The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1885.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1630, 23 November 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1885.

The presence of Pr>if«3sor B!:ick and !m ge'ilot/jca l assistant at tha Thames appears to have been made good use of, and the people there neum to be in a fair way to get a School of Mines It has been long known thut the Thames district is rich in silver, the reef-jp>M b^ing alloyed with it and its ores to the extent of something, like 50 per cent. But th« enthusiastic Professor wires the Muihterof Mines that the " country is full of silver and lead, and the miners do not know them when they see them." This announcement ought to have •' fetched " the Minister of Mines, and it did. It is only natural that such a statement, coupled with the fact of the erection of the La Monte furnace, should have kindled enthusiasm. It ought to do more than this — create a big huoni in silver stocks. T.et us hope that the worthy Dr.'s tip nmy come out right If it sh-mld not thfre will likely lie some fiery furnaces awaiting him on the occasion of his nest visit Thnmesward. *s a slight antidote to Pr>ift»ssor Black's exciting statement comes the announcement that the first result of tip Tj<> Mon f e process is 'lisappointin". T'tf- 50 lona of ore yielded gold and siker to the va'ue "f L4OO, the nett profit being L2ll. Ho\rev«r, until we lesirn w' at the same parcel of nru would have yielded approximately by the orpinary treatment it is impossible to form an opinion ft* *o the effi -acy of t!»M new proems. Bit a

nett return of L2ll from 50 tons still seems remarkaMy gmid The cost of treatment is Bhown to be nearly 14 per ton.

Although a good deal of rain fell intermittently in Reefton on Thursday and Friday last the Inangahua river showed no sisrns of fl.iod on Saturday morning, and when the driver of the Nelson coach left h«re at 7 a.m. he little expocteri the surprise ii store for him. On nearinrr the TnanaaluH J'.iiiction it was fonivl that soinotliiity; ir-ti^iv-i? !ia3 happeneti, as tho crwks wore a'i fl ■m&>l with hack water, and the n>;id in mmy pia^t sunni'.pj«'l. Mr Newman, however, ptj3Tie^ on till sighting the Buller, when In* was r»t'-,or a«fonish«^ to fi»ir| that i'iv»«rtremen'!'>M r -iJv swollen. Tn fact the w'mle '•ountry f-" 1 n considerahle diHtance aroniv* the Junction was under water, the river bei i? 4ff liJSfher than it has ever h«fi>»v he<-f) known to he. The river must have been close ujton 80ft above Us ordinary summer level. Under these circumstances it was, of course, quite i'nposaihie for the coach to proceed on its j-mrney, and Mr Newman was reluctantly compelled to return to Rwsfton. We shall not be surprised to l^arn of some serious damage done to property in the Biiller Valley. The heavy rain fteems to have been wholly confined t » Hie writer shed of the Ruller, ns the Inangsthtia riv«r wbs hardly affucted by t*i» rain- fall.

Lieut. Spenee, drill instructor for the Wfst C<»ast, will rench Re»»ftoii t«»«dav, and will hold an inspection parade this evening, at the drill shed, when a full attendance of members is required.

Mr Menteath left Nelson on Saturday morning last for Reefton. He travelled hy coaoh as far as Belcrove, whence he comes on horseback, and will reach here during to-day.

The State School Committee met on Thursday last, Imt the business dealt with was of a pnrely formal nature.. With reference • to the approaching Christmas holidays, it was decided to leave the duty of appointing the date of the vacation to t!ie head -master. Mr Burnham hat accordingly fixod the 11th December as the day upon which the school will break up for the holidays, duties to he resumed on the fi»t Monday in Fo'irunry.

The Grey mouth Star says :— Mr Young's bakery at Totnm Flat wn* burned down at three o'clock this ■ninrriiirg. The estimated loss is £GOO. The lire km the result of an accident.

Under date the ,25th gjp»emt>pr Mi« i Age' 8 London correspondent w» ites thru it will be learnt with it^ret that Mr.Cnrti*, | the Bemi-Australiftt), who many months | ago undertook the task of conveying t<i General Gordon news of the outside world, and of bringing back from Khartoum bis comments thereon, has fallen a victim to the enmity of the Bedouins while on his way fioun D"n£o!a to Wndy Haifa. Mr Curtis thoroughly failed in hn mission, though his assumption of Arab dress and speech gave him facilities fur accomplishing his ta*k denied to ordinary Europeans. He 3eotiy», lu>wover, lo lia\e ang'-ied about the sc*m>« "1 his failure, with the result of boingciuolh' I murdered after formal hostilities had

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Dr Hector has givon the quietus to the gold.n anticipations of the prospective Pohangijia goldheld. Th« following i? l»is import, forwarded to the Minister of Mines :— " The enclosed note which I have just received (3rd instant) from Mr Field, a surveyor and good observer, may inHn-est you as bearinafon the value of the Pohangina m-fs. T hunt examined lots of samp! * ill ilitf lubonttoiy, but tind lUMther sfoM nor silver. I do not know the exact spot, but am familiar with the district, aud the took formation is exactly like that between this mid Terawhiti, »o I see no reason to be Sanguine. — (Sigue* )

James Hector."

The latest invention for the bonetit of s ifforers from mat de mer is thus noticed in tho European Mail:— "Now thut travelling by sea has becomo so common — and for not a few among us so commercially necessary the terror of sevsickne^B is more Mian ever inteiwifidd. Msiny are tHe remedies prescribed, but I certainly think that among the best of these i■■ the sea chair, invented by Mr G. Top ham. This is an ingenious mechanical device, and far better, I think than taking nostrums or applying eonstriotive arr;uij»eIDOllta to tin' ho'jy, wliioli may, jierhaiw, stave off the sickness, but d.» mischief of another kind, ami of a much more enduring character. To get into this chair has the same effect 011 a seasick person as stepping on shore. It is worth a trial— of th:it I am quite sur«.

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