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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 31 July 1901, Page 2

Bevington’s new advertisement will appear in our next issue. The Takapuna left New Plymouth at midnight for Wellington with the ‘Frisco mail. The Ventura with the English mails via San Francisco arrived at Auckland this forenoon. The Coast portion should arrivelhere on Friday per Mapourika.

We remind our readers of the Garrick Club’s social which takes place this evening, in the Opera House. The Haupiri yesterday brought two consignments of trout ova, amounting to 110,000 for the Westland Acclimatisation Society. The annual muster parade of the Grey Rifle Volunteers will be held to-morrow evening atßp.m. Dress: Kharkiuniform, haversacks, and water-bottles. The Post, Telegraph aud Railway Departments again tried conclusions at a euchre party last evening at the Gilmer Hotel, and at the finish the Railway Department were victorious by a large majority. Refreshments were handed round by Host Oxenham.

In to-night’s issue our readers will find an inset from M’Kay and Son, setting forth the bargains they are offering to the public during the sale that is now on. This inset is worth noting for the bargains arc genuine.

The proposed debate between Kumara and Trinty Church Debating Society is postponed, owing to alteration in train running preventing the Kumara people from arriving early this evening.

On Friday evening a social will be held at Kokin, in aid of the school funds, and has every appearance of being a great success.. Brown’s drag will convey passengers from town, and we feel sure that this departure will be the means of Greymouth being well represented at our country friends social. As the spring-time comes round our tradesmen are on the alert to cater for the gardener, and in our advertising columns it will be noticed that Rowe and Truscott are to the fore. They notify that they hare new seeds to arrive this week; and a splendid assortment of seed potatoes now on hand. This firm’s history as seed vendors is already known in every household. By our advertising columns to-day it will be noticed hat another firm has made its appearance in our midst, and we take this opportunity of wishing them a long and prosperous reign. The firm will be known under the name of RossWeir and Co., and will open in Mawhera Chambers, Greymouth, on Thursday August Ist, as Hotel Brokers, Valuers, and Arbitrators, .House, Land, Estate, Indenting, and general Commission Agents. They are also representatives of the Debt Collectors Association, A Registry Office for domestic servants and all kinds of labour will also be part of the business. Thomas and M'Beath have decided to continue their stock-taking sale for seven days longer. They have an endless assortment of remnants that must be‘sold. Look out for their advertisement, which will appear in to-morrow’s issue. Mr and Mrs J. Weber return their sincere thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who so kindly assisted their daughter on the night of the accident, and also to the numerous friends for their kind yisits and sympathetic inquiries. We are pleased to state that Miss Rosabel W eber is making satisfactory progress under the care of Dr. Mcßroarty. A wedding (says the “ West Coast Times ”) of more than ordinary interest will be celebrated to-day at the Taipo. The contracting parties are Miss Hannah Fitzgerald (daughter of Mrs Fitzgerald of the Taipo, and sister of Mr James Fitzgerald, the well known stock dealer) and Mr Henry Campbell, the popular jehu of the Christchurch coach. The bride, who is endowed with more than the average personal charms, is a great favourite with young and old in the district, and her departure from their midst will be solaced with the knowledge that she is being united to a worthy suitor. Some discussion took place at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court, with regat d to the financing of hotels by breweries. A solicitor held that a brewery company would not supply a practically penniless man with the necessary cash to take over a licensed house, but Mr Bishop, S. M., said that this was often done. He had never heard of such a course being pursued in any other trade, and could only assume that the profits were very great. Portsmouth is the latest English town that has decided to municipalise its tram service. The sum of £510,000, to be raised by a new 8 per cent, redeemable stock, will bo required by the Corporation for the purchase of the local tramways' from the Provincial Tramways Company and the equipment of the lines for electric traction.

A private letter received by a Thames resident from Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, states (says the Thames Star) ;hat several New Zealanders are negotiating for farms in the Ladybrand and Ficksburg districts, and are confident that they will do well. They intend to use the latest agricultural appliances, and to work the farms in a scientific manner, and as they have had several years, experience in New Zealand, where agriculture has made rapid strides, they are confident of success. A Scotch syndicate own a considerable sized run in New Zealand (says the Feilding Star.) It instructed the manager if anything was radically wrong to cable Home at once. The manager cabled, “ Five inches of snpw, ewes lambing and dying by the hundred.” The syndicate cabled back, “ Stop lambing at once ! ” The Keep-it-Dark Company has declared another dividend (the 120th) of sixpence per share, payable on and after Friday next. A telegram received from Lyell last evening gave the result of the election for member of the Lyell Riding of the Buller County as follows: McKay, 26; Dellavadova, 19; Welch, 16.

According to Mr M’Lachlan, member for Ashburton, the railway service is the best service in the colony for a working man to get into. The pay is good, and the privileges given in the way of free travelling are not conceded in any other branch of the Civil Service. The Government has decided to effect considerable improvements at the Morero hot springs, Poverty Bay. The proposed works will include the enlargement of the present baths, and the construction of a swimming pool, anj a new bathing house, and a large reservoir.

It is estimated that the total cost of Christchurch review in connection with the Yorks’ visit will be over £IO,OOO, or nearly £1 for each man and cadet who took part in it. Included in this is the cost of transport of the various corps, both from the North Island by train and steamer, as well as the bringing of the South Island and Canterbury men by rail.

At the recent elections in New Sou'h Wales, one of the most interesting fights was that between Mr Eden George, formerly Mayor ot Christchurch, and Sir J. Graham Sydney's Chief Magistrate, for the Belmore constituency. Mr George captured the seat, beating a man who had never been defeated before, and one of the strongest and most popular men in the House. The fight was a straight out one, and not caused by any splitting of the votes. The victor has been showered with messages of congratulation, including a number of telegrams in Maori from New Zealand.

“ It is a remarkable fact that all the public companies in Waikaka should have to go into liquidation, while the owners of private dredges appear to bo growing 1 fat ’ as q result, perhaps, more of their knowledge of mining than the richness of their claims. One of the private dredges in that locality averaged under 30 ounces per week for three weeks’ work.”— Southern Standard.

Mr J. A'. Millar thinks that, in so far as the country electorates are concerned, we are likely to have government by newspapers. The opinion •of people in such districts will be formed by the press. In the centres of population members of Parliament could get about and deliver addresses to combat the newspaper ideas, but that would bo impossible in some of the laager electorates.

A correspondent of the Kawhia paper warns people not to attempt to interfere with the mummies recently discovered in a cave in that district. No one will be allowed to either see or touch the remains.

The outlook for New Zealand is a bright and hopeful one, and whilst we may, and undoubtedly shall, have periods of depressions and slight reactions from time to time, wo may rest assurred that the pastoral industries of the colony will always prove its salvation. —Gisborne Times.

Mr Webley, senr., Pianoforte and Organ tuner, is now in Greymouth, and will take the earliest opportunity of calling on clients. Any persons for whom we have not as yet tuned, desiring our services, should send in their orders to the Gilmer Hotel.— Advt. To arrive at the Beehive and Union Stores, within the course of a few days, a choice assortment of Rhubarb roots; also a fine sample of eschallots.—Griffen and Smith Beehive and Union Stores, Greymouth.— Advt.