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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 1 April 1901, Page 2

Mr. Joseph Tayi.or returned to town on Saturday afternoon from his visit to Auckland in regard to the re-opening of the Wallseud mine. Ho was progressing most favorably with negotiations, when doubt was cast upon the transaction by the publication of Messrs. Bishop and Mathieson’s evidence and letters. It was then deemed advisable to hold off until further information was obtained. It is much to be regretted that such misleading remarks should have been made at the time ; but the delay is only temporary, as the negotiations are only delayed pending further information. Mr. Taylor informs us that he has a written statement from Mr. Bishop to the effect that that the mine, if reopened, could at once put out 2000 tons per week; while wo have the evidence of Mr. Russell and others as to the excellence of the coal. It has been estimated |>by Mr. Taylor and those associated with him that £15,000 will re-open the mine and supply it with ample machinery and plant for effective working. Notwithstanding the attempts made to “ block ” the mine, there is not expected to be much difficulty in getting the property once more in working order.

The monthly meeting of the Grey Education Board takes place this evening. A parcel of 142 shares in the Bank of New Zealand were recently sold at Wellington for £1 Os Gd per share. A conference of underwriters will sit at Wellington on the 19;h of April to finally decide upon the increase in fire rates in the North Island. The Bain Comedy Company arrived in town per 1 faupiri this forenoon, and appear at the Opera House to-morrow evening. Mr W. Webly, .Junr., has arrived and will visit his cu .-turners at the earliest opportunity. All orders left at the Gilmer Hotel wili be promptly attended to. — Advt. It is most likely that there will he a ShcHlekl Handicap open to all, run on Victoria Bark on Friday next, m connection with the half mile foot race—Shcrloch v. Duly.

We regret to announce the death of Mrs Mallinson which took pla':o at Maori Creek yesterday, after an illness of a few days. The deceased lady, who was 05 years of ago, was the mother of Mr George Mallinson, and was a very old and highly respected resident of the district. Mrs Chcsterman, who lias been a resident of Greymouth for the hist 35 years leaves Auckland by the steamship Jvaramea to-morrow for England, During her long residence she made many friends, and was held in the highest respect by all classes of the community for her straightforwardness. She carries with her the host wishes of a large circle of friends. She is accompanied by her family.

The fool race between Sherlock (Westport), and Daly (Blackball), is creating a deal of interest among our sporting young men on the Coast. The race, is for £SO a side, and the second deposit of £2O was made on Friday evening. Both men are in active training, and arc confident of success, so wo may look forward to a close finish. The race will be run on Victoria Park on Friday afternoon, April 3th at 3 o’clock.

Of the £ISOO of tho GrcynSbuth Jockey Club debentures issued two years ago for course improvements, £450 wero by resolution redeemed on Friday, and on Saturday 45 debentures wero drawn. This leaves £IOSO still owing, which the club anticipate being able to pay off in two years.

Mr P. Boase, for many years draper withW. B. Barkley, Becfton, has left for Wellington. Mr Boase was entertained at Stevenson’s Hotel by a number of his friends, who generally expresod regret at his departure.

There was very keen competition at the sale of rights by Messrs Mark Sprot on Saturday afternoon in connection with the Westland Racing Club’s forthcoming Easter meeting when the following prices were realised :—Grand stand booth, Mre Bachelor £2B; outside booth, Mr O Connor £3O; refreshment room, Mr Preston £9; outside refreshment room and front stall £3 15; cards, Mr Nightingale, £ll 10s, a total of £B2 ss, being an increase of £ls on the amount realised for last Easter rights. G. W. Moss and Co will sell on Saturday 6th April at the residence of Mr Gordon Marcourt of Kumara, freehold section with comfortable six roomed dwelling erected thereon also the whole of bis household furniture and effects.

No one can, after to-day’s nominations, say that interest in municipal matters is dead. For the Mayoralty Mr Malhicson gets a well earned “walk over.’’ But Councillors are not to ho allowed to take matters easy, there being no less than nineteen nominations for nine seats, so that it is inevitable that ten candidates must be disappointed. The new aspirants are all well known to all the ratepayers, and lie would be rash indeed who all empts to name the nine successful candidates. Our own correspondent at Roefton wires Mr John Jeffs, for many years a storekeeper in Reef ton, died in the hospital this morning. Deceased was well known in the Nelson Creek district whore he resided for many years. Mr M. Phillips, census enumerator, notifies in our advertising columns, that any householder who has not received a census schedule is requested to communicate with him without delay. All communications go free through the post. Quito a number of fair tea drinkers are under medical treatment for “ nerves ” just now, according to a Wellington doctor.

Tho Zebra stove polish is recommended as an article all housewives should use. It protects the iron and causes a brilliant polish with a small amount of labor. The usual meeting of tho Grcymouth Fire Brigade will be held this evening at 7 30.

The fall in the price of sheep, which has occurred during tho last week or two, says a Wairarapa paper, will result in a substantial loss to many Mastorton speculators who bought in anticipation of a still further rise.

The expedition sent to Cuba by tho Smithsonian Institution to collect strange animals and plants has returned loaded down with specimens and with talcs of adventure. Eats of edible species—some 3ft long, including tho tail, and weighing 181b —were captured, but none, observes tho “New York World” were brought back to this country alive. All were eaten by tho hungry adventurers. An Auckland paper believes that tobacco culture might become an important industry in many parts of tho colony, whore there is family labour available for work, much of which can bo performed by children, with no severe strain or exertion.

Tho Minister for Public Works is (says the “Post”) confident that at the present rate of progress the Makohine viaduct will bo completed and trains running up Mangaweka in twelve months from the present time. Tho piers of the viaduct arc in position. Men are now engaged in building a scaffolding across tho gorge prior to the erection of the heave steel superstructure, some of the sections of which arc being prepared will all possible speed. The Engineor-in-Chief of the colony (Mr Hales) has been instructed to advise the Auckland Harbour Board in the matter of tho erection of tho massive sheer legs which are to bo placed at tho Calliope Dock in order to meet tho requirements of the Admiralty. Information was received the other day by Mr. T. E. Donne, Superintendent of Tourist and Health Resorts, that a geyser of considerable magnitude had the previous day burst out at Lake Rotorua, about half a mile beyond tho Postmaster’s Bath, at tho mouth of tho Puarenga stream and was throwing up mud and water to a height of 100 ft. (This is the second phenomenon af tho kind reported within tho last few days. Excavations were lately rendered necessary in one of the streets of Palmerston North by tho blocking of drain-pipes. Part of the drainage system ran past a willow tree, and on lifting the old pipes to carry out improvements, it was found that so imperfectly had the joints of tho pipes been filled, that tho roots of tho willow had penetrated tho pipes at each joint and grown along tho pipes for a distance of nineteen feet, almost completely blocking tho whole of tho pipes with a network of fine roots and sediment. Efficient drainage under the circumstances was absolutely impossible. Tho separate pipes were distinctly marked on tho growth by the roots, which had attained a larger size at each joint. Tho pipes themselves were perfectly sound. We have been informed, says the Western Star, that on tho strength of tho oil works at Orepuki manufacturing a good class of oil. the Dunedin Oily Council has expended £20,000 in an oil plant that will enable it to extract a gas from the oil to mix with the ordinary coal gas for lighting purposes. This will reduce tho cost of lighting very considerably, and should also give a superior light. To which the Otago Daily l imes adds ; —The City Council has tho plant nearly ready, and though shale oil from Orepuki will bo used it is scarcely correct to say that the plant lias been put in purposely for the use of this product. The Palmerston correspondent of the “ Otago Daily Times ” learns that as a result of tho strike of Danback rabbit trappers it has now been decided to pay 6d per pair for rabbits, or Id more than tho men demanded, Tho New Zealand Government has placed Newcastle, Now South Wales, under tho same quarantine restrictions as Sydney. In future, therefore, all vessels arriving from that port will undergo quarantine for twenty-four hours. On tho oath to uphold the Presbyterian Church of Scotland being administered to the King at his first Council, he did not kiss the New Testament, as is customary in England and tho colonies, but elected to take the oath Scotch fashion, holding up the right hand.

The Nelson Chamber of Commerce have received a letter from tbo Union S.S. Company in repy to one complaining that whereas freights were raised 2s Gd a ton between Nelson and Wellington to additional expenses in connection with the plague scare of some months ago they had not since been reduced. The company wrote to the effect that the charge had been maintained owing to the increased expense of running steamers, and that the charge referred to was not out of proportion to that made between other ports.

Mr Cassidy informed the Midland Railway Commission (says the Press) that oven now coach-drivers had a regular fight with some passengers who insist upon crossing flooded rivers and doing equally rash acts. They had an immense amount of trouble with these people. *■ They are not worth it, ” interjected Dr. Findley. “ Australian ladies are accomplished horsewomen, ’ says the ‘ Daily Chronicle, ’ “ and it is proposed to organise a thousand of them as a bodyguard of the Duchess of Cornwall and York at the opening of the Commcnwoahh Parliament. This proposal is capped by another, suggesting an escort of a thousand lady cyclists. Both ideas are novel and picturesque, but whether the Duchess would care to be completely surrounded by her own sex is not quite so certain. ” Between 90 and 100 gallons of oil were extracted from the blubber of the two whales (mother and calf) recently killed at Titahi Bay, near Wellington. Tenants of rented houses in Invercargill are having an anxious time, so the local papers state. Owing to increased sales of property, a good many have had to move, and their difficulty is to find athcr places of residence. Some have failed in their, quest and been compelled to take rooms in the meantime. As a largo number of new houses have been within the last few years and building operations arc still actively going on, it is evident the popu’ation of Invercargill has materia’ly ncreased.

Feeling runs very high in regard to tho criminal libel actions preferred against tho editor of tho Charleston Herald, and which come on for hearing at tho Magistrates Court on Thursday next. [Respectable people look forward to tho upholding of truth and justice by a dismissal of the cases, while tho clique are confident of victory. Mr Harden will appear for Woodhoad and Me Sorrow, and Mr Hannon, of Greymouth, has been retained for tho defence.

W. M’Kay and Son, having opened up their autumn and winter goods, are now showing an unrivalled assortment of drapery and clothing. Navy and black serges from Is 6d per yard. Heavy British dress stuff lOd, Is, 1s fid per yd. Splendid goods for winter wear—a lovely range of black fancy dross stuffs and costume lengths—at undeniably low prices. Furs and tippets, a big range, from 2s fid each. Kid gloves, lined and unlincd, and fur tops, ribbons, laces and velvet in endless variety.— Advt.

A telegram was received to-day by Mr D. Sheedy, conveying tho sad intelligence that Colonel Francis had died last night. Tho gallant Colonel was well kown and respected throughout the length and breadth of the colony, and especially on tho West Coast where ho was a universal favourite. It was only last year that ho was selected by the Government to take charge of the contingents going to South Africa, whither he accompanied them, and the doings of himself and his men, in fighting their country’s battles arc now a matter of history ; and will evA be remembered by all time New Zealanders. Never of a very robust constitution Colonel Francis contracted pneumonia in South Africa, as a result of tho hardships and privations which ho underwent, but his pluck would not allow him to cave in, until his condition became such that ho was unable to remain in the field. After a spell in tho hospital he was sent to England in tho hope that the change would do him good, and whilst there had honors showered upon him. ‘ Ho had a long interview with Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and was tho guest of tho present King for some time at Sandringham. A gallant soldier, a courteous and bravo officer, and a thorough gentleman the late Colonel will be greatly missed by his friends and old comrades, and bis w’idow and family have the most heartfelt sympathy.

On Saturday night the Railway Department had tho new incandescant lamps on the wharf lit for the first time, Tho effect was certainly good, and there will, we apprehend, be no further complaints in the future as to the dangerous nature of the wharf consequent upon the absence of light. Had these lamps been in existence years ago, a number of valuable lives would have been saved.

Tlxe Canadian correspondent of the Otago Daily Times informs his journal that Mr J. A. Ruddick, late Dairy Commissioner for New Zealand, is doing good work as assistant to the Canadian Commissioner of Agriculture. At the recent meeting of the Eastern Ontario Dairymen at Smith’s Falls, Mr Ruddick gave them some plain -talk. From the first, instructors and dealers liave been unanimous in pressing upon those concerned the paramount importance of care and cleanliness in every process connected with the industry, from tho milking of the cow to the marketing of the cheese and butter. Every now and again, however, some individual neglects some rule of the plainest importance, or sells his produce before it is fit for tx'onsportation and the whole trade suffers. Although the observations of Mr Ruddick were not very flattering, the convention took the advice which Mr Ruddick tendered in good part, and tlxe result cannot be but beneficial to the trade.

Consumption’s often caused by a cold,' - > Neglected in its early stage, And once it gets a good firm hold, It hasn’t much respect for age. Now when a man’s so near the grave, When hope is dead and death seems sure Oh I what can ease him, what can save ? W. E, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

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