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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 November 1901, Page 2

ELECTION OF COLONEL LYNCH.

Oub cablegrams to-day inform us that “Colonel” Arthur Lynch who was returned as member for Galway, polling 1,247 votes as against his opponents 473, has been advised not to come to London on account of liability to be arrested for treason. Colonel Lynch is an Australian by birth, having been born at Ballarat in 1861, and he was educated at Melbourne University, Berlin, and Paris. He practiced for a short time as an engineer, but eventually became an author and journalist, and acted as war correspondent in the Ashanti campaign. On the outbreak of the Boer war he was appointed colonel of the Irish Brigade, No. 2. “Colonel” Lynch, who owns a small estate in County Clare, conducted his election campaign from Paris, fearing arrest if he returned to England. The election is certain to cause a complication, It is in the first place doubtful if his election is valid, and if valid, then he must be regarded as a traitor to his country, and stand his trial for treason. Should he elect to risk appearance in London, and the police take no action against him it is scarcely likely he would be allowed to take his seat and swear an allegiance which he has either betrayed or repudiated. If he did not commit treason by commanding an Irish American force against the British, he must have formally and properly abandoned his British nationality. In that case his nomination would be null and void, as only British subjects are qualified to become candidates for Parliamentary honors. If Mr Lynch did not legally divest himself of his obligations as a British subject, he has manifestly been guilty of treason, and may be arrested and tried as soon as he reaches British soil. If he wore found guilty, there would presumably have to be a new election in Galway. In any case, and failing other means of keeping him out of Parliament, the House of Commons has the right to expel him. Ihe British people, however much they may cherish the right of free speech, can scarcely be expected to allow a man who has openly waged war against them to occupy a seat in their legislative assembly. The most regrettable feature (says the Wellington Post) of an election which is essentially farcical in character is that it may be used by the Boer leaders to encourage false hopes in the minds of men still in the field, and too ignorant to understand political conditions in the Old Country.

The Greymouth Masonic Lodge meets this evening at 8 o’clock. Visiting brethren cordially tnvited.

Mr Andrew Stevenson has been ejected unopposed a member of the Hokitika Harbour Board.

Mr James Sullivan, a miner at Candle* light, near Charleston, was found dead at his claim on Saturday afternoon.

We are indebted to Mr T. Hubert Lee, of Eeefton for the the return of the Mckoia dredge last week which was 2lozs 3dwts I2grs.

The final returns for the seat in the Westland County Council give Mr Grimmond a majority of 12 votes—the voting being Grimmood 94 ; Allen 82. Competitors for the Blackball sports are reminded that acceptances for Point Handicap, Half Mile, Milo and Trucker’s Handicap, close this evening at Blackball. The meeting called by His Worship the Mayor last night for the purpose of raising funds for the Cheviot sufferers, lapsed, there being but five or six persons present.

It has been decided to form an Operatic Society at Hokitika. It was resolved to rehearse the comic opera “H.M.B. Pinafore,’’ and it is proposed to stage the piece about Easter week.

The weather report to-day shows that at Westport at 9 o’clock the thermometer in the shade registered Go degrees, Greymouth 53, Hokitika and Bealey 54 each. Frost was experienced at Cambridge and Taupo in the North Island.

The Government have been asked by the Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Company to vary the conditions under which the company holds its leases, or issue fresh leases with new conditions. Ministers are unable to see their way to comply with either application,

The Australian Widows’ Fond Life Assurance Society, Limited, reports that the total amodnt of policies completed during the year ended 81st October, 1901, is £702,259, an increase of £§#,sß2 on that of the previous year. Towards this increase the New Zealand branch eoti‘r;< buted £20,10(1 This msiy be regarded as a very successful result, and the Society is to be congratulated on the success attained in this and the other colonics.

The many friends of Mr Wcbley will regret to hear of the dea’h of his eldest daughter Mrs K. Ai'ken, of Christchurch, which tool* place on Sunday morning. Mr Webley left by train this morning, and will go through to Springfield by special conveyance, catching the train for Christchurch at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morn-' ing. He will return by Saturday’s coach, and resume work in Greymouth next week. The greatest sympathy is expressed for Mr and Mrs Woblcy and and family in their bereavement, Mr Pirani, who interviewed the Minister of Railways a short time ago with regard to free passes being granted to bandsmen travelling to band contests in the colony, has received a reply from the Minister regretting his inability to grant any further concession than those already allowed.

The Mandeville correspondent of the Mataura Ensign writes : —ln consequence of the severe weather the crops are in a backward state, and the outlook for farmers is none too bright. The turnip ground is unworkable, and horses and / men are almost idle. Heat is badly | needed to bring on all vegetation. j A mean theft took place in Wellington the other morning. Whilst a butcher was engaged delivering an order some person opened his cart door and made off with a number of joints and small goods. The butcher had an interesting time explaining the matter to housewives whose orders ho could not fulfil—especially as it was nearing dinner time. Mr C. A. C. Hardy, M.H.R., is highly amused at the statement made as to his not coming forward next election. “I shall, you may be sure,” said he ‘ Let the people who elected me know first whether I intend to come forward next election, before those who clo not want to see me in the House again." The Mines Department has been advised that the fire which has been burnin the Westport-Cardiff coal mine for a long time past cannot spread, as a large “• fault ”or crack seperates it from the large body of coal. A Dunedin Press telegram states that passengers are coming forward freely for the Wa'kare’s Sounds excursion. The booking at present is heavy, and everything points to the excursion eclipsing past affairs of the kind. The friends of Mr T. Wilford, M.H.B. will regret to leard that ho has been «ompelled to leave for Sydney to undergo a some what serious operation for an affection of the throat. The Wairarapa Daily Times is informed that in the clip on one station on the East Coast from about 20,000 sheep, there is a decrease of about 60 bales of wool, which is attributed to the dry weather experienced. In a letter to a Gisborne friend cn the subject of utilising Taranaki iron-sand, the Hon. A. J. Cadman says it is absolutely necessary that the New Plymouth harbor should be completed, otherwise it will be futile to think that the company will put a plant of the value of £200,000 in a position where it oannos bo utilised to the greatest advantage.” A report received by the Minister for Justice from Mr Matthews, the Chief Forester, who is at present in Wellington, shows that the prisoners employed in the Rotorua district have planted 82,277 trees on 47{> acres in the Waiotapu Valley, in addition to 1800 shelter trees round the prison camp and 21,653 native trees and shrubs in close proximity to the footpaths in the hot springs domain at Whakarewarewa. At the Tapanui Nursery there will be nearly three-quarters of a million trees fit for permanent planting in the Dusky Hill plantation during the coming season. The greatest rainfall in the North Island last month was put up at Mangorei (Korito-road, Taranaki), where the fall for the month was 12 85 inches, the heaviest downpour for one day being 3.95 inches on the 15th, The smallest fall for the month was 0.09 inches, at Napier. In the South Island the Hermitage topped all records with a fall of

28 68 inches for the month, 7 inches fal

ing on the 17th. The lowest fall was at Capo Campbell and Flaxbourno, viz., 0.01.

The superior’ qualities of the Ceylon Teas, are rapidly supplanting the inferior Chinese products ‘n nil the markets of western civilization. The teas grown in the virgin lands of the Singalese, possesses greater strength, richer aroma, and an infinitely larger percentage of the Alkaloid Theine, (the active principle and stimulating property of the plant) than do the teas grown by artificial eviration on exhausted soil of China. Hence bulk for bulk, the Ceylon Teas are cheaper, purer, more stimulating, and possess a rare fragrance, wanting in those of the Celestial Empire- Of all the brands of Ceylon Teas, the “ Kiosk ” stands eminently supreme and without rival. Messrs Harley and Co, the wellknown auctioneers and general agents, are the solo agents for Westland of this incomparable brand, and sell it to the general public in full chests, and 51b packages. If a trial is made of the Kiosk tea, no other will again be used and knowing that “once a customer a customer for ever.” Messrs Harley and Co, are offering it for the present at prices that no other firm can compete against. All large consumers, and heads of households, would do well to give the “ Kiosk ’* tea a trial. There is quality, economy, and money in it. —AnvxA gentleman writes :—“Kindly send me 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 solo agents, Griffon and Smith.— Advt.

For ladies ties, fklius, 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 Ooy’s latest importations. In the firms underskirt division, a tireless endeavour is made to obtain the very latest style of garments, hence the department has secured the complete confidence and popularity of the ladies of Westland. T. W. Tymons and Co’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 it the cause, secret, and corollary of thoir success.— Adyt.

In the western sky in the early part of the evenings there is just now an interesting sight, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus being in conjunction, and the moon close in their path. On the 28th of this month the planets will be at their nearest to one another.

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

Captain Bowden, formerly of| the Delphic,. who left the (service of the White Star Line, did so (saytf a Southern paper) for a satisfactory reason. He came m tot a fortune.

This week’s Gazette contains a notice that a lighthouse has been erected on » bluff on the north side of Manakau bor entrance, from which a light will be' exhibited on and after Monday, 9th. December. The Parliamentay vote of £3OOO for public libraries will be distributed on the Bth February. Those Libraries which desire to participate in the vote most lodge claims with the Secretary for Education by the 3ist January next. The next conference of the Chambers of Commerce of the colony" will be held in Wellington during the second week in January. The question of the fpderaticm of the various chambers will be one tjp chief matters for consideration, No further advice has been received by the Chief Health Officer regarding the supposed case of leprosy at Palmerston South, It is too early to expect definite information as yet. as it will take the District Health Officer some days to complete his investigation of the case.

A man who was cutting a gorse fence near Timaru on Monday made rather a peculiar discovery in the fence, in the shape of a six-chambered revolver, four barrels of which were loaded. Tho weapon was wrapped in a neat little parcel.

Mariners are beginning to complain that the erection of brilliant lignts on the suburban hills is placing them m difficultte? when making Wellington harbour Under foggy conditions. It will not he long before an agitation starts for d jevob ring light at Pencarmw Head. According to the latest authorities off prison management in Great Britian, the average cost of keeping a man in prison, is £175 a year, including everything—shelter, food, guarding, etc. A sentence of 20 years, therefore, menus a cost something like £4OOO to the State,

The Wanganui Astronomical Society has ordered from England a culver reflecting telescope of 20$ inches diameter, which it is believed will be the largest telescope in the Australian colonies, with the exception of one at the Melbourne obscrvrtory. The price will be £BOO. Some of the highest living medical authorities attribute the great growth of physical and mental disease which haa characterised the last few decades, _ to the universality of adulturation. They affirm that the taking into tho system continually by human beings as food, substances which are chemically foreign and not only incapable of sus* taining 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.