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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 2 October 1901, Page 2

Ethiopian concert to-night, at the Opera House. Como and sec “Brother Bill and Me.”

The Grey Acclimatisation Society announce in our columns that licenses for the fishing season can bo obtained on application to Mr G. S. Smith. The fee is 10/-

The Greymouth Opera and Orchestral Society under the able control of Miss Easson intend producing “Dorothy” on the 7th, Bth, and 9th, of next month for the benefit of the Grey River Hospital In reply to a telegram from his Worship the Mayor enquiring as to a vote for the new Post and Telegraph Office, the Hon Mr Seddon replied to-day as follows “There are no Public Works estimates as yet; have referred your telegram to Minister for Public Works’’

It will be advisable to secure seats early at the Opera House this evening, on the occasion of the fifth concert given by the Greymouth Ethiopian entertainers, as a full house is pretty certain. The programme is one of the best yet issued by this capable company of amateurs.

The timber trade continues to extend, and promises within twelve months to double the export. Between this and the end of the year four new sawmills will have started, and even then the supply will not be nearly equal to the dom ind. The steamers Kini and Rosamond now loading will take away over half-a-mil boa feet of sawn timber. Hokitika with 4G degrees was thj oldest place in the Co'ony to diy, while Tiritiri was the warmest with 61 degrees. The temperature of Greymouth was 50 degrees. The sea all round the coa-t-> of New Zealand is generally a moo h. The tides on the West Coast is gmd. The poll taken at Rcsfton yesterday to confirm the action of the Council in borrowing a sum of money for drainage works resulted as follows For the proposal, 90; against, 8 ; informa', 1. There is no improvements in the prospects of the Perry’s Reward dredge, the wash still proving extremely tight, and although dredging is only being carried on to a depth of 10 feet little progress is being made. A solicitor in the Carterton Court delivered a homily on perjury the other day. Ho gave it as his opinion that twelve persons out of every twenty who gave evidence did so pu ely as a matt r of business.

It is claimed by the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Association that the performances of its representatives last season, including the decisive win over Auckland and “the moral victory over Wellington,” justify it in bracketing Hawke’s Bay with Wellington as champions of the colony. It is with much regret that wo now announce the death of Sergeant-Major Barrett which took place this morning. The deceased who has been resident among us for about two years, was held in high esteem by all who were brought in contact with him. Ho had bean ailing for some time past, and for the past few days it was evident he was sinking fast. It is only a few months ago since Mrs Barrett died, and the kindly old soldier seemed to fade away from that date, never recovering from the loss of his faithful helpmate. He leaves two daughters and two sons behind.

The other day Mr Smith, Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society, received a shipping note telling of a consignment of trout ova to the Greymouth Society. On arrival Mr Smith had the young fry taken up to the batching boxes at Mr Johnstone’s, Little Grey, where they are now doing first rate. On returning to town Mr Smith was very much surprised to get a telegram from Mr King secretary of the Hokitika society, asking him to forward ova at once. This would seem to indicate that either two lots were expected or else the consignment was misdirected.

The remains of the late Mrs Delaney was brought down by train this morning, from her residence at the 12 Mile, and taken to the Catholic Church, where Requiem Mass was celebrated. The funeral took place at 2 o’cloek being followed to the cemetary by a largo number of deceased’s friends, which gees to show that she was a good mother and wife. The deepest sympathy is expressed for her two sons and husband.

The chief topic just now seems to be the coming football contest between the “Stars ’ and “Roses,” which takes place on Saturday next on Victoria Park. This will be the final match of the season and, considering that the teams are well matched, a splendid struggle will eventuate. The Roses will be represented by the following players Full back, R. Alexander; three-quarters, C. Craig, P. M’Oarthy, H. Rear; five-eights, C. Kilgour ; half, D. Sullivan ; forwards, Lambert and Chapman (wings) West, Ogilvie, Lochore, Murray, Sullivan, Bromley, and Tomkies. Emergencies, Scott (2) and Hoglund. A special meeting of the South Canterbury Hospital Board was held at Timaru yesterday, when it was decided that the resident surgeon at the Timaru Hospital should be allowed private practice within a radius of two rules of the hospital. This decision is the outcome of the visiting medical staff refusing to accept the Board’s terms of one guinea per visit when their services are called in by the resident surgeon. Abdur Rahman, the Ameer of Afghanistan, is a horse-breeder on a large scales Some years ago he founded a Government stud, which now comprises about 2000 animals. Some are English thoroughbreds and some Australian, while others are Arabs, Turkoman, andlndian couniry bred horses. To look after them the Ameer employs an English veterinary surgeon named Clements, who teaches twenty young Afghans his profession, and imparts to them the correct principles of horse-breeding. Mrs Andrew Carnegie, the wife of the famous American millionaire, is one of the few women who combine great social ability with a love of serious artistic pursuits. Her “pink teas” are a pretty feature of New York society. At these teas, as the name suggests, everything is pink. Pink cakes are served in pink porcelain. Through pink shaded lamps the light filters on to pink flowers and draperies, and in pink does the hostess very frequently receive her guests. The science to which Mrs Carnegie has given the greatest consideration is that of architecture and designing, her latest achievement being the designing of a club room to be erected near the golf links at Mount Vernon, New York-

Mr T. Eonayne, General Manager for Railways, has sent the following notice to the Westport Harbor Board: —“I have the honor to inform you that the question of the wharfage rate to be charged on coal landed ox ship at Westport has been raised, and the Department proposes to gazette a rate of Is per ton for wharfage on all coals landed at Westport. Coal ox local mines for shipment at Westport will of course bo free of wharfage as hitherto. I shall be glad if you will advise me whether your Board has any objection to the proposed rate.” The meaning of this notification is not very clear,

The return of the times occupied by the pcincipal trains in the colony in making their trips, during the four weeks ending 14th September shows that there was only an average delay of about one-eight of a minute per train per journey. The average loss would have been even less but for a delay of 65 minutes to the Dunedin-Ohrisichurch express, through the breaking of an axle. It is a solid fact, since it is recorded in the local paper, that as the Paeroa coach was driving into Waihi during a hurricane, the vehicle was blown from behind at such a speed that the horses could not keep ahead of it, and were nearly brought down. On arrival at the stable the horses were taken out, and the wind looking for more fun, caught the vehicle and drove it dewn the street till it was stopped by a dentist’s verandah posts. Telegraphs our Wellington correspondent:—“The ‘New Zealand Times,’ referring to the proposal by the Auckland papers that Wellington should be disfranchised, says, editorially, that they might as well talk of disfranchising London.”

A reduction in the freight on grain between this colony and Great Britain has taken place. Formerly the rate was 35s per ton; now it is 17s 6d, with the probability of still further reductions.— The reduction has enabled large quantities of oats, wheat, &o to be profitably exported. Mr A. B, Worthington, who achieved much notoriety in Christchurch some years ago as a leader of the Temple of Truth fanatics, has received and accepted a call to minister to the Unitarian Church congregation at Sydney. Mr Worthington is evidently a man of considerable versatility. The little native village of Mohaka, near Wairoa, affords an apt illustration of the good effects of training the Maori mind to belief in the efficacy of clean and healthy homes. The village has an excellent sanita y system, is kept sweet and clean, and in place of old and tumbled dawn w hares, there are nearly a score of well-built, nicely kept houses, constructed after the European style, and with most of the cunforts and conveniences of a modern boms.

The salary of Mr Chomley, who is about to retire from tbe position of Commissioner of Police in Victoria is £9OO per annum, and ho also has free quarters. The salaries of the Commissioners of Police in four of the other colonies are as follows: —New South Wales, £920, with allowances; Queensland, £BC‘O; South Australia, £7OO, with art allowance of £l2 for uniform; Tasmania, £SOO, with £3O for quarters. If the Police Vote passes our own House of Representatives the salary of Mr Tunbridge, Commissioner of Police in New Zealand, after four years’ service, will be only £6OO. The operations of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company during the past six months have been sufficiently remunerative to justify the directors in declaring an interim dividend of three per cent. This' is the first time that an interim has been declared. The last annual dividend was six per cent. A returned trooper has informed the Hawkes Bay Herald that many men of the New Zealand Contingents could have got lucrative appointments in South Africa had the . Premier allowed them to receive their discharge there. The result is that on their return to New Zealand they find themselves out of employment and without funds to go back to the Cape. The crops in the Masterton district are (-ays the Star) looking exceedingly well just now. There is no truth in the statement which has been circulated that the crops are being destroyed wholesale by the grub. The grub exists largely in the imagination. Pietro Mascagni, the composer, is to be paid ten thousand dollars a week during his concert tour in the States. The money is to bo lodged in a bank in Italy before ho starts. Ho adds:—“My orchestra will consist of ninety performers from the Pesaro Lyceum, of which lam director. I hope the American managers will not work me as did Merman, the impresario, in 1899, when I was nearly killed by forty-two concerts in forty days. I was fast becoming a nervous wreck, dreaming every night of an audience waiting which I could not get to.” The Taranaki “Herald” says that after years of persistent labour and the expenditure of a large sum of money in the work of endeavouring to find a-payable petroleum fit-id at Moturoa, the local gen:lemea who embarked their money in the venture have decided to discontinue operations. The last bore, at which work is still being carried on, has been drilled to a depth of 1060 feet, but no traces of oil have been met with, although the boro is only 80 feet from that in which at 950 feet oil was obtained in what was at first considered to bo payable quantity. In tbe present bore water was troublesome for some time, but this, after considerable laboui and expense, was effectually shut off, so that a good test of its oil bearing capacity was obtained, But the results from tbe bore have been disappointing. While West Coasters are grumbling about tbe wet season, people in other parts of New Zealand are bemoaning the dry weather. The Oamaru Mail reports that there is a general cry for rain from farmers in North Otago. If long delayed, the prospects for the harvest will be al most a negligablc quantity. The want of water has made itself generally . felt throughout the South Island. Thus we read that a bath is an almost unheard of luxury in Dunedin at the present time, when the reservoir is all but drained.

The fact that the Dunedin - Corporation intends installing the electric tramway system at no distant date has necessitated the Telephone Department considering how its overhead wire system will be affected, and it is possible that it may bo compelled to institute the tunnel or cable system, and put all wires underground. If the new system is adopted the wires will be duplicated and made up into cables of about 200. There will be “junctions” along the route, from whence the ne:essary distribution to subscribers will be made.

The Evening Post says Farmers will be glad to learn tliafc the ambiguity in the Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act is to be removed by making clear the legislature’s intention to exempt agricultural labourers from its operation. Ju this way vague risks will be removed and much litigation prevented. One of the two Milne seismographs or earthquake recorders imported by the Now Zealand Government has now, the Post says, been in use in Wellington for about a year, and Mr George Hogben, Secretary of the Education Department, in whoso charge it is, has obtained some important records from i\ Tbs apparatus is much superior to anything of the kind hitherto used in the Colony, and is equal to any soismological instrument in the Southern Hemisphere. As an evidence of its sensitiveness it may be mentioned that it recorded a shock of earthquake that occurred in Alaska, over 7000 miles distant, in October last, and also two upheavals in South America. The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, of which Mr Hogben is a member, has voted £25 towards the purchase of another seismograph for Wellington the idea being that one instrument shall be a check on the other. The second seismograph belonging to the Government is now being fixed up in Christchurch, and will bo placed in charge of Mr Coleridge Farr, who has been engaged in magnetic work for the State for some time past.

Heavy rain last Saturday at Nelson resulted in the city being flooded^ The report and evidence of the Federation Commission stand as a monument of lolly.—Mr Fisher, It cost £640, according to Mr T, Mackenzie, to print the report and evidence of the Federation Commission.

The flax trade is booming at Foxtoru One miller has arranged a contract at £2l per ton.

“ The worst managed, most expensive* and most scandalously extravagant department in this colony. The Britisb War Office is a fool to it.”—Mr Tanner on the New Zealand Defence Department, Herr Paul von Buri has been appointed German Consul-General for Australia, Now Zealand, and Fiji. He will reside in Sydney. Mr Arthur Myers has been J§ empowered to act as Consul for Siberia at Auckland. Mr Pirani said last year £5&7 was spent on special telegrams sent through Reuter’s Agency. He had searched through a year’s files of three London daily papers, and could only find about £2OO worth. To those who are about to famish— We have just landed an exceptionally fine lot of floorcloths, linoleums and carpets from 18 inches to 4 yards wide. The patterns of these have been specially selected, and being imported direct from the manufacturer we can guarantee the prices to be absolutely the lowest.—W. McKay and Son.— Advt. WADE’S TEETHING POWDERS for babies are soothing, reduce fever an - ?, prevent blotches. Price 1/* 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 adulteration. They affirm that 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. We are this week making a special display of embroideries and lace, also lace goods. The designs of these are simply exquisite, and it will pay you to inspect: these goods before purchasing elsewhere. Prices are very moderate, and within the reach of all, W, McKay and Son.— Advt. That penny dreadful “Deadwood Dick,’* Perhaps may charm the vulgar mind, Though rather apt to tern one sick Whoso taste is cultured and refined. Bat though the mind be high or low, The body must its ills endure; The things for coughs and colds we know, Is W. £. Woods’ Gbeat Pkbpeemini Cube. The inventive genius of the American nation has at last achieved perfection in gentlemen’s head-wear. Their latest production in hats is as strsng 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 Felt Hat is stocked by T. W. Tvmons and Co.— Advt. WADE’S WORM PIGS are mors effective and not unpleasant; most children thrive after taking them. Price !/•