The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,1884. NEW MINISTRY FORMED.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1437, 29 August 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1884. NEW MINISTRY FORMED.

MAJOB ATKINSON PKEMIEK. Major Atkinson has succeeded in forming a n«w administration, and has submitted the names of four of his colleagues, who have been duly sworn in : The Cabinet as far as is yet known comprises Major Atkinson, Premier; E. Wakefield, Minister of Native Affairs; Hon. G. M'Lean, Commis sioner of Trade and Customs ; E. Mitchelson, Minister of Public Works. The remaining portfolios are as yet unallotted. It is understood that beyond MrMifcchelson, no other mem: ber of the late Atkinson administration will have a seat in the uew Cabinet. There is a strong feeling in political circles m favor of Sir Julius, Yogel being included in the Ministry, and we gather from a private source that it is not unlikely that the union will be brought about*

The Golden Treasure Company started crushing on Wednesday last, the whole fifteen head being engaged. The machinery worked well, but the heavy rain of the afternoon overloaded the fluming of the head-race, and bringing down a large quantity of dry leaves and other flotsam choked the gratings, causing a short stoppage at the mill. The duplicate pieces of mac'iinery for the Inkerman Company reached here by coach on Wednesday last, but owing to the flooded state of the river they could not be sent up to the works. They will probably be forwarded on to-day, and tlie battery will start crushiug early next week. Edison indulges in the following prediction as to the changes which will be effected in electricity wirlrin t*fty years in the city of New York. I would say that I believe electricity witl propel the cars of the street and elevated railroada, light the city withiu and without its buildings, furnish power for all purposes, work telephones and burglars alarms, deliver the opera, convey parcels, detect and signal fires, operate fire engines, and probably displace animal locomotion for vehicles. Hanlan accounts for his failure in the boat-race with Beach by asserting that he was paralysed by fear owing to one of the passenger steamers bearing down on him too cloßely. The defeat of the world's champion has evidently caused some excitement in London, and the Times suggests that Beach, flanlan, Boss, and Teemer should all meet on the Thames in the autumn. Ross has airea^y challenged Beach to row on the Thames for £500 a-side. A London correspondent writes: — "A new and important development in the application of elictricry to praciicrl purposes is about to startle the world. A means has been discovered for the estenBion of the telephonic sy&tera by which (he ordinary telegraph wires can be utilised for telephonic messages to almost any dis-lan-je without in Lerferi.ig with the transmission at the same time of ordinary telegraph messages. The inveoior of the new transmitting and receiving appurat us has just Bold his right to the BelgiVn Goverument, for use in Belgium, for a vmy large sum of money, aad ia a f«w weeks the King is in perbon to inauguiVe the new system in its applictuica to the existing telegraph wires of vhe kingdom. A commission of experts ib aoout to proceed, at the instance of the Btiti ih Government, to Brussels, to exaoiiue into the merits of the invention and its aoplict-oilicy to ths telegraph system of England. As yet there has been no public notification respecting the invention in this country, bub it is understood to be one destined .o effect quite a revolution in the cwsfc and facilities for effecting communication between i emote points." In India, servants are not always extra virtuous. This being the case, a gentleman was not surprised to tiud a ring that he greatly valued gone one morning. After asking the servants all round whether they had taken it, and having received the stoutest denial of the theft from each, he went and told a friend, Mr Belliiighara, of his loss. That gentleman consoled him thus :— "Leave me alone ; I'll find out the r&ecal who stole it if you will only let all your servants come in a body before mo to-morrow." This being agreed upon, Mr Bellingham called next day, and all the servants were ranged before him. He then spoke of the theft that had been committed, and added that to find out the thief, he would make znnnchtha [magic]. When ha had spoken the charm he would stamp his foot on th» floor, and the thief's turban would immediately catch fire. After mumbling for a short time, Mr Bellingham cried out and stamped his foot, when, with a yell, the bai, or butler, snatched off hfc turban and, throwing it on the ground, stamped on it. Mr Belliiighara catching hold of him, forced him to bring the ring, which he quickly did.