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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1135, 18 March 1872, Page 2

The Secretary of the Jockey Club announces that the race for the Trial Stakes j will be started punctually to-day at 12.30 p.m, and the Hurdle Handicap on Tuesday | at the same hour. The grand- ball and banquet under the auspices of the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society, in honor of St Patrick's Day, takes place at Gjlmer'a HoteJ this .evening. . " . Should. the weather prove favorable the race meeting which commences to-day will be one of the most successful that has ever taken place in the Colony. ,The field of

horses for the various events is better than ever seen here before, as evidenced by the list of entries published iv another column. The influx of visitors from all parts has been something unprecedented, aU the hotels being crammed to overflowing, even the tops of billiard-tables being thought into requisition for beds. In order to enable the r large number of visitors to pass their evenings pleasantly, Murray's World Circus will be in full operation to-night on the Maori Reserve in Mackay street, and at the same time Bachelder's Diorama of the American War will be exhibited at the Volunteer Hall, for the next three evenings. Bachelder's grand dioramas and panoramas of the American War have arrived, and will be exhibited at the Volunteer Hall tonight. Most of the residents will remember this exhibition when it was last shown here, and the liberal manner in which it was patronised j but the numerous visitors to town who cannot possibly have seen it before would do well to visit the hall, as we feel certain that they will be thoroughly pleased. Yfisterdav was St. Patrick's Day according to the calendar, but by authority of the Catholic Church the day was removed until to-day, when it will be properly celebrated by the members of the Hibernian Society, who will meet at the Society's Room at 9 a.m., and march in regalia to the Church, where Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Yesterday raoruing about two hundred men decorated with green gashes, and belonging to a society the name of which we have not ascertained, marched from the South Beach into town headed by the Circus Band playing secular airs. After the service at the Church was over, the procession re-formed, and headed by the band marched through town. In a mixed Colonial community such as this it is not for one man to say, that his neighbor's conscientious convictions are wrong, still Christian charity, if it is to be used at all, must be fully adopted on all sides, and brought into daily practice. To say the least of it, it was a very questionable exhibition of taste for a Catholic procession, headed, by .a Circus band, to pass in the vicinity of the Church of England, and the Presbyterian Church, and disturb the j devotions of over three hundred of our residents, as they did yesterday forenoon. If one man's conscience is to be respected, we have a right to demand that he shall respect his neighbor's, and we hope that the scene of yesterday shall not again be repeated in our midsfc. A Calcutta Sweep of one hundred members at 10s each, was drawn afc Middleton's Wharf Hotel, on Saturday evening, on the Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap, Mr Girdwood acted as auctioneer. The following prices were realised :— Peeress, L 3 3; Misfortune, Lll ; Black Eagle, LlO ; Economy, L 7; Lacenfeed, L 2 10s. A note of alarm has reached us from Wellington that should have the effect of inducing us to take every precaution within our reach against the terrible disease that is said to have beeu imported in the ship England. One, and the most effective, of these is to be found in vaccination, and it is to be hoped that all heads of families wLI insist most strongly upon their children undergoing the operation without delay. Nor should it be confined to children, but adults should also be content to put up with the slight temporary inconvenience rather than expose themselves to one of the most horrible maladies with which a human being can be afflicted, We have had fair warning, and it will be our own faults if we neglect to profit by it. As a " special statistical return," the Nelson Colonist gives the following analysis of the audience at the Black Horse, Suburban North, on Saturday, 9th March, 1872, between the hours of 8 and 9.15 p.ra, when a public meeting was addressed by Mr Ralph Richardson, M.H.R. :- " 1 M.H.R. for Collingwood (Mr A. S. Collins) ; 1 Chairman of the meeting (Mr Mackay, sen.) ; 3 Flowers ; 1 Joe Bungate (unique); 1 District Constable j 1 Black Horse Innkeeper;! ditto Groom ; 1 Sarcastic Voice ; 1 . ditto ditto ; 1 Provincial Councillor (MrWastney); 3 Newspaper people; 3' other good-natured listeners ; 17 Grand total. The Otago Daily Tivies of the 29th ult., in a leading article on the place of meeting of the Assembly says:— lt would have been, better if the Government had taken the stand it has now taken at once on the proposal being made. Any just cause which exists for' regretting that decision has arisen as a connequence of the delay. What was to be gained by this change ? Of course Dunedin would have gained some small amount of extra trade, and a few persons might have made, a respectable profit by the occasion. But setting aside this specially local and personal view of the matter, and examining it in the light of the requirements of the , Colony, it is difficult to point to anything that could have resulted from holding a session of Assembly in Duuedin rather than at Wellington, which would have been of value to the Colony as a whole." The Wellington Post states that the other day an accident occurred in Mulgrave street, near the English Cathedral. MrCheesman and one of his daughters were riding in a four-wheeled cab, when, in turning the coper of the street, the cab was upset. The neighbors assisted' in getting Mr Cheesinan, who was insensible and. bleeding profusely from the head, out of the cab, and conveyed him into Mr Brightwell's shop, where he was promptly attended to by Dr Johnston. Miss Cheesman waa also considerably shaken, and is unable to leave her room. The Went Coast- Times states that in consequence of the falling off in the traffic on Hokitika and Greymouth tramway, the company contemplate closing the line, and they advertise horses, harness, &c, for sale. A quarter-share iv the. prospector's claim, Larr-y'S, wa,s disposed of on Thursday for the sum of L2OO. ' r We were informed on Friday that the reef had been struck in the 60ft level in the North Star Company's claim (Bob, the Baker's), Kelly's line, Inangdhua. The tender of jflr O'Connor for the river protective work, at Reef ton, has been accepted by the Protection Committee. The foundation of a groin opposite to Barker's Hotelhas been commenced, and the entire work is to be completed in three weeks. Potter's line of reef, Larry's Creek, is likely to be wejl supplied with provisions for the winter, Mr Richard Cox having already erected a store adjacent to ibhe prospecting claim, and intends putting men on at once to cut a track from the Landing, so that' packhorses can come independent of floods. The cargo boats have : already delivered at the Landing five tons consigned to the abovenamed party. Messrs Ghambers and M.'Nairn are pre? paring to deliver coal at the Nokawau, north of the Buller, which they say can be done at 5s per ton at the mine. They represent 'that ; any vessel of light draught can easily enter at the Nokawau, and that vessels can sail up to the mire, where theydntend constructing a shoot by* whioh. they 'will be enabled to load a vessel in a few minutes. The captain of the paddle-steamer Result, in company with several other persons interested in the development of the trade, are to visit the Nokawau early next week for the purpose of making arrangements to place the Result in the trade between Westport and Nokawau. Application has been made to the Provincial Government to gend a qualified officer to. buoy the entrance of the If okawau, and we hone in a very few daya to ehrpuifilg the 'arrival of the first instalment of ooal from' a 1

local mine. The price in Westport must be low, as the carriage by water will be only 10 miles, and the facilities for loading are most remarkable. A boat like the Result will be able to enter and leave the Nokawau by the same tide and come into the Buller at any time. The coal has been tried, and found to be of very good quality. Some amusement was caused at the interview of the Tptara Road Board with the Premier. When- the changing of Wardens was spoken of, Mr Fox said, in the Wesley Church the ministers were moved every three years, when, according to the report in the News, a member of the Board remarked that it would be as well if other Ministers were shifted also. This caused a titter; when another member remarked — "The present company, of course, excepted," which ripened the titter into an uproarious laugh, in which the Premier joined, and it was not lessened by an attempted apology, to which he good-huinoredly replied, that the members of the Hotfse of Representatives were very apt to shift ministers of tener than once in three years. A case of some importance to persons interested in life insurance companies was reheard in the Juries of Four Court, Melbourne, the other day. In 1865 Mr Day, a chemist in Lonsdale street, insured his life in the Australian Insurance office for LIOOO. In reply to one of the usual questions proceeding the issue of the policy, he stated that none of his family were afflicted with insanity, and that were all still living. In May, 1567, Mr Day died from the effects of a dose of prussic acid, and the coroner's jury found that he had committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity. The company discovered that John Day, a brother of the deceased, had also, taken his life in 1869 under somewhat similar circumstances, and considered that, as this had been withheld from them, the policy vrsa vitiated. They also refused to recognise the policy, on the ground that Mr Charle3 Day had com-' mitted suicide. .It was contended, on the other side, that unless the suicide had been committed voluntarily, and under a full knowledge of the consequences of the actj it would not vitiate the policy. The action: was brought by Mr Graham, as chairman of the Insurance Company, to recover from several gentlemen who became security for moneys lent to Mr Charles Day upon the security of the policy, the amount advanced. The jury found that Mr Charles Day did not commit suicide voluntarily, but that at the time he insured his life he was aware of the circumstances under which his brother came by his death ; and a verdict was entered for the defendants, and leave reserved to the plaintiff to move the full Court in Banco. vThe Wellington Independent, says : — " We regret to have to announce the death of Mr William Pagan, of the General Post Office Department. The death was awfully sudden. During the.morning the deceased gentleman bad walked round the Wellington Post Office, and chatted freely with the officers of the department, afterwards enjoying a walk down the Queen's wharf. About three hours after this he was seized with a slight cough, which brought blood in small quantity, and in less than four hours from his appearance on the wharf death took place. Mr Pagan had been away, from duty for a few days on account of what was supposed to be temporary indisposition, and really appeared to be (nothing more. Dr France, Mr Pagan's medical attendant, is unable to assign any cause for the sudden collapse, but thought that one of the tissues between the lungs and the heart had given way. An examination of the phest will be made by Drs Grace and Kemp. Mr Paga» had resided for many years in India, where he may haye contracted the germs of a disease which has proved fatal in so lamentable a manner. He was universally esteemed, and acknowledged to have been one of the most efficient officers in the Government service."