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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1887, 24 August 1874, Page 2

Yesterday afternoon, on the arrival of the Charles Edward alongside the wharf, there was quite an excitement as to whether t;he long-looked-for report on the present condition and prospects of the improvement; of the Grey River was on board. When it was known to be there some excitement was evident among the crowd. The Mayor, Town Clerk, and Borough Councillcs were present, and by special permission of the Customs the case, measuring a cubic yard, and containing the printed reports, were sent ashore, removed to the Town Hall, and,; in the pesence of a number of gentlemen, vyas carefully opened. It was found to contain five hundred printed copies < f Mr Moriarty's reports, with attached lithographed plans of Ms proposed harbor works and breakwater, copies of which were distributed to all who applied for them. They are intended fi>r distribution among the residents, and the earliest applicants at the Town Hall this morning will obtain copies. The coach from Reef ton will not arrive until to-nitjht, owing to delay through having been stuck up by floods last week. The members of the Grey mouth Volunteer Fire Brigade are requested to meet for practice this evening at 8 o'clock sharp The main shaft of the Ajax Gold-mining Company, Inangahua, is now down, 392 ft, we suppose the deepest shaft on the Nelson South west Gold-fields.; { His Honor Judge Harvey, who was detained here owing to the bad weather during the greater part of last week, left by the Kennedy ou Saturday evening for Westport, to hold a District Court there. Jurors resident throughout the Grey Valley are summoned to attend the session of the District Court for the dispatch of civil and criminal business at Ahaura on Wednesday, 3rd September. ; The Rev. Father Ecuyer, the successor of the Rev. Father Belliard, arrived at Greym utb, and took charge of his new parish last week. Father Ecuy«r, who is highly spoken of as an eloquent preacher, officiated and delivered sermons to crowded congregations, morning and evening, at St. Patrick's Church, yesterday.

The programme has been issued of the (xreymouth Horticultural Society's Spring Exhibition for 1874. it is framed on the most liberal conditions, and there are a number of special prizes given by residents which will no doubt be eagerly competed for, not for their intrinsic value, but from the honor attached to the winning of the prizes. We notice that special prized are given by the Mayor, Mr W. S. Smith, Mr Duncan M 'Lean, Mr J. Orr, and Mr F. J. Barker, in the various classes. The challenge cup of LlO has aUo to be competed for by amateur members of the Society, aud a prize is to be given for the best kept garden within two miles of the Post Office.

The *' i.eefton Herald" says that a ve>y serious landslip occurred on the Energetic coal tramway on Thursday, destroying the bridge crossing the creek, which is valued at LI SO. It is at present considered improbable that the slip can be cleared away and t>he line secured on the south side, and in the event of ita- being oarried on the north side

there will he. a good d«al of rock-cvittiui.', necessitating considerable outlay. The line, however, will be secured from a repetition of a similar catastrophe.

A strapping fellow lately arrived in Dunedin from home, and who was talking over the question of Government immigration with his brother immigrants, held out a pair of brawny hands and said, " L ok at these, mates. Do they look like breaking stones? No; I cou'dn't do it ; and I won't. Besides, I have been deceived. When I left home I was promised a billet in the hospital to look after the patients, and now I've got here I find there's no vacancy. It's too bad ; and I've a great mind to go back again." lleally, this would be the beat thing the poor fellow could do, unless, indeed, he chooses to petition the Government to erect another hospital for his special accommodation. The Suva Suva correspondent ofjthe "Fiji Times " states that the report gains ground that a valuable metallic or mineral discovery has been made in the district. Its exact characier is at present kept secret. A Norwegian boy named Valdemar Mortensen has been drowned, together with 11 bullocks, in crossing the Waipawa River, awke's Bay. About L3OO worth of stores have been also lost by the accident.

Referring to the honor of Knighthood being conferred upon the Hon. Donald M'Lean, the "Wellington Tribune" makes the following remarks :— " Sir Donald M'Lean ! And no worthier gentleman has ever won the spurs of knighthood in this Colony. Honor to men who discharge arduous duties faithfully and well, as our Native Minister has done, is creditable alike to those who confer and those who receive it. Even his opponents (we do not say enemies, because Sir Donald M'Lean has no enemies) being judges, his services in the Native DeparDment are deserving of any mark of grateful recognition which can be paid to him because of their singleness of purpose, and beneficial results. Already a Companion or the Order of St. Michael and £>b. f-eorge, the Ron. Donald M'Lean has now b e en raised to the grade of Knight Com man( i er 0 { t na t Order. We congratulate ''he new knighi on his honorable distinction, an d hops he may live many years to enjoy