THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 27, 30 January 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 1878.

Aa wie are novr within about n fortpightTof tbo date for tho yi^ifc of the Br<?m^P, to 'tfoui pbptibn of the Colony W^itmQJc it is time the County poutUM lttadeamovo in" tho 4i reot !° r | i of preparing for fcne reception. 4 fl tho (Committee of the Council has not yet met to consider the subjoct, the form of reception baa npjb yet beet), decided upon, tyifc we believo a parb of thjS atr«nge»nefili will bo the O^nty iOhaiptrifln, aecompaniod by the mombepiof tb^e Council and otbej? of tlie raaidontfl will proceed down the duller Road to'tpe noribefftboundpry; of th<? Sojinty, and thence eaco^fc the viat or ito Beefton, ' Whether 1 nnv fqrni of publid banquet tfill be lielffiji Reefto^i on the ocoasjon ji?not vet/Hpawn, arid the matte^dljJea^fe,! ■ss#» 8" fc It ia very dei|fflwler ||oweyer f tliafc im^;\o^^^^mp^ ■■•■;« flwritt^D one. uft could' bdarrttn^ocf ffSdql^|i?i><|eoMe:,Qrey' yieiib |a»|p««iOTflreeL a clfj.jmpit rfittiog I provision tnafr'Qot|la> Mto|dßi# eliciting h»« f '^ip* B^ of the di(|triot and learning itlj'regm^, ments, bp'ifo. jSp^oolv i^d|:|l^if msi an a^angemerit will be poflotble'as the visit iyill ijeoeroarily be a hurried one. It behoves tbq Reoeption Committeo) however, fco »ttakb ? the't ery 1 bbat of the' opportunity; cflqnot be .better, done ttai^.; j bj:,;^^ing'.tl36,. / sjr|9|cqme us hearty as possible, To do this it is nobßj>^ryit^*t -nofitime ahoiild V* IPs';, and we therefore recommend the Committee |o take the matter in hand ; witboiitftirthw delay. ' :. ,„ .

C()|i?{V^estpo»tooftoh.arrfred laijt; ovftning. the passengers' was Mr W. ty. Hnsolijon , who has ' tykjn rotained a hoavy owe' ln' the I|^ftfden'ii : Court. ; , ' Mr IJoney jfpformsui that ho is, <at prosont cDgugnd in organising a Wrospooting oxpoditlori iff proceed to ; Netf GFoto'o^' The ' proposal is to ohnrtpr a small vessel as soon as \ th^i mo|»b^ ojf^e party art got tbgothdr. It wai' Mr> Roftey who, in 1849, oi-ganloed the flrit expedition frpm New South Wales to Qalifornia, and' which Resulted Very suooossto all cemQornett, , .- * iWdttßOofOJifforcl and othors y. Raithbjr waiwo^mwencod in tho/ Ward.eu'a Ooui l^ yelterday, Mr Button with Mr. Kcid arid j If r appeared for tlio plnitjiiflf and.^r, wfth Mr Moss iippcared for thp d,o .*. fendant. At the outset of tho ptop^oodlings i'lltlbo witnesiios in the: oiirfe 1 W i'vo Wrdored 'out of OoUrton tho ttpplioation of Mr ißuUpn. ifr ftoithly was then placed in the iwitneM. ■ box, and his examination lastod up to tho hour of adjournment and was not thon oonoiu'dec^. lls'tlie pttbliprttibn 6f the' p'vidjnrlbe tljiis morning woi^ld tonoi to ' dof DO t tho' ordor of ,% -'.i'W.v regarding the, V, exolusion qf wUnessca,. we fool it our duty' t»' over our report for Friday tiext when' the prboeedings will be roportod iii dotoil,, '; „ That portion of tho Bailor Itoad, bptwoon Beofton and the Innngahua Junotion is now Jn oxuellentMpair, and but 1 for thft rorfghtteos' of tho'oroflsingfi at the Lon^Hiind Bra,o«lv fttld Carry's Oroek is as fine a piooe of road no thoro is on any pat* ti tW Woht Oou»t. Tho erossliig of Fern BW \% i,n good ordor «ow, but in likoly to bo mv^oh ont v,P jduring the 'wet scnaon, and with! thp inorppsingwhoe^ trnfflo hetwoon here and Wosjiport it b.ohovos , to lose no timo ia tho oonstruction of thi>) portion of tho route an early as posslblo. TUo ( oncroiiohmcnt of tho JluUer rivor at tho Junotioalma nogpssUated tho romovnl of all the houfios from tho old alto of the towrtahip, antUftnd wnovy'boing oloarpfl on a sidoling, in tho vio^nUy whorton tho buildings will bo erected; Some Idea may bo formed of tho magnltudp oif the last grout fl,obd thoro from tn« fact that tno township origin nlly, flto9^ upon a platoft^ sOjino forty or ftfty f^oot abovo tiio ordinary leyel of tlio Bullor river, an^ tho Hood completely submor^ed tho sito and swept away' sovori\l a'oro* o( tho aroa oompolling the abandonment of tho sito ao' stated! ' t^ will bo observed tbn^ iho B,uil,ding Oomtntttoe of tho I^oofto^ Oaiholio Ohuroh havo dooided to' inv,Ue fronh tbu'dor's for 1 tho erection oUho now buying, 'iij iho intent'^u yl tho oomnii'tt'eo ta liold a bazaar next plrnst* mas' in aid of' the buOdittg fuml,' thofanoy w/ij-os f.ir whloh iikye oirfn^y ' bfloir ordorod from "Itwrop'e, nnJ will aomjHi'so all thp' yery ' i'^Cit novelties. Jn that line p.rpourablo. ■< Wo rcgrot to loflrn tbaV-Mi? B*« do 1«« ' Pflrreras, O.oiinty Clork. ia seriously ill nndhna broii" coufinedf to his bod, for aoveral days y%*t. ■■■■'■■"' ■ " ■ i

Tho ,GHoo Olub mot for prnotioo onMondny ovonlng tho Attencknoo— tho flrnt sinoo tho hoHdays--Bhowod that tho gatlioringo lmvo loat nono of their attrQotivenoas, and tho prriotioo proved bighjy sati|footory. j There lias been oonfiidorablo Bpeoalajiion in j yuloan shares during tho paot fow days, and thoy now oooupy a very p^otnjnont phoo in jho markot, Tho sharos wo almoafc wholly \\\ thft hands of looal mon, who have hold on to thefr Inteiostfl through good and evil ro« ports, and In tho faoo of a hoavy drain of oalls, and the prospoofc now at hand of an early return for theiif patjionpp and Jong suffering is tho subjoo't for otthgrttulafifon, Up fo tlio prdaent timo jtho rospoctivo btt^eri flf j;h(j t?6de»tiflan» Xfolahoy and Wil- ' Jiame hflvo no|i boon ftljle to bring their mon togo^hor for the long talbod of foof raoo. Today, |iowover f Dolanoyfo 1 Ijaokers, Jiavo wade some further , oonoosßlons, and aojiallongo ja oUewhorb adyoVtißcd on bohalf of Dolanoy offering to meet at throe dfstanooa gOQ 440, and 880 yards, for £200 nsido, tho win? nor of two of tho ovonts to carry off the stajcoi Saturday ovoning next is tho timo appointed for a sottlemonl; of tho matou and by that timo wo pholl no doubt hoar somotijing furfihor of it. Ab this matter has how hung firoforßiioha length Qf tjmo wo think 'lt would bo advisable from the iraßsod'iatb frionds of oaoh sido to nteot and so'e roally whothor any undprstann ding can bo odrno to, and if n6t, have done with tho mattor. Apio-nioopon to tho ohildrort of nil dono^ minationo has boon arranged by tho, Oatholio Oommittoo, and will bo hold in Smith's Paddock, on tho ?Oth Maroh noxt. T)io arrangomontp, will bo oarriod out upon ft moot extensive soalo. An amntour oonoort and on« tortainmont in aid of tho funds will bo hied in about a fortnight's timo. 1 In his ohargo to tho Gtond Jury oh Jan 7» Judge Qillios jndiofttod an opinion on tho subjoot of attempts at suioido, whioh, nltUOugh ontireiy in aooord with Common Bjitisb, ,is somewhat heterodox from a 'legal point* pf yiow. Ho Bftld, " Thovo is pno oaso of a mrtn' being, charged with an ftttompt to commit suioide by 'hanging* hims'elf'While'in a'^tato of drunkenncssi ■"tfoin nonrcejy f^il td fti\ko you} as boirig ludiorous that iwo should , propose to « try a man 'on aocourit 6f failing to committing it wo would lmyo beonunoblofopuniahhim." ,', ',' t ',',',.',',.■ The 'gold pxportofl, from doojttown during 1p77, as per Customs returns, is IS^OOOoz*., showing a dooroasd of 14,0000z5, na oomparod wit]^ the previous yoffr. Ihb yiol4 of gold^At (>j/«npi,o, ifoif )t tho, ( ourr«nt yoi^r ftmounta, to otl\Ow,0 t l\Ow, showing an inoroaso of COOOojib, ['■> ' t The AuoWand Horald utatos tjiat , bliange* In tho ; W«iori sing Courts 1 ate prbpoaed, and oirbulars Wvo boon addrossod to.MnglßtMlos and iothors, sotting forth tho' intention of tho Government to largeljr ihofdas'o' 1 tlib mimbor and groatly I6sßori tho arefi of tlio jiooiifiing districts, makiiig them, gonorally, oontonninpus with the Highway Districts. This is looked upon by experionoofl : persons as ft vei'y doubt* iful pro^H^l i knS it will ho w<ill 'ts, Gfovorim' went to Aonßidor fully its effeots buforo ftnftlly determining on making Quoh a ehango,