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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 October 1901, Page 2

The usual Fire Brigade meeting will be held this evening at 8 o’clock, not 7 30 as formerly.

'The annual meeting of the Dispatch Foundry will be held at the Gilmer Hotel this evening at 8 o’clock,

The Greymouth Town Band visited the Gray River Hospital yesterday afternoon and played a number of selections, which were much appreciated by the patients.

The annual ball in connection witli the Brunner Footballers will be held at Brunner to-morrow evening. Every arrangement has been made to ensure success.

Mr. N, J. Suckling, senior partner of the firm of Suckling Bros., Christchurch, will be in Greymouth on or about 23rd to 28th October, and may be seen at the Post Office Hotel.

J. A. Sligo, of Dunedin, wants to buy a 16 horse power Marshall or llustonProctor Engine delivered in Greymoutli. Particulars see advertisement.

The Greymoutli Trotting Club’s programme appears in our advertising columns. It will be seen that a very liberal list of events are provided. Given fine weather the meeting should be a record one.

That old derelict, the Hesketh, is slowly but surely disappearing. Several tons of iron are stacked in a paddock ready to be failed to Greymouth, but it will be some time yet before the eyesore is completely removed. The zigzag track to the Trig Station (Cobden) is just about finished. It has been constructed on a nice gentle grade, and from the top a splended view is afforded to those fond of landscape sceneiy. The public are to a great extent indebted to the exertions of Mr Broad for this track.

The mortal remains of the late Sergeant' Major Barrett were followed to the Grey* mouth cemetery by a large concurse o* people. The deceased was accorded a military burial, the Hokitika, Greymouth and Brunner Rifles, and Greymouth Cidets, with the Volunteer Band forming part, and marching to the magnifioient but mournful music of the “ Dead March,” The deceased was held in very high esteem, and sympathy for the family is general.

The schooner Zior is now loading at Lyttelton for Greymouth,

No further word has been received in reference to the steamer Jane Douglas. It is to be hoped that she will soon bo again in commission.

The meeting of sawmill employers at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday was largely attended, when matters affecting the industry were discussed, and it was resolved to take steps to form an industrial union.

Wednesday next is Labor Day, and a Statutory holiday. The Government Offices and Banks will be closed. So far as we can learn the business people will keep the usual half holiday. The Mayor we may state is quite willing to put in a notification for a full holiday, if asked by the business people to do so, but will not otherwise, as last year only three firms closed in responset o the reouest.

On Saturday evening Tymons and Co’s window, which was illuminated with the new gas lights, was greatly admired, their high-class millinery being shown to great advantage, which reflects the highest credit on their popular and obliging milliner Miss Flannery. The millinery displayed would do credit to some of the larger houses in New Zealand, and it must be seen to be appreciated. It includes the very latest creations in bonnets, toques, and trimmed hats. By special request their window will be lit up to 9 o’clock this evening.

There is reasonable hope for supposing that provision will be made on the Estimates for the erection of a new Post and Telegraph office at Greymouth. This morning his Worship the Mayor received the following message anent same: —“A. Matheson, Esq, Mayor ; In re your telegram to the Hon. Premier the question of erecting a new post office at Gr.oymontli will he considered when dealing with the Public "Works Estimates. Jv : nd regards. Wji. Hall-Jones.” The opening of the new C.ibden School rooms will take place on Wcdnesdiy evening, the 9th instant, when a grand concert and ball in aid of the pr z i fund will be held. Those who have had the privilege of witnessing Co'iden coi certs on former occasions, are firm in their conviction that they have always been worth more than the admission money. The Committee on the occasion are deter mined to eclipse previous efforts, and have secured the host talent obtainable The programme is of no mean order, and contains items by the Mi-ses Holder, Oxenham, Chapman, Easson, Sweetman, and Dickie; Messrs Moss, Mitchdl, Spindeler, Harley (2). Stark, Sweetman. Murray, Latimer, G. Holder (violin), and W. Evans (cornet). M ith tegaVd to tickets for concert and dance respectively, we are requested to state that an error in printing was made in some of the latter in respect to price. Dance tickets are half-a-crown, and concert tickets one shilling. As a few of the dance tickets have already been issued at one shilling, subscribers will please note the difference. Children will be admitted to the concert at half price. On making enquiries late last night, the West Coast Times learned that Miss Renton is progressing favourably, but that Miss Lucy is still in "a precarious condition.

There is a story told of Lord Hopetoun, that on his coming of aga the minister of the parish church, looldng down on all ihe Hope family, began his sermon with the solemn words : ‘We all know my friends, that the world is full of blasted hopes.’ The poor preacher probably realised his mistake when it was too late, but if he is alive to-day he will rejoice that his words have not, by any accidental chance proved prophetic. An item of news of considerable interest in this Colony generally, and to producers especially, is contained in a recent Tasmanian paper. It runs thus " West Devonport. The following telegram was despatched to the Eight Hon. Edward Barton, Melbourne: ‘The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ Association of Devonport humbly pray that the Federal Government will consider the interests of Northern Tasmania by checking the ruinous competition at times caused by the importation of . New Zealand produce into the Commonwealth.” When the King was Prince of Wales he refused to attend public banquets if the Press were not seated among the guests. On one occasion the reporters were to dine by themselves in another room. They refused, and brought the matter under the notice of the Prince personally, He sent for the Mayor of the town and made a few pointed remarks. When the banquet commenced the reporters were accommodated with seats from which they could have shaken hands with His Eoyal Highness. Apparently the bars of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies are likely to be open to Now Zealand legal practitioners, for a recent announcement in a South African paper states that “On the application of Mr Mulligan, Lieut. John Wilson, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, who appeared at the bar in khaki, was admitted to practice as an attorney before the Johannesburg Special Criminal Court. During the last 200 years England has spent over £1,200,000,000 in war, which still means a payment of over £200,000,000 a yetfr in interest on debt. But the naval wars of the future will bo far more expensive than the land wars of the past. It is estimated that a naval action between thirty modern battleships would cost something like £1,000,000 an hour ; and that a naval war between England, France, and Russia would cost a sum of money equal to the market value of every inch of English soil.

An extraordinary incident took place at the premises of a draper in the New Cross Road London. It appears that whilst a drove of cattle were passing the shop a bull evidently took a fancy to some scar, let ribbon, and endeavored to gratify his vanity. Finding the doorway too small for his admittance, the animal opened a way for himself by smashing up throe large plate-glass windows, 12fc by 12ft, and entering the establishment. Then ensued a most exciting scene. Women screamed, two ladies in the shop fainted, and men ihouted. The bull, in the meantime, was the centre of attraction, being actually on show in big window. Evenmally he was enticed out badly cut, and led away.

Attracted by the shrill whistling of the wind through the network of wires before a storm, Dr Eydam, a German, has made a novel investigation. Ho is now convinced that an unusual disturbance in the telegraph wires foretells bad weatthcr, and that the character of the atmospheric disturbances may bo learnt from the sound. A deep sound of considerable strength, for instance, heralds slight showers of rain and moderate winds within thirtyeight to forty-eight hours, whi;o a sharp shrill sound gives warning of high winds, and much rain or gnow. At the recent Government caucus it was decided to make the Counties Bill a matter of urgency this session, but it is highly improbable that the bill will be discussed this year. As the Select Committee which has made so many alterations in the clauses, it is more likely that the amended bill will be circulated among the local bodhs during the recess, so that their opinions may be ascertainad.

It is stated that the Moriori race, which has lived on the Chatham Islands for many generations, must soon come to an end. There are only about a dozen pureblooded Morioris on the islands now. Most of them are of great age. The youngest is Horomona (Solomon) Rangitopoa, and ho is looked upon as the last of his race.

The amount of stone brought down and tipped at the eastern mole of the Timaru. Harbour is now 36,425 tons. The amount brought down since last meeting (27 days) is 7,358 tons, an average of 272 tons per day. The stone now shows above water for a distance of 325 ft, and the toe is out 375 ft.

From quite a number of sources the Wairarapa Daily Times learns that the grub is playing sad havoc with both crops and pastures in Wairarapa. In some localities there are bare patches of considerable area in pastures, and in others it is doubtful if some of the crops will bo worth harvesting owing to the ravages of the grub, Mr Bloomfield, S.M., the enumerator for the Bay of Islands, and Hokianga district, states that the Maori pensioners do not get the full benefit of the pension, which is taken by their younger relatives and spent. Mr Bloomfield’s remarks confirm the views that have been expressed by others in a position to judge—viz., that a small grant from the Civil List expended in the purchase of rations is much more beneficial to aged and indigent Natives than any grant of money. The managers of the Moody-Manners Opera Company, said to be the largest English Opera Company that has ever travelled Great Britain, are offering soma encouragement to budding music composers by giving two prizes of J 2250 each, together with 10 per cent, of all net profits made by the company, for the two best original operas. One prize is to be contested for by British subjects only, and the other by non-British subjects. A Sydney telegram to the Adelaide Advertiser, dated September 18, says ,f A state bordering on famine has set in at Yambulla goldfields. For the last month the residents have been unable to obtain beef at any price, and it is now a common thing to see miners scouring the bush with gun or. rifle in hand in search of a wallaby or a badger as a substitute, but often with poor results, game of any kind being particularly scarce. Not only has flic want of beef been felt, but during the recent rains the stores have been almost without every kind of food—butter, cheese, bacon, tinned meat, fish, or jam being unobtainable. The lambing results on the East Coast of the No r th Island are said to bo the best ever known. A farmer a few miles from Martinborough who docked his lambs finds the increase reached the unpreoendonted percentage of 165. Several residents of Mahia, on the East Coast of the North Island, intend putting down a trial bore to a depth of ICOOft, in the hope of striking a coal seam. On a Mahia property there is a spring which, if protected irom the air, emits a gas which can be lighted. , ~ The departures of Chinese from the colony last month numbered 17, of whom 16 left from Wellington and one from Auckland. The arrivals were three—viz., one each at Auckland, Wellington, .and Invercargill.

Amended regulations under “ The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885," are published in the last issue of the Gazette regarding royalty to be paid by purchasers of timber in forests.

Hohaia Patuom, a son of the late cle brated northern chief Patume, and nephew of Tamiti Waka Nene,. passed away “ to the Rjinga ’’ a few days ago at his late residence, Waihou, Hokiange.. His age is supposed to be about SO, Ne.tives from, all parts of the North Island are attending the “ tangi ” at Waihou. The first of the present month marked the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of a telephone exchange in Christchurch,- which, it is understood, was the first exchange opened in the colony. The exchange started with thirty subscribers, and the number now is close upon eleven hundred, and throughout the colony 8210. During the year the number of connections at Qreymouth increased from 94 to 114. The Greymouth exchange commenced with a modest 84 subscribers.

AJMasterton employee has no reason to love the trades’ unions in Wellington, says the Wairarapa “Star,” He is a. skilled workman, and has been earning over £4 per week. Has employer lias received notice from the Conciliation Board of a “dispute,” and he is asked to pay his men £3 6s per week. He. has accordingly notified the workmen that, by request of the Boaid, he will in future pay £8 6s.

Our Dunedin correspondent telegraphs that speculators stood aloof at the sale of the booths and privileges in connection with the Labour Day Demonstration Sports, to be held next Wednesday in that city. There was not a single bid lor cither the booth or privileges. A post mortem examination of a valuable horse, which died suddenly at Wanganui a few days ago, revealed two bucketsful of sand in the stomach, which had been swallowed while the horse was grazing in a paddock of sandy formation.

A warrant officer in the Victorian navy

(Robert Temple) shot himself at the Victoria Torpedo Depot with a rifle. He was one of the sufferers in the Port Melbourne poisoned beer case six months'’ ago, and had been drinking to excess ever since.

Detective Bishop stated at Rangitekci last week that there were 28 rogues and vagabonds at the Bulls races (all well known to the police), who did nothing but go from one race meeting to the other, living by illegitimate means. WADE’S TEETHING POWDERS for babies are soothing, reduce fever 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 adulturation. 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.

Wo 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 inspec those 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 t.i turn one sick Whoso taste is cultured and refined.

But though the mind be high or low, The body must its ills endure; The things for coughs and colds we know, Is W. i£. Woods’ Great Peppermint Curb.

The inventive 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 American Hard Felt Hat is stocked by T. W. Tymons and Co.—Advt.

Tho Maoris of Otaki are going in for poultry farming. One Native has just sent down to the export depot of tho Agricultural Department seven prime turkeys, three of them weighing 151 b each. These are for tho English Christmas market.

The rowing season was opened on sat* urday at Dunedin despite a downpour of" rain. In the tournament got np between the teams of the employes of the various ■ firms of the city the law courts provided, the winning team. To those who are about to furnish-* 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 tho prices to bo absolutely the lowest.—W. McKay and Son.— Advt.

WADE’S WORM PIGS are more effective and not unpleasant; most children thrive after taking them. * Price 1/-