The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1319, 5 November 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883.

It is annonnced that the vacant port-., f.dio of Public Works haeb^n conferred upon Mr Mitchelson, the -mem'.er for Maradeu, a gentleman who, ao far as can be gathered from Haiisard, aeema to hare no other recommendation politically than ' that he hails .from Auckland. .-. This no doubt, iV the only recommendation . the Premier req'uirieid'lie ahouhl pimaeas. j The appointment has caused great sur- j prise throughout ?t|le^ Colony, and even mkiand itself seems tn he a little aghast at it. .' I» certainly does seem : strange, that the Government should have hit so wide of pu lie expectation- : itv their ' selection, reaching ovef the heads of ; so many old and experienced public men in the Ministerial ranks for a colleague so little known as Mr Mitchelson. Special arrangements were made by Router's agents on Saturday last for'transmitting the result of the Melbourne.. Derby, the news reaching us shortly aftor 6. pm. and two minutes later a Tisiks edition announcing the winner was iu the hands of the public. MartiniHenry was our "pick " for the race, and th ■:• " extra " in Accordance therewith. was a' ready --in -type- and. prepared for the p ':ss, so thatj like the race, our "ex'ra " w is issued in the "fastest. time on record " An. accident resulting in the demoliti in of one bf Mr J. Connolly's coal drays o-jourred| on the Murray Creek road on Saturday last. Mr Condy was proceeding with the empty dray to Mie mine for coal, and when within a short distance of the pit the horse shied a sumo machinery stacked on the roadside, and before the driver could prevent, it" the horse and d'-ay went- over the cliff . into the creek b'.low. The dray wascouipletely wrecked, but, strajpje-io a»y, the hprsa ©ac^n.§^, . s.o. far as is yet known, with'*a few scratches only. The harness, however, was tf»rn to pieces. Mr Condy himself had a' very narrow escape. The many friends of Mr D Quigley, Boatman's, will be sorry to learn that* he was last week seized with an attack of rheumatic fever. The sufforer was brought into town on Saturday afternoon, aud is -now under medical attendance. We are glad to learn that the illness is not, however, of a very serious nature. The whole of the Cup consultations throughout the Colony will be draw ti today* and that there will he no small anxiety amongst ticket-holders to learn the result is . natural, enough. Reef bin this year is a heavy investor in sweeps, almost every other person met "with in the streets being the possessor of one or more chances in the numerous events. The timely exposures made regarding th • fraudulent character of many of the Victori.ui consultations hai the effect of diverting a good deal of local money into New Zealand sweeps, and hence the increased interest whioh centres iu the drawings to-day. Reefton has .in the past "pulled off" some good plum's from the pudding, and it is to be hoped that the fickle goddess will dispense her favors on the present occasion with equal, if not greater liberality. The Cup race will e run to-morrow, and the result will be awaited in Now Zealand with rib interest wliich is this year intensified in no small degrje by the fact that 'both MartiniHenry and Calma, the two favori es for the event, are representatives of Maori Land. • ' In fhe ordinary conrse of things-there would seem to Vie nothing now hetwoen Martini- Henry and 'victory for the Melbourne Cup. to-morrow. If Mnrtini ia kept out of it, however, the winuer should come from Santa Claus, Despot, or L'i (irand. We notice, by the way, that tho Derby time, 2ir.in 39sec, over a mile and a-half, is given in the telegram a» "thi fastest time on record in tha world " This mu9t he a mistake, as he distance has been done in '2inin 38dec in Victoria Darehin and Navigator's times were 2iniu _I|sec respectively The luminous ■ 'display along the southwestern horizon was very conspicuous last night, the heavens being .suffused for nearly an hour with a beautiful ro3e tint, which bore a striking resemblance fo the mnsets of Northern Queensland. The ' yell Times says :— The Bank of New Zealand is to be opened at Lyell nohthly. M. A. Picktt, of the Reefton jntiich, is now here to transact business. We learn from Hokitika that the action 'or judicial separation, James v. James, ins been withdrawn, on the husband settling £1,100 oil. his wife and paying the iosts. No one can be sick if the stomach, ilood, liver aud kidneys are well. Hop 3ittors keeps them welL Notice,

Tt is understood that for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Ac the Westland district will be included in tha of Canter bury, and the oflice of the Official j Assignee will be at Christchurch. Mr J. R. Browne, C.8., will represent Wellington at the Conference of Delegates to be held in Melbourne in connection with the Irish National League. .< Rather rough "on somebody. A Wellington telegram says : "J. W. Walker, a Thames mining expert well-known as I long Drive Walker, who came down to inspect the, Makara reef, from which ten tons 'of stone were recently crushed at the Thames, yielding some sixteen ounces of gold, writes as follows to the ' ew Zealand Times' : Sir,— l yesterday made a careful examination of two reefs in the Queen of Beauty mine (?), North Makara. Tn the brown vein T found faint colors of gold, probably sufficient to warrant further prospecting. Tn the clay course T found no gold, and T have no hesitation in assuming that the bar of gold now op exhibition, and represented as being the product of 10 tons, recently conveyed to and crushed at he Thames, wherever obtained, certainly was not got at the Queen of Beauty, Makara. — Yours. &c, J. W. - __KER." Messrs K Tseti and C. Bick, two of tho directors of the Queen of Beauty mine, Makara, write to the evening paper challenging the truth of the statement made bv Mr J. Walker respecting die mine. These are the two directors who proceeded to the Thames with the quartz. Several other letters also appear, and Walker's assertions have caused quite a flutter in the city. The Grey Argus says : "As Professor Blackie remarks there is nothing got without roaring, the people of Brunuerton will have to save their wind for another reverberating roar over a police station. It was understood they were to get one, and Constable Keating 'was mentioned as the man. The n>:xt thing learned is that Keating has een ordered to Boatniatis, where quarters aro provided for him As no one evi(r heard till now that any policeman was wanted at Boatman's, and as it is uotof half he population or importance of Bru'uhorfcon, it will he as a cold-shock, to the people at - the dorge to learn that' they have been thrown over in favor of Bflat man's. It is quite certain the Inspector has had instruc ions from headquarters different from the original intent iii this matter,- otherwise Brunuerton would have a policeman by this time. It would be curious lo know how this change was brought about. W shall know in good time. Hiw the menib.r for the district been paying out old scores by a little thimble-rigging at Wellington. It may '•e only a coincidence, but it will be recolleted that while Boatman's flocked to the poll for Shaw the men of Brunner gave him courtesy only, and kept their votes .for Wakefield. The politics mostly, take .' after the man. The Scientific American says statistics of product ioush'iw a constant and^r^rked decline ih gold, althoiigjlt tho field is largely extended, and mining ds more thoroughly prosecuted than ever before. The pension granted by the Italian Government to Pius IX, and constantly deolined by him. is o be devoted to reclaiming the Roman marshes, the heirs of the late Pontiff having lost the suit which they brought to obtain possession of it. Sir Thomas Brassey declares that, taking into view the rate of . wages, tbe hours of work, the cost of living, ani the general abundance of employment, the position of the British workman a» tho present time compares favourably with that of working people in the United Stafjes. '"\ Ah enthusiastic b.ut youthful antiquairian purchased a piece of Chinese ivory, apparently of historical value, for _odol cash. The cabalistic characters upon the face being interpreted, read : — "No mon<*y, no washee." One of the sights of Rio Janerio is ,1 very dark negro who-goeg abroad in a dog-oart-driven by a white dandy. The driver is a cockney, imported from ondon expressly to mark the wealth, fashion, and importance of his sable master.