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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 95, 14 November 1877, Page 2

The cup of sorrow would, indeed, Beem to be full to the brim in the family of Judge Weston, for, wo learn that that dreadful scourge, 9carlet fever, has carried off two more of his Honor's children, making iv all four littlo ones snatched from the one household. Judge Weston v.a3, we believe, in Westport, when the intelligence of this last sad affliction, reached him aud returned at onoe fco Hokitika. It will be observed that the sittings of the District Court hero have been adjourned to the 22nd instant. On the application of tho Eldorado Co m pany, for two months protection being called .on yesterday, Mr Pitt, for the applicants, stated that there waa some probability of the El Dorado and Walhalla Companies uniting for i the purposo of driving a tunnel for joint use A meeting to cousidei* the sui jecfc would probably be held on Saturday next. Tha application y/as therefore adjourned to Friday week. The Stewards of the local races, determined that tho fullest outside publicity should bo given to the approaching raco meeting, have inserted an aunouncoment in various inter-. oolonial newspapers setting forth the various events, dates of nominations, acceptances, and night of general ontry. While on the subject -wo may remark that inquires havo already been received here by telegraph from Blenheim, respecting the details of tho meeting • Tho sitting of tho Warden's Court was taken up during the -whole of yesterday after*' noon with fche hearing of on applioation by Boss and Neilson far an alluvial lease situate "t Cement Town. The Energetic Company , .ppeared io oppose the application on tho j ground tlw. portion of the area applied for was included in a coal lease already held by the Company. It transpired that besides their present coal lease tho Encrgelio Company have applied for au additional urea for coal mining purposes, ancl part of this latter wn9 now . olieel for by Boss and Neilson. The Waroon said the total area applied for by tho Enorgetio Company for coal -was forty four acres, and he could uot understand why euch on extent of ground wati required, ifr Pitt pointed out that the coal seam was very thin and soon exhausted. The' applica tion of the Energetic Compauy was lonafiite. Mr Staite who apposed for Boss and party, was pre* pared to show that no coal existod in a lay-go portiou of the ground applied for by his clients, Aftor hearing both sides pretty fully the War* den decided upon visiting the ground beforo giving a decision, The application of the Dauntless Evaded Company for four months' protection was again oalled on and tho Warden stated that he would visit the ground before deciding upon tho case. Tho application of B. W. Eaithby for a special o?aim for tho Victory Company was again called on, but thero was no appearance of tho applicants, and tho matter was further adjourned. Tho New York Herald of Sep. 17 publishes a lengthy account and good map of Stanley's travels in CenSral Africa. That, young and daving journalist reached Embarno on August 9, Kebenda on tho 14th. with 114 followers, men, women, and children ; and St Paul do Loando on August 23. The map shows that Dr Livingstone's Lualaha leaves' Lake Tanganyika, about Gdeg 30m south, and from Nyangwo, where Lieut Cameron left it and Stanley struck it, the river makes a ereat sweep northward as far as Sdcg north, ahout the meridian of 2i east. Amid extreme perils and difficulties ho accom*. plished the continuous navigation of the j great stream Lualaba from Nyangwo down to the mouth of the Congo, whioh is thus proved to be tho samo river. Stanley says tbat there waa much desperate fighting during the journey, the Natives harassing the 'party day and night, aad killing and wound*. inn- his people with poisoned arrows. ..Sis progress was impeded* afc one point by live* gre»t cataracts, to pass whioh they had lo cut their way through 13, miles of dense forest, frequently exchanging the axes for rifles, as they were attacked. " Not until throe of my men were killed." writes Stanley, " did I cjesist fi^om orying out that we were friends, offering clothes &c." He continues : *' For ' adistanco o£l2 miles the desperate fight on. this terrible river was maintained. ThijWas the last save one of 33 battles on the Imal-* üba, which ri.ver, after changing its name scores of times, becomes known as wo approach eiXilrb. Atlantic Ocean as Kivango and the ZJ-'-pje* As tbo river runs through tho great 4>asin which lies between lon. 2Gdeg. laud-- E, long lVdeg, ifc has an uu* interrupted course of over MOO miles with magnificent affluents, especially pn the Southern side. Thence cleaviug the broad bdt of mountain's between the Groat Basin and the' Atlantic Ocean, it doscends by about thirty falls and furious rapids to the groutriver. Between tho Falls of JSellalla and the Atlantic our losses have been most severo, and my grief is stiil new over the death of my last white assistant, the bravo aud pioufc young Englishman, Francis I'ocock, who was swept over tho Falls of Massasaa on Juno 3 last, On the same day I with seven men \va,3 almost drawn into tho whirlpools of the Mow a Eal Is; and six weeks later myself ancl the entire crow of tho Lady Alieo were swops over tho furious Fall 3of Einbclo, whence ouiy by a miracle >Yo escaped. My faithful young

MMIMI l ft>lWlßWg3il|t^^faM^'»;'g'"^^ *■ '"' ■— companion Kabidea is also among the lost." The foUowing ia the requisition to by* presented to tho member i'or Roslyn ■— ■" To Arthur John Burns, Esq, M.H.R.— -Sir, — ' We, the undersigned qualified electors for | the Eosyln district, express our strong dis» satisfaction with your conduct in deserting the party with whom you were elested to aot, and in withholding your support from Sir George GJ-rey and his administration, and ' oall on you either to support tht* present Government or at once resign your position, as representative of that diatriot, so that the coustituents may have the privilege of elect* ing a representative in whom they oau have confidence." The "Vagabond," of Melbourne fame, has been sent to Cooktowia to report upon that Heathen Chinee, and thiß is his telegraphic reply •—'• After a week's study of the Chinese question, I find, so far as Cooktown is concerned, it has been totally misrepresented in Erjsbaiio, Sydney, aud Melbourne. The cry against Chinese immigration has been raised by a few interested partieu in Northern Queensland, who, liko the silversmiths at Ephesus, are afraid that their occupation of 100 percent will bo gone, through the accession of Chinese storekeep •* era, who trade for low profits. The alluvial diggers are naturally incensed against tho Chinese, who sometimes' interfere with their gains, but, as far as I can lolim, never to any great extent, only, jackal-dike, taking the leavings of .the Europeans. The Chinese, as hewers of wood and drawers of water, are in*dispensable in the district. Tho publio ro\ cognise this, hut some would pvoolucle by taxes the Chinese from trading aud mining." Wo have papers in Zew Zealand which ara occasionally given .to " blowing " about their circulation, but even the best amongst them sink into insigfieance beside tha enormous circulation of the Daily Tclegiaph — a paper that we remember of little more pretensions and no bigger size than our own sheet. Tho Telegraph of Wednesday. August 22, 1877, contains tho following statement regarding their circulation :— " Wo hereby certify that we have this day exami* ned the books in the publishing and printing departments of The Daily Telegraph, from the Ist of May *o the 30th of June, inclusive, Wo find that tbe number of papers printed during that period has heen 12,837,400, showing a duily average of 242,215. This we further stale is the greatest daily average we have hitherto certified from the books of The Daily Telegraph. (Signed) TurquaxP, YOUNOS, and Co., Accountants, 10. Token-house-yard, X.C, Juno 30, 1877." Tho Telegraph remarks ■— " Ib is needless to add that such a return over such a period of time has never beforo boon mado by any daily newspaper bi the annals of journalism."— N,2. Times. A well-known tradesman, who prides himself on being sinurter than most other personin transacting business, the other day des elared (says the Geelong Advertiser) that ho would forgive any man who would steal a march on hire. Soon after the boast he was asked to buy several green ox hides, ancl having completed the purchase to his own satisfaction, and given a goo:l pr ice for the articles of trade named, he was told by tho seller to minutely examine the ox tails attached to tho hides. He did so, and found that tho tails were genuine, but tho hides were those of horses instead of cattle, and as horse hides are not so valuable as the skins of bullocks, the smart tradesmen had toad, mit that he was "reached" for the first time. A late Nelson resident is obtaining similar unenviable notoriety in the Empire City to that he achieved here some two years since, The New Zealand Times, of the 29th. ult, says:— A' man named Jtd ward Tyler was brought up at tho Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday, charged with obtaining by means of a valueless cheque ono set of studa, two solitaires, and a, carbuncle from Benjamin Cohen, on v tho 10th September last. Deteo* tiue Farrcll asked for a remand, stating that there were several other charges against the prisoner. A remand till Tuesday waß grantod, bail being allowed in twe suroties of £25 each. The other day (says the Herald) the late Opposition party held a banquet nt Wellington, in order to renew their political troth to each other "just beforo the battle." On that oecassion various toasts were givon more or less unique; but we failed to sco in tho list any moro appropriate than the following given by the lato Siir Robert Peel, under- similar ciroumstancos, at a Tory Opposition "fish" dinner, regarding the Libenls ; — " May we avoid their flounders, and may we ,-ge. their plaices," to which a witty ex-Chancoll^ivadded, by way of addendum, and "d * v ('" theii* soles I" A Peer prpscnt, however, animated by tho motto of his*rtn*d'er, Noblesse oblige, characterised tho whole proceedings as extremely *-' fishy," and 'expressed a hope that tho meeting would not be "ood-od " into doing anything half so foolish as was implied by the ex-Chancellor*!* Buggestio.l. The worst wish he felt their political opponents was a desire to sco them in another, and, ho might add, « a better world !" Tho New Zealand Times of Monday last snys:— Last evening Bishop Eodwood deli, vcred a charity sermon in St. Mary's Cathedral, Thorndon, in aid of the Indian Famine Relief Tund. Tho right reverend gentleman delivered an eloquent and impressive address, during which he reminded thoso present of the generous aid' which other nations had given to Ireland during tho period of the groat famine, and conclude by appealing to his hearers, as Christians to extend a helping hand to tho starving millions of India No matter of what race, color, or religion, or how far tho distance, it was their duty to help their fel-low-creatures in distress. At tho conclusion of the sermon the handsomo sum of £50 was collected. The Rev. Father Kerney also preached a sermon last evening at -the Boul* cuutt -street Church in aid of the same object, ■when tho svm of #40 was. collcQtcd,

An attempt to rob the sick of a means of cure is nothing less than a crime. Many such attempts have been made by clothing inflammatory nostrums with imitations of the labels, style of bottle, etc., of the most genial tonic and activo remedy for derangements of the stomach, liver, bowels, and breathing organs ever prescribed by tho faculty and nsed by the public. But neither trickery nor competition has been able to ©ffect the reputation of the modicine referred to, Upolfuo Wolfe's Schiedam Aeomatic Schnapps.