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Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2149, 29 June 1875, Page 2

The representatives of Greymouth in the Provincial Council, Messrs Woolcock, Lah- : man, and Wickes, addressed their constituents last night in the Volunteer ilall, which was filled. Owing to the late hour at which the meeting concluded, and it being oar desire to give a full account of the proceedings, we hold over our report until next issue. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Ajax Quartz-mining Company, Kegistered, will be held at the Company's office, Tainui street, this afternoon, at two o'clock. The following business will be submitted and discussed: — To consider the amalgamation by sale or otherwise of the Ajax Quartz-mining Company, registered, and the Golden Fleece Gold-mining Company, registered ; to authorise the windingup; of the Ajax Quartz-mining Company, registered ; to empower the directors to dispose of the Company's property to the amalgamated company. , : His Honor Mr Justice Richmond and Mrs Richmond, Mr and Mrs Sewell, and Dr and Mrs Hector, 1 have arrived safely in England. News have^been received from Stewart's Island of the death of two men named John Louttit and Robert Gibson. It seems that Louttit left Half-Moon Bay in a boat a few days ago to go to , his house at the mouth of the bay He has not been heard of since. The wind was -blowing strong off the land, and it is thought he must have been blown out to sea. He: had lived on the island for the last ten years, and was welUknown in Invercargill as " Old John," having been engaged s me years since in running a boat between Invercargill and the Mokomoko. The other man, Robert Gibson, went over to the island a short time ago to take charge of a cutter in the oyster trade, and while there he showed signs of either insanity or delirium tremens, 1 and was closely watched by his mates, who left their work to attend to him, and endeavored to bring him round. ,On the morning of the 4th instant, a little before daylight, Gibson rushed out of his house, and made along the beach, closely followed by his two mates, who, however, in the darkness, nilfortunately went in the opposite direction. At daylight his footsteps were traced along the beach, and then found to turn towards the water, into which they led. Two boats having been procured, search was made, and Gibson's body was found on Sunday, 6th instant, in about five feet of water. An inquest was held at Horse-shoe Bay, Captain Greig, R.M., acting as coroner, and a verdict of "Browned during a fit of temporary insanity," was returned by the )ury. ■ Muscular Christianity, says the Christchurch correspondent of a contemporary, appears not to be confined to the Anglican Church. Bishop Redwood, .who seems to have won golden opinions from men of all religions here (I'm n>t a Roman Catholic myself),, is, on the authority of an eminent judge of such matters, no mean athletic performer. I cannot say positively what his time for a hundred yards may be, but from what I hear, he is hard to beat at either running, jumping, or shooting. He is probably, not the worse Christian for all that. . ... . The oft spoken-of theory that the distant dependencies of Great Britain should be represented in thY British Parliament is expected jSOon , to , undergo the test of a practical'experiment, thst is if the announcement in a Canadian paper, the Toronto Nation, is to be credited That journal says that " the Imperial^ Government will shortly invite Canada to send their representatives. But before this can be done an Act of Parliament i must pass, authorising this change in the Constitution. We do not suppose ■ that this resolution was spontaneous with the Disraeli Government. '■ It was presumably the result of suggestions made from Canada, and the result of the correspondence that ensued. All parties are willing that Imperial confederation should be tried, not less than its special advocates, the believers of the ultimate supremacy of self-government in the dependencies of the Crown, though all have not the same faith in its ultimate success. What has been asked for by both parties, a definite plan of confederation, will now have to be produced';* theory will give place to a crucial experiment. It jb believed (in Canada) that . the result of the correspondence will' be the production of a measure by the present Ministry, into the Imperial Parl ament ; but as yet nothing . authoritative has appeared on the subject as to the intention of Mr Disraeli, . and. probably the realisation of a new idea of this kind, will have to be fought for more than one session in the eminently Conservative Parliament' of Great Britain. A hard experience has been undergone by an up-country settler in Auckland, who has been making, drinking, occasionally selling, and frequently giving way to thirsty travellers, . a .refreshing.-, liquid called ," honey beer ", The unfortunate, man. was pounced upon' by a detective from whom he took no paymert; his beer was seized; himself and ihis wife,; an old woman of 73, were deprived of their cheap and innocent beverage— rare and necessary in the wilds of the up-country where no kindly inn is within, haiJ;, And not only so, but the settler was brought before the magistrate, and fined L 35 : first, LlO for having honey beer on his own premises, and L 25 for having sold or given away the same to travellers. - The following is taken from the report of the Wesleyan General Conference held in I Melbourne on May 21 :— lt having been notiI fled to the conference that the Rev. J. Buller, of New Zealand, intended to visit England next year, should he receive permission to do so from his Annual Conference, it was resolved to appoint. him representative of this conference to (the British Conference of 1876, should he be in England when it was sitting. The Rev. J. Buller returned thanks for the honor conferred upon him, and shortly after he and others-of the New Zealand representatives left the conference, as they were about to proceed to that Colony. " JThe Superintendent of Auckland insists on 1 the Genetar Government inquiring into '

the conduct of two of their officials, accused of taking four hundred scrip in the Tairua mine as a bribe for their official interest. The Colonial Government shirk the inquiry, but Sir George Grey insists upon it. The matter is taken up by the local press.

We take the following from the West Coast Times of yesterday :— lt was a matter of personal aud official record that his Honor the Superintendent of Westland recently sailed thence by the steamer Maori on a visit to the settlement at Jaskson's Bay, to the Southern Provinces, and to the city of Wellington prior to his early visit to the lastmentioned place, in the discharge of his duties as a member of the Legislative Council. By a telegram to the Provincial Secretary, received on Saturday, we learu that Mr Bonar arrived on Friday in Dunedin, and that he is able to report favorably of the c >ndition of the settlement at Jackson's Bay. As a result of his visit, he reports that the settlement i 8 progressing satisfactorily, and he refers to one fact which, though previously mentioned, is not unworthy of being prominently recorded. It is that coal has been found close to the so-called Arawata township. It is added that sufficient is not yet known as to the quality of the mineral j existing to justify any speculations on the subject of its development as one of the resources of the district ; but it is hoped that his Honor did not leave the locality without giving instructions as to the pursuit of prospecting for what, if proved to exist in abundance, would do more to make Jackson's Bay a source of interest to the Province and the Colony than all its yet discovered or declared elements of attraction as a place of special settlement. We have much pleasure in calling attention to Smith and Barkley's splendid stock of blue Venetians, blue Victoria twills, blue diagonals, and waterproof tweeds in all the newest shades, suitable for ladies' dresses and costumes ; also a large stock of heavy blue and black cloths for jackets, and a lot of mantlingß in new colors. In addition to the above Messrs Smith and Birkley have a j magnificent stock of winceys, serges. French merinos, wool plaids, and homespuns. The same firm have also opened a case of Scotch wool shawls. r—ADVT. We notice that Mr Duncan M'Lean, Boundary street, has imported a -very superior quality of Rum, called Red Heart Kam. As there is a great deal of sickness and colds about, we quote some remarks from the London Morning Post :— " Red Heart Rum, the oldest, purest, and finest stimulant of the age, especially selected for hospital purposes by the Society for Aid to, the Sick and Wounded, in the, late French atid German War. Rum varies in quality as much as port wine or claret, and it is only the finest and oldest descriptions that have the beneficial effects so justly ascribed to the Red Heart Rum by the medical profession, so that when Red Heart Bum is recommended in cases of consumption, cholera, dysentery, low fever, cold, overworked brain, &c, unlike other Ruins, the Red Heart Rum is totally free from any bilious properties." — Advt.