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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1066, 27 March 1882, Page 2

The directors of the Lyell Creek Extended Company held a meeting in Reefton on Saturday evening, when they accepted the tender of Michael Cullen for extending the main tunnel 500 ft. The price was f 1 12s. 6d. per foot, and the tender was, we understand, by far the lowest of those sent in. Intelligence reaches us from Lyell that a big reef has been met with in the v o. 6 level of the United A lpine Company, and the stone carries gold. The reef having been intersected while driving the level through the ground of the .No. 2 Alpine and the South British, it is not yet known in which lease the reef lies. Kohler's Waxwork Exhibition opened on Saturday night and, as we anticipated, was exceedingly well patronised, the Hall being crowded. There were fiftyfive figures shown, as well as the celebrated armour in which ed Kelly was captured, after being Bhot in the leg and maimed. This seemed to excite considerable curiosity, as also the tableau of the Kelly gang attacking the police sent after them in, which they came off victorious, killing two of the constabulary. It contains nine figures, including Kate Kelly, sister of Ned and Dan Kelly. Burke, Wills, and King, are represented. The notorious Sullivan, Morgan, Captain Moonlite, and other celebrated criminals, appear in addition toother persons of a very different class. ! oyalty, leaders in politics, &c, &c, finding places in the show. The music is one of the greatest attractions, and the Kohler's on Saturday evening well maintained the high reputation they have won in this art. The Electric youth electrified in a double sense all who had the heart or temerity of shaking hands with him, Mr Kohler announcing from the stage that he would bet £5 with any one that they could not prove the effects to be produced by any artificial means. No one responded, but a great number were both shocked and astonished at the result. A fter this, Edison's phonograph was exhibited and the band also contributed several selections during the evening. The entertainment is really a good one, and we have doubt that it will meet with the liberal patronage that it deserves. We would remind those interested that the Extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Lankey's Creek Gold Mining Company, will be held at Beilby's Hotel, this (Monday) evening, at eight o'clock. His Honor Judge Broad, and Mr Perkins left, by special conveyance, for Greymouth on Friday afternoon. Inspector Emerson went down by the poach in the morning. A sad accident happened at Boatman's, yesterday evening to Mrs Billett, the wife of Mr Billeit, and the mother of a family, the youngest of whom is a baby in arms, It appears that on coining outside she trod upon a clothes peg, which, rolling

' beneath hr r foot, threw hor down with such violence to the ground as to break a leg, and im ict uerious injury to the ankle. The sufferj r was conveyed intq Reef ton, ' for medicaljj assiltance, as is common in such casea^ an'ft in the meantime the family is c^pri^ of its domestic head. She is thrit first woman eve* adrtuttfcd to the institution, there being no accomodation for females provided, but as the. hospital is at present, happily, thinly pcqupied, rdo'fll' "was atllrto tfe tound for her,' There are now, including her, five patients under treatment, but none of the case» are of a dangerous nature. In the course of the evidence given &t the last sitting of the District Court in the action, Poole v. Imperial Company, Peter O'Neii, one of the plaintiffs, swore that Clifford, one of the directors, told him he would have Him out of the mine ftt any price. ! On being asked the reason of this, the witness said that he was too quick for him (Clifford) in doing business. His Honor, in some surprise, asked if witness was a mining speculator, as well as a miner, to which he replied in the affirmative. His Honor asked if he bought the Imperial shares as the work was going on ancf, on receiving a similarreply, seemed considerably jastonished but made no further remarks. What obedpice does the member of an ordinary eleV^owe to the captain ? The English tear&nqw out here (writes the Sydney correspondent of the Auckland Star) has a Draconic Code. Shaw is despotic and arbittftryT v He can regulate a man's play, his beer, his hour of sleep. He can turn all the members out at sunrise in the morning, and give them Cockle' b pills at night. There is a £50 fine for any man that gets drunk. Let it be recorded that these rules have been enforced with mercy and discretion. What are we to think of a ;merafcer of an intercolonial teahi'who refuses *6 bowl at the r cap*tain'a* order. Yet that, lam told, occurred on Friday. Boyle would have sent the mutineer off the ground but for Murdoch's interference. A painful elopement is reported from the, Napier country district. A cowherd employed upon the statipn of a wellknown runholder, in the absence of the father ran away with the daughter, who is mentally afflicted, and can hardly be held responbible for her actions. The pair obtained a license and were married. They, were about to drive off in a buggy when the father and brother drove up, took the young lady away, and a well merited chastisement was inflicted on the fellow who induced her to leave her father's roof. In all probability an application will be made to the Courts to have the marriage cancelled on the ground that the young lady was not capable of understanding the nature of the step she took. . ........ The Wairoa correspondent of the N.Z. Times says — - The Bishop of Waiapu,'Dr Stuart, has been on a tour of visitation here, and unfortunately broke his collar bone through falling from his horse on the 4th instant. His Lordship returns to Napier by the first steamer. A few days ago, near Dunedin, a horse was so frightened by a wheelbarrow containing a galvanised iron tank that it jumped clean out of its harness to the opposite side of the road and instantly fell dead. The following fact may interest some of our readers as illustrating the difference of time between New Zealand and England, and the efficiency of the telegraph service between the two countries. A telegram addressed to a scholar at Clifton College near Bristol was sent from Nelson at 10 a.m. on the 25th January last, and reached the Clifton office at 9*24 a.m also on the 25th January, or (if clocks and almanacks are to be consulted) 36 minutes before it was sent. By a curious coincidence the hour of ten was being struck by the Christ Church clock in Nelson as the message was put into the office, and by the Christ Church clock in Clifton as the recipient opened the envelope containing it. According to the local paper, a wellknown farmer, who has resided in Tuapeka since the outbreak of the rush at Gabriels, estimates the wheat-yield of Taupeka West for the present season at 60,000 bushels. He considers that the qualify of the grain cannot be surpassed in New Zealand. Bishop Moran left England on his return to Dunedin, .by the s»s. Chimbpra^o early in Jajniaryf but broke his'vbyige'at the Cape in order to visit his old diocese, Grahamstown. His Lordship comes on, it is understood, by the Sorata, and may, therefore, be expected at the end of this month. At Lawrence one morning lately Mr Thomas Dwyer's horse Fenian, a wellknown performer at country race meetings, dropped down dead whilst training on the course. And whilst Mr Kitching, of Moa Flat, was riding to Kelso the other day, his ho.rse gave a sudden jump and immediately dropped dead. Mr Kitching escaped with a few slight bruises. The Auckland Free Lance will have it that Sir Arthur Gordon has taken Mr Studholme's house at Christchurch to keep his family free from contact with the members of the General Assembly during the next session of Parliament. Perhaps it is a wise precaution. The 'Wanganui Herald mentions the following instance of genuine good luck : — Among the exhibits at . the late Wanganui Exhibition was a large piece of ambergris weighing about 121bs- This had been found by Mr A lien Campbell, of the Brunswick. Line onKailwi beach. Not knowing ite value, he* kept it at home for some year£ but afterwards sent it Home through the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. A sale was effected in London at the rate of £4 per oz ; a sum of nearly £800 being thus realised for what was considered of little or no value, Penholders, one would suppose, can scarcely be put to any other use than that for which they are intended. The New

I Zealand Insurance Company have, however, proved the contrary by showing that, unlikely as it may appear, they can be made an excellent advertising medium. This is done by substituting a neat glass tube, closed and rounded off at one and, for the piece of wood commonly found in a penholder, and by a simple process a Blip of paper U inserted so as to show the the title of the company with the words « c Fire and Marine." . The Bruce Herald is responsible for the following tale of meanness which it has been assured, occurred within the limits of the County of Bruce : — " Some months ago, an individual of the fanning persuasion lost by death, his aged, muchloved, and greatly-venerated father. Being anxious to show the most profound respect to the memory of his loved progenitor, he interviewed a monument man in Dunedin and made arrangements for the erection of a tombstone. With an eye to economy, he bargained with the sculptor to have the stone supplied at a figure which left to the artist so small a margin of profit that it was barely percepticle. Upon the completion of this lucrative order, themdividual referred to was informed of the fact when, with a spirit of filial devotion worthy to be recorded in classic numbers, he wrote to the man of stone asking him to hold on a little, so that the name of another relative might be carved upon it, all under one, the party being then sickening for a fever." Another terrible earthquake has occurred in the famous volcanic region of Central America. Four towns are stated to have been completely destroyed. The one mentioned is Alajuela, which has a population of 12,000 or 13jO00 people ; and in this business centre alone — the place being the seat of a considerable amount of trade — several thousand people have perished. It is worth noting that Alajuelaos' situated upon the elevated mountain- ridge which runs along the centre of the narrow territories of Panama and Costa Rica, and it was in the territory immediately to the north of Costa Rica, the Republic of Nicaragua, that one of the most remarkable earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on record occurred, in January, 1836. At that time a darkness was caused which spread over the half of Central America, and an area of something like 40,000 square miles was covered with the ashes thrown out from out from a volcano situated in the Bay of Fonsena. The explosions accompanying the erruption were heard even at Kingston, Jamaica, distant about 800 miles. On that occasion, however, no human lives appear to have been lost.