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

The attention of our readers is drawn to the train arrangements on the Hokitika and Keefton lines to-morrow afternoon.

The Westport footballers left by last evening's train for Hckitika, where they try conclusions with the local club to-day.

The West Australian trans-continental railway exploring party have left Eucla (S.A.) on their return journey to Perth. By reference to our advertising columus it will be seen that Mr Thomas Pixon, general carrier of Keefton, has two young draught horses and a timber dray for sale {

The Montgomery Terrace Hydraulic Sluicing Company, are calling tenders for clearing. Particulars may he obtained from our advertising columns.

Evidently the Westport bar is very shallow at present. When the Haupiri left yesterday morning for Greymomh, drawing 11 feet, she bumped heavily on the bar.

Owing to tho deaths of ths late Horn James Kerr and Mrs Dowling (of Paroa) the Paroa School Committee have postponed their concert, which was to be held this evening to Tuesday next, September 3rd.

The Greyrnouth State School Committee meeting, called for this evening, has been adjourned till next Tuesday out of respect to tho late Hon. James Kerr. We are phased to inform our readers that Trooper Morgan, who has been ill since he returned home t j Kumara, is now much improved in health. Mpmbers of the Greyrnouth Lodge, N 01233 etc., are reminded that their monthly meeting will be held at the Lodge room this evening. Visiting brethern are cordially invited. Mr Frank M'Gregor. who was one of the first in Westland to volunteer for South Africa, purposes commencing business in Hokitika on his own account as a farrier. We take this opportunity of wishing the genial Frank every success, The fine weather we are having this last week has caused that toothsome deli' cacy, whitbait, to become more plentiful, although the Chinese, who were selling them yesterday, were charging 2s per pint—a monstrons charge.

We draw our readers' attention to the sale by Moss and Co of Mr Vowell's household furniture and effects, also first clasß piano at Baupo, which has been unavoidably postponed owing to the death of the late Hon James Kerr. The sale will take place on Friday afternoon, 30th August, at one o'clock. The funeral of the late Hon James Kerr will take place tomorrow afternoon. The Premier, Minister for Education and a number of Legislative Councillors will arrive per steamer Hinemoa this evening to pay their last respects to the memory of an old friend. The Masonic body, of which the deceased was a distinguished member, will, we understand, take charge of the proceedings. A meeting of the Committee of the Greyrnouth Jockey Club was held at the Albion Hotel last evening at 8 p m. Present—Messrs Hannan (chair), Yarrall, Walton, Bignell, Gieseking, M'Carthy and Smith. A copy of the Colonial Secretary's letter re holding trotting races with flat races except in special cases was ordered to be sent to the Kumara Racing Club. A letter was received from the Nelson Club asking that certain defaulters' names be posted. Left with the Secretary to attend to. Resolved that H. D. James be granted the totalisator contract for the coming season. Resolved that a couple of 400 gallon tanks be procured and erected on the course. The programme committee was instructed to bring up a programme schedule of eight races per day, stakes of £1,050. Without doubt Messrs Easson and Co's firm is the most up-to-date on tho Coast. One needs only to see that trade is brisk, prices reasonable and goods all first class. They profit by the wide reputation and his-h standing this firm has earned, and experience has taught many that satisfaction awaits those that do business with them. The furnishing department has been considerably added to of late, and it is now by far the most complete on the Coast. They are prepared to supply at the very shortest notice everything necessary and of the very latest designs for an up-to-date dwelling. Anything and everything one could possibly want may bo had at this establishment. At present they are working at high pressure to keop paco with their orders. Every shipment of English goods such as bedsteads, crockery, mater als used in the manufacture of furniture are being landed direct from the makers, and as this firm buys largely, they are enabled to buy in the best markets and thus give their customers tho benefit. Tne firm claim they furnish houses c implete from end to end, as every furnishing line is stockod. Tho annual meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Journalists was held at Wellington yesterday. It was decided that tho headquarters of tho Institute for the year should be at Dunedin. The election of officers resulted as follows: —President, M. Cohen (Dunedin); VicePresident, Grcsloy Lukin, Wellington; H. Triggs (Christchuroh), and A. Roid (Auckland) ; genoral seorntary, E. Huie (Dunedin) ; treasurer, T. Walker (Dunedin) ; auditor, J. Hutchoson (Dunedin). A resolution was passed in favor of tho Instituto formulating some scheme by which a benofit fund might be established. It was also resolved that it is necessary to the welfare, if not the very existence, of tho Instituto if it is to bo of real value to the working journalists of tho colony not being employers, that steps be at once taken to procure registration under tho Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Ac*.

Tho Ccast Times chronicles the death of another old identity, in the person of Mr Edward Walsh, the genial and obliging Secretary of the.Hokiiika Benevolent Society, who passed away at his resid. nco the Pioneer Hotel, yestordav morning between one and two o'clock. Old "Ned" a-i ho was familiatly called and who was a nativo of Dublin, Ireland, came to the coast in the sixties, landing at Grejmouth, in which district ho spent somo years, then .at lieofton in the early days. Graduating ro Hoki- , tika, where he has resided for the last twenty years, ho was book-keeper for tho late Mr John Dowling and again in tho same capacity for the late Mr Jamoa Murphy. For tho last four years ho has boon secretary of tho Hoki tika Benevolent Society ; he was always kind, genial, and oblig'ng,an upright honorable man in all his dealings, and will bo missed by a very largo section of the community.

The funeral of the late Mr Blair took place this afternoon, and was very largely attended, a number of friends coming from all parts of the district to pay their last respect to one who was hold in the highest of ostcem At the cemetery the service of the Presbyterian Church was conducted by the Bo 7. Stewart. Mr EE. A. Oowper, late editor of the West Coast Times arrived from Hokitika lust evening. It is his intention to stay in Greymouth for a few weeks to see if it will recoup his health which has not been of tho very best during his stay down south. I Word was received in town to-day that at four o'clock this morning a fourroomed residence, belonging to Mr James Baxter of Kokiri, was totally destroyed by fire. The origin of tho fire is not known, as it had a good hold before it was discovered. Wo understand that Mr Mercer, who was about to shift into the cottage, removed a greater part of his furniture yesterday, which was all destoyed, and means a loss to him of about jG4C. There was £IOO insurance on the building. A child named Elsie Gross, aged 14, was burned to death at Gundagai (N.S.W.) through her clothes taking fire. The father in rendering assistance was badly burned. A portion of the stern of a vessel, evidently of about 400 tons burthen, was found on the coast, eight miles west of Cape Vorard (Victoria), a few days ago. The name of the stern is "Lady Lina."

Another record was established at Newcastle the week before last, when the quantity of coal exported to places beyond the State amounted to 78,769 tons, as compared with the previous record of 78,113 tons. Victoria headed the import list with 23,770 tons, and South Australia came next with 10,850 tons.

By a private cable received in town this morning we learn that the Bev. H. W. Howell, for many years a resident here, and now Vicar of St. Peter's, Havelock, was married to Miss GeorginaCox at Negoa, Musuellbrook, Sydney, the ceremony being performed by the uncle of the bride, Canon White. We wish the happy couple every prosperity and happiness. An entire town has recently been discovered in the dominions of the Czar of the existence of which no one seems to have had any idea Deep in the forests of the Ural lies a flourishing city, the inhabitants of which speak a curious language of their own, and seem to form a sort of ideal commonwealth, in which taxes and tax-gatherers, among other troublesome things are unheard of. The traffic returns of the railways to the 20th July show substantial increases under almost all heads. The passenger traffic was particularly good because of the .Royal visit. The increase in the number of passengers carried is shown at 474,704, the actual figures being 2,101,397 first and second-class passengers, against 1,626,693 in the corresponding period of last year.

A direct steam service to South Africa is to be subsided; the steamers are to go beyond South African ports but to return to New Zealand. Tenders were called for a direct service some months ago, but the subsidy demanded was considered excessive. Under the terms now proposed the subsidy will have to be very much greater as the vessels will be compelled to return empty from South Africa.

Lord Kitchener has informed the Lieu-tenant-Governor of Victoria by cable that members of the Third Victorian Bushmen's Contingent who served in Rhodesia, are not entitled to the extra rates of pay they claim on account of going to Rhodesia. The Commandant-iovOhief says the men are entitled only to the highest rates for troopers—viz., 5s a day—and not 8s 6d, as claimed.

It may not bo generally known that Mr Andrew Carnegie, the Americanised Scotch multi-millionaire, has pensioned off for life some of his old schoolmates. One of these recipients of his bounty is said to be a Southland farmer, who is in receipt of an allowance of £250 a year, and less than two years ago made a trip Home to thank his benefactor in person. An illustration of the great suction power of a train travelling 40 miles an hour was furnished recently in America. A little girl stood too near a passing train, and was drawn violently against the last carriage, being instantly killed. When Murphy, the American cyclist,' rode behind a train travelling at the rate of one mile a minute some time back he was, of course, very greatly assisted in his marvellous ride by the air suction. We are pleaded (says the Kumara Times) to learn that the genial Chairman of the Greymouth Education board (Mr Harris) is about again. "Bob" has had a bad turn, but good nursing and fine sunny weather will bring about a perfect cure. A building at Boatman's, formerly occupied by Mr J. S. Williams as an hoteli was burned to the ground on Friday morning. The building was unoccupied at the time, and we understand was uninsured. —lnangahua Herald. The Inangahua Times saye a private wire was received in Reetton from Wanganui, announcing the death of Mrs u'fiegan. Deceased was a very old resident of Uoefton and was well known and highly respected. In a late issue of the Cape Times appears an official advertisement headed "Kecruits Wanted," inviting applications for no fewer than thirty-three irregular corps, iuc'uding the "Commander-in-Chiefs body guard." The same paper also oontains reports of the proceedings of the 'Treason Courts'' whose work is apparently interminable. The revenue of the New Zealand Government railways for the period from Ist April to 20th July totalled £584,493, against £520,837 last year, an increase of £63,656 j the expenditure amounted to £380,832, against £345,286, an increase of £35,746.

The railway working account for the four weekly period -ending 20th July, shows that the revenue amounted to £133,615, of which North Island lines contributed £47,398, and the South Island £86,217. Tho expenditure for the samo period totalled £99,961, of which £37,140 was incurred in the North Island, and £62,821 in the South Island. For the corresponding period of lust year tho receipts were £115,836, and the expenses £88,310. The British Congress on Tuberculosis was much astonished by papers by Professor Koch, the German specialist, which claimed that human and bovine tuberculosis wore radically different diseases, and Koch had amply demonstrated that cattle could nat be infected with human tuberculosis. The counter proposition that human beings could not bo infected with bovine tuberculosis was hard to prove, owing to the difficulty of experimenting upon a human being, but personally Koch was satisfied suob was the case. The establishment of special consumption hospitals was urged, as well as disinfection and other sanitary measures. De Koch expressed his belief that the ultimate scamping out of tuberculosis was possible. The General Manager of Railways has been advised that the 25 American locomotives, 23 of which are from the Baldwin works, are on board the steamer Knight St. George, which left New York for New Zealand on tho 13th inst. The Petitions Committee of the House of Representatives has recommended that a compassionate allowance equal to three years' salary bo paid to the widow of the iato Constable Luke M'Dannell, of Auckland, who performed valuable service at the wreck of the s.s. Wairarapa, and die! from blood-poisoning resulting from handling tho victims of that disaster-

The mine manager at the New Scotia, quartz mine reports that during the week No. 1 level has been extended"* further distance of 5 feet, total driven by contractors 2612 feet. The country now being passed through is hard. In " Gallant" No 3 stope extended 3 feet. No 4, 11 feet rise, extended 2 feet 6in, 19 tons of stone have been paddocked. Total 70 tons. We have been short handed here, only two men being employed the most of the week. Messrs Black and Dunphy, two of tha Directors of the Old Diggings Company* visited the Company's dredge yesterday* (writes the Reefton Herald) and report that very good progress is being made in opening out 100 ft in width, and the cut being taken up is nine feet deep, consequently only drift gravel is at present being treated. The machine is doing well and full time is being worked. By A the end of this week the dredge should * have sufficient room to turn round and commence systematic dredging. Mr. C. J. Christophers who during thelast four years has filled the position of traffic manager in the Railway Department at Greymouth, has received word that he has been appointed to a similar position in the Petone Railway Works, and will take his departure from here about the middle of September. His place will be taken at Greymouth by Mr Jones of Dunedin. Mr Christophers is to be congratulated on his removal to a larger town, where he will be surrounded by most congenial prospects, as the rising: suburb of the Empire City will prove a. splendid sphere for the exercise of his: abilities. During his term of office hetehe has been a most capable and obliging, officer. The intricate nature of the work necessarily envolved on the Coast haa been ably and efficiently done. His many f Wends will regret his departure* but one and all will heartily join in congratulations and best wishes that he may speedily rise in his profession and receive that cognisance nis ability Si* justly deserves.

Messrs Jackson and Giffney, contractors for the cartage of machinery from Foley's Creek to Marsden, made a yery successful attempt in getting the boiler which weighed about 7 tons, over the Marsden Hill. They accomplished their task in two days.

There are certain generally aocoepted conclusions that are entirely wrong. - One of these is as to the land of the most fre» quent earthquakes. Ask almost any person and he will tell you that the most earthquakes are in Japan; but he is wrong.. When tho faets are tabulated we find thai Greece is away ahead of Japan in seismic; disturbances. The latest complete reports eover a period of six yean from 1893 to 1898, and during that time 8187 earthquakes occurred in Greece and about one half of that number in Japan. The island of Zanta alone had 2018 shocks daring the six years i The Bluff Harbour Board has notified the Marine Department that the lightship has been replaced, its present position being slightly to westward of the former position, but that this will be rectified on. the first favourable opportunity. An interesting case under the new patent laws ooourred at Gisborno. A firm of local plumbers reoently received a consignment of Welsback burners and mantles direot from England, which they proceeded to advertise that they would sell at a considerable reduotion on the price of these articles being retailed by the local gas company, who claim to be tho sole agents of the Australian Inoandesoent Light Company, and who hold the sole rights in Australia. Tne Welsback manufacturers have written to the local paper demanding the withdrawal off the advertisement of the plumbers, and stating their intention to assert their rights against all vendors or users of incondescent goods which infringe their patent rights. Reports from Samoa state that the cultivation of cacao is progressing satisfactorily on the island of SaviL The ' planters, however, were somewhat dis- • couraged because they frequently found themselves unable to find a market for that produce in its raw condition, as intsr-island communication was very irregular. One planter was compelled to,, throw away 50 baskets of cacao pods, there being no steamer to forward them to Apia soon enough. It is understood that the Government is working out a scheme for a regular inter-island service. No doubt were Dickens still alive

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