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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 42, 16 July 1877, Page 2

A meeting of those desirous of forming a Glee Club in Reefton- will be held, in the Odfellows'. Hall, this evening. Our correspondent writes:— "Mr Aaron Game, carrier, came through from Wesfcport on Sunday last, bringing 3pcwt of loading for Gallagher Bros. He brought his load through with two horses, and reports the road good except near the White Cliffs and Christy's. He started down on the' 10th and expresses his intention of putting a waggon on the road. Mr George Holmes also arrived with a load on the 11th. Having disposed of his loading to roadsiders and to Christy, hereturned on the following day. The opening of dray traffic to Weetport is an immense boon to the Landing and Junction district o." At a meeting of the directors of the Hopeful Company, held on Saturday evening, the tender of James Fletcher was accepted for the conveyance of iron rails from Greymouth to Boatmans, Messrs M'Lean and Co., offered at auction, on Saturday last, 323 shares in the Just-in 'l'imo Company. The attendance was very large and the bidding spii'itecl. One 'parcel was knocked clown at Ha, and the balance at 14s 6d. It will thus be seen that shares in the company have within the past few daya advanced something like 4» 6cl per share. "Victoria .shares continue in good demand and mo,foh quoted at.Ss Gd. Tho mine shows a roof about 3ft 6in in thickness, with an encouraging show of gold. The Fiery Cross Company will probably commence crushing on Sunday or Monday next, und will occupy the batteries for about three weeks. 'At the end of that period th<s Just-in»Timo Company will commence n crushing of about five hundred tons. The Hopeful will clean up towards tho end of the current week. ' The pi'oteefcive works contractors are now drawing their work to a close, the ballasting -of a few of tho lower crates alone remaining to be completed. The entire work will cost tho County close upon £1300, of which sum about £850 has been paid, tho balance being held as indemnity money nntil tho completion of the contract. A good deal of traffic in Anderson Extended shares took place during the past week, but quotations maintained a pretty even tenor to the last. .Some diversity of .opinion' appears to exists as to the merits of the mine as shown by the operations carried on. It was said on Saturday that the oross-cut recently . started had crossed the supposed line of reef some sixteen feet without cutting the stone. Others again who visit the rdino almost daily ar° quite satisfied with the.appoarauces presented. In the. '.meantime the excitement continues and whether for woe or weal the oale and purchase of shares continues. Good news arrived from the Just-in»Tin;e fOompany, on .Friday last. Some splendid stone has been met with in tho winze, at a depth of about 70ffc. On the intelligence reaching here shares at once advanced to 14s> and are now tightly held at that figure. The recent favorable discovery in the Victoria mine' has stimulated action in the Kevival.aiid tenders are invited by the latter company for driving lppfb of. ■ tunnel. The "Revival ground adjoins the .'victoria, so, that the recent discovery bodes a double good. , Mr Hodgson, Inspector of .Schools for the Provincial district of Nelson, prefaces his last Annual Report; with the following remarks :— ■ "I have the honor to lay before you niy An» nual Eeporfc on the Nelson Publio Sohools, which includes the period between July 1, 1876, and June 30, 1877. Tho names of 4J)58 children appear on the rolls for the past twelve months, being an increase of 45 on the previous years' numbers. ' Seventy-threo schools are. entered on the Eeturn, three of wliwh — Waipuna, South Spit, and Kayamea — a$ at present closed.' The average rate of attendance— 73 per cent— is very fair, when the unavoidable deductions on account of sickness, bad roads, and wet weather aro considered. Although tho number of those who have remained at school after they wore twelve years old — 982 — is still far below what it ought to bo, I have had the satisfaction of recording 118 moro names under this head thun were set down in last year's returns,