The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1885.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1557, 5 June 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1885.

The United Alpine Company cleaned up on Wednesday last, the gross value of the gold obtained from the crushing being about three thousand pounds. It is needless to say that this is a highly gratifying result, and although the company started crushing with a liability of about one thousand pounds, will, it is believed, enable the directors to declare a devtdend 'of 1/ pershare. . Mr Menteath, M.H.R., announces that he will address the electors of Black's Point this evening. With the permission of the School Committee there the meeting will be held in the schoolroom. Mr Menteath will leave for Wellington on Tuesday morning next, and will meet the legal managers this afternoon to discuss certain proposed amendments to the Mining Companies Act. The County Council met yesterday, but the business was confined to a consideration of the annual balance-sheet, which after some discussion was adopted. The Chairman then made an explanation concerning the County finance, the substance of which was that the County is in anything but a healthy condition financially. He showed that basing the income of the County up to the period ending 31st March next upon the same scale as that of the past three months, -there will remain at tbe period stated, after providing for accrued and current, liabilities, the large sum of sixty pounds for expenditure npon new works In the face of these facts he dwelt upon the absolute necessity tbat existed for abstaining from entering upon new works, until such time at anyrate as the intentions of the General Government were ascertained in regard to future subsidies and assistance. We {Pout) bear on gaod authority today that Mi John Marshall's tanbeaten two year-old colt Thunderbolt, by Musket Lecket, has been purchased for 1500 guineas by the Hon. Mr Robinson, and will at onoe proceed to Sydney by the Manapouri to join that gentleman's team now in Australia. The following tenders were received for the - Matakitaki horse bridge contract : M. T. Dixon, Wakefield, L 72 >, (accepted) Rait and Adamson, Murchison, L 74 6; John J. Molan, Westport, L 9 >0 ; Cochrane and Oxley, Reeften, L 943 ; Mace and Bassett, Belgrove, L 948; informal, Johnson and Grieve, Reefton, L 1239. Here is a Queensland tragedy told in a telegram : -"Man, name unknown, reported found dead at Caranbnta station, Gfeorgtne River* Pie^e of paper found on the body,, on which were written the words. 'Bitten by a snake.' " Here is. a nice little bine ribbon i+e-n. • P.B " . writing to the Dunedin Herald, lays :—"I have much pleasure in teatiying that Mr R. T. Booth, notwith

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