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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 January 1901, Page 2

At the Magistrate's Court this morning before R. S. Hawkins Esq. S.M. a first offender for drunkonnoss was fined 5/- and costs.

All accounts in connection with the Oriental Bazaar and Peace Celebrations are requested to be sent into Mr Lord on or before Monday, 21st instant. By reference to outadvertising columns it will ba seen that Gr. W. Moss and Co hold an important sale of furniture and effects, at the residence of Mrs E. J, Stratford on Wednesday 23rd January.

The Collector of Customs received the following telegram from D. M. Kellar of the Customs Dcpt Wellington:—"Largo log GO feet long, seen last night, three miles south and half mile off Kahurangi Point. Warn vessels to look out," A meeting of the committee of tho Greymouth Trotting Club will be held this evoning at 8 o'clock, at the Albion Hotel. Tho profits on tho last trot was about £-160, and it is the intention of the committee to redeem some of their debenture at once.

The following pupils of the Granville School have received certificates from the Technical Branch of the Wellington School of Arts, having passed the second grade examination in freehand drawing : Charlotte Campbell, John Meara and Michael Wallace.

Mr Aitken, one of the staff of the Union Company, arrived in town yesterday. Mr Cargill, who is to take charge of the Greymouth branch is expected here in the course of a week or so, and will t ike over the management of the Company's aff.iirs on February Ist. From that date and henceforth the Union Company will run their business at Greymouth as a branch, instead of, as horefcofore, an agency. A s'cry heavy sea running heme to-day, off. ctually bars all shipping transactions. In the matter of weather effecting our port We have, certainly been very unfortunate of late. While we have fine weather, there has been off our Coast, little else than a succession of gales. As our Harbormaster remarks "It's been most

A public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Hokitika, last night for the pui'pose of considering what steps should be taken to welcome the returning soldiers from South Africa. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. Michel) presided. Ultimately it was agreed to leave the matter in the hands of a committee, consisting of the Mayor, the Hon. J. A. Bonar, Captain Macfarlane (First Westlands), Messrs Evans, Campbell and M'Naughton. At a meeting of the Committee held afterwards, it was decided to hold a procession immediately on arrival of the troops, and either a dance or a smoke concert in the evening. It was also proposed that a platform be erected in front of the Town Hall, and that the Mayor, County Chairman and Hon. J. A. Bonar be asked to address the assemblage.

J >se persons, who were jumping at the ■cent fire, will be paid for their services at tUe Borough Council offices this evening at 7 p.m.

Gold has been discovered in the Rotorua district m a creek in sand resembling laranaki ironsand, and an assay lias given good returns. A great deal of (he sand exists ni the district, and extensive prospecting will be carried out.

The Government having ratified the appointment of Mr Thompson as engineer to the Grey Harbor Board, a meeting of that body will be held to-morrow afternoon to arrange for immediate commencement of work. The following will represent the Drapers and Grocers in the match against the Club to-morrow afternoon at 2 p m :—Kilgour, Scott, Craig, Bevell, Cocks, Parfitt, Wise, Praser, Young, Heflerman, Smith, and Choons.

A case is reported from Gisborne in which a drunken man was robbed of £45, and rather severely handled. The Hon. J. Ri gg , M.L.C., has been elected to act as chairman of the Parl'amentary Library Committee during the absence of the Hon. Dr. Grace in Great Britain. A movement is on foot among some of the milk suppliers around Wellington to form a combination, one object of which is understood to be an increase in the price of milk.

Wo have pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of a Magasdno entitled "Boys of the Empire." The journal contains reading matter of Imperial tone, also a number of illustrations. It is published at one penny and issues from the metropolis of the world.—London. The Chilian warship General Bacquedano, have been infomred by cable will shortly visit New Zealand, is a steel cruiser of 2330 tons and 1500 horse-power, built at the Elswick yards in 1898. Her armament consists of four 4.7 in quick-firing guns, two 12-pounders, and five lighter guns, The General Bacquedano, which is at present used as a training ship, carried a complement of 302 men.

The cost of building a new steamor for the Melanesian Mission will be about £15,000. Over £BOOO of that amount has now been subscribed. The present steamer, tho Southern Cross, is only able to travel four miles an hour, with her auxiliary engines, and she is far too small for the increasing work of the Missions. A New Zealander now in Sydney noted as an odd feature of the Commonwealth illuminations that a laige semicircles of lights blazed out the word "Welcome" over the portals of Darlinghurst Gaol during the week. Manganese is being mined at Ness Valley, in thg Wairoa South district, Auckland, and the prospectors have now quite 100 tons ready to haul, but there is difficulty in getting it out, owing to the state of the roads. That the mineral is there in sufficient quantity is considered almost assured. The workmen are now driving in a low level, and maganesc was showing thickly throughout. In a letter recently received from England by Bishop Nevill the writer asks : " Do you remember a young fellow named, Bullen in Dunedin years ago '? He is now I am told, one of the finest writers in the English language. He joined the church in Dunedin and was confirmed by you." This refers to the author of the " Cruise of tho Cachalot" and other works. Bishop Nevill finds that he was confirmed at Port Chalmers in 1876, aged 19 years. For somo time past (writes the Post London correspondent) advertisements have been inserted in some of tho leading English papers inviting those anxious for a gumdigger's life in Now Zealand to make application in a certain quarter. On applying they are told that they can have an independent life and earn"from £4 to £5 a week, and £2O down is asked for to secure a passage, pay tho agent's commission, and secure an introduction to a storekeeper able to put immigrants in the way of beginning businers. The Survey Department (-aya the Lyttelton Times) has just finished ..utting up the Lyndon property, purchased by the Government from Messrs D. and A. Macfarlane. Tho block of 4200 acres is now cut up into oignt sections, varying from 824 to 732 acres. The sections will bo ballotted for in March, under the lease in perpetuity system. With regard to the fatality wWch took place in the Skippers Sluicing Company's claim in November, when throe men, named Low, Scott, and Tobin, were killed, the "Southland Daily News" says that the cause of Mrs Tobin was taken up by tho firm of Macalister Bros., solicitors, with tho result that after full consideration of the position of affairs, compensation has been allowed to Mrs Tobin for the loss of her husband. The widow receives several hundred pounds, the sum, it is understood being sufficient to place her and her little children beyond the reach of want. The new Post Office regulations aro contained in the Gazette published the other day. Among the new features which they contain are a re-casting of tho rates for parcels. Instead of each parcel to the United Kingdom being charged according to its particular weight, tho same fee (Is) will be charged for parcels up to 31b; again, for parcels from 31b to 71b the rate will be2j; and for parcels from 71b to 111 b 3s. In future a foe of 5s will be charged for the registration of every newspaper.

A statistician, from sources which he does not disclose, has calculated that there have been exported to Australia from Great Britain, in preparation for tho Duke of York's visit, 50,000 Union Jacks ninepenny edition), 500 biles of "tiddlers" a mi item rounds of crackers (as well as quick-firing rockets), G7OO reams of red, white, and blue ribbon, 850 bushels of fog-horns, 1300 gross of buttons, and 350 statue miles of steamers. It seems that not only does trade follow the flag, but tho flag is a considerable trade in itself.'

The marriage of a Wellington City pakehato a Maori woman is on the tapia. Her sable ladyship is said to be good looking, and weighs a good Msl. Her bank balance, however, is proportionally heavy, and the four winds of heaven blow over many thousand smiling acres, of which she is the fortunato owner. Kapai ! A slip in the tunnel close to the Summit caused some delay to traffic on (he Wellington-Napier railway the other day. The train from Masterton was delayed about an hour and a, half, and the Wellinglon-Napicr train for nearly an hour, while the slip was being cleared. The suburban service was not dislocated, a train being run from Upper Hutt to Wellington on the time-table of the delayed train from Masterton.

His Excellency Lord Banfurly has presented a champion medal for the best allround athlete in the colony. This medal will bo competed for at the Caledonian championship sports meeting in Napier next month. The point-! will bo counted as follows: —Hammer, stone, caber, and wrestling, 6,4, and 2; running and jumping, 4,2, and 1. Owing to the extreme prico of fat stock, and in view of the likelihood of a continuance, the Dunedin butchers have been compelled to further increase the cash price of meat. Bump steak is now worth 8d per lb, chops 6d, cutlets Bd, buttock steak Gd, corned round s|d, lcgs'oT mutton 5Jd, etc. Miss Mable Easaon notifies in another column that she will resume teaching on Jan. 21st. Her capabilities as a musician both for piano and violin are well known, and she has proved to be a painstaking and successful teacher.

T o.i output fr .in Wcsiport Inst waclc vv*u 9548' tons Bowt, of which the Wesipurt Coal Co. shipped 81'28 tons 9cwt and thi Westport Co-operative Co. 1419 tons 19owt. Some very strong allegations are mado by annonynious correspondents in the Ofcago Daily Times regarding the management of the United Alpine mine at Lyoll. A cable message has been received by the General Manager for Railways, stating that the twenty-two engines ordered from the Baldwin works at Philadelphia for tho New Zealand Railways will be shipped this month at New York, according to contract. Lieut. Wall has been detained in Wellington owing to (he sending away of the Sixth contingent, and is in charge of the Wellington P. A. Depot in the absence of ~ Colonel Messenger, who is in command W" of the camp at Newtown Park. T. W. Tymons and Co. drapers and clothiers are now opening up their second largo shipment ex "Whakatano" from London, everything up to dato and at their usual low prices.—Advt. What a littlo foresight does. By antic l pating tho alarming rise in price which has taken place in the "Homo" markets— T. W. Tymons and Co. drapers and clothiers aro 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 lino now and up to dato—lnspection invited—T. W. Tymons and Co Groymouth.—Advt.