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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1125, 8 September 1882, Page 2

We regret to have to record a rather serious, accident which happened to Mr Thomas Watson, manager of the Wealth of Nations, on Wednesday last. Owing to a wire-rope slipping off its fastening, Mr Watson became entangled in tit, and Was dragged a considerable distance before he could extricate himself. It was at first supposed that he had broken an arm in addition to being badly bruised, but on examination by Dr. Collins such was found not to be the case, a very severe sprain and contusion being the chief injury. We are glad to say Mr Watson is progressing most favorably, though considerably shaken by the accident.. The meeting called for the purpose of forming a new cricket club in lteefton, held on Tuesday evening last, was a great success, a large number attending, and the whole proceedings passed off most satisfactorily. Mr Caples was called to the chair. A series of resolutions were arrived at, b ywhich it was agreed to form the club which is to be entitled "The Reefton Cricket Club." Mr Caples was appointed President, Mr P. Brennan, Vice-President, MrLuckie, secretary, and Mr J. Sargeant, treasurer. The election of a captain was postponed, Messrs Pickering, Shepherd, Atkin, Cortield, and Pickett, were chosen as a CQfti:.. mittee, and the subscription fixed at fbs. per annum. It was further arranged that the secretary and treasurer should canvass the town for. subscriptions in aid, an appeal which we have no doubt, will be liberally responded to. The committee were authorised to take necessary steps for improvement of the ground, and also to order the' necessary "plant" for the use of the club. Messrs Pickering, Lynch, and Shepherd, were appointed a match committee. An account of £3 was sent in by Mr C. Miriin for last season, but the meeting declined to recognise it as this was an entirely new association, and if it paid this it might be called on to pay other debts of the former club. On Wednesday, some members qf the committee interviewed Mr Alfred Smith with .reference •t« r> <*faj^ti.i« x^MUi^jai^'«»«!^: ceeued not only in making favorable arrangements with him, but also in picking . out a plot than can with a little attention and labor be made in every way suitable for the purpose. It will be towards the end of the month before the first match will be played, and the opening will be regained with much interest. The quarterly licensing meeting for the Boatman's district was appointed to be held on Wednesday last. There were two applications to be considered, one by Mrs O'Grady for a general publican' 3 license for Little Boatman's, and the other by Mr R. Waite of the Junction, for an accommodation license for that place. Mr Lucas, as clerk of the Licensing" Committee, and Sergeant Neville as Inspector of the district, attended at the prescribed hour of noon, but only one member of the committee, Mr Kassler, turned up, and business could not be proceeded with. The solitary member, the officials, and applicants waited patiently till nearly 4 o'clock in the afternoon for the missing members, but neither of them attended, and the meeting was then adjourned by ' the clerk till Tuesday next. The absen- ! tees were Messrs Rooney, McGiulay, Boardman, and Snow. It is rather too I bad that these gentleman should accept a public position unless they are prepared to discharge its duties and obligations. It may be that their private business prevent them giving the necessary attendance in which case clearly they should resign at once, and not cause a halt in proceedings, and inconvenience and loss of time to other people, as on Wednesday. A police report was necessarily held over till the adjourned meeting, but, we believe, that its contents are not of importance. The quarterly meeting of the Black's Point Licensing Committee, called for yesterday was even worse attended than that at Boatmans, as not a solitary mem- | ber put in an appearance. At this one, } however there was no business whatever ! beyond the receipt of the Police report. Mr Lucas and Sergeant Neville, rendered wiser by their Boatman's experiences, waited about, half an hour and the former as clerk of the Committee then adjourned the meeting sine die. The usual monthly meeting of the Reeftou Hospital Committee was held at the Southern Cross hotel on Wednesday evening, when there were present Messrs Aiken (chair), Beeche, Collings, Cohen, Lee, Macquarrie, Oxloy, Shaw, Steele, and Thorburn. The minutes of the last meeting weru read and confirmed, and the Surgeon-Superintendant's report read and received. A letter was received from Mr George Willis resigning his appointment as collector, and the resignation was accepted. Discussion followed on the subscriptions coming in, and the secretary was instructed to communicate with parties at Black's Point and Rainy Creek on the subject, A question as to the adr vjsability of appointing a sub-cunujuttee

at Boatman's was miiotctl, which resulted ! in a resolution being carried. v That a j sub-committco be appointed at Boatman's; consisting of five members, the Chairman to have the privilege of sitting aa a tnemof the Central Committee. " The secretary, in order to carry out the above, wiis instructed to commußuato with Messrs Barr, Kooney, Walked, Kelly, and Ferris, on the subject. Messrs Cohen, A ac(juarrie and the secretary were appointed as a deputation to jjoatmau's on Ftiday (to-day). It was reported that Mr J. G. Heslop had collected' £0 in the Hampden district lately, in ai(f of the funds, and a vote of thanks was accorded him for his exertions. Salaries and monthly accounts, amounting to £82 0s 7d, were passed. Messrs Beeche, Patterson, and Lee were appointed a visiting committee. This was all the busiuess, and the committee then adjourned. There will bo a meeting of the Beef ton Jockey Club this evening, when the programme oftho Christmas races will bo submitted for approval. The canvassers will also make a report as to the result of their exertions. M essrs Lee and Williams were appointed for this purposs to take one side of the street, and .\iesars Wise and Caples as partners to take the other. The nrs^t. named jverg -successful in ob-. taming very liberal promises of support on Wednesday, and the latter were successful yesterday.- They will not, however complete their canvass till to-day, and will notify the result this evening. There seems every prospect of the club being able to give first class prizes, and, if they do so, all the best horses as well as the greater number will find their way here. Hokitika holds its meeting on the same days, but the stakes to be run for are by no means large, and the fieefton j added money should greatly exceed that of our southern neighbors, and so hold out greater inducements to owners to bring their animals up. Greymouth will have best races of the three in all probability, as that club will secure competition from both Hokitika and Reefton to fight their battles over again, their gathering being held a week later than the above. Mails for Australian Colonies, United Kingdom, [ and Continent of V urope, close at Bluft", per Te Anau to-day, Bth inst at noon. The following is the report of the mining manager of the Inangahua Low Level Tunnel Gold Mining Co., for the month of August. He says : "In reporting on the work which, Jhaa been done during the past month I may state the distance driven lias -not been by any means so great as I siould like to liave seen, but I consider 1 it,is satisfactory when the nature of the country we. have gong through is considered, the rocV in nearly the whole of the free being excessively hard, making it h/rd'to bore.and had to blast, there being^o.regularity in the strata, in fact, the face generally being one mass of heads, it was useless .jn jnostjof the blasting -to bov^^^aj^ji^lra^^^r^Jc would not TTrttik."' "month" tue" bottom par&^.flw face stfjpeared" torn ing easier, butetiie ground am out, and became ha^iTagajnv'A I >^&d not be surpriscTT afcany <&ne to <pi£*tone-; the rock we are going^througi^fllthough hard, appears to be Much mote* favorable as a quartz-bearing country, the strata being more regular, and more of a slate forma <■ tion intermixed with several small cross leaders. Within the last jtwo or threeshifts there appears a change in the face^ the rock being nWro favorable for blasting. The distance driven from first set ; of timber at outsftle of tunnel to the face is 954 ft ., of which£ ssft. "lias been driven during the past irfonth. ( Although themining companies call list for the present month totals up to a very respectable sum, the amount is little more than double the sum of last month's dividend by the Kee p-it-Dark Company. A large proportion of the capital now being called up goes towards the purchase of the crushing plant now in course of erection for the Golden Point, Lankey's Creek, and other companies. We have received two letters on the subject of the Black's Point track and the contract for widening. We are, however, compelled to hold both over till Monday. Tenders for the West Coast mail services for the ensuing year close at the post office, Greymouth, to-morrow. A Greek, who has been working in the neighborhood of the Black water, but has lately shown symptoms of insanity, was brought in yesterday, and handed over to the police. The unfortunate man was subsequently medically examined by Dr?. Thorpe and Collins, and upon their certificate was committed to the Hokitika , asylum, by Messes Bowman and Wise. Taranaki is a wonderful place for producing large things. No province in !New Zealand can show gooseberries, cucumbers and pumpkins equal to those grown in Taranaki, and now she has found the largest "sucking pig,'.' weighing only 4201b5. ■•' ••