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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 January 1903, Page 2

Next Wednesday is the Chinese New Year. The rabbit trappers’ union in the South proposes to go into export business. The tug Westland is about completed, and an official trial will bo made next week. Messrs H. C. Harley and Co are calling applications for a smart boy for office work. A meeting of the Brunner Rifle Volunteers will be held this evening for the purpose of electing a Lieutenant. Owing to the prevalence of scarlatina and measles, the 'Timaru Hospital authority, s there refusejadmittance to visitors in cases of urgency. We understand that Mr Smith and the Rev. Mr Trestrail will meet on the platform at Hokitika in about a month hence to debate the merits and demerits of prohibition. For the Hokitika Agricultural and Horticultural] Shows to be held in about a month’s time, the Railway Department has promised special train arrangements with cheap fares extending over the show dates,

The weather report today shows the temperature of the West Coast stations to have been Westport 66 degrees. Greymouth 67 Hokitika 65 and Bealey6B The warmest place in the colony was C.yde with 76 degree*, the coldest Nuggets with 57. A meeting of the Committee of the Hokitika Trotting Club will b) held early next week to fix the next racing date, and adopt a programme. It is understood that the Club will not be able to secure a to alisator permit this season. The Rev Trcstrial will preach in the Opera House to-morrow evening, his subject, being “ The necessity of the Now Birth." Mr Sweeonan will ring a solo, and Mr Angelo Jones will play a vo’un tary. —Advt. The coal bore hole now being sunk at Dobson was yesterday down 1625 feet. Five feat of coal shale was gone through at 1615 fee fc , bat then the drill again tapped the hard grit. All that can be said is that the boro is still in likely country. An attractive display of Martin, Hall and Company’s celebrated silver goods is being made at Gilbert Bros establishment in Tainui street to-day. The goods for quality, utility, beauty of design and price afford a desirable and ample selection for presents and home use. Greymouth business people intend observing Wednrslay next as a close holiday. This will give parents and employees a chance of attending the school picnic, which is to be held at Totara Plat. Friday will also bo a half holiday from 1 o’clock -the first day’s cricket match with Lord Hawke's Team in Victoria Park.

The Eaglish cricketers will ar.ive per forenoon train on Friday, and will be entertained at an informal lunch at the Gilmer Hotel. Play will be commenced at half-past one o'clock, stumps b ing drawn at six p.m. The game will be resumed on Saturday, and the English- . men will leave at eight o'clock the same evening for Hokitika where they will remain till Monday morning, when they will return to Greymouth and finish the match. In the evening they will be the guests of the Greymouth Club. By advertisement in another column it will bo seen that a concert and entertainment will be given at the Opera House on Friday, January 30th, under the patronage of the English Cricketers and the Westland Crio iet issocia ion. The programme will be the best ever submitted to a Greymouth audience, those taking part bring the best amateurs from Nelson Greymouth, Hokitika, Kumara and Wellington. Those desiring to secure good seats should book them at once at Mr Perkin’s, Mawhera Quay, where the box plan is now open.

We are pleased to learn that the fire reported on the Commissioners’ Flat dredge as having taken place on Wednesday evening, was not so serious as at first stated, and that it did little or no damage. The dredgemaster, Mr Mouat, was able to resume dredging operations yesterday morning. The washup of 20-izs 3d\vts for 100 hours, proves that the ground now being worked with full time would give about 20ozs per week, while there is no doubt that the ground ahead will prove very much richer. Friday’s West Coast Times says: “ Shortly after six o’clock last evening a fire was discovered on the Commissioners Flat dredge. It started underneath the boiler, a spark probably getting through the plates and igniting the timber, and before being discovered the fire had obtained a considerable hold. All hands were at once an impromptu fire brigade, and it took a considerable time before their combined efforts were successful in getting the fire under. The extent of the damage is not known, as the boiler must be allowed to cool before a thorough examination can take place.”

The Bed Bird bicycle has a name to its credit and is a credit to its name. For touring of racing they still continue the favorite mount on account of their strength and reliabilty. Call and inspect the Bed Bird if you contemplate the purchase of a bicycle, Harley and Co., Agents. It is reported in English newspapers that the Earl of Crawford will shortly visit New Zealand and Australia in his steam yacht Valhalla, the largest craft in the Royal Yacht Squadron. Captain E. W. Freeman, who piloted the steamer Rod dam from destruction during the eruption of Mount Pclee, at St Pierre, has be n appointed commander of the new Union-Castle liner lork Castle.

Major J. M. T. Hayhurst, Mayor of Temuks, and Mrs Hayhurst leave on the sth of February on a visit to England. The Major served with our Third Contengent in South Africa. A Temuka resident who has recently returned from a visit to Nelson states (says the Leader) that the open air treatment for consumptives is being extensively tested in that province. Numbers of tents are to be seen in carefully selected localities, and it is said that patients undergoing treatment are re» ceiving benefit therefrom. Mr R. Whittingham, brewer o f Gore, has left for a trip to the Old Country, for the purpose of exploiting a patent airship of his own invention, on which he has been engaged for several years. Prior to leaving, he was entertained and presented with a purse of sovereigns by the business men of Gore. The allocatian of the £IOOO received by

the Otago Patriotic Committee from Lloyd’s Fundaccording to theOtagoDaily Times is as follows Auckland received £205, Canterbury £lB5, Hawke’s Bay £lO, Nelson £lO, Otago £215, Southland £35, Wellington £330. Westland £2O (Trooper Cooyer)-total £lOlO. The additional £lO is for interest received on the original sum, which was deposited by the committee on its receipt. Forty cases in all were dealt with,'and the amounts paid out varied from £IOO (the highest) to £lO (the lowest). There were also amounts of £75 and £SO. The £IOO was paid to a trooper who was struck by lightning at Vryheid, and paralysed down the left side of the body. He is a married man, with two children.

Our Kumava correspondent writes ;—lt is with extreme regret that I have to record the fatal outcome of the mining accident which took place on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, Mr J. McEeegan, never regained consciousness and passed away at midnight last night. His death has removed one whose sterling disposition made friends for him on all sides. Of a retiring nature he nevertheless took a deep interest io musical matters and was a leading member and for some time bandmaster of the Kumara Catholic Brass Band with which he has been connected since its inauguration now close on 20 years. I understand that only very faint hopes were entertained of his recovery from the first as the skull was severely fractured. To his widow and her five young children wo extend our heartfelt sympathy in their sad bereavement. Deceased’s father left Wellington yester* day and is expected to arrive in Greymouth on Sunday. Sojimee Complaint is the children’s most dangerous enemy and the mother’s most dreaded foe. Immediate and proper trea‘ment is always necessary. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrobea Remedy, given aceordiog to directions, is the most effectual remedy known. Every household should have a bottle at baud. Get it to day. It may say a life, Kettle Bkos eell it,— Advt.

The strawberry crop at Croydon Bush (Otago) is reported by the Mataura Ensign to be unusually abundant this year, but remarkably backward. Owing to the peculiarjnature of the season, the fcui f , although well matured, will not ripen, Complaints are rife in both town and country of the depredations caused among poultry by weasels (says the Oamaru Mail). One lady at Maheno has within a few days 1 os j no fewer than 100 chickens and 70 young ducks from this cause, and others in the same locality, as well as in other districts, also report loss;s. Quite a number of peop'e in town, mostly at the south end, have found their stock of young fowls end ducks seriously diminished. One resident in a couple of nights lost 10 chickens and 27 ducks. It is a far cry to the meeting of Par.iament next June (writes the Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times) yet politibal gossip is alreody busy rumouring that a motion of censure will be moved on behalf of the Independent members representing the southern constituencies re'ative to the administration of the Education Department. It is declared that the motion will receive large support from lithe Ministerial side as well as from the Opposition. Not a Minute should be lost after a

child shows symptons of cholera infantum. Tbe first unusual looseness of the bowels should be sufficient warning. If immediate and proper treatment is given serious consequences will be everted. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the sole reliance of thousands of mothers and by its aid the} have often saved their children’s lives. Every household should have a bottle at hand. Get it to-da7. It_ may save a life. Kettle Bros, sell it. Advt. A strange story was related recently at Birmingham Police Court. A young ununiformed policeman had managed to capture some roughs single-handed, but had evidently more than enough to do to take them into custody. Seeing this, a plain-clothed officer came to the rescue; but the original captor, thinking this an infringement of his right and an insult to his capacity, resented the proffered assistance. More than this he did, to his ultimate regret. He at once released his prisoners, and held their coats while they pummelled his despised ally. For this base ingratitude he was immediately hailed “before his betters,” and- the chief constable, while no doubt appreciating his valour, dispensed with his services. There were 203 actisins and 3230 laborers employed on Government cooperative works in the colony during last month. An interesting relic was displayed in the stewards’, room at the Palmerston races, in the tanned hide of the famous horse Musket, which is now the properly of Mr R. S. Abraham, the president of the Manawatu E icing Club. Mr W. H. Hamer, who was selected out of ninety-one applicants as engineer to the Auckland Harbor Beard, belongs to London. He is only thirty-three years of ago. He is at present resident engineer to the Albert Docks in London, the

largest separa f e dock in the world. He has an average of over a thousand m.n under under his control. Mr Hamer’s salary in Auckland will be £ 1000 a year. The X nys are now in frequent use at the Thames Hospital, and they have proved invaluable in ascertaining hidden injuries and locating the seat of trouble. Dysentery causes the death of more people than small pox and yellow fever combined. In an array is is dreaded more than a ba'tle. It requires prompt and effective treatment, Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, 'and Diarrhoea Remedy has been used in nine epidemics of dy. sentry in the United States with perfect success, and has cured the most .mal gant cases both of children and adults, and under the most trying conditions. Every household should have a bottle at hand. Get it to day. It may save a life. Kettle Bros, soil it.—AovT.

It costs the Wanganui Charitable Aid Board between £6O and £7O per annum to supply the old men in the Jubilee Home with tobacco. Each of the smokers is allowed a large stick of tobacco weekly. The present season promises to be the best the Waikato has bad for 20years; such is the opinion of many of the oldesresidents. Creameries and butter facttones are the marked features of general progress, and their condition is becoming more on the co-operative principle. Some idea of the number of travellers who pass through New Plymouth is conveyed by the Harbor Board figures, 36,000 having paid the wharf fee of Is*during the year, giving an average of 700 per week.

The property at Omata, in the district, known as Putt’s farm, which recently acquired by the Government for the purpose of workmen’s homes, is to bo surveyed and cut up at once. Cardinal Parrpchi, whose death at • Rome is reported, was (after Cardinal Eampolla) be'itved to bo the most likely candidate for the succession to the Papacy. He was a Lombardian by birth, and before being appointed Cardinal of the Curia, about twenty years ago, was a priest at Mantna. A Severe Sprain usually disables the injured person for threa or four weeks. Cures ha.ve often been effected in less than one week by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. This liniment has great healing jipowera. One application gives relief. Try it. Sold by Kettle Bnos.— Advt. St. George Jams:—Once used, always used.— Advt. St. George Jams—Ask for, and e that you get them.— -Advt Some of the highest bvmg medical authorities attribute the great growth of physical and mental disease which has characterised the last few decades, to the universality of adulteration. They affirm that the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which are chemically 1 foreign and not only incapable of sus- ■ taining healthy life, but constitute a perpetual danger to it, is largely re- > sponsible for the new and complex ! diseases that baffle their curative skill, * Therefore be wise in time, eat only 1 K Jam • and avoid these dangers. Absolute purity guaranteed-—Advt.