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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 99, 23 November 1877, Page 2

-■■ i ' ...I hi ii .in ii ' _■■■■' . jt'.jn-a-m.if*— — fEhe members of the Amateur Dramatic Club are requested to meet for. rehearsal t}ii? evening, at 8 o'clock sharp. Wo learn that Messrs Button and Koid. solicitors of Hokitika contemplate retirihg frojn thpir practice at. Hokitika, anjl. esta Wishing themselves in ReeftOh with a branch of, their oflipp.at G.reymoptji,. Tenders are elsewhere invited by tho Colo« niol Qtoyernn*jent,for the efefifcion of a Court House and-, Survey Office at Beefton. A meeting of the members of the Jockey Olub was held on, Wednesday evening last at Mr Wise's office. The canvassers, Messrs Tyiac and Potts handed in tbe list of. town subscriptions representing £130, With an amount of about £60i stiU to como in. Thp, list,from,Boatman'p, laapgahua Valley, Blaek'g ( Ifoint, and Antonio's distrist wore not yet returned. The course committee reported having Tisitod tho ground and. found certain, alterations and improvements necessary, and. which if carried ip to G^ eoi 'OTJd m&^ 6 fc he course in. first class order. M*.* J;. Williams \y;as present, and w,as empowered ; tp direct the w,ork tq,ho dpqe at once for a sum stfttcd, and tho w.ork to bedono to the entife satisfaction of tjie stev^ardo, Aftov disposing, of some,, other formal business the meeting was adjourned, until Saturday evening nest at, JoliflVs Hplel, Keefton, * Wo are informed that oler"ou i publicans in

Reefton have declined to contribute toward? the race fund for various reasons, and amongst others that tho coune is situate too far from the time (4_f mjles) ; that the races shoujd liavo beon held jn or near Eeqfton for thq reason tbat the miners and others in the country districts will attend the races and retitV.p to their homes wtyhouj; visiting Keoftbrsfa nd \ consequently tbat great injury willl be .done to hotelkeepers in town. Some few da^s^o an all«jwise dovfn country jCoiitemporaryf.ipi*. pudontly enough, accu'sec} the "^local Jockey 31ub of being ruled in its action by the ;' public house interest.'-' The fact just re sited will probably go to couvinco tho coty* temporary in question liow far the assumption is supported hy fact. Aa ifc is the? hotel koepers consider (hemselyes a very bardly used community, and if their fears ire borne out, v^hich we do uot for a moment believe, thoy will, no doubt, suffer to some ixtont by tho initiation of horso racjng. We cannot fy*lp thinking, hovyever, thafc had the '•public house interest been sufficiently alive to tho exigencies of the occasion instead of holding aloof from the movement they should have joined heartily in its initiation, and so secured t a Representative in ifc to ud-* some modification by which they vjould ge.t matters more to their ovrn liking; A building- of about sufficient dimensions for a sentry box-is in course of erection ona site adjoining the Court -honse, Reefton, which is we understand, intended for a surrey oflice. A more miserly structure for. a public building was probably never planned. If the. siae and character of the building is to be taken as a criterion of the res augusta of the Colonial Government thon the sooner another yrrenoh ia taken out of the borrowing powers of the, colony the better. The sittings of tho District Court, before, his Honor Judge Weston, were commenced, yesterday morning. The absence of any criminal busino.s gave occasion to his Honor to compliment the district upon its orderly character, and tht law abiding disposition of inhabitants. The application of Don Pedro Anderson for tho removal of his native from the lißfc of contributories oi the Sir Julius Yogel Company occupied the Coqi-.t for some hours. Anderson, some twelvo ironths ago, being involved as a contributory in anumbor of companies in liquidations sought and obtained release under " Tho Debtors' and Creditors' Act." Through some oversight or nogligencce on his pavt 119 failed, however, to obtain an order for tho removal of his name from tho list of contributories, and subsequently acquiring valuable mining interests, the liquidator held him liable. Finding himself thus involved, he appli- d to the Court for release, but be was held fc6 have slumbered unduly upon his rights, and otherwisebeen |guilty of Iftejie^, which placed him beyond Uie clemoncy of the Court, and his application was accordingly refused with costs. A number of applications under <.' Tho Mining Companies'- Act " .comprised the business of the day. Mr Guinness made an application in the matter of the winding up of the Rainy Creek Company, which, Owing to the absence of co_ns,o!, engaged, was adjourned, until Monday*, ij. . •• A' torpo'do ballpb.n, the device is to "pc styled, and the, name isa sufficient indication of itß naturo. A balloon, is to be' constructed capable of rising With' a- torpedo beneath it, and starting to 'windward pf a camp or fortified city;, or wha.te.ver, ifc is desired, fco destroy, is to ba.bursfc or detached by means whichit would be. easy to contrive, and thus to allow, its cargo,, of death aii. destruction, to. fall into the midst o,f the enemy. Tho detachment o t)io tprpedp,,.it is suggested, might bo effected With great ease and. certainty by moans of a thin elpctric. wire, arid the proper moment fqr dropping the charge, in order, to explode i,t on any. given point, would be only a matter of- instrumental, observation Hud a little practice. The idea seems to, b.e fearfully practicable, and apart from the consideration of the very perfection to, modern warfaro seems really to present the most hopeful prospect of universal, peace, it might, be denounced os too frightful an idea to, be entertained by civilised, combatants. By means of such an engine a fortified plage might he attacked from a poinj from which, no guns could bo brought intp action, nnd without the smallest opportunity, of retaliation. The carnage would bo ipfyiitoly greater than even a failure need ipvolve no harm v or even danger, lhe balloon might be flpatod out of th,e rango, of shot, and to .the besieged would be fraught, with ruin, ng*xi n. t, which no conceivable defence would' avail anything. Tho effect of a -tropedo dropped in a garrisoned fortress or a fortified camp would be, somp.th.ing really dreadful to oontemplate.. With regard to the two,. mare 3 Luj'lino and Calumny, "A^gur" the ,". A, u . trajasiap's sporting correspondent, who .recently visited l^ew Zealand says :-■•" Having inspeoted a beautiful foal by, the Peer frotn tlu> imported mare Nevada, w.e turned our foptsteps towards , the two New Zealanders, both of v.hpm>were easily distinguished' by their white blazes. liurline allowed, us to get qpite close.. to bor,, but Calumny Was nofc so friendly, and moved a, ft. y afc our approaoh, Lurlirte's son wa 8 lying down, but as he jjumpod up and ran to. his mother's Bide, quite a buz? of admiration escaped tho visitors, for ho threw all the other foals in tho shade. He is aohesnutt, with th? white blaze of the Truducer family stamped upon, his face, and one of his hind feet, is also wrhite. Ho has excellent shoulder?, plenty qf strength over tho back, the same wonderful drooping quarters as his dam, and a plentiful supply of bone. Mos| of those pr.esent.had moved, amongst stock for more than half their lives, and, tbey wero -unanimous in pronoupc ipg this one, of the grandest foah thafc had ever como under,, their ob^eryafcioi). Calupiny 'o colt is a bay, w*l'u v while streak like Manuka's down the. face, -Being somo days younger than hi» chpsnut relative, ho Buffered, by comparison in point of sizp, but not in symmetry, and coming from, a mare whose dqods astonished tho Australians, so promising a youngster is bound to have a large number of friends," Now Zealanders will look forward with ao small interest to tho performances of these two youngsters, bred as thoy aro bya

borao wbo, ia Peeress and Miyiukn, has left i bis mark in New: -Zealand, and thoir dam;s I being our old fayoritcs Liirliiie. and Cnli^mny. i " "* ' A mo9t extraordinary haul of garfish \?as < made by a fisherman in the Lower Harbor, i Pffrt Chalmers, a few 4 a J 3 .g 0> N.^few^ r * tlian. 1C(0;# dosjeq were 'b,i'f>4ght *|. J to>yn, l jMarly fsiifnUlj town Hili ., ,<' \M 111 I " As anaiibtnrioe of the {voracity ofstlfe Colo,; , r^lo becitle |ho fb|lowiitg?flto^pia t^^sb^l|. ] Captain of one of the Atlantic boats, sChe ( Captain placed ih a small box, tlftee.' inohes , square, two of theae beetles, and a larya. and i as mucli potato haulm as would fill the receptacle. The box was perfeotly secured and the ovyner brought them as a present fo.r a friend in England. At tho expiration of 27 days be opened i\\Q box, and wat* no.t a little surprised to, find that one beetle alo.fle ' was there. The whole of the potato had been consumed, and then probabjy the. larva, wae ■■• sacaific.ed to the vorac.ious qppetites of bis ' companions, After this |here, must have been a. (\gbt between the "remaining speci- ( mens, for it is certain that the survivor i had demolished tho whole contents of the box, ' and as nautical man expresge,d liimself, the yronder is. that number three did not beigiu to eat himself to allay his iqsaiiablc maw.