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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 20, 14 January 1878, Page 2

Tlio TtmngAiiua County Council will m<vt for f ho transaction ofgonoral btiflinofl&on Wed« nondny iioxl, atlha usual liotir. Wo «r<v iftformoft Mint tlioro in overy probability of iTto mwh tnllcod of footrnno her twoon Dolar.oy mid WilUnmo fnlh'nfj through. Tlio mntoh wnir to Timvo bcmi nvrangefl and fitnltofl devpositecT on Snturrlay cvoning lust,, but nt tho lionr nppointod Deianoy nnrl liio bnckorfl wore nFonn prcsont, and conflcquont'y nothniff vraa tTono. It if> nndorstood fcTint Sir Goorgo Gray will mil fit. Wnßporfc fli'Bt on h\a projootod vfsft to tlin \Wi»t, Oonst, nnd will thonan procm«rT by coioTi via Pcofton to Orry mouth, Tititing ICitmnrn and iTokittku, antl rotiirnirrgby coaah to Ohrifllohuvoh. At tho meoting of tho StrwimTfl of tho Jookoy Club hold on Friday ovenino; Tnst, it was (Tooiriort not to hold rnco» horo during th« Riißtcr holi'kyfl, but thnt efforts ehoald bo mndo to nmingo fay a flr»t"C?n8« progrnmmo for tho nnxt mi(ldummop mooting, Tho addml mon^y Toi 1 iho Inangnhim Cnp noxt yonr will propnWy bo £200 or £250. In tlio menn' limo thn itccoßdinry stops will bo talton to provido n pnrmnnnnt conroo of tho roquirod di»» tunnc, togothor with Rrnnd stand, naddling parldflcTr, nnd all othor roquisiteoS It hua been deoidod to invito froah tondnrs for (he nrcclion of tho n^w Catholic Ohuroh buildinp, Tlpofton. Tho tondcrs ixlronfly »ont in for thn work nro fiotiflidoiod too high, nnd (li» vims and npcciflon'ions hnro (hcroforo bonn nlishlly nltorod. The (imondod »peoi(loa»ion» will be rondy by Tliurndny next, when

tciuloro will bo ro-onllcd for tho worTt. Smitli'o fartious diorama of (ho Francoi Truasian War nrrlvod in llo&fton- on Sutur* I day last, and will bo rxhibitod this ovonim?. The paintings nro pronounced to- bo tho finest ovor exhibited in tho colony, nnd will ho doubt command cxtonstvo pntronago., A potition is in oourao of ajgnaturo praying tlio Postmnfltor-Goneral to establish ft dnily ! mall sorvioo botwooa Roefton and Boatman's. Tho growing hnportanoo of tho latter place eeriainly demands that tho residents should onjpy more frequent postal eominunfefltion than fe at proaont avftilablo. A potition is also ia circulation for nignaturo cnlling upon tho Coanty Council toenfoioe ih& provisions of the Dog 1 Nuiaanno Ordinance in Roof ton. It needlons to say tUo i'attor petition is uaeotbig with unanimous Btmppott, We learn from tho LyoU that a forgo por- I iron of tho United Alpine- maohinory han already been delivered upon tho company's flito, and tho romaindor m now" in coarse of t ransit up Lyelt Crook. Tho Company's pad* dopks nnd! tramways »ro ncnulj compli'tod, ob also ifl tho eontrnot for supplying 2&.000 foot of sawn timbej foi' maobino nouno, &o, Tbo water raoo, which is ft ruthoi 1 honvy undor* : tnlting is boing poshed nhoftd with all possible dil'igonoo. Tho drivrng of tlio lovr lovd tun* nol is tilfio proooodinp, nnd tho striking of thereof on that lorol is now dally expected 1 . Wo aro gTad t& bo nblo to report ft gront improvement in tho tono of tho shuro market during tho woolcjusl; piwrt. In marry stocks considerable buninofls bn» boot* dono, and a muoh Imoro confident feeling now prevails. 1 Tho slinking of tho roof m tho low lovol of tho Hopeful miwfr rivvo tho market o favourable turn, nnd bit.oo thon tho rmprotmont Bhownin . tho reof as tho worlc progroaaod ban oausod it ■ good dent of stir in eharca. Transactions in these Sharon woro vory brisk towards tho latter fart of last week, nntt sales closod on Saturday night nt £4> r with ovctty likelihood 1 of a farther ndvanco. Wcloomea hxxcr nl*o folt, tho impulae- n>nd! dimng tho- week shares changed hands pretty frwly, tho fwotation of Haturday afternoon borng B^s ffi offtrod r but with few Bolters. Thorn frtiß also boon a considerable n*n on Niri>c&pornndiwnfl tho dosing rates feeing 4s, th* tendency still being up* wards* The Juwt-in-Time Company wHI ha ro a general cloaning up- on Fridoy or S'nturdny nexK Tho rough washings so far show a yield of ovor 2am to tho ton. Thorn has boon considerable spooultttfon during tbo week in Tontw shares, nnd tbo prospcota of the Company nt tho present timo aro of tlio most protnfovnp ordor, From a further oiatorop, jiwfc difloo-* vorod, of tho Oriental reof, Soldiora, some splendid gold'bnaring stono has boon obfe lined, Tho stono wns found some diafcanoo bigh^'up tho rango thnn tft'O sito o>f tho- tunnel. Upon? tho whole tho prospootsof tho different mines' ai-o highly aaliafaotory. Tlio nowly disoovoro-l roof of t!w>- Pnotol'ii* Company (writes ou>r B'ontnvm'a co-weapon* , dont.) has now boorr bared for a dfotnnoo of »00' foot, nnd it io pronounced by thoao whohavo soon it to be- ono of tho very Snout reofa disoovorod in tho Lmngahiifix Tho qualitiy of tho stano ra unsurpassod in rlohness^ tho spool* niona tiikon from it Iraing nmongsfc tho boat T havo ovor soon.' Tho lodo has not yot boon> B'inlc on for uny distance, bmt tho f>vera«o thicknoss of \»ha stone, «<•>• fnr us oanho snom ifr from 10 to 15 iuoheft. It i» tlVo opinion horo (hat tho roof is on Goffney's lino,, nnd h distinfit from nil other' Boatman's reefs, One thing is certain, tho distance the stono h,\o already' been traced/ on th&surfneo nffordsgood proof that tho lode i« woll formed) nnd not moroly an orratre vcfn of stono, To- tho minds' of people hero thodkeovory fs one of tho boot wo have ever had fn tho di»triet r and that is spying a good deal. The Row) Company gamo a fnrowott porfar* manoo on Sntrcrdhy oToning last. Thero was n liolornWy good hou«o, nml tTra ontortuinment pnaacd 1 ofT in n very ngrcoablo mninner. Tho closing part of tho porformnnco wn», howevor, marred by a must e^trnordinnry snono, tlio chief notor in ■which was R. Cnrroll, a mombor of Iho company. Cm-oil enmo befbro tho curtain and announced he was nnnWo to obtnin piiym< l nt forlifs sorvioes from Mr Ro(io r Quito oontrnry to Iho ordinary principles o-f f»?r play a few rowdy spirits in tbo nud tenon jmmodintoly set; vrp o hAoting^ and hoMrling ngainst Mr Rose, and nbovo 1 tho uproar could be- henrd crios of "pny tho marr," give him his monoy," and '- Rhnmo," &o. In tho mi 'st of tPio nproar and oonfnson. Mr Ko»o wns unwiso onowgh to nppomr »pon tho ntnge- and cnll for tho intervention of tho polioo. This of oowrso only adrlod fresh fuel to tho flamo and a dcafoning tumult, followed, sympathy appearing to bo altogether upon tho sido o-f Carroll* Mr Roso, howoror, biJod his timo and whom the opportunity was nflfardod him of explaining ho produced and rond a roooipt from Carroll sTro-wing that tho lattor had that nftornomn boon paid 1 all mone-ya duo to Win with tho- exception of £1 Bh, The lights were shortly nftor turned! down, and tho crowd disported npnnrently rathor chngrinod nt having boon 'had'in such a manner by Carroll. Aftor tho performnnco wns oror tho rfcoi] tin question was parsed (torn hand to hand, ns i w eont ruts wero quite conlTrmnd by Mr Shipp another of t.ho Oomp«ny whe wns prosont at tho pnymont tho toblos wero turned, and Carroll's oonduet wa* openly denonnocd, and bo tho storm ondodi Tho Auaklalid sharobrokcrs nro oomplainin^ bitterly of tho dulnoss in bxininons. It usually hnppons at tho closo of a yenr (myn the Herald) that, stock dealing is ulaok, bt^ thn improvod bnsinoss throngh this yoar, m oomparod with Bevornl of its prccToccssors, led tlio brokers to nntieipato that tho oxtremo • inortttcsß which tisnnll.v provntls at thin timo wonlfl not bo bo groat on the present oeoniion. UnfQrtunatoly it is so, ns a glanw rtt tho daily prico list, only too plainly indicates. An impression has gained ground in nomo parts of OtaßO, an it. tins dono here, that tho Groy Govornmnnt is likely to havo tho support of tho Cut holicfl in many fuluro olootion*. Tho Tablet sliowb quite contrary, for previous to tho meeting to present nn address to Messrs Macau drew nnrl Larnnoh, tho Dunodin City raombers, and momboivjpf tho Qovorn'

monf, that pnper hn» Mio following r—" It is not Itkoly (hat Catholics will tntcl my port in tho forthoomlmj mmting (to pro>«»nt tin nddroßS to tho City motnbor»); nml inrfond, if wo may pronumo togivtv one ndvicojon tho point, wo must nay that Catholics ot ight to make thonisolvoa eonßv»ic»ot»9 by their abaonco. And wo would frtrthor ndviso Oatii olics tooftrofully ftttondl to registration, si that on tho oooosion of th» next oloGtion tn oy mny bo in a position to gtvo Mcma Mnoi n<lrow f Stout, Aid TjftrnacU a warm rocoptloni"