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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 February 1901, Page 2

J, Gofton, the Dresden Piano Go’s tuner, is at present in Grcymouth, Orders left with J. W, Easson and Co. or Post Office Hotel, will be promptly attended to.—Advt.

We remind our readers Of the Swimming Club’s sports to be held on Wednesday next. The members of the Club are in active training for the various events, and those who patronise the sports can look forward to a good afternooms amusement. Swimming is an art which deserves to bo encouraged, and wo bespeak for the club a good attendance, A shilling will be charged for admittance to the precincts of the shed, which will be collected on the Oobden side of the Cobden Bridge.

A largo quantity of machinery is at present on the wharf for the Erickson’s Reward, Ahaura, Greenstone, and Greenstone Junction. It will be sent on to its destination at the commencement of the week. This week's dredging returns for the Coast will not be large. Nelson Creek may be looked forward to give a good yield, and possibly the Leviathan will come next, neither the Grey River nor Dobson No 2 aro expected to “show up much” the machines having been slopped several times. The Waipuna will possibly get a start again next week. A sitting of the District Court will be held on Friday next, when the now celebrated case, salting of the Foley’s Creek dredging area, and a charge against a woman for the alleged passihg of spurious coins will be heard. In this issue attention is directed to the Dresden Piano Company’s advertisement, Wo understand from the Dunedin representatives that the Company have never for the past 20 years, been so heavily overstocked as at present. To make a clearance which is imperative, they will hold a great clearing sale of pixnos and organs of the best makes, and the prices will be far below ordinary cost. The Royal Commission set up by the Government to enquire into the claims of the debenture-holders of the Midland Railway Company will take evidence at Greymouth next week or the following, due notification of which will bo given. 3,7000zs of gold of the value of £14,350 was brought down from Reefton this morning by Mr. Ferons, Manager of the National Bank at Reefton. Of this quantity 3000 ozs came from the Consolidated mines, and will be shipped first opportunity to London. The Inangahua Herald states that a very quiet wedding was celebrated at the Church of the Sacred Heart on Thursday afternoon, the occasion being the marriage of Mr. W. Joyce, the wellknown solicitor of Greymouth, to Miss Wallace of Greymouth. We wish the young pair all the happiness possible. The Dresden Piano Coy., of Dunedin, being heavily overstocked in musical instruments purpose holding a geniune clearing sale of high class pianos and organs by all the best English and German makers. The sale commences on Saturday, the 9th iusfc. and will be continued for 10 days only, when no reasonable offer will be refused. Pianos from 20/- monthly, and organs from 10/G monthly, every instrument fully warranted for 10 years. This is really a splendid opportunity of securing an up-to-date instrument on very easy terms. Second hand Pianos and organs taken in exchange as part payment for new ones, and full market value allowed. The Dunedin representatives, Messrs A. Jackson and J. Gofton, will be pleased to answer all communications addressed to them care of Rcvington’s Post OJlice Hotel, Greymouth, or at the local agents Messrs J. W. Easson and Co., Inspection invited.— Advt. Work in the Blackball mine is being pushed on as expeditiously as possible. A great deal of silt is to be got rid of and several falls cleared away. About a dozen miners have been engaged getting coal for the past few days. On Monday about 25 colliers will bo employed, and coal will he obtainable at Greymouth on Tuesday. Mr Seott anticipates having the mine in full swing again by the 18th inst when a double shift will be put on and lee-way made up as rapidly as possible, The Brunner school children -a joyous happy band —accompanied with a targe number of adults, passed through town today en route for Hokitika, where they hold their annual picnic. We have not heard when the Grey children aro to get their treat, indeed, it is hinted the excursion has, for this year, been abandoned. We trust this is not the case, for although to a good many the trip means much trouble and time, yet to a very largo number it is a day of much enjoyment. It would bo a great pity to deprive the youngsters of the holiday the Government has, by moans of cheap railway fares, placed within their reach.

The American Dental Institute has opened busines next door to Mr Grave’s office, Hospital Street. They possess a complete plant and all the latest appliances, A trained nurse is kept for ladies. All their work is guaranteed for 10 years. The Institute will open on Tuesday next. Full set of teeth supplied for £5 ss. The operator Mr Hughes, arrived per Wainui yesterday and the business manager will arrive on Monday. For the Public Good. -In another part of this paper appears an advertisement worth the reading, as ’tis for the public good. It tolls of a free distribution of Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills, a remedy for Kidney ills. Bead ic and call at H. Williams, Chemist, Greymouth, on Tuesday, February 12. h, and R. J. Trewavas, Chemist, lloefton, on Monday, February 11th. George IV. was crowned at Westminster Abbey on July 19th, 1821, and the expenses of which were £238,000. The Kings dress alone cost £24,000. The Mayor of Gisborne has proposed that tne naipo of the district, Poverty Bay, should be changed to Victoria Bay, in honor of the late Queen. It is interesting to note that the Britan nic, which is bringing the Imperial troops to Mew Zealand, has the distinction of having made more passages between England and Now York than any other ship. She was built of iron twenty-seven years ago, and has crossed the Atlantic 504 times. At one time she hold the record for the fastest passage. She has only had the one set of boilers and engines since built.

In Wellington city last year there were thirty-five bankruptcies, in which the liabilities to unsecured creditors amounted to £20,267 17s lid, and the net assets realised by the Official Assignee reached £4783 9s 6d. In 1899 the figures wore : Fifty, £22,536 Is Id, and £4105 10s 9d. For the whole of the Wellington district there were 131 bankruptcies (thirty-three less than in the previous year); the liabilities totalled £52,258 5s Id (over £29,000 less than in 1900), and the net assets realised amounted to £12,117 4s Bd, as against £10,900 9a 8d the proceeding year.

The return from the Buffer Junction is 12ozs of gold for 90 hours’ dredging. Mjss B. Gibson lias (says the Times) received tlie following wire from the J lon. the Premier this morning:—" Have much pleasure indeed in informing you that I received this morning a cable rrora officer commanding at Capetown which staled that your relative, Trooper Gibson, is improving in health.” The Christchurch Press says that there are men of our contingents who haVa been back from South Africa for weeks* and aro still unable to gfet employment because they have not yet received their discharges. What is worse they have not been given the back pay due to them, Ml some aro consequently penniless, witlwit money though as much as £SO is due to some, and without the power of getting i work. More than one returned Christchurch man has had to apply to the Mayor to relieve Ms immediate necessities,

The .total number of passes trliough th'a turnstiles at the Christchurch Exhibition was 142,000 i Season tickets and tickets to exhibitors and others were issued to the extent of 4,600, and estimating the daily attendance from these sources and through the turnstiles, the total number of visitors reached nearly 250,000, The best_ week’s receipts were in show week. During that week there passed through the turnstiles 24,000, The second best week was the last, tVith a total df 20,0i1d visitors, and the third best week was Jubilee week, with 13,000,

Itching Pile s. —Any one who suffers from that terrible plague’ Itching Piles or from Eczema will appreciate the immediate relief and permanent cute that comes through the use of Doan’s Ointment. It never fails. Free samples at H. Williams, Chemist, Greymouth, on Tuesday, February 12th and R. Trewavas, chemist, Reefton, on Monday, February 11th. At the Union Store, is to be had a very fine assortment of all kinds of fruit for jam milking ; also a largo assortulent of jam jars. Order early to save disappointment. Grifflen and Smith.— Advt.

_ Last week there were three bankruptcies in thbjjcolony, a restaurant-keeper at Auckland,|a bootmaker at Waipawa, and an hotelkeeper at Lake To Auau. The experiment of burning papa in a kiln for use as road metal lias proved a complete success on the Ohura road, in Taranaki, and the Government lias engaged ten . brick-burners to prosecute the work on a large scale.

ITCHNESS OF tfHH SKIN AND ECZEMA.— The only remedy in the world that will at once stop itchness of the skin, on any part of the body, and one that is absolutely safe and never failing, is Doan’s Ointment. Free samples at H. Williams, Chemist, Greymouth, on Tuesday, February 12th and R. J. Trewavas, Chemist, Reefton, on Monday February 18th,