Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1901.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 October 1901, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1901.

The Dunedin Jockey Club made a profit of nearly £OOO out of last week’s meeting. A Committee meeting of the Groj mouth Library will bo held at the Borough Council Chambers to-morrow (Thursday) at 8 p.m.

At the Magistrates Court this forenoon before E Campbell Esq. J. P., J. Martin charged with drunkenness was convicted and fined 1/The concluding social of the Garrick Club’s third series, will bo held on Wednesday evening. The Ladies Committee and the management, intend to make tbis social surpass in brilliancy all previous records.

Mr Petrie, chairman of the Grcymouth Harbor Board received the following reply from Mr Guinness, M.H.R., “Telegram re Coal Creek received. I heartily concur therewith. Will present to Premier and strongly urge Government to give effect thereto,” The following team will represent the Brunner Pirates against the Kumara Football Club, in a friendly game to be played on Saturday, on the Kumara racecourse :—Full Back : P. Peillon ; f Todd, A. Scott, (Capt) Kear; jj M. Findlay, (Vice-Capt); J. Smith ; forwards (wing.-) A. Tomkies, G. Smith, Magee (2-, Hill, J. Hallinan (manager), R. Collins, W. Manderson, and T, Smith. Emergencies: Danda, H. Jones, Hill, Todd, and Minehan. The water race on the Waiho claim is now completed and the water has been brought on to the face, which it will take a week or two, to open up. It is stated that the prospecting on the flat is turning out highly satisfactory. A large number of men will shortly be at work on the claim.

Last night a:d this morning the weather was exceeding boisterous accompanied with a steady downpour of rain and there is every indication of flood in the avers. A good deal of damage of a minor character was done to ehimnies and fences. The chimney attached to Mr Steer’s new shop in Boundary Street having also been blown over by the force of the gale.

A Committee meeting of the Inangahua Trotting Club was held (according to the Herald) last evening, when the programme for the Christmas meeting was submitted and approved. Seven events are provided for both saddle and harness horses, totalling £lB5. The offer of Mr H. D. James to conduct the totalisator was accepted and it was resolved to pay dividends on the first and second horses when five or more horses start. The bill also proposed that a certificate of exemption from vaccination shall be granted only by a Stipendiary Magistrate, and that the governor may declare the Chatham Islands a public health district to which the provisions of the act shall apply.

After a somewhat lengthly delay that source of undoubted wealth—the Kotuku Oil Springs—are likely to come to the front. So far as can be seen without actually tapping the oil in bulk the prospect is far ahead of anything yet found in the Australian Colonies. The samples that have been tested have been pronounced equal to the best American oil, and arrangements are already partially completed for the developement of the oil springs. As to the remunerativoness of oil investments, we need only point to America with its many millionaires, who have made their money in such investments. The prospectus of the Association, which appears in another column of this issue, gives full information to investors, and as only a limited number of shares remain unsold, early application should do made to those desirous of investing.

The Gazette gives particulars of the estates of no less than 105 deceased persons placed under the charge of the Public Trustee for management during September. Fifty-nine of the estates are those of New Zealanders who died at the front, including that of Trooper G. 11. Bradford, who, killed at Rensburg in December 1899, was the first New Zealander to fall in South Africa.

A young snake, about six inches in length, was discovered (says the Westport News) in the sand taken out of the barque Phonizia, which arrived at that port last week from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The snake, which had its head battered, is believed to have been hatched on the voyage across to Westport.

It i? understood that the Timaru Harhour Board, which failed to get snlllcicnt tenders for its loan of £70,000 for harbour improvements, has now arranged with the Mutual Life Association of Australasia to lend it the whole amount. Messrs J. Gcimmond, John Allen, S. G. Ferguson, J. Adamson and John H. Currie, are spoken of as probable candidates, for the vacancy in the Westland County Council, caused through the retirement of Mr Northcroft.

Reports from Canterbury are to the effect tl at there will bo a goodly string of horses over for the West Coast racing carnival at Christmas and Now Year. Several well known owners propose sending over representatives, so that the meetings should prove unusually successful.

It is reported that the Janet Waldcrf Dramatic Company will visit the West Coast at the close of the present East Coast tour. Tne repotoire of the company consists of “Romeo and Juliet,’’ “As YouLikolt.” “Camille,” “Twelfth Night,” “Lady of Lyons,” and “Ingomar,” so that an intellectual treat may be anticipated. The Minister for Justice does not think it would bo wise to give in the annual returns the nationality of all persons charged with drunkenness, _ It might lead to invidious distinctions being made. It is reported that a lino of ten thousand lambs from one of the largo stations in Hawkes Bay has been sold to a Canterbury buyer at 12s. The cost of transport between Napier and Christchurch is stated to be about 3s 6d.

The mortages registered in the during the year ended March 31st, totalled £37,767,750 as against 35,303,757 in the previous year.

The opera “Dorothy” is making great progress and bids fair to be a huge success. A splendid practice was held last evening when the second act was gone through very creditably. The performance is billed for the 7th Bth and 9th November when it will be staged for the benefit of the Grey River Hospital. A practice for principals only, takes place this evening at 7. 80. At last night’s finance meeting of the Greyinouth Harbor Board, Mr Allen app led for six months leave of absence with the intention of resigning. We understand that Mr Allen has contemplated this course for some time past. The members of the Board were unanimous in expressing regret at Mr Allen’s determination, and gave a high and deservedly expression of the valuable services rendered by him for many years past. As an accountant and thoroughly reliable officer, Mr Allen had few equals, and ho will carry with him the best wishes of the members of the Board, as indeed, ho will carry that of a largo circle of friends and acquaintances in the district.

The West Coast Times learns from a gentleman who has just returned from the South that the position of the Jane Douglas is now very hopeful, and in about a week’s time she is expected to be lifted high enough to bo ready to temporarily repair the damage to her sides and bottom plates. A very largo body of men are employed on the work, about twenty eight altogether, in fact, their informant states that all the able bodied men between the Haast and Jackson’s Bay are engaged under the supervision of Mr Thomas Daly. The same gentleman states that last Saturday week the Tuttnekai’s launch was got off the bar where it was stranded and the steamer then left for Dunedin.

Mr Heslop, the unsuccessful candidate at tire last election for the Pulea scat in the House of Representatives intends, according to a press wire, to again stand for that position. This is rather a nice piece of criiici-m culled from a 'stcemtd American i omeinporary :—“As a singer, has a lot to learn, and he is wuy down low in acting. His voice may saw wood although this feature is not claimed for it, but the songs ho sings tears up no seats.” Last Thursday was the fifty-ninth anniversary of the arrival of the emigrant shins Jane Gifford and Duchess of Argyle at Auckland. The colonists by those and proceeding vessels, with their defendants, held their annua! reunion. A commemoration service was also hell at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. There has been a sweeping up at the Thames on account of the typhoid epidemic. Among other things, the soil of a paddock used for Maori tangis has been ploughed over, under the instructions of the district health officer, and now smells much sweeter.

We are afraid—and the general tone of Mr Justice Edwards’ remarks on the incident specifically alluded to does not tend to remove such fear—that the too common lack of accommodation for the public in Courts is partly explained by that feeling which leads public officials to look upon their employers and paymasters, the people, as a sort of nuisance to bo tolerated. This, which is occasionally met with in all public departments, it is the duty of the Press to expose and object to. —Napier Telegraph, Towns in England and Wales are in debt 2G3 million sterling, while those of Scotland add another 37 million to this amount,

The Department of Agriculture is send ing a circular to a number of municipa l bodies asking what steps they are taking to comply with the law requiring them to erect public abattoirs. Sir J. F. M’Eachran, M.E.C.V.S., who has resigned his position in the Department of Agricultural in order to take up an appointment in South Africa, informed the representatives of a southern paper that he considered that the salary of £250 per annum which he received from the New Zealand Government was altogether inadequate. He is also reported to have pointed out, as one argument against “such small salaries,” that veterinary surgeons had to go through a six years course of study at a cost of about £IOOO at Home. Two hundred members of the medical profession in Edinburgh and Leith, including several of the most prominent, have signed a memorial against cigarette smoking by children. When a prohibition order was being issued against a mail in Wellington, on the application of his wife, it was stated that he bad been repeatedly fined for breaches of orders previously issued against him. When the order was issued ilia man dofhntly remarked : “Well, it wont stop me, I tell you straight.’’ It has been decided by the Government that all returned troopers must, at their own expense, obtain a certificate from the Health Officer for the district if they are desirous of being examined with a view to any further sick leave. A proposal to a memorial to the late Sir John MTvonzie atHanmer Plains is on foot. It has bcei suggested that the memorial should take the form of a lamp pillar to be erected in a suitable position.

Negotiations are in progress for the combination of the principal coal mines in Illinois, with a capital of one hundred million dollars. It is stated to bo the beginning of a movement for combining all the coal mines of the United States, and that Mr Pierpont Morgan is supporting the scheme.

The following colonies have prohibited the importation of swine from New Zealand for the periods stated Queensland, six months from 11th September; New South Wales, one year from 21st March; Western Australia and Victoria, till revoked; South Australia, one year from 22nd May; Tasmania, one year from 13th April. Nolsonians are raising funds for a memorial to the late Mr Ben. Crisp, 82 years a colonist, and for 50 years the annual entertainer of the children of Nelson, many of whom, though they have wandered afar and have long outgrown the youthful stage, still cherish jdndly recollections of the thoughtful old man. It is stated (says iheOamaru Mail) that the whole of the estates of the late Hon. Mr Holmes will shortly, consequent upon his death, be put upon ihe ma-kot for sale, together with the whole of the stock. It is probable that the Awamoa Estate will be offered in small farms, plans for that purpose having, we are told, been prepared some time ago. It is, of course, possible that the estate may bo acquired by the Government for closer settlement, but to attain that end a modification of the owner’s demand would be necessary. As to the other estates left by the late Mr Holmes, it is likely that they will bo offered intact.

You want a pair or kid gloves : wo have the best in tan, brown and black. You want corsets : we have them in the best makes and shapes. It will pay you to buy them from us. You want an umbrella : we have the best variety in ladies or gents. You want a nice dress : we have an immense choice in black or coloured. W. McKay and Son.— Advt. 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 wo can guarrntre tho prices to be absolutely the lowest,— W. McKay and Son.—Advt.

Tlic first return from the Old Diggings dredge, which came to hand yesterday, is 17ozs IHdwts 12grs of amalgam. Still opening out paddock.

Mrs Henry Case of Eoss was reported ns missing on Saturday, and search parties went out in various directions, but am cording to the latest reports failed to discover her,

A sample of red-tapeism which seems to characterise everything military, is afforded in the experience of a Canterbury volunteer recently. He had qualified for and been presented with the long service medal, and not wishing to wear his decoration and risk the chance of losing it, ho sent up to the Wellington Defence Office, enclosing one shillings worth of stamps, requesting that a ribbon should bo forwarded to him. The Department replied that it could not accept stamps in payment, and advised the applicant to apply again and enclose a postal order for a shilling. 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— Adtt. In articles of men’s summer mercery, T. W. Ty mons aD( i Co.’s windows contain a wealth of new novelties in 4 neck-wear nobious, unsurpassed by any drapery firm in the colonies. In neckties alone, they have imported 50 dozen varieties of all shapes, fashions, and styles, and hard indcid would it be to please the man, who could not at once select the exact shade and stylo of tie most suited to bis requirements. A decided and most welcome novelty is the newly invented “ silk and linen” shirt, with collar attached. These shirts are absolutely unshrinkable, and for cricket, tennis or every day summer wear for business men, and men of fashion, no class of shirt yet discovered is more economical, fashionable, or comfortable to the wearer. In men's mercery Tymons and Co. intend to do an enormous trade, and in consequence their large importations are on the most extensive scale know to Westland.— Advt.