THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5,1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 64, 5 September 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1877.

Ilia iFonor Judge Westoh arrived from Wpslpovt by each L'St eve'nr'g. "' The Qlce .Clat) practice was very well •aftoude'.l O'i Jfoij-d*y erening, und the gather* ing seenis to. weeiily gai.n in popuUvity. . ■■< 'A specihl sitting of the District Court, before liis ITonor JiVdge Weston, wrll bo held t6»nio;TOw. ; '.rbeve w one oivil cisc— Reeves y. M'Lpan an 1, s-?voiml apiiiioatio'it* in tbo matter of,-llio wiudiug-up of the Raioy Creel Company* ■■ '• In 'iep'nrlitig the proceedings of Ilie meetiiijr heldpii Simduy Ihifl; re' the erection- of n iif-w church bniMing for tbo.-Boman Catholic .congregation, tlio amount subscribed at; the meeting -vvris staled at; £472, whereas it slioulJ ha.v.o been £57^. Tha -amoimfc was c '-tainly lar^e, paiticularly ia tbe face of the fact that . it was . subscribed by some fifteen per»on«. Considemble additions have since leon tiiade to the amount, and it is confi- • clently Tfelieye'd thrit when the general oan« vii'ssis oomploted usw .'fully, sufficient to coyer tjie cost of-tYto intended biiilding will bo avuilable. It is intended to prorcd at oirce'-with tbe e'reotion ofliio'e'liurcli. and ifc n hoped to hare ifc ready /"or conseevation by ibe (1 >te of lliisbop. Eedwood's Tipxf visit to this v ioi i !:!ou of tbe diocese, ! wbLoli -will ba in ■ I^areh ncxK The «pleri<Ticl return obtained by the Oalo» donia Company from. tbs : small parc?l of 6fcone crushed I'ist TTfek, has ngain revived iiterest in ibat •di-eclimi, A 'though the amount tlovivotl fi'om <be ciusb'?>^ is euflicienb to en:iVe (he directors, lo declare a very subsia 'ii;il dividing, it h probable thai \h3 nmoii"t will be rese ; veil fur Ihe'projecuficm of . 'ftw«i-'liwlr ! ch has 'been loivjjn contemplation, namely, the nii)f. : ng of a'niiiin slnfi.to lost dip lode at a 2reate- r depth . The d'reeto-3 of tbj Alex:tn 'rar Company hare Toted a dortation of £25 to John li'G-il-licuddy, ,wbo some liuio ajo wps seriously iujured in the eo'nmny's mine, at Eo4fcmnn's. Ifr John M'G-afEu of ibis town has just received (Voin tbo residents, of Hoss a 'beautifully illumidaled add.'ess,' expvegs'^vo ,of the good wißbes of the community there upon hig departure from tlie district. The addve^s, wl<icb''s signed by all the leading residents of theiplacc, is the handiwork of Mr Clarke, .of Ho'sitika, and is' liandsbmely f;ame(|. The' adilrrsa wn's aceo'mpaiucJ by a parse of • sovereigns. " • . It wilt be recollected that upon' (he receipt here a short time ago of tbo petition of tlio inhabitants of ilatnpiHn, piajkg for the formation of a sepa-ato County, tbe I'inpgah.ua County Council at once decided to discontinue all public fspDnilituro in that portion of tbe County. The Lletorn-iinatioii of Ibe Council has 6ince been carried into effect, and wo now hear that a fearful commotion lies been caused thereat. A number of tbe residents have boon suddenly nrousccl to their position,and are vowi g all lands of vengeance against tlie petition nndevrvyboly fOinectnd.wiHi it. Wo have it on good authority t'.iab tbe petfiou ia to bo questioned on the snore of bon.i lldcs, and 'hat representations will be inside io tbo Government to posvpovo all action in the matter until \hc o'?;'n»it!o:iitt3 tre heard. A daily fou -bone coach to run between lli-qfton a.id rojidnfMi's, .'s one of l!ie lalcsf e-.'tcrpviscß nf the district. r J he pi-o^rijioria ifrA. G. U'Wilams, lunj and f vo^bly

known in connection with Hie GrF.ymouth mail line. The traffic between Keef'.on and Boatmans has been steadily increasing for a long lime past, ana there is up.. .doubt tliat during the approaching summer..wiih\he;facilityjnow offered , it will very largely increase, ft fvrpi^ld be a fitting time now (o agitate for a daily mail' belween the two places, for the winit of such a service has been long felt. Mr'M'Williams' plucky venture will bo a boon to travellers and wo trust he will meet with a full measure of support. Tenders nro invited by the United Alpine Company, fof the conveyance of machinery from iho Despatch Foundry, Greymouth, to the Company's machine Bite, Lyell Creek. Tenders close on Wednesday, 12th instant. The JustsinsTime Company had a scraping up on Saturday last, after running through 180 ions of stone, the result being 970 ounces of amalgam. This quantity of amalgam was laken from one plate only, and would indicate an excellent crashing.Atameoiingof the directors of Andorsou'a Extended Comprmy, held at Iho office of Iho company, on Monday qveuing last, a resolution whs carriod excluding visitors and reporters from the mine in future, unless with the ex-pi ess permission -of tho directors. The directors, wo are iuformed, were impelled to this e±*-renie and seemingly arbirary Ftep in consequence df a paragraph which ap; eared in the mining report of the Herald df Saturday last. It is saul that the report in question largely misrepresented the pros* peels of tho mine, and was in direct conflict with the reports of the directors to the down ' country shareholders. When it is under* stood that pbont four fifths of tho company is held outside tho district, the importance of accuracy in any published information about the mine will be apparent, is it is an uneasy feeling was created, and for a little time the directors were placed in a false position. As in this instance, "where ihe bulk of those interested live at a distance, the parties are very largely, dependent upon Iho newspapers for their information concerning (he mines, »nd nny thing like repeated inaccuracy in this direction must result injuriously in more ways than one. The course taken by .Andei'son's Company will perhaps have some good., effect Thctotiil amount paid Ly Cove nmc-nl as conrvusatlon (o Provincial oSlcei'3 whose servi-e-i have b?eu ciisjVirrtd v h, was .Q2/719 ]3;i lid. Asche.u'e of a.l officers disi'cn cl with is to belaid be 'ore 1 Lie House, ou which til a Government p'Ojose to maL& recommendations, if they think fii . Tjo follo'.vini;, says iho Toronto Gobe, is tho latest oil siory :— A man went iVom Kew York to Penuslyvanta oii regiO-i and spent 4500 do'iav.-i in loriag for 0.1, but without success. He had no funds Jefi, m; ha bought five barre's of oil ou oredls earned them l> bisroll i i tie wljiti poured' 'the oil down X-, p/Yes, atidlhe next niorni.ig begin pumping with a success tb.it astonished o'l Ji s neighbours. Before the flow btojiped he s?!d hi, •well for 7000 dollars, aiid went home. "N here are the wooden nutmeg maters now ?. H . Twenly-jeven years ago the first subtnnii io cable was luid across tho Strait of Dover. This was a single co^p' r wire eovere.l in gutta-peicha, which parted nest day, and ihe first practicable submarine cable was laid in 1801, on tht> route. Since then the progress of ocean telegraphy has been estraordina-y, no fewer than six cables spanning the AilauuQ 'bed-*- five to North America (ul. though these are not all working), and one to South America by way of Madiera and Pernambuco. And so extensive is tho already existing network oi foreign cablos that whenAsia is united to America by cabling the Pacific the electric girdle rouud the world will.be complete from east to west, as it now is between north, and south. In this great developeoient of telegraphy our countrymen have un question ally furnished both tho lion's share of the work and the capital. The cables have nearly all been manufactured in Loudon, which is f-he head quarters of t<>legrophy. ; Few of tho persons who handle, Bank of England notes (says the Press) ever jthiuk of the amount of labor and ingenuity, that is eineuded on their production. Those notes are made from pure white linen cuttings only, never from rags that have been worn. They have been manufactured for nearly 200 years at the same spot — Laverstoke in Hampshire — and by tho same family, th& Portals, who are descended from some JVeuch Protestant refugees.' So carefully is the paper prepared that even the number, of ■ dips into the pulp, made by each workman is registered on a dial by machinery, and tho sheets are carefully counted ard bdoked to 6ach person through whose hands theypsss. Tlie : print,rg is done by a most curious process in Mr C'oe's department within the ba^k building.. There is an elaborate 'arrangement for securing that no note shall, be exactly lite, auy other in existence; consequently there nevt-r was a duplicate of a Bank of England note, excojit by forgery. It has been stated that ll'o stock of paid notes for seven years [i about f.'4 millions in: number, and they fill IS,OCO boxes, which if placed side by side wouid reach three miles. The notes, placed in v ile, would be eight miles high j or if joined end to end, would form a ribbon 15,000 nrles long. Their supciYCJ-al extent is more than that of Hyde Pnrl., their ovijinol value. was over £0,000,000,000, and ihciv weight ovei 1 112 tons. r Jhe Vilalis t'-ial at e'lMarsfes is a cause for teuis. Maria, Boycr, aged 17, assisted' Viluli-.hoi' love' 1 , to mu>-der and cut up her mother, n wMow oged <!'7. "VitalK like the crim'ual Clodefroy, was tho paramour of the mother; cupid ty was his aim. The letters of JTiir'n, e.u'dlenily written, show that sho vvns wel' oducatea j slio w.is brought up in a (jo -vent, lu!j' mutbi-L' jiinl 'V"li tils. finished, her ccluc-a'.ioii by i>. < -y icli ! t^ her wi'-h obso^no novi-ls; tio '.iiiji- v. id "'.riivi.i agreed to nut lbs ino.liu. oil', of the w. y, «o sho irai attached "tv ", , 1 1 ; i .--a v'-ij i i l . f ]ie dsui^l.ti'i' b\ innriug o'/.- ;i.ui . .i..oir< ;o :':.]a tl:o iivv, the Liii/b bin j tv.< !vi:.!, . ij.ii •.-I'll i-i ;1 • jom for ,]> • lr. t■ i' ■- ' . .1 — wlil U . i.L'fc r ['\: it lv

served customers— aud w.th this the head was severed* f.om (.be bod r, the daughter dancing on her mother while bei.'g a'atightered. Not beinjj able to inter the body in the kitchen, they e«-.eee'l (o cut ifc no "Maria amended the shop, while Vitalis cut away. Sometimes she aeLed, " at what part are you now ?" " At the second mm," was the reply. " Be, quiet then, was the encouraging advice. Tho i severed remains were wrapped in old clothes, and both trundled them to a hole in the sand by the eva, when she gave the cheese linife to | Vita'is (o fluish up. She displayed so much milk of the human Lindness &s to beg he would "tale care and nob cut yourself." Maria hits bi»en sentenced to transpotlfcuotf for life, and Vitalis io be guillotined. Beiag i an accomplice of a parricide, ho wiH hare io march to the scaffold in the fashion—barefooted, clad in a widdlng sheet, and head coveivd with a black ve'l.