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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 97, 2 April 1877, Page 2

The Hopeful Company, Boatman's, bids J well to uphold its prestige. A partial cleaning up which took place on Saturday last gave 864 ozs of amalgati. for five doy9 crushing. This Is irrespective of tho quantity in the stumper boxes. Th- general opinion is that the compny will obtuin 2000 ounces for the fortnight's operations. The crushing will fortnight from the present time. The quantity prot ably be brought, to a olose in about a of ftone put through up to thut time will be about 700 tons. It has been defiled to extend No 5 lwel. so as to intercept the reef 120 feet below the lowest present working leTtel . As another evidence of the unreliable ohftraeter of the surfae* 1 pro«pecting done on thit field in the enrly day?, Mr Matthew Byrne a few days ago discovered the outcrop of a reef on the terrace roidwiy between Pdaek's Point and the Energetic machine. A lease of the ground having been applied for by the tinder hands, are now engaged opening up tlie reef which So far present* a very j healthy appenrance. We will report furl her upon the discovery in, the course of * few date, Mr and Mrs Cotterell, assisted by lady and gentlemen amateurs, gave a concert in Diiwbod's Hall on Saturday evening last. The attentlauce was very good. There was a sitting of the Assessment Court on Saturday morning last. The County Valuers were in attendance with the amended rolls. Mr Carreras on behalf of the Oounty Council stated that since fie last sitting of the Court fresh rolls had been made out, and the Council was prepared to accept the valuations as now presented as the mo»t perfect that could be arrived at. His Worship inquired ..hether the additions to the rolls had been made from personal inspection of the properties or otherwise. Mr M'Jtherry said that so far as he woe concerned he had in all cases made a pergonal inspection of the properties. In caees where several men lived in one hut thi> occupar.ts ha i been requested to name one of their number who»e name was inserted on ihe list. In tbe majority of cases tbe bate could hardly be said to be worth

annually the sums assessed, but the valuation was* made/with the consent and at the request of the owners, who were anxiou9 to be assessed nt £5 in order that they should become qualified to vote. Mr Hankin said that he had acted in a precisely similar manner. He had visited the properties personally, and assured the G&jurt of the correotDess and completeness of the valuation. Mr Can-eras inquire, whether tbe Court would authorise a fresh copy of the assessment roll to be made out, as the original roll through numerous alterations and interlineations was rather difficult to understand. Hi 6 Worship said thut he had no power to make such an order. The original roll alone would bo evidence in Court, but the roll ought certainly to have been printed. The Council could of course order a complete copy of 'he roll, but the original only could be received as evidence. His Worship then thanked the Valuers for j their exertions and attendance, and the Court j adjourned *i'»e die. , To-might in Dawson's HaU the annual ' meeting of the subscribers ot tha rv-el'ton Hospital will be held Th.. report and balance-she^t s'lov.'irij; the Gn:_.;n_'iui opera--110,19 of thu Commit. oe dunn? the pusr year will be presented. The nest business will ba | tne nomination of the Committee for the en* j suing year, and should more than twelve per« \ sons be proposed a ballot will be taken on the j 7th inst. Only those who have subscribed j j not less th-in lOs will be qualified to take part > in the nomination and election of the Com- ! mittee. The Right Rer. Dr Redwood, Bishop of Wellington, reached Reefton on Thursday evening last. As we have alreidy said, hi-. Lordship, who was acoornpauiol by the Rev. Father Bolland, was met at Squaretowu by the Local Church Committee. By the desire o Bishop Hedwood, the reoepti.m was quite a private one. On Friday morning the custotnnry servioe of the Church was performed by the Rev. Father Rolla >d. On the same evening Bishop Redwood pivut'hed an eloquent s-rmon upon tlie Pus*ion of our Lord, the building being crowded in all parts. His Lordship prefaced his remarks by saying that the present was his first epHopil vi»it to the distriot. On tbe occasion of his former coming his visit was merely a flying one On the present occasion became in an especial matiner to enquire into the present condition of this portion of his diocese ; to ascertain whether the congregation had any complaints against their pastor, or the pastor against ihe congregation ; 'to enquire into any scandals which might exist dther on th< one side or tV>e other ; and finally to ascertain if lh?re was any prevalent vioe, and if so to endeavour to allay it. We are glad to learn th it the man Humphrey Williams is progressing favorably under . Dr Mar tin V, care. It was at first thought [ that amputation of the injured limbs would be tfeceSßary ', but there is yet a possibi ity, we are informed, thjit such au extreme course will be , avoided: j Bishop Redwood will leave Reefton for the I Lyell this morning, and will return via Capleston, remaining at the latter place on } Thursday next.; His Lordship will leave for . Greymouth about Fridny morning next. We | much regret to learn that Bishop Redwood's pressing engagements wi 1 not permit of his delivering a lecture here as disired. j The tender of Dowd and party has been accepted for the driving of one hundred and seventy feet of tunnel for tbe Perseverance Company, the price bwing ?_os per foot. When i the work is completed it will give the company a level ol about 250 teet. j News .reached town on S itur lav last that the Wealth of Nations had st uck an enti-ely new lode in the old Enterprise ground. Ihe find is one of considerable importance, as, | apart from other considerations, it proves the I existence of stone in the Wealth level to a j muoh greater distance south than Was pre> viously known. Shares in tho company have risen considerably in prioe in consequence Its an ill-wind that blows nobody goid, but • in the case of the exceptionally fnvor >.ble breeze, yclept the .-..Moaimtairi Compmy, we are glud to learn that we have in '.uir mi Ist several shareholders in th vt fortunate veuture It is reported that a well known draper, once a resident of Hokitika, is the holder of 7000 shares in this ompany, and tuat a bank agent, once a resident at Reefton, also holds a considerable interest in the same mine, A meeting of the members of the R efton Football Club is convene t for this evening at Dawson's Hotel, when all arrangement'! relating to the future working of the i Club will be settled. All members and per- j sons. interested in tho game are requested to j attend. I Good Friday. was uniformly Observed a» a ' holiday in Reefton. The w iole of tha business places were closed, and the town during* . the greater part of the day hore a very melancholy app'aranot'. The cricket mat<-h between the married and single players attracted a ' numher of spectators, but the day was not an inviting one for out door exercise. The usual 'monthly' cleaning up of f the Wealth of Nations Company* ''took place on Saturday last, aud gives another exceptionally , good yield. The amount of am dgam obtained ' for last week was 5010z9j this sum, added to other amounts taken from the plates weekly, I gives a return ot 6840?s 19dwts melted gold. At last night's servioe at the Catholic Chapel there was a very, large attendance, a large number of persons being unahle to obtain admittance. Mr J. L. Munson elsewhere announces that he wili offer for sale, for two days only, in the premises formerly occupied by Mr Bayteild, a large and unique assortment of jewel, lery — all of which is annou ced to be disposed of at nett cost. It is stated that one Moa' Preserving Com- ( I pany in Melbourne are working up over 14,000 sheep per week, enabling them to send j forward large shipments of preserved meat i to the London market, where the stocks ha^e become low, aud where in the expectation of war, a ready sale of tinned mea's would be sure to exist .

The fo'lowing extract from the Arrow Ob. server speaks well for the quartz reefs in that district i— " On Friday week , last a prospect was crushed in Arrowtown from the main lode, Great Viotoria Reef— Hall and party's claim — at Macetown, which yielded at the rate of 56ozs of gold to the ton .of stone. Jhe gold in the stone was visible to the nuked eye. With such a prospect & splendid yield may be expeoted from the working of the mine, as a small quantity of suoh stone would soon fetch up the average when poorer stone was come upou." Railway servants are very dexterous in jumping on or off trains in motion, but acci- ; dents will occur even to them. The North Otiigai Times reports that a ydung man named Taylor, brother to the Mr Taylor who was killed by fche boiler explosion on the Waia reka railway some months ago, met with a painful aooident on the same line on Saturday, the 10th ultimo. Iv attempting to get on tbe engine before it had quite Btopped his foot slij.pe i, and trie of the wheels p-irtidliy pissed over if, (.'lining off the little toe, ..tuning the next of the tU.-h, and taking the tips off tlie next ..r.o. The paMcnt was remorod to the hospitul, where the fourth toe was amputated, and the wands dressed. Miss Clugston, of Glasgow, established a tlome fo. " Convalescents at Lenzie, having raised 4J7G00 at a bazaar ; also, a Sick Children's Hospital and Fever Convalescent Home for which she raised £5000 ; a Oonvalesoent Home ut Dunoon, for which a bazaar produced £8500 j and, lastly, a Home for Incurables, for which the munificent snm of £15,000 was raised at a bazaar. The chief sigual mlieer of the United States ol America in his annual report states that during the last fiscal year over 83 per ceut of his " probabilities" of the weither w<»re verified, tie thinks that an average of 90 per cent is attainable. Owing to lack of appro, prid-ions, the receipt of signals from the West lupins has been suspended. There are 145 signal stations in the Unite t States Bell's Life records the following most remarkable example of that system of modern fashionable slaughter, denominated battue Blunting; — "H.K.H, the Prince of Wales. Duleep Singh, with six other guns, recently killed, in three days. GOO pheasants, besides other game. One cover yielded,, in the shor* space of 40 minutes, 1030 pheasants. Pwo nenturies igf> the voyager sjoing pist the wall of the fort at Kewsew, Japan, might have read, in Japmese characters, this de* clan tion : — " As long as the sun shall warm the earth, let n > Christian be so bold as to come t * Japan. And let all know that the King of f.pain himself, or the Christian's God> or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his bead." And now missionary work is going on in Japan under protection of the Government, and Amerioan clergymen ar<? called to the highest official positions in the Government. Yea, Galileo, the world moves, and the whole world of thought ond feeling moves. The ' misHonary is abroad, and with his little Bible and tis pen overthrows pagan temples and shivers tbeir images. A most extraordinary affair is reported to have happened recently at the Hull Infir mary. A man who had been admitted as an ia-patient at the Institution died suddenly, or rather was thought to have died, after having bee:t speechless for three days. The body wus in due course, removed to the dead* hou«e, where ihne other bodies were lying mid a jury wus summoned to hold an inquest. Ie the course of the day, it being early in the morning that he was taken for dead, his coffin was prepaied, and other arrangements made for the interment of the body. About nine o'clock in the evening, one of the female nurses iv company with two assistants, had occasion to remove another body to the deadhouse. She entered the room first in order to light the gas, and as She was doing so, she noticed something white raised above one of the tables, and on tur. dug round gave a loud shriek, and rushed ou' or the place eXei.»:..-« m". "I here's one of tlu.se dead men sitting np." the night she received may be better imagined thau described. It is sai 1 that one ot the jurymen who haa been summoned for vhe inquest had arrived and hearing the shriek, mode his way to the dead-house, and being met by tbe nurse waa told what had j occurred. He immediately went into the room, and sure enough tha man was pro* ; nounced by him to be alive. The nurse then ! ran for the doctor. On finding him she said. " Doctor, you're wanted down in the dead 1 hou.e ; one ot the men is sitting up !" He | thereupon went, to the house, was not long before he wuS convinced of the tact that the man was not dead. The bandages were cut off, stimulants were administered, and he Wis removed back t < oue of the wardsHe rt niuined Spnwchless for a day, but he has since become better, and there is even pioi handily ot his ultimate recovery. He mu.-t 1 think himself very or'unaro in ao narrowy esca^in,} a horrible death ; for iv all probability, tUe-JiiMy «oull b »ye been put into coffin and Screwed down that evening Step* will be taken in future to prevent, another , " mistake" being made, and it has been de- ! cided that all bodies in future shall be left in the dead houae a certain time after life has I been pronounced extinct, :md to undergo a final examination afterwards. The Auckland Herald concludes an article on the Emperor of Germany as follows !■— The Emperor William has w>ged three fierce wirs since his accession to the throne of Prussii. In tlie war against Denmark, the Prussians fought 10 victorious engagements, and took 47 colors and 2L9 cannon ; in tbe Austrian war 15 battles ar.d 24 engagements, capturing 13 colors and 208 guns ; in the French war, 34 battles and 43 engagements ware fought, th* trophies consisting ot 94 ' colors, and 3300 cannon. At a reception ! given to his principal officers, in January j last, the tfi.nperor William made the lollow ! ing speech ;-If all the gentlemen whose presence on this day gladdens my heart approveof tho sentiments expressed by my son, I shall feel very happy indeed. I thank you

all. Looking back to tbe day wben I entered the army 70 years ago, it is proper that I should remember the then state of things. I offer my humble thanks to the Almigbty for the blessings he has vouchasfed to me from the day when my father's hand placed me in the ranks to this day of joy ; My position obliged me to devote the greater pat t of my life to the avmy ; and I sh ill always gratefully remember those wbo seconded my efforts and supported my military career. The position I occupy now I owe to the valour , the steadiness, and the devotion of the army. From Pehrbeltin down to the late glorious war, the deeds of the Brandenburg Prussian army are inscribfd in indelible letters in the annals of history ; and what Pru3sia is she his chiefly become through her army. lam especially thankful for the noble spirit wbich animates my troops, and which you, gentlemen, have done so much to foster and develop, a spirit whicb has enabled us, conjointly with the German troops to achieve the great s iccess if creating a united Ger- l many and a united German army. The Daily News has added another Walter press fo its nrachinery. It was ready in eights weeks after the order was given. The News has now seven of these machines in operation, and these each print 12,000 per hour, or 84,000 per hour in all. The' Westport Times says i— News bas been received of the death of an old Westport resident, Mr Robinson, at one time an auctioneer of repute. He died in Sydney from the re* suit of an accident. Coming from the theatre he fell and broke bis ancle, and was taken to the hospital. There he was put tinder the influenoe of chloroform while operated on, and from the effects of which and pbysilcal prostration he never ralied. He was 67 years of age. His widow, who still lives, is in Nelson, and in very reduced circum* stances.