THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 18, 9 January 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI -WEEKLY. WEDNESDA Y, JANUARY 9, 1878.

Wk nre glad fco loam that ufc tht> noxh Hitting' of the County Cbpjicil aonw action will be takou relative to >,ho . nppointtnont of ftti Inapector of Mines for the Inapgahufl. The popular wish upon this subject bait already been exjM^Hftdd in a very decided" way, find the Cbhncil is 6nly nctifa" 'rightly in tnking fcho Vory 'fiarl'iesfc opportunity of 'giving effect to- it. .Sorao delay rauflfc ;' necessarily tako place boforo tbo apappointment .can bo rnadoj as tho dia* triefcwil.l ftrefc have to be proclaimed n mining' district, within tho Jneaning ( of itho- Act providing for the Riipervision !of mines. The action- alluded t6 of Hio ; Council; will, however, have the effect ;of preparing the vray j for the'.appointmont, and should that stop he followecl up, ns it no doubt will bo, wo may speedily took for- somo practical result.'; Tut: Itiftngahtia County Council iiaa at length decided to prpcqod '. witlv , tho icorifltraetion of the Gf-'roy-'lloeftan road and, instructions ■-, have, been „forwa?d:edi ; l;o'ileHßrs>Pevery and OaUagher,, tbo ! f)nccosaful tendorersj to enter upon tho work at once. It is now nenrljr throe lnnntha siheo; tenders for the,',', work wiorp.callod for j but tbo Council; anxio.ijfl to obtain tho" rim ran toe of the Gonera! Government that the requisite rnoanH would bo available for ,tho worlc > delayed 1 it, in tho hope tl.Mvi; suoh gnfttanteo' WoulcT' bo .obtained,, but owing possibly (o t li p pr«HH of other, bum'ncSfl, no reply on, thfi fiubject hnfl' -yet bemi, obtained from- the Minister of Public Works, andna the 'fluminer in already half ovor tho Council Iva'svery properly, we think, deferminod. to .proceed with?:4l*9f^or|f? at^l%i|jf^l(% ] in ordon, if poaafee'f to" , hiive^^^, plotod* boforo thp'Wofi :h&KflK^|H(^ifi;. Ft \a expected 'the. work wilf bo started' on Mondoy*, nexi-o '/■ '♦ "•' * At the tnonthiyr.mbeting of Iho Hbapital Cotmnitteo; held on Monday oven" ' iwg Inwt,, a resolution waa carried nu ihof ising^' Hid ,orectu)h of. A.i public .morgue in coonection with , the local • Hoapitnl. , The i»- to be upo»- the. "prom pi'it\ulo : witlv which- this- mattasy ha» bc^u'^ealt' .jwiiih : - ' ' : ' ' " ■'; ...'■',;, ';.;.. / A special mooting of tho mombora of tli'o Iteofton Amateur Dramntio Club is ronvmiod 1 ' for Fridtiy ovoning noxj;, at CHlmor'a jllotol All membora aro , partio,u.la-rly vcqneatcd to a'(;lend< . ■ • . . ■ ■ •■ ' ■ Wo underhand 1 * that' Mr W.S. Hlailo lino dpoidfid* upon designing If is lcgnl prafltioo in ttcofton,' having' armngiulJ for i*- trip ,totho nieightiorihg oqlonios. ..-,'. , •. ■/. Itooflon jafiisti putting 1 on all the outward viaiblo sigiw of ft populous community. ' Tho slrectfli,. both in tho day-timoas well aa in tho; owning, Jiavo, during^lho past /ow months, worn quite a lively' apponvnnjo, duo ohiofly to tho nxtmbter of -atra»7gni'B" coming ,lnto the. distrintin searoTi of cmplpymont, 1 Wo rrg'ot' to i learn tli'at tho numbor of unpmpl6y«<d mon — many 1 of them marriodj-and with 1 familicsis.Rroiitor just now. .than has beort tlfo ease any timo in the pnsf-. Th'o meeting of ntewards ' of tho liito racos, oonvened'for Mon.cky eyoniiig, l,f>f>9od for want- of ft- quorum" present, .' ,J\\<}- tttooting therefore Btandd adt journod ! un'.it Fr-lflay cvonirfp; next. , Wo aro I'hforritod IhatM,), 1 Qoorgo, Sfovonson ; of lilenh'oim, ha^ purchased t the raco-horflos*-flftnenstor and SoptimiiH from Mrßlbwor... t Tho .Than^ahuft County Council'lina in con> ' ; lemplfttion tho-prepamtion of a- monator map of tlio Odunty, nh'nwing iii detail" the whole of th'o Innd hrLI undorleano (both' mining •• and' ! ntrricuHurnl). togofchor with lh« boutidaribs of rnch', road lines; water-ooursos, and general" cowtour of'.'tho oountryi Tho eosti' of" such a map would rfeno.ifmrily lib eonsidbrablo, but ilftrnis no dbtibtit',wo\Wd'b'o of great publio convonionoo. ' '"''' i : Th'o Lidonfling Cftoimiijßionors, . Mr Shawi^ T?,'M", .and,,Mof9ri .Bi'onnan and 'ißull, ••Bnli" yesterday, to takttth^ rtrljoiiVned applie'atfb'ij" • of! John- Dflw«ofi,.'for an' hof,ol*libonso> for., a. i\fW' houso to bo orcctmt' at; 1 tlio cornor of Bfiflpo- street and Broadway, Koofton. •It wild bo romemborod that; the- nppHcatfon wna heard ati'soino lfingtlf atf'th'e kst siKling of _t)i6-■iTr-noh'v wlinn ooVsidorablb ■ opposition was nhovvh to itVj a numbor of tho publioans in t(iwn,,upon ; tU" .ground ..that thoro was' no ilottia'nd for,,furthe'r Ifrftol ' aeoonlirtodiiUbrt in ItVtftio'n'j'tHo'YiiitlWboriit'pi'ftsont; cxxfjijjj^hif^ ii« WQef[9 of I'e'pirhindnt 1 ; . .In, thv)vPQ{ti(ion,tliO' ,H<h oh woro reluctant to decide- th'n tmitto^" and . ; tliorcfono. onat ■• upon- thvv TipplMf ttt' 1 the"' : onu« sf nnppnrting his .«pplipa'tion"t>y' ;tion pig^iod' by hbtv.lcßS 'than Ji^K , tho •on,tji;o. 'nilopnyors-of- th'o County,. find Hi.o'rdor to al<-, Jew tWs to bo-dond tho- onpo was^afijourrtod until to-dny; Upon tho npplicutibn 'bbing,

Oiillod on Mr Sluito, on bohnlf of (hone vrlio oppoaod al. the former hearing, fluid ho- hud boon roq,uoflfeod to withdraw from further opposition. Sinoo tho lust hoaring oiromnstanooo had ohnngod ; tlmholidayn had intorvotiod and tho town had boon orovrdod> to an extent nob oxpootod, and tho do m and for nc» oommodution had no doubt boon in oxooss at thai nvailablo. Mr Pitt), on bohulf of tho ftp* plieont, hundodto tho Ben oh ft petition nignod by four handrod and twonty»throo raliopayors of tho County Ho eoid thoro woro soinothing over 700 ratopayoru upon tiro roll in all, thus nhowing thwfc applicant had a oloar majority in favor of tho isstiu of tho liponuo. Tl»o Bcnoh required that an affldaTit should bo filed sotting forth tho number oi oignnturos ij tho petition,, and that they fanned a mnjority of the County ratepayers, and upon thin boing dono tho liooneo wouUI bo gruntod, 'l'ho eit> ting 1 of tho Bench' would thoroforo be further adjournod until Monday noXt, by which tireo nflldavit to bo ready. In tho moantimo Mr Daweon could proceed' with tho erection of his promises, but upon- the understanding. Mint fcho building Wiia to bo Bubatantially in nooordanco witli tho plan ttubimtbod to tho bonoh Mr I'itfc expresflbd' his roady Bconptanoo of those terms and tho Oourt then adjourned; We loam that tho tondor of Mr W. Dunn, Beofton,, has boon nocoptod by tho G-onoml Oovorjvmciit for tho orftrrtion of tho now poet mid telegraph ofllnoa at, Roefton,. Tho ooutrnot price k ifil&Sfi 16s l'()d, uncVtho worius to bo . completed hi two mouths from tho signing of thp contract. At tho sitting pf tho Licensing. Bonoh yes* torday tlvo ajiplioalion ofiTn.no Johnston -for cXtonfrion of transfer of lioonso- for hotol at Boatman's was adjourned till Monday next. 'JPhoro will boa Bitting of tho Innnghnua County- CMncil on Wodncadav no^it,' tho, 16th. inqtaiit. . , , , Tho Robo Combination- Company will open at OHlmor'B Hall thin ovening. They hivvo issued ft moat ivttrnotivo programme for tho occasion, and from'favorublo tormo jn< whioh I thoir performances »ro npokan of by tho Press ; of ,tho Weo,t Oonsfowo fool snro they doaorra , well at tho hands of* tho puhlio horo. < Tho doproMflion in tho shnrotriftrKot con* 'tinuos with littlo or no: variation from ourlttsl , I'oport; Hopefuls, Wolcomoa and 1 ono or two ;othor otool/B*hato of Into mudo a slight ftdvnnoo but as' work lino-boon only nowl^ -be gui\ it ii too floon- yet too look for roaulta fromthiJ minos» Wo aro .'informed that tht) Terms Oompany^MiirrnyOrook-, will shortly put on hands to takooufcstono for a crushing.'; „ . At tho Adjournment of tho Court yesterday his Worship took occasion to remark upon ;tho fact, that tlw polioo sluotdld nob ooiKfljiV' a fliiiglo olurgo of drunkotmons or other offonon, , There had boon no 'sitting of tlio Court for over afo,rtni«;ht and during' that time a rnco ■Meeting hud booh held, tho Iqwi- hnjrj> been 'inunda}od with. visitors, and nnvtondwytUwii given up ontiraly to foßli»iliy> and' no offence had boon committed eaUin* for tho intoi'ven* tion of tilt laWk Tho fitofc spolio wisll lor tho poaooablb disposition 1 pf tho M Inhabitants, ,iuul |;qfloo%4j direction tthd eonduot tit fcbo /pblfoo. iv-i>-\ • > ' The folloiviujg' ixtiofjntyng story is, related* by tho',,6ooibpg! AdvortißOr :*—" An operutioiv j)f n:Hio«l) difficult oharaotor who- performod by T)r Pinobtt a few days ninco. For nomo M»D ifcha paot M^'Jild.vvard Parsons, of .Tjcifch-bi-idgo. lins boon , hanging behween' .lifo nnd death, owing, to an abrfooss- 1 hivving form dl in tho groin. "Time nftor time lib him boon given ovoi\ by tho dootorn, vho had tried; all ..kinds of: remedies ' fos him: "Dv l'iiwotlj on examining (ho part afToctcd,- recently discovered ( that , thoro was fiomo hard; substanco bonoath the skin, Tho doctor oporatod 'tin d succoßtlod, much to niS'tthd- tho 'piition t'fi astonish mont, in' cx>. trftoiing ah jjwti'iiriient u^jedj for tatooing pui Iposcs-, ,Tlro 'avlioip is fully:. threo .inoh^itv length, being t:oimtruot;«d of two jnj'ooo'a 'o'f Wcel wiro bound round the r top And Italf 1 ' tjicir length wifh twino. 'At the owl 'of , the. bind* ipg if ft, picco of cork which, whon tho insfciii". mentis used, is satoimted with Iridirtn ink, BrtloW tho cork, thn wire oproadg ou*, at tho points live two onds avo nt Joanti.half an inoh apart, llow this foroign subslanoo wag' ad« milted (o-th a* portion of tho body, whom it wan found tho dootor id at a loaa to know. Tho patidnt d.oeß not'romombor ovor swallow* my; (ho instrument, ;twd'^ Dr Pinoott snys ifc- | would liavo boon iinpoasiblp.foi him to have done so unlow tho no«llo*w«rp inoasod jn, somo food. Mi' J J arßons is still very ill, ,and his rooovery is •■doubtful,"" 1 . ' ■ITor'Boino tirrto past ilib Coramittco 'of 'thp .Molbourno'tli'ipkot Olub li'avo- ■'•. tJibugHt that thoro wns a rem^ikablo difforonoo . between tho number ol poraons who visittfd thd'grrfund on Saturdayi nndHho rotui'iis. from . t-h'o • gatoJ Their suspioions at longtl'^lod "thorn to plnqo a dot.oo.tivQ on tho^. watoh, ..aivUiia- in^wMgations }ed to a.chargo of embozzling'-<l,O^ fl-om tUn GlJib being profnVrod'.ngninflt two men Ffedoriek Butrago and Wiiliftm Tngram, Mr Curtis Koftc^.eeorolftry for tKo.Olab, said that 1 th.o ncousod Hnd > boon, omployed 1 ' as monoy^ taVofc ahd' ; ticttt-TccoiVor roapeotlvoly at tho orloUof ground; 1 . ])otoi3,tivo Nixi^n had boon watching tho , accused, .whilst they woro perform ing 'their* dukea;;imd olmorvod'lngrampass tiokots whioh ho had oolloctod"' a]) tho gato to Burrngo,'who it wna' ulltjg'od floldthpm; ngain to tli'o public T]io,numjber ofi. poroons on tho'.groilnd w^nagroiiill^''. in .'oxboaa of tho numbm 1 of trckola 'Burrago ; rbri ; osfli)tod a« baying 1 booh sold.- Tho , t ohaff- wji« postponed 1 ' for- tho porfiKiting.' of tho. cvidAnco, . and the prisoner* woro Hborato'd 'on bail.'

famoua Indian Mkdioimiw knowir as '•Uhollnh'* G-roafc ludiun Oviros,"— they pan bo had of M. B. Cfiasiiige,- Chomiat, appointod solo wholomilo agent for Reofton and (lifitriot. Sco tofttimouiuls iv advertise ing nolumna, — Any, iTnshakon in Popularity by tlw competition of worthless imitations and imnortationft mendacion'sly roprosentod to Ito equally romodial or to possess the' same proporuoa Unointiy .WotFM's ' Sciiikdam' AkoMATiff' SoKNAcprs will soon clrivo fromlho ffoli those trnahy com.- . pctitors. lii ; tiio meantime tho public Imito ony tofcxerciso ordinary caution, to got hold of tlio real article