THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 91, 5 November 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1877.

The mooting of tho County Council which wag to havo boon hold on Friday last, was adjourned until to-day, at the usual hour, Afc tho firafc mooting ordinary business will bo riioposcd of. Tho Council will then hold a special mooting to cousidor the subject of drainage. The rivp.r has made a further encroachment upon Iho mar bank near the Chinamen's garden, and tho demolition of tho ro .-naming portion is only a matter of timo. It ia not improbablo that tho nost flood will find its way to the foot of tho terrace, and thus con* vert Rosa Town into an island. [This para* graph was written 'on Saturday last, Tho following telegram from Ahaurawas kindly forwarded to us yesterday by Mr Warden Shaw, "Ahauru, 4tli Novombor, 5.20 p.m. — Tronienclous floods hero. The country bolow Ahaura and at Totarn Flat ia under water. Tho Ahaura protective works, just finished, havo boon Bwopt clean away. The Koso troupo repeated thoir really excellent entertain mont in Gilmor's Hall, on Saturday evening, but tho rain poured down mercilessly and it was roally a matter of surpriso to soo prosout even the, limited atten" danco thore was. The programmo was, how» evor, gone through without deviation and gave tho u(m ist satisfaction. During tho evening Miss Vio'ot Rooo rceoivod an encoro for every song rondoi'od. Tho quantity of amalgam collected from tho p-latoa at the Wealth of Nations battery for tho week ended Saturday last was 338 ozs 13 dwt, boing a considerable improvement upon late return 8. ' On Friday last t'ao Bank of New Zeal md oscorted the large monthly parcol of 4,135 oza G dwfc of gold to Gtreymourh. In tho Warden's Court on Thursday lust, during tho hearing of the application of Francis Walkor and othors for mining lease at Boatmane'i Mr Hankin, who appeared as ono of tha objectors, applied that tho evidence of witnessed should bo tallon upon oath. SLithorto it had beon the rulo of tho Court to treat applications minisfcerally, ovidenco boing received without tbo formality of Bwearing the witnesses, The Warden saw no objection to tho course, and it was ultimately agrood that thp evidence should be takon upon oath. In tho Warden's Court on Friday last Mr Staite, on behalf of tho Dauntless Extended Company, applied for protection for four months. He said the facts upon which the application was based had been set out in the form of au affidavit by Mr M. Byrne, and wore as follows :— Tho Company consisted of 24,000 Bhares of 203 each, of which lGs per sharo was cqusiclorod as paid up. Prior to registration th,o Company carried ot very considorublo operations, aud sinco tho registration of tho Company 4d por share had bocn culled up. Since the commencement of operations tho Company had oxpondod £6700, ov there*, abouts, of which £6500 was expended during tho first twelve months, £1900 of that amount having been disbursed in wages. The Com' puny' hud had one crushing from which £185 only hud been realised. Tho substantial reasons for tho application were thufc the Energetic Company aro sinking v shaft near the Dauntlco3 boundary iind liavo got good stone. At present tho Dauntless Company tiro in doubt as to which side of their shaft the reef mtio, and this doubt will bo solved by tho ainkiun of tho Energetics uliaft. Thp Company have tho fullest confidence in tho payable nature of Ibe atono ia the low level, but tho oxnet courso of which from their shaft cannot be ascertained other Ityin by tho sinking of tho Sucrgctic shaft or by carrying down the Dattctle.,33 shaft, aud as the former wo/t is

now in progross it will be much more advan* tag<*oU3 to the applicants to a^ait tho reßiflt of that work. The Datfutleso-iCompany pom siatcd only o,f six or seven shareholders, and they had already ospended the largo euin stated. The Warden Bajd ho would require, to bo furnished with an affidavit setting forth tho time likely to bo occupied in sinking thq Enorgotic shaft, and also a map showing tho cpurao of tho reef at that spot, as w.oll as tho woi'kiugg of tho Dauntless mine. Mr. Byvnp was prepared to furnish the infqrma- j tion sought by iho Warden, and tho appilca- J tiou was accordingly adjourned to allow of thflt being dono. Tho Court then adjourned. There io moro than ono " snob " in Wcl> lingtou (says the Post), and we feel somo c uriosity as to wliicli particular, snob thp largo placards posted about tho town refer. These posters are addrossod " To all whom jt may concorn," and then go on to express an ppinion that " Tho man who gives a big dinner party, and dqpon't pay his butcher's and bailor's bill ia a snob ;" and mournfully addo, " yot a caso of this sort occurrad here only a i'evf days ago." For thq finish thoro is a quqtation from Shakespeare — " Let tho galled jado wince 5 our withors aro uowrung." Thorc is more . meritod satire in this skit, than might at first appear. Tho vico of cqlpnial citica is tho system of some pooplo living beyond their means in order to inako an out* ward show to the world, Some people with fixed incomes in tho shape of modevato sala* rics, livo in a fashion utterly unwarrantable. The husband wonvs broadcloth and fino liuon, tho wife affects the latest fashions ; while tho thoutro, balls, concerts, and all sorts of enter*taiments aro habitually indulgod in. Of course tbo thing cannot last. Debts aro incurred the butcher, baker, and grocor aro oithor only partially paid, or not paid at all, and in tho end there is a snms.li, ending either in thp bankruptcy court, or a quiet exodus to ••fresh fiolda and pastures now." If peoplo would only think over the matter they would per* ccivo that at the rate of £400 a yenr whom, making a fixod incomo of £300, ia simply d cfratiding those persons who trust them with moneys v/orth. And it must bo a wretched life while it lasts. To have to cajolo and wheedle creditors with lying promises that can novor bo fulfilled, and to know that tho inevitable smash must como soruo day, canrot bo a pleasant daily experience ovou to those who havo become thickskinncd and whoso moral sense has been blunted by an expori* onco of chronic impccunio9ity. A Dunedin telegram to tfce Post says that tho Immigration Officer has sent to the papers the following extraordinary letter which ho recoived from homo by tho last mail : — I wisii to bring before your serious consideration a very mysterious affair, viz : Donald M'Konon, unmarried ; Angus M'Donald, married ; Donald Gillies, unmarried ; Donald Gillies, mairiod; Mrs Malcolm Macdonald, or Betty Scott ; Alexander Gillies, unmarried; Donald M'Donald, marriod ; Ewen Gillies, unmarried, all from St. Kilda, the above-named Beven men and women wont in the spring of 1863 in a boat for sonio commodities for their faini* lies to Harris, but when no traces of them could bo found', it was then and sinco thought they were all drowned in crossing tho channel. But it now turns out by an account received of Donald M'Kcnnan, of St. Kilda who died of fever at tho Transvaal Republic, in South-east Africa, that they -wero taken away by somo bad captain of a ship, which mot thorn in tho bay, and had disposed of them into different parts of the world. They bound thomsolves by oath that thoy would never declare how they had been dealt with. M'Konnon went to Dunedin in 18G3, and somo other acquaintances of his camo back in tho samo ship with him Irom Australia to tho Transvaal. I hopo you will examine your list of passengers for the year mentioned, to soe if you will find any person or persons named from St. Kilda, New Britain, in your list of passengers for tho ymr 18G3.— Jno. M'Eay> St Kilda Manse, 10th July, 1887.' : At tho Birmingham Police Court Frederick Dudley, bricklayer, was charged with allowing his wifo to bocomo chargoablo to tho parish. In answer to tho chargo tho prisoner produced the following " agreement," improseod with a aixponny stamp :— " Juno 23 rd, 1863. Agroomonfc of separation between Fredorick Dudley nndEllon Dudley, his wife; and J. B, Moldom. Tho said Frederick Dudley agrees from now and for ever te givo up all claim upon hi? wife, and tho said iDllon Dudley accepting the same, J. B. Meldon agroos to take tho said EUdn Dndlcy, and guarantees, botk as regards himself and tho said Ellon Dudley, not to molest or interfere with tho Baid Frederick Dudley, bo ho with whoover ho may, and molest my landlady, Mrs Hutchiu* son, or call her ill names, or. tako away her character in any way whatever. Aad I, Frederick Dudley and Mrs Hutehiuson agroo not to molest, interfere or enamour tho said J. B. Moldom, or my spouse, Ellen Dudley. Signed their marks, Frederick Dudley, Ellen, Dudley, John B, Moldom. Witness, Goorgo Tinker, Ist July, 1876,.' Tho readiug of this documonfc causod much laughter in court, and eviilenco being given that after leaving her husband tho woman cohabited with Meldon, not subsequently roturning to her husband, tho magistrates said thoy had no alternative but to dismiss tho caso. Mrs Hicks, of New York, who ig now ro« siding tit Claridge's Hotel in London, has introduced into Louclon society what Truth fondly calls tho " American custom " of giving roccptions by day in rooms Bhut up from the sunlight and illuminated with can* dies. The custom appears to hit the British fancy, for we are told that tho guosta at these parties aro to be counted by hundreds. On their arrival at tho hotel they are asked to hand over a suit of rooms from which all dnylight is carefully excluded, Mrs Hicks is tho lady latoly reported to bo tho fiance of the lato Minis'**! 1 Schonck, Swindlers are pni'tirulary active just how attempting to palm off upon lho public certain imitations, counterfeits and bogus iiupoiv tfttions tinrporting to bo identical with or ■' as good as " a standard medicinal boverago ioog aad ftiyojMbly Jsaotyu 'to. tho people o(

Australia. Tbe article Sought to be imitated is the famous UifOLpgo Wolf's ScniEDAM AjjqM^ic ScifN^pps. Ask for and take uone but tb,e genufue ajiticlo.