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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 85, 5 March 1877, Page 2

Mr Harry Currie tas been appointed manngcr of the Fiery Cross Company. Mr James Dee, who for a length of time past has filled the position of mining manage? of the Hopeful Compony, Boatman's, bas rev signed. During the time Mr Dee has been in the service of the Hopeful.Companj he has given the utmost satisfaction, Mr Dee yields tbe appointment voluntarily, having decided to pay a visit to his native land. Mr Oon, Crowley, formerly known in connection with the mining management of the Phoenix and other companies, has been appointed to the vacant position in the Hopeful Hopeful mineTbe sittings of the District Court will commence on Thursday next, Bth inst, and some very important business awaits the opening. In the case of the liquidation in the matter of the winding up of the Rainy Creek Company v Graham and Allen a strong bar has been retained. Mr Bntton, of Hokitika, will we learn lead for the liquidators, and Mr Pitt for the defendants. 'Ihe case is likely to occupy some time. There are also a large number of applications under the Mining Companies Act. We publish in another column a letter from a ratepayer who alleges that in consequence of the announcement fixing the date of the sitting of the Assessment Court at Reefton, not having been advertised in these columns, he has been shut out of the ri"ht of appearing in support of his objection. He lodged bis objection in tbe usual form, and waited for some announcement intimating when he should appear, and, not having seen any, tho Court opened and closed without his knowledge. It is perhaps as well to state that the proprietor of this journal having secured the sole right of publishing all announcements relating to the County Council, people naturally look to our advertising columns, and these alone, for all such information, and its omission is therefore calcu* lated to give rise to a good deal of ha-dship, as it appears to have done in this instance, and we have additionally the verbal authorisation of two other objectors for stating tha they have been placed in the same predica* ment, A rather rich incident occurred at the Governor's ball at Westport. It seems that the gentleman who had the general direction of the reception arrangements thought' the ball would be incomplete without a master of ceremonies, and accordingly appointed to that office a youth not unknown 'to Reefton and Lyell of the name of " Teddy Clemens." On the vice-regal party entering; the ball-room and taking up position to open tho dance, the musio struck up, when the redoubtable " Teddy" cried out "Top lady and bottom gent, swiug in tho centre." llvs piece of direction it seems was cot acted upon with

sufficient alacrity, whereupon the indefatigable " Teddy," who had taken up position at tbe elbow of his Excellency, gave the latter an unmistakeable push forward. The Mar* guis instead of diving ahead into the arms of his lady vis-a-vis, at the command turned round and looked unutterable things at tbe diminutive M.0., but " Teddy" was not to be " put away" by even the darkest of vice* regal frowns, and accordingly took oo notioe of his Excellency, but repented the direction in a much louder tone of voice. At this stage his Excellency beckoned to his aide de champ f and a few minutes later " Teddy" was quietly yet ignominiously "seruffed" out of the roam. How the dancing got on without " Teddy" history does not relate, but he hay» ing declined to leave the precincts of the ballroom until he nas paid his fee, obtained the amount and proceeded" to have a " fly round The Secretary of the Boad Board has been empowered to provide the necessary grass seed for sowing in the Cemetery; also to make arragements for laying off the enclosure, making footpaths, &c. We think it would be highly desirable also to plant along the frontage of the Cemetery, either blue gum, Australian wattle trees, or some description of hedging. The cost would be very trifling, and relying upon the concurrence of the Board, we feel that the suggestion needs only I to be made to Mr Carreras to have it carried j into effect, Owing to the proximity of the ! Cemetery to the road, something of the kind should be done to shield it from the view of passersi>by. And while on the subject, we may state that it is o.ily the other evening that an equestrian from Westport was des tamed for nearly half an hour, and eventually thrown from his horse in attempting to induce the animal to pass the Cemetery, We learn that during his recent visit to Grey mouth Mr W. M'Lean, Legal Manager of the Keep-it-Dark Company, succeeded on • behalf of that company in effecting very satisfactory crushing arrangements with the Public battery. An agreement has been entered into for a period of, we believe, two years, througout which term the Keep»itCompany will have the right to sufficient crushing power. The terms are said to be very satisfactory. We are informed by Mr Courtney, of the Inangahua Junction, that the body of a man found last week on the shingle beach in the Buller river, opposite Osborn's accommodation house, has since been identified as that of Louis Pensini, who was drowned some weeks back in company with John Hodden. The body when found had no olothing on — the boots alone remaining. At tbe meeting of the Eoad Board on Friday last an account was presented by the Inspector of Nuisances for half-year's salary £10. The appointment of that officer has not resulted, so far as we can learn, in the smallest possible benefit to the town, and as the Inspector cannot " abolish " the nuisances, the best thing the Board can do is to abolish him. A case which is likely to excite a good deal of local interest will come on for hearing at the Besident Magistrate's Court ou Monday next. A well known business resident of Upper Broadway has been sued by one of the checktakers at the concert on Thursday evening for using language, as ia alleged, of a not very complimentary character. A case of some interest to publicans was heard at the Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, recently. Mr Hiorns, licensee of the Central Hotel, was summoned for having more than one bar on his premises, and it was decided that, although under the Act of 1873 a person might have as many bars as he liked, provided there was only oqe opening directly on to the street, the Act of 1874 stipulates tbat from every bar more than the qne allowed to each house, the licensee shall pay a sum equal to one-third the amount paid for bis license . It will thus be seen that an hotelkeeper can have several bars if he pays a certain amount extra for each. Where the publican pays £30 for license, he wiil hare to pay £10 for each ad* ditional bar. The Kumara Times of the 14th instant says :— " Kumara was rendered lively last evening by the papearance of several wedding parties, the- most extensive being, as it should be for extensive persons as the bride and bridegroom, that af Mr Michael Houlahan, tbe well-known brewer of Stafford, and his buxom bride, late Miss Murphy." (The bride will be remembered by our Charleston readers as being the proprietress of the Emerald Isle Hotel, in Princes Street some few years since.) " A number of friends assembled at Slattery's Hotel to wish them joy, and the blushing bridegroom, who looked remarkably well considering "he had gone and done,' received the congratulations with tbat jocularity for which he is well known.'' The Japanese Commissioners to Australia upon returning, reported in writing to the Japanese Ministry :-.'< They found the mining operations in Victoria very extensive, with application of steam machinery far beyond what they anticipate!, and very curious and instructive. In South Australia the agriculture was very grand, with more corn grown by single proprietors than oould bs witnessed anywhere in Japan. The Commissioners found the cattle, sheep, and horses in Aus tralia excellent. They had been instructed to ascertain whether sheep conld he imported with advantage from Australia to Japan, and they concluded that such might he done, in token of which they brought a few sheep from Queensland. The Commissioners were politely and generously reoeived everywhere and they consider that a trade will spring qp between Japan and Australia." The following characteristic anecdote of the late Mr Ireland is told by M;lea : — " I had an instance of Mr Ireland's determination to win his cause anyhow, given me the other; day. He had a bad case, and he knew it,' Counsel ou the other side : (l believe Mr J. D. Wood) was arguing a law point, and stated his reijoltaijtion oi a caso on aii fouiM with tbat now before his Honor, but he admitted he couldn't say whero tho oase was reported, although hs hai boon looking for it. in th*

Supreme Court library. During the argument Mr Ireland looked from bench to bar with pleasant impassiveness. He won, of course, aqd then he let it out. No wonder you couldn't find that oase. X was sitting on the book it is in. Dropped on it by chance this morniug. Knew it would settle me if you got hold of it. 8o I just kept it out of your way." The other side argued that this was not quite fair, but Mr Ireland admitted that that view of the matter had never occurred to him.