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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 44, 20 July 1877, Page 2

Members of tlie Keefton Glee Club are informed that the members' rojl is now open, and subscriptions to the Olub are payable to' Mr A. D. Bayfeild, Treasurer, Eeefton. It is announced elsewhere that the Bov. Father Carew will celeh rate Mass at Capleston on Sunday next at 11 a.m., and at Eoefton at 9 a.m. The members of the Eoefton Jookey Club will meet this evening, in Gilmera' Hotel, fir the purpose of roceiving tho report of tho Convassing Committee, and taking such steps as may be deemed necessary to arrange a race meeting. The Hopeful will olean up to-morrow morning, and tho gold will probably be brought into town in the afternoon. Close upon 900 tons of stone will have been passed through the battery by to-night, and it is believed thai the all round average will come up to two and a«half ounces to tho ton. The yeef in the winze still maintains the average width and quality. The Hopeful Company liaving accepted the terms oTcred by the Machine Company, the latter will proceed at once to make the proposed addition to the number of stamps at present in use. It is quite evident 6hat the work cannot be completed a day too soon. The share market has not been quite so, active of late, but no striking alteration has I taken place in the ruling , figures of stocks moot actively operated upon. Anderson's Extendedß have receded slightly, but there appear? to be little or no slackening of . confidence in the mine. Victorias have received a. fair share of attention during the week, and have kept their place pretty evenly.' There have been some few transactions in' Revival and Phoenix shares. Boatman's stocks have not fluctuated much, if any, during the week, and are held pretty firm at last week's quotations. A favorable report has been received from /tmerica, regarding the quality of kerosene found at Poverty Bay. It states that it is the finest quality ever seen in America, the su« periority consisting in containing more lamp oil, and a larger percentage of paraffin than any of the American 0119. The Bishop of Chester has been taking vigorous action with, regard to rinking. He views this amusement as vicious in the, extreme, and even before the disease penetrated to Chester, he had been much exercised by its growth. At length a company started in Chester for the purpose of building and laying down a rink, and the Bishop's horror reached a crisis. He brought every pressure to bear upon the company, in order to induce shareholders to abstain from their desecration, but without avail. Then ho resolved to make a pecuniary sacrifice, and offered to buy up the rink in order to close it. The directors asked £4,000 for tho property, and the Bishop at once handed them a cheque for that amount. He will probably find he has made a grand mistake, and the effect Will be similar <to that produced by giving an organ grinder a peony to go away — hundreds coming shortly afcerwards for similar payments. Seeing that the new Police Eegulations have not yet had a week's trial, the " Otago G uardian " thinks there is BOmothing very significant in tho following episode. About 1 o'elock in the morning a man dressed in the uniform of a constable was observed reclining and apparently soundly slumbering, on eomo

I straw among the ruitiT of Grogan's produce | i store, where the^flre took place a few hours I previously. His bull's eye lantern shone like I a star from a dark firmament among the embers. Attention was called to the position of .the Blumberer, and a feW'-minutea later this fhelpless officer, who was laboring from something more potent than charred straw, was carried along like a bag of wheat between an able-bodied policeman aiid a powerful sergeant in the direction of the station. " Who is he ?'' inquired a bystander. "The constable in charge of the fire," replied the person addressed. " Rather a nice sort of a constable.'' Suggested the first speaker. " Good enough for seven bob a day," was the retort. The erring constable has since been suspended. The new rules framed by the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court in Welling, ton, have been received by legal practitioners in Auokland. The times allowed for pleading are different from the old practice, being in the present case regulated by the distance o the defendant from the Court House. If he reside within twenty miles, eigbt clear days are allowed; over twenty, and if within fifty miles, twelve days ; tt.over fifty and witkjn one hundred and twenty miles, twenty-one days ; beyond one hundred and twenty miles, twenty-eight days. Rules (nisi) ior new trials must bo moved within 'fourteen days after the trial, unless some particular time has been specified at ' the trial. Probates or letters of administration will not be sealed after the expiration of a calendar month from the day on which the application was granted* After such a period a fresh application must be made; A rule (nisi) for a new trial, or a rule or order granting further time to move shall, upon being duly served upon the opposite party, operate as a stay of proceeding 8 until such further time shall have expired. The 2nd of January is made a Court holiday. The new rules are signed by I. Prendergast, C.J., A. J. Johnston, C. W- Richmond, T. B. GKllies, J. S. Williams and have been approved by his Excellency the Governor: On the occasion of a recent breach of promise case, tried in one of the American Courts> the following letter was read :— -" I have refrained from rhapsodising iu this opening epistle, but cannot and must not close without expressing the de profundis of my love and how my soul is always with you and bow delightfully I contemplate oar meeting tomorrow night. I have read love letters in the Press and elsewhere, that terminated by saying a million kisßes, or ten thousand, kisses, and such like, with a particular plaoe on the part of the paper marked for the purr ose. This I think absurd, and shall not adopt it. How my darling can paper convey the rapture of a virgin violet kiss P let us kiss when we meet, and kiss when we part, until vre meet, to part no more, and then kiss altogether, world without end. Amen. Tour own affectionate Edwin. — Midnight." The damages awarded were ton thousand dollars. Evirt Temperance Ljw hitherto, framed admits Hie necessity of sti.milnnls as medicines, and no teetotaller of sense denies that they are essential elements of cure in a variety of diseases. Only fanatics deny the utility of an alcoholic preparation. The rapid and positive cures of nervous debility, dyspepsia, kidney and bladder complaints, uterine ailments, wrought by Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam; Aromatic Schnapps, give the lie to those who deny the utility of spirituous medicines. — Advt.