THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1055, 1 March 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1882.

The Golden Treasure Company's crushing yielded 2340z5. ldwt. melted gold from 166 tons of stone. The directors met, and after paying off outstanding heavy liabilities declared a dividend of 6d.

For several days past a gradually increasing interest has centered in the operations of the Inangahua Low Level Tunnel Company. Some little time ago a trace of stone was crossed in the main tunnel, and the directors very wisely determined to put in a short cross-cut to test the nature of the run. After going a distance of 20 feet the stone gradually widened out, and showed a little golc l . This fact led to a rather brisk inquiry for shares on Monday last, 3s. being freely offered, and several parcels were picked up at that figure. Yesterday evening intelligence was brought to town that a shot put in had disclosed a reef nearly 4 feet in width, with a fair show of fine gold. This naturally gave* lorthefhoisi to the market price of shares. But there were few if aity Teller* l&t night, «qgT£p reliable quotations can therefore be given. Buyers were, hwever, offering 3s. 6d. Further developments are awaited with considerable interest.

A telegram was received in town yesterday, stating that a special meeting of the City Council, Nelson, was called for the purpose of appointing a deputation to visit Wellington in the interest of the through overland mail service between Kelson and Greymouth.

The promoters of the East and West Coast railway have furnished another proof of their earnestness in regard to the undertaking. By the mail which left on Friday last elaborate plans prepared by Mr Thornton, C.E., were sent to Sir Julius Yogel, who has promised his support in putting the company on the London market. The last advice from SirJ. Yogel speaks with confidence of success, if it can be shown with confidence that no gradient is more than 1 in 40. The survey proves that no gradient is more than 1 in 50, and that only at flhort distances on the western slope of Cannibal Gorge. The interest in the promotion of the railway hrs »3cently revived in Christchurch, justifying the promoters in anticipating that £100,000 worth of shares will be taken up in Canterbury alone. The opposition is confined entirely to the squatter daa«.

The ordinary haJf T yearly meeting of shareholders in the NtfDesperandum Company was held at Mr Lee's office last night. The following directors were elected for the current six months : — Messrs M, V. Giving. R. Dykes, J Thorburn, J, M'Calluta, and M. Byrne. Mr W, Faier was appomted auditor. It was decided to proceed at once with the work of .opening up the mine south of thej shaft. . •'

At a meeting of the directors qi • the Golden Treasure Company held last night a dividend of six-pence per 24,000 th share— equal to £600, was declared, and will be payable on and after to-morrow.

The next sitting of the Magistrate's and Warden's Court at leefton will be held on the 9th March.

It is gratifying to observe (hat others than residents of Reefton are being tempted to apply for mining leases here. It will be observed that Mr J. A. Cliapman, of the firm of Chapman and Hamilton, Dunedin, has, in conjunction with Mr D. P. Anderson, applied for » lease the ground held by the Gorge Company, Boatman's.

AlrG, C, Bowman left for Westport this morning, en rojite for Nelson, where he will probably remain for a month to recruit his health. During Mr Bowman's absence Mr Robert A. Eoulston will conduct the management of the Keep-it-Dark, I esult, Happy Valley, anrl other companies. an-.! fll y e

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Rear-Admiral Sir F. W. Sullivan, K.C.B, who has been appointed to the j command of the detached squadron in sue cesssion to Rear Admiral Clanwilliam, was midshipman of the Castor during the Kaffir War of 1852-53 (medal) ; was promoted commander for valuable assistance rendered during the successful operations of Her Majesty's troops in New Zealand in 1859 (New Zealand medal) ; being also present at the attack on the Rebels position at Rangiriri on the 20th November,; 1863. For his successful 5 command of the flotilla for five months up the rivers during the New Zealand war of 1863 and for four months as second and chief of the staff to Commodore Wifleman during 1863-64, he was specially mentioned and promoted, and was made a C.B. on the 25th January, of the latter year. He was Commodore, at the Cape from the commencement of the Zulu War till 26th March, 1879, and on his return to England was created a K.C.B.

From the official tables of persons of each sex apprehended by the police in England and Wales, it appears that during the official year 1879-80, 10,062 women were classed as habitual drunkards, while the number of men in the same category i was 27,878. ,; >. j It has been ascertained that the (boldest ■phvce on ftft th&|e«& .m yerkpvansk, *in Sifteriiii 6h the riter Ifana. Th^e lowest niean temperature^; 48-6 deg. below zero, Centigrade.

Nine beasts belonging to a farmer at Twyford were seized on Tuesday for tithes amounting to £48. They were bought in for £59 15s Bd, and Mr Wingfield, in counting the money into a sieve, said £30 was for the bishops, £10 for the poor curates, £6 for the vicar of the parish, and the residue for "the poor tools who had turned his cattle into golden images." A number of farmers were present, who hooted and groaned during the proceedings and a resolution was subsequently .passed condemning the Tithes Commutation Act of 1836,. and asking for its repeal or amendment. A ■

In the midst the of #&djW3S into which Vienna has been thrown by the recent catastrophe at the theatre, there has been one bright spot. Mr Gottel, after having given to the Neve Presse 10,000 florins for the families of the sufferers, has contributed a second donation of 120,000 florins to the relief committee. This great benefactor is an American citizen, who has long resided in Vienna.

Mr E. Walker, of Tottenham, writes to Nature to propose the transmission of power by electricity for boring the proposed Channel tunnel, and the use of electric power in propelling the trains through the tunnel when completed. Dr. Siemens is said to have stated that he would undertake to transmit for boring by electricity 50 per cent.- of the initial power half way through the tunnel. As for the trains eventually running through the tunnel, the proposal is that they should be worked by power generated by them in their descent from the land level to the tunnel level.

Alia&swhat jmportant question in connmmKFwith. assigned estates is likely (says the Hawke's Bay Herald), to be dealt with shortly in a court of law. It appears that one of the partners of an assigning firm had some private debts, upon which the trustees refused to pay any dividend on the ground that they were not be recognised. We understand that one of the private creditors intends to sue the trustees for the dividend, so as to get the question settled. It has been lately decided by the English Court of Chancery that the trustees of a friendly society could not recover £300 lent on the security of a promissory note to a person who was not a member, on the ground that by the rules for the society they were not allowed to lend money to one who was not a member. , - Mr Talmage the popular American preacher, in alluding to the prevailing iinV pressionthat "anybody cam edit a newspaper," said :--" The theory that anybody can make a newspaper a success is often disastrous. Three. ojrfs}r fortunes are often swallowed up before/ people are : convinced that brains are required to conduct a journal. Although there are 7000 dailies, only thirty-six are half a century old. The average of newspaper life is five years. Most of them die of cholera infantum. An editor must be an encyclopedia. More qualities ate needed as an editor than in any other business. I say [ this to save men from bankruptcy. Men who think that without experience they can run a newspaper have softening of the ! brain. Such a man had better throw his pocket-book into his wife's lap and rush up to the Bloomindale Insane Asylum. (Laughter). The newspaper is the tunnel to bring the waters of knowledge to the people. The Bible, Webster's Dictionary, and a good newspaper ; these fit men for * this life'and the hextjTu .j ; .Ifg^hjng like candour,, says iEgles. Not long ago a drover came to the boundary of the run held by Canegrass with a large flock of sheep looking very miserable for want of water, and it was for water he applied to Canegrass. Now as these sheep would have had to travel 35 miles through his run, Canegrass very naturally hesitated at first it being a Berious matter to furnish water for them all along the road, the crabholes being dry. However, he consented at last, and as the driver was most profuse in his thanks as he gave the water for his own benefit. But, said jthe drover how can that be ? My sheep will be the gainers. ' Well, said C. • I'll tell you. If I don't give your sheep water they'll die in hundreds along the track, ; and cause an abominable smell. I want to escape that.

Mr R> Gilmer performed a feat the other day worth mentioning. Leaving N elson in the morning on horseback he arrived the next night at Westport, thus try-tiling the distance of 160 miles in

It is from the candle factories that the enormous supply of glycerine comes, which is now. a very important article of trade. A few years ago it was wasted ; now it is sent to the manufacturing chemist, who purities it by distillation and filtration through bone charcoal, and puts it upon the market. It is put to a great variety of uses, many of which depend upon its peculiar propensities of nonvoluntility and absorption^by atoosplieric poisture. Harness makertaadVleiftther workers use it in making leather pliable ; it is put into gas-meters because it does not freeze exexcept at a .very low temperature ; modellers keep their clay studies moist with it ; tobacconists sweeten chewing tobacco with it j and ladies apply it to their hands and faces to soften the skin. Much of it goes jjntOjjthe manufacture of the terrible explosive, nitro-glycerine, which is made by treating it with a mixture of sulphuric^ and nitric acid, or concentrated nitrid <acid. • Not less than 3, 200,000 pounds of glycerine are produced by the candle factories and utilised every year in America, ' and yet bo late as the year 1854 it was counted as worthless and run off into the sewers.