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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 November 1901, Page 2

Mr Paul Thompson, formerly mato of tho Waipara, and now of the Jane Douglas, is we regret to say seriously ill. Mr Pringle, Westport, Manager of the Bank of New South Wales, accidently fell on the stairs at his residence, and broke a rib.

The Colonial Treasurer acknowledges through the gazette receipt of £7 in bank notes. The money wa3 forwarded in an envelope without any writing. News from Barotonga states that the schooner Countess of Ranfurly has earned since she arrived from Auckland some .£47, and her expenses are about £230. The Stony and Mosquito Leads Gold Dredging Company, invite tenders for the cartage of machinery to their claim on the South Beach. Specifications may be seen at tho Company's Office. Tenders close on Friday, December 6th. The Christchurch City Council has decided to ascertain what Mr Napier Bell's fee would be for a report on a scheme for supplying power for tho city. One Councillor stated that "the Waimakariri bubble had buist.''

A case of stock dying from absortion of lead in tb.3 liver and kidney tissues, through the animals licking red paint from a new painted house, has come under the notice of the Agricultural Department. The linseed oil used in the paint was the lure which brought the cows to grief.

The Koonya, which sailed to.day, took away 536,000 feet of sawn timber. This is the largest cargo of this kind that has ever left a West Coast port. The export of timber from Greymouth for the current year will not fall much short of 24,000,000 feet, which represents a money value of about £90,000.

Mr Stewart, the popular manager of of the Australian Mutual Provident Society is to be congratulated upon the success he attained last year, putting in more new business than in any previous year. The Company are fortunate in in possessing an agent possessed of such tact and energy coupled with business capacity of a high order. There are now sixty-seven subscribers to the Hokitika telephone exchange, and it is to bo hoped says our contemporary, the Department will lose no time in extending the hour 3 in accordance with the condition laid down, that the extension would be made as soon as sixty-five were on the list.

The allegations of "salting" of the Island Creek and Wareatea claims supply the principal topic of conversation in dredging circles at Westport and elsewhere. Mr Gibbard informs the Westport News that on Thursday last he tested the Wareatea claim at places where he previously obtained good prospects and found the ground practically barren oi gold,

Mr T. Lamberton, one of the shunters in the railway department was presented on Thursday evening by a number of railway hands with a pair of carvers, set dinner dishes, clock and two silver butter knives. The presentation took place in the guards' room of the railway statio.i and was made by Mr Spindeler, who spoke in the highest terms of Mr Lamberton, and trusted that his married life would be a most happy and prosperous one. Mr Lamberton thanked the chairman for his kind remarks and handsome presents.

The Greymouth Kifles mustered at tho Drill Shed last night, and afer drill, marched into camp in a paddock past the Hospital, where tents were pitched. This morning the mon were turned out at five o'clock and were put through an hour's training. To-morrow there will bo a church parade at which tho Cadets will also attend. The company remain under canvass for a week, during which tirno they will bo put tlnough a thorough course of training.

The excess of the Chincso departures from the colony over the arrivals has for many months past been very marked, says the New Zealand Times. As a rulo according to the gazetted returns, about fifteen Chineso leave the colony each month, while the average number of arrivals is one or two, There now appears to be a renewed influx, for the Mokoia, which arrived from Sydney on Wednesday night, brought sixteen Chinese, ten of whom wore booked for Wellington, and the romaining six for Lytteltoa.

In another column our roaders attention is drawn to an announcement by A. Schultze (late manager of the MassoyHarris Depot, Greymouth) in which he brings before them the fact that ho has commenced business in Tainui street, as a cycle manufacturer and repairer, and solicits a share of public patronage. Mr. Schultze, since he has been amongst us, has uphold the reputation he brought with him, as a first-class cyelo mechanic, his " finish" being admired by those wlio entrusted work to his caro. Wo must congratulato Mr. Schultze on launching out for himself, and wo feolsuro that his reputation will be tho moans of keeping him busy in tho '" bike line.'. Tho Wellington Orchestral Society seems to bo in a parlous state. It has a balance of £1 17s (id against £l2 rent. During tho .season three subscription concerts were hold, one of which, owing to the oxpenso incurrod in production, was repeated, but loft a loss of £lO. Mr Maughan Barnott, tho late conductor, received £42, three years' salary. At a meeting on Saturday night one member said tho Wellington public go to variety entertainments en masse, and do not support the Orchestral Society. Another member complained that the music given by Mr Harnett was too classical, and was not Appreciated by tho people of Wellington. Another speaker said one third of tho members received tickets without paying. A majority of the members favored dissolution.

Maoriland's legislative boss, Seddon, when going to the King's Coronation, is to be saved alive from tho anarchists by a squad of Maori soldiers. Seddon has developed an abnormal appetite for military protection, and is every day forgottiny some more that he is "Digger Dick," tho pooplo's horo. Also, tho people aro forgetting it too.—Sydney Bulletin.

The temperature at Thames this morning was 77 degrees—the warmest place in the colony. The tides continue good with a moderate sea along the West Coast. Mr JohnJPowell, the new County Ckairrnan of Buller. is a native of Charleston, and was chosen to represent the Biding at the last election.

Registrars, of deaths, etc., have been instructed to furnish District Health Officers when requested by them to do so, with statements of recent mortality in their districts.

The people of Carterton have decided (says the Masterton Star), subject to the agreement of neighbouring towns to observe Saturday as the weekly balf-holiday. Tenders will be called next week for the construction of the reservoir in connection with the water supply. It is hoped that the end of next year will see the water supply an accomplished fact. The Pactolus is again to the front with a grand yield of 103 ounces. When the Nelson Creek again gets to work there will doubtless be keen rivalry as to which claim will head the list. There is an extraordinary provision in the Municipal Corporations Act of last session, which has probably escaped the notice of a good many people. It is the clause which enables a council to appoint committees which may consist wholly or in part of persons who are not councillors. Clause 62 provides that any such committee shall be subject in all thing 3 to the control of the Council, but it is contradicted by clause 61, which reads sb follows:—"Every committee to whom any powers or duties are delegated as aforesaid may without confirmation by the Council, exercise or perform the same in like manner and with the same effect as the council could itself have performed the same." The Napier "Daily Telegraph " takes the Municipal Association to task for allowing the clauses in question to become law without raising its voice in protest. Section 3 of the Shops and Shops Assistants Act, 1894, and Section 7 of the Act of 1895 have been repealed by the new Act. Now all shops, except where certain businesses are carried on exclusively, must close at 1 o'clock on tho afternoon of one working day in the week. If a public holiday occurs in the week and the shop is closed, this is sufficient. The shops exempted are fishmongers, fruiterers confectioners, coffee houpeaf eating houses and railway bookstalls. Hairdressers' shops are not exempt Dy the new Act, and therefore must be taken to come undor the sectioo cited above.

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

It is with regret that we have to record the death of one of the pioneers of the West Coast in the person of Mr Peter Mangos of the Lyell. Deceased, who was a native of Greece, came to the Coast in the early times, and for a lengthy period acted as boatman on the Buller river, conveying goods from the port to the mining communities in the upper parts of the river. Later he commenced in business as a publican in Lyell and took an active part in local matters, but recently being m ill health he went to Nelson Hospital where he died on Monday. A gentleman writes:—"Kindly send me at your earliost 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. 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 cvlvation 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- 01: all the brands of Ceylon Teas, the " Kiosk " stands eminently supreme and without rival. Messrs llarley and Co, the wellknown auctioneers and general agents, are the sole agents for Westlaud 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.—AdvtSome of the highest living medical authorities attribute tho great growth of physical and mental disease which has characterised the last few decades, to the universality of adulturation. They affirm thai, the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which aro 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—Advt.