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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 January 1901, Page 2

The regular meeting of the Greymouth [ Masonic Lodge will take place this evenI ing at the lodgo room at 8 o'clock. G. W. Moss and Co. will sell at Ashton's stables on Thursday afternoon, at 2 JiO, the well-known raco horses—Haria and Skirmisher. A day or two will, wo understand, see some alterations in regard to the Brunner and Coal Creek mines, which will tend to their immediato development. The syndicate formed to work the Greymouth lagoon havo decided after a thorough prospecting of the ground to abandon further expenditure ; the pros pects obtained not being sufficiently good to warrant further outlay. At a meeting of sawmill proprietors held yesterday, it was resolved to raise the price of timber to 6s 6d per 100 feet for export. The orders at present in hand will take three months to fulfil, and furthor orders are coming in very freely. Mr Lutz, proprietor of the Wharf Hotel, sends us a box of very choice cigars with his compliments. His compliments we appreciate and reciprocate, wliilo the cigars will all too soon, we fear, end in smoko.

The Rev. J. deß. Galway, B.\. the Clerical Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, will deliver a lecture on Tinnivelly Mission South India in (he Trinity Schoolroom this evering. The lecture will be illustrated by some beautiful views shown by Mr Hanwell Williams through his lime-light lantern. Mr Galway has the reputation of being a good speaker and as there is no charge for admission the schoolroom should be crowded. Wo have private information confirming the nows published in a Taranaki paper to the effect that Inspector Broham who resigned from tho New Zcaiand police last year, has died at Rome. Mr and Mrs Broham went Home on a trip last year, and were expected to leave for New' Zealand shortly. The cause of death was pneumonia. Inspector Broham when in Auckland rode down and captured Cyrus Haley, an escaped convict and when in Christchurch he was praised for tho way he worked up tho Crown evidence in the Hall case.

A few issues hack wo notified in the locals of this paper that an effort was being made in this town to carry on the work of collecting in aid of Dr Barnardo's Homes, which has been allowed to drop since our late townsman, Mr. Phil Swingland left the district. We are now informed that four well-known residents have formed themselves into a committee, viz : H. Kyle, Titos. Brown, B. Hart and A. Yickerman, who will canvass the town at once in aid of the fund. We can say the object in view is a worthy one, and wc trust the canvassers will meet with success, as the good work being done by Dr Barnard*/s Homes is world-wide known and deserving of support. Outside districts are.also to be asked to assist with donations.

The exports from Gisbornc during the quarter ending Slst December were valued at .£94,007. During the recent cold snap one. runholder in Eawkes Bay lost be ?ecn 700 and 800 sheep, During the recent'Saturdays one hundred boys took to tlio Walmato County office 54,450 small birds' eggs. The average salary of State School teachers in New Zealand lias folien from £9O 30s in 1890 to £93 Is in 1900.

"I have seen far more cramming' in the university than is ever done in our schools," said a teacher at the Educational - Conference. A man who fell into the hands of police in Auckland while under the iniluenee of drink had £SO ia notes in his pocket. The slime which was so fatal to fish about Nelson, and interforrcdl so seriously with the fishing industry, has new practically disappeared. The Good Templars of the colony now have a now piess organ of their own, The New Zealand Good Templar Watchword. The first number has just been published at Wanganui, and others will be issued monthly. New Zealand commences the Now Year under favorable conditions. There is promise of an abundant harvest, trade throughout the colony islon a satisfactory footing; and the demand for labour fa|M| generally active. I^^

The Hawera Star says that haymaking is going on on all sides, and heavy crops have been gathered. The cocksfoot harvest in the district is expected to start in about a week. Reports as to the quality of the crop are favourabla. A misapprehension exists, according to a contemporary, as to whether the old postage stamps can be used in prepaying correspondence. All postage stamps issued, however far back, by the Postal Department, can legally bo used in prepayment of postage. According to the Wellington correspondent of :i Southern contemporary, Mr Gow, a well-known Dunedin commercial traveller, is said to bo well in the running for the new position of Secretary for Industries and Commerce.

Tho Broad Bay correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes that the late Hon. Mr. Larnach's residence, "The' Camp," is at last occupied. It is being rented by the Roman Catholic denomination as a "retreat" for rest and change for the nuns from the schools and convents of Otago. Tho Premier of New South Wales, in reply to a question in the House, said he understood that there was a tacit agreement between tho Australian steamship owners and tho deep sea shipping companies whereby competition for intercolonial freight was eliminated. The recent cold and wet weather has caused some mortality amongst newlyshorn sheep in North Canterbury.' Tho rain in the district ceased on Monday night, but tho four or five hours' heavy fall of fine rain, without wind, weighted down many of the grain crops as if mobs of cattle had rolled about in them. The Queensland police officials have sent tho Wellington police officers the season's greotings in the form of a pamphlet containing an ode to Australia, from the pen of Mr. F. C. Urquhart, Inspector of Queensland police. The cover is of an artistic description, and reflects great credit on the taste of those responsible for its preparation. One of the men cmploj'ed on the Kanieri dredge pontoons, Charles Roso, met with a painful accident on Friday afternoon. During tho removal of the sliding ways that had been laid ready for the launching, out of the way of the fresh that looJ|iyL.jn all probability to be com- iL ing down the jivor. Mr Rose along with three others, were removing a rather large stick when the end furthest away from him, fell to the ground and caused his end to go up in the air, at,d in doing so caught his left ear and almost toro it from the side of hia head- ■

It is stated to be a peculiar re«rlt of th e -, number of school holidays given during v the year in connection with war rejoic- :* ings that the scholarships of the Napier Education Board go mainly to small country schools, whose course was not interrupted so much by the holidaya. Mr Colvin, M.H.R., has received the following telegram from- the Premier : " Government havo decided that twopence per sleeper is to bo charged in respect to sleepers cut before the new regulations came into force, and after that threepence per sleeper. As regards back royalties the Commisstoners of Crown Lands are to make reasonable terms so as to avoid litigation.

A copy of the new commonwealth post card has arrived. The address side is almost plain, but the reverse side is very beautifully done up with a group of por- - traits of the well-known National flags. Small portraits of Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Duke of York, and the Governor General of the Commonwealth Lord Hopetoun,'. join a trianglo round the arms of the various united colonies, intertwined with the flags and local flora and fauraof Australia. At the summit is the word "Commonwealth." and beneath it the motto "One People, One Empire, One Destiny," a rather quiet but at the same time artistic make-up. Tho Bruce Horal 1 is responsible for the following:—As showing what can bo done in the poultry, Mr Hyde states that a man in Dunedin recently showed him in his collar no less than 12,000 dozen eggs which he had bought in at 4d to Gd and he said that he sold these eggs at from Is to Is 3d per dozen. At the meeting of the Napier Education Boavd the question of granting certificates to children attending Catholic sehoals ns a result of examinations held by tho Board's inspector cropped up. - Tho Board's solicitors hod advised that tho issue of such certificates was illegal. JS'o reply has yet been received from tho Minister of Education, to whom a communication has been sent.

| A Dunedin telegram states that the | shops in that city have apparently never done better than during the "present | Christmas season. All have been so busy lately that lime could not be spared for any decorations. Another indication of prosperity is that not a single trap was disengaged at any livery stable for tho holidays. Thoy evidently make the most of tho returned troopers down Fouih. The queeli in as to who should have tho honor of the first dance with Trooper Heenan at the welcome home "social" at Mandovillo was decided in a novel manner, viz,, by the drawing of lots among tho CO young ladies present, described by the local paper as the youth and beauty of Waimea Plains and adjacent district. "There are many evils in tho present system of appointing teachers which oueht to be removed " said Mr L. Watson, of North Canterbury, at the Educational Conference to-day. He went on to say that applicants were sometimes asked what church they belonged to, whether they were Prohibitionists, and like questions. Merit was too often ignored, and iofluenco prevailed.

As some divorsi ty oLopinion appears to exist as to the proper amount to be charged by the receivers of gold revenue as a ispecial fee under clause b of regulationij for antedating miners' rights, it may bo stated that, if a miner's right is antedated for not more than one month only the ordinary fee 10s is chargeable' and twice that if -the right is antedated for a longer period than one month.

Tho Christchurch oqaoh which loft this morning was unable to cross the Otira, Owing to tho flooded state of tho river. iha passougern Wero brought back to Jackson by train. A writer in the Natal Mercury says: " The Duke of Argyll suggests 'settling reformatory children on Transvaal farms. Yes,- and why not also sprigs of nobility, for whom there are no diplomatic army or navy appointments? Reformatory children? Certainly. In 1848 I believe tho Neptune lay at anchor in Simon's Bay for five months, while the attempt was being made to land convicts from England that bad been declined in Australia. 'l'lte attempt was luckily unsuccessful. Reformatory children may very nice and well groomed children ; but they will not make colonists, any more than the convicts have made Australian colonists."

During tho festivities in connection With tho landing of.tho Tasnnnian troopers who came by the I TarlccJi Castle, some of tho crew of the vessel arc alleged to have broken into tho spirit store and stolen between two and five gallons of 4o ovcrproof naval rum, about 20 joinind in the spree. So disorderly did tho men become that polico bad to remain on board all night. Tho following day seven firemen and three seamen refused point blank to thrn to,with the result that they had to make their bow to a Magistrate who sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and ordered each man to pay £3 for expenses. Mr Geo. M. Schilling, the onc-armed man, who is walking round tho world, writos from Bombay, under date of December sth, to a gentleman in Christchurch. Ho aays; "Just a few lines to tell you that I have met with a great loss. King, the faithful dog, died in Bombay on the 25th November of pneumonia. after tramping across India for 1400 milos, I leave to-day for China. A letter will follow from there."

George Calder, a lad IS years of age, who, in company with another lad named Barltrop, walked from Nelson to Westport a little over a week ago, died in the Hospital on Saturday night from aeuto phthisis. The lad suffered from foot poisoning, which later developed into acute phthisis, and was removed from Mrs Adank's to tho Hospital on Thursday last?" Dr M'Kenzie, seeing the serious nature of the disease, telegraphed to the lad's parents, and Mrs Colder left by the Kennedy for Westport on Thursday, but owing to the thick weather the vessel was much delayed, and did not arrive until an hour after the lad's death occurred. Deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved relatives in their sudden and saddening loss. The powers of the Rivers Commission ►—regarding tho declaration of rivers into which mining dobris is to be deposited, and rivers to bo worked by dredges—has been extended so as to apply to Nelson and the West Coast. Tho Commissioners are Mr H. .A. Gordon, Mr F. E. Flatman, M.H.R., Mr Murry (Chief Commissioner of Lands, Hokitika) and Mr Humphreys (Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson.) T. W. Tymons and Co. drapers and clothiers are now opening up their second large shipment ex "Whakatane" from London, everything up to date ■ and at their usual low prices.—Advt. What a little foresight does. By anticipating the alarming rise in price which has taken place in the "Homo" markets— T. W. Tymon 3 and Co. drapers and clothiers are enabled to sell to tho public at their usual low prices.—Advt. Tymons and Co drapers and clothiers aro now opening their second large shipment of new goods—every line new and up to date—lnspection invited—T. W. Tymons and Co Greymouth.—Advt.