The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3,1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1331, 3 December 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1883.

The meeting of the Hospital Committee will iwheldatCwnpbeU's^uthern Cross Hotel, on Wednesday evening next. The sittings of the Warden's Court wUI open at 10 a.m. th^moriiinjj 1 , but the business will not engage the attention of the Warden for any great length of time. Mr G, 0. Bowman will hold a continuation of the sale of merchandise at Mr Dowsing's store this day, commencing at 10 a.ni. sharp. There is * large quantity of stock to be yet disposed of. We publish this nrorning " Adaqiastor's (Dunedin) consultation on the forthcoming New Year'sDay races at Dunedin, Christcharch,anaA\iokland; "Adainastor's" Melboarn^^pp e%ent filed up to almost the full limit prescribed, thus evincing the confidence of. the public in the bonafidtt of his sweep* ' ■j The anniversary ball ana* supper of the Steatber Bell I«a% was, h«# in the^Odt'.. fellows' Hail on, Jfridjijr evening last, and proved a highly successful -'and enjoyable gathering. The attendance was perhaps not quite so large aa on some former oc-casions,-owing no doubt to the fact th.at heavy rain began to fall in the evening, and continued with little or no interruption till midnight. The absence of crowding, however, heightened the pleasure of the occasion, and dancing was kept up with great spirit ; The room Was tastefully decorated with floral work and emblematical designs, and when lit up presented a brilliant appearance. The spread, which was a most sumptuous one, was provided by Mr and Mrs Kater, and was served "up in really splendid style, leaving nothing to be desired. After supper the usual loyal and friendly toasts were proposed and duly responded to, after which dancing was resumed, and kept up with animation till 6 a.m. Our telegrams this morning contain intelligence of a most ex raordinary maritime disaster. A Bplendid steamer of between $000 and 30 0. tons register, belonging to the Shaw Saville Company, when ontward bound from Auckland to London, ran on to Territeri Island, which is' situate, in the middle, of the Hauraki Gulf, about' ten miles .down from the harbor.. The most singular feature of. the occurrence is that there is a lighthouse and revolving light on the island, and the light was burning at the time of thft aceident. Territeri is a mere sugar-loaf prominence, situated right in the fair way of navigation down the Gulf, but with the light burning it is almost impossible to conceive how such an accident could have occurred. Further particulars will probably dear the mystery up, but at present the disaster is unaccountable. It will be recollected that it is only a few.monthsago that a large outward bound ship from Auckland, instead of beating down the Gulf, so as to wear round Crpe I olville, actually turned completely round during the night, and ran- up the tirth of the Thames, eventually grounding on a mud bank well up towards the Thames. These two remarkable occurrences would seem only explicable on the supposition of the existence of some local disturbance of the phiD's compasses. The news' of the result of the Hopeful Extended crushing which reached here on Saturday last caused some pleasant excitement anongst , ; shareholders, and shares made an immediate advance. According to the present appearance' of the mine the company will be able' to resume crushing directly the Fiery. Cross Extended have got through with their present parcel, a"nd as the stori^ is said toebe equal to l^ozs. per. ton, 'there' would seem to be a good time in store for the old Hopeful. Our Attention has^beet* called to a paragraph which appeared in the Reef ton Herald of Saturday last, whereiri ft is stated that at' the annual meeting of shareholders of the Inangahualjow Level, Tunnel Company held oft Friday last a motion was carried to caj^an extraordinary meeting of shareholde'rs^or the purpose of altering rules and qf appointing a new manager. In the face 61 the announcement that a reporter o|^that paper was present at the ineetiug, the fact of the statement above being wholly untrue can leave no other impression than that it is wilfully and maliciously so. As a matter . of fact Mr W. G. Colling* did 9 ove '•' re solution to that effect at about 3 o'clock in the morning, but, although he had. throughout the meeting virul en ly attacked the present manager, Mr fG. Wise, and a . seotion of the old directory, he failed, despite the thin attendance, even at that hour, .to carry his point, and his motion was rejected. The same paper characterises the meeting eat "hot," and promises a full report of the proceedings. Taking Saturday's paragraph.as an index* to its truthfulness, an equally ?• hot " report may be expected. It appears that, the feet paid byDr Benson on his promotion to the primacy amounted to nealy £900. Included in this large sum appear the following curious items: — "£2O 10s for election fee to the Dean and Chapter in lieu>of twenty wethers for an entertainment." To the Board of Green Cloth the Archbishop has paid L3O 0s 4d for homage fees. His Grace has had to pay somehing to .every ofh'ciaj jn. the House of Lords upon his. introduction, including LlO 10s to the Usher, of the Black Rod, Llo los to Sir Wmiaripßose, Clerk of the Parliaments, and 10s to each of the doorkeepers. " ' _ ... - Kidney complaint, one of the ' most common and yet most neglected deseases of. this country, can be readily cured by the use of Hop Bitters. See i

Mr Browning, Chief Surveyor, proceeds to Ahaura, and thence to Greymouth "tomorrow morning. . j