The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25, 1335.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1516, 25 March 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25, 1335.

Mf ill no news from E«ypt. bey»nd the meagre announcement thsit. General Wolseley and his staff proceed from K»rti to Doiis/ola to-morrow. The weight to be attached to this announcement is left entirely to conjecture. The simplest explanation of it would probably be that the Nile army is still falling back, a> d that the work of the expedition i* beimg rapidly and surely undone, but why this ■tu'ii^d silence as to the niovtmiun s of 1 1« army it is difficult to mi le.-staud. A largely attended meeting was hel 1 at Campbell's Southern Cross Hotel oh Monday evening last, for the purpose of forming ati Athletic Club in Reeftun, and arranging for a day's pedestrian sport* on the Raw Course ou Easter Monday. Mr W. J Potts was voted to the chair. Af»er some discussion the following resolutions were carried: Proposed by Mr J. Connolly — That a club l>e formed to he called the Reefton Athletic ClnK seconded by Mr E. Taylor an I carried. The animal subscription w»a fixed at 10/6 for active, and 21/- for honorary members. Mr J Lynch was elected President, and Mi W. J. Potts Vice- President, Mr James was appointed Treasurer and Mr Nash Secretary : The following were appointed a Committee of Management : — M«ssrs Connolly, Taylor, Lecher, D. Coohrane, Nagle, Williamson and Irving, with the officers already appointed Five to form a quorum. The Secretary was instructed to write to the Secretary of the Reefton Jockey Club, inquiring the terms for the use of the race course ground and total isator fi,r Easter Mon lay, with right to all the- necessary privileges connected therewith. A sub-commit»ee was then appointed to make a cauvass of the town, such committee to bring up their report to a further meeting of the Club to be hel 1 at the Southern Cross Hotel on Thursday evening nest. Th« meeting then adjourned. The monthly meeting of the Inangahua County Council will be held at the CliamUre, Smith-street, to-day at 2.30 p.m. Mr A. S, Meiiteath addressed the electors of Brunnerton, No Town, Red Jacics. and Nelson Creek, respectively, during the close of last week, meeting with larg.' audiences and a good reception at each place At each oeutre Mr Menteath received a most cordial voto of thanks and renewed confidence. There are one or two matters arising nut of the proceedings of the last meeting of the Nelson Board of Education which have given some offence to the Boatman'* School Committee. According to the Board proceedings as reported in the Mai% an application was dealt with from the Boatman's Committee asking for a sum of money for the purchase <>f windowblinds. Now the local Committee deny that any such application was naa4e by them to the Board. What they asked for was money to fence and clear the playground round the School, and also to procure water tanks. This application the Committee, very rightly, consider to be a perfectly legitimate one. A dangerous creek runa within a few yards of the schoolroom, there is no playground, and the children have to climb a terrace in order to get a drink. It was to remove these drawbacks that the Committee applied to the Board, and the request, as we are informed, made no mention of window blinds. There is another matter which also forms a subject of complaint. In inviting applications for the head mastership of the Capleston School the Board did not advertise locally. It is claimed that on all similar occasions in the past local applications hare been invited, and th« Committee cannot understand wJiy the rule waa departed from on the occasion in question. As' the races this year were of a rather tame character, the proposal to get np a good day's atltleU • sports for Easter M nday will no' doubt he welcomed by the public. Owing 'to the lateness of the season this year, fine weather may almost be relied upon, and this condition fulfilled a large gathering triay be looked for. The town will be canvassed this morning for funds, and should the public respond at all liberally, * good programme-will be issued at once. We take the following from the Nelson Mail of Friday last :---We are glad to learn that increased facilities will shortly be offered; to those desirous of visiting the West Coast frym N.elson by way of the Buller i Valley. Mr Kirton, the Chief Postmaster, informs us that he has received a 1 vice from the Government that a 'tri weekly will be substituted for the present very unsatisfactory bi-weekly service from the first of next mouth. There will n«w be no difficulty it taking a run thiougn an l" getting back again with" in the we^k, and we can* hut hope that numbers of Nelson ciciwns will avail themselves of the opportunity so that they may be able to talk to others about the road and what is to be seen from it, and so assist to spread the information that for tourists there is no more attractive or desirable a journey in New Zealand than that through the grand but little known Valley of the Buller. Don't wk m thk house.— " Rough On Rate" clears out rats, mice, be • tics, roaches, bed-bugs, fti^*. a«'t», insects, moles, jack -rabbits, goplit-.P, Kempthornn, 1 rower and Co. Agents, Cbristcbareb,

It is reported that the town reservoir j through either defective dtsign or eon- « gtruction leaks, and that its storage capacity is nothing like what was expected. This, if true, is a serious matter, and the ' winner the ropirt is inquired into by the Council thu better. It is said that on » recent occasion the reservoir was ail hut dry, and that had a the oscurred it would have been necessary to use the lireengine. Bishop Suter reachel Reef ton last night, and will hold a Confirmation service in the Church of England to day. A memorial is being circulated for sis;* nature amongst the ratepayers of the County, protesting against the sale wf the County diamond drill. The directors of the Happy Valley Company have put men on to sink a winze on tka re«;f, and it is reported that the scone being taken out shows good gold. The ii'.'jy Cross Company Mai-ud crushing yesterday morning, but only a small parcel will be treated. Tho letters* of " Auii-Roll Stuffer " and " Ratepayer " are too explosive. Two wrongs don't make a right. The Nelftoa Mail has just completed the puMimlion of an iuterestir.sf sketch by its social reporter of a trip overland from Nel*"ti- to Reefton and Wesport. The writer graphically describes the magnificent scenery to be met with on the journey, an<i the report will n > doubt go far '.o jHiptilarise the route and induce travellers between the Bast and West Coasts to undertake the trip. At the request of a large number of Nelson and West Ceast residents tho proprietors of the A/ai/have undertaken to reprint the sketch in phamphlet form, and arrangements have been tn.vta to place the phamphlet in the libraries of the Union Companies steamers tra linjj between Victoriaand New Zealand so that visitors to the Colony may learn something «f the characteristics «f this part of the Colony. One g<»od result, which may in a great way be attributed I to the publication of the rep«rt in question, is that the Government have at last consented to establish a thricea-week mail service between Nflsoii and Reefton, and this of (tself'is a substantial gain. ! The Russians are reported to be about | to annex the island of Quelnaert, off the ■ south- vaster n po'nt of the Corenii Peuin- j I sula, with the view of converting it into '■ a naval station. It will give Russia a pre- j ponderatiiiff influence in the extreme i North Pacific, for it commands the Yellow Sea of Japan, and the northern Chinese waters generally. H«re are a few figure* (say* tho P,all Mall Gazette) which indiuate in a line or two the extent of the risks to which British commerce and shipping would be exposed in the event «f war with a civilis«d Power. The merchant marines of the world contain at this moment 53.167 ve*sels, <>f which 44,734 are sailing ships and 8.433 steamers. These figures take no account of any steamer under 100 bins < burden, nor of any sailing Teasel b«low 60 | tons. Of this total number of sail 20,474, or considerably more than one-third, belong to Great Britain, the proportion • being 15,384 sailing vessels and 5,090 \ steamers. Besides these totals the marine ! navies of other countries are insignificant; ! and yet our rulers grudge the protection : which al*ne can keep this splendid and unparalleled fleet in safety. The Times contains an interesting letter from a Roman Catholic priest of the .di°cese of St. Andrew's, (Scotland), on the morality of the Irish Parliamentary party in their attitude towards murder and «utrage in Ireland. It appears that Mr William Redmond has been making a tour of certain cities .in Scotland, and that at Edinburgh he bluntly laid down the doctrine that the Irish were not bound to act as detectives to the Government. "You may know of murders plotted and planned, but you* are uot bound to give warning or information of the same ; you may know of murders committed, but you are. not b*»und to assist in bringing the guilty persons to justice." Father Angus makes rigorous protest against this "detestable morality," which, he says, is utterly opposed to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, and he indicates his personal regret that the Irish Catholic prelates should have found it desirable to place the management of « Tnesition in the hands of such men as Redmond and his ass-'ciatcs. A good many persons have found this letter subject matter of surprise. In the London Morning Post (says a contemporary) there is an admirably well written article, entitled " England's Best. Possible Ally in Europe," which shows unmistakable signs of statesmanship and prescient knowledge. The ally aimed at here is Italy, and, from a naval point of view, a not undesirable one. Her. nasjf consists of some 80 ships, all of a good type— 2o ironclads, of which one squadron is as sfrong and as well, if not heavier, armed than any other squadron afloat. Her marine personnel is second to none ou the Continent. Her iutorests do not clash with ours ; but. on tht contrary, on the norh coast of Africa our interests are identical— viz., restraining the unjustifiable attempts of. France to make herself dominant in that quarter, and this we could do by encouraging Itafy's occupation of Tripoli. Again, at Assab they would prove a counterpoise to the French influence there ; and as the Italians make good colonists, and are. fair and ju«t in their dealings with the natyres, they would be sure to get on. Drowsiness, biliousness, pains and aches, and ague, Hop Bitten* always cures if made by American Co. Read. 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