THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1068, 31 March 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1882.

In a Gazette of the 16th instant, it , is notified that 170,300 acres of pastoral land in the Amuri district, divided into twenty rung of from SpOOfo 17,000 acres, will be pfljered for lease by public Ruction at the Lands Office, Nelson, early in May next.

The ferry boat at the Left-hand Branch was hauled up for repairs on Wednesday last, and will not be fit for relaunching till Tuesday. In the meantime the ferryman, Robert Wplfe, will- convey passengers across in a trap that is provided.

By a telegram received in town from Mr Perkins yesterday, we learn that his Honor Judge Broad has given judgment in the case pf Poole v. The Imperial Company. He gives a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for £58 Bs, 9d. money due and deposit, £10 damages, £3 3s. professional costs, and cost* (4 Court, but nothing for witnesses.

The Waxworks Exhibition was open yesterday and on Wednesday evenings, and the excellent music was thoroughly appreciated on both days. It will be open to-night and to-morrow evening,' when their Reefton season will probably close.

In the Warden's Court yesterday, the Warden gave notice that he would recommend that leases be granted to the following companies : — The Best, the Inan.gahua, the Western Reef, the Cyclops, the North Specimen Hill, the Bright Smile, the Colorado, the Alexandra, the Wide-a-Wake Creek, the Troilus, the Zulu, and the Advance. Objections are taken to the following, which will be heard this morning — the Happy Moments, the Happy-go-Lucky, the Lankey's Creek, and the Echo.

A party of gentlemen is being organised in Reefton, for the purpose of proceeding overland on a visit to the Christchurch Exhibition. The expedition will, in some respects, assume the position of an exploring survey party, for the members of it integd'to travel by the Maruia, along the proposed line of rail, way, stopping at various stations as they go. They expect to tap Amberley on the second day, ,and thence by rail. They w}U thus practically prove the practicability pf the route, even in its present rough Btate. It is to be hoped that their trip will have th# eSect oi re-awakening interest in Christchurch, in reference to the hoped for railway. The railway pilgrims, as they may be termed, will set put on Sunday week, April 9th, and we cordially wish them a pleasant trip across, and hearty enjoyment on reaching their destination.

By a letter received in Reefton from Mr R. E. Gulline, we hear that mining affairs in Tasmania are now very greatly depressed, but he hopes for a revival soon. Another old Reefton identity, Mr Caples, is also in Tasmania, and has recently returned from a trip in the tin mining districts. He speaks very favorably of their prospects, and in proof of his faith has invested pretty largely in some of the mines. He m*iy be expected to return here in a month or six weeks.

The Licensing Committees of Reefton, Black's Point, and Boatman's last night despatched a joint Jetter, through Inspector Emerson, £o the Chief Commissioner of Police, asking him to appoint at least, one additional constable for the district, and pointing out in a forcible manner the actual and pressing necessity Jhere for such an addition. On Inspector Emerson's latp visit he thoroughly agreed that extra police were greatly needed, and there is no doubt he will strongly support the letter of the Committee. There is, consequently, every chance of the request being granted-

Lawyers c certainly not peacemakers. On a civil case being called on yesterday

in the R.M. Cpurt, it was found that the litigants h%4 settled their differences out of Court, the suit having been withdrawn. On this, Mr Jones rose and said that was a subject which the prpfession had lpng intended to bring before his Worship* an< i n e hoped he would give ■ consideration to. Suitors were in the habit of engaging legal gentlemen to conduct their cases, and at the last moment settled them out of Couijt without giving their solicitors any notice of their intention so to do. He trusted that his Worship would in all such cases allow professional costs.' Mr Lynch followed spit, relating the legal woes in this direction in a most pathetic manner, and saying that after the lawyers had hunted up evidepce, subpoenaed witnesses, and taken all the troubje possible, matters were settled at the la^st moment. He was about to say something as to the late practice of Mr Revell's predecessors on the Bench, when that gentleman cut him abruptly short saying that whatever his predecessors had done was no guide to him, adding, as it were in a stage aside, that a great many things had been done that ought not to have been done. After hearing the two gentlemen, lVJrßevell said that he would not allow costs where cases were withdrawn on j|je day p(gvjgus to the, hear-, %g, DU^^pulfl do-iw ifhW tliey were* withdrawn on* the day for which they were set dpwn for trial. This seemed to satisfy the legal mind, and business proceeded.

A meeting of the shareholders in the Captain Cpok Gold .Mining Company was held on Wednesday evening at Mr Lee's office, Mr Roulston in the chair. It was decided to register the company as soon as possible, and commence operations without delay. Messrs Roulston, Butler, M'Gillicuddy, Hunt, and O'Grady, were elected directors, and Mr Harold was appointed auditor. This mine adjoins the Alpine No. 2, and the rich lode that company is at present working is supposed to run tyrough their line. The capital of the company is fixed at £12,000, in 24,000 shares of 10s. each.

Mr Revell held a Court at Hampden on Tuesday last. George Gibbs was fined for having bottles exposed in a former licensed house. The valuations to which we referred in our last issue, were confirmed, though in some cases the amounts were reduced.

It is said that "there are none so blind as those who won't see," and there are none so dull as officials who won't under stand plain English. When Dr. Lemon was here last it was distinctly understood that he would recommend the extension of the telegraph line to Boatman's, conditionally on the residents there guaranteeing that the business done should meet the expense of the station. The guarantee required was unhesitatingly given, but as Sir Joseph Porter in " Pinafore" Bays not "officially," and hence there is further delay. Mr Weston, M.H.R., has been stirring in the matter, and his action elicited the following reply :— " Post Office and Telegraph Department, Wellington, 20th March, 1882. . — Sir : With special reference to the newspaper cutting relating to the extension of telegraphic communication to Boatman's, enclosed with your letter of the 6th inBtant, and your reference thereto, the Postmaster-General notes the statement of a guarantee, and desires you to be apprised that no offer of such has been officially made by those applying for the telegraph office at Boatman's. — I have the honour, &c., W. Gray, Sgcretary.f We presume that the department wish the guarantee to be in writing, and the inference to be drawn from the letter is that as soon as this is to hand the work will be done. It would be well, therefore, for the business men or others interested, to prepare and forward such a document with as little delay as possible, and possibly then the offer made thus " officially" may secure the desired boon.

Mails for the United Kingdom and Australian Colonies close at the Bluff on Friday, 31st March, at noon.

Mr Weston, M.H.R., for this district, will visis Reefton about the beginning of May, when he will meet the electors, and be prepared to receive information on any matter connected with the electorate, which it may be necessary to bring before Parliament.

Of a monument and its teaching the Ohristohurch Star, writes : — "He gave hjs life for another." So runs the legend uppn a marble obelisk which has just been set up in the cemetery. Children, whose cifriosity will be awakened by the brief chronicle, will learn that the stone marks the long resting-place of Thomas Kerr, wh,p tried to save a drowning fellow man, and lost his own Jif ein the attempt. They will learn also, that Kerr was a cabman in this city, and that his brother whips, recognising the heroic nature of the deed done by their comrade, set up the marble monument in testimony of that

recognition. The New Zealand Wesleyan for last month has the following :— " One of the examiners in church history reports having given the question, ' What was the nature of the Pragmatic Sanction ? ' and having received comprehensive reply, ' The Lord knows. ' The examiner does not dispute the statement of the examiner, but fancies the young gentleman will know better next time."

The Poverty Bay Standard considers that when Parliament meets, the appointment of a consulting hydraulic engineer should be "one pf the first and firmly pressed motions" laid before it. The Gisborne people, having had a sharp lesson, recognise that an abundant water supply is a necessity ; and they would like to have jbhe advice of an engineer of repute. . , , A novel contest in the shape of a six days' tournament between W. Edwards, the pedeatrj^n, and a horse, has been arranged at Geelong, to take place in the middle of April, for £100 a-sido, to be in

creased by mutual coiisent to £200. The preliminary deposit on each side has been duly paid. The agreement drawn up is to the effect that the pedestrian is limited to a fair walk, whilst the horse may be ridden or driven ftt any pace by two riders or drivers of not less than sst 71b each.

A factory girl at Lawrence was ordered by her physician to use chloroform to induce sleep, and, taking an overdose she VFas • overtaken by sleep so profound that it was thought that she was dead. She was accordingly prepared for burial, and the mass was being celebrated in a Catholic church, when all who were in church were horrified by hearing a scream from the coffin. The coffin was opened and she was returned to life.

A novelty in the way of protecting headings in mines, and as a partial sub stitute for timbering, has been introduced on a large scale in some parts of Austria. The surface of the heading is made as even as possible, wet with water, and then the cement is put on with a trowel, all fissures and cracks being filled up carefully. When partially dried, new layers are put on until the right thickness has been obtained. The surface is smoothed, and is sprinkled, with Tfater from time lo time during the next few days in order to prevent cracking by tcte rapid drying. Both jat the Wiczek mini, and atthe JohannMarie, at PolnisohiOstran, this cement lining proved cheaper than timbering. In a limited way this method had been employed in Prussia alearly as 1871, and it is carried out on a large scale in lining the Hudson River Tunnel.

Mrs Thomas Kempson, who claimed to be the first white woman who landed at Port Nicholson, died recently at Grey - town, aged 73. She landed with her husband from the ship Adelaide, in March, 1840, after a voyage of six months. Mrs Kempson was unwell on arriving in port, and before taking her ashore a small ti-tree whare was put up for her on or near where the New Zealand Insurance Company's office now stands. The family subsequently became the pioneers of settlement in the Greytown district.

Mr Crompton, the Taranaki Inspector of Schools, in his report to the Education Board on the Opunake Bchool, Bays : — "I noticed here what I never saw except in France — certain mothers meeting . their children as they came out of school to take them home. Ido not know whether it is their hsbit ; I wish it were universal ; the language, manners, and habits of the children would be vastly improved by it. .