HEWS AND NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 18 September 1901, Page 4

HEWS AND NOTES.

Half-a-dozen new coal-cutting machines have arrived for the Westport Coal Company. “There are only two parties in the House now—Pessimist and Optinist,”— Mr Collins.

A Government living on borrowed money, a people piling up its public debt, should expend that borrowed money with prudence, fidelity, and honesty.”—Mr Monk.

The petition of H. Easton, regarding alleged shady transactions in connection with dredging companies, is to be reported upon jointly by the Goldfields Committees of the Council and House.

Judge Conolly told counsel in the Supreme Court that he was pleased when his decisions were appealed against. If the appeals were upheld it taught him not to make tho mistakes again. “There will be no industrial peace in New Zealand till every class of labor is under an award.” This is the labor manifesto, as expressed by Mr Andrew Collins, the other day, at Wellington. It would take a great deal to drive this country to the dogs. It is a very prolific country. It will take a lot of bad government to kill it.” Hon. G. M’Lean. “We know that from the past.’’—Hon. G. Jones.

Two Italian journalists have already given a parallel to the deadly Max Eegis duel. They fought 125 rounds in ten hours. In tae 126th round both were scratched. The accident was probably due to the growing dusk—‘Globe.’ The Indian Government has granted permission for the Russian scientific mission to the Pamirs, under Dr. Pedsheuko, to come to India either by way of tho Kilik Pass, through Gilgit, or by the more unusual route from Yarkand via Leb.

Reginald Smith, the eight-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Smith, Tangihua, recently trod on a ti-tree snake, which inflicted a slight wound. Blood poisoning and tetanus set in, and on the 9th ult. the lad died from lockjaw. Tho deceased was buried on his parents’ farm tho Sunday following, the state of the roads not permitting the removal of the coffin to the cemetery. —Auckland Star.

Mr Edison is reported to have said in a New York interview that he has invented an improved cement. All the buildings in future are to be made of tins cement. An iron framework is put up, the cement poured in, the roof thrown on, and in three or four days the house is lit for habitation. Mr Edison says the cost is insignificant and rents will bo reduced enormously. A number of Westport and Eeefton sawmillers are petitioning the House against the passing of the Factories Bill, on the ground that if it doss pass .their businesses will be seriously interfered with, more particularly in regard to hours of work, overtime, and holidays. They add that they arc convinced that, with one exception, their workman do not desire to see laws made that would hamper their employers, to their own possible detriment. Greymouth millerq are also petitioning the House on the same question.

The Poverty Bay Hospital has fallen heir to a nice little sum. Twenty years ago a much esteemed medico, Dr Nesbitt, died, and his maiden sisters had not been left in any too good circumstances, the public subscribed for a fund as a memorial to the old doctor for their maintenance, with a stipulation that on their demise the money should go to the hospital. The ladies having recently died, the fund was transferred to the hospital, which, with the Government subsidy, benefits to the extent of £950. The money is to bo devoted to the erection of a new ward. It is the custom in the States for the minister who performs a marriage ceremony to hand over to his wife the honorarium received for the service. Some wives get considerable ‘pin money’ in this way. The current has just begun to flow in the other direction. A woman minister in Pensylvania was recently called to officiate at a marriage, and, with sensitive regard to the long established precedent, scrupulously turned her fee over to her husband.