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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 July 1901, Page 3

The debate between the Trinity and Kumara Debating Societies on the subject ; “ Should the disabilities of women

be removed ? ” will take place in Trinity Schoolroom to-morrow evening. The Kumara Society will open in the affirmative. Their representatives are: The Reverends Whirehouse, Clarke and Thompson and Mr MTlwraith. The Trinity Society will be represented by Messrs Kendall, Merrett, Hodder and Foot. _ The Kumara Society had the selection of the subject and the choice of sides, and their opponents will have all their work cut out to resist the arguments which will be arrayed against them on the popular side. The public are invited to be present. The Wellington correspondent of the Taieri Advocate learns on good authority that there is now not a single business concern that is owned by the Bank of New Zealand. Only a few years ago the bank was mixed up in the running of flour mills, timber yards, iron works, and every class of business imaginable. Under the present admirable - management the bank is now clear of all these ventures, soma of which were huge losing concerns, and makes handsome profits of legitimate banking business. '

The truant officer for the Canterbur y Education Board has drawn the board's attention to the need of some provision for permitting truant officers to inspect the registers of private schools. The board has resolved to bring the matter under the notice of the Education Department. It was also resolved that the Government be asked to have the School Attendance Act altered so that in cases where children had not passed the Fifth Standard exemption from attendance be raised from 13 to 14 years.

Quite a number of bicycles are imported for the Post Office and some other Government departments. Mr Collins wants the Government to give preference to New Zealand made machines.

“Rude " was ruled by Mr Guinness to come within the category of unparliamentary language. The doubtful word was used by the Premier in respect of a series of interruptions to which he was subjected, and it was challenged by Mr Atkinson.

Sir Joseph Ward says the Railway Department will not agr<*e to increase the wages of railway men working in ballast pits to 8s per day by eight hours. There is no difficulty in getting men for this work at the wages now paid.

A publichouae at Olapham Junction was lately valued by the overseers at £130,000.

Mr George John Scale has bequeathed £20,000 for pensions for the blind of the county of Southampton. India’s finances flourish. The revised estimates show a surplus of £1,640,000. Lsprosy in France is increasing steadily. There are 14 oases in one Paris hospital. It is officially reported that 178 natives were killed by the eruption of the volcano of Kelvet, in the Dutch East Indies, a few weeks ago.

The Kaiser is very much vexed at being so often photographed for the illustrated paper. Ho has issued an edict against the kodakers. It is said that all the drink licenses in the kingdom, if they could be sold at their market price, would yield a revenue which would pay off the National Debt,

The coina which will be minted for Edward VII. will be the first issued in London with a full beard. Henry VIII. was the last with a beard, The extraordinary oil craze in the State of Texas has extended to Louisiana, where a mammoth oil well has been discovered about 40 miles west of New Orleans. Tl

_he value of land in the vicinity has already quadrupled. Mr fiudyard Kipling has lost the suit he brought against a New York publisher for breach of copyright. The Judge of the United States Circuit took the case out of the hands of the jury and directed a nonsuit to be entered in favor of the defendant.

Curfew is now ringing every night at 9 o'clock in many towns and villages o the United States, not only in New Eng land, but in several States of the West and South as well* When the 9 o'clock bell is heard, wherever this curfew rule is enforced, children must leave the streets and seek the shelter of their horns. Word has been received in Reefton of the death in Orange River Colony of Mr A. E. Mackin, formerly of the Reefton Post and Telegraph Office. Mr Mackin left for South Africa immediately on the outbreak of hostilities, and has been employed in the talegraph service there until his death.

A magnificent palace-car is about to be built for Mr Charles Schwab, the President of the Steel Trust, by the Pullman Car Company. The car will cost JBIO,OOO, and will contain two sleeping compartments, dressingroom, drawingroom, diningroom, bathroom, and kitchen. Onyx will be largely used in the floor and walls combined with the rarest woods, and silver fittings will be extensively employed. A piano-room will be one of the principal features.

The Kailway Department is looking into the question of charging uniform rates for annual season tickets in the North and the South Islands.

' Says the Inangahua Herald Mr E. . Silcock was brought in to the Hospital , yesterday, having sustained a fracture of r the small bone of one of his legs. At , the time of the accident he was putting . some timber on to the Beeves Proprietary . dredge, when a heavy log fell on to his leg, inflicting the injury mentioned. A remarkable scheme for drawing people to church has just been introduced by the Eev. Dr Carnes, the pastor of the Methodist Church of Jersey Shore, Hew Jersey. Advertisements appeared in the local newspapers offering to pay a sum of money to every person for attending morning service at his chureh. The money for this purpose was given by a wealthy man, whose name is unknown. Hundreds of people responded to the offer, and the church on the Sunday following was crowded to the doors. Every person on leaving was presented with five cents. Encouraged by this success, the rev. gentleman is advertising again to the same effect. Eival clergymen in the neighbourhood are said to be considering the advisableness of bidding against the enterprising pastor.

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