THE Inangahua Times. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 July 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. WEDNES DAY, JULY 18, 1877.

Tenders are Jelsewbere invited for the erection of Ghurap of England building. The foundation stone Will be laid by his Lord* ship, the Bishop oY Nelson, on Tuesday next» and will be accompanied with Masonic cere" mony. "A. meeting of the members of the Reef i on Jockey Club will ? be,. beld|,at : .Gilmerji^Hotd^ on Friday evening^iext^at;B|o'cloeJc%^^^ ** W&Pjiblish in another column . some^ very, interesting telegraphic item's of English newV for v^hich. we are indebted to tho Grey Argus * A> quantity of local matter is unaroidably crowded out. The meeting held in the Oddfellows' Hall, on Monday evening, to inaugurate a G-lee Club in Eeefton, though not so largely attended as was expected, was nevertheless very ' successul in its result and the Club was fairly formed. ' Mr Warden Shaw was voted to the Chair, and proceeded at some length to explain the objects of the Club. He said that it had long been felt that some such organisa» fjiori was required in 'Ueefton, where the op. portunites for public entertainment were so few and far between, it was intended that there should be nothing of the clique or ' set," about the Club. " It was to be thoroughly cosmopolitan in' character and open equally ifco a^ and; as 'it would, tend to bring the residents together, so promote social intercourse, and thus be productive of many good results. He submitted a rough draft of rules which had been framed for the government of the Club. The rules were then read over and unanimously adopted. The following officers were then elected fey the year :-!-.President :*" B. Shaw, Esq. . - Vice-Presidents -. Revs. Carew, and Ruther. ford, and Messrs Kirton, Campbell, Martin, Brenfiah, Woolley, ißayfeild, Gjssinge, Lawn andP^tt; Hon. Sec .: J t "W. Munsonj Ho*i« Treasurer fA. D. Bayfeilds Hon, Librarian : Jy, Barrowinan;, Committee: Messrs Parry, Sunn, Caples, Gulline, Huddleston, Bull, Potts, and, ex oflicio, all officei'3. The first annual meeting was fixed for the first Monday in J,uly, 181$. The Club to meet weekly, in Gilmer'e Hall, on Monday evenings, at' 8 o'clock.. The annual subscription was fixed <at 10s. The firsipraotice was fixed for Monday evening, 30th instant, and Messrs Shaw Dunn and Parry were appointed tO select music for the occasion. The Wellington correspondetji; of the Hawk'e'B Bay Herald gives the" following ! items :— lt is rumored thit one of the chief causes of contention in the House this session will' be the railway tariff. Efforts are being made by certain people to float another .paper in opposition to the New Zealand Times. As ij; would bo published at Id instead of '2d, the price of the Times, it would do the old paper much harm! A.t present the scheme io in 'embryo. ' ioth the evening papers pay well, and it is only reasonable to suppose that the tow,ii would ' support' another morning' paper. ' ' , In 1 view of the coming; session, says a correspondent of the btago' Tunes, lodgings in Wellington are already at a' premium, and great prices are freely given for accommodation anywhere in the neighborhood of the Assem- 1 bly buildings. It is an extraordinary fact that, although dwelling houses' are constantly' being built in all parts of tho city, house rent ahows no ri^a of coming down, but on the contrary, ruthor a tendency to rise. The popuUtion of Wellington is increasing with great rapidity, but still times are not nearly bo brisk as they were some few months a o.

There is a general complaint now of times being dull, and even the publicans complain of 'the, most appreciable falling off in th^irie ce'ipts since the beginning of last year . Highly interesting discoveries of auriferous reofa and silver bearing lodes in the range of mountains which forms the baclttyjne-df the Middle Island crowcl upon each others-h eels. From Orepuki in the far south to Gj-olden Bay on the northern shores, uniform and rich eVidenoes of mineral wealth are daily demandi^ attention. It would seem that the island is as rich as Mexioo, Peru, California, or Arizona. At Picton the other day a discovery of quartz was made of which it is said that tliO'Stbnp is bristling with gold. The Eichmond Hill mine is'turaiug out astonishing prospects, ..and the, results .of the limited amount of prospecting yet effected in our mountains is so wonderfully encouraging that efforts of this kind offer a pretty sure road to j lortune for those possessed of the requisite means to carry them out.