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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 20 November 1901, Page 2

According to an applicant bsfore the Benevolent Trustees, the plumbing trade is slack in Wellington just now. A company is being formed at Napier to work a copper mine in tbe Ruahines, at tbe back of South Makaretu.

A bar of pig iron, costing £l, is worth £ll if made into needles, and £OSO in the shape of penknife blades. The change in British legal documents from "God Save the Queen" to "God Save the King," will cost a total of £400,000. la our issue of Monday in the 100 yardBlackball Handicap J. O'Brien, A. Grogan, J. Musson, J. Kodgers, and G" liiddiford receive seven yards start and not eight as printed, The water in the creek of Maori Gully was very high yesterday, and those in charge of the Maori Creek dredge had all their work cut out to prevent the machine being hampered.

In the Grondo and Volin districts of Russia there are about ten small Boer farm colonies, numbering from 400 to 500 inhabitants all told. They -were founded in 1820 by emigrants from Holland.

A contemporary seriously states that during Sir Hector Macdonalr's visit to a town in the South Island, the local gaol had a fine gas effect over its gate, and called it "Welcome."

At the Magistrates Court this forenoon before E. 8. Hawkins Esq S.M. in the case of M. Kane (for Grey County) v. J. Rugg (Kumara) having no license for vehicle, the Magistrate in a lengthy decision dismissed the information with co3:s"

The Tasmanian Legislative Assembly decided to reduce the number of members to thirty-five. Tho grouped system of electorates, w.ith the Hare| method of voting, proposed by the Government was r -jected by a large majority Mr Berry, the Chief-Postmaster at Greymouth, informs us that owing to delays in the overland route tho coach will only reach Otira at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mr Crombie, traffic manager, ever anxious to oblige the public has agreed to delay the train in order to bring passengers and mails on. These will arrive about 6 p.m. to-night. It is such acts as the above on behalf of the Postmaster and the railway manager that the public recognise and appreciate.

To-night, in the Opera House, the grand Druidical concert in'aid of Mr James Earl, who recently lost his leg on the Greymouth wharf, will be given. Quite apart from the deserving nature of the entertainment, the high character of the programme is quite sufficient to ensure a packed house. Miss Chapman, whose name does not appear on the programme, has kindly consented (although suffering from a heavy cold) to sing " Home, Sweet Home."

The most remarkable trotting performance on record, at the Baikes Hall track Blackpool, England, on the 23rd September 1901, was accomplished by that famous mare Lady R. Trotting against time she covered three miles, one in harness, one in saddle, and one guidlcs3, inSmin 20sec ; thus gotting 10 sec. inside the stipulated time of Bmin 30sec. The match was for a wager of <£2so to £IOO.

During the past few years quite a number of yachts costing .£SOO each were built in Auckland to the order of Sydney and Melbourne people. Under the Federal tariff a heavy duty will be paid on account of every boat sent across to Australia in future." The duty payable on a racing 30 footer just built by Logan Bros., of Auckland, for Mr Marks of Sydney, is £4O. The Algerian papors report an important archaeological discovory which is a puzzle to antiquarians. During some deep excavations noar Bona there has been laid bare one face of a cosoßsal monument composed of enormous mas£es of granite and marble, each weighing about 12 tons, and so disposed that solely by their own weight the whole vast structure is kept in perfect equilibrium. There is not the slightest trace of any cement. The style is quite unlike anything known in the Boman period, and as the Pyramids offer the onlj analogy, it is computed that the monument must date back, fgr 3QOO years.

In our cables to-day is one announcing the death by enteric fever in South Africa of Nathaniel Paterson. Mr Peterson is a son of the late G. A. Paterson, storekeeper of Hokitika, and his death will come as a great shock to all his old Hokitik friends. Mr Paterson was spending a few weeks holiday on the Coast last 'Xtnas.

Major Owen has been appointed ActingCommandant of the New Zealand forces until the arrival of the officer appointed to the position of Commandant.

The late Lord Morris in defining to a jury the meaning of "prima facie evidence," said :—"lf yoa saw a man coming out of a public-house wiping his rnouth, that would bo prima facie evidence that ho had been having a drink." The Golden Bay Steamship Company has purchased the steamer Manaroa which has lately been running between Wellington and Wanganui, and will put her into the Wellingtan-Havelock Souuds trade under the command of Capt Allman The s.s. Edderton, which has been chartered by the Admiralty to load coal for the Caina station, arrived at Westport on Friday. Her carrying capacity is 5600 tons of a draught of 22ft 2in. She is the largest vessel that has visited Westport. It has bsen decided to offjr 18,367 acres of grazing country about 28 miles from Wanganui, and between the Wanganui and Mangawhero Rivers, for selection as small grazing runs. The land ia, somewhat rough, but of fairly good quality. Its chief drawback at present is the want of roads.

The five stamp mill of the Welcome Quartz Mine crushed a total of 210 tons of quartz, 200 tons of which was clean stone for a return of 4260zs 15dwts 13grs of gold valued at £1823 13s 9d. Besides which about 7 tons of blanketings were obtained.

According to a writer in the [Southland Times, Mr Robert Gibb, a teacher at Sixmile, Haldane, has in his possession a complete moa skeleton minus the lower mandible, which he (Mr Gibb) expects to find yet. The skeleton was found in the Haldane distriot by Mr Gibb himself, who is, says the before-mentioned writer, a born naturalist.

It is said in certain quarters that the White Star Company's magnificent steamer Gothic, which has been engaged in the London-New Zealand trade for some years past, has passed into other hands, and will not be seen again in colonial waters. We are unable to obtain confirmation of the truth of the rumor, which was in circulation on previous occasions, and yet nothing came of it. The Gothic is now on her way from New Zealand to the Old Country. A florist says that the law governing the coloring of flowers makes a blue rose impossible. According to this law the three colors red, blue and yellow, never all appear in the same species of flowers, any two may exist, but never the third. Thus we have the red and yellow roses, but no blue ; red and blue verbenas, but no yellow; yellow and blue in the various members of the viola family (as pansies, for instance), but no red; red and yellow gladioli, but no blue, and so on. In acknowledging the telegram from the Westland Cout-ty Council expressing pleasure at the additional vote provided for the railway to Ross, the Rt. Hon. E. J. Seddon supplies, according to the Hokitika Guardian, the gratifying information by wire, that the preparations of the plans and the survey for the work will be put in hand, at once, and that later on be would be happy to take part in the opening ceremony.

A Melbourne Argus telegram from Brisbane says :—" According to a return by the Registrar-general, the number of half-casts in the State, the progeny of kanakas and white women, is only 41. Of the remainder of the Pacific Islands half-castes 140 are the progeny of kanakas and black women. The number of halfcaste Chinese, the progeny of white women, is 636, and the progeny of black women 91."

Statistics have recently been collected of the height of 10,000 English boys and men. At the age of 17 these averaged sft Sin ; at the age of 22, sft 9in. At 17 they weighed 10.2; at 22, 10.13. No nation is increasing in height and weight so rapidly as the British, In 50 years the average has gone up for the whole nation from sft 7|in to sft BUn. The average height of the British upper classes at 30 years of age is sft BJin; of the farm laborer, sft 7 3-sin. The criminal class brings down the average, as their height is but sft 5 4 sin.

Two refreshment cars have just been turned out from the Government Railway Workshops at Petone, for use on the line between Palmerston North and New Plymouth. The cars are fitted with cooking apparatus for the preparation of grilis, etc They are not called dining cars, as that name is found to be misleading; A brass plate bearing the word "Refreshments" is placed on the side of the cars.

According to the return prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture the number of wolves killed in France last year was 115, of which one was a she wolf with young, 52 full-grown wolves, and 62 whelps, the amount paid away in premiums for their destruction being £314, at the rate of £6 for a she wolf with young, £4 for a full-grown wolf of either sex, and £1 12s for whelps. Since the passing of the law of 1882 instituting these premiums, 8981 wolves of all sorts have been killed, and a sum of £26,123 has been paid in rewards.

la reference to a Wellington tslogram stating that the Mokoia which left Wellington on Saturday last for Sydney, took only 30 tons of cargo from New Zealand ports, it must be borne in mind that the intercolonial passenger and cargo traffic during the past few months has been exceptionally slack. Still, the out'.ook is a gloomy one, as the imposition of the Federal Tariff will press very heavily on the shipping companies, What the latter will do to meet the difficulty is a problem yet to bo solved, but it is quite evident they have their work cut out to make both ends meet, unless an alteration comes about in the existing state of things. A gentleman writes :—"Kindly send me at your earliest convenience another box of your celebrated Beehive A.l. Tea It is the finest tea I have ever drunk, and I am recommending it to all my friends, who on using it are equally delighted as myself " This celebrated brand is to be had from the sole agents, Griffen and Smith.—Advt. i

Mr Webley, senr., (of Webley and Sons, Christchurcli), pianoforte tuner, etc., is now in Greymouth, and will take the earliest opportunity of calling upon clients. Agents for the sale of Brinsmead and Sons, Dipp and Haaku pianos; also Mason and Hamlin organs. Address— Gilmer Hotel.—Advt.

Alarm Clocks, Ansonia Clock Company's manufacture. Guaranteed thoroughly reliable timepieces. Sale price 5s each. Everything correspondingly cheap at Hokace W. Lloyd's Jewellery Establishment on Mawhera Quay. Advt.

The Adelaido Advertiser recounts a sensational episodo at a farm, near Trentham. Au individual called Donnelly, with several aliases, appeared suddenly in the bedroom of Mrs Hollis, flourishing a stick and gesticulating wildly. In answer to the rcreams, her three sons rushed to her a : d. The fint to enter the door was felled by Donnelly, but the others proved too much for the attacker, and, with the aid of the butt end of a rifle, he was quickly silenced, and subsequently handed over to the police.

A bull-fight with the picadors in motor cars is the last evolution of French " sport." "If I buy twelve buns for threepence, what would they each be ?" asked the school inspector. " Stale, sir," promptly replied a small boy, who probably spoke from experience.

Overflowing prosperity attends the United States Steel Trust. Its average earnings are £60,000 a day, and only overtime can cope with the flow of contracts,

Bain-making on a large scale is reported to have been successfully aohieve'd by means of sending electric currents into the air in the Fndushima Prefecture of Japan.

In the first eight months of the present year 101 persons wero lynched in the States, and by calculations based upop past experience, it is expected that th"S total will reach 150 by the end of December.

There were six bankruptcies in the colony last week—a butcher at Wellington, a farmer at Temuka, a picture-framer at Dunedin, a storekeeper at Otautau, a storekeeper at Dargaville, and a tailor at Napitr.

The gold returns of the colony for October show a total of 40,4740 z, value £155,030, and silver 41,8100 z, valued at £4,876. The yie'd for ten months of the present year is nearly as large as that for the whole of last year, viz., 371,1370 z, as against 373,6160 z. The total for this year is exqected to be the largest since 1873.

The '"Taranaki Herald'' reminds its readers that nearly a year ago, a poll was carried by the ratepiyars of New Plymouth for a £60,000 loan for borough improvements, but nothing further had been done except to disoover that the money could not be got at the rate of interest authorised. A fresh poll must be taken to authorise the payment of a higher raßi

To those who are about to furnish—We have just landed an exceptionally fine lot of floorcloths, linoleums and carpets from 18 inchos to 4 yards wide. The patterns of these have been specially selected, and being imported direct from the manufacturer we can guarantee the prices to be absolutely the lowest.—W.'McKay and Son.—Advt.

For ladies ties, fichus, collarettes, belts and every description of ladies neek and body decoration, no drapery warehouse in Westland can approach the infinite variety and chaste styles of T. W. Tymons and Coy's latest importations. In the firms underskirt division, a tireless endeavour is made to obtain the very latest style of garments, hence the department has secured the complete confidence and popularity of the ladies of Westland. T. W. Tymons and Go's "huge purchases" and "colossal sales" aw household words. In no other way of business could the firm afford to sell their goods at such low prices. The magnitude of their trade is the cause, secret, and corollary of their success. —Advt.

Some of the highest living medical authorities attribute the great growth of physical and mental disease which has characterised the last few decades, to the universality of adulturation. They affirm that the taking into the system continually by human beings as food, substances which are chemically foreign and not only incapable of sustaining healthy life, but constitute a perpetual danger to it, is largely responsible for the new and complex diseases that baffle their curative skill. Therefore be wise in time, eat only

K Jam and avoid these dangers. Absolute purity guaranteed—Advt.