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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1119, 21 August 1882, Page 2

; Owing to tho Oddfellows' Hall having I been previously engaged by Mr Donovan,> Mr Williams was unable to give his en- . tertainment,»as announced, on Saturday i evening; laat^qct a great many people were much disappointed in consequence. A* will.be seem- however, it will-be given *■ to-night (Monday^ and .we caii cordially recommend ou\ i'oj^ders to pay tho Hall a , 3 pots in Ireland,, and a mope interesting and instructive lecture is given, explain- • ing all the historic or. other traditions in j connection with each. These are not mero daubs bufare enlarged from admir J ably executed photographs, so, their , fidelity cannot be ouestioned. The oxy--1 hydrogen lime light, plays a conspicuous . part in the show, and we have no doubt : that as good a house as such a really genuine entertainment deserves will be present at the representation. i We understand that Mr R. Reeves on j Saturday last negotiated the sale of ; M'Gattin's Hotel, Lyell, the purchaser being Mr Vincent Fania. The figure was £2,500. A gentl eman, representing the Dunedin , shareholders of the New Zealand Anti- | mony Company, (Inangahuaj, . reached j here on Saturday last, for the purpose of | examining and reporting upon the company's mine. | The report of another reefing discovery reached town on Friday last, the exact locality being in Maori Gully. A reef of | large dimensions has been found on the surface, and the prospector, Mr R. De Young, believes it to be a continuation of | the Globe line. In the meantime a lease . of the ground has been applied for under 1 the name of the New Holland Company, and further particulars are looked for- ! wardito with considerable interest. I A number of gentlemen visited the j Gladstone mine on Saturday 1 list, and ' the favorable impressions formed of the f .prospects of- the venture, will result in the j work's pushed on with renewed "vigor". . : . f Business frontages in Broadway coijs fc^nue to be in good demand. £820 wris pmgiM^aYifaßtyoflered and ref\Mc&£dfr t'Oneor-trfe principal coiner blocks, to- ' gethe^ with'the building and good-will of ■ thu biAjness carried on thereon. ; 1 The attention t)f the County Engineer ■ may with advantage be directed to ' the pool of water which collects ! after every few hours of rain right in* ffcnt of the Post Office. A very little will remedy the evil, which at present is a great inconvenience to these having business at the office after rain has j fallen. We are sorry to say that Mr D. P. Anderson, broker, has been confined to | bed for some days, owing to an accident whereby he injured one knee rather severely. He is, however rapidly recovering, and will shortly be about and \ busy again. . * A College of Music haa been*testituted at home, and the Prince of Wales, who is : President of the budding institution, takes I a great interest in its welfare, He haa | communicated to Lord Kimbcrlcy re- ' lative to obtaining the co-opuration of i colonists in the matter, and in two let- | ters to that nobleman, which are pub- : lished as despatches, reminds him that the | colonies have always evinced great interest | in the art, and have contributed some of , its highest and most accomplished votaries ;to its ranks. Scholarships to the College may bo founded on payment of £3000, and will be designated by the name of tho individual on the locality by whom, tho money is given or subscribed. It is likely that some of the chief centres of New Zealand will find the means to assist the institution in' this way. In the great dearth of amusement in Reef ton, it has been suggested that a debating Bociety, taking the form of a mock padiam«utr-»»ouidil>6 -a^*t«d, and "the suggestion is not half a bad one. Such a • society was in vogue in Greymouth for some yeai'H, and a large number of the" leading people in tlitf town, including all the lawyers, w^rey ''members of it. A Government was constituted, brought in bilis, and puhhed' them through, whilst | an activo Opposition pursued all ordinary | Parliamentary tactics with a view to turn* I ing Ministers out of office. Membersspoke : and voted on the questions submitted, j and all parliamentary procedure was ; exactly observed in the conduct of i business. In addition to pleasantly ; wiling aw;vy a few hours during tho week, ; the debutes of the society greatly imj proved the elocutionary powers of mem- ! bera and gave them a correct insight into i all parliamentary rules and practice. j Such a budj r would be welcome in this ! town and wg hone the idea 'will be carried out nnd not bo allowed to drop, One of our citizens, Mr W. Hindmursh, wub, we believe, a distinguished mum her of the Greymouth society, and would no doubt lend valuable assistance in the establishment of such an institution. A correspondent, the Rev. A. Don, vritinrj from P.ivi-rton sends us the follow

■ «r^—-:~- — ■ ■ ing with a request that wo would publish it. He says ;— "ln ihe month of Murch last, the Otago and Southland Presbyterian Church stationed at Rivorton in Southland started their missionary to the Chinese. In the town of Hivorton the number of Chinese is small, but at Round Hill, distant some eleven miles, there are about five hundred miners. Since his appointment, the missionary has held services weekly at both places. At Round Hill, now and then, some difficulty would arise over the getting of a suitable place wherein to meet, and seeing this may have moved the Chinese. However, about three weeks ago without even a hint from the missionary on the subject, they commenced to subscribe towards the building of a meeting-house at Round Hilt; tind in less than a fortnight raised sixty-five pounds. The end they have in view is the raising of ninety or a hundred pounds, and doubtless their characteristic perseverance will be rewarded by: Buccesa. It is quite fresh in the* memories, of the people of Riverton how thatVffie' l&gt contribution by the same Chiiiele towards the jiminienancc of the WaWrtee; Hospital was a handsome sum. Aivi vth^se-^uins, it should bo i-V«nj|«g^»^o'^^^''|trib?ted. J>y^q :«fiflp- . mtyhber pwageaed Vpouuds clebfj" woj^d leave |^|^ China all soon as possiblef" .* 4 I Illustrating the truth of ithe old adage, "It never rains but it pours," we have had for the last few days a perfect deluge of travelling agents for the Government Insurance Department in Reefyori, where, for a period of several montfrs^^hat "life-taking" fraternity has been quite unrepresented. Messrs Counsell and Donovan have advocated the claims of the older or ordinary branch of the institution, while Mr Baker's mission was to inaugurate tho new Industrial Branch for the working classes. As' t.he latter scheme was only started on its present basis in the month of March las\ since which time a great number of persons in all parts of the colonY have taken up policies under its provisions, and as there is in and about Reef ton, a large working population who should "go and do likewise," we are glad to be -able to give our readers the following particulars respecting it: — The system or scheme is comprised in five tables, the first having reference to the lives of children, a month old, and up to 12 years ; the second to insurance of adults and children over 12 years ; the third to insurances of £100 and over ; the others to insurances payable during the life of the insurer after the lapse of ,a certain number of years. The grand features of the system are first that the payments are made weekly, and the rates are very .low, and secondly that the. locafc ag&nts \ collect the amounts, small as they- are, so that insurers lose no l'tliH&'iiT'runmng-aiter,tliem. We are glad to learn that in kverym town where *lhe scheme has been fairly ' introduced, the /■ working es* 'V-s' are-uut providing a hundred oTtwo hundred pounds, which will b# available it. is most ' wanted;*' ' that . is, .-'.'either ili old age, or when the bread-winner shall be taken away. As our readers will see by the advertisement ''in another column, Mr Jonanthan Anh:U has been appointed the local agent' for tjftj Industrial Branch at Reef ton, and 'he, together with the travelling agent are daily "on the war-path," and we are informed that their efforts have already been crowned with a large measure of success. We would strongly reccommend those who have not yet attended to this -important matter, to ■ lose no time in obtaining a policy for such ! a sum as their circumstances will warrant them in taking up. ,' News of a peculiar accident comes j from Tumberumba,'.New South Wales. i An old resident of the town, named | William Oakman, was in the act of asI cendiug a ladder with a hay-knife in his : hand. The ladder broke, and Oakman : full on the knife, cutting one eye coni- | pletely out, the knife entering the skull .to a considerable depth. By the united exertions of two men the knife was extricated, but small hopes are entertained of the sufferer's recovery.. • ' The Dunedin Herald| reports that Messrs Burton Bros., ofcPrinces-street, have recently executed a photograph of a hunym skull. Our cor.t/)n^porary remarkß that the subject is not jjbpleasaut oiie^ but there i*s a history attaching to it. It appears that the original owner of the skull was wounded b$ two bullets in the Danish-Prussian Avar i^» 1849, and in 1875 he met with an accident in Christchurch a circular saw reiubvlßg a portion of the frontal bone. ; ; Fi^> years later he died in 'tno Hospital^ unfo thd; flkuH tlien came iflto the possesßipn<oi the \ wardsman of the j institution in question^ • the sick man 1 liaving entered into a bargain with that official, the conditions of 'which were that the latter should ha\& what remained of the head when the original owner should have no further use for it, ' provided that he kept him in tobacco during his .lifetime. Robert James Hanse, assistant to Mr Hams, a chemist, of S«?uth Brisbane, was charged with manslaughter at the Police Court recently in causing the death of an infant, James Francis Jacobs, on 12th July. He sold a dose, including oil of almonds, while he admitted he did not know the difference between sweet oil and oil of bitter almonds. Dr Purcell testified that death ensued from poisoning bj' oil of bitter almonds. The accused was asked for threepence worth of syrup of violets, and threepence, worth of sweet almonds, for whooping cough. The c;ise i was adjourned. A bill has Vwen introduced into the Kentucky Legislature to fine everyone who t*Hs a lie, or " by word of mouth attempt to deceive'his fellow man." The Bill has been denounced already as a " villaiuous attempt to discourage native industry."