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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 3 December 1901, Page 2

An earthquake was felt at Gisborne at 5 15 this morning. G. W. Moss and Co. sell at the Totara Fiat sale yards to-morrow afternoon at 1 o’clock, 250 store cattle. The Customs revenue collected at the three West Coast ports for the month of November was Greymouth £1928 4s 4.1, Hokitika £IO6B 13s sd, and Westport £Bsllls Id.

A number of civil servants over sixty years of age, (according to the Wellington press wire) in different parts of the colony have received notice that they will be retired from the 31st inst. fo-morrow the quarterly licensing meeting of the Grey Licensing Committee will be held, The police will report upon houses that have not carried out alterations, additions, and repairs promised at the annual meeting. We are informed that Major Wolfe

arrives by the Haupiri on the Bth inst, to superintend the West Coast volley firing. The Volunteers are always glad to hear of his coming, as the Major seems to be a real favorite on the Coast.

The gold export from the port of Greymouth for the month ended on Saturday last, was 8,9960zs 121 wts 15 grains, valued at £35,916 17s, as compared with 1,6900zs lOdwts 15 grains valued at £6,762 2s 6d for the corresponding period of last year. The temperature of the Colony this morning ranged from 67 degrees at Hokianga Heads to 53 degrees at Oamaru. The temperature of Westport and Greymouth was’ each 60 degrees Hokitika 54 and Bealey 59. The tides continue good. Mrs M’Donncll, the well known grocer and wine and spirit merchant of Tainui Street has just laid in a magnificent stock for the ensuing holidays. Christmas hampers can at this establishment be made up with the very choicest articles, Mrs M’Donnell keeping only the best brands in the market. The Waiwhero Sluicing Company obtained 114 ounces of gold for three weeks work, which is considered to be very satisfactory. The company have been prospecting in Garden Terrace, and have obtained some excellent wash. They expect to have another wash up before Xmas. Misses E. and E. Rees have just secured and are now displaying a very choice selection of Christmas and New Year goods suitable for presentations, etc. Those in search of such articles cannot do better than pay a visit to this establishment where they are pretty certain to meet with the exact article they are in search of.

At a meeting of the Greymouth Fire Brigade held last evening, it was resolved to carry out the usual New Year celebration. It was further resolved not to canvas the town for subscriptions, but the officers be empowered to receive donations from those who are of the opinion that the object is worthy of support. During the evening several standpipes in Mackay St were tested and found alright. Yesterdays—held as the Queen’s Birth-day-passed. almost unnoticed at Greymouth: A few flags here and there notified that the occasion had not altogether been forgotten. Sunday December Ist was the correct day. Queen Alexandra being born December Ist 1844 and married March 10th 1863. She is three years younger than the King whoso ago last November was GO years. A match will be played to-morrow afternoon on the Park between the recently formed Druid Cricket Club and the Grey Cricket Club’s B, team. The following will represent the Grey Club. Young, Phillips, Thompson, J. Chalk, Kemple, Moore, Black, Fraher, M'Queen, Henry, and M‘ Kay. It is very pleasing indeed to see a revival in cricketing circles this season. The young people of Ahaura have revived the Ahaura Tennis Club, and on Friday evening a social was held in James’s Hall, to provide funds for that object. The evening was fine, and a most enjoyable time was spent by all. Messrs Perotti and Seabrook provided the music —a sure guarantee of its excellent quality —and the ladies provided a very good supper. We understand that tennis has “taken on” up at Ahaura, and that a good club will be worked up. The largest waggon ever built in America, it is said, has just been completed by’a St Louis firm. It is 22ft long and Bft 4in wide, weighs 60001 b, and has a carrying capacity of 15,0001 b. The waggon was made to carry tobacco boxes, and it can hold 3000 of them. In France, says the Boston Herald, tuberculosis kills 200,000 people a year; in other words, a city of the size of Toulouse is yearly wiped off the face of the country. This number is 20 or 25 out of every 100 in the total mortaliiy, and it represents in great part the productive and industrial force of the nation. New Zealand is to have as Commandant one of our most celebrated Generals, for Major-General Babington has accepted the position in the p'acc of Colonel PolePenton, who has resigned. The new Commandant has appointed as his Chief of Staff Captain C. L. K. Campbell, of the 16th Lancers, who has just returned from South Africa, where he saw a great deal of service under Major-General Babington. The officers named left for the colony by the s.s. Himalaya, which sailed for Australia at the end of November,

Cardiff exports 12,000 000 tons of coal a year, nearly three times as much as her next rival, Newcastle. Newport sends away 2,500,000, aqd Sunderland nearly as much.

A curious point in Swedish criminal law is that confession is necessary before capital punishment can be carried out.

The United States spends two millions sterling a year on its Bed Indian subjects, while Canada manages a similar number on a quarter of that sum. As President Roosevelt has a family of six children, and there are only five bedin the White House, one of which must be retained for guests, it is believed that additions will have to bo made to the Presidential residence, or that the Executive offices will have to be moved elsewhere. The oldest man in the world has just died at the village of Khuti, in Albania, says a late London paper. His name was Ismad Hudjo, and he was 169 years of age. He loaves behind him 200 descendants. The old man had all his teeth, and his faculties were unimpaired even up to his last hours.

To-day smokers are numbered by millions, a fact to which the Treasury of most nations have to be devoutly thankful. It is estimated that 1,000,000,000 acres of land are devoted to the cultivation Of tobacco. The world eonsums each year 6,300,000,000 lb, or 2,812,500 tons, worth £52,000.000. Same miners working in a Fifeshire colliery 275 years ago were drowned by a sudden flood. The old pit has now been pumped out, and the workmen’s tools — wooden shovels and picks with handles nearly as thick as the roof props nowused—have been found in good condition The modern colliers were astonished at the size of the blocks of coal cut out nearly three centuries ago. As indicating that with the low price of wool in the Home market some growers intend sending more consignments to the local sales, the Hawkes Bay Herald mentions that a Napier firm has received from one grower about 700 bales for the first of the sales on 18th December, compared with 300 bales from the same farmer received this time last year. The French have a little sport on in Turkey baiting, and they are making a big fuss about their preparations. Great preparations are going on at Toulon, and Admiral Gaillard’s fleet is being reinforced, and an additional squadron and more troops are getting ready for departure. Turkey has a navy on paper, but closely examined the vessels are old tubs, the commanders • and crews of which get paid occasionally. A whole French squadron to crush Turkey seems very ridiculous, but France may have some other scheme on hand. It is difficult to say what the French mean, but we do know what the people of this colony mean. They mean that Christopher Smith is the best and most reliable place in Greymouth for a man to got a good Xmas suit, for they are made of all wool tweeds from the best factories io the world, and the prices are 25/• 35/• and 45/• a complete suit.— Advt. Mr Webley, senr., (of Webley and Sons, Christchurch), pianoforte tuner, etc., is now in Greymouth, and w ill take the earliest opportunity of calling upon clients. Agents for the sale of Brinsmoad and Sons, Lipp and Haake pianos; also Mason and Hamlin organs. Address— Gilmer Hotel.—Anvr. 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 Sinhalese, possesses greater strength, richer aroma, andan 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- 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 sole 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. — AdvtSome 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— Advt.