NEWS AND NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 February 1901, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

A proposal is on foot to erect a statue"of Sir Arthur Sullivan over his grave in bt. Paul's. Mr Goschen has become Vicount Goschen of Hawkhurst, and Sir Matthew White Ridley, Vicount Ridley and Baron Wensleyda'e. M,. Tarbe des Salbons, a well-known French journalist, and his wife were found dead in their apartments in Paris, a bottle of poison standing on the table close by. The Emperor William (says an English exchange) has made a present to the Queen of Holland, which however gratifying, is, perhaps, a little premature. It is a bottle of water from the River Jordan.

Whilst hunting in the Warwickshire country last December, Mr 0. A. Hanbury, of the well-known London brewing firm, was thrown, and, breaking his neck, died instantaneously. The richest gold discovery yet reported frow Klondyke has been made on the Yellow Kiver, 800 miles from the Yukon. Two men took out j£7ooo worth of gold in a space of only 19 feet square. Mr Baymond Asquitb, son of the Liberal ex-Home Secretary, has just won the Ireland Scholarship at Oxford. His career at Balliol bids fair to bo as distinguished as that of his father. A treaty has been concluded between England and America amending the existing extradition treaty by classifying as a orime subject to extradition tha obtaining of money under false pretences. The Irish Times gives the following specimen of "a red-tape bull."—"There is now posted at Shornclifi'o an official message entitling colonial soldiers to 'an advance on account of back pay up to £17."

The Suez Canal in to be deepened and widened if Mr Linden W. Bates, the London hydraulic engineer, who was at Suez whon the last mail left, reports that tha work can be done within a reasonable figure. The late Mrs Gladstone has left by her will over £9OOO.

The Hon. T. Y. Duncan (says the Egmont Post), doclined the proffered honour of a banquet in Stratford on Monday evening. It was '■ not in his line."

The French Parliament has finally passed the law providing that every woman employed in a shop or warehouse must be provided with a seat, The officers of the Imperial troops have been accorded the privilege, while in the colony, of sending their letters and telegrams free by franking them. Mr "Boss" Croker has ssays an English paper) been asked to pay income tax upon J62Q.000 a year. Mr Croker is furious. He went before the local Commissioners in Wantage and protested protested bitterly. Elaborate arrangements have been made by theatrical managers for performances connected with the Commonwealth celebrations. They include special free performancas for poor children and inmates of charitable institutions, for which no subsidies are asked, and tho reserving of the theatres for special State performances.

During the discussion of tho Estimates in the W.A. Assembly, adverse comments were made in regard to tho honorary magistracy. It was stated that a magistral? had granted written permission to a white man to live with blacks, and ho still retained his position on tho bench. Tho Attorney-General promised to enquire into the case.

The Boyal Villa of Monza, the scene of the assassination of King Humbart, has been abandoned by his family as a residence. All the establishment has been removed, and at present the only denizens of the villa are the conservateur and a few servants.

Kingston. Jamaica, was recently the scene of an extraordinary disturbance arising out of a quarrel between civilians and soldiers of the West India Regiment at a race meeting. The soldiers attacked the citizens, and the police and the officers of the regiment experienced the greatest difficulty in restoring order.

The London County Council has adopted the proposal to acquire a site at Norbury for the erection of nearly 6000 houses for the working classes. It was stated that the idea was to help the olass above the very poorest, and that the houses loft vacant by their removal would be filled by the poorest class.

Christchurch Truth states that copies of last year's statues have been posted to the address of Justices of the Peace who are long, since dead. Query, what was* the address?

A generous offer has been made to the Council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society by Mr Churnside, of Werriboe Park, Victoria, who volunteers to supply the Socioty with a number of red deer calves collected from his estate. It is almost unnecessary tc add that the offer has been gratefully accepted, and that negotiations as to details and arrangements are now in progress. It will be of great benefit to bring new blood among the herds of the Wellington district, and as the red deer are at present much more numerous on the eastern side of the Wairarapa Valley than on the west, the Society should be able to do something towards equalising matters by placing some of the importations on the Tararua ranges. The railway and the line of close settlement institute a barrior cast and west that the deer, it would seem, seldom cross.

Somewhat singularly our cablegrams have failed to report the death on December 13 th of Mr Michael G. Mulhall, the eminent statistician. Mr Mulhall was born in Bosoommon town, County Roscommon Ireland, in 1836, and was educated at the Irish College in Rome. For many years he lived in the Argentine Republic, whore he was engaged in jour* nalism. The Buenos Ayres "Standard, " the first English daily paper printed in South America, was founded in 1881 by Mr Mulhall. He afterwards returned to Ireland. Since 1880 he had contributed articles on scientific and statistical subjects to various Irish, American, and English magazines and newspapers. Mulhali's first important work, published in 1880, was entitled " The Progress of the World." His greatest work the " Dictionary of Statistics," was published in 1886, and has gone through many editions.

Speaking of what he observed in Syd-; ney, Sir Robert Stout said :—'"One thing that struck me was that all through the demonstration there was the chord of brotherhood. They were Australians. It impressed me greatly, and it must have a great effect on the future. No doubt they will look after their States and their State revenues; yet they feel they are Australians, and the Commonwealth overshadows the States. There does not seem to be any anxiety to push forward New Zealand's position. They seem to regard it as a matter for New Zealand herself to consider alone, and it does not loom large in the consideration of Australians. They think that they have a big enough thing in hand without New Zealand being a part of them." A girl residing in a Lake Michigan town, hue recovered five hundred dollars damage from a steamboat company for naming a boat after her without asking permis'sion. She took offenca At a paragraph stating " Mittie Marsbali, having been thoroughly scrubbed, painted, refitted with new boilers, will hereafter serve as mail carrier, and poke her pretty nose into the lake business for all she's worth.

A remarkable discovery was made a few days ago by Dr Fischer, of Adelaide, while operating on the nose of a small boy, aged eight years, whose breathing was effected. The doctor discovered what appeared to be a large growth in the nostrils, which necessitated surgical attention. An operation was performed and a screw an inch length was found embedded in the cavity. The metal which was coated with flesh, had become rusty, but the head of it was perfect. The boy is now recovering from the effects of the operation, and there is no obstruction of his breathing. The boy's father thinks the screw had been imbedded for five years.

On Monday last at the Blenheim Police Court, A. M. M. Bourke, arrested on a warrant from Greymouth on a charge of absconding from bail, was remanded to appear there. There was a further development in the evening of the charge preferred against Bourke, The Court officials received a notification from Greymouth that the bailee had since been satisfied, and therefore Bourke was again brought before the Court and discharged. A further circular has been received by Mr George Fishsr, Italian Consul, from the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Borne, granting an amnosty to all Italians residing in foreign countries who were born between the years 1860 to 1879 inclusive, but who have not returned to Italy to perform their military service. The ommission to return to Italy at the ago of 21 to perform the prescribed military service, is punishable as a criminal offence, should a person born in any of the year* indicated be found on Italian soil, tbo term of imprisonment being two years.

The Dunedin "Star" of the 7th instpublished the following telegram from its Wellington correspondent:-—"I have the best authority for saying that the vaoant judgeship will be offered to Mr Bim, of Dunedin." Press Dunedin correspondent telegraphs:-—"I saw Mr Sim on the subject this afternoon, and have bis assurance that he had received no intimation that he was to be offered tho vaoancy. All the same, the information will likely be found to be pretty oorrect, and it is also pretty certain that if the offer is made to Mr Sim, it will not bo refused. Tho selection will be a good one, and if given charge of the Arbitration Court—as is probable will bo the case whoever is appointed. Mr Sim, with his Conciliation Board experience will prove a valuable addition to the Justiciary.—Press. In South Australia it is proposed to distribute peace medals to children throughout the colony on the day the schools roassemble after tho Christmas holidays. At many of the schools, also, flagstaff's will be erected, and the Onion Jack hoisted on the day on which the distribution of medals takes place.