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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 May 1901, Page 3

The following team will represent GreymoutH against Hokitika on May 24th on Victoria Park:—Full-back, W. ' Crawford; three-quarters, G. Perotti, O'Donnell, and Stilt; five-eight, McKay ; half, Dansoy ; forwards, Brown, Bourke. Sexton, Collins, Sweeney, Eyan, Greaney, and Power; wings, Hamilton and Kettelty. Emergencies—Backs, Drumm, Galloway, andßraniff; forwards, Shannahan, Horn, and "Williams. The team are requested to meet at McCarthy's Commercial Hotel on Thursday, 23rd inst at 7 30. p.m. Yesterday afternoon (Blackball) witnessed one of those happy events when two lives become blended. The contracting parties upon this ocpasion were Mr John McPhee and Miss Emily Klemple, (youngest daughter of Mrs Francis of Blackball.) The Kev. A. W. C. Staco tied the nuptial knot. The bride looked exceedingly protty in a light travelling costume of electric blue. She was attended by Miss Lizzie Hay, and Mr Thomas acted as bost man. Shortly after the ceremony was performed the happy couple, with a large number of guests; did ample justice to the good things provided. Mr and Mrs McPheo left by the evening train to spend a short 'honeymoon in Beefton. The Kumara Times says ;In the days when a decreasing birth rate is causing so much alarm totho3ewho have the welfare of the colony at heart, it is cheering to note that one township, and that a township on the Coast, is on the up grade. Wo learn on very good authority that at Greenstone there is a young baby in almost every house, and that last week some forty or fifty of them were awaiting vaccination at the hands of Dr Scott. The Minister for Lands has referred to the Land Purchase Board a petition from a large number of settlers at Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, praying the Government to acquire for closer settlement Mr Duff's property in that district. The insurance companies interested have now paid over to the directors of the Bruce Woollen Mills the sum of £22,073 • insurance out of a total of £24,800. Thus it will be seen that only £2727 has been deducted for salvage. Speaking at a Mayoral banquet at Ashburton, Mr H. Fricdlander said his firm had received the largest order for oats ever given by the English War Office, the value of the shipments, when completed, being £140,000 Mr G. H. Swan, who was Mayor of Napier for many years, has been voted by the Borough Council an honorarium of £250 for his past services.

There have been twenty-five cases of typhoid fever in Gisborne and the surrounding settlements since the beginning of the year. The Gisborne people have awakened to the necessity of having an improvement made in the sanitary condition of the town, and at their request the Health Department is sending Dr Valintine to ascertain the best means to be adopted to bring about an alteration of the present very unsatisfactory state of affairs.

Under the heading " That Theodolite' N.Z. papers please copy," the Sydney Stock and Station Journal publishes the following item of interest to New Zealanders:—"A certain Mr Prentice got up a begging letter, to say that he wanted to get his .theodolite out of pawn. Pie sent that to squatters, and raised a lot of money. He was rounded up by a fighting Gordon, and ' sent up.' Then he went to Hobart, and started it and got twelve months there a little time ago. Now, a 'Mr Donald M'Kenzie' (Scotch, ye ken) has started the game from '6 Gipps-strect, Paddington, Sydney,' but he is sending his appeals to graziers and others in New Zealand. Some of the Maorilanders are sending their money to help 'Donald,' but the police are after him. 'Verb, sap.'" Speaking at the Mayoral installation gathering at Ashburton, the ex-Mayor (Mr Sealy) strongly urged upon the member for the district the propriety of urging upon the Government the wisdom of moving the seat of Government to Ashburton. He pointed out that should a war break out with a maritime power, our port towns would be at the mercy of an enemy's fleet, but Ashburton was out of the reach of the best guns yet made. As Mr Sealy is not in the habit of joking, and his manner was intensely serious when making this proposition, if is not to be wondered at (says a local paper) that Mr M'Lachlan appeared much impressed, and promised to bring the matter under the notice of the Government.

The Native Minister has received a telegram faom Mr A. L. D. Fraser, M. H. E. stating that the first meeting of the Tamatea Council under the Maori Councils Act was held at Hastings and passed off with great eclat. Ihaia Hutana was elected chairman, and Friday Tomoana secretary. Mr Pomare and Mr Fraser addressed the natives on the benefits which were'likely to accrue if the Act was properly administered.

The report of the Coal Mines Commission will be forwarded to the Governor on the 31st instant. Mr W. B. Haselden, Chairman of the Commission, will resume his Magisterial duties in Wellington next Thursday, and Dr McArthur will take up the duties of Stipendiary Magistrate at Bangiora after ho has paid a short visit to Auckland.

The Mayor of Dunedin's salary has been fixed at £4OO per annum, as heretofore, and the adoption of the Mayor's robe has been affirmed.

The Government is neg otiating for the purchase of 20,000 acres of native land at Piako, Thames district, for settlement purposes.