The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1256, 9 April 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1883.

"Mr Shaw will leave Wanganui by the St. Kilda to-day (Saturday) for Westport." Such was the brief but authoritative announcement vouchsafed on Saturday last concerning Mr Shaw's movements This is the first time, we think, that any show lias been made of clearing up t!io mystery which attaches to

Mr Shaw's candidature, and it is unfortulate therefore that it should turn out to De wholly untrue. We have ascertained ihat on Saturday last, Mr Shaw was in Wellington, and the steamer St. Kilda was in Greymouth. How, therefore, such ci statement could have l;een made it is hard to understand ; either Mr Shaw is deceiving his-f rieVds, or his friends wish fco deceive the public. In either case, we Bhould not be very much surprised, more particularly in the face of the Wellington telegram which we publish in another column, and which no doubt fully explains Mr Shaw's conduct throughout. Mr E. Wakefield returned to Reefton from the Grey Valley yesterday, having during his absence visited nearly every mining centre in that portion of the electorate. On Saturday night the candidate addressed a cr wded meeting of the electors of Granville, Nobles and Waipunn, at Granville, Mr S. M Mackley being in the chair.. His address lasted over an hour and a half, and commanded the fullest attention, and at the close a long round of questions having been put and answered, a vote of confidence was carried unanimously. Mr Wakefield proceeds to Aliaura to-day at 2 p.m. A poll will be taken throughout the district on Wednesday next for the election of twJve members to sit on the local Hospital Committee. There are at present sixteen candidates in the field, but it is more than probable that one or two of their number will withdraw before the day of election. The Pritchard troupe announce that they will give one of their popular and select drawing-room entertainments in the Oddfellow'B Hall, this evening. The programme issued for the occasion is a very attractive one, and should draw a large attendance. A report is current that Mr E. J. O'Connor, of Westport, has been asked to contest the Inangahua seat at the forthcoming election, but we have been unable to learn anything definite on the subject. The Victoria Insurance Company, whose buisness relations with the Inangahua were so unsatisfactory that the company withdrew its agency some fifteen months ago, have, we are glad to be able to announce, re-opened here under fresh auspices. Mr W. Hindmarsh will in future represent the company throughout the district, he having accepted ihe local agency. Mr. Binns, Inspector of Mines, reached Reofton on Saturday last, on his usual round of inspection. We understand that Mr. Binns will henceforth confine his inspection to coal mining, the duty of inspecting and reporting upon all goldmining having fallen to Mr. Gordon. Mails for the Australian Colonies, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, India, and China, via Sydney and Brindisi, close at Wellington,. .per s.s. Hauroto, on Tues* day, the 10th April, at 1 p.m. The scheme of National Insurance is causing much correspondence in the newspapers. One correspondent writes with a view to prevent pauperism, as follows : — " Supposing 25 years were prescribed as the earliest marrying age for males, most young men could without much difficulty, in New Zealand, at all events, save a sufficient sum of money to become owners of a comfortable home, and thereby relieve themselves of a tax, in the shape of house rent, which, to the wage earning class, is about the most unsatisfactory that can be conceived ; while the latter marrying age would in itself have a tendency to limit the number of those who would require to be nourished and supported out of the limited earnings of the laborer and artisan. The following is the history of the Copeland episode in New South Wales, of which we had slight hints by cable : — On Saturday night, March 17th, (Mr Copeland) the Minister of Works and Railways, who is not an Irishman, attended the St. Patrick's banquet, at which Mr Redmond^ M.P., was also present. Sir Patrick Jennings was the only other Minister present. When the Ministry was proposed Mr Copeland rose to reply. It was then seen that he was not in a fit state to do so, and his friends tried hard to persuade him to sit down, but he obstinately refused, and rambled on amidst interruptions. He justified himself in refusing a free pass to Mr Redmond. His language was not the most choice, and eventually he was compelled to Bit down. The Evening News states that he placed his head on the table and went to sleep with his pipe in his mouth. The Herald reported the speech fully, and next morning there was much adverse comment, while Mr Copeland's resignation was urged. The matter was mentioned in the House by Mr Buchanan, who stigmatised the conduct of the Herald's managers as brutal, disgraceful, and malicious. Mr Copeland sent in his .resignation, but there remains a doubt whether it will be accepted by his colleagues. The Annual Report of Savings in Ireland, which is furnished by Dr Hancock, shows some unexpected results for the past year. The deposits and cash balances in the joint-stock banks increased by £2,585,000, from £30,101,000 at the end of 1881, to £32,747,000 at the end of 1882. So large an increase, which has only been surpassed in the prosperous years of 1864, 1865, and 1871 is highly satisfactory. The other statistics of savings are all favorable. The trustee savings banks, situated in twenty-eight towns show an inorease of £836,000 from £2,042,000 in 1881 to £2,078,000 in 1882. The bank-note circulation of Irish banks in December, 1882 shows the large increase of £858,000, from £7,476,000 in 1881 to £8,334,000 in 1882. The only years since 1859 when there was anything iike similar increase, were 1865 and 1874, and then the increases were £819,000 nnd £716,000 respectively. The recent re- 1

co very has been £205,000 in three years. "In the former crisis— lß6o-63— it took eight years to recover, as it was not until 1870 {that the" amount in 1859 was reached. The Post Office Savings Bank present a morp satisfactory return than any year since they were introduced in 1871, an increa^i of £205,000, from £1,313,000 at the end of 1881, to LI, 718, 000 at the end of 1882. The investments in Government and Indian stoeks on which divi-dends-are paid at the Bank of Ireland show favorable results, an increase or. L193,Q00 from 131,611,000 at the end of 1881, jo L 31,804,000 at the end of 1882. 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 be cleared off immediately at a Great Reduction on Cost Price. [Advt.]