rose, upon, whose back he at onee 1 scrambled, and it took him straight to Eawhai harbor, where he landed in safety, being an excellent swimmer. Tawhiao concluded by remarking archly, that the legends though implicitly believed in the olden time did not seem to have so great ahold upon the mind ofthe people in the present day.