The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1289, 27 August 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1883.

"I have had many opportunities, gentlemen, of ascertaining the views of the Government with regard to the East and West Coast railway, and I am at liberty to tell you, -without any breach of confidence, the railway will be made, and that it will pass very close to the spot you are now stauding on." Such was the pro- . phetic utterance of Mr Shaw in the course of one of hi 3 historical electioneering Epeeches in the Oddfellow's Hall, Reef ton. "I" have spoken with the Government on the subject, and "I " am at "liberty" to tell yon. He was not the man to yield to the recommendations of Royal Commissioners in the matter of route. Ke would indicate the points he desired connected by the railway, and say to the engineers "Doit," and if Captain Russell or anybody else dared to interfere with his glorious prerogative as a representative of the people, he would do something terrible. This was the sort of gibberish with which Mr Shaw wormed himself into the seat for Inangahua, and how miserably it contrasts with what has since transpired. The Royal Commission have reported— reported dead against the very route which Mr Shaw "favored," l»ut not one syllable of indignant protest has Mr Shaw dared to utter against their recommendations. The report of the Commission was laid on tne table of the House, but in its presence Mr Shaw's electioneering braggadocio deserted him . II is valor oozed out at his finger ends, and before that very dictum of Captain Russell, at which he so valiantly snapped h)3 fingers on the hustings, he collapsed like a bay of wind. But Mr Shaw, did worse than this, for not only did he fail in the courage of his own opinion on the fiibject, but also took care that the voice nf his constituents should not be supeiior to him. His impudent suppression of the ' resolutions passed at the public meeting at Reefton has not been forgotten, or likely to be, and should Mr Shaw ever have the temerity to again face the electors here this indictment will be found to occupy a conspicuous place in the long catalogue of broken promises which he will be assuredly called upon to answer. The East and West Coast Railway agitation has been Jectually strangled by the Government for the time being. It will, of course, be kept " steadily in view," but so far as concerns the Cannibal Gorge route the • ;heme is at an end. How far Mr Shaw .'.as contributed to this happy result our v.:adew will judge. The fact that Mr

Shaw was a Government supporter, and, , therefore, certain to obtain heaps of J money for the district, was an argument worn threadbare during the l;vte contest. The session is now drawing to a close, the ' oldfields Estimates have been passed, and wo can- judge exactly how far this j result has been brought about. The Parliamentary correspondent of the Grey Star furnishes a comparative statement of the amounts voted to each separate electorate on the West Coast He says.— "The division among the five West Coast electorates is as follows : Greymouth, £62,000; Buller, £41,990; Hokitika, £35,000 ; Kumara, £20,000 ; and Inangahua, £12,000." Thus, out of £170,990 allocated to the whole of the West Coast, this electorate receives the mnniticent sum of £12,000, or less than one-fifteenth of the whole. Mr Shaw's friends, if indeed he has any left by this time, ought to be proud of him: The County Council advertise the scale of charges to be levied at the proposed toll-gates on the Grey — Reef ton road. The entertainment at Boatman's in aid of the Reef ton Band was hot so well attended as was expected, and will hardly more than pay expenses. Xhp performance, passed off successfully and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. "*The W^aiport Cfeach^ reached here oiii Saturday evening last, and left again" yesterday morning. A pair of horses attached to a light waggonette bolted up Broadway last night. They started near the 'police camp and went full tear up the centre of the street till reaching the Bank of New Zealand corner, where the vehicle struck the kerbing, and the driver, a lad of fourteen or fifteen years of age, the only occupant, was thrown out, but fortunately sustained no injury. The runaways turned in the vacant ground near Mr Anderson's office, where they were secured. It is notified that the T.yell agency of the Bank of New Zealand has been closed. We publish in another column Zealandia's and la' Don's annual announcements on the forthcoming Melbourne Cup. Both are stable investments, offering good guarantee of bona fides. The announcement is published this morning of the first of a series of literary entertainments in aid of the Reefton Athenaeum. The programme is of more than ordinary merit, and should afford a very pleasant evenings entertainment. It will be seen that it is fixed to be held in the Oddfellow's Hall to-morrow evening. We learn that preliminary negotiations have been opened up between the stewards of the Reefton Jockey Club, and Mr A. Smith, the owner, for the purchase from the latter of the land whereon the race-course is situated. This course is being taken with the view of submitting some definite proposal on the subject to the next general meeting of members of the club. A London cable of July 25 says the report is confirmed of the betrothal of Miss Nellie Fortescue, the favourite actress of the Savoy Theatre . Company, to Lord Arthur William Garmoyle, second and eldest living son of Lord Cairns. The young lord is not 22, and has for a long time, by his pronounced love for theatricals and constant association with people of the stage, been in disfavour with his father. The prospective groom has, however, the strong sympathies of his younger brother, who also develops precocious predelictions for the stage. I ady Charlotte, wife of Rev. H. Neville, Shortbrook, and sister to Lord Cairns, is making a tumult over what she calls the impending degradation of her brother's family. In regard to the bill legalising marriage to a deceased wife's sister, in the House of Lords, a dispatch of July 1 says the bishops are so alarmed by the storm of criticism evoked by their opposition that they have prepared a reply in justification, explaining their motives. The dispatch says, further, that the Royal family is much vexed at the failure of the measure, which puts the intended marriage of Princess Beatrice with her widowed brother-in law as far off as ever, that project being said to explain the warm advocacy of the Prince of Wales and his brother. What is man ? Man that is married to woman is o* many days and full of trouble. In the morning he draweth his salary, and in the evening behold it is all gone. It is as a tale that is told, it vaniaheth and no one knoweth whither it goeth. He then riseth up clothed in the chilly garments of the night, and seeketh the somnoje.nt paregoric wherewith to soothe his colicky infant posterity. He becometh as the horse or the ox, and draweth the chariot of his offspring. He spendeth his shekels in the purchase of tine linen to cover the bosom of his family, yet himself is seen in the gates of the city with but one suspender. Yes, he is altogether wretched. For sinking spells, fts, dizziness, palpitation and low spirits, rely on Hop Bitters. Notice.