The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1383.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1247, 19 March 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1383.

We publish to-day the reply of Mr E Wakefield to the requisition sent him from Inangahua, from which it will be seen that that gentleman is definitely in the tield for the representation of the district, and will pay an early visit for the 1 purpose of addrcssiiig the ulectora This, i 3 the third candidate now on the war' path, and as two at k<ast of the number are announced to be here shortly, we uif.y expect a lively time ahead. Mr Wakp'ield has had a long traiuing iv Colonial politics, and is admitted to be a representative of whom any community in New Zealand may be proud. However, the electors will shortly have an opportunity of forming their oivn opinions of the merits and fitness of the different candidates, and until they do so we would simply s.sk that they should not pledge themselves to anyone.

Mr Warden Revell reached Reef ton on Friday evening iaat, and the regular sittings of the Warden's and Magistrate's Court will he held this morning. The busine33 for hearing 13, however, comparatively light and unimportant A fancy dress ball is * novelty for Beefton, and we much mistake the appetite of Reefton for novelty if the gathering of tonight is not one of the largest ever congregated at the Oi'dfbllows Hall. The costumes for both ladies and gentlemen are said to be very eleguut, and the spectacle ought to be a very attractive one. We understand that Mr Hungerford of Dunedin, has oxorassed his willingness to become one of the promoters of the lieeiton Electric I ight Company, and also a shareholder. The prospectus of the company has been prepared ready for issue, and directly 25 r Thornton's preliminary survey of the water-race is completed, the company will be launched. Our telegrams this morning announce the sudden departure from Dunedin of a well known mining and commission agent, who- Has left a^ number of inquiring fri-nds. The Press Agency would have allayed, a good deal of local anxiety and s^euilatiou by giving the name of the levauter, wjjo, it is presumed, will leave somebody to pine for him in iieefton. ■Saturday laat St. Patrick's Day, was pretty generally observed as a holiday in Kecfton. The Banks and principal places of business closed their doors, and the stampede to the Poatman'a races left the place very quiut. The arrangements fov conveying people to tho course were very unsatisfactory All the saddle horses and traps had been secured beforehand, and the only othuv mode of reaching th c

races was by waggon, and this did not seem at all popular, but as it was a case of Hobson's choice, people submitted with the best grace. Mr P. Brennan will offer at public auction, on the ground, at 1 o'clock tomorrow, that really magnificent agricultural property known as Me Murray's Farm, on the lteeftonand ' Westport road. The estate comprises 110 acres of freehold and 250 ;;cios leasehold, 130 acres being cleared and under grass. The land is really first class and has an extensive frontage to the main road and is thoroughly secure from floods. Whether for agricultural or pastoral purpose* there is no finer property on the West Coast. Tho attendance at the Oddfellows Hall on Saturday evening, although very good, was not so large a3 might have been expected, but this may be attributed 'in great part to th 3 fact that business people were too fully occupied, and could not spare time to attend. The leading characters in each of the pieces were sustained by Mr Brooke and Miss Maggie Ford respectively, and it is needless to say that they were in good hands. Of the amateurs who assisted, Miss Rumble, Messrs •fifljid^Corneld^ Nash gnd ' othara.jLftmiiif'i^ themselves in a highly creditable manner. Owing to pressure of telegraphic matter we are compelled to abridge our notice of the performance, which, taken altogether passed off very successfully indeed, and a desire has been expressed that it should be repeated In a Christchurch evening paper a day or two ago appeared the following :— "The persons who eased me of about 2cwt of coal last night are rcqusted to come again to-night, and I will wait up for them. Refreshments— Gingerale, cake* and small bull pup. — J. WUeatley." Messrs T. S. Weston and Allen Holmes, the Law Examiners for the Colony, will hold their half-yearly examination of students on Monday, March 19th. It is to be conducted in the various towns (says the Lyttelton Times), under the supervision of the following gentlemen : — Auckland, Rev, .Mr E unciman ; Wellington, Rev. Mr West ; Nelson, the Registrar of the Supreme Court ; Christchurch, Mr G. L. Lee; Dunedin, Yen. Archdeacon Edward 3; Invercargill, Mr L. E. Keade ; Blenheim and Hokitika, the Hegistrars of the Supreme Court. The subjects under the rules are as follows : — Contracts and torts, conveyancing and law of property, Roman law, international law, practice and procedure, *N ew Zealand law, evidence, bankruptcy and divorce, criminal law, and equity. The total number of candidates who have entered for the examinations is 31, Of these, six are candidates for admission to the bar, four of them being in A ucklahd, one in Wellington, and one in. Dunedin. The applicants for the position of solicitor number 25, of whom four are in Auckland, six in Wellington, two in Nelson, one in Blenheim, two in Hokitika, five in Christ:church, three in Dunedin, and two in Invercargill. Air Proctor's journal, . Knowledge, is responsible for tho following: — "It is a remarkable fact that there are no rats in the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Repeated attempts have been made to acclimatise the rodents there, as the flesh is much esteemed by the natives as an article of food. But the attempts thus far have failed, as they (the rats) invariably die of consumption." Is New Zealand an island of the Pacific Ocean ? JJ^cause we were under the impression that the rat as a colonist had been a pretty big success here. 1 The "consumption " he is afflicted with, farmers will tell you, polishes off all kinds of farm products except rats, unless of the aboriginal and comparatively harmless species, now almost totally consumed by the imported article. If anyone is responsible for the acclimatising of the latter, may he receive his reward along with the patriotic introducers of the English sparrow. We have been requested by the trustee to notify that the Stock of Boots and Shoes in the Bankrupt estate of W. J. Shaw, is for Positive Sale on behalf of the Creditors only, and must he cleared off immediately at a Great Reduction on Cost Price. [A dvt.]