The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1886.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1648, 4 January 1886, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1886.

I The Keep it-Dark battery was kept | K<»jng up to Thursday last, when tho ' cleaning up for the week look place, the yield being 658' >z of nnialgam from 275 tuns of stone. Tl'?i i)ein« the last week of the mouth's crushing, the contents of thts I'oxes are incluled in the return. The regular monthly dividend of one shilling per share was declared payable I as from the 30th December last. ! Tlie general settling up over the recent inetstiut; of the Keefioii Jockey Club will ■ be held at SteVeiiH'iu's Hotel to-night, at ; 9 o'clock, when all accounts due by the Club in connection with thu C.iristmas races are to be rendered. The annual public pic-nic, organised and carried «*ut nnler the auspices of the resi- j dents of Cnifthington, was held on the ] banks of the Inangah in river, at Crushing- ■ tfin on New Year's day. Tlie atfendance t\m year was unusually large, visitors . attending not only from Roefton, but also I , from Boatman's and all the other outside places. The committee deserve very ' great praise for the completeness of the arrangements, which left nothing to be ' desired. The spot chosen for the gather- , ing is perhaps one of the most picturesque ] and charming to be found anywhere in i the luangahua, while the facility with which it is reached from all sides marks it as a most favourite resort. The ( Black's Point Band, as u*na!. lent their ] valuable services, and it is hardly to ha I wondered at that in spite of the 1 heat of the day scores of young people ' were tempted to p'tinge into the in«zy j ilanct:, and trippe-1 it as merrily all day ; | long ms though tht-y wire in a I all room, i » For t'le'chii'livn, there were sports and ' aniMS'.'ti'onts of nil kinds, and nothing, in short, wis wanted to contribute to t the comfort and pleasure of all present. < The races at tha Ahanra on New * Year's Day d.> not seem to have proved c quite so successful as in former tiim-H. ( - The. weather was fine, and the attendance , uuusually large uuinburt of poisons being c

present from Reefton, Greymnuth and ( other distant places. For some reason or I other, however, nearly all the events of I the advertised programme fell through in t consequence of there not being th;.' re- i qnisite number of entries for each. We i believe that three races only wore made up, namely the Pro.luco Stakes, Trotting ' Race, and Steward's Handicap. The trotting race was won by MrNottel's Dart, and the other two events by MiKennedy's Daisy. The tributors in the Just-in-Timo had a first crushing last week, cleaning up on CiirHtums Eve. We have not heard the exact figures, hut though the parcel wmj small the result wasemiueiitly satisfactory, the yield being over 2oz per ton. Several Reefton residents, taking advantage of the fine weather, have started on an excursion to the Cannibal Gorge. The part}' numbers seveial ladies, and all the paraphernalia requisite for a two or three days sojourn in the wilds of the Manjia have been packed up. This is, wo believe, the first occasion the fair sex j have ventured so far into the " Highlands," and it is to hn hoped their hardihood will be rewarded with fine weather to enable them tothoroughly enjoy the trip. We remind those interested that tenders for the supply of timber for the Inkennan Company will close at the office of the Company at 7 o'clock this evening. The Christmas and New Year's holiday celehratioos may he said to be now fairly over, and work will be resumed this morning in all the mines. On the whole the Christmas must have been a fairly prosperous one for the business people. Relatively to the number of persons who attended the ra>'es, the amount of money j which passed through the totalisator was very large— larger in proportion probably than that reoorded Rt any of the other West Coast r«ce meetings. This at all events, would seem to show that in spite of the heavy drain of the past year, money was fairly abundant during the festive time, and that people have been able to participate in the enjoyments of the season. It will be admitted, however, that the ceremony of ushering in the birth < f the New Year w\« not KHMinliz-ul by ;\s good a oisplny as in former times, and it is to be hoped that pome better provision in this respect will be made in the future, Tt is Uhj old story of what jb everybody's 1 i'V.iv ss is nobody's business, the result being that everybody blamed everybody lelse on Thursday night last, the fact being that all were alike responsible for the neglect of the occasion W<* hope at the close of the present year to see a strong committee in existence, who will undertake to make suitable provision for a demonstration more worthy of the place and the occasion than that of Thursday night last The Town I'an 1, and the Heather Hell Lodge certainly deserve the tha:;l;.i of the public for their exertions in the matter, bui fl-ey were unfortunately not seconded at. should have been by the townspoop]-*, and the result was a feeling of genera' m?i.ippointment. W« are glad to see that the Christchurch Railway League are showing signs of life, and are preparing for a renewal of the agitation in favor of the Ea3t and West Coast railway. By the last mail the following circular addressed to the Reefton Railway League was received by Mr H. G. Hankm :— "I have the honor by direction of the Committee of the Railway League to convey to you a copy of * resolution adopted at a meeting held on the 2Lst Dec. 1885, in the City Chambers, as follows :— 'That the uomof the League be extended so as to include representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, the Industrial Association, the several County Councils and load Boards throughout Canterbury, and thst the several todies named he each asked to nominate a member of the general committee' The league in its policy recommends cordial co-operation between the people of Canterbury, Westland, and Nelson, to secure the construction by the Government of the East and West Coast and Nelson railway simultaneously with the Northern Trunk and Oa'.'o Central, and advocates the extension of the inpmhurflhip of the J ensue to all parts of the Colony.— I have the honor, &c., — War. Foster, Secretary." We are sorry to find that Mr Harley has been out. of luck at the Greymoiith races with his home Good Friday. There, ns here, he was only able to place a comparatively small consolation handicap to his credit. However, as Harley is a genuine sportsman his treatment both by Dame Fortune and the handhappers will, we are sure, trouble him very lightly, and we can only hope that on the occasion of his next visit to the Coast he may find both in a more considerate mood. A hurriedly arranged cricket match was played on Saturday last between an eleven of Reefton and an equal number from Boatman's. The match resulted in a victory for the latter by four wickets. The Boatman's cricketers are very cock-a-hoop over their achievement, and our local players have been tnught a lesson that should induce them to practice a little more than they have done so far this Beafton. The homely adage that it is better to be born luoky than rich (says the Auckland Herald) has been exemplified in tho case of Mr Howard Sp«n»l«y, who has huen elected to a seat in the Ho.ipe of Commons as one of tho Liberal members for Finsbnry. Many years ago he was editor, reporter, and general factotum of ii small an' whan newspatxir, published in Prahran, Victoria. He found time in the midst of these mi f "Uan<>o>is <Uitii j << to road for tho bar, to whi.-h he was called iti dm* time. Then he got into the F<e</isla f ivn Assembly, and held office for i sh<«rt rime as Solicitor ite'ieial. Meanwhile h» had a fortunate marriage to one •f the daii'/bters of the lao Simon Staughton, originally a bookseller in the Miiutry town of Hereford . Incoming a irosneroiw squatter, r Sraughton at his leath bequeathed a ponsi<Wa!>!<> amount »f property to his children. Part of this :ousisted of a block of land facing the

General Post Office in Bourku street, r Melbourne. Ihis fell to the share of Mis 1 ■Jpensley, and her husband shrewdly :urned it to a Ucrativo account by driving , in arcade th*<>uirh it, from which he 1 derives an atinnal rental of between I tDOOOand €60#0 a year, so that the ntwly elected meiutir for Finsbury will not want the menus of sustaining the honorable position to which he luu» been elevated. Fuuuy rumors are flying about Wellington of the arrest on Monday of a prominent citizen ifet unacquainted with the mysteries an* practice of the law, on a charge BuniUg; to that under which the Waring-Taylfc prosecution took place, namely, misappropriation of trust funds. Rumor Bays jhat prisoner was privately arrested late on Saturday afternoon by the Resident IK-j./istiate personally, conducted to a private room, charged and remanded for three weeks on bail ; one surety being pJEes^nt by previous arrangement. The j|«ident Magistrate, the prosecuting coS c ), the prisoner, and the surely were thStily persons present. All knowledge "fjKs most peculiar proceedings were defll by the police arid the court officeo^Bjut nevertheless rumor asserts with^^^B),a posit iveneas that the facts are asjMY— Colonist. T\v± -West port Times says: — !\?r Gilmei's new hall was handed over on Wednesday by the contractor, Mr Bond, and reflects credit on that gentleman's workmanship. The hall, which is seventy feet long by thirty feet wide and twentyfour feet high, is built on an entirely new principle, so far at least as the Coa3t is concerned being constructed almost entirely "f h<>n, with half circle rafters secured by three iron hanging ties to each rafter. It is spacious and well lighted in the day time, there being seven large glass windows whilst at nitjM the supply is obtained from four large chandelier* suspended down the centre of the room. The hall, it U estimated, will accommodate about tiftueu sets of dancers, and lovers of the terpsichorean art will find nothing wanting aa their requirements have been fully attended to, whilst the acci>u«tie properties of the room are perfect. V/o notice one necessary improvement, viz., the large folding doors, which would prove a ;jreat boon in ca*e of an alarm of b're. Mr Gihner informs us that it is his intention after tho holidays to erect a dress circle gallery, to Accommodate one hundred persons, together with a stage 28 feet wide by 20 feet deep. With this addition this hall will be second to none of tup game dimensions on the Coast. Page Woodcock's Wi\t> Pills have for thirty years held the first place in the world as an effectual antidote to indigestion, wind on the stomach, oili<»usue«s, atid all complaints arising from disordered stomach, bowels, or liver. Tonic, invigorating, and purifying, they form the best tinedy extant, ami may be taken by old and young with equal benefit. — Is. I.^l-, 2s, Od., 4». 6tt., family Boxes 11s., of"a!l Chemists. Proprietor Page Woodcock, Lincoln Enjilanji Oil! peT^MfejjHV^iod has become thin and stepa feewe\i»re praising American Hop Bitters for the go )J £hey have done them.