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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 31 January 1901, Page 2

~ Pho Premier leaves Sydney for New Zealand on Saturday. Mr. E. J. Aptod, toaclicr of the Violin, will resume teaching on Monday next. There will be no choir practice at the Presbyterian Church to-moroow evening. —Advt,

Tenders are invited in ,our columns for the erection of machinery etc., for the Grey Eiver Consolidated Coy’s dredge. G. W. dloss and Co disposed of Mr .Johnston’s cottage in High street yesterday afternoon to Mr James Kerr junior) for £350.

M c call the attention of our readers to tire auction sale of Messrs Harley and Co Of household furniture and effects, including I secondhand piano also a quantity of Nelson grown fruit. The sale will take place at Harley and Co’c auction rooms at 2 30 p.m. to morrow.

Arrangements arc in progress for a Monster Open Air Memorial or Funeral SciYico for hnr late Majesty the Queen on the same lines as (hat being hold in Wellington to bo held in Victoria Park (or in the event of it being wot in the Opera House) on. Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.

A? Saturday is a public holiday Messrs Easson and Co will hold their auction sale at 11 o’clock tomorrow meriting when 170 boxes Greengages, Apples, Plums etc will be sold without reserve.

A Peoples’ meeting will be held in the U csloyan Church this evening commencing at 7 30. A good programme has been arranged and an address will bo delivered by Mr Oxbrow. During the evening an opportunity will bo taken of saying goodbye to Mr Piper, who has so ably assited the church during his stay in Grcyraouth. All are cordially invited. Dr. M’Brcarty to-day reports another case of dyptheria in Turumaha Street, and desires us to advise parents to keep their children as much as possible from mixing with other families. The house whore the fresh outbreak has occurred, has been isolated. Inspector Maedonnell received the following wire from Sergeant Darby of Westport, this morning ;—“Constable Cameron wires that a man named Drown died suddenly at Corby, suffering from dysentry. A woman named Elford vras found dead on road at Karamea, she is supposed to have fallen or kicked by her horse.”

The annual general meeting of members of the Grey Valley Miners’ Medical Association was held at Brunner last evening. The chair was occupied by Mr IT. Coppersmith. The balance-sheet showed the Society to bo in a sound financial position. The following were elected a committee of management for the ensuing year : —President and Treasurer Mr Coppersmith ; Secretary Mr Franklin; Committee Messrs Moth, McEwan, Cosgrove, Masters, T. Watchman, Kear, Pitman, McKenzie and Southward. For the position of medical officer, Dr James Mcßrearty jnr, was elected to the position at a salary of £4OO per year. The Greymouth correspondent of the Otago Daily Times., pays the following well deserved tribute to a gentleman now well-known in our midst“ Ido not think that I have yet brought before your readers the high opinion in which the company’s engineer, Mr M’Queon, is held by the Grey Valley public, This was well evidenced yesterday by the many greetings extended towards him. Although being only recently located hero, his frank and straight-forward transactions have earned the esteem and regard of everyone that he has been brought in contact with. Through all sorts of weather and rough country he is periodically inspecting the constructions of the many different dredges entrusted to him. [ have previously pointed out'the necessity of this class of man for the thorough development of the dredging industry, and I am very pleased to note that the Dunedin investors have chosen such a straightforward and careful officer. The crops in the Cheviot district arc looking extremely well, and, should the weather continue favourable for a few days, some good yields may be expected. A man has been arrested at Brisbane, with £IBOO in his possession. He is supposed to be the accountant missing from the Grenfell bank.

The Timaru Harbour Board lias resolved to determine the contract for the eastern rubble mole, on the ground that the contractors are making insufficient progress.

Captain Tucker, of Gisborne, who has leased Campbell Island, has placed 1000 sheep on the property, and intends to increase that number considerably at an early date. The island is believed to bo well adapted for sheep-fanning,

In connection with the divorce proceedings, which have been instituted by Mr. Simms against ex-Justice Martin, counsel for tiro petitioner (says the Christchurch Press) sent the necessary documents for service on the parties concerned by the last mail for Sydney. No communications wore received by the last Australian mail.

From a private letter, dated from the Lichtenburg Hospital, wo learn that Mr Cyril Northeroft, who went to South Africa with one of the Contingents, has just recovered from an attack of enteric. Mr Northeroft has been unfortunate enough to contract malarial fever no loss than seven times. He intends staying for a while with his uncle at Bloemfontein. A circular Las been issued to local bodies throughout the colony explaining that there is no intention on the part of the Health Department to supersede them in carrying out the provisions of the PubPc Health Act. The object of the Department will bo to assist the local authorities in administering the sanitary laws. A skilled bactcrologist will be stationed in each centre’ and antitoxins will be supplied free of charge to those people who arc unable to pay for thorn. There has been a considerable influx of harvest and other hands into Ashburton during the past week, and numbers of men are now (says the Christchurch Press) to be seen daily standing about the main streets and street corners. Many of them find accomodation at the hotels, hut others have to unfurl their blankets at night and find a resting place amongst the willows in the river bed. Harvest operations are in full swing in many parts of the district, and the majority of men should find employment on ilio various farms.

All example of the pluck of miners is related by the Lyttelton Times. One of the miners on the Ninety Milo Leach walked from Timaru trundling a wheelbarrow laden with four hundredweight of household goods, and accompanied by his wife and family. That was three years ago, and for the first year after taking up a claim ho sold .-C2OO worth of gold. Ho is now making a comfortable living on the same claim.'

The Postmaster-General continues to receive congratulations from all parts of Australasia on the innovation of (lie penny postage system. Amongst’ the letters is one from the President of the Launceston Chamber of Commerce, who joins Mr Ward in the hope that the year which brings New Zealand within the circle of the penny post may he of happiness ami prosperity. llc adds that his personal desire is that the Commonwealth of Australia may soon come within the same circle.

A. stew aid, who served on a transport employed in (lie Amcrican-Spimish War stated that the food which is (o be supplied to the troopers on the Cornwall will necessitate twice us much labor in (be culinary department as (lie ordinary troopship fare would, He says that the difference between the food that our troopers are to have and the ordinary fare ou transports, is saloon and stccracre faros under the Union Company.

In the ociirsa of his reply to an address of welcome at Brisbane, Mr Seddon said —“I dislike militarism and noiiproducefo. W o are not to let the Imperial authorities think that beeause we sent contingents to South Africa we are willing to tolerate militarism.”

It seems an extraordinary thing (writes Young New Zealander”) that in a conn* try that would so largely benefit by advertising it? natura} beauties and aclvan. tagosi there is no such thing as a postal card to bo obtained that pictorially represents cither one or the other. 1 feef sure that so enterprising and open-minded a Minister as the Postmaster-General has only to have his attention diverted to this omission to have it forthwith remedied.