THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLYFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1053, 24 February 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1882.

There was active inquiry yesterday for South Hopeful*, 1 '-Twit' there Were few, if any, sellers at the market quotation, 4s 6d. This company being on ihe Imperial line, and in close contiguity to that mine, is beginning to command attention. We publish to-day ' fihe memorial of registration of the Boyal Quartz Mining Company, Limited, Devil's Creek. The company's mine adjoins the Golden Point Company's lease, and its favourable position has already given a tangible .value to thesbgres., Mr G. WVMosb, Greymouth, is the legal manager of the company. Barry O'Neil'B ; Combination^ Concert and Cornedy 1 Cdtopttoy,^ will give a performance in Boater's pall to-morrpw. evening, assisted by well-known Reefton lady and gentlemen amateurs, when a capital bill will be presented, viz., the .laughable extravaganza " Bombastes* Furioso,"-a musical interlude, in which,, Messrs Barry G'Neil, Arthur Lissaiij^ Mack Alexander, and Jofin ' Kennedy Scott, pianist, will- take part. Mr Lissant will also give his celebrated lightning caricatares of well-known West Coast residents, also the very amusing one-act comedy, "Hunting the Slippers." Such a programme should not fail to draw a crowded house, not only to support this talented combination, but to encourage our local amateurs. The prices are within the reach of all, 3s. and 2s. At a meeting of shareholders in the Montezuma Gold Mining Company, held at Campbell's Southern Cross Hotel the other evening Mr Boulston in the chair, it was resolved on a motion of Mr M'Kenna, seconded by Mr Larkin, that the chairman be authorised to register the company under the Mining Companies' Act, 1872, with a capital of £20,000 in as many shares of £1 each. Messrs Potta, Boulston, Hankin, Larkin, and M'Kenna, were appointed directors for the ensuing six months. We have been shown a very handsome illuminated sheet to represent the leading business firms on the West Coaat at the forthcoming Christchurch Exhibition. The proprietors, Messrs O'Neil and Lissant, have already published two of New Zealand for the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions, which represented the busi ness firms in Auckland, Wellington, ; Christchurch, and Dunedin, of which the Sydney and Melbourne papers spoke very highly. Mr O'Neil will call personally in the course of a few days to take orders for the present sheet. We recom-' mend it especially to our readers aS an excellent medium of advertisement. The design is from the pencil of Mr Arthur Lisaant, and will be exhibited in the New Zealand section of the Christchurch Exhibition. Mr James Stevenson will sell by public auction, at 2 p.m. on Saturday (to-mor-row) on the premises, section of land and cottage in Shiel-street, Reefton, opposite the United Methodist Church. The directors of the Lankey's Creek Cement Company are determined to lose no time in bringing their property into productiveness. At a meeting held last night at Mr Hindmarsh's office, terms were closed for the purchase of a tonhead battery, engine, and boiler. The plant has bean examined by Mr Beeche, who recommends it as the very thing the company require. Mr Beeche will superintend the shipment of the plant from the Thames at once, so that it may be expected to arrive in Greymouth in the course of a very few weeks. Work will be started at once to prepare the site for its erection on the company's lease in order to bring the stamps into active operation at the earliest possible date — an undertaking which in this case will be greatly facilitated by the fact that no expensive tunnels or shafts are needed, as he cement lies upon the surface, ready 'or immediate use, and a ten -head battery .vill be able to get through as many tons weekly, as twenty or thirty stampers would of quartz. Mr Gilbert, dentist, has arrived and L aken rooms at the rear of Mr G. C. Bow™n.n's Auction Mart, where he may be ccnjsulte I daily, the entrance being from right ot way a4; the rear of the mart. As Mr ..ilbert will be leaving on the 10th instant

and will ; not re-visit Reef ton for some ', considerable time, those desirous of consulting him should ,&&esarly advantage* of his presence here. The Westport , Times says :— The Johnston v. O'Conor litigation is to be again revived — in, fact it appears bound to rival the famous casus celebre, "Jaradyce v. Jarndyce," with which readers of Dickens " Bleak House " are acquanted. Two criminal actions arising out of the differencesof these persons are set down for hearing at a sitting of the R.M. Court, to be held next Tuesday, namely — Walsh v. E. J. (S.Conor, John Dick, J. Gilmer, (Reef ton), and W. M"Lean, for con-, spiracy and forgery. With these cases and the libel action, Denniston v. Wright, the Court should be pretty busy on Tues day. The Grey Argus of yesterday says : There are evident signs of revival in the Reefton share market. Unusual activity has prevailed during the last few days, the number of telegrams passing between Reefton and Greymouth in reference to dealings in scrip, and mining matters generally, would seem to indicate that we are on the verge of another period of excitement. This is only what could be expected from the fact of so much prospecting and pegging out. of new ground dajrsiago a good many transactions in Lankey s took place, some of them being heavy lines. At present, however, there is a lull in cement business. Speculation in scrip in Langdon's hill has been very quiet for some weeks, and will probably remain so until more work is going on than is the case at present. South Hopeful were enquired for yesterday. Commenting on the election contest at Dunedir. between the Rev. W. Davis and the pastor of the Christian Brethren, the New Zealand Wesleyan says :— Mr Green will represent the parson power in the new House. It is singular that the opposing candidate should also have been a parson ; that Dunedin, the supposed hotbed of Freethought shpuld, elect the opponent of Charles Brigitt; and that the contest between the parsons should have been one of the most personal and acrimonious in the colony. The latter imay be accounted for by supposing ••odium iheologicum " to be added to "odium politicum." .'.■:"' :-■•;•■'"'••" ' Our Australian telegrams to day contain the announcement of the death of Mr Mathew Elliot, Melbourne Manager of the Bank of Australasia, and formerly General Manager of the National Bank of New Zealand. Mr Elliott's name has been long ■■> and favorably known in connection With colonial banking circles. He was a native of Inverness, and had been a few years in the service of, th + c Caledonian Bank, previous to emigrating to Australia, j where, upon landing, He- entered the service of the Bank of Australasia. He was soon promoted to the management of 'the Ballarat Branch, and had bubsequently all the gold fields branches under his inspection. When the bank extended its business to New Zealand, Mr Elliot was entrusted with the selection of the staff for the various branches. After a lengthened and useful service of over a quarter of a century in the one institution, he was induced, when in London, to accept the control of the National Bank of New Zealand. Finding the labors of his new charge rather irksome and different to what he had been accustomed, he jffacated his appointment in the National pink, and returned to the establishment with which he had so long been connected, again assuming the management in Melbourne, which position he held until the time of his death. Dr Suter, the Bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, with a party of seven, will probably be among the passengers for England, per Mirzapore. They were to leave New Zealand on Bth February by the Rotomahana. Mis Emma Stanley, an accomplished and versatile artist, whose performances in an entertainment entitled " The Seven Ages of Woman " were very popular, has recently died. The remnant of the Austrian Band has arrived in Dunedir, and has given concerts with considerable success in that city. William M'Lcan, late of Inangahua, left for Melbourne recently, to purchase machinery for Caswell Sound Company. A four-horse coach will shortly run between Lyell and Reefton. It is the intention of the Lyell School Committee to enforce n,t an early <kte the compulaory clause of tho Education Act, in order to compel a hotter attendance of children at tho local school. At tho Dunedin Polioo Court tho otlu r day a young girl was brought up charged yrith being drunk in tho Btreot, on tho previous night, Hc-rgcant Bovin stated that when arrested she wan in a very bad state of intoxication. Mr Elliott : How old is she '( Accused : Sixteen, your Worship. Mr Elliott : You are beginning lifo in a queer way, my poor girl, you aro fined 10s ; in default, 48 hours' imprisonment. From the Tablet we learn that a movement ia on foot to present that publication to BitshopMoran " in order that its future profits (if any) may be applied to the furtherance of the great cause of Catholic oducation. — Weßtport Times A confirmed gaol-bird thus addressed the Hobart Magistrate recently : — "Send me to gaol. lam better off there than working in tho brick-field. Give me twelve or eighteen months, or seven years, or life; I'll be glad. I am better cortented there, for nobody will employ an old man now so that he can get anything to eat. Make a round thing of it and let the sentence be, "To stop till he dies." The foreman of the diamond drill at Stawell reports to the F"Tetmy of Mines as follows :— " Sir, — I have the honor to report having this njornir.g finished boring

! at No. 10 at the Great Southern mine, Stawell, at a, depth of 78 feet 4 inches. s,Thef^illhaß tieen-otdeired to l&llarat for repairs. .On its re-arrival at it will be BettowprkiritliePrin.ce Alfred Company's, mine at tkd 1520 feet level. The diamond drill at Maryborough has been working in unpromising country, devoid of encouraging prospects arid will be withdrawn and sent to some other district. The telegraph wires in operation in New Zealand are 9587 miles long, bringing in a revenue of £83,000. The Colony of Victoria has 6578 miles of "telegraph wires in operation, yielding a revenue of £85,000. j New South Wales, 18,689 miles, with a revenue of £84,000. It will be fresh in the memory of our readers that a lengthened description was recently given in our columns of the great robbery of jewellery from the Hatton Garden Post Office, London. A jeward of £1200 -has been offered for the discovery and apprehension of the thieves, viz., 1,000 by Messrs Lewis and Lewis, solicitors, of Ely Place, Holborn, on account of the insurance, companies,, and £200 from the government, With free pardon to any accomplice not being the actual delinquent, on such information being given as will lead to the conviction of the robbers.* It will be remembered the stolen diamonds were secured in a mail bag, which, with^altits contents, was abstracted. The recent mail from England has brought placards to the Christchurch police depot with full particulars, and, although not necessarily in connection therewith, the photographs of John Vanderstein and Henry Fulton, both of whom have a number of aliases attached to their names. These individuals were recently released from Spike Island, after lengthened terms of; penal servitude, and are now reported as missing, having failed to report themselves to tlje necessary authorities. They are fully described, stated to be well acquainted with the continent, and it is surmised that they may be at the present time in the colonies.