The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1677, 12 March 1886, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886.

The first meeting of contributors under the United Hospitable and Charitable Aid Act, for the purpose of electing trustees was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. Mr G. B. Shepherd was voted tn the chnir, and the secretary having read the annual report and balance sheet, the next business was the election of six tmsfesft, *h«»j witkfiue-uwrobers of the County Council, to be nominated by that body, henceforth constitute the committee of management of the Hospital. There was a pood muster of the public, and a lively interest was taken in the proceedings. The following candidates were then nominated : Q. B. Shepherd, C. Cohen, J. B. Beeche, P. Brennan, T. Watson, W. Cummings, R. Patterson, C. B. King, R. Dykas, J. Connolly, G. C. Bowman, J. Richmond, A. Burnham and W. Dunn. The last two withdrew, and the remaining twelve candidates went to the poll with the following result :— Shepherd 62 Cohen 60 Beeche ... ... . • 63 Brennan ... ... 61 Watson ... ... 40 Cummings ... ... 39 Patterson 38 King 36 Dykes 34 Connolly ... ... 33 Bowman ... ••• 13 Kichmond ... ... 12 The first *\x were therefore declared duly elected. The number of persons who voted was forty three, many of them exercising two votes, according to the amount of their contributions. The bus mess of the Hospital will henceforth be conducted by the six trustees, sitting with five members nominated by the Council, making together eleven members. The annual meeting of the contributors will be held on the second Thursday in January 1887, and on the day of such meeting one third of the trustees will retire by lot and a fresh election to fill their places will be held, and so on in each succeeding year. The members of the County Council have not yet been nominated, but a meeting for that purpose will probably be held on Saturday next. Objections against the County valuation, addressed to the valuer, must be lodged at the County Council Chambers or posted to the officer mentioned, on or before Sunday next, 14th instant. A Court for the revision of the County Valuation Roll will be held on or about Monday, 15th instant, when the county rolls for the current year will be finally settled. Although a comparatively low range of temperature has been reached during the last day or two, and showers have fallen at intervals throughout the district, the water supply hao not been affected to an appreciable extent, and most of the batteries either continue idle, or are only running at half speed. The weather, however, still continues to threatens, and there is a strong likelihood of a heavy downpour before tfie close of the week. Vlr G. Newman, driver of the NelsonReef ton coach, whoso exciting experience during the summer hushtires formed the subject of a paragraph iv these columns, ia in a fair way to become famous. The account of his perilous drive on that occasion has, we observe, found its way into the Victorian newspapers and is now going the rounds of the Australian Press. One of the papers referring to the subject says the exploit of Mr Newman ranks with the be«t deeds of daring of " Cabbage

tree Ned." It may be well for us to remark that the individual referred to under this singular cognomen was Victoria's crack whip in the days of King Cobb, and whose thrilling achievements on the Ballarat and Sandhurst roads in the early goldfields period — his flights from bush- , rangers and bush tires -formed an endless tcipic for the paragraphist. The Victorians seem on the whole rather pleased that New Zealand has been able to produce a "Cabbage-tree \ed." The committee of the Reefton Catholic Chapel purpose holding a bazaar during the coming holidays in aid of the Presbytery building fund. The ladies of the congregation Are requested to meet at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements. Mr Binns, Inspector of Mines, with Mr Cull, Inspector of Machinery, will visit tlie Inangalma in the course of ten. day* or a fortnight. Says the Timavu Herald : A somewhat curious phenomenon in the way of population is mentioned by a Home paper. At the census of 1851 the parish of Aldrington, near Brighton, was returned as possessing the population of 1 ! The parish was entirely agricultural. It was for centuries without a house. On a road being made from Shoreham to Brighton a tollbar was erected in the parish, and a man was placed in charge of it. Thus the parish became inhabited, and the census of 1851 gave the population of one. In 1861 the census showed that the population had doubled— the pikenian had taken himself a wife. At the present time the parish numbers 1,500 inhabitants. This seems somewhat alarming at first sight. There is no reason, however, for supposing that the entire responsibility rests at the door of the unfortunate pike man. Although the fact is not expressly stated, we infer that the parish has lost its purely agricultural character, and that a number of outsiders probably business men from Brighton— have found oat that it is a pleasant place to live in. It seems absurd (says the Wellington Press) for the'JGovernment to institute such rigid precautions for preventing the introduction of .the codlin moth iv fruit imported from Australia or America, when, all the while, the moth is extremely prevalent in some parts of New Zealand, far more so, we fear, than it is in the other colonies. We are assured that in some of the oldest and finest orchards in Nelson there are to be seen at this very moment trees so affected by it that not a single sound apple can be found by the most diligent search. Pear trees are as bad as apple trees ; and it if even stated that the insects are beginning t<> attack the peaches. At a meeting of fruit importers here the other day, convened for the purpose of getting a stop put to the wholesale condemnation of fruit from abroad, the existence of tTr codlln moth in Nelson was alluded to, hut *he discussion was diverted from it on someone suggesting that if the attention of the authorities were drawn to U, 'Wellington might be deprired altogether of its fruit supply. We must say, however, that we did not see why that should be. We maintain that it is quite as necessary to prevent the distribution of the codlin moth withiti the colony, as it is to prevent its introdnction from other places; but^ that, in neither case, should extreme or unnecessarily vexatious courses resorted to. Wellington seems to have been affected by the Cardinal, to judge by the following fashionable item from an exchange : — " Everything is " cardinal " here just now. Ladies wear " cardinal " colours and children wear cardinal cashes. Even jewellery in shop windows assumed cardinal forms, and one would not really be surprised to see a cardinal's hat on a young lady of the period doing Lambton Quay. Lady Jervois' garden party was a grand affair. Everything was cardinal. The Supreme Court judges in Victoria have just been startling the newspapers by one of their judgments. They have decided that a newspaper can only claim privilege for reporting Parliaments and courts. Its privilege does not extend to public meetings, and if a newspaper reports libellous remarks made at such meetings, it will be liable at law unless it is prepared to prove their truth. The English law does extend privilege to public meetings— that is if the meetings are properly called for a public purpose ; but judges hold that this law does not apply here. Thus a newspaper is seriously handicapped. For instance a public bo^y such as a borough council, might bring up a report showing one of its officers to be guilty of peculations, and if a newspaper inserted the report without being prepared to prove that the council's allegations were true, it would be liable at law to the officer. If this is the law. it is time it were altered ; and the press will not cease to agitate for its amendment. There are shops in London where suits of clothes may be hired for an eveuing. In Paris an Agency has been started for hiring out wedding guests for the special benefit of people whose relations live in the provinces. The Managers say :— "We can place at the disposition of the bridegrooms a choice society, well educated young men, charming talkers and elegant dancers, several of whom are besides endowed with all the m oessary talents apertaining to fine sooiety." Great excitement (says the Melbourne correspondentrof the Otago Daily Times) has been caused in the mining world by the richness of stone in the new Beehive claim at Maldon, near Caatlemaine. They have taken out over 40 tons of wonderfully rich stone, and the portion already crushed has gone over 100. >z to the ton, with every prospect of the whole quantity tuning out as favourably. The first eight tons crushed yielded 104oz to the ton. The shares have made a big jump. There are 30,000 shares in the concern, and 8 5s dividend has been declared. A letter, introducing an actor to » manager, concluded "He play* Virginia. Richelieu, Hamlet, Shylock, aiidßilhanlsHe plays billiards the bsst."

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