The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1884.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1486, 22 December 1884, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1884.

In auother column Mr F-. VV. Mills announces that he is a candidate for election to the Ontral Board i>f the Government Life Assurance Association Wellington. Mr Mills is one of the uldtst business residents of the Empire city, and a man of the highest cnnnueicial standing and integrity. The annual distribution of prizes to the children attending the Catholic School, took place on Friday last in the presence of a large number of parents and visitors. Before the distribution a juvenile performance was j>iven, the characters being very cleverly sustained. Addresses were delivered to the children by the Rev, Father Holland and Mr J. Lynch, both of whom complimented the teaching staS upon the satisfactory progress made during the year. We observe that Webb's Royal Mario nett's have included Reef tun iv their West Coast tour, intending to play a short season here commencing at an early date. This company bear the reputation of being one of the "swell shows " of the day, and as nothing good in the theatrical line has ever " gone away hungry " from Reefton, we may predict a good welcome for the Visitors. The Church of England Sunday School building on the Buller r<i;vl is now ap proaching completion, and the finishing work inside will be completed in time for the Bazaar which will be opened on Wednesday uext. The arrangements iv progress for the bazaar will make it one of the most attractive and successful exhibition of the kind yet held in Reef ton. The ladies of the congregation have, for months past been industriously engaged in the fabrication of articles of fancy needle-work, and the display in this Jipe will be unique. •■' The following telegram ou the subject of the East and West Coast railway was received by Mr Menteath on Saturday l*st : -"Nelson December 19th, 1884.— To A. S. Menteath Esq, M.H.R., Reefton. — As secretary of the Railway Communication Committee I am asked to seek youi co-operation in furthering Railway connection between Nelson and Brunnerton via Reefton. Messrs Fell and Sclanders, as representing Nelson, interviewed the Canterbury representatives of the East and West Coast Railway scheme, and negotiations are now under con •ideration for both lines to he brought under one scheme for placing in London. Will you take stops tofurin a committee and get a guarantee towards expenses of Messrs Scott and Dohson to London, your Commitee acting with Nelson. A. D. Bayfeild." In accordance with the foregoing Mr Menteath has convened a public meeting of the inhabitants at the Southern Cross Potel^tr^uijirrjjw evening, when the mattecwilL be dealt with. The parr-'quet pest continues : without apparent diminution. . W, e . should be afraid to hazard » guefts at the' number of birda slaughtered duriftg the past three months. We know gardners in Reef ton who have shof,.from thirty to a hundred birds daily since the beginning of October last. Boy* with 1 the ordinary shanghai frequently "bag" the same nqmber daily, but although this wholesale carnage Has been going oh so long there does not l«em to b« the slightest falling off in the feathered visitors. «Fata«s Swan, an American merchant, Was committed to the prison of St P^elagie (in Paris) on the 28th of July 1808, . for a sum of 625,640 francs . (upwards of £25 v OOO) a*Hd wiiM* iates for the tirst :,.time on the openiq|7^;^e !IJ j^jjj|l«j^.oa, on the 28th day ol i July ,1880, it 22 years afterwards to a day. This man, possessed of a fortune amounting to nearly 4,000,000 francs, denied the justness of the. claim beyond the sum of 6000 or 7000 francs, and determined tc pass his life in prison rather than obey a judicial sentance which he considered unjust. Having first cauße.l it to be intimated- to his wife and child rb:i that he would' disinherit theYn J ;to the last farthing uf his .'property, if, *jjney paiJ' the debt, he furnished his prison.-, apartment in a style of princely magnilicentiu, and hired in the Rue de la Cele, pftujfeite the gates of St Pelagic, a spacious d^yejlling, with coach -bouse and stables for tyis friends, cook*, &k. For the fofrmer olaia, they were commissioned to appear for hjni and spend his money in the Bujs <je Boalogne, i übh'c street*, and pntmeuadt i, balls, and theatreV 4 Kidney and TJrinary .iroubjea'aj^ui iiversal, atwl theoftly. .safe.a.t)dAU^e ; .cuj > c is Hop Bitters— rely, on, it. , Read. , '.?, „