Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1901.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 May 1901, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1901.

We remind out readers of the Garrick (,'lid)’s social (Ids evening at (lie Opera 1 louse. The Britannia (fold Mining Company obtained SUozs of gold for 'S tons of stone for 1 lie past month. The bii today gift to Mrs Srddon from the Westland constituency took the form of lOozs of gold from Seddon’s Terraco. Mr Blakely, Chief Clerk at the Hokitika Post Oliicc, lias gone to Ivumara to relievo j\fr Bramo, the postmaster, who is tricing a month’s holiday.

The New Zealand Clothing Factory in another column invito tenders to close on Wednesday, the sth June, for the erection of business premises in Greymouth. Hokitika and Itccfton. Scan the advertisement for fuller particulars. Mr C. Smith has a very largo stock of blankets on band just now, and is selling them at the smallest margin of profit in order to make a clearance. His change of advertisement will appear in tomorrow’s issue.

The members of the Boys’Gymnastic Ciiih will be pleased to learn that Mr Heinz lias completed bis contract for laying on Hit? gas in (he school gymnasium, and dial in future they will practice there, commencing at 7.50 tin’s Wednesday evening.

The very best, the warmest and the best value blankets in all sizes arc to be had at 'Christopher Smith’s the Cash Draper. Over 1000 pairs to sc'cct from. —Advt.

The coal question is becoming a “burning ” one at Westport as in oilier places. The retailers have raised (lie price to 22/- per ton of screened coal. A s a consequence there is an outcry and State owned mines arc the demand. Mr .1, A. Reddick, formerly Dairy Commissioner for the New Ze; land Covernment. Inis been appointed Cliiel of (he Dairying Division of the iVparl-menl of Agriculture in Canada.

The wharf ■which (Im Cove'.imenl is building a( ICawhai will be ove • 28'i ieet long, and-will give a depth of 811; at low water spring (ides. The erectmn ol the wharf will prove a great boon to the Settlers, whose goods have n w to be landed in boats. The cost ol die structure will be something under Cld-91).

A wrestling mat eh. which created a good deal of interest, took phi. .■ on the beach on Friday hist between Cook, oi Millcrton, and Fisher, ol: .1 ‘.mniston. The matcli was for £2o aside, ':rst lour

falls out of seven. Cumber!:? :d style Cook threw Fisher four times conseeu lively, thus winning the stake.-.—West port News.

Tiie Frcmier forwarded to AirW. K. Williams of Hokitika, the toll- *;ng telegram referring to the condition of Trooper Williams who appear, to be still in a critical state: —"dust rece.ved cab e from Governor Capo of Good Hope, in which lie informs mo that poor ■ Herbert is still dangerously ill. This gives me as it will you great anxiety. I thought no news was good news, and that ho was improving, and this coming from the Governor looks as though the ease was serious. Wo must, however, hope for the best, and you may rest assured that all that is possible to be done is being done. I will enquire again in the course of a couple of days,-—(Signed) I!. J- f kduo.v.

The Greymoutb portion of the ‘Frisco mail will arrive per Walnut on Friday.

Owing, it seems to Walisond Coal Mine meeting on Monday evening, the meeting of householders at Dobson for election of Committee, lapsed. Mr Hill, Secretary of the late Committee writes to say the meeting was adjourned till following evening (last night.) when 10 or 1.1 put in an appearance and a Committee was duly

elected- A correspondent asks whether this is in accordance with the Acts Fending further particulars wo are not prepared to answer the question.

We understand that Hie Union Co. arc arranging a special service Iron) ine Coast to Wellington in'connection with Ihe Duke of York’s visit next month, details of which will he announced in the c.iiirse nf a day or two. Wo (the luangahua .Herald) understand that Sergt Kelly lias been transferred to Christchurch, and leaves Beef ton oUThursday morning for his new station. Mr Kelly although only a little while in Itecftcn, won numerous friends by hU courteous and obliging manner, and ail will be pleased to learn of his removal to a i.mmafc more suitable to him. Trooper Morgan, of tbo Second Contingent, wlifc is among the returned soldiers in Hokitika, is the fortunate possessor of one of the most iuteitesting souvenirs of the war. Tc will be remembered that at one stage Trooper Morgan, with a small band ol comrades patrolling the railway to Pretoria, was captured hy Do Wet's commando, and that shortly afterDe Wet stopped the through mail train, captured the mails, and after looting all that was considered valuable, gave . the British prisonr v- a chance to overhaul what remained finally burning all that was left.

It fell to Trooper Morgan's lot to re- i cover some valuable property intended for tin Duke of Tuck who was on the staff at Pretoria. Morgan secreted the valuables about his person, and carried them throughout his long tramp across the Orange Iliver Colony, a prisoner, till released in the mountains near the Natal border. Subsequently Morgan went through to Pretoria ! o rejoin his regiment and reaching the Transvaal capital was able to restore the valuables to the rightful owner. The Duke was so pleased willi Morgan's action that lie presented him with a solid gold ring inscribed "To Trooper Morgan, from the Duke of Teck, Pretoria. WHO. Naturally the New Zealander is very proud ol the gill. Germany seems to fear an invasion of land speculators into Samoa. The British vico-consul there reports to the Foreign Office that cacao planting in the islands engages much attention, promises to be a highly profitable industry, and is deserving of the attention of English canitrlists : but lie points out as a drawback that leases of land f ,- om the natives for a longer period than 10 years arc not likely to be confirmed by the Government. Any application for a longer tenure is referred to the home authorities at Berlin. Some of the cacao grown on Savaii and Upolu has lately realised high prices in London market, ond to further improve tlm quality pf the product the Governor is introducing plants of the celebrated Soeonnsco variety from Mexico.

llonoated complaints have been made by many, of the inferior class of gum wliich I,ho Now Zealand Government usia on their postage stamps, especially aeon the cheaper class of stamps The oil nice as a contemporary remarks, is not a now one, for it has been practised upon the colonists of New Zealand for many years. Few stamps when moistened adhere to the envelope as they should d a and it is almost always necessary to use some gum to make the stamp adhere. In rural districts this defective gumming of the stamps in most general use is a source of great annoyance, as supplies of gum are not always at hand. It is also singular that New Zealand shoved bo the one Government among the cluster ol Governments in this quarter of the Facilic Ocean who offend in this direction, ilyon the small Government of Tonga, Samoa, etc,, use that proportion and quality of gum upon their stamps which make them ad_ here firmly to whale.(r they arc applied

Lord Kitchener has a laconic way withhim. Not many weeks ago a company of Lcwly-amvcd Yeomanry, with a company of Colonials, were detailed oil to capture a Boer laager. A friendly Boor volunteered to show (ho way and left them, when within sight of the fires of the Boer laager, to make the assault as soon as dawn appeared. Dawn came only to find the Britishers themselves surrounded by Boors. There was one gap in the cordon, and for this gap the Yeomanry made, their officer at their head, leaving their Colonial comrades with guns to tackle too Boors as best they could. In due course the Yeomanry came to General Clement s camp, and j1 0 wired to Kitchener: “Company your Yeomanry turned up; what shall I do with them V” The reply was almost immediate : “Keep them as far from me as they kept from the Boers.’’ There were liberated in rivers in Hie Wellington acclimatisation district this year iC.imID brown trout and 15,0Dil rainbow troui. —a total ol (illlilD. There were 80,501) fry sold to other societies. The total quantity of ova collected by the curator of Hie Muslcrton ponds was 7111 ),< )t )i >.

Hone Mai mile a and Paul Pan!, representatives of (lie Westport Natives, left for Kotorua on Friday, to take part in (he Maori ceremonies, on (lie occasion ol the Koval visit.

Mr Justice Denniston, in dealing with an application for probation, said it would bo well if it were understood that probation would he absolutely refused by him in the case of a person going into the witness-box und swearing to a story evidently false. The residents of Nelson and district arc preparing a petition to Parliament for the construction of a railway from Nelson to Motucka.

The Auckland Harbor Board has accepted a design by Mr Ghtries Arnold for the proposed Admiralty House on which jt is spend .25090. It is reported that a strong effort will be made to bring out Mr It. Cbistn.bn, iho lain Mayor of Dunedin, as a candidate for Parliamentary honors at next election.

The Ilangif-ikoi County Council has at presold under consideraiion th - establishment of a public ab.ittoil'at the Marlon Junction. The cost of the abattoir will be about £2OOO.

There are four candle factories in New Zca land, which employ ninety males and two females. The maximum wages paid to workers is IN is per week, and the minimum (is per week.

The Mayor of Stratford (Mr 11. B. Tattou) reported to the Borough Council at last meeting that when in N\ elllngton recently he had seen the Minister (or Pul die Works, who had told him I hid the Cabinet had decided to make a railway line to Mount I’gmont, to tap (he stone quarries there, ami that instructions had been given to have a thorough survey made at once.

Practical pig-raisir. r has proved very profitable in the iioigiiea district this season, say* the local correspondent of the “Post,” One Wellington firm took nearly 100 pigs from the fanners during April, while another buyer paid out over .£2OOO during, the season. The amount paid to Crown Solicitors and Prosecutors throughout- the Colony by the Government- during the financial year 1898-1)9, was £0,807, and the amount paid for legal expenses, other thin to Crown solicitors. £2,92-1 0s Gd.