The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1884.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1470, 14 November 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1884.

The tea meeting, concert unci entertainnv. j :it in aid # »f the Chinch of England fund, Boatman's will be hel-l thia evening. A special coach will leave this afternoon conveying a number of ladies and gentlemen from Reefcon, who haev consented to take part in the concert, Mr J. B. Beeche has kindly tr yen the use of his piano for the occasion, and the local committee have made very complete arrangements for the success of the concept, which, we have no doubt will be very numerously attended. Mr J. Ring, the well-known photographer, of Greymouth, will reach lire in a day or two and will hay** his studio in readiness for the execution of tirst cla.B photography. The County Elections, although well fought throughout, passed off ma friendly spirit, and the result of the polling though naturally pleasing to the supporters of the successful candidates, was not marked by any wild demonstration. The number of votes polled in the Reefton Riding fell v*.ry far short of the numher recorded ar the previous* County elections in 1881, when the numbers stood Brennan, J 99 ; Patterson, 193, and Jones 178. or a total of 570 votes against 392 polled on Wed nes lay last. Indeed the falling off in the polling is shown equally in all the other Ridings, the total of the votes polled on Wednesday last in the six Ridings of the County being ; little more than half of the number I scored in 1881. For the purpose of comI pariann we publish in another column the County polling of 1881. A glance at the result shows that on Wednesday last, 226 persons presented to vote, and together recorded 243 votes, of these about 60, or rather more than one fourth of the total number, voted on miner's rights and business licenses, the returuin_ officer deciding that all persons who had paid tlieir ' rates, and whose names appeared on the roll, were entitled to vote, and refused to put to miners right voters the residential question prescribed by sub-sec. 2, clause 30 "Local Elections Act, 1870." This rule was, we believe, followed in respect to the polling in all the other Ridings, and bad the effect of admitting some sixty or seventy votes which otherwise would have been barred. Clark and Ryman's American Comedy Company reached Reefton yesterday afternoon, and the pictorial advertisements of the Company for some hours after engaged a considerable share of public attention. In the evening the j Company opened in the Oddfellow's, Hall to a fairly crowded house. From all that has been said of the company something good was expected, and the performance in no way belied the fame which had preceded it, and in point of merit it un-dou'.-tedry ranks with the best we have yet had in Reefton. As a delineator of Irish character Mr Clarke would he hard to excel. His Hibernianism is real, and ! has none of the ordinary stage counterfeit about it, and his humor ia genuine. Mr Ryman plays many parts, and is especially good in all of them. Miss Lillie ; Linden, is a pleasing vocalist, and to an attractive presence, and versatility of ] power, possesses the further al vantage of being an accomplished harpist. The other members of the company are no less worthy of praise. The performance is entirely devoid of coarseness or equivoque, and is altogether a thoroughly wholesome entertainment. A specialty of the management is that each person who during the day time purchases a front seat ticket will be presented with a portrait of a leading celebrity of the day. In Ada Mantua's consultation, Malua (^2,400) goes to a bootmaker atßiverton, Commotion to North Dnedin, and Plausible to Manchester-street, Christchurch. Ada's prize has been won, three employes of the Otago Daily Times having correctly placed the horses ten weeks ago. The result of Robin Hood's consultation on the Melbourne Cup is as follows:— First horse, value £956 nett cash, went to a sewing machine agent at Kaiapoi • second horse, value £430 fell to a carpenter at Christchurch ; the third, value £215 was drawn by a sawyer on the East Coast of Auckland. A report by Mr Blair, Assistant En-gineer-in-Chief, on the proposed East and West Coast railway (Middle Island) was presented to Parliament the other day It is strongly in favor if the Arthur's Pass route, which is estimated tocost £1,505,000, and to require 95 miles of construction, as against £1,875,000, and 142 miles for the Cannibal Gorge route, which is said to be the next best. Even on the Arthur's Pass route it appears that there aro no fewer than 24 tunnels of the aggregate length of 5 miles 30 chains 7 yards. The following return showing the landavailable for concession under clauses 7 and 8 of the East and West Coast (Middle Island) and elson Railway construction Bill has been laid before the Legislative Council : — (1) Arthur's Pass route, 1,295,000 acres ; (2) Cannibal Gorge route, (including 452 000 acres overlap), 1,853 000 acres ; (3) Belgrove to Reefton, (including 452,000 acres overlap) 4.982,000. Total 5,128,000. whioh less 76.000 acres, 'f-avns 4.2G1000 acres of Crown lands within fifteen miles of tbe proposed railnays An improved fishhook has been invented by an American sportsman. About midway up the shaft of the hook he places a small crossbar, which serves three purposes :— (1) It prevents the fish from swallowing the hook ; (2) it increases the chances of capture, for the reason that when a fi*h striken its nose against a proj- -tion it involuntarily closes its

mouth and ao is securely qau-tht ; and (3) it prevents tht: bait froin-alippinjf up the I houi;. | To restore neve and brain waste,' nothing cquala Hop Bitters. Believe this. See - \M "$& The bftenV B*bokfeh^in u**v_ls who rivited people -•by.-' higl-'-^ti^p has obtained employment in a boiler* manufactory.