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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 60, 27 August 1877, Page 2

1 The County Council will meet for th? des.l patch of business at the usual hour to-day. p Tho just- in-Time Company commenced to ' crush pn Tuesday last, and VT ill pre bably run , about 50,0 tons of stone thrpugh. An excellent crashing is lqoked foward to. 4. av^meroi^sly attended meeting of the 1 Oatholies of Keefton was hold yesterday, in ■ the Chqrch building, for th,e purpose of confirming certain resolutions re the Education Bill. A full report of the. proceedings will appear in our ne?t issi^e. The, amateur onforfainmanfc held qn Satqrs day evening last, drew an over-flowing house, and passed off most successfully. Thp various ladies and gentlemen acquitted them* lolveß rery creditably, fy is b,elip,ved that between £30, and £40 vyi^l be realised oq belmlf a$ Mr H. Williams, \a whose ivid the concert vvbb get up. Great praise is due to, Mr Munson, for to him belongs the credit of starting the movement, and working it up, to a successful issue. A$ $6. meeting 0/ the Kapipg Club, helo] on Friday evening l^t, notice, pf motion was given fhat at the next meeting of th,e Club a resolution would be moyed, that the motion carried at a previous meeting fixing the. first races a$ Reeffon on Boxing Day, be rescinded. It was also decided that all future nominations to membership of the Club be by ballot. Mif Button is reported tp havo si^pjjprted the. Local Option Bill rather, ivarmly. He, said something must he dpno to lessen the evils of intemperance. Every olass of society was now arp,use.d ns to, the necessity fp,r doing Sjome.tliing. The B'\\\ proposed to, place a, reasonable remedy in the hands of the. people interested. Mr Fox might fairly have claimed for eyery nioth.er. an additional vote on this question for eyery chnd she had. They should noff delay to remedy an evil until questions of compensation were settled. Where there was demoniacal possession were they to be restrained from rolief by the con» sideration pf what wtfs to become of fhe evil spirits. If compensation was to be paid, let it be pa^ out of tl\o consolidated revenue. If railways t^nd, public works had to be stopped , the Colony would gain in the end by the extinction pf the liquor trade even at' such a cost. Th^e.e. ols "Victorian Colonists haye clied within the pas^f month. One is Mr J. B t Thompson whose connection with the Vie» torian Press extended over a period of nearly twenty years. Mif. Thompson f^rst entered into newspaper life at Ballarat in tho early days of that goldfi,eld, and he subsequently became identified with, the. Press both in Melbourne and Sandhurst. As a writer, his 'abilities were of a high order, and he obtained a distinguished position in his prpiession. His name will also be remembered as ar» active promoter of oricket, rowing, and other manly sports, in which he was very proficient. — The. Ballart Star mentions that news has been received of the death of Mr C. Pollock, a member of the well known coaching company of Cobb and Co., who died recently at the Palaco Hotel, San Francisco, immediately after? his arrival there from Sydney, the cause of deafh being that known a 9 Bright's disease. —By tfee mail intelligence has arrived of tho death of an old and esteemed Victorian colonist, Mr Jameß John Falconer. Mr Falconer v?as predecessor to Mr M' Arthur in the ppst of superintendjent of the Bank of Aush fjralasia, and held that office for a period of t\vejitjy years. Mr 3i.alo.oner died in London on May 20j.1i, after, a long and painful illness. He left Y-ic.toria with a ponqion, and was raised to the. directorate, of the Bank on reaching home. He attained t;ho. age of three-score and, ten,. The Bi^nediq Times cays :.— Some good specimens of workmanship are beipg turned out by the Port Steam hammer, The large forging of railway rails, has been re.soly.ed ipto a large stave of soliel i^jpn 18, feet long, circular for the greater p^rfj pf its length and square at tho small end. The circular part is in thrge siz,es, to wit, 2,|in-7^in. apd, 6£i". diameters, whilst the square is 4|ip. It is a pretty pijoce of work, solid, and true as pos* siblc, with e^celjent finish. Thi? stave is the, fiji'sfc step in the construction of, a steamer's shaft, and is to ho kept on hand ready fpr utilising i,n the. event of an order for a sbpfjt ljeing given. Several gopdj slabs of iron — solid, metal— were forged from the small fur-, ljace, and the, forgeman is also, engaged in !pr&pari;ig toojji for heavy work.. Tho hammer operates with, marvellous lightness as well as ippwer, bars of steel and iron as small as a quarter. pf an, inch in diameter being worked up by % -— _ i- _ )><i--i ____^__ < „