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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 203, 2 May 1867, Page 2

A knowledge of anatomy does not seem to be very widely diffused hereabouts, or at all events, it is not scientifically accurate. A report was brought to, the police camp yesterday that the skeleton of a man had been discovered, washed ashore on. the beach near the Teremakau. Sergeant,, jDlements departed instantly to. examine the remains in a state of some excitement, lest they should prove to be the sad memorial of some fearful crime, or melancholy shipwreck. On his arrival at the spot, lie was able, without the assistance of any eminent physiologist, to recognise the waif as the disjecta membra of a horse. The quays of Greymouth, which have for some time buck presented an almost deserted appearance, recovered soinawhat their old bustling character yesterday, through the almost simultaneous arriyal- of several vessels .from Melkmrne and. the coast, ports. The work of discharging cargo caused an appearance of. briskness in the street; and one might have imagined that the good- old times had come again. The local trade is, however, very dull, and the stores and other places of business cannot boast of a redundancy of ! custom. Still, our business men keep up ] their spirits wonderfully, and express faith in an ultimate general improvement. . "The Grey's right yet" is a common phrase, as coinmi ply accompanied by anathemas on the Canterbury Government, and a wish that the Grey district had enjoyed the good fortuue of being a dependency of Nelson. Everywhere one hears the same expression of dissatisfaction, .and what is more significant, the opinion is gaining . ground that there is a considerable quantity of humbug iix the professed anxiety of the Government in behalf of Westland. Out advice to the public is this — wait and sea what the next session brings forth — it slffiiild bo profific of good things; for have ■fflkn< 1 t had the Superintendent amongst iisfißtod a real live Conimis" sion\ sitting for \vflP s in 'solemn conclave, iprop&uiding gpochjPp. knows ho\vr many.

we shall see -what we shall see, and if it be not what it should be, why then the Grey district roust try and work a remedy for itsolf, and renew its ponrtship to Nelson. We are sorry to say that our faith is not very strong iv the Canterbury Government, which, whether it intends to deal fairly or not with Westland, has certainly humbugged the famous " Commission," the members of which apparently have been treated like a lot of schoolboys, Our Customs' returns of the last two days show a very satisfactory result, a more than usually large quantity of goods having been cleared for home consumption. The amount of revenue collected j esterday was about LSO in excess of that collected on any previous day since the opening of the Custom-house at this port — viz., | L 1073 Ss. A public meeting of subscribers to and members of the Fire Brigade was held last • evening at the Union Hotel, Mr De Costa m the chair, the business beiug the election of officers and enrolling of new members. The following officers were chosen :-rCaptain, Mr Whall ; Lieutenant, Mr Eaphael ; Foreman of the Hpse Company, Mr Coutauche 5 Forelnan of Fire Cpmpany, Mr J. P, Taylor j Engineer, Mr Buchanan ; assistant do, Mr Sewell ; Treasurer, Mr Kennedy ; Secretary, Mr De Costa. A resolution was carried , instructing the officers to draw up a code of byerlaws, to be submitted at a future" meeting of the Brigade. We have to draw the attention of the public to the amateur performance on Friday i eveuing, for the beneiit of .Miss Rosa Cooper, 1 in return for her gratuitous services on the - occasion of the benefit fpr the Fire Brigade. The burlesque of "Ye Ladye of Lyons," and the farce "Boots at the Swan," constitute the programme. We trust there will be a good house. We learn from the WeM Coast Times of yesterday, that a storekeeper named M'lntosh, residing at the B ; g Paddock, gave in- , formation on Tuesday to the police of a robbery that had taken place on Sunday night. The informant, who is also a gold-buyer for the Bank of New Zealand, stated that on the night in question, during his absence from the store, an entry was effected by cutting through the calico of which his place was built, and about L 350 abstracted. The money it appears was placed in.. the drawer of the gold-scales — rather an insecure place, one would suppose — so that all the robbers had to do after entering was to help thsmselves at once to the cash. The West Coast Times of yesterday saysRumors were afloat last evening, which, if - proved of proper foundation, will doubtless* bring back numbers of the diggers lately gone northward. It is repovted that another shaft, 40 feet deep, has been bottomed on the Eight-mile rush up the river, the prospects of which are remarkably good, and that consequently a heavy rush has set in, the Kanieri being completely deserted . We wait with impatience the report of the gentleman we have despatched to view the ground. A robbery was reported to the police yesterday, as having been effected at the hut occupier! by John Bannon, behind the P"jstofiiue Hotel. He spent the previous night in the watch-hnnse, under committal for trial at the next Hokitika assizes, although it appears that he has since altered his mind about the relative advantages of imprisonment or enlargement on bail, as ho has procured the necessary sureties, and has been set at large on his and their .recognizances. , Pie reported that, on returning to his house, he missed a pair of tweed trousers and a plaid coat .and trousers, although other and much superior clothes had. been left by the thieves. •" We are given to understand that the office of Crovvn Prosecutor for the Supreme Court district of Wostland has been conferred upon Mr O'Louglilin, vice Mr Duncan, resigned. We presume Mr O'Loughlin will also retain the similar appointment he holds in the District Court. We may mention as another fact in evidence of the auriferous wealth of the Maori Gully district, that a party of men who have been working in Liverpool Bill's Gully, and who came down to C-Sreymouth the other day for the first time during twelve months, report that after spending over six months in driving a tunnel, they struck gold about seven weeks ago, and' their first, washing-up yielded sufficient to pay all then; expenses for the long time they had been at work, and leave them Ll5O a man besides. They have returned to work their claim, which is expected to pay Ayell for mauy months to come. The. Went Coast Times of Tuesday, iv a leading article commenting on the Westland I Commission, says : — The rumors are that the \ Commissioners were forbidden to discuss and report upon any " political "question ; that they had submitted to them certain heads of a plan for the sale of waste lands on the West Coast; that they were "invited-" to record their approval of these outlines ; and that there or thereabouts 'they we're told their functions ceased!. The rumors are further that the Commission "accepted; .the programme of duties laid, before it iv person by the Superintendent ; but that some of the members of it, being apprehensive that the result would be a heavy blow and great dis- ! appointment if the report contained no ] representation whatever on the subject of, the "popular " principle in the local administration, endeavored to obtain the introduction of a paragraph mildly suggesting that the Chief of Administration of Westland affairs ought to be a responsible minister with a seat in the Council, and present during its session to give an account of his government. The rumors further are, that on this clause being proposed for insertion in the report, it was divided upon ; that three members voted for it and three against it ; that ifc was rejected by the casting vote of the "Moderator-" that the three votes in favor of it were those of Mr Kilgour and the two members for towns ; that the three votes against it were those of Mr Sprot and of the two members for the "district ;" and that the ground on which tj/e latter gentlemen based their votes was t^ativhiai^oiioj^^ad requested— o&MJ^ iftaps^di^cietl — wafeltms'^w^P^Bt^ld^^tf

be dealt with. — Our eontemporarjl in its issue of yesterday states that after all tjhe Commission managed to carry the adftpfion of a recommendation for the .appointment of a [ responsible Minister for Westland, \one of the members who had previously held aloof having consented to support it. Our HoHtika contemporary notices an improvement in mining affairs at the Kanieri, but the companies on Commissioner's Flat do nofc seem to be doing much. Tlis terrace sluicing claims are still at work with favorable results, and several applications hVve beer, put in for extended ground. The same paper also states that the new lead) lately\ struck at the old Three Mile Creek promises great things, aud some of the more experienced diggers are strongly of opinion that it will prove scarcely less valuable thmthe celebrated Ho Ho, frqm which it i: only about one hundred and eighty yards di tant. Gold was first struck some three hnhdred y^rds aboye the Township, on the side] of the South range in seventeen feet sinkiug, where the prospects ranged from .Wwt to-7drt the dish out of a "stoup" of >vash«jrt, about eighteen inches thick. The lead ran directly into the hill, and was again touch dl by another shaft at a depth of four feetathis' increase being, of course, due to the rife iv the ground, as the gold kept on a l|vel. Other shafts commenced sinkiug in tbe ame line, and at present there are six on goldtthe last bottomed being over one hundredleet deep. Each gave good prospects., but oh'tiat point we believe the first bottomed may cllim the palm. About a week ago, a share mit; changed hands for Ll5O. The ground^ staked out for nearly a mile ahead of tW v prospectors, and in the course of another week .the question will be decided whether | this lead is distinct iv itself or merely an offshoot or bcrder of the Ho Ho. If the formed, • there is every probability that others will be found between it and the summit of the coast range.