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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 96, 30 March 1877, Page 2

The outward -Suez mail will <hbse at the Beeiton Post Office to-morrow al 7 a.m. A correspondent wishes as to call attentioD to the great need of a public timepiece in Beefton, and suggests that the clock at the Telegraph-office might be so placed t» to be easily seen bj tbe public during the hours Ihe oßcc is open. We quite agree with our cor* respondent, and trust thatf* the telegraph authorities will endeavor to ooroplj with tbe rimple demand.

Owing to the feet of »o-daf i»mg-Good Friday, the usual weekly Quadrttle Atsembly has been postponed until the Friday following. Vesper* will beheld in tbe Catholic Chapel this erening at 7 o'olock, on which occasion Bishop Redwood will deliwf a sermon' Semce will also bli heM at m o'clock on Satarday morning* Kext Sunday being Easter Sunday, tiokop Redwood willpwach at both morning •»($ efening services. There wa» no meeting of the County Council yesterday, the majority of the Councill»« being abient. There can be no businem done until the Road Engineer's wport » gent in. Mrtßatler, whoitnow at tfce Mat%kitikia, is expected to return early next wee*. Tbe weather being favorable to-day » match at cricket between the married »ud unmarried players of the district will be bsld in Smith's paddock, wickets to-be pitched at H a.m. sharp- » » »n^» tood thaft the eleven to play against the Crushington Club will be selected from those on the ground to^ay. All players aw therefore invited to attend. Play on Monday will commence &t 10 a.m. The football match od Wednesday last was very numerously attended, and sides having been chosen a most exciting and well cow ( tested natch was played. Many of those who took part in the game showed consider* able knowledge of the rule* which govern it, »nd from the enthu««tio manner m whicft , the match waa conducted we may safely pro- j noonee football as one of our established . pastime* The buiftfing at present used at a chapel by tbe Roman Catholics of the district has been found to be quite inadequate to the | numbers of the congregation. On iaany occasion lately numbers attending church, have been unable to gain admittance during the hours of service, and this- cacumstance ha» led to- a revival of fbe project mooted sdm* time ago of erecting a mow suitable and com* modious place of worship. The intention we believe is to erect a building in every way worthy of the district and the purpose to which it will be dedicated. The cost will probably be between £1200 and £1600, Tb» nucleus of tbe building fund hw already been established, and steps will shortly betaken fro give full effect to tbe movement. The committee of the church have one of the finest sites in Beefton, situated at tbe comer of Church and Walsh streets, and upon it tbe new building will be erected. Flans and specifications of tbe work are to be prepared by one of the first architects of the colony. It is the intention of the committee to invite Bishop Redwood during his present visit to Beeftoa to lecture in aid of tbe building fund. The Right Rev J)e Redwood, Bishop of the Diocese of Wellington, arrived in Beefton, on his second episcopal visit to tins district, arrived by coach last evening. His Lordship was met at Squaretown by a few of the leading member* of the Roman Catholic body and accompanied to town. During bis stay here Bishop Redwood will be tbe guest of the Rev Father Carew. For some trace past Dr Bright ha» been leoturiaf at Dunedin. On Sunday last thistalented gantleman delivered an address at tbe Princess Theatre to a large audience on , "Deatbandthe After Life/ in Iheligbtof Spiritualism. He quoted from Theodore Parker's alleged experience io the spirit world, aa related by bis friend Dr Willis,, the medium. According Iw the lecturer, death "is but an incident in a Gfod«directed and eternal career,** forming part of " the process of Evolution." Mr Bright will close his tea* gon during the present week.— Lyttleton Times. The following paragraph is extraoted from the Adelaide evening paper :— " We ure in» formed that abittt aix weeks ago a man residing at Oakland's, Torke's Peninaula sent bis son, aged about fourteen, down a rather deep well to fetch up a bucket. When the boy bad descended the- father, to save himself the trouble of winding him up, ordered the boy to make fast to the rope, whiob the man attached to a team of bullocks and drove them along, drawing the rope over the windlass*. Tbe body was drawn to *he top, both his arms were broken, and he, with the bucket, was tbeo precipitated to the bottom of the well, whence he was taken up dead, with Ms neck, it is said, broken. He was buried without an inquest or inquiry of any kind." An oyster dealer of Wellington has commenced the breeding of oysters in a small bay off ifivan's Bar. He intends to produce both drift and rock oysters. The latest novelty in English Journalism, is the publication of a weekly edition of tfce London Tines. A Temperance newspaper will be issued at Wellington at an early date. The promoters of tbe scheme have been very successful. A Wellington elector, who announced him* self aa blind of one eye, asked a candidate for the House of Bepresentatives>tf bo would endeavor to put down perambutators. The candidate ought to be put down. Captain Moffat, of the barque Santiago, was charged with landing an harmonium at Auckland on which no entry had been passed. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £25. Another charge was withdrawn, A novel method of gaming information as to the working of the Melbourne Gaol was adopted by s welMsaown writer in the Argus. According to a paragraph appearing in tbe Australasian Typographical Journal, the " Vagabond " recently assaulted the Speaker of the Victorian Assembly in order to secureadmission to Pentridge.and thereafter furnishes the Argtts with an account of bis experience within the walls of the Victorian criminal cage. The " Vagabond " was successful. The Melbourne Age> speaking of tbe recent Age libel case, says :—The iury in the case of Langton v. Syme have found a verdict for tbe plaintiff with £1000 damages, and it it scarcely necessary to say that we hare notfthe

slightest intention to acquiesce in it. Though we have not had the good fortune to convince the jury that the charges which were made against jtr liangton in the obnoxious article were made in a spirit of honesty, or, in other words, that we believed at the time that they were justified by the- fact on which* they ere founded, we are (till quite content to rely upon tbfe test, as laid down fey Sir William Stawell, for our vindication in the- eyes of that section of tbe publicwhioh can afford" to express an impartial judgment. The gravamen of the charge against us was that we had described Mi Langton as a member of Parliament who had made a merchandise of himself and his high offlfee. The jury does not think lie has, bat if it means that he became the henchman of ft party which he afterwards betrayed, and in that character received considerations pecuniary and otherwise for his service, we should like to know whether, after the evidence that was brought out in Court, they will find many unprejudiced persons to endorse their opinion. What did that evidence disclose ? That Mr Langton had been at one time the paid agent of a political clique calling itself the Free Trade League ; that they made hin> i*s secretary at a salary of £76Ga year ; that the committee of the League kept a newspaper for him and paid him £10 | » week as editor; that they subsequently 1 made' Mm a present of the news paper ; that thej defrayed the expenses of six contested elections for him, and brought grist to the ! mill in a variety of ways in tbe shipe of 1 auditorships, arbitrations, average state* { meats, and so on. Alt this and more was elicited by cross-examination. It was in fact admitted by Me Langton himself, doubtless , because be could not help- admittir. g it. And yet we are told it is a gross injustice to speak of him as other than a disinterested politician, whom all men ought to respect One of the living curiosities at Barnum's menagery and circus is a man tattoed from head to foot. His name is Constentenus, a Greek by birth, and it is stated that he was one of the party who penetrated 1 Chinese lartary for mining purposes some years ago, and engaged insurrection there. The natives captured htm and two of his companions, and instead of putting them to death adopted the more cautious plan of tatooing their bodies and setting them free. The process of tatooing ocoupied six hours a day for three consecutive months, and the torture inflicted was so seveie that the captives used to beg for death instead. Captain Constentenus wa9 the one of the trio who survived the ordeal, and he carries about on his person one hundred and eighty-eight pictures of men animals, and geometrical figures. Advices from the Ransfitoto Silver Mine continue to be of a most satisfactory nature The approaching speedy completion of the road to the workings will enable the company to send down large quantities of ore, as it is stated that tbe lease abounds in veins of rich ore 1 . The most sanguine anticipations of the future results of the working of the mine are indulged in by those principally interested, who consider that theyv have ample evidenceto justify their confidence. One large shareholder estimates the yield 1 of silver on the >■ completion of the works, at not less than > 30,0000z per month. ' The works on tfca line of the Grreymouth and Kumara tramway are progressing steadily, about fi-teen men being employed on ' them at present. The line will be made between the Grey and Teremabau rivers in about five week*, as it is of easy construction owing to the country being flat and tolerably ' clear of heavy timber. The extension of such ' lines along our coast will greatly aid our 1 progress and comfort ; and it is setting a bright example to other districts, when private enterprise is found constructing works which elsewhere are always thrown upon the state. i The Holitika Star says r— A prisoner arrived here by the Wallace in charge of Con* . stable Rielly, and has been banded over to j the gaol authorities, aa it appears that the "jug" at Marlborough, where he had been confined, was not good enough for him, for he succeeded twice in getting outside of the hospttaWe roof of that establishment, which has therefore given him best. He was originally sentenced to- two years' imprisonment for stealing sleepers from one of the ' Northern railway lines, which term was ex- j ! tended by another two years for escape No 1, while for the second he incurred a penalty of another two y^ars, but, as it is concurrent with the previous sentences, tbe term is not really extended by it. Prisoners in Marl* ' borottgh would seem to b*not so much attached to the Government Hotel as they were' ' in the old identity time* in Dunedin, where 1 they nsed to be threatened by the- gaoler, when they started on' their daily ramble through tbe town, that the doors would be looked against them if they did not return in good time at hight. Captain Boynton has accomplished the 1 feat of swimming d->wn the river from Turin t© Ferrers, a distance of over 500 miles. On reaching tbe latter place he is stated to have been received, with great enthusiasm by the foreign as well as Italian residents. In No- ; vember he swam from Turin to Castle Naovo in bis life-saving dress, 260 miles, in 1 eighty three hours, but was obliged to leave the water feeling that a fever, caused by the , malarious atmosphere of the river and bis exertion, .was coming upon him. He was laid up for several days at Castle Nuovo. On starting again from that place, however, he completed the journey down the Po to Ferrara, 230 miles miles, in ninety-six hours, , without a single break. There is (says the Sydney Morning Herald) at least a fair prospect that the merits of the rival oarsmen— Triekett and Rush—will be tested at an early date. Rush has formally ; challenged the champion to support bis claim \ to that title by rowing him on the Paramatta , river, in ten week* and doubtless if Triekett can obtain a suitable boat he will aecommo* date bits. ...:...*