The Westport Times. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1873.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1081, 17 June 1873, Page 2

The Westport Times. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1873.

A list of the names of tlio applicants for sections, who hold sites along the river frontage, from Kennedy street to Cobden street, is published in another column, and intimation given that their attendance is requested at the Warden's office. Their claims first disposed of, it may be presumed that other applications will be then dealt with. A. meeting was held last evening, at the Empire Hotel, to hear an expression of views from members of the Hokitika Committee f>rmcd to promote railway communication by main trunk lino from Nelson to the Bluff (Invercargill). Much valuable information was given, the co-operation of the Westport Railway Coinmitteo invited, and accorded. Further details are crowded out of this issue. Diptheria has mada its appearance in Westport, and one promising lad, the son of Mr Virtue, died last week from its effects, and two other children in the same family are suffering from tha malady. It has been deemed necessary to "close the Sunday Schools for a time, and also the Government day school, parents dreading the chances of the disease spreading. The' faculty recommend, as preventive measures, plenty of exercise on fine days, generous diet, good clothing and dry feet, and above all things perfect isolation of children effected. News from the Mokihinui is most tncournging. The further the reefs are penetrated the riehor the stone becomes, and tie district promises to be the richest tmong the many rich quartz districts on t ie Weßt Coast. We have in our office a splendid sample of maize, grown by Mr Hassell at the Waimangaroa. The cob measures eleven inches in length, and is seven and a-half inches in circumference, and eve«y grain therein is firm, well for.nerd, and perfectly ripened. The sample is- quite squal to Victorian grown maize, and proves conclusively that under favoring circu itf staces crops might be profitably produced ia this district-

For the information of anxious parents, Mr Martin, of Nelson street, has begged us to publish a description of a method of curing diptheria, practised in Victoria-. We cannot 'find room for the entire paragraph this issue, but it will appear in our next. The remedy, shortly stated, is this '-. A largo toaspoonful of flour of brimstori'e well amalgamated in a wine glasfc full of <vat r, and used as a gargle j the patient thereafter swallowing the mixture. In extreme eases sulphur to be blown into the throat from a quill. Inhalation of the fumes of burning sulphur will also cause the fungus forming in the throat to die. The washing up of the >Ve<»lth of Nations last crushing gave 2240 z.i of retorted gold. This resulted from a crushing lasting three weeks and two days. The manager reports having struck another well defined reef 15 feet to the West of the present tunnel.

More nuggets from the Mokihinui! News came to town yesterday, that Jack Anderson, the ferryman at the Mokihinui, who recently fossicked out a large nugget in or about Maori Creek, and another man are bringing down some nuggets altogether thirty ounces in weight. During the recent flood in the tipper Grey, the ford at the Little Grey Junction was changed considerably. The new ford is some distance up the river, towards the Ikamatua, and nearly behind O'Malley's farm. It is understood instructions have been given to have a track made on both banks of the river to the new ford, and flags are to be erected to indicate the proper place to take the crossing. Mr Thomas Joyce, of Greymouth, for publishing a letter in the Grey River Argus, reflecting upon the action of Mr Rowland Davis, Inspector of Weights and Measures, has been accused of libel and committed, on bail, for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Hokitika. Sections are held in Palmerston street for big prices, £GO and .£7O being about the average quotation for first-class sites, and £3O to £4O for second rate. £lO was given yesterday for two feet frontage by the holder of a quarter section, who had not room thereon to erect his building. Efforts are being made in Christchurch to establish a permanent orphanage in connection with the Roman Catholic Convent. A report is current that Mr Hall the newly appointed manager of the Ajax Company, has tendered his resignation. Mr Cannon, bandmaster of the Greymouth Town Band has been arrested, and charged with lunacy. He had mysteriously disappeared about a fortnight ago, and was at last found in the bush on the north beach. The Nelson Evening Mail complains that the arrival and departure of steamers on the West Coast is not at all regularly posted at the Telegraph Office in Nelson. A movement has been set afoot in Nelson to memorialize the General Assembly to extend the franchise to all adult male lodgers in households. The Nelson Inland Communication Committee have appointed Mr Sayle to accompany Mr Calcutt in his examination of the country which it' is proposed the province should hand over to the Colonial Government for the railway. The Government Gazette of June sth contains a proclamation calling the Parliament of New Zealand together, at Wellington, on 15th July. It appears that they can cure diptheria in South Australia. Several cases of malignant diptheria have occurred in various parts of the colony lately, in some cases affecting more or less whole families. In one instance the father, mother, and all the children had narrow escapes of their lives, and one son, just beginning to reeover after a most severe attack, was so bad that it was necessary to force a small mop-shaped instrument with sulphurous acid down the throat, causing large pieces of leathery substance to be emitted therefrom. The remedy was effectual. It may not be out of place to state that sulphurous acid is considered a most essential remedy, for use either raw to the diseased part, or diluted and used as a gargle. The remedy may also be conveniently applied by the use of a small glass spray blowing instrument similar to that used for scattering perfume, or it may be even administered, a few drops at a time, on a lump of sugar. Leader and local matters unavoidably held over.

The ceremony attendant on the turning of the first sod of the Greymouth and Brunner railway passed off with much eclat on Wednesday last. According to the Grey Weekly Press the procession included nearly all the Greymouth population. It was headed by a battalion of infantry, some eight or nine hundred juveniles in holiday costume. Then followed the police, the Town Band discoursing martial music, the several local Societies, the officers and members of the Greymouth Bangers, the members of the Press, officers of the Civil Service, Engineers and Surveyors, Justices of the Peace, the Bench and Bar, the Clergy, Members of the Borough Council of Greymouth and Hokitika, the Members of the Legislative Council, the Mayors of Greymouth and Hokitika, Members of the Eailway Ceremony Committee, and the general public, numbering many hundreds. Mr W. H. Harrison performed the ceremony of cutting the sod and trundling it along a plank, in the orthodox fashion, and then addressed the people congregated, making a congratulatory speech. At the conclusion of his remarks, three cheers were called for Mr Harrison, for the contractor, for the Mayor of Greymouth, the Mayor of Hokitika, and for Mr Vogel, which were all heartily responded to by those present. The school children then sang the National Anthem, aud three cheers were given for the Queen. A free luncheon was spread in the transit shed, and beef, bread, and beer, in unlimited quantities vanished with magic speed. Afterwards a banquet was held at Gilmer's Hotel, and in the evening a ball was given which was attended by at least a hundred and fifty persons. Every arrangement was of the most complete kind, and the celebration passed off with the utmost success.

Dr Carr is in the Eeefton district astonishing tho natives. The published returns of Post Office Savings Banks transactions throughout the Colony, for the quarter ending 31st March last, show 3 £136,415 9s Id, as deposited, and £101,009 8s 6d, as withdrawn. The figures for the corresponding quarter in 1572 were £103,896 18s 7d, deposits, and £81,205 19a Bd, withdrawn. The total number of Money Orders issued was 11,923, representing in value £50,495 7s Bd, as against 9*20 issued for the corresponding quarter in 1872, and amounting to £39,444 ss. The total number of monev orders paid during the quarter was 8?27, in value .£37,597 3i 10dy as against 6500 for the first quarter in 1872, amounting to £27,839 8s Bd. Tho savings bank business in West--port for tho last quarter, shows,- 412,313 2s O'd deposited, and £4,147 ltfs 4d withdrawn, the excess of withdrawals over deposits being £1834 16s lOd. At Greymtfuth £770

Is 9d was withdrawn in excess of deposits. At all other offices the balance has been in favor of depositors. The number of money orders issued at Westport during the quarter was 342 for a total of .£1,457 15s sdj and the number paid was 146 for a total 61 JE7OS 9s 9d.