The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1886.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1751, 1 September 1886, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1886.

The Rev. Mr Gow delivered a lecture in Knox Church on Sunday last upon the subject of " The Religions of the World." The lecture displayed much care and research, and was listened to throughout with marked attention and interest. The congregation was unusually large, as shown by the fact that the collection on the occasion, which was set apart for the Hospital, amounted to over Lll.

Go BaturdayorSuiiday]astsome shameless pilferer removed a choice flowering plant from the grave of Mr I. Lewis' son, in the cemetery. There is an element of meanness about such a form of theft a* degrading as it is heartless and un-Christ-ain, and for tbe credit of the community it is to he hoped that the offence may never be repeated.

We received tbe following telegram last night from Mr Menteath, M.H.R. for In angahua :— " Minister of Public Works had s roost satisfactory interview with Robinson, Midland Railway contractor, yesterday evening. Probability of spaedy construction of railway from Reefton to Bronnerton. Reports of employment of Chinese labor without foundation.- A. 8. Menteath."

The Fiery Cross Coropaaf «tt*Md up for tbe week ending Saturday last, and the result reached town last night. The quantity of amalgam obtained was 500ozs Urn sfc* smslcV sflUng. 7** jffcld for the current week promises to be squally large. This splendid return created quite a Hotter in mining circles last night, and waidhe general topic of conversation.

The first entertainment under the aucptees of the children of the Baud of Hope connected with the United Methodist Free Church, will be held in the chapel, Shiel-street, to morrow evening. The association, although only of comparatively recent growth, has a large number of members, and, under the Rev. Mr Penney's direction, promises to make great progress. The inaugural entertainment of the children will no doubt meet with the cordial encouragement and support of the Temperance body in the district.

The batteries have put forward another excellent total, the aggregate of the amalgam for the week amounting to 2,7870z5., equal b>, say, 9290zs of gold, of the value of about £3,600. Last week the Welcome declared a round sum of L 3,000 in dividends, and to day the Keep-it-Dark Company adds another LI, OOO to the dividend list, making the total sum thus distributed during the last ten days 14,000. These handsome profits should grease tho wheels of business to some extent.

The usual sitting of the local Courts is fixed for to-mnrmw, at the usual hour. No business of importance is set down for hearing.

MrThos. Bruce, who has been on a visit to the hot springs near Auckland, returned to Reefton nn Monday last. We am glad to learn that Mr Bruce is much improved in health.

The contract for construction which Messrs Robinson and M'Kelmne have undertaken frmn the Midland Railway Company is for tho portion of the line from Still water, or thereabouts, to Laketown, a ti.wtflMp^tfc* future on the banks of tfurTwwnakau rivwr. The length of this section is estimated approximately at 30 miles. There seen<s to be no question as to this portion of the line being actually let, but beyond this no obligation has yet heen entered into either by the Company or Messrs Robinson. The latter have, however, the option of taking up tbe contract f<* tne section from Still water to Reefton, bnt the determination of the firm regarding this portion of the line will probably not be mnde known until Mr Robinnon reaches London, whence he nails almost immediately. Nothing whatever is known concerning the intention of tho Company relative to the Reefton-

NVlsi.n nectiou of the line, and people are heuinniug t" *4** V ♦heir heads very my«tHn'uifly an t/»4V fate of this portion of thw unuVHukinß. fi in utiited, but upon what Htithoritj we km.w not, that from what little Mrit)hini>on saw of the country in paaiMitg thfWUgh k in the conch, and it mmt im«»-ilafi^fcav« t>eon very littlf. be w«s rtlw»#T unfdvoraWy impressed tliere•Mi, Mifi h4s firm at all events are not lik«ly to havt anything t<» do with that part .if tha lint*. It is further said thst n-inie onitinoerfiig authoritifn had pro. u»vU«tH^ «ga»'»«t the Buller Yalloy ruiilw

altogether. However, Mr Hoare, one t,{ the directors of the Midland Railway Company, will reach the Colony shortly, when some more definite information respecting the whole undertaking will no doubt be forthcoming.

Something like a return. The Tyr Connell Company, Lyell, cleaned «p on Saturday last, after a crushing o^tfiirtyeight and a half tons of stone, the Jgturn being 3130z of gold, or an average yieffl of over eight ounces of gold per ton.

Th« Wes f pi»H dverttter says: The Reefto* Footballers have declared their intention of accepting the offer of the local club t<> ptay a match, the Westport men to provide* coach to convey them here and tack. This is a bold move on the part of »o young a club as ours, and deserves to meet with good luck, though it is hardly to he expected that they will stand much show with such an experienced and invincible team as Reefton. Mr BaJa lately advertised fora lady secretary, age not under 30, a governess preferred, who must write a legible hand and have a knowledge of French. He received 435 answers, and the terms demanded by these ladies varied from 6s a week to 255. mm* Oiimd 01* M«wwm» is wnai Van ity Fair now calls Gladstone. ' In a case at the Wellington R.M. Court the other day Mr Jellicoe objected to the police prosecuting in a case of larceny where the information had been laid by private Individuals, and the matter will be tiken to the gupreme Conrt to obtain a ruling on the subject.

During the month of July 900 persons arrived in the colony fr<>m beyond seas. Of these 330 were from the United King dom, 286 from New South Wales, and 130 from Victoria. The departures from

the colony numbered 1684. of whom 25ft left for the United Kingdom, 534 for New goutb- Wales, 476 for Victoria, and 259 for Western Australia.

A sad spectacle was witnessed recently (says the Melbourne %fO,. at the City Police Court, where John Gaban, formerly a solicitor in extensive practice it) this city, was brought upon a charge of vagrancy. For a long time Mr Gahan, by his dissipated habits, has ceased to have any husi> ness, legal or otherwise ; and latterly he has wandered about the streets, literally starving, begging his daily food and shelter from the lowest clans of persons in the shims around little Bourke-street. His appearance in the Court was pitiable in the extreme to those who had knowu him in his better days of prosperity. The once we]l-dressed popular lawyer now shuffled Into Court as an old, broken down man, clad in wretched rags, and wearing old. dilapidated boots, which left his naked feet exposed to view. His long uncombed hair and tangled beard, now quite grey, and bis dirty raiment, denoted the utter neglect of his persons which he •nflmri, whilst his hollow eheettu totd a patatet t*l« of privation. The arresting constable said he found accused begging in tbe street. He wandered about without any home to go to, and only subsisted on the charity of tbe public. He slept at night in some outhouse or other, and seldom twicb in the same place. The Bench committed the unfortunate accused to prison for 12 months.

On their honeymoon, President Cleveland and his wife betook themselves to a retired cottage, but then they escaped not the seaching eye of the American reporter.

The poor President is thus dealt with :— It was soon after 10 o'clock the next morning when the President made his first appearance out of doors. He then came on the verandah, leaning his ample stomach against the railing, and looking dreamily off on the beautiful kills. The President was smoking a sentimental morning cigar at the time, and stood for some moments, looking the nice, well fed happy man. His bride joined him after a time, and the two stood side by side close together." How they were dressed, and what they ate is also described. Every cigar smoked is duly chronicled, and how cosily they sat together during the afternoon drive is also jotted down. Then the reporter, who must have been half-starved with watching, winds up :— Nobody visited them during the evening, and they sat by the home like hearth the picture of oonjugul felicity. Lights were burning in tha upper bedroom windows during alt the evening, but the parlor lights went out aV"»ut 10 o'clock, and the upper window lights a few minutes afterwards. Then all was dark and still nave the plaintive notes of the mountain birds coniner to their mate*, an 1 telling them that the President of the United States and his bride were Bleeping." Who would b« a President and get married after this ?

Mr Cousul Griffin, in a recent report to his Government, has directed attention to the large and steadily increasing import and export trade between Sydney and the United State*. He says— The export of coal from Sydney from the first, of January to the 30th of June, 1886, amounted in value of L 52,507 4s Id. against L 17,774 5* 9d f»r the corresponding period of 1885, thus shewing an increase of L 34.732 19* 4d. Tin increased from L 45,136 6s 3d, to L 84 ,782 9s Id. Hides and skins increased from L 1,303, 303 16s 9d, to L 17.672 10s Bd, an increase of L 16.368 13s lid. The exports from Newcastle also show a heavy increase. The coal exports to America from that port for the first six months of the present year amounted to 93,635 tons, valued at L 50.467 Us Bd, against 56.8# tons, valued at L 33,519, for the corresponding period of 1888. The United States still levies a duty of 75 cents (3s 1|) per ton on coal, although a drawback of 75 cents a ton is allowed on all bituminous coal used for fuel on steam vessels engaged in the coasting and foreign trades. Shale is taxed at 75 cents per ton ; and slack or ilunt coal at 30 cents per ton ; asd, tli«

consul points out that these duties bear heavily on the people of the Pacific slope, and remarks that a strong effort is being made to have them repealed. We deeply regret that through a mistake on our part a local was published in our issue of the 30th Jttly last wherein it was stated that the late Mr John Hyde Harris died in Dunedin gaol. This we vow acknowledge, is utterly false, the <leeeaßed gentleman having died at the City Hotel, Dunedin, where he had been residing f>>r some months past. We therefore heg to tender our siticerest apologies to the relatives and many friends of the deceased gentleman, and shall feel obliged if those of our contemporaries who have published the local referred to will also publish our apology. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or constitutional). Gravel, and Pains in the Back. .'^Guaranteed free from ercury. Sold in Boxes, 4s 6d each, hv all Chemists nnj Patent edicine Vendors : Sole Proprietors, The Lijjooiv and Midland Counties^ Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Wholesale the Wholesale Houses. '- f