THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 51, 6 August 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1877.

Owing tp pressure of telegraph matter, we aye compelled to hold ovqr correspondence j and other local, items. There waa. a, sitting of thp Resident Magis« trate's Court on Friday last, but oup report is. unavoidably held. oyer, until Wednesday. Tbree teams, freighted with merchandise from Westport, reaohed Roefton on Saturday evening. They roport the rpad in excellent order, aud freights plentiful. Messrs W. M'Lean and Co. on Saturday last offered at auction the premises adjoining the Exchange Hotel, upper Broadway. After some spirited bidding the lot was ultimately knocked down to Mr Gh-iovos, for thp .__m of £230. Viator in the day thp auptiopeers submitted to public competition the private rosi. donqe and six sections acljpitung the ho ? pita} reserve, Broadway. Tho 'lot was purohased by Dr Martin, the figure being £190. Tho usual weekly practice of tho Oleo Olub will bo bold in Gil/nor's Haji, this cv,oning, at 8. o'clock sharp, Wo have boen requested to state that tho Clnb music having arrived, fy is necossary that all ladies and gentlemen who intend to tako part in the movement should be present this evening, as the selection of pipecs, and, arrangement of voices will bo mado. Tho anniversary celebrations of tho Loya Reefton Lodgo of Oddfellow?, were hold on Ifriday last. At 2 p.m . the mem bers mustered in strong force at tbe Hall, and. shortly after headed by the town, band, marched in

procession through tho streets, and thence to Black's Point, roturning at 3 p.m. In the evening tho ball was very largely attended. Tho. decoration of the ball-room had been entrusted toj Mr P. Hill, iC-id. was extremly j tasteful. Dancing was kept up with great vigor uutil daylight, and the reunion, was ■ pronounced to be. one of tbo moatiebjoyable •■yet held in Reofton. Of the supper,gifc'i9 only :riecessary to say tbat it was preparedly Mr Fama, and was all that could be desired. A,b the adjourned meeting of the Jockey Club, held on Friday evening, a pretty general feeling was expressed as to tbe desirability of holding races for lpcql horses only; during tho ensuing holidays. Ifc may bo sofc down as certain that ample funds will bo available. We believe the course committee has arranged with Mr John Williams for tho required land for a race-course. The Well-known Melbourne betting man, John Thompson, who recently made his debut as a pugilist, defeating Christie with ease, has, ifc appears, coni,o to. grief through incautiously tackling the redoubtable Jem Mace. The Sydney Town and Country Journal Ims tho following Melbourne telegram 1 on the. Bubj."pt : — "Mace and Jack Thompson, had a qu,a,nvl nt-Tattersall's Club on Saturday, over .the recent encounter, between Christie and Thompson. A fight ensued between them, in ono. of the large rooms, and it; two rounds Mace gave Thompson suoh a knocking about that he cried enough, aud was soon very quiet. Thompson could not touch Mace once, while; the Englishman got at i Thompson, before ho k*>OW what hp was about."