GREYMOUTH LETTER.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7525, 15 April 1890, Page 2

GREYMOUTH LETTER.

[PROM OOE COIUUSSPONDENT.I Much sympathy has been o*n«fl prl J s ' our Hokitika friends on the £S?_S *» sustained by the late diSr* which destroyed so many SIT ** eluding the Duke of EdluWh tFV* one of the best of its kind £ A» Agreat gap has been made in ?L tL° S| ' The column of .moke was ob_iVv__ *?**• the signal station here shorthr Jl 1 * 0 ! 8 o'clock on the morning of * Mr Guinness sent a copy of \f» r ~ plan of Point Elizabeth h5,_S Excellency the Governor al_oSf__? Ei * with a request that he wffi h^ 9ago { enough to forward it on to .SaH authorities. A reply has h««n h ? m from His PrtiaU-V*"!** stating that Lord Onslow fij *™**m plan with tho necessary the The Lordsof the Admiralty. MrGnf«i° n 1° adopting this course lS'J»««l« the right thing under the SS.SjjS?* as it may lead to the AdnEl _"?*• somethingin the direction ofgSLfe vey made of the locality, & c . "°**Wi> The old barges aro underuoln!. ,„„ , and the tug is under orders to Westport ¥or the drcdgY/i? mSAt* long deferred river improveaX o ik about to be taken in Kd ITettS ordinary amount of delay has occuaS?" the matter, which has been verv_S h and at the same time dXSft the interests of the port. A rate _SL™ to have been adopted that when anvfffi public work is authorised months must elapse before a start l 3 this, at all events, is our experience »y in has naturaUy created a bitter fefi towards those of tho Government de 3 ments which are held to be priin_i_JiJ! The Rev. Air Giffen preached his tmwell sermons on Sunday last to h___ congregations, and by a coineldWtfi! Rev. Mr Simpson, Presbyteriw _ftf r at Brunnfcrton, did the same. Th« reverend gentlemen were both e_txet_»w popular, owing to their liberal Views _j pleasant manners, we therefore part at*/ them very reluctantly, and hope *•£ successors will emulate them In k respect. lam given to understand, ba, ever, that Mr Simpson goes to Dunaadign complete his studies, and his psoslsd Brunnerton have decided to keen _* position open for him for six montk [s the event of his electing to return st m end of that time.

The demolition of the gadget hswrnath improved our wharf accomtnodstM an extra berth is now available oh 5 emergency, and the 'harbour staff m enabled to shift vessels up or down tS wharf without incurring the risk of tate their lives in tho attempt. The Wfeil the old square iron tracks art Mvi shipped to Westport to replace the wtwfejt ones at present in use there/and ths f* maluder will be fixed up on frafflfisfld axles to be made for the p«rpo» to Addihgton workshops. The 'Biagpen which nave superseded the formal on ilk line are a great Improvement, ss they *» lifted oiT the trucks and lowered Into we hold, discharging their contents wlthosit injury to the coal. We have had so many- holidays recently that it will tnko some Urn for coal mining and other rasters to right themselves. Easter Blow day will be the last idle day, and gWen a fairly good autumn, tho trade ot ti\a port should soon recover Itself, provided, of course, the. Grey Valley Coal Company manage a little better than the?have awa during the last month or six weeks. Tn»* the new companies, including the Blackball,wlll start operations in due have not the slightest doubt, and whoa they do it will make a wonderful dlffeicnrt in bur shipping and export trado, iw Ui* present monopoly will find It necesssvy «i bestir themselves if they desire to nsufctain their position. The obstructive tactia adopted by Government and tho RailMj Commissioners have acted as a temporur eheok, but as we are determined to m* come fcbem at any cost, we feel constfeOaf __llCCCfft9« Out Brunnerton friends are certainly ahead of Greymouth iai musical matlerii, for In addition to the two excellent baa bands—the Dobson aud Brunner-(W have started a choral societf, *_** already consists of fifty members, m many more are to join who have »ot, m far, been able to attend tho meeting* m orchestra is at present represented bfW violins, violoncello, cornet, twoil_»3_3a btfsm, the last-named instrument taw* sided over by Mra Buckby, a lad>;tf m musical attainaaents. $he Socaety «is begun well, and promises to bai si cr* success, much interest beta? tote is v by the people generally. The _«{»«£ Society is bu*y practising, but It hboUJ under the disadvantage of tanwf orchestra, though it is hoped Ms! Br*} the conductor, will succeed in gwttiflg together in course of time. «. ft is many months since w» to»J* bar, but the recent dry westerly seas and very poor Ud« »V£ eftecfc of blocking the port ag-sto*" larger claß9 of Teasels tot tm ** wg days. SBut it was merely after such a long run of good !«*"£,_ no cause to complain. A would do a lot of good just no* ing away the accumulat on <_«g J" shingle j the weather having brA««JJ quite possible we shall have «» *-£ gratified in this respect before tea? J &c other hand, these peH^ ic f,fS have their disadvantages, too, » of disorganising our overland mall *v**> Which has been carried oat with «w« * guiarityfora long time past, Jff'JJfei hoped the repairs and have recently been made in t»V£'_4 church road will enable tho through where it was frequently «£cai. last year during the prevaierjee *«■ weather. , --.unata I am sorry it should devolve. upea call attention so frequently.J*. matters In connection with oar l^f. Hi way management, but as it is i } Vs do so in the interest of the P"™. __,__,» no other course open to mc. I »*•*?, fa : dealt with the necessity that f providing us with a new f m*i«_ *™\ O % The next thing that requires lookij* fc , the rolling stock; the carriages «m most disgraceful condition, and the vans are literally rotting „&. the whole lot should be made to look a little decent, if l* there is the shed accoanaiodiitwa «. wharf which is totally inadecr.-M* w ■ the requirements of the yovp, ±/* tO. was made some tune B_y« w * this would be attended to. we have not heard "f'Kftnwoß* about it. There K;»fJWg*» of parsimony exhibited in c^" pf with the administration o t W* ing line of railway that Is £ to* Jj «$ able, and I hope the Cotnm see their way to look Into the rnajw.*^. asiar as possible, remedy the eiu* plained of. ..,. _ 0 « & oees.I have written on more than oo» 0 sion in complimentary tcrnrt m &Sr Chinese residents M w "'ffliJi «bJ trlct. They aro a wall-behaved lot they assemble in considerable various times they eareruily «*£?%& # annoying passers by, in wf \°\' hoodluni elans au etumploln JJ'Jib And yet, withal, they meet with » at the hands of some of thejo j rascals, who appi'ar _l° n . n J ligUt in raole.-itina then wu tifey have «« «^ rt k n Snt have, fortunately,. a . Jj""??" 9& fJ«5 trate who, aeroreJy X__Vo\Z*sP broaight befomhlm on a m> ing or annoying a Clu.iaj nan fc la i has made an example of h& or three different, occanion-*,, wo acted'w v**\ t *JKJfJ?^ d JS &*K Major Keddell wHi\firmly *f%% 9 *£ course ,heyhf» ail^! L^t i„g m mea»ia we. haye oZ.|kouc(ih_ 6ffen-t?« oeopie.