THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 12, 24 December 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1877.

The Golden Fleece Extruded Coml any liad a blearing' up on Friday morninn last after about a mouth's crushing the result being 747 ozs of melted gold. The Church of England Bazaar wil , open this evening in Gilmer's HaU. Wi are requested to state tliat to-'morrofl being Christmas Day, the bazaar wil close punctually at 11-30 o'clock p-m-At the meeting of the Jockey Club heir on Friday evening last, the followinc entries and acceptances were received Trial Slakes :— Mamma, Septimus anc Thunderbolt • Ludies' Purse .— Prince Hory of the Hills, Garryowen, Mnor Boy, B'.uo Bell and Thunderbolt Inangahua Cup*:— Jasper, Strongbow Mamma, Doncaster and Septimus- Pub li-iiu's Purse : — Thunderbolt, ltory of tin Hills, Morning Stir, and Sip irons Hurdle L'aee, Jonathan W-, Ide, Septimus . and Blue Bell* Tbe stewards disposec of the right to the gates for £'45. Mr Joiee watchmaker, Broadway-, ann- unces tlie arrival of a cboice colletioi of new and excellent English and colonia jewellery, clocks, &?. Solemn High Mas* will be celebrated at the Carbolic Chapel ufc midnight tonight. Tbe choir will be under tho direc« fcion of Mr-T; Parry. The Keep»iti«Dark Company vrili bare a general clearing up during tbe current week wtien.^nbther dividend will be declared by the directors, / A few issues since we stated that the amount contributed to Ihe Hospital by the Fleece Company was £20 for the year. Tlie sum should bave been stated at £79 18s. The amount subscribed to. the cud of November last w s £59 18-*. to which is to be added £20 tbe annual donation of the company, making in all £79 19s« If other companies in the field wouldfollow tbeexanipleof this Company, the Hospital committee would be soon placed leyond difficulties. We have beeu requested to notify tliat all dogs found ou the course oi the days' of the races will be deefroyed. The application by the Jockey Club for the presence of the police on the race course has, we are informed by sergeant Neville, been granted, ancl for that purpose the local force will be strengthened for tbe occasion. A footrace, 200 yards, for £25 aside, between Delaney and Williams, was run in Broadway on Saturday evening last, Delaney received three yards start. Some djlay -occurred over the start owing to the impatience of the conn, and wben the pistol was fi-red Dolaney jumped off adding fully a yard to his start. At the end of the first hundred yards Williams put on a good spurt and managed to recover aome groun 1 , but despite his efforts Delaney rau in a winner by fully four yards: Time, 23 seconds. The street was very sloppy. A large crowd of persons gathered over the avent, and betting, was freely indulged in. Both men had plenty of backers, and a very consider' able sum changed hands. It is said that another match is on the tapis. It is an established custom in most towns of the colony for the inhabitants to contribute a Christmas dinner to tfte inmates of the looal Hospital' This practice lias never been initialed here, and perhaps Ihe present is a fitting time to do it. Contributions of any kind will we feel sure be gratefully accepted at the Hospital ond for our own part we shall be happy to acknowledge the contributions in our columns. The. Kumara Times soys :— Tho Theatre Royal was numerously attended on Saturday .light, on the occasion of Mr J. J. Croft's lecture in reply to the Boy Charles Clark, on Oliver Cromwell and tho Puritans, Punctually at 8 o'clock tho chair was taken by Mr P. Dungin, who briefly introduced the lecturer, In reviewing this first essay of tho lecturer we regret tbat wo cannot dovote a sufficient amount of our space to a careful analysis of it, We must content ourselves with a general notice without going into par* ticulars. And flf_>,..we*would remark on the tone of tbe Jcct ure Mr Croft is an Irishmsn and a Catholic, and does not attempt io load his* hearers to forget thia fact. In troafng 01, the English Puritans, and Olliver Cromwell, ho relics, perhaps unconeiously, on tradi vii^-y mtJ cfe.;as on written history, nnd 'by gets" nearer the truth than Ke woul. wero lie to rely on tho latter Only. ThoseVw»*Oj knowing , ; Mr Crops' creed and HatiSnaiify, nt ended hiU iecluro with' the ex,

petotaion tliat thoy would hear him di-tort or I'xaggeratrtfact. must have bean disappoints d; * lie;;>*ai) di-jpasaioiiute und logical, never permit ting his feelings lo got the bettor of his judgment. His leoluie was a fair record of th<* 1* treatment of Ireland by.the/ dominant scot of England at iho time wbioh ho was reviewing. . and thoroughly deserved;* the applause Mth which it was frequently honpred. His anxiety to avoid narrowmindnosi caused him to keep in eheok the natural eloquence with which he is gifted, and whildfc it added to the sterling value of his lecture perhaps slightly detracted from its effectiveness. In this, hpwe»er, "we aro of opinion that Mr Crofts irred, if lie errod at all, on the right- . side ; and on the whole we think that gentle- | . man may be felicitated ou li.-tvintc nrcompli>hcd a success where succ-ss wis hardly to b? hwped for, seeing that ho was, fo a eerta;n extent, pttlinn* himself against nn , accomplished and experienced elocutionist As was to be expected, Mr Croft's estimate of the Protector and of tbo Puritans differ, materially from that of tho Rev Charles Cbntled Clark, nnd coincides ve-*v closeTy with tbat held by n 1 ! hislorians still within Ihe left quniter of a century, and held at, the preeent. cloy by a m»j»ri'y of renders cf history. The lecture lasthrt for an hour and ' a quarter, and was listened to with uofiiHer- * ing attention- At its close a vote of thank * lo the lecturer was enthusiastically passed, and ft vote of thanks fo tbe chairman concluded the business of the evening. Wo . I understand that Mr Ci-ofts will repeat tho j lecture at Hokitika, Greymouth, and Ross.