The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1321, 9 November 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1883.

We learn that 'the first prize in tfuggit's Westland event goes to Hokitika, , the second to Ross, and the third to Westport holders. Five non-starters were drawn by Roof ton subscribers, but the numbers are not yet known; >i :•(-. The usual sittings of . ; the Warden's Court will open on Monday next, and the Masristrate's Court on the day. .The business set down for hearing is very light/ I'-;1 '-; '• -«••■■•■••'■ -" •«;■"••>■• • A meeting of the Provisional Committee <nf the" .Reefton Building Society was held on Wednesday last, Mr I. Lewis being in the chair. The secretaryi Mr R. Chattock, reported- that some delay hal occurred in the registration of the" Society arid' revision' of the rules, owing to the discovery, tjiat Reef ton was not within the jurisdiction 1 of the: Registrar at Hokitika. The papers were originally forwarded to H'»kitika, but subsequently returne^ for amendment. .The required amendments having hee,n,jnade the documonts were returned to Hokitika, and it was only then the discovery was j made that Reeftori was -included in the j jurisdiction of the Registrar at Nelson, j The papers were then returned Reefton and forwarded, to Nelson, where the rules had been revised by Mr Fell, Kevising Barrister, and returned for one or two verbal corrections. These had been comple^erl and the certificate of registration would arrive in the course of a week or ten days. It wa3 therefore decided to convene a general meeting' of the shareholders for Wednesday .evening,. 21st instant, at 8 n,'clock, when the first payment upon shares will require to be made. Mr Todd, manager of the Colonial Bank of Npw Zealand, Westport, returned thither on Wednesday morning, after a visit of two or three days to Reeftrn. The intentions of the bunk- regarding an agency at Reefton, are not yet known, but it is understood t^e visit was made with such a possibility in view. Dr Grabham, Inspec'or of Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums ,for .the Colony, passed through .Reefton on Monday last en route for Westport. *•' hilo here he visited ihe Hospital and inspected the different wards, expressing himself much pleased With the efficient condition of he institution. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before (t. Wise Esq., J.P., a man known by the soubriquet of "Yankee Brown" was charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place, and fined 20s with the alternative of forty-eight hours imprison- ; ment. He was fnrihercharged under the v »grant Act with being an habitual drunkard, and three convictions having < been recorded against him within the < period of one year, he was sentenced to ] two months' imprisonment. 1 Mails for the Australian Colonies, ' United Kingdom, and Continent of ' Europe, via Melbourne, per Tarawera, * close at Bluff at mon on Saturday, 10th instant. ' -Mr urtis, Counties Auditor, reached Reefton «in Monday afternoon, and in the evening examined the books and accounts of the local 'ody, completing his investigiition at 11 pm Mr Curtis, owing to f the facility of the audit, was able to leave * l>y coach for \Teßtp< ? rt on the following r morning. • "..■"■''. -\ ■■■'„ a The i:rs't 'cricket' lii'atch'nf the setMOD I will bo,.play«d in Smjt^V pad.duck.ihja 6

- aifetnoon. The wieketa will hi pitched "at'T'SQ sharp, and all playera intending to take part in the match are requested U> be on the ground at the appoin ed time. News reached Reeftori on Tuesday evening last, that the reef had been met with in the cross-cut on the Welcome No. 7 level. The reef is reported to show a width of 4ft. and to carry excellen gold. The cutting of such a tine body of stone on this level adds to the certainty of the lode continuing north of the Welcome. We gather from the report of the Hospital Committee's last meeting, that the funds of the institution are at a very low ebb indeed, rendering it absolutely necessary that something should be done tc replenish the exchequer. The casli balance in hand is shown to be onlysomt £14, and in view of the urgency of the situation the committee have deoided tc i ; invite kb.e co-operation of the public or i behalf of a grand carnival, to be held ir Smith's paddock on the Ist January next, We publish this morning " Ads Mantua's" event on the approachiiu Dunedin races, to be held on the 30tl instant. " l/ola V mites " also announce! his annual programme on the same races Both advertisements will be fouiuLui oui business columns. W The, Fiery Cross Extended Company die not close their crushing yesterday as wai i expected, there being sufficient stone ai , the machine to keep the stampers goinj till this morning. The cleaning up wil take place to-day. Tenders are invited this morning bj the Eureka Extended Company foi . driving extension of incline tunnel Par ticnlars are supplied by advertisement elsewhere Visitors to Boatman's cannot but bt . struck with the remarkable growth of tht r place of late. A few years ago.-Caplestor consisted of three or four business places : and a dozein or so huts and .cottages. [ * The population barely exceeding 100 per , sons. To-day it boasts six. or sever , hotels, several of them commodious anc well-appointed establishments, a nninbei • of stores and other business places, i largely attended £&a fe action], two places , 'or worship,- a*po ! st and telegraph office, while the private residences have multi plied ten-fold in number. The town hai J not yet risen to the digni y of a lock-up, I but as a resident policeman has been ap. } pointed,' this f pu,blfc j'Vbobn " will he ! doubt follow in due time, as a police-camp j without, a '"jng" is an anomaly. The 1 population of Boatman's can now be littlt short of 400, and it is estimated that before long it will reach to double thai number. I' is said that the residents are about to agitate for local sittings of the Courts. : M r Cohen has j'ist received from Europe a really unique ctjllec^ioji ol | < hristmas and Birthday Card's-, r- The'y , reached' ew Zealand by the ship 'Oxford ; on her last trip, and consequently embrace all the newest and most fashionable designs of the ondon and Paris markets "! for the present season The manufac- ! ture of Christmas Cards has grown into one of the most refined arts of the fancy goods trade, and the novelty and beauty of the designs for the present year bear j ample evidence of the perfection which i has been reached The mechanical cards especially are far and away in advance of anything of the kind before seen in the • "olony, and load one to marvel at the genius ami patience requisite to their production. The latest instance of red tapeisin is j furnished by the postal authorities, and is ! told by the 'Southland News.' The j Government Life Insurance Department- desired' fco send circulars to the whole of the 'subscribers of the several journals in this Colony. As the quickest method, they proposed to have a circular enclosed in each newspaper. Some, of course, would have, to pass through the Post Office ; the officials demurred, it was against the regulations. Now for the cream of the joke. The Insurance-De-partment has the privilege of franking ; it enjoys it in consideration of a payment of some £400 p«r year. Consequently, all it had to do was to' obtain a list of subscribers to each journal, and address each circular separately. The post office people will thus have double work to do, and the revenue won't gain one farthing. The Nelson Mail says :— Our Wellington correspondent'" tells a dismal tale of the financial results of the railway traffic of the colony for the six months ending 31st September last. Without following the statement through all its figures it is enough to say that (here are now 37 more miles of railway open than there were twulve months ago and yet the net profit is C27,"00 less than it was during the corresponding half of 1882. The receipts of he urunui-Bluff line, over 8 ' miles in length, have decreased by €11 per mile, while the expenditure has increased by no less than £54 per mile, making the financial results over the whole length £65 per mile worse than thuy were last ynar. It may be said that although there may be a direct loss in working he railways they are the means of indirectly increasing the general prosperity of ihe country to a very large extent. This is perfectly true, bnt still there is such a thing as paying too dearly for our whistle and i> really looks as though in the' matter of railways New Zealand was travelling in that direction. The • Lyttelton Times ' states that the Ron E. .Richardson and MrT. H. Potts, two of the-Visiting Justices to the ytteJton Gaol have resigned. They had asked •or an enquiry into some serious charges srought against some of the principal officers of the Gaol, who hold office there before certain changes were made in the nanagemen . Their request was refused, md they resigned. £500 will le paid for any case that Hop fitters will not cure or help. Doubt not. 3ee. .. •.. •'.. ..... ,. „-. „ ..' ...