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Grey River Argus, 15 April 1911, Page 4

There will toe no issue 'of the <fGrey River Argus" on-Monday morning. The Otira, coaches were unable to get across 'the Otira yesterday, and a large number of the passengers returned, to town yesterday afternoon. The Education • Board in this issue advertise the school ibouridary for Boddytown public school. Mr and Mrs. Campbell arrived in town yyesterday. Mr .Campbell will jelieye ,Mr Deyernish at the Customs 'aunng his "holidays. Mr T, H. Fletcher Humphrey and'iCo., of Christ church, is on a visit to Greymouth. The following, gentlemen ■ have been appointed J.P.'s:—Messrs -J. Clarice (Hokitika), M.. McLean .(Otir.a), J. Simpson (Westport), D. Tennent (Greymouth)v - { G. Thomto'n (B;eefton), ■ aridfF.-, Williams. ■ . 120 passengers left overland yesterday morning -Amongst 'them were the -Greymouth hockey team an; d :^he Hokitika bowlers, 'bound to.', Christchurch .to play. . / .. . " The 'fciUowirig; will represent Kohinoor Football dub 4n .tfre ;seven-a-side tournament., at. -Westport .torday: — Fullback: W Sinythe"; three-quarters : A.. L. Smith,'J. five-eighths: ' A. KBroWn; -half: T .Mathie'son\ forwards : ,«F. ißrown, -H. rLeach.. Emer- _ gency: E. Blocksage. „-..' . The holiday "yesterday tvas %uietly observed. The;)day. was very wet land disagreeable; ,ibut the,, church services were well Tlie Su'mrher 'Schobl in connection with 'the Pre'gbVterii'n EndeaVote" Society is now heingvheldvin,Greymouth. ; Special services . were., held in. the Presbyteria'ft- "Church yesterday, and will ibe cdhtinaied -tb"-day : ahd 'on Afonday.. iThe- meetings (been well iat^' : tended, and Jhave; proved -most .helt)- : ful and encouraging. / ', In St. Johnis Presbyterian Church to-morjow /'the: Rev. W: Gray- i)ixbn, of Boslyn, Dunedin, will preach both riiorning' and .evening;. His morninc* subject ib'e "The" Power for our Bay;V. arid ih^th'e evening- ''Tft'e 'G'fpat : Venture.";■.. Thtsjßev. D. CaTder, B^A.. ■ will: preach in .the,. State School, Run- • anga, at 7 p.m... The Rey. R. Stewart 'will 'preach iFlat at 11 a.m. and 7. p.in.-^durti

Mr John Glanville, a naval . gunner of the old school, who 'blew .up the first of the enemy's magazines destroyed in the China War of 1842,. has just died at New Plymouth, aged eighty-three. . = . i - ' No fewer than 43,773 rats were killed in the port of London last year; while the number ; for the last -ten years passes 649,000* giviner a monthly average of between 3;Q0O an<l.4joooV The Cunard Company have decided to name the .50,000-ton vessel which is being built by Messrs John Brown, Ltd., of Qlydebank, the Aquitariia. The'vessel, it ; fe : thi6mcially stated 1 , will cost .£2,000,000. ' general Botna, Mr flxill, iifinister .of Finance, and Mr Mala'njMihisier of Education, will, it is definitely announced, represent South Africa at the Imperial Conference. They sail at the end of April. / 1 ". " It is nftt often that the ward of -a hospital is cleared to enable the matrons and nurses to entertain their ■friends, 'but this was the case at -the Napier Hospital one night recently, . when between 50 and W couple's 1 "enjoyed a dance. / ■.-■ . ; • A shadow on a window, blind led to the conviction at Lincoln of Job n Francis, a laibourer. for assaulting; Kis wife at Naveriby, a neighbour statins: that she saw the man's figure with an upraised hatchet. .Francis was sentenced to' two months' hard labour. Arrangements have: been made for opening the Imperial Conference in London on May 22. ,The Imperial Education Conference' will be held from April 25th to April 28th. Mrs Carter, who has just celebratr ed her 102 nd birthday at Icklesham, Sussex, has five children living,, fifty grandchildren^ 110 great-grandchild-en, land thirteen Igreat-gTea't-giandT cMldren. ' . \ The success which has attended the policy of the British Admiralty in sub stituting oil fueL for coal has (been so great that the Government is now asking- for 200,000 tons of oil for use a^s fuel in the Navy. ; -.. S. Jickell, " Borough Engineer; Palmerston North, has issued a writ -for ;£3OO against the ManaWatu Times for alleged libel contained in the report of a speech of a. candidate in the municipal election. The Blackwater South G. M. Coy., who are driving" a 400 ft tunnel, strupk a gold reef 3ft wide and gold bearing at 143 ft. it Js supposed that this is a continuation of the Birthday Reef on which the Blackwater mine is Based. ; : ■ • : ' • -'. .The Nelson Colonist -\ is informed" that the old^beafirig reef recently discovered in the Owen district- has been opened out for a considerable distance, and shows a width of 57ft in some places, while the average width is over forty, feet. The reel has ibeen traced for some distance, and the prospects are considered excellent. ' : . Duriner the hearih.gr in the King's Bench Division on Wednesday of ah action arising out of the purchase of pn orchid bulb by Mr Horace -Pitt; of Stamford Hill, who sought the return of 100 guineas from Mr Wheatley. .of Kenilworth, Mr Pitt. mentioned he had bought one parent plant for £300 and bad sold three pieces of it for £3 t ooo. Mr Haldane informed a trade union deputation on Thursday thatvthe Army Estimates (to be .'. issuea "iiext month) showed an increase, but how much he would not say. It is g"en-" erally understood that the Navy Es- • timates will show a considerable increase • ■ The exports of coal from the. six principal • Welsh ports — Cardiff, New* port, Swansea, Port Talbot, Neath andLlanelly— last year were as follows : 19,789,835 tons _; Newport, 4,547,117 tons; Swansea, 3,015,209 'tons; Port Talbot, -1,592,173 tons ; Neath, :326,271. tons; LlaneUy 234,916 tons. "The aglrrejrate export fbr thd year were 29,513,621 tons., Mr Mackinnon Wood, Under-Sec-retary for Foreign Affairs, stated .in 'Parliament on Thursday that the informal discussions [between Germany 'and England, tip which the German (Chancellor recently referred in the jßeichstag, were tohtiniling-, and c)ir {■ Government earnestly /hoped that they would help to promote the maintenance and growth of ( the friendly relations between the two countries. v A motor car in ; which were Mr McjPheiJson, iof Wiiße ;Ploma , Station, Gundagai, and Mr McCutcheon, ;of Gundagai, was travelling ai: a- high rate of speed" on tne sou'their^ road near Mbssvale;' New South; War les, last week, when the • tire blew put while the car was; roundin.er a curve. The car made two complete somersaults. Mr • McPherson', who was seriously injured, Was taken -to the Bowral ■ Hospital. Mr McCutch-. e^n was less, seriously hurt. . . . . • In the United States iast -year there were 63 suffax.-Jb'eiet factories xh ■operation, and projects for 38 new. factories \yere under co'nsideVation, 1 indicating" thit the industry • conitinxies 'to maike^. satisfactory ' progress." - - ; A table of the factories and production in the . Arnericai .Suga^^ Industry and Beet sugar Gazette sifdws Sthat the 63 factories grew 3,^8^1 'tons of ' ibeet,; producing; 421,244 tons of sngar. Mr Asquith, in a written answer, to a question iby Captain Faber, M.P., : has confirmed the statement thatr the Australian GoveirnnVent have protested against the Declaration 'of Iton'don the document changing 1 all the rules of naval war, which, has aroused so much opposition from ch'am'b^rs^'iof commerce and shipping associations in this country. The Prime Minister adds 'that"- he "does tioV. intetfd at present to make any statement in regard to the Declaration. ■•"o'pjections raised by Australia will be conside.red at ' the Imperial Conference in May. • \ A short time' a^ -Mr. H. G. Eli, M.P., wrote to the Minister of Rail- " ways suggesting that he should allow the railway grounds in Christchurich, to be planted, in order to improve their app'earancei- and ireferred es(.pecialiy to the Colombo, Street -crqssiing and ,the line between- Colombo Street and the Lincoln .Roacl" lCrossing. The, Minister. has replied, stat*. : . ing- that he has issued instructions that the necessary assistance should ■be given. Mr Ell thinks that a fijejat deal can be done Sin this direction; „> He points out; that it will hardly 'be desirable to plant trees that- a'ttaiti " large dimensioMi -but if -others ate. grown a i *notable< iniferovement will Jie made. He especially, ;selec.fs. _ the grounds on the south of the line along Haseldean Roatt- between- Oolb'mbo Street and Lincoln Road. .Thelb-. ■r-l district engineer is : in ■sympathy with the movement. <> and it iis^ expected that the Go-operation gf ttfe officers of the Department will be secured. ■--..■•'■■■■. .- :.: -