Grey River Aggus and basckball News PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL'19th,1911.

Grey River Argus, 19 April 1911, Page 4

Grey River Aggus and basckball News PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL ' I9th, I9II.

.At the annual meeting' of the-Well-ington Chamber of-; Commerce, the chairman (Mr. H.,C. Tewsley) <■ referred to... th'e..« necessity; for. restritting j industrial legislation, .» >a- sentiment which met, .with the . hearty approval oi the chamber. . Re argued .that the industries ol the country, were sufferai£" irom ( i restrictive -leg-islation. in the same way as Australia, .He. said th.. last year the value of the boots and shoe's, into" Australia .was aoout £100,000 more than in : li) 09, the result of the rise in wages by Judge Miggins in the Arbitration oourtj and . the value of imported -»oot s tor this year will be^£2oo,oUvj more Jthan ;. iix.,_/1910./' ; TJnder such conditions it is, of course, only to be expected that capitalists . would Ushy of . investing, in any industries that - employ , much labour. If Mr i ewsiey expects " that, , Qovernment will agree with ; . the. Chamber of Commerce that there js too, much restficti've legislation,' ; he will , find that he lias made,, a mistake. ; " The ... Labour vote cannot , be. ignored., or disregarded by -, the' .W.arcl- . GWefnment "or any otEef ..that might bte. placed ."ia po;wer. .-\iciiough it as patent .that Labour is far from, being satisfied wltt existing conditions, and hopes for sf ill higher wages and more, improved conditions oi labour, ; thejee is .-no denying the tac^ that some of the legislatibh passed solely iij' jhe interest- of the workers defeats tlie object in- view. Some of the industries of the^dominion, suctt as. that of the ironworkers j

demand further protection to enable them to cope with the growing volume of importations in that branch of industry. The agitation of Labour not long ago succeeded in raioing the wages of cooks and waiteis, and one of the first results of that was to close a.lot. of restaurants where sixpenny meals .were supplied. Only the workers suffered by; the closing of those cheap restaurants. Large butchering . establishments were affected in the same way^ Raising the "wages of all-, employees.,:in , th^ butchering ■•■ business,-; together with reducing- the - hours i of. laboui-, ■ has led: .to .the closing of many shops • and throwing^.a considerable, number ot. i^ersons out of their means of. earning a : living. - The, Gear Company of Wellington, the founder ot which : died, a; .few days. .Ago, closed several'of their branch shops, notify^ ing- their clients <that.,' >j their-.", orders must be- sent in earlier order, to enable them, to be -.executed. : With suph incidents as we ; have, mentioned, taEing place ; throughout:, the dominion, there can be :no- room for doubt that* iv some; cases, at any^ late, • advanced labour .legislation has * defeated the object sought to be attained. The result recalls a remark made by -Mr: Ramsay, McDonaid, the great Labour- leader at Home, during .his :visit-to New Zealand. His. Labour admirers .: ia. .this . dominion Hocked around him and told of him, not only of the concessions that tfiey had won from Capital" and \ the Govqmment, but of what they were still after and intended 1 to; secure as their share of. the fruits of their labour. Vvliereupon Mr Ramsay. McDonald warned them' that .there >was such an unwise 1 thing as going- t00../fast- and top tar, and said that certain economic laws could not be disregarded • or violated- without bringing trouble in j their wake. ■ The distinction...: ■ was probably too fine drawn to properly impress his-Labour admirers;' but the tact is being realised that if the prices of commodities are being raised all round throukh the rise in wages and the shortening' of the hours bf labour,' the consumer • will naturally, buy the cheapest articles he can get., it is useless to expect anything., like .public' spirit" to 'enter into such matters. Men and »>vomen can always be relied upon to buy in the cheapest market, no matter who sufters; and: so long- as foreign impoiiation.s. increase, local industries must suffer in proportion, and a corresponding. ' number ' of dominion workers go idle. Also.' as' long, as Labour imagines that' it is on the right track in raising ' wages • and shortening the. hours, of: work, so long will every Government' play into the hands of Labour, to secure its votes. The Seddon Government did it in cue most /barefaced manner; the Vv ard Government grovels to the vote just as bad; so/will almost any Government that we may set up..' We see no hope from increased protection, which is, aimed at alike by Labour and .Capital. There must first of all be a. reaction set in, such as is taking- place in Australia already, ! or a. ..rearrangement .of. political parties..: Powerful as 'the potentialities of Labour are. it as a; little fortunate for this dominion that the workers arc, .Taf ter .all, very human,, and disagree most cordially., .amongst themselves. Their brands" of political be- . lief are.; almost as numerous, arid rather more interesting. than those of the various religious sects. There are about Jive or six different Labour parties who would give some trouble to get them to work together. There are the ,Trades . Council organisation: the NeW Zealand Federation of. Lab--1 our (an; ultrarSocialist combination); the New Zealand ..Socialist Party, the bocial Democrats; the mass of Unionists not affiliated with the Trades council;. besides a large~ boay of uri- ' lonists, excluding- that belonging to the Socialist groups.. .The party 1 has also its conservatives and radicals. It will be no easy matter to" make all * these. discordant sections unite for the accomplishment of a common object so long -as each continues to maintain salaried officers !and advisers.- A very similar discordance is uecoming manifest • amongst the Labour party of Australia. The bitterest opponents of the Labour Governnents there are Mr l J eter Bowh'ng and other disappointed Labour heroes -like' him.. The real {<sesame" to open and free the industrial world of Australasia will neither be found in a crusade for high protection nor for higher wages and shorter hours. The only, road to relief .-will be found, by cheapening the , price .. of land and making it available to the industry of th.c people. The prosperity of this dominion and of the . Australian States has followed in proportion to the taxation of land values. The bacKwardness .of .all these communities has always been in. proportion; to the quantity, of ..land locked., up. Put a ' sufficient tax upon the land, and an all-round improvement must, follow in the ordinary course. But the. average .Government, of this dominion seem to have as .wholesome a dread of the land monopoly,class, as. of the Labour Vote, and try to. please both.

i Mr J. D. Gillies yesterday took office as Engineer to the Greymouth Harbour Board. . i. The following- were- passengers foi Miss Taylor ; ' Mesdames Kirk, - 6. ' p. Chris tchurch on Monday morning:— Wilson, Tunnell, . Tainui, E, O r Derrett, H. Davies, Egan, F. Freitas, S. R. Prisk, Ryde ; Messrs T- Thomas, T. E. Tayl6r, M.P.V E. O. Derrett, J. C. Collins, G. E. Butler,: T. G. Milton, A. Fehsenfeld, B. DowelL V. Domell, H. A. Petersen, T. Higgins ,W. Wass, T. West, J. Tainui, •"' J. P. Smith, Ti W. Lyons, W. H. young, J. Priest; John : Galtie, James Mclntpsh, :T. 'Palmer, H. Palmed. -A. Palmer and .G. Kirk. „ . • •; . . • "Lest you forget, ;) let us remind £ou that the range of dress goods which Trathen and Co. arc -now shb.vIng are a- sound reality and no fable. Dress tweeds ..in all colourings from Is 9d to'^s'-'Gd'-per 'yata.' MvPavy serge's 42in wide Is 9d to 3s 9d. Navy coatings 54in. wide 3s 3d,-, 4s 9d, 5s arid 5s lid per yard. Cream radianta, uriand snlend i id.',.waHhinjr; mat : . erial "2=; .6d and 2s llcl por yard. Al^n a fine rnnsro of Ycadv to wear tw^d ro^nimos 'w-n its •(> 70s e-^rh. Nnto nri/lr"--;?: ' r «->inon jm.l 'Coy.. •Bbiirrtn r y c;4^^.,r „ .a.i,^ .■■■■' ". ' '■ b\.auJcy Ji.Obs. yu €x caai'iji; oi .hj.vlh^- luuccunay übsuuiiea a ; yuiuig iuUy Uax • W euiicsuay nigm. apiJcarcJ. m*.j ulV j ivxi xiuxysun, 0.->i-, on &aiuruuy, vi Westpur't,' and aher cviaence .vi liiainun ana witnesses, ' las ang uotu j!u.ou a.m. to o.m, p.m., Had Dccii heard, accused was committed tor trial to the next sittmg of the Supreme Court. Jiail, accused £iUU, arid one surety of was allowed. '■ * Regulations for admiriisteririg .he Gold Miners'. Belief Fund have been gazetted. ' In case of incapacity thirbtigh accident a miner is to.be paid '4s 6d weekly, while permanent incapacity will entitle him to a grant not exceeding In case of fatal in- - jury the fund may be utilised to pay funeral expense.s, and an additional sum not exceeding £15 to the widow or other near relative of the deceasr cd. -.- :;- ■ : .-; --. ..; /-. ; The death took place on Monday of Mr Joseph Maisp, a very-pld/and'^.well-known resident of Hbkitiika for many years/ The^deceased, who was .^.native of Poland 'and : 71 years -of ; age, came to the West Coast 38tyears.ago. A widow and grown, up family are left tp mourn their loss. The deceased had been in ill health forsoirie months The funeral takes 'place .this • af terP^on. Stanley Ross, on, a charge of, having indecently iassaulfed a : young" lady last Wednesday night, . appeared before Mr Rawson, S.M. : at "Westport on Saturday, and after evidence ;of plaintiff- and - witnesses, lasting from ip.3o a.m., to 5.15.,- p.m., had been ; heard, accused was "♦committed for trial to the next sittings : of the Supreme Court. Bail, accused .£IOO, and one surety, of £100 .was allowed. • The sad news was received in Hokitika on Monday (says -trie Guardian) of the death at Auckland, on Sunday afternoon, of Mrs Jacomb, wife of ;JVif F. Jacomb, and fourth . .daughter (Mina) of Mrs and .the late Hon. Jas. Holmes, of Hokitika. ...Word , was ] received last week thaV Mrs Jacomb was suffering from typhoid' fever, but it was only on Saturday; night news was received that caused Mrs Holmes to leave .by the overland coach on Monday morning- en ; rgute: t tp n Auckland, and then it was "not known that there was any . actual danger, the news received coming as a great shock to the . family ;■.. and, the., numerous friends. Very sincere sympathy will be extended to the' ibe'reaved husband, young daughter and • relatives left to mourn their loss. - The' deceased was a bright and winsome young lady who was highly esteemed. . She was a native of Hokitika and about 28 Years of age. 'ihe annual meeting of the ."West.' Coast Tennis Association was heiu last Saturday 'evening^ Mr A". ±C. Wilson, of Westport,. presiding. The report and balance "sheet was 'read and adopted. Officers were elected as follows : — President— -J. Ferguson r mouth). Vice Presidents— Dri Hall\yright (WestpprtJ, J. D/Lynch (Uni 7 ted), D. Teichelmann (Hokitika),- A. N. Harrop .(All Saints), Hon; Secretary and Treasurer J. . H. Harkness (Westport), Delegate to, the New Zealand Association. F.. H. B. Fisher, M;P., (Wellington).- Vice-President New Zealand Association, Dr. Teichelmann .(Hokitika).- Auditor, F. Kitchingham (GreymoutH). It was resolved that the, next ' annual tournament be , held. ; in Greymouth, and the two in Gfeymbuth be asked to conduct the tournament.- ■ " The audacity of the llailway . t>cparcmem, and the patience or tlie people are uuyond compare, l estcxuj, in anucipativii Oi <i • ia.rg'c uuu.oc'r or visiiorb to jvuuxaVa'- xvaGcS a : special train vvub put c^ li-om ivjireyuiouih \to j^ojcit^ica leaving at u.ao a.m: ihis. was a iuii truiH. -±>y the V.&O a large riuimocr uiau iruvcilca. iiUt,- wliiit aoout iric return tripr iiveryone is expected io pdCK into the oruinary train iroin xioKitiKit. lnis train arrived at J^-u----mara at b.^u as usual, and shoula have lett at 0.2». ■ iiui tnere were enough people waiting;, to fill the trtun twice over. Anyhow they packed in like sardines. After humbugging about till seven o'cioclc, three or tour carriages were tacked on, \vheri it was found there were no lamps to them. Consequently they travelled in darkness, and save-fpr a mere handful, practically empty. ; ■ -uurchison residents dre very hopeful oi uwen mining jtield ' turning out something quite exceptional. Ve^y' rich alluvial prospects nave been obtained over a large extent of couh- . try. Murcb^isbn'ahdbuUy ing. districts are progxessinjg; rapidly on- .the streng-th' "of vthis ' great firidi' and tic line agricultural and pastoral, iesources of the district, in the course of a year or two Maruia district should be able to 'supply all the wants' of the West Coast and something more in the way of sheep and cattle.— 'News. Dr Arthur Newsholme, the medical of the Local Government' Board in a special report on infant, arid child mortality, issued last year, discussed remedies. He asserted that the efficient administration of the* .Midwives Act, the adoption of the Noti- ._ of Births Act, and of additional arrangeriierits for givinlg instruction in infant; liygiene were ur- . gently 'called for- in thee countries in which infant mortality is excessive. The most strikirijii . feature . of. 'the quarterly return' 'by ■ the - Registrar^ General issued at;the end-of -June, . 1910, was the record decline in infant , mortality. Measured by the';.proportion of deaths urider one year C«f age to registered births, this mortal-: ity was equal; to . 19, ; j pej-^^QPQ^^Jjelow th« average "for the - ten gre'eedirig quarters, aiid,, the lowest infantile deafh-rate recorded in any year since the establishment of civil registration. ..■-■'■ /

Alex. Lennie is still at the Club.--For Influenza take Woods' Gi-eat Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is Gd and 2s Gd.— Advt. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods'. Great Peppermint Cure. Is 66 and 2s Gd. — AaVt. Miss Dora Biackmore,. now of Feilding, is on a, visit to her mother in Greymouth. ' The Brisibane 'Chamber of Commerce is supporting- the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce In jirotesting* against the ratification of the Declaration of London. \ , • . ■ ; . The Democratic caucus, which now controls the House of Representatives, has decided to pass the Reciprocity Bill first, and later to pass a Bill amending'' the- tariff so that farmers' necessities- will be placed on the free list. The reciprocity bill will.be put through unaltered. Mr Staniforth Smith, Administrator of Papua, reports that there ate undoubtedly large deposits of coal. in Papua, tout that it is in rough'country. Barges cannot be taken within seventy .miles of the deposits, and it is doubtful if the fields would be pay-' able. • , ■ . Mr Asquith (Prime Minister) and Mr Balfour (Leader of the Opposition) will speak" at a citizens' meeting at the Guildhall on the 28th inst. on the unlimited arbitration proposals of President Taft and Sir' Edward <Grey ( British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.) . A Ministerial party visiting Broken Hill was entertained at ; a luncheon. Two leading union officials refused to stand to honour the toast of "The King." The (presence of ladies - prevented a demonstration.' The Ministers were much offended by the incident. - : Duke" of Edinburgh Hotel-r-50 . .ooras, newly fitted .throughout; - accommodation second >to none on the Coast; tariff 6s -a day; arrangement, by ihe week J. J. O'Brien, propriet or. — AdvL. S. I. Beton; to clear his summei stock, will offer over 1000 bargains at prices that will surprise everyone. ;, The first that come will secure the pick of this great bargain sale. S I. Bctqn, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth —Advt. Aitken and Peters have . just landed direct from England all th" new season's goods for winter wear. Ilv smartest goods in ladies dress skirts, underskirt's, dress goods, Housings, v furs and muffs, Norfolk ■ jerseys, • blouses, = hosiery, etc., a really splendid display in all fashionable winter goods. (Aitken and Peters, Up-to-d:ii«' _ drapers^— Advt. ... . ■ The second lot of new Autumn hats just to hand. A special lucky purchase brought by our London buyer. Trimmed Paris models 15s 6d up. Semi trimmed ready to; wear hats 4s 6d, 5s 6d. 7s 6d.: Children's millinery a special lot. 4s< 6d, 5s 6d up to 9s 6d. Is in the £ discount. W. McKay and Son, leading drapers Mawhera Quay, Greymouth and Hokitika. — Advt. - The. new furs and blouses li>r Autumn wear, single furs 2s 6d, 3s 6d up. Fur sets, the new kind from 35s to ,£l2 the set. Blouses in • plain and the new knitted kind 5s 6d, 6s 6d and 8s 6d. Is in the £ discount. W. McKay and • Son, the leading drapers- and clothiers, Gr^y mouth and Hokitika.— -Advt. When coughs distract you every day, To pain and suffering you're a prey ; Just go .and get without delayWoods' Peppermint Cur«. . You'll find yourself in. one short' night Become quite well again and bright; You'll shout — your henrt will feel so light: "Woods' Pepnermint Cure." There is one man who . will leave the Dominion with a very favourable opinion of it. It is Baron von Droste, who has been on an extended visit to New Zealand and is returning to the Fatherland. Writing to a friend, he says: "I have now seen most of New Zealand, and I 'have formed the conclusion that we. have not a country in the whole of Europe like it." Our new season's ladies paletots and tweed coats for beauty and style, altogether excell our previous showing in these goods, which wo always specialise in. We have just received about ninety or one hundred different coats to select from, direct from the best English manu faoturers, 'bought at bedrock prices and are to be sold at much lo\v:»r prices than we could do them for ii bought in the Dominion^ We cordi ally invite inspection of our new season's importations. Aitken — ' Peters, genaral drapers, Mackav. St. • Advt. J. Donaldson, of Victoria, regained the sprint championship of the world by defeating Holway, the American, by three yards'in 100, the time being lOsecs. Last year at Johannesburg, Donaldson beat A. B. Postle by 2-J yards, and it was said covered the distance in 9|secs, the' fastest time in which it has " ever been accomplished. He liad pnevious'Ky himself been credited with 9 3-ssec for the 100 yards, and with 'the world's record of llisec for 120 yards. • The furnishing of a. home £.onct;ail\: entails the expenditure of much time and much money. To lessen the 'oi mer, to. assist everyone, >to make :i satisfactory choice, and; to furnish economically, Ballantynes have Ire pared a catalogue of pictured carpets, bedsteads and eveiy s ptior. of soft quods furnishings. • lMs \v ill be sent you on request, and ir.py be the instrument! which will ive ■» or time, trouble and money. From it you tell us what you like and we buy it for you; or we send patterns arid estimates, taking the whole r it K. : As all purchases are returnable nf not approved t of;> country- patrons thus ; shop with' almost the same ■ i«d'Vintages as,, their city neighbours, at. Bal- ' lantyncs, Christchurch. — Advt.

The Reefton Jockey Cluib are holding their Autumn Meeting on Thursday. 27th and Friday 28th, for which record nominations have ibeen received. First class racing should ibe witnessed. ' Mr Thomson addresses the public at the Opera House on Monday, April 24th. The subject Prohibition Fruitful of Drunkenness and condemned by. history and experience.. In January last, the Swiss Government'informed Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, that it intended authorising towns in Switzer land to have freezing' facilities and to import meat. . . It is with deep regret that we record the death of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Absalom ,of High St., which passed away on Easter Monday, after a short illness. The little one was a 'bright happy child and was only ill for about four days. The father is the son of Mr and Mrs Absalom ,of Reefton, and the mother is the daughter of Mr W. Nuttall, of Coal Creek. The .bereaved parents have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. ' In America they have a fine new name for the person who is always nosing into other people's business. They call him a "rubber." An Englishman in a New York street car the other rday was attracted by the extraordinary appearance of a baby in arms whose mother was seated oppo- . site him. He could not kep his eves off the child, arid the <m other, growing angry,. leaned forward and hissed out, "rubber !" "Thank the Lord, madam," exclaimed" the Englishman, "I thought it was real." ■ The painting, of the Grey River Hospital is proceeding- apace. Mr Fass has completed his contract to the satisfaction of the hospital trustees and the only requirement being the painting of the roof. Mr Fass is a recognised tradesman and can be relied on to do excellent work. ; The painting of the roof of the Hospital was let to other contractors who hnve failed to carry out the work. Mr Fass is prppared to rarrv. out the remaining- work at the figure quoted. ,bv him. :