The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TM-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 13,1885.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1573, 13 July 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TM-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1885.

Some doubts having been expressed by members of the House of Represetatives as to the quality of the Reef ton coal, Mt Menteath, M.H.R., telegraphed to Mr Craig, Acting County Chairman, requesting him to forward half a ton or aton of coal at once to Wellington as a sample. The intention is, we believe, to burn the coal in the grates at Bellamy's, and to reserve a portion of it forth© Industrial Exhibition, which opens in Wellington, next month. The necessary steps have, we believe, been taken to procure the coal from the Murray Creek Company's coal mine, and it will be forwarded on to Wellington by the first outgoing steamer, with due precautions as to its safe delivery there. The annual meeting of the Court Inangahua (Forester's) was held in the Lodge Room, Fitch's Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. The balance-sheet of the society for the year, was presented and showed that bottenumerically and financially the society is in a sound and healthy con- , dition, both the Sick and Funeral and Managment Funds showing respectable credit balances. The auditors in certifying j to the correctness of the accounts paid a compliment to the secretary, Mr E. J. Scantlebury, for the neat and businesslike manner in which the books of the society *ere kept, and for the interest which that officer * takes in its welfare. The annual election and installation of officers was then proceeded with, as follows : Bro. Joseph Lawnon, C.R. ; Bro. R. E. Green, S.C.R. ; Bro. W. Bnlithn, S.W. ; Bro. W. Stokes, J.W. ; Bro. D O. Preshawfwaa re-elected hon. Treasurer, and Bro. E. J. Scantlebury, Secretary. The proposed footfall mateh — New Zealand v. the World did not come off on Saturday last, as appointed, th« World not showing up in snfficieut force to complete the number. A scratch match was, however, played and very gnod all-round fnrrn w*s displayed. | Mr Malcolm delivered his promised lecture on " Genara! Gordon," in the Oddfellow's Hall, on Friday evening last. There was a very good attendance, and the lecture was listened to throughout with marked attention. '.The lecture was not merely a rechauffe of current newspaperreportsconcerningthe life and doings of General Gordon, but contained a deal that was entirely now to most people present, and was, presented in language which carried the sympathies of the audience, and elicited frequent applause. At the close an enthusiastic vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Malcolm for his excellent lecture. f At the Magistrate's Court, Hokitika, last week Mr Seaborn, lately a canvasser and lecturer for the Government Insurance Association, was committed for trial on the charge of embezzling a sum of £22 belonging to the Association. Accused reserved his defence, and was admitted to bail. " Robin Hood's," sporting event having closed, those who desire to try their fortune in another approaching big event have on opportunity of doing so in " Ada Mantua's " consultation which closes on the 15th instant. The coal miners strike at Westport has at length terminated, the colliers and mine owners having come to an amicable settlement up&n the matters in dispute. Mr J. Montgomerie, District Surveyor, is at the present time engaged surveying the mining leases in the Black-ball (Moonlight) district, the weather having, however, been so bad until lately that the work has been carried on with extreme difficulty. The Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Herali writing on the 2nd July, remarks as follows: — Mr Menteath may be congratulated on having delivered what may be considered on the whole the best speech of the new members during the debate, except that he expended too much time in describing a merely personal matter which seemed to place his opposition to Government upon rather low grounds., His remarks were to the point, and displayed considerable originality. Whether or not the Premier took advantage of a visit to the West. Coast to injure the member for Inangahua in the eyes of his constituents is a matter of little moment, though a belief that such was the case has evidently caused Mr Menteath to waver in his fealty to the present Ministry. He described himself m a Freetrader, and discussed the question with considerable ability from his own point of view. Mr Menteath spoke up to the hour for the dinner adjournment, and for about 50 minutes during the evening sitting, and was loudly ipplauded on resuming his seat. The Westport Harbor Board have conPerred the appointment of Inspector of Works, or Foreman, upon Mr J. Barrowman at a salary of £5 por week. This gentleman for years filled the' position of tuperintending engineer at the Greymouth v Harbor Works, and was as able an officer is he was a useful citizen. Mr Barrow- n nan will arrive there shortly. " The Wellington Post says :— Messrs ** tfnee Brothers, who have for many Donths past been prospecting on the n ' [round at Twawhiti formerly held by the T Empire Cfmrpany, have now met with N "oh prospects as have induced them to it ake up a lease of twenty-five acres, [ t overing the old Empire and Try Again round. They have succeeded in finding reef, which they have followed some 16 *' set and sank 7 fett upon, until from a r€ 'W inches thick it has now widened ut to 18 iiichw thickness of solid stone, b(

between well-defined walls, and on trial j yielding rich gold. The claim .is to be properly surveyed and systematically . worked. j The Earl of Kimberley made an important declaration in the House of Lords on May 12, regarding the policy of the • Government in the defence of India. He said that a plan of dwfonoe had been prepared and approved, extending from I Peshawur to the Indus Valley railway. An expenditure of £5,000,000 had been authorised for a frontier railway and military roads, including the Quetta railway, which will cost £2,000,000. Further works may be necessary. The Viceroy thinks with the Home Government it is a matter for consideration whether there should not be several strong fortresses on the line of defence. The frontier should be defensible, to meet the case of Afghanistan being assailed, or becoming hostile to England. Lord Randolph Churchill, who is Secretary of State for India in Lord Salisbury's Ministry, is, when roused, not particularly mild in his language. A speech of Lord Granville in the House raised his ire, and in a letter to the Times Lord Churchill asks leave "to deal with this man." He concluded his letter as follows:— "All I would add in conclusion is thin, that every statement that I have made in the House of Commons about the Russian advance in Central Asia was founded on oflcial documeuts in the possession of the public and that not one of his colleagues dared to impugn the accuracy of these statements, either on the day they were made or on the Monday following, when another opportunity was opcm to them. The process of sneaking down to the House of Lords and making there without notice a variety of deliberate misrepresentations, delibera',e misquotations, and false asser-. tions is quire in accordance with the littlo that is known of the public career of Earl Granville, Knight of the Garter, and, to the misfortune of his country, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign affairs. Your columns being the only place where I am able to seize upon and expose this official mendacity, I will be grateful to you for inserting this somewhat lengthy communication. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to enre all discharges from the Urinnry Organs, in either sex (acquired or constitutional), Gravel, and Pains in the Back. Guaranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes, 4a. 6-1 each, by all Chemists and Patent Medicme Vendors : Sole Proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all thf Wholesale H oases Kidney and Urinary complaints of all kinds permanently cure.l with- T?i»o Bitters. Genuine mado by American Co. Read