The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1886.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1652, 13 January 1886, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1886.

At a well attended meeting held at Walker's Union Hotel, Boatman's, on Saturday evening last, it was decided to form a local cricket club. About thirty members were immediately enrolled, and the following officers were elected : — President : Mr F. D. Walker ; Vicepresident : Mr M. Wynn, junr ; Hon. Secretary and Treasnrer : Mr A. T. Cavell. The Club intends going into practice at once, in order to play one or two matches before the end of the season.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday last, before G. C. Bowman Esq., J.P.. and G. Wise Esq. J.P., a man named James Swoetman, well known at Black's Point under the soubriquet of "Jemn.y the Stutter," was brought up on a charge of vagrancy. The evidence of Mr J. Richmond and the police f'llly sustained the charge, and as this was the second offence, accused was sentenced to two months imprisonment in Hokitika gaol. There was also an information by the police against a man for playing " under and over" on the Reefton race course. The charge was admitted and the offender was fined t2 and 11/- cost*, or in default seven days imprisonment. The fine was at once passed. The Court then adjourned .

We notice that at the annual distribution of prizes at Christ College, Christchurch, the eldest son of Mr T. S. Weston won considerable distinction, carrying off first honors in Divinity, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, English, Science, besides winning the special prizes for Divinity and Mathematics. His Excellency the Governor was present and delivered an address at the conclusion of the preseu-

tation

Madame Summerhayes and Company gave their second concert iv the Oddfellow's Hall on Monday evening. There was a fair attendance, and the entertainment was no less pleasing than on the previous evening. The programme opened with a very clever little sketch entitled "Cups and Saucers," being a pungent satire upon the current brie a-brac craze at Home. The two characters were charmingly sustained by Miss Anderson and Mr Dobson, who kept the audience highly amused throughout. Madame Bummerhayes next gave one of hur finished solos on the piano, and there were loud calls for an encore, which, however, was not acceded to. Mr Nicholls followed with a sons excellently sung, and which was enthusiastically received, after which v adame Summerhayes again favoured the a idienee with a very pretty and florid rendering of " Kathleen Mavourneen." This was given in a most finished and artistic style, and was listened to with rapttire. After another sous; by *'r Nicholls, the concert concluded with the sparkling little scene entitled " The Happy Pair," In whioh Miss Anderson and Mr Dohsou were eminently successful. Last night the company performed to a good house at Boatman's, and to-morrow morning they leave I for Westport. By special request of the music loving public, the company will give a farewell concert thin evening in Reefton, | when a programme of unusual attractive- j ness will be presented. Yladaine Summerhiyen, besides giving several of hor choicest j solos, will play in several duets with Miss j Anderson, a second piano for this purpose having been provided. These duets wen? received with the utmost enthusiasm in Christchurch, in a season extending over several months. Mr J. Lynch has also consented to play one or more solos on the violki, so that altogether the musical portion of the entertainment will be a treat of no ordinary kind. Mr Nicholls will also appear in new songs, whilt* Miss Anderson and Mr DoWn will present fresh sketches. As this is the last appearance of the company in Reefton we trust that the residents will assemble to give them a farewell worthy of their high

merit,

I We find that we are somewhat mistaken in regard to the position held by Mr J. B. Wearne in the service of the Endeavor Inlet Antimony Company. Mr Napier, the gentleman who has just been brought out from Home by the Company, holds the position if manager of the smelting works only, the mine, and all other works on the ground being under the sole control of Mr Wearne. The lode being worked is 3ft. thick, and is continuous, and the analysis of the ore sent Home leaves no room to doubt that the undertaking will be a highly payable one.

The last call of five pence per share just made by the directors of the Innngahua Low Level Tunnel Co. needs some explanation. The call is in reality only one penny per share, but it having beeu found that there was some informality about the striking of the four preceding one penny calls, in order to cure the defect the calls were made a second time in a lump sum. Those, of course, who have already paid the informal calls will receive due credit in the books of the Company, and be liable only for one penny per share

It is announced that the Colorado Minstrels, consisting of six male and an equal number of female perforators, and vocalists, will open in the Oddfellow's Hall here on Friday evening next.

The make of stone recently reported in the low level of the Reform Company is opening up well, and has every appearance of being of a perwanert character. The stone carrion very fair gold.

The Welc»ini3 Company's paddock is now nearly full of quartz, but owing to

the failure of the water supply «rushing cannot be cVtfninenced. We learn that toritarmiu falls before the end of the current week all hands in the mine will be

knocked off, The reef on the newly opened level now shows a thickness of 2 feet at both the north and south ends, and the prospects of the mine generally are of a more encouraging and assured character than they have been for a length of tune past

During the hottest of the weather last week men were put on by the County Council to endeavor to further stop the leakage from the town reservoir, and there is reason to believe that the work done has had the desired effect, as the depth of water in the reservoir has since being on the increase. Yesterday there was over 20 inches of water in the basin, a quantity sufficient to feed the mains in case of fire for two or three hours at the least. The quantity of water flowing in is light, but more than sufficient to meet the evaporation, so that even without rain there need be little fear as to the efficiency of the water supply.

The Fiery Cross, Just in-Time, Inkerman, Globe, Inglewood, Welcome and Golden Treasure batteries are now idle for want, of water, so that the dry weather is inflicting great loss upon the district." Should the much wished for change in the weather not come before the close of the present week, it is probable that some hundreds of miners will be thrown out of work.

We believe that the tender of Seawright aud Co., has been accepted for the construction of the Maruia — Amuri horse track. There were a number of tenders in for the work. The time allowed for the completion of the work is, we are informed, five mouths, but the contractors will no doubt endeavour to hurry the work ahead as much as possible so as to complete it before the heaviest of the winter rains set in.

The news which reaches us from Canterbury leaves little room to doubt that with the other troubles looming ahead for the Colony the evil of a failure of the harvest must be added. We read that in many places in Canterbury, and notaUy in the Ttinaru, the long drought has been very disastrous to the grain crop, so much so that many of the farmers realising the impossibility of the stunted crops ripening in time to be save, have already begun to cut them down for straw. Iv many localities the growth is so backward that not a single ear has yet formed upon the oats and wheat. The failure of the crops cannot fail to intensify the depression already so loudly complained of, and add further burdens to the conditions of life during the advancing wyuter. It will also be seeu by our cablegrams this in >rninsr that the deficiency in the lini-vostis not likely to be confined to New Zealand, the drought having al3« proved very injurious in many fanning di.-.tots iv Aus-

tralia.

We have been requested to state that there will be a special drill of the loanhahua Rifles to-morrow ovening, previous to the monthly inspection parade by Lieut. Spence on Monday next.

Late news from New Guinea tells of a shocking accident on the Fly River, New Guinea, on November 28. On the afternoon of that day Charles Pearce went to sleep on the deck of the s.s. Alexandra, with the combings of the forehatch for a pillow. Oue of his mates jumped below to gut his rifle, which was loaded, although he was not aware of the fact. He came up pushing the rifle before him, when some obstacle caught the hammer, and it exploded. The rifle bullet smashed through Pearces skull, causing instant death.- -The Natives on the Fly River are very friendly, the lesson given them by the appearance of the Wild Duck having been salutary.

At the Melbourne criminal sessions Sarah Williams, who caused the death of her infant by throwing it over the Fulls Bridge, on the evening of Ist. December, was found guilty, but recommended to mercy by the jury, on the ground of the excitement she was laboring under at the time. The prisoner was sentenced to death. The recommendation of the jury, together with the whole circumstances of the case, will be considered by the Executive Council in due course.

The discovery of what is asserted to be a payable goMtield in Western Australia is thus detailed in a telegram to the Melbourne Age from its Sydney correspondent, dated December 20 : — " A telegram was received from Townsville on Monday from James Fair el I, of Herberton, who has received a letter from Joseph M'Cague, in Western Australia, dated Ootober 9. M'Cague states that a party, of which he is a member, hare discovered payable gold on the Elvira Creek, one of the head waters of the River Ord. Owing to the scarcity of water the party could only stay there a week, but during that time they obtained 10 >z of coarse gold. The party have applied for a reward, which will probably be recognised by the Western Australian Government. M'Cagtie deprecates a rush at present owing to the difficulties and dangers to be encountered, but he bulii*vus that ultimately a large Held will be opened out. M'Cague is a reliable man and an ! experienced miner. The Elvira Creek is probably one of the creeks which combine and form a river which discharges into Cambridge Gully. It is through Palinevston that diggers would have to go, and it is 700 miles front Patuiertsou to the alleged goldfield. When Mr Watson left Piilmertson a fortnight ago a party of 10 men were preparing to make a start for the head of the Ord River. The best route from Palmerston is first to make fho Darwin camp, thence to the Catherine River, and from Price's oreek to Dolmarn station, thence to Gregory and Victoria Rivera, on to Warehill station, owned by Mr Buchanan, who belidves in the existence of a rich gold field."

Nothing has yet transpired to throw much light on the couse of the fire at the Hokitika State School, though the police have beeu uiost oueig»tic in thuir iuvesti-

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