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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 April 1901, Page 2

Gilbert Bros, watchmakers and jewellers, liave opened in those premises next door to Mr Yarrel's shop in Tainui Street. Particulars see our advertising columns.

The following were elected a committee for the Hatters, Nelson Creek, school for the ensuing year : Patrick O'Brien, Henry Williams, Richard Larkin, John Flaherty, Patrick Moran, Thos, Magee and Dominick Coll. Mr. O'Brien was elected chairman and secretary. The Municipal elections with all their misrepresentations are over and we have ascertained that the members are still firm in their determination to submit the question of site for the Town Hall to the ratepayers. This may possibly suprise a number of the ratepayers of what was formerly the West Ward who whore led to believe that it would be different.

The Premier (says the New Zealand Times) tells a good story of'his visit to Palmerston North recently. Before the speechifying commenced in connection with tho unfurling of the flag at the school grounds, a four year old son of a leading supporter climbed on his knee, and after he had put tho child down, Miss Seddon asked the boy if be knew who was nursing him. Tho child looked up, as if surprised at such ignorance, and replied, "Of course, that was Dick!" The recent Government census of India contains a remarkable statement in reference to youthful marriages. Thereare in that country 0,01(1,759 girls between 5 and D years of age who have been or are wives. Over 170,000 of them are widows.

It has been found in the Congo that elephants are so destructive of telegraph wires, which they tear down, as well as uprooting the posts, that the Congo Government lias decided on establishing a service of wireless telegraphy. The Mayors of cities in New Zealand receive at times some peculiar requests. The Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch received by the San Francisco mail a request from a Canadian merchant for a local paper, and any immigration literature published with regard to New Zealand.

A Nelson telegram states that during the last two days five thousand acres of land at Tadmor, in tin Midland Railway area, have been secured by forty-one applicants. The land is about twenty miles from the railway.

According to the Oporto correspondent of the Times, Portugal, like Spain has been excited over a case in which a young lady has been induced against the wishes of her friends to enter a convent. The Portuguese Government stopped all telegrams upon the subject, although a fierce newspaper controversy was raging and street disturbances had arisen. WADE'S TEETHING POWDERS for babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price 1/-

A persistent rumour lias been current for some time (says the Manawatu Times) that Mr W. T. Wood, of Palmerston North, is to be called to the Upper House, and the Star gives currency to the statement as a matter of fact. The Cornwalls are to be looked after by no less than sixty policemen en route ti'Om Auckland to Dunedin.

11. T. Styche who wanted to assist his wife into another stage of existence, is now learning the bakery business at Government expense, and is likely to be an expert baker when his time is up. Befcrring to the paragraph which appeared in the N. Z. Times with regard to the pilfering at the wreck of the Ariadna, the Oamaru Mail states that it has the authority of the Captain of the Ariadne, the collector of Customs and Lloyd's agent, for stating that there is no ion for the remarks.

A Wellington paper says that an influential man is now getting goods free for two months for having recommended a certain dealer for a J.P.-ship.

The new Nelson Harbour Board negatived a proposal that they should call for tenders from lawyers for their legal work. The following census returns are available :—Borough of Westport, 2922; Karamea Biding, 816: Wareatea North Biding, 2699 ; Lyell Biding, 308 ; Wareatea South Biding, 542 ; Charleston Biding, 459 ; total, 774<*>.

Following announcement causes a good deal of interest: —According to the Christchurch Press, letters received by the last mail from the Hon. W. P. Beeves, Agent General for the Colony state that he will be back in New Zealand in time for the next general election. There has been from time to time a good deal of speculation as to Mr Beeves' return to the colony. Bumour has gone so far as to proclaim that the Premier would be his successor as Agent-General. Wairoa is pleased. The Guardian states:—"We believe Mr Duncan's visit will result in great good to tho district. Ho impressed himself on all who heard him as an earnest practical man, and one not given to making promises he had not the remotest intention of carrying out.

Some valuable treasures, which were picked up from the bottom of the sea off Cerigo, have been deposited io the Ministry of Public Instruction, at Athens. Two small statues of boys in copper and a large statue representing Hermes are the principal finds. These masterpieces are authoratively pronounced to bei>ng to the Praxiteles epoch, and are very beautiful.

A few weeks ago Dr Long, who was stated to be acting on behalf of the Irish Church Missionary Society with a view to obtaining the custody of a child wlioso father had become Protestant, was followed through Limerick by a crowd of several hundred people and assaulted, flour being thrown at his wife and himself. The police had to interfere for his protection.

To keep the streets clean in snowy weather an ingenious American has constructed a kind of furnace on wheels, fed by pctraleum, and supplied with an iron fan-shaped shield, which projects in front a series of burners a few inches above the roadway, the snow on which is quickly dissolved by the heat radiated downwards. Rotary brushes sweep the melted snow into the gutters. The amount of coal raised annually in the United Kingdom now amounts to more than 220 million tons. A rise of one penny per ton in the price of coal thus represents nearly one million pounds. If this enormous output is continued, Dr Lc Neve Foster, H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines, states that a coal famine will be felt within the lives of the present generation.

Seventeen "Moderate" and 33 Progressive candidates for the London County Council signed a declaration in favour (1) of giving precedence to housing over all other London questions; and (2) of introducing as a primary step a complete system of transportation radiating from congested centres, which shall be cheap, rapid, and owned by the Council. This is on lines originally proposed by Mr Charles Booth.

While digging in the public recreation grounds at Paversham the other day, a gardener came upon tin which, on examination, was found to contain a cheque for £94, a large number of postal orders, and some rings and watches, The latest of the ordors dated back 10 yoars.

Lord Hopetoun, in the course of an interview in Melbourne said:—"With regard to my intentions I may say that I have decided to remain in Melbourne now untill the close of tho visit of their Royal Highnesses. When they leave Melbourne for Sydney, I shall go back to Sydney in order to entertain them there during their visit. I anticipate being absent from Melbourne for a fortnight, and shall' then return, and remain here during the session of the Federal Parliament. That is a course which I am adopting, I may add, oh the advice of Mr Chamberlain."

The appointment of Colonel Ward, of the Army Service Corps, to the Permanent Under-Secretaryship at the War Office, is regarded with much favour in tho Old Country. Colonel Ward has proved his high ability as an organiser. Sir George White summed up his genius in the commissariat department at Ladysmith, with the declaration that "he was tho best supply officer since tho days of Moses." On the march tp Pretoria from Rloemfontein, and afterwards, Colonel Ward rendered Lord Roberts most valuable service.

Among remarkable frauds that for which William Charles Browning is now undergoing by sentence of tho County of London Sessions, nine months' imprisonment, stands out prominontly. He simulated illness, and succeeded in securing a death certificate, but tho docter calling at the house found not a corpse, but a cleverly-arranged dummy, and Browning having shaved off his moustache, posing as tho brother. Prisoner had insured himself for £2OO.

According to Queensland's EcgistrarGencial, out of 8729 Kanakas (in the year 1899), 8-17 died, or :i'J per 1000. Japs perish at the rale of :)7 per 1000; Javanese at 57 per 1000; Chinese only 7 per 1000. Now, as the white man dies oil' at about 12 per 1000, the above figures would seem to discount the statement that aliens are specially adapted for labour in the topiss. WADE'S WORM FIGS are mar effective and not unpleasant; ch most thrive after taking them. Price lildren. To bo bad at Griffen and Smith's Union Store a choico assortment of spring' flowering bulbs, comprising the following well-known kinds:—Crocuses, Ancmooes, Tulips. Narcisien, Snowllakcs, Ireseas, and other numerous varieties.-—Advt.

When stormy wind and wintry blast, Affect minkindwith hacking cough, They think consumption's come at last, 'Twill not bo long before they're off. SomepDople goto mountain heights, And others where the skies are bluer; But what will soon put them to rignts, Is W. E. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Having 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.

While conducting service in Manchester in connection with the great "Simul. taneous Mission" in England, the health of the Rev Hugh Price Hughes, the distinguished Wesleyan minister, broke down and he was compelled to give up the work. The London Christian World fears that the break down "is of a nature that will incapacitate him for some time."