The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1884,

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1357, 4 February 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1884,

r '". Cohen, madiwiy. ha« heen »p- --• pointed a?ent ftn* ♦«• distribution, of «Kares in \ tnrtmt cftnM?lt»tion, andtiltnd}r^ftiirMtont^i«thih<le<l that th*.<l*r of. drawing U apprnM!fihi«, The Wellhißtnn . tvp>tm mf» o*i;mt,qr. d»4y liwt,, : »n«T, a*« will He won hy oar *•»?«>• ewmn this mprniftc fell to a cnmnattjHt* nntxider, th* fivonrite VangwfcM:.^^. licorinjp f M rft -pinee. Mt An****, fnnweton of the $anlf ftf, New 2..>tlttnrl, wHn MrLeitchfiel^ ieft.fta. OreymoutKyrtrtenlay motning 1 y private convyiiVifce, ' •' ' Mr C J. CaHom, tttwlHnf ajrent frtr' the Government InsnnuMi Depar menV, in now 6n a visit to edHitn. and* will V»t eM tomeetinl«n<!in?as«nt«, tart ftfttrrf the fnTießt fnformatioii «w ♦«> the rates of rvremitinift. and other ma ten connefitef* with the Dopartment. Bis address is Dawson'ii H«tel. We- Tinderß+and that a* the r*»ntt o? their rticent iri«pei:ti«»n of the buildings of "Broadway, tjhe hical insurance a^ente (tave agreed to enforce cerbrin snfe?nard* m relation to chiinjiey« as a condition of th»; renewal of the policies- i»»»w, current upon property in the main, thotwne'h fare. ' A fnint tfirciiiar upon the pu ject will ghor tf be a^drenseo' to eachnf the^fM»li<y-hpldet». Charles Evfens, hetter hrtown w "'Piccolo Charlie," met with an ac«Mt>nt Some' weelca ago "which has since incapacitated Wm from worji. , He'wite tet^rnlng. '-jFrn^n 0l»ok'» Point when he"^fel,i fjyejf t^e s]ip in the darkness, dislocating one of the bones o! hu rignrhumlr ~ik- 4i«Br- he©n-W ,ft»U»t» of the hospital for sometime^ hu» it Wilt' be gome time before he regains the tna of hU hand- .. „ - .. ■ . „■' It fleeiotf that some Hitch has arisen m connection with the elevated water supply .works provided , for $h e public offices, Reefton. The . 'scheme provides for a pressure of sixty feet, hut it has heen found that when the water is turned on tiia escape of the water can he stopped Hy taerely placing the hand over the mouth of- -the dkchsrge pipe, tn other word«, although the reservoit is 60ft. ahm c th^ j level of Bridge-stttei the discharge pipe only throws tne «i*ar OMA ten fee' highr. The TJhinese K«f# Tear festival was krouynt to a close in t^*eftr>n »»n Friday evening last with attofhw sti^cessf ui dis play of firewnrlai. luthis occasion several Europeans were (Yrawn into the competition fof'"««ptrttMnij Ihe> aetal magaiine, hntv^ifh^^ weptett flirt>werß, they failed to Trtt the fcfr-jdt, £h« pri*« in each instance Tietns «e^Br«fl by Chinamen. A • large number of sky-rocitetn Were sent up dthnng fne evening, trie exhibition in this re»p«ct being really good. YeeWrdAy 1 there- was a general oxodnn of the Cninen* .. from the town, the bulk of thefti wearing { new clothes, and carrying new pick*. } shovels, and other mining tools, and all , looking clean, well-fed and contented. Over four hundred Chinese wore in Reefton during the wee\. and they spent their holidays in a quiet and peaceable fashion no boisterous drunkenness, rowdyism or .offensivuness of any kind. Some of the Celestials are, we learn, doing remarkably well, earning as much as £8 per man per Week, others,' however, are only making from 16s to 80s per w«eg bat on the whole they are well satisfied. It ia asserttd in some quartets that important changes in the Department of Justice, and iv the present condi ion of the Colonial police, are to be shortly injtir ated by the Government. The details of the changes (says the Hawke's Bay Herald) are said to comprise reductions in pay in both departments, the appointment of two police inspectors Jor each Islam! h; lj«u of the regulations, jexiating >t .present, and. the performance «>f the duties of clerk of the Resident Mugistjnte'i Courts throughout the Colony by tlWuOnflft registrars. Large reduetioos in^ih*lwaff are also said to be imminent, bat with wh&t truth remains to be 89611. . punfios and enriches the blood aij4 dejLfaMMte all poisons in the system like Hop lwmtoa. Read.