The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1884.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1397, 7 May 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1884.

. The foundation stone of the Presbyteruto Church* Reef ton, will be laid.tgj^ Tuesday next, 13th instunt. The ceremony • will be a very imposing one, the cwo -Maaonic lodges having-decided—to-take part therein.. The ftittings of the Magistrate's Court occupied the greater part of yesterday, and* » he length of our report of the -proceedings compels us to hold over some other local matter. The sale of the crushing plant of the Lnnkey's Creek Company J(in liquidation) took place yesterday afternoon, and^re suited, as everybody expected it would, in the property being thrown away for a song. The prices realised for the chief items were as follows :- Engine atid boiler, (John Reid, Ahaura), L 13 5.; ten head battery, (J. Kilgour), X3B j .two berdans, Ll6, The total realised being somewhere about • L3OO, Thfr plant coat originally about L2,Q00. V ' . . ' Some exception is taken tp.Jbhe ereqtufli of the Brigade belfry at the corner.of Walsh and Sheil-streets. Its proximity to the churches is regarded as' objectionable, the sudden sounding of ah .alarm bo close at hand during the hours of worship being considered as calculated to cause a panic in the congregations. The distance of the site from Broadway is regarded also as a further drawback. As tenders for the erection of tlie belfry are now called it will be for the townspeople them* selves to settle this much vexed question at once, otherwise it will bo too late. ,, ■>> -. i That invalid . wife, niother, v > sisten ttf child can be made the piotnraof health with Hop Bitters. Observe - ■-..^ *