The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1884.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1384, 7 April 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1884.

The final prorogation of Parliament has been made, and the House will meet for the despatch of business on ■ the sth June. Up to the present time Ministers have observed a discreet silence as to their programme for the (•oiiriig session, but as Iv. ajor Atkinson is • billed" to address bis Egmont i constituents during the coming week, wo may hope he will on thit occasion take the publioto some extent into the Ministerial eontidence. In the meantime there are rumors of some intended fresh departure in the existing system of representation, the object in view being ostensibly to give greater unity to the representation of the large cities, the real object being no doubt to ' strengthen the influence of the Governi inent in those constituencies for the j coming strugd**. It is, however, only a rumor, and a rather improbable one at that, and it is, therefore, hardly worth while discussing it. The greater probability is that it is only a sort of , tub thrown overboard at Wellington to I occupy and divert the Opposition Press ' and members for the. time being. Sir George Grey at Christchnrch, and Mr i Montgomery, at Akaroa, will, howeve;', during the present week also throw some " tubs " overboard, whicl) will probably afford more serious spo/t to the MiiiisUy. So far the highly ornamental, but utterly useless member for , Inangahna, has not deigned to visit his constituents, to even apologise to them for his lamentable failure as a representative. He is> wise perhaps in not. doing so, for the district cannot too soou forget the mistake it made in returning him. ; Mr J. D. Pinkerton, at one time "Mine ' 17-ist"I 7 -ist" of the Star Hotel, Ahaura, has retuiMcd to Greymouth, after an absence of about -eight years from the West Coaat. Rain, which was much wanted throughout the district, both for alluvial and quartz mining, Bet in on Jriday evening ; last, and the fall since then has been extensive, and accompanied as it is with low j readings of the barometer, we may con i elude that the season has at length broken. Fault is found by coach travellers with ' the size of the metal being placed on the road by the maintenance contractors on the Nelson overland road. It is said that j from the cause stated, the- road on each ' side of the Lyell is as bad as a. river-bed. for coach travelling, and the road, like the maintenance contractor, being removed from all supervision by the proper authoj rities, ia growing more " boulder " every ■ day. The West Coast Times Bays : "We 1-jarn from the Haast that the mining prospects there are more promising of late, and that the population is slowly increasing between the Haast and Okura rivers. There are three parties engaged taking in water-races to work the second bottom found on the old workings, and all are sanguine of Buceess. A number of ; men at prusent employed by Mr Edward Ryan intend setting ft? to work in the . same locality as soon as their present en- ' gagement terminates. | Does it pay to keep and run racehorses ? j ,is a question often asked. The most frequent answer is that it is always a losing ! game. English sporting writers draw I attention to the fact that Mr Merry, notI withstanding his great successes, was a ; heavy loser. Lord Falmouth, the biggest j winner of public money for years, who ' never betted, has retired from the turf, and is said to have found the amusement i very costly. . The agent of the Australasian Gas Company, Limiced, formed in Melbourne to take over and work the process known as Binnie's patent, has sent us (Otago paper) a form of prospectus, together with a pamphlet showing the mode of working, cost !of production, reports from Professor Black, of Dunedin, and Newbery, of Melbtuime, accompanying the prospectus, in which these gentlemen highly recommend the company's gas and process of manufacture. The directors of the com- | pany are influential business men in Mcl- : bourne. In a billiard tournament at Birmingham. J. Roberts recently performed a feat which is said to be unique in the records of billiard-playing. His opponent, Shorter, started' with a miss in baulk, "Roberts then giving the usual miss below the nrid- ! die pocket, under the right hand cushion. Shorter essayed a hazard from this, failed to score, and never had another opportunity of doing so in the game, as the champion ran right out with the extraordinary break of 602, unfinished, made in ejeactly 27£ minutes. Starting with a cannon, he made 13 by all-round play, and got into position for the spot stroke, and there he stayed until he had 'completed his remarkable break, pocketing the red ball no leßß than 196 times. When he had made 426 his ball ran a little above the spot, then he played all round the tab^e for position, which he obtained with wonder- . ful accuracy. • ■.-..■■ We know that there is nothing on earh equjdtn Hop Bitters as a family medicine. i Look for.