The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1884.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1410, 30 June 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1884.

We publish this morning the writ for the Inangahua election. The nomination of candidates has been fixed for Wednesday, 16th July, and the polling will take place on the 22nd of July. Tne Wellington papers complain that members during the last few days of the session took every possible opportunity of addressing their constituents through the medium of Hansard, the practice being to obtain, free of cost, or at a merely nominal charge, from the Government printing office, thousands of slips of their speeches for distribution among their constituents This practice was more extensively resorted to than was ever before known, the result being that an enormous amount of extra work was thrown upon the printers who are paid by the State. In the face of the unearned honorarium just pocketed by members ; their free passages, free passes, and practically free tipple and the "run of the kitchen "at Bellamy's, there is an element of meanness in this kind of thing which is eminently characteristic of the " carpet-bag " race of politicians, who, to the great curse of the Colony, constitute a great bulk of our representatives, so called. A meeting of the Committee of the Reefton Brass Band, was held on Thursday night last at which it was ascertained that a balance of about £5 10s was realised by the late performance, and that the present excess of liabilities over assets amounts to about £10. It may be of interest to our readers to know thai the receipts of the Band by public subscription since its inauguration amounted to £38 10s, and by members subscriptions, &c, LBS. The bandmaster, Mr Terrill, who has worked so energetically in the tuition of the members, has been compelled to resign his position on account of his having accepted employment at liainy Creek, but the members are still going on with their practice. The last act in the tragedy of Tuesday last was performed on Friday, when the body of the late Sigismund was conveyed to the Reefton cemetery, followed by a large concourse of people. In accordance with Jewish custom (he coffin was of the simplest description, being merely of plain timber, without the usual cloth covering, plate, or ornamentation of any uind. The burial service was in Hebraic — English, and was read by Mr Singer, the acting Rabli, the part of the cemetery in which the grave was situated having been previously consecrated to the dead according to Jewish ritual. This being the first Jewish burial that has occurred in the district the ceremony excited considerable interest. We learn that deceased's life was insured, but have nut ascertained the amount. On returning from the funeral the will was read, and the executors will now proceed without delay to realise and distribute the estate in the ordinary course. Those ladies and gentlemen who have given their services for the approaching Hospital eutertainuieut, are requested to meet at the Oddfellow's Hall, to-night at 8 o'clock sharp, for rehearsal.

In addition to Mr Munro, the. prcannt ( or late member fi>r tlio Bnller, '.Or Henry, , Messrs O'Gonor, Georjjo mid Gillios nre spoken of as possible candidates for the seat. Rumor lias it that there is a possibility ' of Messrs Bevan, Clarke, Fitzgerald and ' i Gvini.iumd coining forward for Holritika. Tliere i 3, however, only one definite announcement yet. On Saturday evening last, aml.,dnritig yesterday, shares in several of the quartzleases at Cedar Creek, were changh-^ hands at good prices. Shares were being inquired after mostly, in the William Tell, Swiss Republic, All Nations and JnstinTimo leases. On good authority we can state that at the rate of LGO was refused for a share in The Willian Tell— the prospectors claim, — and on Saturday, shares changed hands in the All >' ations at Ll2 ; but yesterday, could not be obtained at that price. In the Excelsior shares are quoted at Ll2. -Robs Mercury, June 24. "An Elector" writing in the Post suggests a short cut out of the present public difficulty. He says: -"Our M.H.R.'s are, most of them, greatly toncerned lest the result of a fresh election should land the various political parties in the same predicament as at present, viz. -an Atkinson party, a Montgomery party, and a Waketield party. Tliere is a way open to the electors nf the colony, and one which would upset all these little parties, that is, if they, the elector?, would resolve not to voteforanyindividual who is a member of the presenc Parliament. This would place matters on an entirely fresh footing, and surmoii.it the existing diliculty, and lam sure that if the electors were to bestir themselves they could select as their represent tives a much better set of men thai: they were bamboozled to vote for at the last electiou, and who, time has shown, are utterly'unfitted (with but few exceptions) for the legislation of the colony. The remedy lies in the hands of the elsctors, arid a new Parliament so elected would meet and form sides undisturbed by the conflicting elements which now exist in the above named parties." Some of the information in the new Doomsday Book has been forestalled by a report laid on the table of the \i ouse to-day. From this it appears that the number of small occupiers of land w very much larger and that of the larger laudholders very much less, than was generally supposed. There are in the colony no fewer than 14,744 persons- and 26 Companies owning pieces of land between 5 and 100 acres in area, and M.,248 persons and 19 Companies owning pieces varying in size 100 to 1000 acres. On the other hand when we come to the larger blocks the numbers drop off considerably. Owning tracts between 1000 and 10,000 ■ acres in extent there are 16G persons and 18 Companis. There are only 215 persons and nine Companies in possession of land 10,000 acres and under 50.000 acres in extent, while in regard to blocks of 50,00J acres and over the names of only 15 persons and 18 Companies appear a3 owners.