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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 October 1901, Page 3

Marsden No 1 dredge is working well so far as the machinery is concerned, but the prospects are very poor. The machine is dredging towards the bore hole which prospected well. At Marsden No 3 matters are still at a standstill. Work in the Cornwall (late Foley’s Creek) is again being pushed on, a bit slowly though, as only three men are employed. Bishop Stewart, who left New Zealand about seven years ago for Persia, will revisit the colony this year.

Surgeon-Colonel Burns is returning to the Colony. Ho left the Gape ou Sept. 22 to taka charge of a small draft of invalided New Zealanders.

TheTimaru Harbor Board has appointed Mr A. E. Austin, of Masterton, resident engineer, at a salary of £'loo. There were 85 applications. The staff in computing the census taken this year in Now Zealand includes about half-a-dozen women. They are engaged in connection with the card system of computation, and the experiment is answering very well.

The United States Consul at Dawson C.ty advises the Slate Department that the gold output of the Klondyke for this ’season amounts to £4,000,000,

During the past five years the Salvation Army have opened no fewer than 21 social institutions throughout Australia at a cost of £75,486. Since the Ist June, 1900, twenty-two disputes have been investigated by the Board of Conciliation in Wellington. Three have been settled by industrial agreement, two withdrawn by consent, and seventeen have been referred to the Court for settlement. From March 31st 1900, the total num her of mortgages registered in the colony was 12,773, representing £7,431,698. The rates of interest ranged from 2 per cent, at which £2OOO was advanced in Otago, to forty per cent, at which £9l was advanced in the Christchurch district. Most of the mortgages were advances, at 5 per cent. The bulk of the mortgages were for sums not exceeding £SOO. Daring the period above mentioned 10,045 mortgages, representing £5,082,617 were paid off.

Lieutenant Emerson in a letter to the Napier Telegraph says: “The Seventh boys are a splendid lot of fellows, and as game as they make them. They are, however, a bit too rash just at present, and when they get a show they gallop away looking for a fight, and sometimes get it to their disadvantage, for after providing Mr Boer with a number of useful articles they return to camp looking very dilapidated and very glum. After a month or so they will no doubt drop down to the tricks of ‘Johnnie Bjer.’ ”