THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEB. 8. 1878.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 31, 8 February 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEB. 8. 1878.

vV^ md •rstttii.l tint*, on <i 'ti.)i 101 slutldor in which hf»vy damngpfl will bo oluined, is likoly to nriio Oijt of tbo rcQMifc lieming of tho cusoot Olififord v. tho Doflunco Company. The rospcotivo purtion to tho suit being witnesses on each side of the onmj nam.od. Mr »nd Mrs Morton 'i'maro* intimate their intqntioh of rioilmg Roefton sliortly arid giving a series of their Shukeaporiun, ontortiiinmonts. Wo loam that Smith's Panorama of tho Fr»noo«Pru3»if»n Wtr has had 11 most suoceos'ul run nttho various, Groy Valloy toiyi^ ships vi»it*d. at Nelson Oreok parlioularly crowded houses woro mot with. A meeting of persons intorestod in tho holding of padostriftn sports during tho noming Enster holidays was held at Two hill's hotof, oa Frilny ovening luot. Thoro woro present Messrs Williams, Dunks, tlhanki, Beilby, Tw«ihill t Qiigtoy, D*iwson, Leigh and Potts. Mr Will ams was voted to tbo ohoir. Mr T)nv/*on, troafturor of last years sports, reported ,0, orodit bulanoo in hand of £tß los. Those prosi-nt wero formed into «k Sports Committed, and it wua deoidod tl^t two day's nthlotio sports, to onsint of handicap foot rupcs, lilting in tho ring, vault* ing, jumping, ..wrestling, quoits &nl other events, should be held in Smith's pncMook, on Mond»y and Tuosday, 18th and 10th j March next. Mows Williams, Twohill and Uuilby woro appointed to.oanvafA tho town for subscriptions. Mr Duwson was ro» appoint d treasurer and Mr Leigh, eeorotary. l'ho comminee will rrirot again this evoning. A ch'cuuHtiinon ooourrod in Koofton on Tuosiioy evening la«t ofa sinflula,i'ly pulnful imtuns and, whioh plunged a largo section of tho community into tho doepoot ditttro^. The p^rtiouliirs of tho tragic incident will be best convejrod i 1 tho foi'm of a short nara* tive,atid tho degrco oi human dopravity wb,iuh it diaoloses io truly doplomblo, and makes ouo tremb p for tho future of our bouatod oi/ili" S'ttlon. It appours, as far as our roportor has been flb'o to gutlmr, that a number of boys on ih:i evening in question assoinblud ut tne romdenoo of a welN^own (ownsin in, who b id just cnteWd into tho bon l» of mutrimony, I'ortlto purpose of doing honor, af or their owi lude fushion though it bo, to the oooasion. Iho eorcnudo wus ■ p'ooeoded with in the usual m;nnier ojid tho utmost good feeling uppoiiro.J to prevail on ull sides, Huh, however, did anyone present dream of tho uns towui'd event whi h wan so. a,<ou to happen, to turn their youth ul expectations to tho tiirtist griof und didiippoituinont. At tho o^o of tho aeronado ono of thu oldest of tho hoys in the crowd stopped forward to thu door of the hou«o to rocoivo tho uncustomed gratuity on bnhulf of hinnclf utid lii-4 ootn« rados in korosone tins, and horo tho sorrowful purt of tho flt^ry oonunatiqos, for no soo »■ hud the youngster obtained tho inonoy tunn he boltod right off' homo, und, as the bulanou of tho boys inioriiaod our roportor, " stuck to tho wholo thing," Throe O" four hundred of tho boys at onoo Btartod in pursuit of tho üb* soondor, but to no purpo<c> for ho was floot Of foot and tho night wan dark as FCrebun «nd tho hearts of the purauors soon snnk intotlio solos of thoir baro feet* and thoro was woepx lni< and wailing and gnushi ig of tooth. A hurrio.il counsel of war wua hold by tho hoys when. \t, wns unanimously agrood thut a oomi inittoo of tho. wholo should at ouoo proceed to the nvitornal dwolllng of yo oulprit&nd th,on and thore. domand restitution under pain of immediate bomburdmont of tho h,ouso. Lntor in tl^o night our roportoir interviewed the recalcitrant Juvenile nnd nd« rnonishod him of tho ovil of his waya. Ho moroly romarkod that thoro was a kind of reomiiKonry amongst boys 0/ \\\s sort and they knew O uoh othor too well to bo caught tripping. Our roportor proooodod to point out tho advantftgos of an ho,noat lifo, but tho boy inoroly dovatod his riglit hand in tho direction of h.s loft shoul.lor and ooolly c^oUimod 'f Will yororgo 'ome." Tho annual mooting of tho subrcribors pf tho Hcofton Athoncoam and Publio Library, was held ity tl\eroading room, on Wednesday lust, Mr Poingdoatre iv tbo chair. Tho baU ance-sheotand a.nnjal roport wero road and adopted. Messrs Mathiha,- Brown, Wiso, \Tillcos, Shaw, flre-inan, Poingdostro, Bull m d, Gullino wore clootod a committco for tho ensuing year. l,t was rosolvod to call ie all tbe books to enable the oommittoo to disposo

ofaorao of the old books und proouro now ones, Sonio romorkn woio inndo with rofotx onco to poreons taking pnpore awny from tho reading room, and attention was called to tho fact thiil in Uunedin Inioly n tr.on wan ton' tenced to two months' itnpri«oninont for tho pnino ofTtMCo. At n ootinniftoo meeting held immrdiutcly n ter tho unuuul meeting Mesprs Willeox, Gullino and liull wuro proiioood for tho <'flloo of scon tnry nnd trmnurar. Mr Willeox declined to ant, having held those ofllcos for übout four nnd a half yoare, ho thought it would bo or well to try n rhttngn. Tho position wus ultimntoly ncoepted by Mi null, ni d v voto of thanks who pussod to Mr Willcq£ ;op his past poryiooß. Wo have tp aoknowledgo tho courtesy pf Mr M'Hpth, poAtroafitor, Qreymqufli, for popkot forms of the New Zcnlnnd and Australian Postal Titne»tallt> ler tho current yenr. Wo ore sorry to learn thiit Mr yphmjdt i» i»till conflnod in tho hospital, his mi>My Msliming an qb^tin^tp form. Inwigahun Cpunty Counqil yoetortlay received froni tlio Qcnpral Q-overnment s^l)»i« dies on aovoral u«oov» ts undor tho Oatttitiofl Act, b^t tho lpoijl bpdy {s surp.rifod to flm U ijint BUboidioH already puid to tho local piml by thu Ootunty Oouno'.l havo boen de duottdlropi Mead of ttdcU>4 tp \\\o amoHn' roiTHttod. It in noticed jn tlio Government Qn?otto «Uit tho provition?of tho Dog Nuisimoo Act hay« boen droifght into oporution within tho County of Iniyigahun,— Oh 1 mq»t benoijooud lawgivers 1 We rogrct to have to, reoord tho (Jfiftth of Mr William Graham, wlvoh took place a,* tljo hdppitul, yesterdiiy. Woocasod wu« a onrpoiitor by trado, und for aomo years rt'BJdvfi in tho Grey Vulloy. Tho funeral will tuke plnoo on Saturday next, at^ p.m. Tho ntono jn tho Vulcun mine hiiving ot\ V^odiu-aduy lastahown signs p,f thlnnfiiß out, norno li'tlo uneasiness W ! » k|t by those interested, Tho reef bus, howovor, sinoo oponorl out m>nin to its former diiHeniiioni, nnd considorublo bttfiiness is doing iv tho Qtook. It was reported in town yesterday thnt sorno exeoUont fitono hiul been met with in th.o Wpjpomo No. 4 lov.il. The crushing is proaeeding mont satisfnotorily. The nqolion sale of Mr W. IT. Jodo'a pre» property has boon postponed until Sutyrduy, 16th instant.