THE Inangahna Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV 21,1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 98, 21 November 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, NOV 21, 1877.

Owing to the demand |upo,n our columns by the Financial Statement, rnucli, local matter is unadroidqblj h,eld o,ver until pur nexj; issue. We are glad to, loar.ii tho,t a movement is 9,n took tq raise tho salary of the medica*. officer of the hospital to such a sum as will tompt Dr Martin to continue the appoint' ment: ]b },a said that if nil the companies in tho field, adapt tho plan initiated by Mr Trennory, at the G;olden Fleece mine, a sum amply sufficient tq raise th,e doctor's stipend to, tho required sum can he provided. The ar « rangement at tho Qolden Fleoaa mine., i 9 that a certain sum weekly is docked frp.m the. wages of each man employed in tho mine, for, the Hospital, and; the workmen agree to it cordially. The amateurs will meot for rohpa,vßal \r\ Gilmer's Hall.th.is evening, Nominations for tho various, handicaps at the qpproaching races close on Saturday next, The Gojden F4o.ece Company have aco.ep.tod the tender of May and party for driving 25Q feet in No 4t Level, at Sjqs p.er fapjt, Ten tour dors wjsre sent yi \n all, the highest being 35s 6d per foot, a,nd, the lo.west being 17s per, foot, Tho last mentioned figure was nod considered to be a reasonable, price for the work, and tfye next lo.we3t tender, was uceor* dingly accepted. It would bo a. good ttyug fpr this field if other companies in tlie district treated tenders as tho Go,ldon Fleefle have done in this if\st,ar\ce r There was a sitting of tho Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, but the business in, general was devoid of public interest. In adidition to, the casea reported elsewhere thero. waa an action— M'QjUillan v. Cla,riage — to recover daro.age done tq house bfUhe falling of a tree. Tho. case was adjourned until Friday next. The case of M'G^igan v. Hamp« son— .a claim far £42 10a, the amount of damage alleged to lmvo been done by defendant; to a hired horso. M^< Pitt appeared for plaintiff. Defendant applied for an adjourn* ment of the case until Friday next to enable him to procure counsel from Greymouth, Mr, Pitt was requested by plaintiff to strongly object to the adjournment. Plaintiff intended, to go to Charleston on Th.uvsdiiy next, and therefore wanted tho case to, be gone on with, a.t qnce. Defendant Baid th,ttt plaintiff,- had ■ engaged both the solicitors, and he (defen--1 dant) ( had never had a case in Court v< h,is life, anil did not know what to dp,. His Worr ship suggested a longer adjournment to allow of tho case being proceeded with after plaintiff's return from Charleston. Mr Pitt said plaintiff Yfap quite willing ta that course. Defendant said that would leavo him in the. s,amp. position ho was then, for Mr Guinness, would be away from Roefton before then, and i ho (defendant), co.uld not afford to pay £30 for a special retainer, Mr Pitt said that plaintiff could np.fc sturdy the defendant's coni venience, If tho defence was worth anything at all, it was worth fighting out pro^ perly. His Worßh^p said he was disposed to. give, defendant every latitude. Plaintiff for some reason of his o,wn had thought proper tot engage both tho lpcal solicitors, and had therefore muzzled defendant, It was very unfair in a pla,ce like this for one. suitor to engage both aoJipHors for the obvious con« elusion from such a-courso wns that t\e party so acting sought to take his opponent "t a disadvantage, for it; could bo assumed th.a,t in, OjU, hu,t large caspjn a, man would put up with a, good deal rather, than pay £30. for counsel from a distance, Under these circumstances then he could pot fool justified in forcing defendant to proceed unrepresented merely, because plaintiff said Uo wished <jo go to Okarleßton. Plaintiff had brought his claim, nnd if he intended to proccod. with it he would have to postpone his visit, Th,e case would stand adjourned till Friday next. The Court then sojourned. It appeals that 0,0.t only was a, mistake made, dfc Hawera,, as tg, the identity of Roberta the Billiard player, but also at New Plymouth. The gentleman (a wiekler of tho. birch — and educator of the rising generation), appointed to p^y. Roberts, was anxiously awaiting on tho.beuch. the arrival of the cargo, boat from the steamer, by which Roberts wwats t expected ; and bojmg specially anxious to in* tro.duce himsolf a.t once, asked Neal th,o boatman, to point Ro,ber,^B ou,t. No>il (in no, \yay particular) on, the, bpat reaching tho. beach, pointed out a respectable looking gent, i,u a suit of broadcloth, saying "That's him." Tho. pedagogue hurried u,p, all aglow with, excitement, and after politely bowing, and, opening t,he. converaation, beggod to romurk; that lip waa tho gonlloinon who had| bpon 6elcctcd| to plsyr tho stranger at billiard/9, that evening. Tli.o.gentlcinan did not undersold, and thought, there must b,o somo inistakfj^ It is repprted that a fortnight in a cold bath would hurdl^ wear, uwuy tho, blushes of tho. >$ .-cted player -—"atea Mail,

The good tirop coming fov Repfton w}U assuredly lead to a considerable increase of population, the weather that has afflicted the district so Jong having bvokei) up and dis.* appeared, and the rqada ai?ain in good work* ing Qrdefi*, will t)ivow life nn r ] cheerfulness ar.ound and upon tlnsportjon of New Zealand, so favoured and so blessed, with, all that readers life agreeable, bu,t which naturally and frequently leads to those habits tl)at engender disease through exposure tq damps and chills, the healthiest may be stricken down by Riietti{a.tism, Rheumatic G-our, Lumbago, Intermittent Fevers, Bilious* ness, &c, and it is well that all should know the most reliable cures for these are the famous Indian MBijiaiNEs known as " (JUiollah's Great Indian Cures," — they can bo" had of M. B. G-issinge, Ohemisj;, appointed sole wholesale agent (or Repftpn and district. See j;estimo,uials in advoctigjng columns. — Adv..