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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 24 April 1901, Page 2

AVc again direct attention to the concert in aid of the Presbyterian Sunday School Funds. As the programme is a good one there is no doubt the church will bo crowded. The usual winter series of socials arranged by the Druids commence this evening, and there is no doubt they will be as successful this season as they have been during the past 20 years. Ono of our best known and deservedly successful tradesmen, Mr W. O'Kano, announces in this issue his intention of retiring from the bakery business which he has carried on for the past 25 years, having disposed of it to Messrs Quinlan and Blanchfield. They are both young men, the former having served his apprenticeship with and been in the employ of Mr O'Kane for 1:? years and the latter has for a number of years been collected with the firm of Grif'fen and Smith in the capacity of storcman. Both are very deserving young men, and wo are certain that the prestige already earned by Mr O'Kane of being ono of the best bakers in New Zealand will lose nothing in their hands. In the cablegram? in last night's issue, wo inadvertently headed up the cablegram relative to the Mutual Life Association's business with the words "A.M.P. Assuronco Society." Justice to both Offices necessitates our now placing matters clearly before our readers. The Mutual L : fo Association's new business for the year 1900 (per cablegram) was whereas tho A.M.P. Society's business for tho same period was £4,221,000. These figures speak for themselves. The Queen's statu? Fund at Dunodin has now reached ;£1,519 7s. Tho Napier Harbour Board has confirmed the recently passed by-laws reducing tho wharfage dues, although the motion was strongly opposed by the country section. No less than thirty-six fever cases have been dealt with in tho Poverty Bay district this season. Tho record number was sixty in 1898. The Ashburton " Standard" has changed hands, Mr Joseph Ivess having leased the paper to Mossrs Baxter and Higgias. Julius CiC3ar is not dead, or tuned to clay, but is siill a J. P. in the province of Hawke's Bay, Vido " Gazette " published last week.

Tee well-known native chief Topia. Turoa has received an invitation to attend the Commonwealth celebrations The old chief hag sent a reply to the effect that he is unable to accept tho invitatiou owing to his frail condition. It is understood, says a Punedin telegram, that the Boynl Commission on teachers' salaries will take evidence at the centres. By the terms of the Commission they have to report within forly daj-s, but they cannot complete their task properly in so short a time. It is not so much known as it ought to he, said the Chief Justice in passing sentence on a prisoner in Wellington, that probation is not given in this colony except the character of the applicant is known to be good. It is not sufficient that the person has not been previously convicted; he must be of good character. The Minister of Lands, in a proposed amendment of the Land Act, provides for the extension of the functions of land boards by giving them control of certain matters not now within their jurisdiction. In order to encourage the settlement of bush lands, it is proposed to remit the rents of settlers for the first two or three years, according to the nature of the bush to he felled.

For many years, says the "Wanganui Chronicle," the opinion- was held that the pumice land in the Taupo district was absolutely worthless from a producer's point of view. The experience, however, of a settler, shows conclusively that there has been a great misapprehension as to tho capabilities of the soil. The settlor in question is now growing various kinds of fruits on a piece of land which was long regarded as worthless. Some of his apples this season are fully twelve inches in circumference, and they and other fruits are said to bo of very fine flavour. The steamer Koyalist, now in 'Wellington, says the ".Post'' is something of an oddity in the shipbuilding line. She is of the turret pattern, which, being interpreted, mean 3 that instead of widening gradually up to the deck, she suddenly narrows in from just abaft tho bows right along to the stern, while the deck itself stands up in the centre and is considerably narrower tban tho total width of the ship. This, it is claimed, gives her a greater carrying capacity, than usual in proportion to her registered tonnage —in her ease something like 5300 tons capacity to 2000 tonnage. Below the deck the protruding sides of the vessel form a sort of ledge, on which a considerable quantity of timber or like cargo can bo carried. The deck space is, of course, cramped. Asked "How do you walk up and down here ?" an officer of tho vessel replied, "Well, wo just don't.'' Vaseline is no longer protected as a trade mark, a judge of the Chancery Division (England) having decided that the word is not one that can be registered as such, and it will therefore he removed, after having stood on the register since 1877.

Magistrates aro onpowcrcd to send drunkards to reformatory homes instead of to gaol if they consider it advisable. It is recognised that repeated committal to prison only increases or confirms tho inebriate's degradation without affording any possibility of improvement.

There is no prospect of any special valiio attaching to coins bearing the late Queen's effigy. The Times learns from the Royal Mint that upwards of 4,009,000 pence bearing the date HlOl have been issued, and that probably not fewer than twice as many again of the present pattern will .bo struck before now dies aro adopted. The two portraits by Vandyck, recently bought at the sale of the Peel heirlooms by Messrs Agnew for 24,250 guineas, have just been acquired by the Berlin Museum. They were masterpieces of Vandyck's Genoese period, and disappointment has been expressed that they were not secured for tho British national collection. WADE'S WORM PIGS are more effective and not unpleasant; ch most thrive after taking them. Price lildren To be had at Griffen and Smith's Union Store a choice assortment of spring flowering bulbs, comprising the following well-known kinds:—Crocuses, Anemones, Tulips. Narcisies, Snowflakes, Iresoaf, and other numerous varieties,—Adyx.

When stormy wind and wintry blast, Affect m inland with hacking cough, They think consumption's come at last, "Twill not bo long before they're off. Somep3ople go to mountain heights, And others whero the skies are bluer; But what wi'l soon put them to rignts, Is W. E. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure-

Earing secured the services of a lady who has gained her experience in some of the best houses in Melbourne, Messrs McKay and Son have much pleasure in drawing attention to their millinery department, which is now one of the most complete in Greymouth. We guarantee all orders entrusted to this department to give satisfaction. A complete stock of Mackintoshes, Jackets, Capes, Underclothing and Corsets, just to hand. —Advt. With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure WADE'S TEETHING POWDERS for babies are sooihing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Trice 1/-