THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 34, 27 June 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1877.

The Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Courts will sit today at 2 p.noi At the half-yearly meeting of the share* holders in the Welcome Company, held at Mr Brennan's office on Monday last, the following were elected directors for the ensuing six months: — Messrs Butler, Murphy, Caples, M'Laughlin, and Hungerford; Messrs Potts and M'Sherry were re-elected auditors. Some six weeks ago Mr James Dee, of Reefton, visited Tasmania, and, as we an* nounced, he carried^ with him a few geological specimens from this district as a present to the Royal Museum of that Colony. By the last mail T. W, Agnew, Esq.. M.D., hon. secretary, acknowledging the presentation, intimates that the contribution has been duly classified and deposited with the collection of tertiary fossils. There has been considerable excitement in the share ntarket during the put lew days, and numerous interests hare adranoed con* siderably in yalue. The news from Boatman's continues ot the most encouraging nature. The Hopeful crushing gives excellent promise. Shares in the Hopeful mine have reached a« high as £7 6s j Welcome, £2 7s od. Defiance are quoted at 7s | Anderson's Extended at 8s id 1 and Nil Desperandum, Bs. Interests bare during the last few days been changing hands rapidly, at advandag rates. The sitting of the District Court commenced on Monday morning, and was con* tinned until 4 p.m. yesterday, and the Court again tat 7 p.m. The chief business consisted in settling the list of contributories in tbe Rainy Creek Company. Opposition was offered by ier«rat contributories, but nothing definite was decided, Mr Staite having raised an objection to the validity of the sitting of tbe Court, judgment upon which bis Honor reserred. the proceedings being oi great interest to a large number of persons, will be reported in full, but we are compelled to hold over a portion of our report until Friday next The Road Board has discontinued the ferry across tbe Inangahna, and travellers will now be under tbe necessity of " navigating them* selves" across the river in the Bo's'n's Chair. It may also be necessary to inform those who contemplate the acrobatic feat that they will not require the assistance of more than three able-bodied men to enable them to accomplish the task. The only persons who have as yet successfully crossed are old " Euclid " and the "Man in the Chair j" but the latter, however, received a nasty M prop " in the " I " on tbe journey, and it is highly prob-ablo that beforo the matter ends both parties will be severely * Euchrelid " on delirium theorems. An extraordinary meeting of the share* holders of the Hopeful Company has been convened for the 18tb prox., for the purpose of considering the desirability of taking the long talked of action in reference to the erection of a crushing battery. Should, however, the Company in the interim receive a sufficient guarantee from tbe Jast«in»Time and Fiery Cross Machine Company that extra batteries i will be added to the present plant, it is highly probable that tbo Hopoful Company would be satisfied and abandon the idea of erecting batteries of their own. At tbe meeting however, the whole question will be fully disi OKssed, and no doubt a determination will be come to which will be satisfactory alike to the Company, and advantageous to the Boatman's district generally. At the sitting of the District Court held last night, his Honor, on the application of Mr Staite, reduced the contribution in the matter of tbe liquidation of the Sir Julius Yogel Company from Is per share, as proposed by tbe liquidator, to 6d per share. It is highly probable, however, that another contribution will have to be asked for at a future sitting of tbe Court. The Court sat in bankruptcy, and Mr Staite, as counsel for the debtor, applied for au order of discharge for

Pater Murphy, a bankrupt. He said that th> liabilies were shown at £105, and the assets oil | the debts were all old ones, and the bankrupt was unopposed. The report of the trustee (Mr Bayfeild) was read, and showed that no creditors had attended any of the meetings, and that there was no properly in the estate. In reply to a question by his Honor as to the remuneration paid to the trustee, Mr Staite said that no fee was proTided by the lot, but himself and Mr Pitt had agreed to allow a sum of £2 2s in each ease. Order of discharge granted. She Court then adjourned tint die. The following letter upon the subject of Education, from his Honor Judge Weston, was read by the Ohairman at the recent formal opening of the Hobitika State School : <• My dear Sir— l shall) I fear, be unable to assist at the opening of the new school house tomorrow evening. I regret it, because I take much interest in the Education question. So far as I am able to judge, Education upon the West Coast has been greatly neglected, and, notwithstanding the efforts that a few like yourself have so zealously made, it is yet in an unsatisfactory condition, The State Schools, however well they are conducted afford but au elementary education, and as private Academies for higher training are not obtainable in small communities it must follow that unless additional classes are made, or 0-ramma* Schools are established, the latter being presided over by men learned and I qualified to impart their knowledge to others, the children around us will be in after years unable to compete with those brought up in larger districts. In my opinion, every effort should be made by a young colony to bestow upon the humblest and poorest of its inhabitants the best education it can afford, not only to secure for it good government in the future, bat to enable its own people to keep pace with others from afar, who like themselves, may be engaged in developing its resources and in starting new industries.— Yours truly,— T. S. Wbstov."