TO THE PUBLIC OF GREYMOUTH AND DISTRICT.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 November 1901, Page 3

TO THE PUBLIC OF GREYMOUTH AND DISTRICT.

Having just landed ex Gothic from London a large assortment of French and Italian bedsteads, lam in a position to offer you a real good bargain, lain manufacturing on the premises all sorts of mattresses, including Spring. Double, Wire woven, Flax, Flock, Ea • pock and Horse hair. You will save by buying from me, as you will see what it is at first cost. I can guarantee workmanship, as the manufacturing establishment is under my personal supervision. I take the greatest care that everything that goes out of my establishment is of he very best quality of its respective kind. Give me a call and inspect for yourself. Should you want to furnish your house on time payment I can fix you up on the best possible terms. A liberal discount is allowed on cash transactions.

Soliciting you favors. I am yours re spectfully,

CHARLES UDDSTROOM, Cabinetmaker, Upholster, Ac

The Wainui arrived at Westport at 3 30 a m this morning from Grey mouth. An alleged case of leprosy in a Maori near Kawakawa has been reportci on by Dr Makgill, District Health Officer for Auckland, who finds that the disease is not leprosy. Reports have on a number of occasions been current as to cases of leprosy among the Maoris, and it lias been stated that lepers have been concealed in the back country of Rotorua, but the Health Department has never been able to find any case, though fifteen or sixteen have been examined. For the present we must seek our lepers in new Polynesian fellow-subjects over the sea. There are several on Penrhyn Island, and the Chief Health Officer (Dr Mason) will, when other duties allow, take a trip there to see that the isolation and victualling of the lepers is properly safeguarded. Captain James Ryan, who was for many years connected with the Union Company’s service, having had charge of the Janet Nicol', Rosamond, and other colliers of the red funnel fleet, died at Lyttelton the other daj, aged sixty-three. The deceased, who gave up seafaring life about three months ago, was in the Union Company’s employ at an early stage of its career, and subsequently joined the late Captain W. R. Williams’s Black Diamond fleet. When the latter were taken over by the Union Company Captain Ryan rejoined his old love. He was personally well liked and esteemed.

A curious case is reported from Sydney. A girl suffering from tubercular meningitis relapsed into uncons dousness last May, and only came to at the beginning of October. She was kept alive by artificial means for over four months. The doctors hope for a recovery now. Sir William Garstin, Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department of the Egyptian Government, has submitted to the British Imperial Government a gigantic engineering project, which, with the existing dams, and irrigation canals, will enable the river Nile to be kept in constant flow, and make the whole of the vast Nile basin the richest agricultural area in the world, regularly raising two crops every year. The scheme is to raise the level of Lake Taana, which lies high on the Abyssinan plateau, five meters. By this means 132 trillion million cubic metres of water could be stored for the dry season. The assent of King Mcnelik is necessary to this work, which Lord Cromer does not deem impossible to obtain, even in the face of strong IrancoRussian opposition.

About the middle of Februaay H.M.S Eoyal Arthur, flagship of the Australian Squadron, accompanied by the Mildnra, Pylades, and Phoebe, will visit New Zealand. The first port of call will be Akaroa, with Lyttelton to follow, the visitors being duo at the latter port on 13th March. A week later the warships will arrive at Wellington, and on the 31st Nelson will receive a visit. The cruise in the Sounds and a call at Picton will follow. From there the ships will make for Auckland, arriving there on 4th April. The Thames, Coromandel, and other places in Hauraki Gulf are to be places of call, and on 30th April the ironclads will leave Russell, Bay of Islands. 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 Mawhcra Quay.— Advt.