The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1250, 26 March 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI -WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1883.

Mr E. Wakefield arrived in Greymouth, on Saturday evening last, and it is understood that he will reach Reefton this evening.

The attention <if oiu* readers ia called to the announcement of the sale of that old established and well known Hotel, Farm, Stores and Bakery, belonging to Sir V/ni. Young, Totara Flat, Grey Val-

ley. Its situation being so centrally j situated on the main Grey Valley and Reefton road, its adaptability for business, and the very high repute it has commanded for years for convenience and accommodation for travellers, makes it an opportunity rarely met with, for those wishing and in a position to acquire a comfortable home, combined with a good paying return for their outlay. The American Novelty Company, Messrs Bailey and Kerr, open to-day with a stock of their novel and useful household articles, also a number of tricks, and feats of conjuring, which they will exhibit at the shop next the Southern Cross Hotel. This company's wares are very highly spoken of all through New Zealand and therefore should not fail to do a business during their short stay.

As will bo seen by our advertising columns, Mr F. 0 Dupre, jeweller, of Greymouth, has arrived in Reefton, and brings with him a large and varied assortment of jewellery, which he intends to offer at very reasonable prices, a chance that does not often occur in Reefton. Mr Dupre being an old resident in the Grey district should we think be a sufficient guarantee, that what he offers, will be pf good quality and Value, to' ensure a reader sale. He intends to stay but . a few days.

The Westport Times says :— The Charleston miners have' a grievance which the Collector of Customs here should look into. It appears that while plush for gold mining purposes is admitted free of Customs duty, green baize is made chargeable with duty amounting to at least 6d per yard on the retail value. A large quantity of green baize is used for mining purposes at Charleston, and it is claimed that it should be placed in the same category as plush, and admitted free as a "mining requisite" or for "mining purposes." Auckland, it appears, is credited by scientific journals at Home with being the first place where the recent comet was seen. As the comet will henceforth bear the first observer's name, the point as to who first discovered the interesting visitor is regarded by Aucklanders as one of some importance. Several persons lay claim to the honor, but with a view to settle the matter, the N.Z. Herald has invited written statements as to the basis of each claim, and hereafter the data thus furnished will be examined and the credit thus to whom it is found justly to

i elong. The West Coast Times says : — We learn by a private telegram from Dunedin, that the name of the sharebroker, who is reported to have levanted from that city, leaving a nnmber of anxious friends, is Mr M'Kenzie, who has been in business as a broker there for a number of years. Referring once more to Wiggins, whose name has become almost a household word, the New Zealand Times says : — We have heard that the same gentleman is a 'cute Yankee, who is about to leave America with a large variety show, and that his prognostication as to the storm was a mere myth, the real object being to advertise himself, which object he has achieved on this side of the line probably better than any man living. The next thing we may expect is " Wiggins is comins." The following parapraph from our mail IHles bears upon the cable message intimating that a bill to abolish pigeon shooting had passed its second reading at Home: — The Princess of Wales, according to our contemporary the Lancet, has taken a step which is an honour to her position and an example 10 those of her sex not accustomed to arrive at conclusions for. themselves. She has declared that she will attend no meeting where the recognized amusement is to shoot pigeons. Sensible and humano women did not, of course, require to be told that these performances are cruel and stupid, alike unfetninine and unmanly. But unfortunately ' ' society " is not entirely composed of the rational and the kindly. It comprises numerous persons of both sexes who have long since surrendered such judgment as they ever possessed, and such feelings as they can afford to retain, into the keeping of a dismal fetish called Fashion. Upon this class the decision of the Princess of Wales will exercise the most powerful effect, and countless pigeons would, if they were better versed in the art of polite expression, thank her for her considerate benevolence.

The work of replacing the wooden poles on the Australian overland telegraph line with iron ones is being vigorously proceeded with. Already over 32,000 have bt,en erected. The substitution has affected most satisfactory results in decreasing the number of interuptions to the line.

In the editor's room of one of the Dublin newspapers there is a momento that is unique in its way. It is a telegram in a nat frame, and was sent to the editor by a genius of a reporter a week ago in the following words : — "Please keep column open for dastardly outrage to be committed at eleven o'clock to-night."

A little girl at the Fernbridge School, named Louise M'Gregor, has just passed the sixth standard at the early age of 10 yeara 9 months. Mr Lee, the Inspector, according to the Wairarapa 'Daily,' thinks this has scarcely been beaten.

A curious paragraph ia going the round of the press to the effect that of three criminals in France who accepted the scientific trial in preference to" hanging, No. 1, dieted entirely on tea, lived three years and then died. He had become almost a skeleton and was transparent. N,o. 2, on coffee, died in two years, burned as if interior fire had calcined him. No. 3 lived on chocolate for eight months, and died in a very advanced state of rottenness, and as it were devoured by worms.

Oxford has this year repeated its victory of last year over Cambridge in the boat

\ race. This is the fortieth contest, Oxford having now won 22 times, and Cambridge 17, while once there was a dead heat. • Cambridge this year was a strong favourite up to the moment of starting. The Victorian papers report a fearfully sudden death on a cricket field at Moireopna. During the progress of a cricket match between a local and a Shepparton team, Charles Clay, a bank clerk, was struck near the heart by • a ball, and after walking a short distance, he lay down and died from the effects of the blow. , The Queen has granted a pension of £200 a-year for the widow of Prof. Palmer who was murdered by the Bedouins ; and it is also stated that the Admiralty meditate providing for the education of his younger children.