THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MAY, 4, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 11, 4 May 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, MAY, 4, 1877.

Tbe Hopeful Company invite tenders for extending No 41 level a distance of 60 feet, more or less. The polling for the Totara election re« salted in a majority for the Hon Mr. Gisborne of 57 votes. It is notified by advertisement that, the Bey. Father Carew will hold difme- service in the Catholic Church, Boatman's, on Sunday next, at 9 a.m., and at Beefton a half-past 11 a.m. Weave informed that the crushing of the Just-in-Tiae Company is proceeding satisfactorily, and from the appearance of the tables a yield of from one and a half to two ounces to the ton is expected. The mining manager of the No. 2 South Larry's Company reports that the shaft has been su»k seven feet. There i» stone m the north end 2 feet 6 inches thick. The gold is course hut not regular throughout the stone. The report is considered very encouraging. The following additional subscriptions, collected by Mr J. M.Ollivier, have been received towards tbe Campbell Belief Fund :— Andrew M'Parfand,, 10s; N. S. F., ss; J. M. Ollivier.fil 6s— total, £!?. The trustees also received a cheque for £5. 12s 6d from Mr E. 0. Maxwell, Ohristchurcb, towards the same fund. W» need hardly remind the public of the entertainment to take place to-morrow evening. Its object by this time is quite under* stood, and we rely upon the public generosity, which ia such a marked characteristic of the community, to do- the rest. It will be- seen that a new item has been added to the pro* gramme in the shape of a Chineso song and accompaniment* A meeting of the County Council was held yesterday. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the Clerk reported thai the credit balance of the Coarcil was £304 10s sd. Mr Butler's resignation of the office of County Engineer was accepted. The appointment of Returning Officer to the Council was cancelled. Two subsidies of £37 10s each were passed to the , credit of the Hospital. A large number of accounts were presented for costs incurred in connection with the burial, &c, of deceased persons. It appears that the Counoil is in future to bear all expenses incurred in the relief or burial of destitute persons. A letter was read from the Chairman of tbe> Buller County Council, asking the local body to cooperate in petitioning for the control of Waste Lands to be vested in the" Councils Letter read from the hon. Dr Pollen, intimating that certain amendments to tfte "Counties Act" would Be made at the approaching Parliament, and asking the Council for suggestions in relation thereto. A large number of accounts having been passed for payment, the Council adjourned until Wednesday next, at the usual hour. A full report of the proceedings will appear in oar next issue. Mr R. Pollock, of Nelson, has been appointed auditor for the- Counties of Inangahua, Buller, and Grey. The Lytelton Times says s trading company ia Christchurch sent a reply cablegram to London, and obtained a reply within fiftyseven hours. This is one of the quickest transits known. Ihe Luna ia now being fitted at Wellington for the Qrey coal trade. One of her boilers will be removed, and more space thus left for cargo. The hull i» i& very good condition, and will carry 200 tons of coal on a draft o 7|ft. It is not considered by practical men that she is at all well suited for the Grey river trade. We hear that Mr F. Fronklyu late <»f Bhck's Point, has been appointed agent for the Grey coaU at Wollingtoa by Mr Martin Kennedy.

" JSg'es," in the Australasian, says that when a man jumps off Prince's Bridge, there are tremendous efforts to recover all that is left of him. Boats are employed, drags are used, officials are engaged regardless of cost to fish up that which, to get rid of afterward!, entails still further expense. He doesn't say that this is wrong. But he does say that if that despairing wretch before his fatal leap sought lor half a crown for food, or drink, or medicine, he would not find, living, that ready aid which, dead, is conceded him with a liberal baud. Now, why ehcu'd this thing be? The Pall Mall Gazette says i— The Bishop of Lincoln has written to Sir Antonio Brady, objecting to the use of bags for the offertory as at variance (1) with the spirit and letter of the law of the Church, which describes " a decent basin" j (2) with the usea?& of the ancient Church of G-od ; (3) as leadiug to great evils, being the receptacles of scurrilous scraps from newspapers, and other things which had better not be mentioned, aud (4) as against a true interpretation of St. Matthew iv. 5 and 6, which is not directed against public almsgiving ; and (5) because, by means of the secresy of bags some rich men, who ought to cast much into the treasury of God, do in fact put into it the widow's two mites, ; without the widow's faith and love. Sis Lordship adds that the use of ba^s has beeu. ' discontinued in several large ohurches in the diocese with good effect. The Grey River Argus says that Mr Heber Newton, in addition to his personal reasons for visiting tho Old Country, has another object winch he should have no difficulty in accomplishing— that of forming a company to build or purchase suitable steam colKers fox the coal trade of the West Coast. Of the probable success of such an association there can be no doubt, as the prospect of a rapid and permanent development of the enormous 1 coal fields of this part of the colony is certain. In a few months the coal mines- of- the Grey , and Buller coal fields will be able to com uand a practically unlimited market, aud all that will be required will be the means of transport. A fleet of steam colliers, specially suited to the harbor bar of this coast, would supply this want, aud afford a large and pro* Stable employment of capital. It has been stated for some time past in shipping circles that Captain Fairchild pur* poses retiring from the Government service, and the name of Captain Kennedy, formerly of the Easby, has been mentioned in connect tion with the command of the Einemoa. Captain Fairchild, like bis late friend, Sir Donald M'Lesn, has done remarkably well- out of the Government employ. And no wonder. During a long period of years he has been a veritable hotelkeeper oa the blue water, and the profits and picking* which came regularly kto bis way often mada the mouths of officials less gifted with tact (?) copiously water. 'Tia iudeei a case where tho old epithet of " lucky bargee " app'ies. Tha Melbourne cowe3poJile.it, of the Westport Times writes:— The A. E. Eleven cricketers, who left hero for Adelaide- eu roue or Home, have give away tolerably well satisfied with fahe- pecuniary results of theii* trip. They did not profes? theinselvei as much enamoured of New Zealand fi'ou a ', business point of view, although they apo.ik highly of your splendid climate, ami the general homeliuess of the people. Your cricketers, they siy, are bettev at tbj trencher '■■ than the wicket. Wheu here, perhaps o»n change from severe training discipline in New Z)jlaud, they enjoyed, to tho full bent the pleasures of the city, and some-,, especally those who betting lost money on them, say it was thus thoy lost their laurels to Victoria prowess. I (itlas) hinted, some weels since, at a 'coming event" which has now become matter of notoriety. The most popular aud charming of operatic singers, tha richest and most successful ofiihe profession, Madaato Adelina Fatti, Manju'se do Oaux, is aunounced to> appear before the Tribunal de 1a Seine for the purpose of beeoovog legally separated from her husband. Sha b, in fact, already separated, having recently left Sfc. Petersburg in company with, the well«knowu tenor Nioolini, who is known in private life aa M. Nicolas. Those who were behind the ' scenes at the Opera last year will probably be not surprised at this piece of news ; the „ philosophic students of human nature will make allowance for the nature artiste ;. and as for the British public, let us hope it will not ' give way to one of those periodical fits of morality wbioh, according to Lord Macaulay, ' recur every six or seven years. The facts of ! the case are simple. Sigrvor Nicolint has re- : centry been separated from his own wife, at < her request, oa the ground of her husba-jd's i liaison with Patti- The Marqttis was, on his i side not without suspicion, and aa he . i administered the vocal talents of his life for | his own advantage as well as here, he made , it one of the stipulations of the engagement ; ] at St. Petersburg that Fatti should not play ( in company with. Ntcdluu. Borneo, however, was not to be daunted, and went so for as to tempt the manager by oflferiag his services • gratis ; and so Borneo and Juliette played together under the very nose of the irato < husband. The af&ir ended" in a furious and 1 noisy scene, and Juliette, it may be added, is i now in her 37ih year. 1 Another instance Of the danger attendant . upon mining occurred last week (saya the Kumara Times) at the New Bush. M'Con. Nell and party had sunk a shaft some 40 or 60 feet, without slabbing it. A slip of earth oo- * curred, and M'Connell was injured by it j Th& party then put up some boards over j where th«y were working r so as to shelter < themselves from any future fall. During 8 their absence, at the dinner hour, another a slip happened and smashed everything under a it. Had any one been working under the t supposed shelter, he would *u> all probability t have beeu killed. j The Wellington Argus relates that a c woman— one of the immigrants per Noethamp- r ton— was " run in " for being drunk and cfi«« t orderly. She denied the soft impeaohinent. I

She was not drunk t never was drank. Her explanation was thia : About two years ago, while carrying home some vegetables for her John, in her native village, a spring cart, in turning a corner, ranov«r her feet and bruised them eeverely. From that time till now both legs were subject to M the shakes M upon her becoming the least excited. The close of a long voyage from the old country, together with her landing on the shore of her adopted home, were sufficient causes for excitement, and excited she got. This increased as she viewed the interior of New Zealand's metro* polis, and her feet began to become more and more unsteady, and her legs followed suit. The attention of a policeman was attracted by this, bat be was inhuman enough to take her to the lock-up, instead of conveying her home. So ran this new chum's yarn, and for novelty of character it tops anything that has come before the R.M. Court for some weeks. The Magistrate was loth to punish a woman with so much ingenuity. Possibly he thought her of the right grit to make her mark in the land of her adoption, and he did not want to check her career in the bud. ' He merely cautioned her, and let her join her | tribe. ___ «___■_■.