THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 17, 7 January 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1878.

Wo loam that OlilTord nnd party havo applied for ft mining Idarib for spare ground' ffituato adjoining thd Koop-itvDark 1 and Nil r Dosperandiim Cotwpanios, :'"'•."■ I Wo aro -fAijuootod'by Mr Gcorjjo Wise, I honorry treasurer of tho Roofton Hospital, Id noknottlod#<y tho roeoipt, ponMr P; ButloiY of £IQ, being tho nolfc proceeds of the roooht flocictios ifonpital Koto ; also, por if r Wardon Shaw, a furthor sum 'of £12 Ba, boincr' tho nott amount Obtained by Mv'li, A-nbriol from tho salo of rofroshmonts' at tlio tfoto,' Total, . £88 8?: ' A bftlansio-ohoot showing the raooipts nnd disbursements in oonnooliori with tljo JToto appoflM in ahothor oolumn. Tenders for ftltora'tlons and 'additions to thp Court Iloitso, Roofton", oloaod oft tho 31st ult' Tho result' of tho fohflorihg is not yo.t known, but it. is bdliovod that 'tho work will fall to a well known local contractor* "' i* f . | Mailn for tho United Kingdom per Aua« I tralia via San Franoiflco, will olosb db Av,okland at 2 p.irri. on TuoHday, Bth instant. ' " ' A" rcof d?ahovory whioh givca ' vor'y high promiso has b'do'n madb in tho Boatman's distriot lattorlyf ' A minor namod' Henry Edwards e'rigogod in pvpouving timber for on b of tho Boatmah's mindoi rocontly oaino aoros^ indioatflonß of "tho oxist'onoo of a quartz robfin alooalily not proviou'sly' euppoaod as likely to flontairi ntono, Thoso indication* n " subso; qtiontly followed up with tho roault that flfiVorul rich flp"ooimonn of Rurfu<ia otono wore found, and furihor exploration lids shown tho 'eXiatonco of A woll'xtloflnod lodo varying from throo to oightqbo'n in'ohos in thiokrieas',' A mining loaso' yfiiti subfloquontly applied- fori and since then, two ra'onh'avo boon omployod dtripplng tho roof, whioh is how laid barofor fl longth of 200 foot. Wo 'w<sf«^yesterday .ihoWn sonio spdoimons takoni ;f*v>W thoroofi rtnd > "thoy certainly stamp thfttieliSoovdry as tino'of groat importanco^as 'tho gold is of a' vory bonrso doaoWption and woH'diitributod through 'the titorioV 1 whioh itaolf ia 'of "tho regular gold, carrying ohnrnotcr, Stops will shortly bo talh>n to rogiator tho undertaking undor tho namo of tho Taotolus G-old Mih" ing 1 Company, i»nd It is said that thoro jo nlroady 'Bufflfciont atoad oxpono'd on tho mv faoofor a, first crushing,' .TJlio n-oof is situated forty chains woat' of tho Juit-'ift'Timo lind; and inboliovod to bo quito distinot from any other lino yot opened in' Itbntmiyh'fl'dirtriot. Tho ground north of tho prospootbrs hnsbocn takonijpby J. K. Olarko and party,' ' Tho Ttoapifal Foto Oommittoo mot on Friday to oTiono tho accounts of tho lato ga'hoi'Ing, Tho audited balance nhcot proßonfod by Iho Soorotary was, 1 on tho motion of Mr Connolly, seconded by Mr M'Laughlin, roccivfld and adopted/" Tho Soordtury yfn* itifitruotod topiiy otoi* to tho Troasurer of tlio Ilospital tho buknoo iri 1 hand, ;C76 18.1 Kd. On the-, motion 1 of Mr M'Kuy, iiecondod by Mr M'Hhf rry, a voto of thankn was pansod to Mossrs Toingdontro hnd Hrylisa'for their B(sr» vices as gato koo^ors on tho day of tho Fotbi Votes of thanks wore also unanimously pnnsdd to tho Chairman and Socrotary of tho Committoo, Mr John Doolian, and to tljo Treasurer Mr P. Ji'utl'er'i for aorvioos rondorod. Tho Soorctary was authorised to publish thd bnlanoo'shcet and list of 'su'bnaribora, Mr C. Wooloookj M,T£.R., arldroasod his onnfllituents in th'n Hall of tho Club Hotel, on Saturday ovoning last, Mr P. Uronnan o'd* cupicd tho ohair. Tho -mooting" was very -larghly attondod, and tho speakor"wafl listonod to throughout with marked attention. Mr Woolcook apoko for upwards of an hour and a half, during whioh ho roviewod tho ohief work of tho pnflfc Bonaion. At tho oonoluaion of his "address, -Mr' Wooloook answered ono or two quofltions oatiflfaotorily, find On ' tho motion of Mi 1 flillotipio, eocondod by Mr P. Alexander, rt voto of oonfldonoo was oarriod unanimously. Wo aro oonipellod to dofor vmtil our noxt issuo a movoloiigthy roport of tho pro'obodin'gs. ' ' " . l ' " ' Tho Iloso Combination Company will opon atGflmors 1 Hall this ovoning with a varM' and attrtiotivo oritertainmon't, which haa'liad ! nn exoollont 1 run dufi'ng tho 'holidays' in' all tho ' West OcittDt town, snd onnnot fail to draw woll hero. '' •■■■'' " ' ' ' It is not often anys tho Otago Timos, of tho 4th instant, onO heftra of ii wifo i)roßo.m'ting her husband for' trcrfpasajng '' upon hor pro« miscß,''biit a case' of thi« ' desoription" was' brought irito tho Police Cb'iirt yflstorday morn* 1 ing, when Klloti JVanoos 'M'K oaiv laid an in-' formution a galnsi; John 1 M'Gullook M'Koan for being illegally on her premi«ofl'jind rdfus'vt)g to leave when' roqucstod by his" wife to do so. It' upponro'd thafc tho prosoijutrijf had a protection order, having bconiunablo tri-livo with hor husband, Sho waa living by hofaolf in a coUngo 1 in Cumberland 1 dtrt'ot, hndon , w unday evening tho accused ontrrod her honso and rofuaod to loavo. Ho v/nn ojoclod by tho polioo, nnd taken to tho lock-up. I'rifioncr hnploiod luo wifa to withdraw tho cl>!\r/{o, but

aslto was in tho habit of making and bronking atioh prbmiiosj'fllib declined to do no. Tho polioo 1 gav'o'tho ntan''a Imd'dlmraetor, and tho ■ magistrate imposed 'a fine 'of JC2, 'or 1-4 days imprisonment, with' hard labour. "IMfciißOf Salfhond' thinks 'highly of Now Zealand "riß "Hi' pfdordatirtg oountvy. "When lately addressing n I'rdsbytei'iari toft mooting afi Timaru ho dolivorbfl himdblf ' at follows:— "The proßp"o»ity : of iho country was also a nmttor whioh dt onoo (brood itsolf 'on hirtf whoh bo aitivod 'in tho colony,' In fnot; ovory thing from rabbi to 'to '-'b'abios, 6com to prosper' ho'ro tnoro than at Homo."