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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 August 1901, Page 2

The Trinity Church Debating Society meet this evening as usual.

London notifies that the parcel mail to Transvaal is resumed.

Druids Social, Wallsend Hall, Brunner, Saturday at 730 p.m. All members invited.— Advt.

Last year £197,292 was paid in Old Age Pensions. This year the estimated amount is £215,000. The Ethiopian entertainers are requested to meet for practice this evening at the usual time and place,— Advt. Just arrived GO pairs vases, latest design, 1 16, 1/9, 2/-, 2/6, 4/6 and 6/- per pair.— Waed, Taylorvillo.— Advt.

The Foresters and Dm ds meet in a friendly card party at the i edge room of the former, the Gilmer Hotel this evening at 8 o’clock. The New Zealand Railways give employment to 7,793 men. This number includes all from the General Manager down to ttie lowest cadet.

The Financial Statement delivered by the Rt Hon R. J. Seddon on Friday last, was the longest on record, and took two hours and twenty minutes to deliver. Eight dredging companies, representing a capital of £72,100, on tho West Coast are at present in liquidation, and in Otago 46 companies with a capital of £292,000. News has been received from Singapore of the death of Mrs Tarn, for 21 years mistress of Mount' Cook (Wellington) Girls' School, who was well known throughout the colony. The well known Orient Lino (for which the H.S.S.C. are agents in N.Z.) will in future be known as the “ Orient Pacific ” Lino, under which title its business will now be conducted.

Careful housewives who look for good value can find it in almost every useful and decorative article required for a homo, at Urquhart’s, Novelties Depot, Greymouth. — Advt,

The Hon IhoTromier gave on assurance to tho House tho other night, that tho petition of tho Midland Railway debemure holders would ho dealt with during tho present session of Parliament. There is a small quantity of dredging material at present on tho w T hart for tho Totara Flat Gold Dredging Company. The screen, elevator an 1 la.id>r for tho Woodstock Company has also arrived. Mrs Susan McLaughlin, a resident of about 20 years in tho Westport district, was found dead sitting in a chair at tho table. She lived by herself. All her relations are bolived to bo in tho old country.

It will bo pleasing information to our Kumara readers to learn that the National Bank intends reopening their Kumara branch. This is a pretty fair indication that Knmara’s fortunes are mending; that n good deal of gold is yet to be obtained in “City on the banks of the Toromakuu.” The telegraphic weather report shows that there is fine weather all along the West Coast to-day, with a smooth sea. The temperature of Groymouth was 48 degrees in the shade, the highest in the Colony bring 59 degrees at Capo Maria Van Dioinan.

Wo would again remind our readers of the auction sale at Mr Jacob Cohen’s premises, Macks.y street, tomorrow afternoon, when Messrs J. W. Eaason and Co. will sell Ids entire stock of new and secondhand furniture, also a quantity of crockery and fancy goods without reserve^

The United Kingdom produces only 40,000 tons of cheese oat of the 120,000 eaten every yoar by people of this country.

The Police Department is warning the Westport newsvendors that the Sydney Bulletin must not be sold in the colony, and wc understand-that Recfton sellers have been similarly notified. This applies to the Bulletin because its pages contain advertisements relating to Tattcrsall’s sweeps.

A very marked result of t he removal of the Midland Railway embargo on West Coast land was seen at the Westland Laud Board meeting held at Hokitika, when about 20,000 acres of land were taken up. This land, we understand, means the locating of about a hundred families on the soil.

Captain Fish, of the Pania, reports that on his way across Cook Strait to Wellington the vessel steamed through a mass of dead fish extending for fully tea miles. The fish were all of deep-sea varieties, which points to a probable submarine disturbance. On behalf of the Dunedin branch of the New Zealand Accountants and Auditors Association, a telegram has been sent to Sir Joseph Ward pointing out the injustice to professional accountants that would result should the proposed amendments to the Companies’ Act relating to audits and liquidation, become law. The influenza epidemic prevails throughout Canterbury and there is i scarcely a business place that has not a | large portion of its employees away ill. ' One firm has 54, and another 37 employees away. The doctors are oxtfemely busy and some wholesale houses in Christchurch run short of quinine. School attendance is seriously affected. A nautical inquiry in regard to the schooner Jessie Nicol was hold at Lyttelton this afternoon. The Court found that Captain Brown made an error of judgment in altering his course when off Cape Campbell, but the error was not of such a nature as to warrant dealing with his certificate, which was returned. He was ordered to pay the cost of enquiry. A young man named J. O'Donnell, enjoyed at the Inkerman mine, was brought to town yesterday (writes the Reefton Herald) suffering from an injured foot. He was engaged in getting timber when the pick he was using struck him on the, foot, inflicting serious injury. He was taken to the Hospital where his injury was attended to. A meeting of the Committee of the Inangahua Trotting Club was held yesterday afternoon. The resignation of Mr, McNeill as Secretary, was received with regret, and a vote of thanks passed for past services. Mr O. H. King was appointed in his stead. A committee was appointed to visit the tract and make arrangements for any improvements considered necessary, including the widening of several portions.

At the annual meeting of the Garden Gully Gold Mining Company, the following directors were elected Messrs Wilson, Tymons, Ferotti, Parkinson, and M’Kay. Messrs W. Parfitt was elected auditor. At a subsequent meeting of the directors a call of 2s per share was struck and made payable on September 11th. The Leviathan Freehold Gold Dredging Company have arranged with the Dispatch Foundry for the building of their dredge, the price being J 63900. The Foundry is also the successful tenderer for a dredge for the Greymouth Lagoons Company, the machinery arranged for being intended for the Blackwater. Mr Harry Smith, of the Greymouth District High School, who acted as quarter master at Christchurch to the volunteers and cadets during the Duke and Duchess’s recent visit, received yesterday afternoon from Mr F. A. Cooke, caterer to the encampment, a handsome gold chain with a maltose cross attached suitably engraved, as some return for the valuable services he rendered —during what was rather a trying time for the cadets. On Saturday next the Westport Champion team will meet our Grey team on Victoria Park, and the principal followers of the game predict a win for the Westport boys. They having a very fast back division, among thorn tho well-known players Shornff and Gapper. The team will arrive by the Mapourika to-morrow, and will be invited by the Grey Club to the Garrick Club Social in tho evening. Mr .Reynolds will be asked to act as referee in the above match, who we are quite sure will give every satisfaction to both teams.

On Saturday next the Junior Cup will be decidad, when the Stars try conclusions with the Reefton Rivals at Reefton, and given fine weather a very fast and interesting game is anticipated, as both teams are in rare “ nick. ’’ The following players will represent the Stars: — Full-back, M’Pherson; three-quarters, Tymons, Beale and White; five.eights, Sweetmau ; half-back, MoKechnie ; forwards, White and Chapman; (wings), McCarthy, Corcoran, Richardson, Jansen, White, Bruhn, and Hall. Emergencies— Conner, McKay, Malfroy, and Mason. The Druids had the quarterly meeting last evening when there was a very full attendance. On the unavoidable absence of the Doctor Druid, Bro. A. Ashton, junior, P. A. presided. After the usual Lodge business, an invitation from the Forestsrs to a card party to be held this evening in their Lodge room was road and accepted. The receipt of £5 from the Grand Lodge in aid of the Hospital was also acknowledged. Arrangements to play a football match with the Reefton Lodge was also made, a committee of three being appointed to make the arrangements. Harmony was then indulged in, several members contributing, and a very pleasant evening was spent. Two candidates were proposed and the mooting closed at 9 30, with the usual formalities.

The following team will represent the “Black Diamonds” against “Dobson Schoolboys” at Taylorville on Saturday the 24th, Full buck, J. Coll; threequarters, Jus. Hannah (capt), John Hannah, J. Wiiliaius; halt, Tom Loitch, B. Jackson. Wing forward, E. Scott (see), T. Jamieson. Forwards, D. Williams, H. Nelson. P. Galway M. Swootmau, J. Curnow, J. Jamieson, Alex Leiich. Emergencies : Andrew Loitch, D. Drennan, B. Scott. Players are h>re-by notified that the couch will leave Mr Hoott’s residence at 12 30 p'm. Play to commence at 2 o’clock sharp. A most barefaced act of fraud was brought lo light at Ballarat on July 16th, when u decrepit old man named Cloctou, aged 70 years, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for imposition under tho Old ago Pensions Act, It appears that Clceton, who had been an inmate of the Immigrants’ Homo, was granted a pension of 8s per week at Brunswick, and subsequently turned up at Ballarat, where ho obtained another pension of 7s 0d per wodt.

-One would imagine that a number of you were local preachers,” reprovingly remarked the chairman of the Conciliation Board at Auckland to on? employer who showed a tendency to give short addresses when cross-questioning witnesses. Tho next employer to rise announced amid laughter, that his name was “Parsons.”

The “iMataura Ensign ” states that so severe have been (lie effects of the snow lying for such a prolonged period upon the hills in parts of (lie Waikuia district, Unit sheep arc starving, and are actually eating the wool off each other’s backs.

Mr Hargreaves desires us to state that there has been no friction between tha directors and dredgemaster of the Ahaura Dredging Company. It is not right, in the opinion of Mr Graham, that private members should bring down legiilation affecting the labor interests of the colony. He suggests that the Minister for Labor is getting alarmed at the manner in which the labor laws of the colony are being ridden to death, and therefore wishes to shelter himself behind private members.

The Colonial Secretary told Mr Guinness that the Government would consider whether they would this session bring in a bill to amend the law so that parents may register the births of those children whose registration has not been registered within the statutory period through neglect or inadvertence.

A Blackburn man was fined 20a a d costs for refusing to fill up the census paper. Defendant is the head of a small body in that town who claim to be disciples of Count Tolstoi. He refused to fill up the paper on religions grounds, because coercion was used.

The Minister of Lands told a deputation of teachers at Camara that he wa« glad to hear that the teaching profession in North Otago approved in the main o£ No 2 scale, as recommended by the Commission. The Minister has promised to give the matter his earnest consideration, A Melbourne jury th<» other day awarded Mrs Mary Lynnott £241 damages, and her daughter Edith £452 damages, for injuries they suffered at the hands of the Railway Department some months ago, when, during the _ shunting of a train, a van was lifted off its wheels and shot along the end platform at Prince’s Bridge station. The two ladies, when crossing the platform, were, injured by the van. K Jam and avoid these dangers. Absolute purity guaranteed — Advt. W M’Kay and Son have some wonderfully cheap lines at their great winter sale. Here 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/ doe are being sold for 2/11 doz, and best of all lovely dress lengths for 1/11 eaoh— Advt Lay on Mac Duff I who has’nt read How bold Maoßeth was slain, But now he’s been so long since dead, Who rake him up again ? Then let him rest, he’s out of date,

We’ll turn to something newer, If you’ve a cold, be not too late, Take Woods’ Gkiat Peppermint Com.