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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 10 September 1901, Page 2

Mr William Smith of Ngahore, advortises a four-rooined cottage for sale. For particulars read advertisement..

Messrs Nancarrow and Co. are advised that R,M.S. Wakanui arrived at Wellington from London at 7 this morning. We remind our readers that the eighth anniversary of the Garrick Club will take place to-morrow evening in the Opera House.

The following persons have been nominated for tho vacant seat in the Wcstland Education Board:—Messrs Bauke, Byrne, Hudson, and the Eov Mr Whitehouse.

We are indebted to Mr Morse, Mr Kingswell's Greymouth representative, for the returns from the Buller Junction and Pactplus dredges. To Mr Cray for the Grey River return.

It will be seen by reference to our advertising columns that Messrs W. Booth and Co., of Carterton, notify that they are prepared to sell, or lease, their Christchurch timber yards.

The letter in regard to the Dobson bore hole referred to in a notice to correspondents in a recent issue was from Mr W. Griffiths of Brunner, who in a letter to the Harbor Board repeats the same charges. These are of so serious a nature that further action may be necessary.

The nominations for the vacant seat in the Grey Education Board so far are Mr Bignell nominated by the Ahaura and Ngahere committees, and Mr Kerr nominated by Paroa. The Cobden Committee having nominated both candidates in invalid.

The long-looked for report by the River's Commission appears in another column of this issue. It possesses many features of interest. The amount of compensation proposed is small compared with that sought for, while the mode of stacking dredging tailings in the opinion of the Commissioners requires to be regulated. They report against any dredging nearer the harbor than five miles.

This evening the Greymouth and Kumara Literary Societies hold a debate at Kumara, the subject being " Should New Zealand join the Federation of the Commonwealth ?" The Trinity debaters take the negative aide of the question, and wili be represented by Messrs Merrett (leader) Hodder, Kendall and Foot. The debase should prove most interesting, and as our local defenders have the popular pide of the question they should make a good defence.

A telegram from Auckland states that it is proposed in the north that a party of about a dozen men and women of the first rank in the Ngapuhi tribe (north of Auckland), should go to England next March in order to present .the flag sent by Ani Karo Hokianga, chieftainess, to King Edward.

One of the largest deals in oats that has taken place in Southland for many years was reported in Gore last week (says ike Gore Standard), Mr M. Hanley having sold 50,000 bushels of oats to Messrs Henderson and Batger at a satisfactory figure. The whole of the line is now being rebagged in the firm's Gore stores for shipment to South Africa.

At a meeting of the Westland Teachors Institute held at Hokitika on Saturday, resolutions were passed that teachers should be paid on the average roll number; 2. That the syllabus of work in English and Algebra required for E.D. certificates 3hould be better definod; 3. That the enforcement of the compulsory clause of the Education Act should be entirely in the hands of tho police; 4. That Education Boards pay tho salaries of the teachers—personally or directly—and not through school committees. *. , '

A meeting of Eevington's Hotel Football Club will be held on Friday evening at 7 p.m. to consider a challenge received from tko Gilmer Hotel Footballers.— Advt.

G. W. Moss and Co. will sell at the Totara Flat yards to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock 800 store cattle and 300 fat sheep*

The Tutanekal's steam launch arrived at Brunner at noon tO'day, having been piloted over several of the falls in good style by Mr. Alison, the leading sport of Brunner. Several of the steamer's officera came up and had a look round the mines. The launch accomplished the trip in the fast time of one hour and three-quarters against a strong current. , Mr. Hawkins, S.M., yesterday in delivering judgment in the breach of the Licensing Act against T. Thomas, of Blackball, was very severe in his condemnation of the trade, After referring in strong terms to the particular house against "which the convictions were secured, he declared that witnesses were in the habit of coming into his Court and swearing falsely to screen publicans who in many cases did not do a legitimate trade. He got somewhat heated as he proceeded and stated that the trade in the district was not in a satisfactory condition. He affirmed that the extreme prohibitionists by their extravagant action were much to blame in having alienated the moderates from their side, Public opinion in the district was of alow tone too and he did not see where the remedy was to come from. He should like to see the police trace every case of drunkenness brought before the Court in order to ascertain who supplied the liquor.

A dead squid, of enormous size, has been washed ashore near_ Kaikoura. One estimate gives the weight of the white blubbery mass as equal to a ton, or more. The tentacles, spreading out from the head of the monster, measure about eleven feet in length. They are as thick as the thigh of an ordinary man, tapering away to a point. A meeting of the Kuraara Bacing Club was held in the Secretary's office last evening, Mr D M'Connon in the chair. It was resolved that all horse owners, indebted to the Club, be placed on the forfeit list. Besolved that the Metropolitan club be asked if Eumara would be considered a special case with the respect to the Colonial Secretary's letter, re trotting events being included in the usual programme.

Mr John Thompson, the harbormaster at Okarito telegraphed from there yesterday, stating that he had arrived from the Okura with messages from the Jane Douglas. It appears that the vessel had beon shifted back some fifteen feet, and will require to be launched about three times her own length into the river. She has as far as is known suffered no further damage than that already reported. It is proposed (says the W. C. Times) to effect temporary repairs when she is lifted, so aB to enable her to proceed to a port where she will be overhauled and thoroughly repaired. The Eeef ton Herald understands that the man Peterson who was so severely injured in the Low Level funnel in June last has instituted proceedings against the Consolidated ' Gold Fields Company for £1.250 damages. The case will be heard on Friday next before the Magistrate and two assessors in the Warden's Court.

A shocking case is being investigated at Lees ton, according to a press wire from Ohristchurch, where two brothers named Croat are charged with improper'intimacy with their sister, a girl aged 15, who was recently confined and now is in a critical state of health. Both were remanded and the inquest on the girl's child adjourned pending her being able to attend and give evidence.

Sir Thomas Lipton, in the course of an interview, expressed great confidence in the abilities of Shamrock 11. During the last stages of the trials on the Clyde she outsailed Shamrock I. so haudsomely that her owner and designer are agreed in unhesitatingly pronouncing her to be the fatest British yaoht ever built. "There is no question,'' added Sir Thomas, "that the old boat is now sailing faster than she did last year against Columbia in the Cup races, and as Columbia has beaten Constitution, and Shamrock II ha? beaten Shamrock I, fair grounds exist for hoping that the challenger may win the Cup." To avoid mistakes, Mr W. E. Reynolds, dentist, and Mr J. Reynolds, chemist, hereby notify that they are in no way connected. —Advt.

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