The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1885.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1503, 30 January 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1885.

The Inangahua seems to have escaped the full force of the flood which vi«ited a lar~e portion of the West Coast on Tnes- \ dav last. At Nelson Creek and Ahattra ! the flood rose almost to the limit reached by the great inundation of 1872, and at \ the former place. Potts' s ispensinn bridge ; was L'reatly damaged, one span of the i structure having collapsed. The creeK j rose s-> rapidly on Tuesday morning that j a lanre quantity of flumniv w swept away, and injury otherwise done to mining property. Tha Government race, however, escaped damage. The Ahaura river rose to an extraordinary height, rut no damage of importance was done, although an immense quantity of drift wood, the accumulations of probably ten or twelve years, was borne down. The Gn-v river at SHliwatev rose to such an extent as to flood Dick's staMe to the depth of several feet, but there b<*in<? no current, no loss was occasioned. The flood at Grevmoiith was rery high, and some portion of the town was laid under water for several hours, hut no material injury resulted to the inhabitants, considerable damage was, however, done to the Cobden I.HoVo, Iwo rif the cylinders being carried away, as well as a larw quantity of staging, which together means a heavy loss to the contractor. We learn that the successful tenderers for the construction of the Ahaura Amuri road are Mr Mitchell (Nelson Creek), and Mr Pillr<w (Ahanra.) Th« w<.rk b*s heen let in two sections, and there is some heavy filling and excavation to be done on the line. The Golden Treasnre battery being fully supplied with water, has been set going. There is about 130 tons of stone at the machine paddock. We have received the following memo from Mr G. W. B*mrm°Ti» Postmaster, j Ueefton :— '*"! have just been informed by the Chief Postmaster, Greymoiith, that the south mails per overland coach have not reached Greymonth. Tha Dunedin and Chmtchurch correspondence will consequently miss to-morrow's coach, and not reach Reefton until Monday." This interruption is no doubt owing to the recent floods in the south. After the close of the School Committee ballot on Tuesday evening, January 27th, the newly elected committee held their 6rst meeting in the School room. There were present Messrs Beeche, Patterson, Hind marsh and Shapherd, when the following business was transacted :— Mr G. B. Shepherd was elected chairman of the Committee and Mr W. Hindmarsh, secretary and treasurer. Tt was resolved that the Committee hold it* monthly meetings on the third Thursday of each month, at 8 o'clock p.m., at Mr Hindmarsh's office. The meeting was then adjourned to Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock. The Committee met again last evening, when there were present Messrs Shepherd (chair) Beeche, Bowman, Campbell, Hindmarsh and Patterson. The inward correspondence was read and received. A Mter from Miss Prentice making application to be promoted to the position of assistant mistress. It was ordered that the application be sent in to the Central Board with the Committee's recommendation. Estimate of school requirements ns prepared, amounting to f 309, was ordered to be forwarded to the Central Board. The foregoing amount included residence fir the head master. Resolved that the Central Board be written to requesting that an increase of €60 per annum he added to Mr Hopkin's salary. Messrs Bowman and Beeche were appointed a visitin; committee for the current month. The meeting then art journed. At the meeting of the County Council on Wednesday tenders for printing wnd advertising for the year 1885, were dealt with. The contract previously existing had a currency to the 31st December last, but the Council for some mysterious reason, in November last invited tenders for the ensuing ye<tr, and these tenders for reasons equally incomprehensible were not dealt with until la«t Wednesday. All the printing aud advertising required by the Council from the 31st December 1884 to th« 28th January 1836 will »f •>urae, be charged for at full rates. What amount the local body is to be mulcted in over this' little job there is no present means of ascertaining, the account sent in having been cloaked from public gnae by being referred to the " Executive Committee with power to act." An opportunity will however, no doubt present itself <»f dragging the details to light We understand that Mr Oninesses' application to the Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition in connection with the recent Cfoutity election for the Riding of Paroa was y*st«r<lay dinniisvod with costs at Cliriatchurch.

The District Court will sit this morning i it 10 o'clock. h'u Honor Jud^e Broad 1 "cached Reefton last night. c Tt is repotted that a firm in Greymodth argely interested i.i tlie c<«l trauu there la* offered to gunrantee £f 50,000 annually . fo any syndicate undertaking the c«>nJtruction of the East .md Weat Coeat rail- * nray, in freight m the cirri i/e. "f ct al ' *ver the line. Tlie offer is important «B showing that West n..i-> c <ml may Vie jonveyed by rail to Canterbury at a profit, i circumstance aliont w'.ik-h a a.oti<m <f the East Coast press lias frequently ex- t pressed some doubt. The promoters of , the railway will, however, fr» 1 it somewhat difficult to reconcile this offer with the point-blank refusal of Oreynvmth to contribute to\v--irl« ;'•« •vcliininary ex- ' penses of floating the un 1 ■-t-ikiiiy. In ' this refusal there is therefore an element ; of meanness which can hardly be viewed as worthy of "the Newcastle of New Zealand." The following paragraph in reference to the Welcome Company Boatman's, has been wired » l >r>tn"hnnt. the Colony : • At a meeting of Dunedin Shareholders in tie Wa!e<iii>^ G..l.lminii<4 Company, R^efton, held here last evening, Mr W. Watson, who \v.\h in the chair, said there had been very ' ;i 1 niana!»«inuntof the mine, and the directors appeared to l>e too much of a fami'y party, no one outside being all<iwed to inttrf r • with them, or ask for information ; thousands of p»u ids had been wasted in the mine. The meeting resolv•! frit th "■ lir^ct>>rs be written to askh.g thit Mr Bryl-.ne be appointed Dnne.ii n | dir^ f T, that they forward a list of the : s'lar^'hollers, the quantity of antimony i 8'on" th:vt has been taken out, copies <>f j the niini:i<r m 1 battery in m njur's iv[)o s ' for the lust six months, the reason why i the battery has been kept idle while they report that there is plenty of stone, and fi ally the result of the working of tl.« j bernans. I On the morning of the 25th inst., about ! ten o'clock a frightful and fatal accident occurred to J. C. Frew, the well-known civil en«i'ne"r. He called at dhsse's i farm, Kok >tahi. and saying that there ; were wild ducks in tint ermde ne:"\ bnr- ' rowed a double-barrel gun. Shortly ; afterwards a ret ort was hear; 1 , and Fivw i was found with his face frightfully , scattered. He was taken to the hospital, but died after a few hours. A C A T\T>.) —To »U. who ■ rh suffering from thy. errors and indici-retion of youth, i nervous weakivw, »*arlv d^oay, loss of ! manhood. &•'., I will s-*nd a recipe that j wi'l .-nro you. FRKE OF CHARGE. , This «reat remedy was discovered by a | missioiiHry in South America. Send a i self-addreps«v| onvidoMc s»m 1 siTTv^nce *•> ! nrei>ay postage to the Rev. .Tosettt T. Iwax, f>, .Viw York City, |r>-.,f. j Obstruction* of the kidneys and attendant orirans will prove f*t,il if nut rei moved by Hup Bitters. Road.