The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1885.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1595, 2 September 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1885.

\ The Government may now be considered safe for the session. The no coniidence motion which took so long to hatch out, and which Major Atkinson was forced by the pressure of his followers to move, has ended in a fiasco. Last night in the House he drew attention to the position j on the OrderJPaper of bis remaining 110---confideuce resolutions, accusing the Government of a design to burke them. The Premier replied in effect that as the Ministry had already survivod three no confidence motions this session, he thought it . high time the business of the country was proceeded with. He thought that (he division of Friday last anticipated the verdict of the House upon the remaining resolutions. Major Atkinson asked for the ruling of the Speaker as to whether the defeat of his first resolution disposed of the whole series. The Speaker decided in favor of Major Atkinson, but the refusal of the House to ad?ourn shows tluit members are sick and tired of the whole businuss, and willjhave no more of it. It will be seen our correspondent is not even yet able to take an encouraging view of the prospects of the West Coast railway. Strong influences are evidently at work to prevent a grant for the work, but for all this we are»inclined to" thiuk'that having stone so far in the matter, theJGovernmeut will risk a good deal more to carry their point. A public meeting will be lield in the Council Chambers this evening re the East and West Coast rai'vay. The Grey coach was stuck up at Stony Creek on Monday afternoon, and the driver had to wait nearly three hours for the river to go down before crossing. The coach reached Reefton about 8 p.m. The Nelson coach was unable to get away yesterday morning lowing to the flooded state of the northern rivers. The heavy rain of Sunday and Monday last brought down a heavy flood in the luangahua on Monday afternoon, but the water did not rise high enough to do any damage to the protective works. There is, however, an* unmistakable disposition on the part of the stream to turn ever to the north bank. On Monday last the current running close in to the protective works was much stronger than on any former occasion, and a few floods more will bring the summer bed of the river under the protective works. The members of the Reefton Rifles assembled for weekly parade in the Church of England school -room on Monday last, forty-four "members being present, and having been sized off. they were instructed in preliminaiy drill by <<;i|»t. Burnham and Sub-Lioufc. Bojise. '.'JThu men showed nu interest in the drill. au<l judging ironi the attention "paid to the orders given are evidently desirous of profiting by Hie instruction. Tbe noxt drill will ta';e place to-morrow night. *s an iiidiwiiion "of Ihe'wi.lesivead effVcts of the storm of Monday last it may he mentioned that the telegraph lines are down between Hokitika and ClivkMhim'h thus suspending all communication by ihat line with Diiiiedin and the E;istCo.i<t. The flood in the watershed of the Ben'«y wfis very heavy, and it is feared tli.it serious d?mag« has resulted to the Christchurch road. The disastrous eftecis of (he storm .ire snfficienlly serious in our own district. Between the Lyell ami the Tnangahua Junction three heavy landslips have taken place, and another slip has taken place above tlu Lyell, in all cases doing considerable injury to the main road and completely blocking coach tra*Uc. The overland Nelson coach, for the reason staled, did not start yesterday morning, and as it is unlikely that traffic would be possible to-day the Nelson coach will not reach hare before to-morrow evening. The flood in the Gmy Valley has also been severe, and considerable injury has been done (o the roar's. In consequence of this, and the interruption to the Nelson service, there will be no coach from Greytnouth till to-morrow afternoon. The Buller river was rising rapidly at the Lyell at 8 o'clock last night. wUh every prospect of an "old man " flood. Son.c extensive slips have taken place on the Buller road below the luangahua Junction. Mr T. Pavitt, the delegate from the Christchurch Industrial Association, who visited the South Sea Islands by the Janet Nicoll, lvnl his report at a special meeting on Thursday evening. Mr Pavitt says : "In addition to a bunk there is a magnificent opening for a well-organised trading company, wiih a capital of, say,

! £300,000. This company vi.h a careful and proper management would absorb in j a short time nearly the whole business of ! these islands, and the Government of New [ Zealand would, in my humble opinion, be | quite justified iv assisting by a subsidy bnch an institution. I an quite aware objections might he mad ato the latter suggestion, but if any <>f n)y fellow colonists will visit these Islands and seriously consider their probable future produce, they will not only form the same opinion as I have respecting the success that would attend such a company, but they would also be satisfied that our New Zealand Parliament would be acting wisely in assisting this matter."