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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 September 1901, Page 2

Ethiopian rehearsal at the usual time and place this evening.— Advt,

Messrs Hilderbrand and C > notify that they arc cash purchasers of dairy fed pigs. The ladies of the Grey Football Club Ball Committee, are invited to meet at the Opera House this evening at 7.80. G. W. Moss and Co will sell at the residence of Mr Christophers to-morrow afternoon, household furniture and effects. By our advertising columns it will be seen' that Mrs Gamble, late of JSTo Town, has vacancies for several gentleman boardors.

As a mark of respect to the late President M’Kinley all Government offices in New Zealand were closed this afternoon from three till four o’clock.

There are many who will hear with regret that Mrs D. W. Virtue died in Wellington on Monday, tne deceased lady having only survived her lamented husband by a few days.

We are informed that there is no truth whatever in the statement that the Himitangi intends to proceed to Hokitika, the Captain not regarding the southern port as suitable for his steamer. His Worship the Mayor has called a special meeting of the Borough Oouncl this evening for the purpose of considering the municipalising of the Native Reserves within the Borough, The Eeefton Herald says that the funeral of the late John Trennery took place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. The services at the grave were read by the Rev. H. York.

The schooner '‘Clyde” commanded by Captain Cameron, arrived at Lyttelton yesterday, having accomplished the journey from this port in six days. Her cargo consisted of timber. The schooner’s next destination is at present unknown. During the past two or three days splendid large blocks of stone have been brought out of the Cobden quarry apd deposited at the southern tiphead. It is anticipated that the extensions of both walls will bo in full swing in about a month’s time.

Tenders are invited through our advertising columns, for the construction of a race for the Montgomery’s Terrace Hydraulic Sluicing Coy. Plans and specifications may be seen at the engineers office Greymouth, and at the office of Messrs Hannan and Phillips, Reefton. Tenders close on Thursday evening October 10ch.

The bore hole in the Brunner mine is now down 137 feet in coal bearing country. The bore has already gone through a small seam. Operations have had to be stopped for the past few days in order to effect some necessary repairs to the plant. Further sinking will be proceeded with as soon as this is accomplished.

By telegraph from Auckland Mr. F. J. Foot, local solicitor, has been advised of the registration there of a company formed to werk the sluicing property of Messrs Pathson and party at the Niue Mile Creek, north of Greymouth. The company’s engineer is expected in about three weeks to make arrangements for vigorous working of the claim. The bar is still in a very bad condition and it is doubtful whether any shipping movements will take place for the next 24 hours. At present the Ngaru, Kini, Petone, Pareora, Moa, Hiraitaogi and Janet Nicoll are loaded, waiting a favourable chance to take their departures while several steamers are waiting to come inside.

The sea, according to to-day’s weather report, continues rough on the West Coast with a slight swell on the East Coast. The tides along the Coast are moderate. Wanganui with a temperature of 59 degrees is the warmest place in the Colony; Bealey with 38 degrees is the coldest. The temperature at Greymouth was 50 degrees. About a dozen shareholders and directors of the Maori Gully Gold Dredging Company left town yesterday for Maori Gully to witness the launch of the Company’s pontoon.- On arrival at the claim, they f jund all the residents of the district assembled to witness proceedings. The contractor, Mr Fitzgerald, with characteristic exactness, had everything ready, and the directors and others had a little “switchback’ _ experience as the larg s vessel glided into the dam prepared. The launch was accomplished without the slightest hitch, and the contractor was con/'ratul ited upon the excellence of his work. The Company subsequently adjourned to Mr Ilinneghan’s, where an excellent dinner was partaken of, and where “success to the new venture” was duly loaded The machinery is all ready for erection and should be on the ground in ten days The date' fixed for starting the dredge is the 18th of November.

One of the demands made by the Dunedin tramway employees from their employers is that the drivers and conductors should bo allowed to smoke when standing at the out terminus. The Otago Daily Times says that although this practice is a breach of the regulations, it is wellknown that the employee|frequently takes the opportunity of enjoying for a few minutes the soothing effects of tobacco.

The Cape Coal Company, Ltd., reports the Kelson Mails Colhngvvood correspondent, has been registered with a capital of £2OOO, most of the shares being sub--scribed locally. Arrangements have been made for testing by boring the Company’s ground at Puponga for coal. A contract has been let to Mr George Smith, of Wanganui, and it is expected that his plant will be on the ground in working order about the beginning of November. Mr Smith is the representative of Mr Job Osborne, of Christchurch, well known throughout the colony in connection with artesian well boring. The future of Puponga will depend largely on |he success or otherwise of the Company’s operations. The rails for Mr Joseph Taylor’s tram line were landed at Puponga some time ago. s

Russians use only 3oz of coffee a head in the year, English people 14oz, and Dutch 3220 z.

Only 81 in 100 EngUsh clergymen die before they are 65, against a general average of 44. The members of the Druids Lodge held their usual meeting last evening. Four candidates were proposed for membership, The A.D. gave an interesting and amusing account of the official visit to the Reeftoa Lodge, and the Secretary was instructed to write to that Lodge thanking them for their cordial reception accorded. After the conclusion of Lodge business, the members held a social evening amongst themselves under the guiding hand of the A.D. Bro. G. Martin, A long toast list was gone through, and several songs were excellently rendered by the Brothers, Mr A. Ashton efficiently manipulated the piano. A recitation by Mr Bell, “The Life Boat” was an oratorical effort, and well deserved the hearty applause it received, P.D.P. Bro. Doctor M’Brearty, in the course of an interesting address, urged the new members to ever keep in view the cardinal principals of the order, i.e. Benevolence. He also pointed out that everyone of them should aspire to some position in the Lodge. All could not be Presidents, but could fill some of the minor offices, and so prepare themselves for the higher offices when vacant. The meeting closed at 11 o’clock with a verse of the National Anthem.

“The annual report of the Department of Labour recently presented to Parliament entirely confirms (says the Southland Times) the very general opinion that the Secretary, Mr Tregear, holds a brief for the trades unions, We have had occasion in previous sessions to remark upon the extreme impropriety of a promiment official, a member of the Civil Service, taking so prominent a side on the labour question and suggesting extreme class legislation in favour of the workers and .against employers. The report on this occasion is, however, worsts than ever, and bears in. deed internal evidence that the Secre tay has been the instigator of the policy embodied irt the Labour Bills now before the House, which are almost universally ondemnfed, 1 and find little favour even with members of the dominant party/' The British Consul at Reunion (the French island between Mauritius and Madagascar) states that there is a good opportunity for the establishment of a trade in frozen meat, flour, {grain, and other Australian products with that colony. He suggests that it might be supplied by a Hue of steamers connecting New Zealand and Australia with Natal, and the Gape, and that such steamers could, on their return voyage, assist in developing trade between Mauritius and India. Butcher’s meat costs in Reunion at present Is per l.b, and is “ veiy bad ” at that. Other foods which the inhabitants need are always very expensive, and must always remain so until an outside supply is obtained. The Consul suggests the formation there of an Anglo-French company for the erection of cold stores if the Australian meat supply can be obtained. He estimates that the company would need a capital of about £IB,OOO. The demand for bonuses and protection in the interests of struggling colonial industries is thus neatly hit off by the Rangitikei Advocate :—“ If some people dwelt in the polar regions they would ask their Government to levy a protective duty on tropical productions, so that some of their number might, find employment in looking after hothouses, in which some sapless imitations of the perfect products of the favourable dimes might be produced.”

A protest comes from the Wairarapa against the principle of building railways dependent on a local rate instead, of on the general taxation. A petition to the Government from fifty settlers in the district between Masterton and Alfred ton objects to the Masterton-Weber light line being constructed on tbe above principle, on the ground that present county rates and special road rates are already excessive, and the settlers cannot carry additional burdens. An article in the Lancet on nicotine has a direct bearing upon a subject that is now engaging the attention of the New Zealand Legislature. Many people will learn with surprise that the great medical journal inverts the order of injuriousnoss usually associated with cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. It states that nicotine itself has been proved to be practically guiltless of evil effects in smoking, but pryridine and its derivatives are responsible for headaches, trembling, and giddiness. The degree of toxicity in smoke depends largely upon the completeness of combustion. The combustion of a cigarette is more complete than that of a pipe or cigar. A pipe acts as a condenser, but ' the condensed products do not reach the mouth, while considerable condensation must occur in the cigar, the products reaching the mouth and being absorbed. Therefore the Lancet places the cigar first in of injuriousness, then the pipe, and lastly the cigarette.

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 bhac the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which are 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 K Jam and avoid these dangers. Absolute purity guaranteed— Advt. Aurora Australis ! that wonderful sight That dazzles the eyes with its brilliance and light, Occurs in those regions where ice and the snow, Extend everlasting above and below. Such a climate would kill us so used to the heat, New Zealand’s bright sunshine is so hard to boat. It is here we escape coughs and colds to be sure, By taking that Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

To avoid mistakes, Mr W. E. Reynolds, dentist, and Mr J. Reynolds, chemist, hereby notify that they are in no way connected.— Advt.

The inventive genius of the American nation has at last achieved perfection in gentlemen’s head-wear. Their latest production in hats is as streng as steel plate, as flexible as rubber sheeting, as light as ether, bomb proof against perspiration, and as well ventilated as the summit of Mount Cook. This new American Hard Eclt Hat is stocked by T. W. Tymons and Co.— Advt.