THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1377

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 27, 11 June 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1377

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the. New Zealand Re- " former, a new journal published in the Temperance interest. The Reformer is demy-folio size, and being printed at *the office of the New Zealand Mail, has about it much of the appearance of the latter paper. A con* siderable proportion of the Reformer's, space is, of course, devoted to orthodox teetotal ism, but ia addition to this it contains a large quantity of very readable extract matter. The advertising space, of the Etefotmer is meagre, but possibly this will* be overcome in I time. The journal at least deserves the support of all friends of the cause. A glance at the newspaper record of the colony is instructive to a degree. New Zealand is a truly wonderful country for newspapers. There is hardly a small town in the colony which does, npt possess its local " organ," while the larger communities are with literature literally done to death. But besides the long array of morning, evening, bi and triweekly, weekly and monthly newspapers, we have the following special publications : For lawyers — The Jurist; for the clergy and church men — The Tablet and Messenger ; for the publicans — The L, Y. Gazette ; for Templars — ' The Reformer and Sun ; for members of the force — The Police Q-azette ; for priuters— The Press News ; for agriculturists— The Farmers' Journal • for bankers and merchants — The Trade Circular, atd bcayen only knows how many more. It will be seen, however, that this list is. not yet complete. The medical profession must have its Lancet, there must be several i lustra ted. papers, for we have none at prcscMik, and anally vvby should we not have one Punch — and Judy too for the matter of tint. May we then nofc truly nay Here shall the Press, tho People's right maintain, Unawed by influence, and unbnbod by gain. Here patriot Truth lies glorious prccepst draw, Pledged to Beligiou, Liberty, and Law.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of tho shareholder of tho Littlo Boatman' 8 Crock Company, will be hold at Mr Brenimn'n offlco to-day. A hut, situated near tho slftug^yiirds, Reeftou, was, together with. Ha contents, burnt to the ground on Wednosday last, (luring the temporary, abseooe of tUo oooupier. We have been requested to state that publicans will havo to forward their certificates, together with the license fee, to tho Collector of Customs at Nelson and not to the Golleotor of Customs, Greymouth, aj previously »»* nounced. His Honor Judge "Western will hold » apoekl sitting of the District Court, in Reefton, on Monday, 25th instant, for the purpose of Bottling tho liat of contributoviea In thft matter of tho winding UP of the Jlnlnj Creek Company. In aooordanoo with the recommendation o( the Medical Oflloor of the institution, tenders are invited by tho Hospital Committee for fencing in tho lloßpital Roservo Tenders oloao on Wednesday, tho 13th instant,, at tho office of Mr W. M'Lean. The usual monthly cleaning up of tho Golden Fleece. Kxtondod Company's battories was oommoncod o\i Saturday last. <™d will probably bo concluded early to-day, when shareholders will no doubt duly veooiml tho welcome solatium. Ponding the acooptaneo of tender* for the ropair of tho suspension bridge, supports havo boon placed under the structure to keep it from collapsing. Plans and B P ocincationa of tho repairs required havo been prepared, and a special mooting of the Board will bo held early in tho wook to tnko action in iho matter. A special meeting of the shareholders of tho Just-in-Timo Company is convened for Monday, 2nd July, for the purpose of considering tho question of extending tho crushing power of the battery. There can be no quostion whatever that tho numbor of stampers at present availablo iv the Boatman's district ia ridiculously inadequate, and tho result of this is that mining operations- nro greatly retarded. At the outset the lines of the Reformer do not appear to hare fallen into the most pleasant places. Some misunderstanding appears to have arisen between the directors of tho company and the first editor of the paper, Mr Fooper, the result being that Mr Hooper has been " summarily dismissed." Tho latter b»3 since commenced an action for damages against the company for insufficient notice of dismissal. The company now advertises for a gentleman to take the editorial chair. We are informod that several English pheasants have been seen lately in the Inangfthua Valley in the vicinity of Cronadun. The birds have, evidently made their way acrosf the Saddle from the &rey Valley. It is not a little singular that nothing has since been seen of the two or three dozen Californian quail whioh were liberated on Totara Flat, in the Grey "galley, some four of five years ago. The pheasants which were only *■ set loose a month or so previous, appear to havo scattered cud multiplied amnzind^ but as for tho quail no, trace of them haWsince been obtained. His Honor Judge Weston, held a sitting of the District Court, at Greymouth, on Friday last, when judgments were, delivered in three Beefton cases, In He the Sir Julius Yogel Company. His Honor ordered the names of James Clinton and Louis Davies to be placed upon the list of eontributories of tho Sir Julius Yogel Company. The application to, include the name of R. E. Gulline on the list of oon tributaries of the same Com* pany was dismissed. As the judgments are of special importance to this district, they will be published, in extento in our next issue. i The Hopeful Company had a partial clean? ing up, on Saturday last, the result being 6240z 6dwt> of retorted' gold. This quantity was obtained from the tables alone, the boxes not being interferred with. The quantity of stone put through up. to Saturday last was 257 tons, showing, an average yield of close upon 3oz to the ton; The batteries are again at ; work, and will be kept going by the Hopeful as long as the company can obtain the use of the machine, and it isfujly expected that the final cleaning up will show an average of not less than 3oz per ton. £t will be. seen that this handsome result has enabled the directors to declare an interim dividend of 6s per share The mine is said to present the appearance of a, perfect Croesus of wealth, and it would seem the moro that is taken from the mine, the more it reveals. At the close of the Licensing Court on -Wednesday last, his Worship called attention to a matter which he desired should, be. made public. He said that there was one portion of the Licensing regulations which was being systemmatically infringed by hotelkeepers in Beef ton. l He alluded to the obligation which publicans were under to keep a light burning over .their doors during the nighttime.. He characterised the description of- lights in genoral use as a perfect mockery of the regu« lations. It was distinctly laid down by the Act that every holder of a publican's license should keep a light of the illuminating power of two sperm candles burning over the door of his house between the hours of sunset and sunrise. This rule had seemingly been utterly disregarded in the past, but the polico had now received positive instructions to soe the regulation proparly carried out, and all persons making dofault will bo proceeded sgainst and punished. Antonio's Flat must be a nice placo to live in to judge from eorco disclosures maclo in tho Resident Magistrate's Court last week, during tho hearing of the assault caso of Woolfo v, M'C'all. The plaintiff in the case, it. 3eera3, having., boou disturbed from his slutriben at 1 p.m. in the morning went "up to the township/ but finding the only public house, in tho placo closed, he proceeded to a hut close by at which he saw a light. In tho hut lie found five persona in vanoua 9tagCß of intoxication, and ho vvno. iufitod to join iv tho jubilee, which ho scem3 to hare

iiono without nmuh pruning. Tlio entry of this Woolf upon tha syen« wuuld appear to him) imported luUMlitmal vigor to tint d-htiv itoo, (or ahortljr fyfiut' his itiTivnl thti grog nut ou,t, and a fro»h »tipi>ly hud tn lia oMnliwil. Two of the company seem, ahortly uIW, to Iwvo attained Hia " ittnio ti,lliu\ " atitjjrt of inanimate \u>\[\Um\m> w\A linvtitg fallen mm I ltd (toot 1 woi'e nUowed to li^ thaw tWaamaM»ww<H'a ultimatay piokwl tip uiul pttiuail ii) Hieii 1 hui ku, Woolfa appeal* ka Imvu jutiUy wuli sttaii (all his ooiniwiiluna " umiep Ihu *.*****♦* " f«r hi»* tory tWa not valuta tluit tlt»i'> w»» uny 11 falling down" <u< " bmilt " fttiMtiJi him. in the wtiwl «i' this (jiwjiiiji msiuU, Woolfo uppwa to U*VO yU|3rt * Fftl-hflp (»o lilm) unpleasant pavt ||a y il '" •luwelllng with lomohiHly, tha I'dHiiU lialMtJ Mint lid name out of tha ftllVny w it'll (ha aviil«M<u»« of nn mirooroiful mfttiliiiij. Wt» <»»'"l» f" 1 the Ural J pm't of the in'agi'i«nma at this ihnroiighly A lonian re«uvtion. In \mt tho anoond of tho ftH'uii' the (l.itutunli Mujji«tratt> pi'asidod, ftncl ilia v»ho)u »niil oonoliiflo bnforo Mr Juitioe Gillies ut tha naxt Supremo (Jourt Besiion fit Nelioii. Now, perhaps, tha wo«t purl of all this la that the oovnmittul of the ofise to tha Bu,pr*ma Qawtl, »\, NuUon, oait» upon the County, the ooflfc of oon,v«jing some nix or eight witnesses to Nhlhoii. Tlume must oertuinly ho ft very looao joint boiui" whoro in our jiulioiul ayntem to noooiaitato suoh a costly, roundaboufcjanil utterly iimidoob' B»ry proo»aaof geltlliif« a roryaimplo i»«ue. Tito New %uihwd Timoa nny« :— Wo un» clcrstand that r yomiß man employed in ono ■ 'of tho leading drapery entubli-hmenlH in thia oity ( rooontly rooi-ivod It'lttM'n from. A,mot'icn, originally adllrossed, to ltinv in Dunodin, whoco ho resided up to a fow montlm ago, winounoitig the death of iv violi aunt, who hnJ left 00,000 dols. diyiaablo equally bolwoen himself av\d his two, sistevs. j When Mr Fox wus in Knghiml ho mentioned to ft Mr W. S. Silver, the head of a largo London, firm engaged in tho manufacture of Bubmarino cables, that he (Mr Fox) had founded a temperance Tillage at Crofton, and waa getting up a library for it. Mr Silver Tory handsomely gnvo Mr Fox a donation of £20 toward tho intended, object, which Mr Fox employol in purchasing bo^ks. Tho other day Mr Fox presontod tha books to the Crofton people, t»ho thereupon determined to call their library "The Silver Library," in honor of the donor of the books. Q-alignani states that LiutenantZubovitz, of tho Austrian army, whose ride from Vienna to Paris may be remembered, ha 3 juat performed the feat of crossing the Danube at the former city, where the river is vory vide, mounted on a horso provided with a floating apparatus of which he is the inventor. Als though the water was very high, M. Zubovitz would not bo dissuaded from mating the trial, and rode on to the quay at about four in tke afternoon. The india-rubber reservoirs which were to keep the hovso afloat were attached to tho saddle on caqh side. The rider w;ore an ordinary hunting-dross, with high water-proof boots, and did not carry with him any life earing apparatus. The rnimul- at first refuaod to enter tho. river,, but the rider soon overcamo lm resistance, and he plunged in and sank until his hoad was left above tha surface. The crowd, who lined the quaja and had been looking on anxiously, called to him to return, but he spurred on, and carried away by the rapid current, was soon, in the middle of the stream, rising and sinking with, tjb.B swell. At last, seven minutes after leaving (he right bank, he touched the left side under the arch of the, bridge, and w.as received with loud cheers. He.. was immediately driven to a neighboring hotel to change hi? clothes, while his orderly, gave his horse a ■harp gallop to warm i% after its bath. Tha. object of this experiment was to, show that with this apparatus wide rivers may be crossed by cavalry withoujs bridges or fords. " iEgles " thus discourses, in the Australasian on the distribution of votes :— lt is a terribly heretical thing to say, a thing abominably illiberal and improper. But, for all that, I must admit that it did seem to me on that famous Friday as something imperfect ty our exquisitelynbalanced political eys- ! tern to find Ah Sin, hawker of green stuff and Chinamen's laborer (duly naturalised) exer- J cising at the ballot-box an equal franchise with my friend Smithjphn, who pay 3 a hundred a year in munioipal and general taxation ; who has given 13 hostages of fortune, *dio oouldn't if he woujd migrate to any flowery land at a day's notice. But what seemed even still more incongruous was to see the professor with 25 years accumulated learning, thought, and experience standing exactly level at the ballot-box with a raw lad of 21 out of a brick-maker's hole. I i»ow that this is blasphemy. I am aware that to questjjra the right of equal suffrage is to sub* ject the doubter to the severest pains which could possibly await an. insolvent malefactor. But, for all these drawbacks, my doubts still haunt mo irresistibly. I w.ould not take a vote away from, anybody who now possesses it, but I would add another to him who has proved in any reasonable way'— by accumulation of knowledge or substance — his claim to its possession. When, I elect my borough councillor I can give him three votes against Ah Sin's one; but when I get out of parish politics into matters of national moment I am but a third of my municipal self. Which is the more important ocoasion for fitting representation ?