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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 17 August 1901, Page 2

At a meeting of the Waipuna Gold Dredging Company last night the resolutions (previously published) were unanimously agreed to. A further meeting will be held on August 31st to confirm the resolutions.

Sterling silver and E. P. ware, suitable for presentations and personal use, are displayed in great variety by Messrs Gilbert Bros, to-day. Their window looks most attractive and is, well worth tion. . vw ; ‘

By reference to our advertising columns it will bo seen that Mrs Smith having purchased that substantially and well built cottage of Mr Boase’s in Chapel St. has vacancies for a few boarders. The house has been completely re-furnished, and visitors may rely on obtaining every comfort of a home.

Messrs Manson and Co., drapers and milliners are now busy opening and marking off their first consignment of new goods, which are without doubt the finest the firm have ever had, and we advise our readers to inspect them before purchasing elsewhere. Due noiice wiil be given when the firm have finished marking off. The Groymouth Ethiopian Entertainers through their manager Mr G T. Moss, have consented to give an entertainment in aid of the funds of the Hokitika Aquatic and Cycling Club, on the 29th of this month. There is no doubt that Mr Moss and his campany will receive a very hearty reception on thsir appearance in that town.

Word has been received in Hokitika that the Jane Douglas though still stranded at Okura, is in a safe position from the sea. We understand that Mr Duncan the Hokitika agent, is negotiating with the Anchor Line Company to send a steamer down to assist in launching the vessel.

A new branch of technical instruction has been brought into operation in Southland. The Education Board is having the elder girls in the Invercargill schools taught laundry work. The results so far have been exceedingly satisfactory, and it is probable that the system will be extended to the larger schools in other parts of Souihland.

Several fast steaming torpedo destroyers are to be sent out to strengthen the Modierranoan fleet. There were 316 cases of cancer in th° hospitals of the Colony last year, 86 o* which proved fatal. There were 817 cases of consumption, 90 proving fatal. Great Britain has one ship to every 2,600 of her inhabitants, and New Zealand has one ship registered and owned in New Zealand to every 1600 of her population.

A northern paper considers the best remedy for the low prices of wool would bo for the Government ’to impose a prohibitive duty on flannelette, and cheap “ shoddy ” woollen imports, which keep the output of New Zealand mills dcfwn. About 10 flax mills are working round about Foxton, and a ready sale is found for the weekly output of fibre. The market still continues satisfactory. A Manawatu firm a few days ago secured an order at £l9 10s per ton, which will leave a good margin of profit. The Pahiatua Herald has been very properly trouncing a returned trooper for referring in public utterance (o the English officers as “curs.” In the District Court to-day in the case of Walton v Dispatch Foundry Company the jury returned a verdict for defendant with costs.

Some of the highest living medical authorities attribute the great growth of physical and mental disease which has characterised the last few decades, to the universality of adulturation. They affirm thas the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which arc chemically foreign and not only incapable of sustaining healthy life, but constitute a perpetual danger to it, is largely responsible for the new and complex diseases that baffle their curative skill. Therefore be wise in time, eat only

In addition to the £IOO,OOO borrowed from the A.M.P. Society by the Government, it is said that the Government recently borrowed £25,000 from the Citizens Life office. The home for inebriates which has been established in the Otago district is to be opened shortly. Last year £SOOO were placed upon the Estimates for this purpose but this session a larger vote will probably be asked for, and another home is to be established in the North Island.

We remind lovers of the light fantastic that the Garrick Club will hold their usual social in the Opera House on Wednesday evening. We understand that a petition is about to be lodged against the return of Mr Haselden for the Patea seat.

Our Goldsborough correspondent wires us that quite a gloom lias been cast over the little community by the death of the late John M Whir ter.

The Westport Harbor Board are considering the advisability of purchasing an up-to-date boring plant, and going in for systematic coal-prospecting. The Westport Press are anxious about the greatly diminished depth on the Buller bar, and suggest that up-to’date sand pumps be tried upon the bar. The report of Dr Mason, Chief Health Officer, on the sanitary condition of Blenheim has been sent in to the municipal authorities, and has given satisfaction to the Mayor and Councillors of the borough.

Instructions have been issued to the various Health Officers of the colony to enquire into the incidence of cancer in the colony, with special reference to its occurrence among the Maori population. This is following a course adopted in other countries.

The following increases in salaries of Civil servants in this district appear in the Appropriation List this year :

Receiver Gold Revenue,,. £25 Bailiff 30 Two Cadets (each) ... 10 One cadet at a salary of £lO5 is dispensed with.

The increase in, tlia price of flour as the result of the combination of New Zealand millers has lad the Napier "Telegraph” to urge that Parliament should consider whether the duty on imported floor should not bo removed, so as to enable the Australian' millers to compete for the New Zealand market.

The directors of the Bruce Woollen Company have again rejected all the tenders for rebuilding the works. It was rumoured on Thursday (says #he Bruce Herald) that the directors intend to build the mill themselves. ! The new Governor of Tasmania, Sir Arthur Elibank HaveloiSk, is to leave Loildon for Hob art by the Omrah on September 27. Captain H. C. Shcppstd; of the Field Artillery, has been appointed aide-de-camp and' private secretary.

The Woodville Examiner states that Mrs Monk of Maharahara, who was severely burned about throe weeks ago, while so bravely and devotedly saving her little children from the burning house, succumbed to her injuries on the Ist inat. Although the lady received the best medical advice, care and attention, the dooters had little hope of her recovery owing to her serious injuries and shook to the system. Mrs Monk was only 28, years of ago. 1

Ned Kelly in hxs suit of mail, 1 Was proof against all lead, And how he laughed when all did fai., To lodge it in his head. Then let us all bo on our guard, While long life we assure, For coughs and colds have some regard, Take Woods’ Giant MbnafclT and victor's''Rhubarb roots, assorted fruit trees, sohaflots, and a prime sample ol pink eye potatoes, to be had at Griffen and Smith’s Beehive and Union stores— Advt.

W M’Kay and Son have some wonderfully cheap lines at their great winter sale. Hero is one or two items—lovely pink

flannelette 4d yd and another one at 6d yd, worth double the money. 4 ply wool 2/6 per lb. Ladies handkerchiefs 6/ dez are being sold for 2/11 doz, and best of all lovely dress lengths for 1/11 each —Anvx

WADE’S WOEM FIGS are more effective and not unpleasant; most children thrive after taking them. Price 1/-

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