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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 21 November 1901, Page 2

Brown’s Drag will run to Paroa on Friday evening in connection with the Paroa Ball, leaving town at 8 o’clock. In the Blackball Point Handicap the handicap for Thos. O’Donnell is 10 yards, 18 yards and 25 yards for the three distances respectively.

At the Inspection Parade of the Greymouth Rifles this evening Troopers Head and M’Millan will be presented with their South African War Medals,

To-day there is unloading on the'wharf a quantity of railway material which is intended for the now railway carriages, which, by the way, are much required.

In another column Mr and Mrs David Swallow, of Brunner returns thanks to the kind friends, for their sympathy during their late bereavement.

By notice in the Government Gazette, M. Garrighty and J. Thompson have been appoinaed to act in conjunction with Mr G. Leitch for the raa'ntence of fie Blackball cemetery. A sharp shock of earthquake was experienced at Greymouth this morning at about a quarter to eight o'clock. It consisted of but two shocks and lasted about a couple of seconds.

In another column the removal sale advertisement of Messrs J, W. Easson and Co. appears. It is the firm intention te completely sell out their present stock prior to removing into their new premises in Richmond Quay. The Greymouth Orchestral Society is meeting with good support from the towns people. The Society will start under favourable conditions so that its life should be a long and prosperous one.

Tenders will be called in a fortnight for the construction of reservoirs for the Greymouth Borough Council. Work will be pushed on with all possible speed, and it is hoped that a water supply will be a reality in twelve months.

The allowance to Volunteers who attended the Royal Receptions in Juno last is now to hand but only 2/6 per day is allowed instead of 4/- promised. Those entitled to same will be paid at the Drill Shed this evening after parade. Our gold dredging returns are steadily mounting up. With two returns—Ahaura and Rocklands —yet to come in, the return for last week was 544 ounces of gold. This is the record so far but wo expect to see this return doubled within the next three months.

Among the improvements to town we notice that Trinity Church authorities have commenced the erection of an exceedingly handsome concrete and railing fencing round their property. When this is completed and the Town Hall erected on the other half, the block will bo an attractive one—which by the way it is not at present.

We notice one of our railway coal trucks with a “ wooden border ” on top. This is at once an inexpensive and advantageous manner of securing more accommodation, and we anticipate will be fitted on to other waggons as it enables an extra ton of coal to bo carried, thus increasing the carrying capacity by 250 tons.

On the fourth page of this issue will be found the full decision of Mr Warden Hawkins in the case of the Pactolus Gold Dredging Company v. John Anderson, Ironfounder, Christchurch, The decision which is to be appealed against is very important, as it the Warden’s decision is upheld at least half a dozen similar cases will be heard within a short period.

Mr Earnshaw consulting engineer of Wellington and formerly member of the House of Kejsasentativea for Dunedin has, for the last month been on the West Coast in connection with beach gold dredging. During his stay he has thoroughly examined the beaches from Gillipie’s in the south to Greymouth in the north and is of opinion that with proper appliances our beaches will pay handsomely. With the object of development in view he proceeds back to Wellington by the Haupiri with the intention, we believe of forming a syndicate to give his appliances for the treatment of black sand a trial. Should the process prove successful it will be submitted to the Mines Department with a view of claiming the £2,000 bonus offered by the Government for such a process.

During the time H. M. S. Wallaroo was at Epi Island, in the New Hebrides, two of the crew were lost in the bush. They found a friendly tribe, and after four days returned to the ship.

A brassplate, half-moon shape, has bee n discovered by a man while ploughing in a paddock at Tiranna, near Goulburn. The inscription on the plate is:—“King John Cry, Chief of Duedolgong Tribe, Argyle.” The plate also boro the engraving of a man shooting at a kangaroo. An old resident states that there was an aboriginal chief of that name living about there some sixty years ago. The Premier of Victoria intends to bring in a Bill to fix wages in the trades of brewers and wicker-workers,

Recently at Strathalbyn, South Australia, Arthur Blake, a young man employed as a rabbiter, fell over a cliff into the water below, striking a rock in his descent. Notwithstanding that his left arm was smashed he swam to the opposite bank, but his injuries were such that ho could not get out of the water. His cries for help were heard by the overseer of the run, who arrived in time to «ave Blake from drowning.

At a meeting of 1200 “white workers,” mostly women.heldin Melbourne recently the following resolution was carried “That this meeting earnestly appeals to the Federal Government to further consider the tariff: affecting the shirt, collar, and underclothing trade, as if carried into effect it will be the means of throwing out of employment 3000 operatives. It is stated that the mouth of Lake Illawarra is blocked with several feet of sand, and attempts to open it have produced failures.

It is stated that the total daily circulation of newspapers in the United Kingdom is now 8| millions, an estimate which may be taken to be under rather than over the mark. In 1801 the total circulation was said to be 50,000, whilst 50 years later it only reached 700,000, a circulation exceeded nowadays by that of a single London payer. The Bishop of Liverpool (England) has been rebuking those clergymen who use pulpit as a political platform. Preaching one evening at St Peter’s, Newton, he remarked that a clergyman did not cease to be a citizen because he was a clergyman. He had a perfect right to hold his own political views, but he had no right to proclaim his political views from the pulpit of the Church of England, for the Church of England is not the church of a party, but the church of a nation.

Mrs Peary, wife of the famous explorer, arrived at Sydney, Cape Breton, recently, from the Polar regions. She reports that she met her husband in the vicinity of Capo Sabine on 6th May. Lieutenant Peary informed her that he spent the winter af 1900 at Fort Conger. This summer he marched northwards to Independence Bay, but he was then compelled to return to Fort Conger, where he will again spend the winter. E[e proposes to resume his attempts to reach the Pole in the spring of 1902. H. A. Honseal, a Baltimore engraver, is credited with a remarkable feat. On the head of a pin one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter it is said he had engraved all the letters of the alphabet. They are arranged in two circles, with the character and in the centre. All the letters are capitals.

According to Mrs Bracher, Government lecturer on hyiene, Napier is the most cleanly and most sanitary city in the colony.

A Masterton resident recently sold al £3 per foot five sections of land atPetone, which a few years ago were mere sandhills.

It is reported that a New Plj'month resident has received, with his brother, a legacy of £13,000, through the death of a relative in England.

The “Marton Advocate 1 ' is informed that a well known contractor has decided to dispense with the services of all married labourers owing to the working of the Compensation for Accidents Act.

According to the North China Herald, which apparently quotes from the Japanese paper?, rain-making has been again successfully performed in Japan by sending an electric current into the air. The process was tried in the Fukushima prefecture. Operations were commenced at II p. m., but there was no sign of atmospheric clUnge till 9 o’clock next morning when a cluster of clouds was observed over the hill on which the experiment was held. However the clouds very soon disappeared, and everyone seemed disappointed. At length, however, rain began to fall for the first time at about 4 a. m., f jllowed by a second fall at 11 a, m. and afterwards a third, fourth and fifth’ It was about 9 30 p. m. when the last fall commenced and on area extending over many miles derived the benefit of the rain, which had not fallen on that part for some time.

A gentleman writes“ Kindly send mo at your earliest convenience another box of your celebrated Beehive A.l. Tea It is the finest tea I have ever drunk, and I am recommending it to all my friends, who on using it are equally delighted as myself " This celebrated brand is to be had from the sole agents, Griffen and Smith.— Advt.

Mr Webley, senr., (of Webley and Sons, Christchurch), pianoforte tuner, etc., is now in Greymoutb, and will take the earliest opportunity of calling upon clients. Agents for the sale of Brinsmead and Sons, Lipp and Haaku pianos; also Mason and Hamlin organs. Address— Gilmer Hotel.—Anvr.

Alarm Clocks, Ansonia Clock Company’s manufacture. Guaranteed thoroughly reliable timepieces. Sale price 5s each. Everything correspondingly cheap at Horace W. Lloyd’s Jewellery Establishment on Mawhera Quay.— 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 we can guarantee the prices to be absolutely the lowest. —W. McKay and Son.— Advt.

For ladies ties, ficlius, collarettes, belts and every description of ladies neck and body decoration, no drapery warehouse in Westland can approach the infinite variety and chaste styles of T. W. Tymons and Coy’s latest importations. In the firms underskirt division, a tireless endeavour is made to obtain the very latest stylo of garments, hence the department has secured the complete confidence and popularity of the ladies of Westland, T. W. Tymons and Go’s “huge purchases” and “colossal sales” are household words. In no other way of business could the firm afford to sell their goods at such low prices. The magnitude of their trade ir the cause, secret, and corollary of their success. — Advt.

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—Aptt,