The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 67, 12 September 1877, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1877.

There was a sitting the Warden's Qourt yesterday, Btff there were no cases' for hearing. The, Perse,ypranco Company, , through s ,the 4 legaj njanjgerji .Mr B. i .'BUenn/iri ,; . applied, fo^registratioii'of; a' tygmVayj toj'bbnnect the ''fffißfe witjt^th'e up'per'p'ortiori of tho Dauntless t'raaiwayTgrahie'd. The Fiery Cross * Company also.; applied fpr registration of two ( tram^4yj>' The, Company. _ are . replacing the wooden rails of the i ol,d line ;vyith iron ways, and making deviations i,u therouiJe, granted, Mr Wise, on behalf of the Orlando Company applied for registration of two head races, ; granted. The Cduvt then adjourned. ■■■■> The : Keßidetit u MagHtr late1 ate ? 8> Court.' will sit) again this morning, when the hearing oi tne charge^gain^t^Hgrix Sinith_wilX.be resumed. We believe. th,a,t several, .additional, witnesses . are to be called jor,. the prosecution, and close upon twenty witnesses will' b&'.fialled for' the defence. • It is unlikely therefore that the Case' will-* Be concluded '{o'-day? '■!•'•>• •*'•' ... The overdue " Gtreymouth coach reached i Eeeltc-^at.l'.^O p / m,-j3'esterciay ii r ' The detention was caused-hy- a flood in the Big Grey rßiverVs! 1 -- vt<> .>4i>oi "S. ■'* ■■»>■ -v .•> ' \ ? THe'tim'e rj o.f ''the^E^fte^?' Mftgisfi{j;tf jwas taken up.^eaterd^/during.'tlie'graaler p,ar't of the day,,,, investigating a charge of. nsin.g. insulting language. It will be seen hy our., report , of .the proceedings the caß.e in| thja end found, an, easy^ ana" what must -be to. aIV parties concerned.,, a, perfectly _,.'„ satisfactory solution. The < case of the ' B.ank . af ilew Zealand v. Wylde was re-«open'6d and the. hearing wafco^tin^ed; p,m^, an adjournment till this m.ofning, was •: grafted, the j be'nch .Holding in reserve a techbi'calj obie"clion'kißed"by Mr Guinness for the, 'defondint as to. the, qjiestion of jurisdiction. Q)he ( cflsewillibo dispbsed > i a.f(tc[4dayt. ( ..',• ■/] j A'laVgis number 'of 'the^'businsss people of Q-reymouth, th'e'Maypr v of, Kumara, land se'voral member? of the Cpu,nty Council assemb.led.. af ",Q;iiiTier's Hotel' iast night, for thu of wishing, s^cess ai^d. -prosperity ta W. i'E.VS. Hiok'son, Esq., on his departure from Gtref Month, to Rebfjon'j'- 1 tb^'Jafe 6harge. of the National Bant at 'tlio latter place- An apology from His Worship th,a .Mayor o,f ' G-wymouth,, for ! hia s unavoidable ; absence was received. *A,' % Q-ninWs3,, ; Esq., ' County Chairman" was vo^ed to the chair,, anli,' 'called ion those 'ipresen,!;; to drink to jV the health of Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family. This, toast having been duly, honored,, the Chairman propped the toast, of f/tie? evening, the\ealth and, -prosperity of Mi' Hickapn,; and in an able speechrsp o^. 0 °f * na * gentleman in high, terms as a -banker, a friend, and a citizen,' expressing the : regret felt b,y all ' Sections of the commuiiity at his removal frbtn amongst tl&,etn, ; It was^his pleasant, duty,, qv , ; behalf of^hose present, to. present hi^ wjth a 'gold g^afdyas a> token 0.l their, esteem and regard, anel trusted he would HV^ many many, years. , to, y(ear., them, and that t|ie w,atch would, a.l way a. keep! good rtime, and that Mr vie with it in r,egu» larity. 'Ihe toast was-drank enthusiastically, the,compa,ny spging "He's, a jplly, : good follow," and. finishing, with threaoheeL'S for Mr Hickson, and one extra . for Mrs Hickgon and son, Oth,er geh;treß\an having spoken in Complimentary terms^ofjheir; gues.t, and a song ; }iavi.ng'M e n WmM Mrj' Jibing, Mr. Hjokson replied w a .very, feeling imahner-. to. theMjast', 'taaniinf th^bbmpan'f^o'r 'tK Kitein'etes- ; timonial presented, ■nk <>^t^ -M .ce^aiply fe.JtjSprry^tp fleave.so^anyi frienclsV but trusted he- would have many oppor|;u,nitics of mixing. with them.' "A vote of- thanks, to the Chairman terminated the proceedings'.. — Grey Eiver Arg^s, Tho time has been extended for the acijeptanco of tenders' for top Cb-nfcrabtorß of flujting for the Just-iu'Time and Fi^ry'Cfp^Opmpany until'Satufday next,' 1 5th instant, o,l^'p.jn,,. "] We are: info.rm'ed th'dt a further can,vass in, aid of the ppecti'on of the new church foij th,e Catholic congregation has : J tho ampunt/Of donations to dope upon £1,000, ( The Grey coaoh/ did not arrive last >nigbfc, but the mails we're brought. on on horseback. /.The.coaph which arrived from. Greym,o,uth-at mid"d,ay yesterday Will leav,e. this, morniqg at theiUsual h,our, j -,-.,: > ;• > Redfton 'has been" fairiy surfeited with litigaMoiJ, in atfo'^ay 'or v anoth,eir"^ring tlie" pa9t fe,w,.days. . s A,h&?vy, case in., the District, Court ocou,pyang the- close attention of judges biiyjui'yi and 'niimet'Ous uuditory, took up the whole of ThUi'sday, arid Friday last, 'On, Saturday the sittings of the Djstrict Court closed, and then commenced proceedings in connection with the recent hotel robbery, and there ia every likelihood of th,e hearing spjus, ing out for the remainder of the present week, The ChnVi.m na,ra,o3 of the young ladios in an American College are itlmosfall diminutives of those which wo giro to^ our children— Mollie, Katie,, Annie,; .Jemmio.jDollic, Ollie, Hattie, Effio, Nannie. When the Christian names are not diminutives, they are generally

exceedingly short, as Ida, Corn, Ara, Ora Ada Dora, Ella, Lola, Lau,ra, Rosa. Only ono young lady has a name above two syllables. It is Carlesetta. A correspondent of the " G-ippsland Mercury" thus waxes witty in describing some of the recent incidents N^svW\°i^X Champion t— " Jem Mnce^dfeSoribeS hi%ißlt v to Tasmania as one contin'ub|j& trmmph^^pb.e tlieatres were crowded every night, ana" h e enjoyed the patrpflag& x of, the Govern.6r| t on three occasions in ono week, and to wind up, he wfts presented with a diamond ring worth eighty guineas, Apropos of diamonds, Jem Mace, on. his return from Tasmania, was presented fwfth an "imtflefiso diamond ring | worth £300* How's* that for high; diamonds being, trumps ?--J am not.atalkeurprised thai;, he intends to sever his connection with tho. circus, business and settle" 3aWn in Yi.ctbria. . The prize ring had its allurements for hia yeulhrdifimond-ringrliave their temptations nowi- and he, doubtless, ; regftrds the betting ring' as affiivorabje prospect for" the future^" ( ~ While complai^tsjcp,nie.f.rom different pavt9 ■• of the colony, the disposition to invest capital in such companies as the'^nion Insurance Company showd that there is no scarcity 'of money in some parts-Rerii&rking upon this so,' :fiir as Auckland is; concered, an exchange says :— :Qn the applications made in Auckland, a sum of £12,500. , has already been paid,,a. sittailar s,um,., has $o be j paid <>£.; I allo > .inent' ;o? <jha shares, and,:, of; course,; all thosa 'who r. have applied have the money in their hands. Then calls of 6d are tb be made at intervaljS of four months, and altogether, if all the applicants in Auckland are satisfied, they, will have to pay, within a twelvemonth, £62,000. This is not much less than £1 a head for the whole European population of the province— men, women, and children,, unemployed and all. It isi i noticeable that. Auckland has applied l for -far M did •Bba1 i Bs I than v hei"prop'ortion according' to population,' from which it might be inferred that she 1 is .the, wealthiest part of the colony. •• h ; Some very ugly rumours respecting re - 'pudiatibn have been current on Change for 'the last' 48 hours, and we are informed that one or 'two of the 'brokers have been heavily ''.'hit' I ' through the action of a speculator sell, ing Alburnias at prices 'from £5 fo£ ( 6j and then refusiii'g to delivt?i% . In' one 1 or two •■iiisMcesl'-fclie'' Brokers j the share! a,H^lpil of £100, another Waller sums, 'drftTwe xegret to j heair'tHeVe'is little lik'e'lihbod of ; recouping' 'fche&'seiyeV.' ' Such "^stances as the above 'are 'very j rare. — Auckland papeiC !