Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1906. HARBOR SUPERANNUATION FUND.

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 May 1906, Page 2

Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1906. HARBOR SUPERANNUATION FUND.

Tin-, Harbors Superannuation Fund Hill, which is to be introduced in the ensuing session of Farliinncnt, has been circulated, and a copy has reaehed the secretary of the Grey mouth Harbor Board, it proposes that the fund, which shall be administered by a Trust Board, consisting of five eleclive members and of the chairmen of all the Harbor Boards, shall consist ~{ contributions of all persons under 60 years of age permanently employed by any Harbor Board and of contributions by Boards which, except in the case of permanent employes of 50 years of age on the Ist of April next, who becomes subscribers to the fund, shall be equal to the amounts contributed by their employees. The provision in respect to the scale of contributions is somewhat complicated. but it may in general terms be said to require that every person under the ago of 60 years, permanently employed by a Harbor Board shall subscribe for as many pension units as according to a schedule in the Bill shall be regarded as proportionate to his income, and shall pay to the Trust Board on a sliding prescribed scale of contribution. A saving clause, however, provides that where any permanent employee is, at the commencement of tlu> scheme, between the ages of 40 and 60 years, the Harbor Board in whose employ he is may exclude him from participation in the fund, and if it does not so exclude him it may permit him to contribute for a small number of pension units as .in terms of the scale, he would, at his age. have to pay for. The benefits .provided for in the Bill are regulated by the amount of pension units contributed for by the members of the fund. The scheme is apparently a tentative one, for it is proposed that the scale of contributions shall re-

main in force only until 1912, and that then, and at the expiration of every succeeding five years, they may he modified.

The following will represent the Grc\ Juniors in their match on Saturday next: Kittlely, Chapman, Barry, A. Scott, Fnss 1 aylor, Moran, Ouldor, Rowers. Rodv Sullivan, Mason, Diltnian, 11, Young and Neilson.

Lovely pure nil-wool blankets. all sizes, at lowest eut prices ill white or colored, dost the thing for the present cold weather. No use waiting till the winter is over; secure a pair at once at W. McKav and Son’s.—Advt.

Messrs Moon and Montgomery, the Government tourist oflicers, are expected to return from their visit to South Westland at the end of the week. Mr Moon’s illustrated articles on the tourist resorts .if Westland will he published in a. number ol the Now Zealand weeklies immediately on his return to Christchurch.

I‘iano, organ tuning and repairing.— An expert in piano, organ tuning, and repairing, from C'opithorne's, Wellington, will be in (Jreynioiilh next week. All orders left, with A, Lather, Murray street, tjiil be promptly attended to. \ splendid opportunity to have your instruments put in order. Advt. At the am lion sale of Messrs Mi Mahon and Lee, at ib.eftoii yesterday, tin-board inghoiise and section in bridge street, on behalf of Mrs ISmylhe, were passed in; Loin.'lie-in's coal mine va., then submitted by itself, and was pur- ha -■ ■( 1,.- Mr James I Illicit for the .ami el t.Mlt). The Alfiine Company's property at Lyell was purchased by Mr itolieit Craig for the sum of £SOO, also the odiee and freehold section at Lyell for £9. During the recent somewhat severe season the West Coast has not had a monopoly of bad weather. An exchange says:

A farmer who has been in the Southland district for over forty years says that he has never experienced a viler season than the present season, not excepting the watery visitation of four years ago. Another farmer, who sowed 200 acres in wheat and oats, harvested 100 bags of wheat. The oats did not produce enough to give a horse a feed. We regret to state that a serious accident befel Mr Charles Denhan at the Gilmer building, now in course of erection, tins morning. Mr Denham was ascending a ladder, when ho slipped and fell, breaking his leg. Mr Rignell had everything possible done for (lie sufferer, who was removed to the Grey River Hospital, where Ids injuries wore attended to by Dr. C. Morice. Yesterday’s Ross Advocate says: “We regret to have to record the death of another old identity of Ross in the person of Mrs Ryan. Dei eased, who was 67 years of age, had the misfortune to cut iicr foot rather deeply a short time ago, and blood poisoning set in, and although both Drs Telford and Dr Teieholmann were, called in they could do nothing, and she passed away at nine o’clock on Sunday evening, leaving a grown-up family to mourn their loss. The funeral look place yesterday afternoon, and the large limnher that followed her remains to their last resting place testified lo the esteem In which the deceased lady was held. The Rev. Father Aubrey conducted the lastsad rites at the graveside in a most impressive manner.

The Greymouth Harbor Board is ;i hit behind hand, as compared even with Westport, in providing the Harbormaster with up-to-date instruments and sclf-rrristcr-ing indicators—tho latter arc particularly adapted to a port such as (he Grey, and it is to bo hoped tho Board will procure these as soon as possible. A standard barometer is also required. Where there is so much shipping, and where tho harbourmaster has so much responsibility resting on his shoulders for the safe working of the port, and whose office is naturally tho rendezvous of all tho masters of vessels visiting llit port, ho slum! d be provided with the latest weather instruments procurable, as is done elsewhere. Tho members of the Board should see to this—what may appear a matter of small moment to a landsman, but of great importance to shipmasters—and attend to the matter without further delay.

Tho adjourned mooting of West Coast sawmillcrs was held at Greymouth yesterday. Tho gathering, which sat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., ultimately decided to carry on tho Association for a further period of seven years. Tho whole of tho millers on the Coast agreed to ho hound by the Association’s rules and tariff for that period. No change was made in tho present ruling price of timber, ponding the action of the North Island Associations. Messrs Eeecc and Budd, of Christchurch, were appointed to represent the Coast Association in Christchurch and Wellington. Tho whole of the Directors of the Association gave notice of their intention to resign in order to allow the newly-admitted millers to have a voice in the election of the Board. It was decided to havo an extraordinary general meeting at an early date to elect tho incoming Board in accordance with the Articles ol Association!

A wonderful and choice selection of winter blousings—all new designs and pretty colorings and reliable quality, 6d, od, Bd, lOd, Is to 2s 6d per yard.—Advt. I am requested (says our Kumara correspondent) to call the attention of the Grey County authorities to the dangerous state of the culverts on Cape Terrace near the residence of Mr Tansey. Several carters, whose business takes them on to the terrace, have spoken about the matter. . From the state of the culvert in question, it appears: to want renewing. . Winter has set in early this year as isevidenccd by the bitter cold nights and mornings. Yesterday and this morning there wore hard frosts, whilst the Papavroa Range is enveloped in a mantle of snow. The wharf yesterday and again this morning was white with frost, and the gorge wind was of a most piercing nature. Under these conditions, the men employed on the whan, especially, have a hard time of it. The present has been a bad week for those men owing to the blockade of the port, as no work lias been done since Monday last. It is to be hoped now that fine weather has set in, that better conditions will prevail for some time to come.

The bad weather, which has been prevalent throughout the colony for the past few months, has had the effect of materially hardening the price of all classes of produce, local merchants in town say it is most difficult to obtain good chaff and oats from Canterbury and Otago districts, while potatoes in the colony, owing to the blight, have made dealers in the tuber very careful. New Zealand potatoes arc only obtainable in small quantities, and then without a guarantee of qualify. Recent advices from Canterbury slate that merchants will not quote for prime chaff, hut only for average quality, and then at prices which at this time of the year are extremely high and at a considerable advance on late quotations. Altogether, Hie had season is going to have a hard effect upon a great many consumers. The first mail to roach New Zealand from San Francisco since the appalling earthquake that destroyed the Queen City of the West, arrived in Christchurch on Sunday. It brought a hatch of news from the special correspondents of the “Weekly Press,” from which a choice and interesting selection has been made. They

include full page pictures of Hie metropolis after the earthquake, prominent buildings iu ruins, the refugees camping in Golden Gate Park, remains of flic City

Hall, wrecked churches, rescuing the dead and dying, provision trains, the city in flames, and others. They are all reproduced in the current issue of “The Weeklv Press” (May 23rd) and the paper

will, doubtless, lie much sought for as a record of one of the saddest of modern catastrophes. As the demand all over New Zealand is sure to ho keen, we learn (hat some thousands odd extra copies of (Ids “Weekly Press” have boon printed. Manv other subjects arc illustrated m our popular contemporary, some striking pictures being those of His Excellency the Governor in the regalia of M.W. Grand Master of the New Zealand Grand Lodge, and past and present officers iu regalia. A big business is always a guarail-

tee of first-class workmanship. And this truism holds good in regard to Mr Moss, bootmaker and repairer, in Mackay Street, opposite the Star filce. Mr Moss has a very extensive business and on all sides comes eulogistic reference as to the excellent workmanship he displays.