The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1333, 7 December 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1883.

A public jineeting of property owners and; householders in Broadway is convened for thiß evening, in the Oddfellows Hall, to take into consideration the grave question Qf fire prevention, %nd of devising some speedy and practicable means of water supply. In view of the lamentable example afforded byHhe occurrence' of 3stesday morning last, not one word ein be needed from us to arouse the inhabitants to a just sense of the danger which momentarily threatens the property of the town. Already it is announced that another of the insurance offices has withdrawn its local agency, while another has telegraphed fr> accept no no further risks. The time for action has, therefore arrived, and the residents will have to face the difficulty in downright ddrnest We understand a definite proposal will be made to the meeting.

The Rev Mr Gow, Presbyterian minister, Who has received the charge of the Iriangahua District, reached Reefton on Wednesday laat,.apd will in future conduct regular services in convection with that denomination. The Rev. Mr Gow will conduct Divine Service in the Odd fellows' Hall, Beefton, on Sunday evening next We publish to-day the Brat portion of our report of the annual meeting of shareholders in the Inangabua Low Level Tunnel Company. The report will be concluded in our Monday's publication. The scene of the late fire- presents a most wretched appearance Mr Oxley places men at work to-day or to-morrow to re-erect his hotel at he corner, and the others will no doubt quickly follow suit An incident in connection with the late fire has been brought under our notice which is worthy of record. When the alarm was raided by Mr Quigley his little girl, although only seven years of age, snatched a younger sister from the bed and ran out of the burning house with her. The bed-room being on fire at the time, and there being barely time to escape, raises the act to one of genuine heroism. One minute later and the whole interior of the building was a hissing furnace. 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