THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 94, 12 November 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1877.

In pursuance of a resolution passed" ab the W< mpeting of the Inanga : hua County Council, the Chairman, on Friday last, forwarded n telegram to the Colonial Government, stating the heavy damage done by the last flood to the roads of the County, and urging the necessity- of a special mnney grant to the Council to enable that ljody to undertake the required repaire. To this telegram a c'ourie.o.tfs reply was promptly received by Mr Brennivi from the Premier, Sir Q-eorge Grey, expressing regret for the'damnge done iv the Counfv, and intimating that tho matter would be fit once laid before the Minister of Public Works with the view, if possible, of meeting the request. A similar telegram was also forwarded tq the representatives of the district to which a reply wa.9 likewise received in'.imating lhat every effort would be made with Ministers to further the application.- Prom this there would seem to be some hope of assipr tan.cc being rendered. At the sitting of the District Court, Greymouth, on tlie Ist instant, the names of Edward Musters and James Middle! on were ordered to bo removed from tlie list of con/sribuiofies of the Rainy Creek Company. The following nre the dates of the sittings of the District (Jmrfc, at Rnefton, for f.he inoomng year :— January 16, February 12, March 11, April 9, May 13, June 17, August 12, September 17, October 8, November 1%, December 9. A special meeting of the Hospital Com? mittco will be held at Mr M'Lean's office, this evening, at 8 o'clock,, for the purpose of dealing with the vacant office of Medical Officer of the Hospital. Mr Wm. Gardiner has been appointed road overseer of the County jn the room of the kte Mr A. Munro. It io reported that the Little Gr>y river durjng the recent flood rose to within two feet of McHanly'o homestead, which is the highest level by several feet ever attained, at the epot by any fjoad during th^past thirteen yeni'B At the Still Water Creek on the Grey roal, the flood rose to the roof of Dick'" accommoda'ion house, completely submerging several loaded waggons enmped there. At Brunncrton tho river rose to "within two feet of the mouth of the c*oal pit Heath Company's shufj;. It is said that the spectacle of the floqd in the rivsr frqm the Inangahua Junction was pitifijl. Scord of cattle, horses, >md sheep were swept past during several hour?, togftheii with houses, barns, pigstyes, and other farm properties. Fowls innumerable perched on the roofs of houses were swept past, and tho country for miles around presents a most awful scene of wreck and deso» lation. Hundreds of acres of cultivation have , been hopeleealy ruined, and many of the small settlers have lost everything they possessed. It is reckoned that under the most favorable circumstances dray tiaffic between "Recftqn nnd Westport cannot be resumed for three qr fouf moutbs to come, Tho agricultural holding near tho junction, known at Eletcher'a Farm, has been swept away entirely, the river running through iho centre, of it. It is reported thnt Job Lines' conqh was washed awny by the flood in the Bullet. Speaking of sweepstakes I). W. Virtue writes to the West Coast Times as follows j — Seven thousand four hundred pounds have been engulpbed dining the lusfc fortnight; ii; those publican whirlpools, originated, carried/ on, and finished by pare rapacity and avarice., without reference to the motives of religion, honor, fear, Qf shame. Merchants, ltiv/yer^ doctors, teacher?, heads of public depart}" ments, and families have been willingly drawn in, and you, sir, hayo published the disgrace. On the last occasion you inform iv " that £200 was raised at the -last moment " upon the rattle of tlie dice, from parents, young me'i, and moro childron, and this U lmld up as an evidence of prosperity ; an argument as convincing as the gambler's last throw, which completes his~vuin, Legitimate debts nvo left unpaid to supply and complete the infamy, and no murmur is made, nor does tho Stato interfere. God has spoken to us in die late fever visitation, and lii 3 vo'ce ; hos been dinvgnrded ; the Rambling mania is proof ngainst the warnings, and mansions of God. of histpry, and men. We lenru that Mr P. M'Neill, farmer, Fern Flat, suffered heavily by the flood. A barn containing about ton tons of potatoes and othor produce v/as swept ay/ay holu3 bolu<». Tue lust Grey coach did not rpucli lioro until S o'clock yes(erdny morning. Tlie f'aufo of the detentiop was an accident which bvUl the coach at Stony Creek. A vory interesting game of crickrt was played on the ground on Friday last, Prince <){ Wales' Birthday. T\to elevens were

aolpcted, and captained respectively by M r E. SUmw and Mr W- S. Staite. Somo first cla9B batting was displayed, and.th? play all round wa3 liigKly promising. The wLolo of the damage done to the Just* in Time machine, race by .the recent flood has been repaired, §nd tkp battery wp.3 set ,in mo.tion on Friday lopt. The G-lee Club yall meet for the U3u.nl weekly practice- tjji.p evening, at § o'clock sharp. , , , Thera will bo a sitting of Uae local Court to-ma.rrow, when a heavy lis,t of ensos will come on for hearing. When the liouse sat ;n committee on the J?ublie Reserves Bill, Mr S.tout mo.teil an nmenclment ,to prohibit the granting g[ licences Uo sell liquor on racecourses situate ' on public reserves. The reception and result of ;the motion are thus described by the parliamentary correspondent of the Auckland Star;— ll1 1 Fo£ said racecourses were great MBemblnge? of sharpers, prostitutes, thieves, 'old rogues, and old rascals. }a conscience only few respectable people went to such places, and they vyere annoyed by the other classes he had named, lit Manders pot on his legs and denounced Mr Fox ; adducing medioai arguments to chow alcohol was not i ijurious. Me Stout, in a witjiedng reply, Slid it djd n9t m.atter whether a c?an was drunk on the racecourse or in -V another place." Jfy was not responsible for his actions. Mr Stout's amendment was rejected by 3^, to SA. ' Another jelause, granting leases of racecourses and other recreation! reserves for forty-two years was als> struck put. The Bill v™g>eportod, but will be recommittedpn Friduy for the insertion of a new clause, which will be arranged between Messrs Sheehan and Stout, granting lease for shortea fcerm.p. We have received a lejtter from My A. Buten, managing agent for Mr Herbert Boberfc,s clu>mpion bi^iard player, stating that Mr Roberts will visit Reefton shortly. Mr Roberts U now at PulmerstOJ, North I -land. Tenders are elsowhoro invite:! by the Great Northern Company, Larry's Creek, for iiriung tunnel. The Company are now within twelve foet of the line of reef. We some days ago reported the striking of payable stone by this Company, and the present prospects of this mine are highly encouraging. We learn that the IJopeful crushing will be continued as long as the battery is available. The recent stoppage of the machinery has caused n great accumulation of stone in the different paddocks, and it is said that the yesnlt of the crushing will be <^uite as satisfactory as any yet obtained. An announcement appears elsewhere on behalf of the Trustees of the lieefton Cemetery, cautioning persons against cutting grass in the Cemetery enclosure. It appears that some person or persons hive been mowing down and carrying away the Cemetery grass to feed cows. A writer in the Anckland Wookly News, says ; — "Kvidono*" is not wanting of the determination of both contending Empires toe continue the war next. RusMfi order ing 700 Krupp guns by next April raiy have a double object in view, making it hipoasiblo for any to bo supplied to Turkey. The Grand Vizier scornfully 'rejects all proposals of mediation. Dominations are preparing, not only for a winter campagin but the renewal of the war next year, when greater numbers will li<? brought into a-tipn, and the war will assume a fiercer character, as the feolingg of tho rival nullons become more em* bitterer]. Both sides seem confident of the final is3iip, and the European public is wniling with nnxtety to see , what effect the climnto and winter will lviyo on the Russian army h the field Twice already iv previous war* has disease bren Tui key's strongest eon federate, and already wo hear that from tli is oanse there is great havoc in the army surrounding Plevna. Mr James Wylde has been appointed Tqwn Clerk and Surveyor to the Kumara municipality. There were thirteen applicants for the appointment. Mr Wyldo is sot to bo allowed private prac^ic", and the toxins are three months notice on either side. •' The greatest fenor of the dday,1' 1 says AngloxAustralasian in the European Maii, '{ puts a high value upon his services, You have of course heinvl, that negotiations hnye been in progress wliicli it was hope 1 would end in Mr Sims Reeves paying a visit to Australia. Well, J can't tell you just now how the. matter has ended, but I hear that gentleman wants £10,000 for the trip, and that he stipulate.', for a lot of other conditions — such as insurances, and qompen«ntion if the colonial air should prove fatu-1 to his voice. VC'u just possiblo, therefore,, Miafc hif) /demands may be considered too extravagant, and that you will not hare the picture qf hearing him after all," The following aduerttfiement appenro in a Christchuroh paper :— •' I, Annie Burt, of Armagh -ystreot east, wish to deny ihe report that is circulated in Christohurch, that I am married to Thomns Pope^ do Bow 1 . I am not; neitlier do I infc-nd be. Dunedin and Wellington papers pleace copy.'' This is exceedingly "rough" qn poor Mr. Pope de liypi'. Accounts from all parts of Ireland re* prpsent an almost unequalled prosperity of everything connected with farming prospepts. In the central and western districts 0/ the county, once tho most backward, the cultivation shows a most marvellous improvement, and it is most remarkable that for many districts the squalid thatched mud-cabin of the lahorer has disappeared, nn 1 gqod slated lnuoea are very common. Th,e condition o,f Ireland is quickly qssimiliiltng in tk.o agricultural districts to that of England. Seldom in the month of June have cereals looked moyo healthy and promising. Potatoes are of a splendid orop, and have already been, sold in, many provincial markets. Uofore making up thoiu minds to " file, 1 ' intending bankrupts would do. well to see that Miey have the wherewilhal to pay for ad« vrvlising, as well u3 other expenses nocessary in " going through tho Court," At an f?cnminatiou of an insolvent at Inverairgill, is I transpired that a meeting of his creditors had

not been formally ealleJ, by adyertiflomw,-^ ,or otherwise, because there was no funds to pay for jmob an .advertisement, and further, that . a private nr^angefnent Jja^ing ;been come to, it was not considered necessary. In reply to • the fCrst .question, Juijlge Ward sa,icl ,it was tho .duty of the trijistpo to sec that there wore the necessary funds, ox he should nojt .accept office. In the second case, the. Court laid ir, down that-, the £rst meeting not Jpeing con* elusive, the Act required a second meeting which .should be called, and if no creditors appear at it, then the order of discharge yrould be granted as a matter of course, In the House of Representatives Captain Russell asked ;tjie post.master-G-eneral-rWhy i .the postmasters who are authorised to r.c« f coi.ve tj[ie premiums on life assurance policies are not permitted to receive interest .upon Joans advanced upon the security of sych policies and if he will issue puch orders .as w^U enable tjticra to do ao hereafter ? The Jion Mr Fisher in reply §afd. that from inquiries that Jiad been made it was shewn that ,ttye business done, was not sufficiently largo; If the work was found to iuflrcase bo as to pay, the business would phen be truiv* ea,cted through llje Bftijk of N.evv Zealand. T^ere is a lot of reading iij " Uau9nrd." Any constant reader of tint amusing volume will adnn't this fact. I'm not sure (says tUe ." Loafer "9f the Press) that its speeches are .always ?cry instructive, but here Quid there one meet 3 with oaais-^a real o.ice genuino green ousij— sucli as th© one boijeatli, which M occurs in a speech of Dr Pollea's on tlje fupiinui Uommonago Hill. Thus the Doctoy — "Ho understood co'iirnonage to be land set ' apart by public bounty for the use of the .' poor man 1 - -th_e piaoo whereon his cow and his goose, his bit of a pig and other members of Ms family [the Itali,ep are— not the Doc tore] might graze or disport themselves." The Hou. Mr 0-isborno lately asked the { Miuis.ter of whether the Q-overnmsnt will bring in a Bill to alter the Jury Act, so that special jurors may receive payment for e&clj day on which they eerve in civil cases, nutead of receiving a Rsed fee of one guinea for each civil case, however, long it may hu4 The Hon. Mr Sheeh:an stated, in reply, that G-overnment would ; pog^ibla, introduce a Bill to proyida for jurors being paid by the day. Li tljie course of hearing a case in bankruptcy on Saturday (says the Southland Keys) Judge Ward pointed ou£ a delightful way for debtor to esoapg auy jncouyenient 1 questions \i% poutt. Wljile oo the one hand 1 the Act fixes no period for a debtor giving notice of intention to apply for his discharge, on the other huud creditors are required lo give seven days notice of their intention to 1 oppose it. The question how that can bp clone if tljo debtor applies say twenty-four 1 only before fbc Cou# sija, a$ he may legally i do, js rather a pice one for a legal gentleman to settlo. , We take the following from the We3t > Coast Times of yesterday : -r Owing to the i peculiar wording of the Counties Act it seemo ; clear tljat it will not be necessary to proceed t tfl the eiepbion of a County Chuinnan in any > County, this yeur, and a prominent legal i member of the flouso bus given an opinion i on the point to the elect that the present , Chairmen of Counties are entitled -r- if they > like — to retain tjieir esccg until November : ISfS. When tjie Counties Act was framed, > lp wii.s b^lieyed, and intended that it should i cpme into force before the end of 1876. It 1 did not, however, become adopted in any County before January 1, 1877, and a'l the i County Chairmen wore el ected subsequent to ; that date, Now the 51th section of the i Counties Act reads as follows :— ?' Tlio Council slfall, at its ijrst m eeting, and 'thereafter at the annual meeting to be held on the foiivth. i Wednesday in Nqrcmbei? in cv : si\ij fiUQceeding ' year, elect one of its members to bo Chair, man.'' A* tlje time Ju^t nientioned in tho [ year l§j?'f is not in the " succeeding year" to l January or March, 1877 (whep most of tlje i Chairmen \yerp elected), it is held that tho i Chairmen hold offbe until the next or " sue* : ceeding year," namely, November, 1878. Scoundrelism, — Irresponsible ppeculu.to.rs Me p,gftin at work endeavouring to deecivo the , public with imported and domestic: umnedir* cated drain?, ly representing them to be the PDme na or equal to UDOT/Eito Wolfe's ScJtlEDAIj^ AUOMATJO SCHNTAPPg. Ths Vi'lll article' Dears 'o\\ if^ J^bcl (lie signattire .-uid aodross of the proprietpr and it* nnino is em* hoboed on t]\e bqtplp. Ask for it and take no | other. Lpj ■" ii .' .. .' ;. ' J