The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRY-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1211, 22 December 1882, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRY-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1882.

At a meeting of the members of the Reefton Cricket Club, held on the ground, on Wednesday afternoon, it was decided, after some adverse discussion, to accept the challenge of the Greymouth Club to play a match at Reefton on Christmas' Day. It was represented on behalf of the Greymouth players that they could not possibly get away to play a match at any other time, and, on the other hand, many local players objected to be driven to such an extremity, as apart altogether from the morale of playing on Christmas Day, they contended that such an engagement would wholly ppset all, home observance,; however, after some hesitation the challenge was eventually accepted, and steps were taken subsequently to nominate the representatives of the Reefton Club for the occasion. It is proposed to pitch the wickets at about 1.30. and should the match not be completed in the afternoon, it will be resumed at 9 o'clock on the following morning, and continued up to the hour of the first race. Scratch matches will be played on the ground both this and to-morrow afternoon. Although it was hardly fair of the Greymouth cricketers to drive the local club to the alternative of either playing a challenge match on the least suitable day in the year, . or rejecting their offer of a friendly contest, now that the die has been cast it is to be hoped that for the credit and prestige of the district there will be no holding back by those who to a very great extent possess the power of turning the scale one way or the other. The reputation of the district from a cricketing point of view is now at stake, and it would be a great pity to permit the I foreigners to come here and steal a victory while the British Lion is asleep. The local club has yielded at no small sacrifice, and all that is now needed to add additional gracefulness to the concession is to present the strongest front possible to the enemy. Danks' Empire Hotel, Broadway, is at last out of the hands of the carpenters and decorators, and is undoubtedly one of the most extensive and handsome hotel properties in Reefton. The premises have been rebuilt and finished throughout and for the extent of accommodation and completeness of its appointments, the Empire is certainly second to no other establishment on the West Coast. Fronting Broadway and Sinnamon streets, the building extends right back to the Strand, covering the full width and depth of three sections, and some idea of the sleeping accommodation afforded may be gathered from the fact that sixty beds are nightly made up, and this number can be conveniently extended to eighty in cases of emergency. The bedrooms, as indeed the whole of the rooms in the house, are spacious in the real sense of the word. The dining room ia capable of seating sixty persons, and the table appointments are everything that could be desired. A splendid billiard-room, spa.cious bar, vestibule, bar-room, four par-

lors and commercial rooms makes up the j full number of the apartments available to the public, and visitors canno^ bu\be struck with the amplitude and complete- ' ness of the establishment as a whole. We wish the enterprising hostess, Mrs . Danlcs, the success she so justly merits. The Stewards of the Reefton Jockey Club met on Wednesday evening last, when, entriea„and acceptances were received for the different events, of the forthcoming meeting. It was decided that the Club should run the gates and stand^altbxrogh, an offer of £120 was received for the former. Mr. Brennan will submit to auction, at ■his mart, Broadway, on Saturday next, a •number of valuable building allotments in the township of Lyell. Owing to the peculiar configuration of the* country about the Lyell township, the whole business of the place, both for the present and future, fmust remain focussed in one small area, jand consequently business sites will bejyond doubt, in the course of a few years, become very valuable. The allotments to be offered are in the heart of the town land are favorably situated for building i purposes, and will no doubt evoke keen . [competition. i Mr Henry Masters has been appointed nole agent in Beefton for Singer's celejbrated sewing machines, and announces jthat he has just received a large consignment of the machines. j On Monday and Tuesday Christmas and Boxing days, the following telegraph ihours will be observed at the local office : — \fs a.m. to 10 a.m. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The ; [Post office will be open, all branches, tfrom 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Boxing day. : The following are the names of the jplayers from which will be selected the ■'eleven to represent Reefton in the 'cricket match on Christmas Day :^-Mestwi Lynch, (D.) Pickering, Twohill, Shepherd, Shepherd, Dornan, Sargeant, Blakley, ?St. George, Cereseto, Grieve, Bruce, ?Nash, Caples, Lynch, (J.), Lucas, Dunn, Cooper, Caufield, Siicock, and Foyne. All players are requested to meet on/the ground at 4 p.m. to-day* , .« r _ > ■ Messrs Mitchell and Campbell announce ja reduction of the fare to Greymouth to isa. each way. A splendid chance is thus afforded capitalists to visit Inangahua. ! Mr Hankin will hold an extensive sale of jewellery at his mart at 4 p.m. to-mor-row. The London correspondent of a contemporary writes : — ''It is a singular fact that the English are being literally stamped but of London. Take for instance Regent Street. Every third or fourth shop is jkeptbyan Italian, German, or Frenchjman. Why is this ? Simply because the foreigner is more thrjfjjj, and is, if I may use the term, more bian artist, qjnd has. more go in him than tire average Eigliihi man; The Englishman must have his jmeat and his little luxuries, while the .'German grows fat on his oatmeal water And cabbage with herring. This quesiion of foreign labor is facing us with staring countenance in the metropolis, and it is raising its head in all the large provincial towns, and especially in. seaport places. The majority of men who Work bUr : mercantile marine are not Englishmen, they are foreigners. ( If I can get a Dutchman (meaning by a Dutchman any foreigner), said a sea-captain to me, ( I infinitely prefer him to a countryman. The one is sober, the other is the reverse.' The 'career open to the common sailor is not tempting enough either to the offspring of the British school board. The question of the employment of foreign labor in England has a dangerous enough outlook already, without adding the Chinese difficulty to it." Intending purchasers of jewellery, watches, albert guards, silver locket-, chains, studs, bracelets, suites, &c., are invited to examine S. Schulhof's splendid new stock, which will be found of the latest and most fashionable designs, and 50 per cent, cheaper than any other house in Reefton.- [Advt]