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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 20 September 1901, Page 2

At their rooms to-morrow afternoon, Messrs Easson and Co. will Sell by public auction, bacon, hams, cheese, groceries produce, furniture etc, without reserve. Yesterday an accident took place at the Dispatch Foundry, a lad named Charles Lucas (son of Mr, Charles Lucas of this town) while engaged at the boring machine, having the top of one of his fingers taken off at the first joint. The blockade of the port was raised today, several steamers arriving and others taking their departure. It will take several days to overcome the work on hand, during which the capacity of the goods shed will be taxed to the utmost. The Coal Commissioners, Messrs Hayes, Gordon, M’Eay, and Jamieson, arrived per Haupiri to-day to proceed with investigations into the proposals of the locality with a view to the establishment of a State coal mine. Mr. Newall, the well-known dredgemaster, has been appointed' dredgemaster of Marsden No. 3, which machine should be working in about three, weeks. The directors have acted wisely in securing the services of such an experienced and capable man, and it goes without saying that if the dredge does not pay it will not be Mr. Newall’s fault. At their auction rooms to-morrow (Saturday,) at 2.30 p.m. Messrs H C Harley and Co. will sell by public auction a large quantity of household furniture comprising bedsteads, mattresses, dresses chests of drawers, sofas, and sundries, in addition to produce, tea, coffee and three cases of tincd salmon. Heads of families would do well to visit Harley and Co. auction rooms to-morrow afternoon. The Waverley, which arrived this morning, is at present unloading a largo quantity of dredging material for the Premier dredge on the Buffer River. The Kennedy also brings a full shipment of machinery for the Westland, Victory, Aldingo and Moonlight dredging companies. This machinery was made in New York, U.S.A. and comes nicely packed up in cases. According to to the weather report today the warmest place in the Colony is Cape Maria Van Dieman with 50 degrees, Westport with 57 degrees coming second; the coldest places were Balclutha and Nuggets with 41 degrees each. The tides on the Coast show a slight falling compared with yesterday. The only places in the colony with a blue clear sky were: Tauranga, Taupo, Wanganui and Kaihoura.

A parade and special meeting of the Brunner Rifle Ranger Volunteers will be held in Xayo’s Hall to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock, after which a meeting will be held for the purpose of electing officers and other business. All absentees will be fined. On Sunday morning the 22nd members will fall in at the ordrely room at 10.30 a.m. for the purpose of attending service at St. Saviours Church, Wallsend, when the Chaplain, the Rev. Mr Stace, will preach a sermon appropriate to the occasion. Full particulars may be obtained from our advertising columns. The following team representing employees of the Borough Council challenge a team representing employees of the Harbor Board to a friendly game of football on Saturday the 28th inst. on Victoria Park Full Back, L. Lord ;f, J. Drumm G. Scott, P. Deere; P. Casey and I. Lord; Forwards, E. Brown, (capt) J. Kennedy, D. Power, A. Chapman, E. Praher, E. Trott, J. McGrath, N. O'Brien, W. Barrowman. Emergencies H. Kyle, E. Keating and A. Maher. Backs, L, Power, W. Blanche and W. Heffernan. A meeting of the Borough Council was held last evening, a quorum with the Mayor being present. The question of the Native Leases were fully discussed and it was finally decided to call a meeting of the Leaseholders at an early date, and place before them in detail form the recommendation the Committee arrived at viz:—That the leaseholders should petition Parliament to allow the Borough of Greymouth on their behalf to obtain a lease in perpetuity of the Native Reserve, Greymouth at the present rental say £3OOO per annum. That the Council binds itself to pay the rental to the Natives at such rates as may be fixed in the conversion.

The following business is set down for hearing at the Westland Supremo Court session on Thursday next, the 26th : Criminal—King v. Lawrie George, robbery ; civil—E. N. Ramsey v. E. Forsyth, suit to settle administration of accounts. Williams v. Williams (Westport), and Armstrong v. Armstrong (Reefton), for divorce wives’ petitions on the grounds of desertion. O'Brien v. Jones and appeal from the decision of E. S. Hawkins, S.M, Grey mouth of a conviction under the Lict n iug Act, and a motion in connection with the estate of A. Kater, deceased. Judge Denniston is expected to arrive next Wednesday, and the Court opens at 10 a m. the following day. The programme for the sports to be held in Victoria Park on the King’s Birthday has been issued. The programme, which we reviewed in a previous issue, comists of 19 events, the prize money being £75 exclusive of a number of medals and other trophies. The sports commence at noon sharp. The admission to Park is 1/- and to the grand stand a similar sum. The committee are endeavouring to git arrangements made for special trains, for the convenience of country residents. Given a fine day the sports should prove to be the most successful of the kind, ever held on the West Coast.

A most enjoyable social was held in the Wesleyan schoolroom last night, to bid good-bye to Mr Stanley Taylor, who is leaving to-day for South Africa. A much appreciated programme of solos (vocal and instrumental), reading, recitations, and choruses was gone through, and at the conclusion the Rev. J. H. Gray presented Mr Taylor with a souvenior from his associates in church work. A pleasant speech by the Rev. gentleman was followed by some well timed remarks by Mr B. G. Warnes on behalf of the younger members of the congregation. The recipient having suitably acknowledged the present, refreshments were served, and those present afterwards indulged in pleasant games. When all had had enough of merriment, the gathering dispersed after singing a farewell hymn and the pronouncing of the Bedediction. A party of men were overhauling a pump at Yackandandah (Victoria) When one of them suddenly fainted. He was caught in the arms of another, and died without uttering a word.

Who would not support “Our Boys F”, is a question that need not be asked of the public of Greymouth, but we wish to call the travelling public’s to the fact that “ Archie ” Brown has taken his brother Henry into partnership in the carrying business so energetically and successfully carried on by him for the past two or three years. The business in the past left nothing to be desired for “ Archie ” was never , lacking in his punctuality and attention, but the new departure will add fresh vigor and will nable the firm’s luggage vans to be here there and everywhere at the same time. If you note the advertisement you will find that a drag is run in connection with the business and that their vans meet all trains and steamers. The travelling public will do well to keep this firm in view for they will have meted out to them by these enterprising young ijaen all the attention that is required from an up-to date carrying business, With reference to the fate of Andree, who attempted a balloon exploration of the Arctic regions, a cable to the New York Sun, from London, on July 27th stated: —“The lapse of three years which Andree, who started for the North Pole in a balloon, fixed as the extreme limit of his return has revived interest in his fate. A Norwegian captain of much Arctic experience has a theory which is interesting. He says it is a fact, which is probably familiar to all Arctic explorers, that when there is the slightest humidity of the atmosphere masts and sails of vessels are Coated thickly with ice, When Andree started wet snow was falling, and the balloon would soon be coated with ice. Its buoyancy would be over-weighted, and it could not remain long aloft. The wind would carry it in the direction of Franz Josef Land, between which and Nova Zembla it would probably fall into the sea. This captain sdys that the wreck ultimately may be found on one or the other of those coasts.” i It was Liebig, the celebrated German chemist, who stated that the quantity of soap consumed by a Nation would be no inaccurate measure, whereby to estimate its wealth and civilisation. Certain it is that such Nations as the Turks, Greeks, and some of the Asiatic races who despise soap are lowest on the scale of civilisation, whilst the American, Australian, and British races, Who are largo soap consumers, lead the world. Soap has been before the public for a long time, its manufacture is described by the bistorican Pliny early in the Christian era, and it is proved to have , been used in the Homan Empire, as soap in a perfect state of preservation has been found among the ruins of Pompeii. It is however, within the last 50 years that soap has attained such popularity, for it is now used by rich and poor alike, and to bo unclean is a disgrace. It is used medicinally as a vehicle for many medicants for skin complaints, and for toilet purposes. The soap now made is of the highest quality perfumed and medicated in wonderful variety to, suit various tastes. A good high class toilet soap undoubtedly invigorates the skin enhancing the natural beauty, and thus improving the complexion, It is ridiculous to suppose that an ordinary household soap which contains an excess of alkali (for scouring purposes) is suitable for a delicate and sensitive skin. Pimples, blotches, rough, hard and dry skins are the result of using a soap containing such a preponderance. In all well prepared toilet soaps this is carfully avoided, Parkinson and Co. the well-known chemists have always stocked the very best qualities of toilet and medicinal soaps in infinite variety. They have just landed direct from England, a further large supply, including Cold Cream, Lanoline, Buttermilk, Glycerine and Cucumber, Oatmeal, Hazeline, Eau-de-Cologne, Violet, Lily of the Valley, Demaline and many other kinds of high class soaps. To-morrow night (Saturday) there will be a display in their window which will be well worth inspection. Don’t forget to-morrow night Parkinson’s window for soap. There is a large gathering of Natives from Te Akau and Waikato at theKopua. They are holding a' ta.ngi, owing to the death of Mita Karaka, a chief of some importance. The London Sphere is responsible for the statement that the Duke of Cornwall’s character considerably developed in the Australian tour. “For the first time,” says that paper, “ he has been thrown on his own initiative.”

It is understood that the Government . expenditure in connection with the royal visit to West Australia amounts to about | £25,000, which includes £l2 spent by the , Reception Committee. The Marlborough Times states that Miss Ross one of the nursing sisters who went from Dunedin to South Africa at 3 the beginning of the war, has received an I appointment as staff nurse in the Blenheim F Hospital. The gold production of West Australia ' for August was 161,7700 z, againtt > 181,4580 z for August last year. The total | output for the first eight months was f 1,180,1770 z against 1,003,3980 z for the corresponding period of last year. 1 A very old resident of the Ballina dis--1 trict (N.S.W.) named Simpson, living at 1 Pimlico, was bitten by a snake on August ’ 27. Remedies were applied, but proved 1 ineffective, and the man died the next 1 morning. At Deniliquin (N.S.W.) a young man named Will’am Dal attempted to commit ' suicide by jumping into the Edwards i River. He afterwards repented, and ■ climbed up the piles of the bridge, 30ft ■ or 40ft to the decking, and was then hauled back to the bridge. A young man, Arthur Kendall aged 19, was committed for trial at Melbourne on August 31 on a charge of shooting at his brother, Charles Kendall, with intent to murder him. Accused is alleged to have had a grievance against his brother, and to have waited for him with a gun at the rear of their residence, South Melbourne. When Charles Kendall emerged from the house his brother it is stated, fired a shot at him and ran away. The bullet fortunately went wide of its mark. It is in keeping with the irony of destiny that Sunday, the day of rest, has been a day of decisive and epoch-making events. Waterloo was one of the Sunday battles; Inkerman was another; and Ramifies, one of Marlborough’s great victories, was another. It was fought on Whit Sunday. The Indian Mutiny began on a Sunday, and on the same day the Russians carried Kars by assault. Oudcnarde and Maipaquet were Sunday battles, and it was the week —on the glorious Ist of June, in 1794 —that Lori Howe defeated the French at sea. The fate of the Queen’s arch in Mel-bourne-one of the relics of the gay doings in May—has been determined at last. The once handsome structure, which cost the State of Yictoria some £ISOO, has been disposed of for a £lO 1 note! A week or two back the Works 1 Department, so bad was the timber market, could not raise even that sum for , the huge toy, and was contemplating giving it a coat of paint and waiting for ‘ better days. Sic gloria transit mundi. The following appeared in a recent ! London paper:—“Many a gold mine has 1 been found under the sea, and when, five ( years ago, a poor fisherman off Timaru, in J New Zealand, pulled up a piece of quartz - in his net, ho naturally thought he was j on the high road to fortune. Subse- J quently various syndicates have expended * over a quarter of a million in trying to * locate the mine, three divers have lost I their fives in wandering about amongst s the rocks, but the gold still remains o hidden, though there is every reason to " believe that it is there somewhere.” The Timaru Herald has made diligent inquiries, and can neither find the “fisher- a man” nor the “piece of quartz” g

In an article on the financial position in Australasia, the “Insurance and Banking; Record” says:—"As matters stand, not only are Finanoial Statements, as they are made, generally of an unsatisfactory character, but it is now known that West • Australia wants to borrow £1,500,000 immediately; that New South Wales is trying to arrange fora loan of £2,000,000 1that Queensland is in correspondence with the finanoial agents in London as to the opportune time of borrowing; and that New Zealand wants £1,000,000 at an early date, besides £2,000,000 for the purpose of the Advances to Settlers Act. The requirements of Victoria and South. Australia, if and, have yet to be stated!. Should it be found impossible to obtain-, all the money required (for terms reflecting severely on the credit of Australia, ought not to be contemplated), the loant expenditure must Ice curtailed, and that would mean lessening of employment.”

Mr A. G. Hales, the Australian who made such a remarkable splash as war correspondent for the London “Daily News” in South Africa, has written an article published in the “Candid Friend,” entitled “All About Myself,” Born on the banks of the Snowy river, the enterprising Gippslander thus summarises hi* career.“l have written more stories than 1 have hair on my head, and I am not bald yet, I have owned newspapers, gold mines (?), silver mines, opal mines, << and racehorses, and kept poor on the lot. I have been in loth of places, and . have Bpon a lot of people, the most honest, civil, and intelligent of whom is the London policeman; the most skilful and unscrupulous the London cabman. The best fellows I have ever met are bard up, hard working, gritty newspaper fellows; the worst are successful writers suffering .. from ‘swelled head.’ ”

The world’s output of coal in 1900 is calculated, in an English Parliamentary paper to have amounted 650,000,000 tons. Among the chief contributing countries the United States comes first with 245.422.000 tons. Prior to 1899 the primacy in this production was held by the United Kingdom. Its total in 1900 was 225,181,000 tons, or less by 20.241.000 tons than that of America. But whereas the value of the United Kingdom's output was £121,658,000, that of the United States is given as only £67,040,000. Germany produced 109, 225.000 tons, rained at £48,190,000; France produced 32,587,000 tons, and. Belgium 28,852,000 tons* .A tramp in San Francisco was arrested, through n photograph by a detective on a charge oi! forgery in New York. The fellow protested his Innocence, but otherwise took the business very complacently.. He was escorted: by his captor to New York, where the real forger had been taken into custody. The two resembled each other as closely as the Dromios. Before leaving Now York, the ex-suspect, called upon the chief of police to bid him farewell. He said: “The idea of arresting me for forgery I Why I can’t read orwrite I’’ :

At a meeting at Templeton to form a branch of the Hew Zealand Farmer** Union one of tne speakers said that it had been freely stated that the farmers could not do without the town. That, he considered, was simply absurd. The farmers, were moire independent than the townspeople, as, if their crops ; failed or lowprices ruled, they could, as they were in. the country, black their bodies and gb. naked, where as the dwellers in the towiu had always to go fairly well- dressed.—Lyttelton Times,;. \ \ '• . I'■ h) The Wellington Post, states that the. local agents for the Tyser Company have just received advioe to the effect that the ■ latest addition to the Tyser fleet has been launched. This is a twin-screw steamer ■« christened the Niwarn, of 10,000 tons, - which is to be employed in the New Zealand trade in conjunction with the other steamers of their fleet. The Indralema, which was launched some three > months ago, and which belongs io the same line, is now en route to the colony from New York, and on her arrival tbe shipping community will have a chance of inspecting the latest thing in hp-to-date cargo-carriers.

Superstition can be carried to excess. Not long ago a, well known merchant interviewed a traveller with a view to en- }> gaging him. Everything seemed satisfactory, and the negotiations were on tha point of conclusion when the man’s faoa suddenly changed, and he said that ha ' was very sorry, but he could not possibly accept the post. His would-be employer somewhat surprised, asked him what hi* reasons might be for so sudden a change, and the man replied that he had just discovered that the premises occupied by the merchant were numbered 6 and 7, and that 6 and 7 made 181 - According to the United States census returns just tabulated (says the London Daily Telegraph), the negro race is not dying out. The coloured population in 1900 amounted to about 8,000,000 or 11.8 per cent, of the total population, as against 11 per cent 10 years ago. The loss in the total number is due to the growth of the northern States, and not to any smaller proportion of coloured people in the south. The negro is keeping pace so closely with the white wherever the figures have been tabulated as to indicate that he has gained a firm foothold, from which he is not likely soon to he dislodged. Those who predicted that because of his essential inferiority the negro would die out ,as a race find no support in these census returns. vJvt.

In 1853 there were 71,019 Hawaiians in the Sandwich Islands, and in 1896 the native population had fallen to 31,019. The old customs and habits of the natives too, are dying out even faster than the race itself.

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 beat. It is here we escape coughs and colds to be sure, By taking that Woods’ Great Pepper* mint Cure. The invgntive genius of the American nation has at last achieved perfection in gentlemen’s head-wear. Their latest production in hats is as strong 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

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