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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 27 June 1901, Page 2

The accident to Miss Algie occurred on the Pactolus, and not Ford's Creek dredge. The public meeting in connection with loan for Town Hall will be held in the Opera House to-night. The public aro reminded that the San Francisco mail closes on Friday next (tomorrow) instead of Tuesday. The Ethiopian Entertainers arc reminded that rehearsal takes place this evening at 8 o'clock sharp.—Advt. School Committees are notified to send in their nominations of members of the Grey Education Board before Monday, July Bth. We d*aw the attention of those in _ terested in trotting events to the face thai)" entries for the two-year-old trot close on Monday. The boilers for the Red Jacks, Orwell Creek and No Town Creek dredges were landed yesterday ; also qxiantity of dredging material for the Premier dredge. Mr Inspector M'Donald informs us that a man named Alexander M'Lean was this morning arresced near Ashburton on suspicion of being connected with the triple murder near Christchurch. Mr Garrard, of Christchurch, last night wired as follows: —"Greymouth cadets deserve hearty welcome home; did well here; behaved splendidly; letter posted with particulars." The Eed Eose Football Club have entered a protest against the match played at Brunner last Saturday, and it will be decided at a meeting of the West Coast Rugby Union to bo held next Wednesday. The West Coast Volunteers and Cadets returned to town early this morning per Mapourika. Considering the weather they experienced and rather rough treatment at Wellington they all look remarkably well. They comparo the arrangements and treatment received at Christchurch very favourably with that at Wellington.

The following team lias been chosen to represent Brunner in their match with Greymouth on Saturday at Greymouth. Full back, R. Gardner; ;f, T. Todd, W. Carse, J. Middleton; I, H. Gage, E. Nelson; Forwards, W. Fishcv, T. Hallinan, J. M'Leod, J. Hallinan, J. Anderson, J. Connolly, T. Smith, E. Hallinan, G Kayo. Emergencies—M. Finlay, H. Tomkics, and W. Anderson.

A wire was received this morning by Mr C. Smith, draper, from J. H. Cock and Co. of Nelson, informing him that his offer for the whole of their book and shoe stock is excepted, at 30 per cent off the manufacturers prices. This slock amounts to £B4O, and consists of all Nelson made boots from the firm of Millar and Co., which is a guarantee that they are the best, the stock will be marked off during the coming month, and offered to the public-at less than factory prices. A Press Association cable message to hand to-day from London states that Lillywhite has been released from custody. This is truly an extraordinary case of police blundering. There is some talk in England of granting the victim of mistaken identity some compensation, and most certainly he is entitled to some consideration.

By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that tenders are invited for the whole of the Ara Gold Sluicing Company's property, including claim of about 58 acres, situated near Moonlight. The claim consists of waterrights, 2 miles of water race complete, sluicing plant, electric light plant, etc. Particulars may be obtained by applying to W. Hoisted, liquidator, 17 High street, Dunedin.

The Canadian correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes: —It might be well for the Health Offices in New Zealand to keep a sharp watch on vessels arriving from Pacific coast ports on this continent Since Ist January there have been twelve deaths from bubonic plague at San Francisco} and small-pox epidemic all over the continent, It broke out -in the mining camps of the Northern States and has travelled over every State in the According to returns received at the Canadian Department of Agriculture, there were in the United States during the last four months 13,269 cases and 199 deaths. A

The Christchurch correspondent of the Dunedin Star writes :—Colonel Pole-Pen-ton definitely loaves the- colony in October. The new Commandant of the Forces has not yet been selected, hut I am in a position to state that he will not be an officer from the Old Country. MrG. E. Alderton, a well-known Auckland journalist, has arrived in Wellingion irt connection with the commission which ho has received from the Government to pveparo a New Zealand Guide Book in connection with the Tourist Traffic Department. Out of two s.n, Q a nalf hours' speechifying at the State ,bariquet at Wellington on Thursday of t> tia g ul o ehec \ visitors (observes the Manaw; atu . Standard) Mr Soddon spoke for tw*. 1 fours. At the luncheon to the returne-u contingents on Friday a similar feat "omphshed by the Premier, with the tosttfo fc IftL bir ' Tohtl Anderson, Secrotary to tkt?B>Mv' 9 of orn " wall, came near missing hij s■■*>. sa °° Dv the Ophir. Commander Ticell, of the \uffV d f n Naval Contingent, says : —Few pcoptb.. " e " alised that China, Japan, and llussiK from tho furthest east point to which h€#"i influence extended, were within ten days' ! sail of Australia, and that the centre of international interest had shifted from the Mediterranean to the North Pacific. Australia would have to play an important part in international dealings, and the sooner Australians realised that, the sooner would they see the necessity of adequate land and sea forces for their defence.

The men employed in the Komata Beefs mine,- Upper Thames, have gone out on strike. The matter in dispute relates to the' miners working single handed employing what are known as singlehanded hammers. The manager of the mine insisted that this should be done. The men accordingly struck. Favourable reports on the Government salmon-rearing operations at Hakataramea have been brought away by the Inspector of Fisheries (Mr Ayson), who has lately returned from his first visit to the hatchery since tho unpacking of the ova. He states that the salmon are growing and thriving remarkably well, and he is hopeful that the system adopted will not fail, as its predecessors seem to have done. An essential feature is that, instead of tho salmon being liberated at the yearling stage, they will he kept till they are two or three years old. As the hatchery seems on present indications to be most suitably located, it is hoped that the rearing of the salmon to that stage can be cairied on with successful results, after which they should be sturdy enough to hold their own in the world.

The Court of Appeal will open on Monday next. The following cases have already boen sat down: The iting v. John Cleland (Christcburcb), Thos. W. Thompson and others v, Thompson's Bullock Creek Gold Dredging Company and others (Wellington), the Commissioner of Trade and Customs v. R. Bell and Co. (Wellington), Hooker v. Morris (New Plymouth), the Commissioner of Stamps v. W. B. Girling (Blenheim), the King v. W. M. Bannatyne and Co- (Wellington). The horrors of war aro vividly depicted in a letter received at Gore from a member of the Sixth Contingent. He relates that during a skirmish outside Pietersburg in which some Australians were engaged, a Boer, dressed in an Australian's uniform, was concealed behind an ant hill. When the Australians rose to Are a volly, he st:od up among them and picked off a man each time. In this manner lie killed two lieutenants, one trooper, and five horses. Eventually he was discovered, and begged for mercy. Instead, he was riddled with bullets, and the men tore his arms and legs off. "The Australians are rough members when they start," adds the narrator, pensively. In an article commenting on the Auck-

land fire, the Otago Daily times says : " A stranger in a hotel groping his way into a corridor in which the lights have beon extinguished, and finding himself enveloped in smoke, clearly runs a very great risk of losing his life. For this reason it seems to us that it is imperatively necessary that in all hoi els lights should be left burning all night in all the passages. Thrrd are licensed houses in Dunedin in which this course is not followed. It is especially desirable that the importance of adopting this small safeguard should be impressed at the present juncture upon hotolkeepers.''

The teacher was explaining to his scholars the meaning of the words "exports and. imports," and, as a test question, he put the following to them; "Supposing a merchant bought a large assortment of plates, cups, saucers, etc., in Germany, and brought them over here to bo sold, what would you call that ?" He expected the answer, '"German export, British import," but instead he got from a little boy near the foct of the class the answer: "Pleaso, sir, an Anglo-German deal in ''China."

Little Thorns (who has been nearly drowned) —lt was simply marvellous I As I sank for the third time all the incidents of my past life came vividly before me. Dobbs (brutally)—l say, old chap, did you remember that fiver I lent you last year ? The Ven. Archdeacon Grace, of Blenheim, has invented a fire escape in the form cf a ladder of light chain with steel rungs, the ends of which are prolonged and then bent backward. The bent ends of the rungs keeps the ladder away from the wall of the building. In all probability (says the Manawatu Standard), at the close of the Duke's tour of the colony, His Royal Highness will make presents to Commissioner Tunbridge, Mr John Holmes (the Executive Commissioner), Mr Roynayne and Mr. Beattie (of the Eailway Department), as well as to Mr Donne (of the Tourist Department). All these officers have been most assiduous in the their attentions, and the Royal visitors have frequently passed high encomiums on them. Mrs Nexdore—My husband was a candidate for the Legislature, you know. Well, he has decided to withdraw in the interest of harmony. Mrs Peppry—lndeed ? Couldn't you get your daughters to withdraw from the piano occasionally for the same reason ?.

Some Austrians who are digging for gutn in the Thames district have done very well of late. One party struck a huge deposit last week, and cleared £BO per man.

Hussey—What did Brown say when he had recovered from his thousand-volt shock ? Thompson—Oh, he swore like everything! Hussey—On account of the pain, I suppose? Thompson—No, not directly. He had his mind on thoso people that say electricity is still in its infancy. It is a little annoying to have to get up in the middle of the night and look for burglars, said Mr Meekton; but Henrietta seems to enjoy having mo do so. What would you do if you really found a burglar H Well, I'm so kind-hearted that I'm afraid I would be too lenient. I think I'd open the door and tell him that if he didn't get out quietly Henrietta would come down and attend to his case.

It seems that no clasp has been granted for the Battle of Grasspan, and the omission is felt by naval men as a slur.

There have been some severe labour disturbances at Lembcrg in Galicia. Large crowds of labourers thrown out of work by stagnation in the building trado plundered the bakeries and provision stores, and even seized bread intended for a local garrison from a urlitary forage cart in the street, :

A soft stone—" pilia Chata " —found on tho Bikanen-Marwar border of Jaipur, India, is largely used in that part of the country to give bulk to the meal. This stone is friable, and easily ground into powder. It contains an oleaginous substance, which has some nutritious qualities, and the people have found that when finely ground and used in the proportion of one-fourth to three-fourths of flour it does not impair digestion for a considerable time. A Pole named Ivanoviteh has been arrested at Paris charged with being in communication with the Krupp gun works, for which, in collusion with several workmen at the Commentry steel works he has been procuring the formula relating to the manufacture of ferrochrome, a secret represented as of tho highest importance in the manufacture oi French guns. The census of French India discloses ft considerable decrease in population, although neither plague nor famine has been prevalent. The decrease amounts to over 11,000.

j The Government of Uruguay has prohibited the landing in the oountry of and other clerical immigrants fr<?u n Europe.

The munici'palisation of the docks of London J s now in a serious project. The City n kas approved the buying out of u'ie t dock and railway companies. The scie me involves an outlay of about £30;000,

The U.S. ShiMem* ' Courfc has declared null and void" all <& vorces winch have been granted l ivo «&oa ' Sta . tes in which both parties werenr* Ik "S^J resident in the State at the time-©! the granting of the divorce. This- dbela. ™*Km kills the Dakota decrees, and 1 wli lead to som e very embarrassing entoa Rlements as many people who were' tfk. u c s divorced have been remarried, aad : y <ft course, illegally. Interesting experiments havs .J* 66 ? in progress for some time on %e& ' e o° n " stance with a new type of aubmawL ne v° B " sel designed by Herr Gurt, a Gernm "*' ™* built at Schaffhausen. It is claimwA tha t the boat can sink as low as 100 ft. B, ven 100 yards are hinted at, with a view .*° the inspection of wrecks at great dejwhi '• The experiments are stated to have ad* ready elucidated the causes of the disturbance so often observed in the water* of Lake Constance.

The Durban harbor engineers have prepared a scheme for the improvement o£ the part at a oost of nearly £3,C00,000. A notorious "Jack-the-Ripper,', whoassaulted and mutilated about eighteenwomen, has been caught at Ludwigshafen Germany, by two young detectives dressed a? women.

The Bev James MacPberson, the oldest minister oonneoted with the Primitive Methodist denomination, died in England in April last at the age of 88. He had been preaching for 72 years, commencing at the age of 16, and entering the active* ministry in the year 1834.

The condition of the Shar of Persia has lately changed for the worse, the liver and! kidney affections and the difficulty of respiration with which His Majesty is. suffering, having become more serious.. Another "spy" sensation is thrilling; in Paris. A German and two French, workmen are in custody for stealing draw-' ings of the secret mechanism of the new French steel gun.

There has been an epidemio of suicides at Birmingham, 26 having already occurred this year# A legacy of £60,000 is said to have fallen to the wife of a Newport (Monmouth) policeman by the death of her uncle in New Zealand.

T. W. Tymons and Co. are now offering great bargains cmy tains, etc. —Advi. \,^/ WADE'S WORM FIGS are more effective and not unpleasant; most children thrive after taking them. Price l/«

WADE'S TEETHING POWDERS for babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price 1/-

John Bunyan in his prison cell, On Pilgrim's Progress loved to dwell, And nearly all that startling tale. He wrote while pinning in a gaol. His work lives on though John succumbed, No doubt the damp his limbs had numbed, And gavo him cold; his death that's sure, He'd not got Woods' Great Peppermint Cube.