Untitled

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 March 1907, Page 2

A party of twenty girls attending the Hokitika State School, left by the Arahura last night en route to the Christchurch Exhibition.

The Postmaster at Otira notifies that owing to floods in the Otira river, the coaches for Broken River did not leave today.

Ratepayers in the Grey County, who have not paid their rates by to ni'rrov (Thursday) are reminded that an adPtio mil ten per cent will be put on al! rait-s left unpaid.

Why spend money at Rotorua and other thermal springs when Rheumo will quickly cure you of rheumatism, gout, sciatica or lumbago. Chemists and stores, 2/6 and 4/6.—Advt. In the Assessment Court, consu'ulcd under the Gold Duty Abolition Act, the President (Mr W. G. K. Kenrick) reduced the valuation of Saunders and party's property at Maori Gully from £I6OO to £ISOO by the consent of botli parties. The programme for the fifth annual West (3oast Championship and Handicap Tennis Tournament, to be held at Westport at Easter, has been issued. The events comprise men's championship and handicap doubles, ladies' championship and handicap singles, ladies' doubles and combined handicaps and championships. In his address to the Grand Jury, at the opening of the Napier Supreme Court, Mr Justice Chapman said the number of charges (twenty) was unduly large for a district of this size, and compared unfavorably with some other parts of the colony he had lately visited. In some respects, however, the calendar was exaggerated in that several country cases had been heard by Justices of the Peace, who were unable to take a plea of guilty and commit for sentence.

There is likely to be quite an exodus of Greymouth residents during the Easter holidays. Many intend leaving on Friday for Christchurch, where they will spend several days, returning to town on Tuesday night. A large number intend to nroceed to Westport, where bowling, croquet, cricket and hockey matches will tie played. The Mawhera Cricket Eleven, sifter playing at Westport, intend to visit Nelson, where they play several matches. Their tour will extend over ten days. At Greymouth the first inter-Association cricket match, Grey v. Buller, will be played on Victoria Park on Friday and Saturday. The Kumara races on Easter Monday and Tuesday will be the attraction of this part of the Coast. A delightful meeting was hei-i in the mission tent, Cobden, last nia;:it •.il.on Mr Whitehead, sen., from ".limerston North, gave a lecture on his visit through the Holy Land. The lecture w.n ;ull of interest, and exceedingly helpful to Ijib'e. proving the authenti:ity f.f cripture. The journey was not without adventure, for while returning Tiberia to Nazareth a number of nr.i od Arabs surrounded the company (»f t .unsts demanding their money. This was a critical moment, for the little party ii" vethad as much as a walking stick to iefend themselves. Then the speaker refe'rej lo God's goodness—" Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed in Thee." The party passed on, roiihitlir Nazareth in safety. Mr Whitehead l .n.° kindly consented to continue his lecture to-night, and it will be a golden oi.poitunity for many to hear for themseLes From enquiries made by the Westland Mining League, it has been gleaned that a five-stamp battery, complete, could be delivered at the Glentunnel railway station, Canterbury, for £235, and a tenstamp battery, delivered at the same place, for £525. The information was asked for in respect of the proposed battery for the Wilberforce. To the prices quoted must be added the cost of erection, including also the purchase and erection of an overshot wheel, with a connecting water race for motive power purposes. In the course of making enquiries it was also ascertained that before heavy machinery could be transported from the railway station to the roefs about £llO would have to be spent in improving the roadway, much of which is covered Ly debris from the mountain side. About £6 per ton would cover the actual cost of transit from the railway station under normal conditions. Taking, all the circumstances into account, it would probably take fully £SOO to place the fivestamp bawsry in position on the proposed site. A meeting of the League will be held at Hokitika as soon as the Easter holidays are past to further consider the battery question and other matters which that body has just now in hand. Nothing could be worse for the system than some o fthose violent cathartics or purgatives that some people take to move their bowels. They frequently cause constipat'w, sometimes inflammation. \ ChamDerlain's tablets bring on a. nrtiiral action, mildly and gently, which cures ,j the tool trouble without dangerous niterfeffeoisii M BWB W Ml geftl«f«p*Mvt. '-

Acceptances for the Kumara races'close this evening with the Secretary, Mr W. B. Gilbert. In Turin a paper used to appear n.aht years ago which was printed in lumiDcus ink, so that it could be read in the dark. In England the seller bears the expense of an auction 'sale; in France and Italy the purchasers pay 5 per cent commission. In Madison Square, New York is an ■ifiectric advertisement or sign 68ft !-y 00ft. It costs a shilling a minute to illuminate it. A. W. Yarrall lias opened up his new season's footballs, and he is selling size 6 ball from 10s. Footballers Would do well to note this, and go where they can tet a cheap ball. The coach was delayed again at Otira this morning, the Otira River being m Hood, but from private advice received this morning there is every chance < f the coach leaving this afternoon; Anderson and Soil, carriers, have ft shipment of English-made bicycles" on hand, which they want to clear. As they arc all genuine English-made bicycles, those m search of a bike should inspect them. Chopping and sawing contests between H. Mercer and J. Blackmore have bee i arranged to take place at Stillwater on Saturday afternoon next. Both men are confident of winning, so those who witness the events may look forward to a good afternoon's ijport. We understand that in conformity with a wish expressed, the Government has agreed to offer to return to Messrs Perctti and Smith the portions of land they took for a ride range. A new range will, we understand, b<j cleared near Cobden. The grand ball to be held by the Mawhera Cricket Club in Englert's Hall tonight promises to eclipse anything yet undertaken by them. As the' cricket team leave for Westport and Nelson tomorrow, it is to be hoped a large number of young folk will attend the farewell ball to-nioht. In the Wellington Supreme Court, vnjhile endeavouring* to arrange for the hearing of several cases, his Honour Mr Justice Cooper stated that "a wave of litigation" seemed to be passing over the colony. The business to be dealt with at several centres is extremely heavy— so much so that it will be almost an impossibility to deal with all cases before the Easter vacation commences.

The cry is: "How can SCHAEF and SONS sell their furniture, bedding. Itdsteads, wire mattresses at su-;!i low prices?" The answer is simply tne,v aro manufacturers, and do not look for l.ig profits. They sell direct to the nnbh;. and want to get the public to .support, local industrdy. We don't ask y.n :o buy, the prices will sell the goods'. Ad-dress-SCHAEF and SONS, fumit-ue manufacturers, Upper Mawhera Quay and Herbert Street.—Advt.

The names of the delegates, so far received by the Executive, who will sf.tor.d the New Zealand Trades and Labour Council's conference are: Auckland, .Ar thur Rosser, emergency, William Peak?; Wellington, A. H. Cooper, D. Mcuaren! W. H. Hampton; Nelson, T. H. ..ukin, J. K. Johnson, Charles Crooks; ""uaterbury, James Thorn, G. Gohns, J. £. IVfcCullaugh; Westland, John Fostst, John Jackson, Henry Betts; Otago, K. Breen, J. Haynes, W.. Patterson,' eoioigoncy, R. Ferguson; Hawkes Bay wi'l not be represented, and the names "i ' the Wanganui delegates are not yet to baud. The work of widening the Buller roid from Railway Station to Reefton is being carried out by the Public Works Depart ment under tiie supervision of the Cutty Engineer, and ten men are employed ou the wection. The station is a mile tind aquarter from Bridge street. Between Walsh street and the railway crossing, Buller road, a distance of just a mile, the fall is thirty-six feet. At the station a number of hands are employed trucking gravel and ballasting the line, so thit we may expect the new station to be opened for passenger traffic very shortly. The work of painting the olfices is now i;i hand.

In the course of an address at Raetihi, last week, Mr Fowler, organiser of the Farmers' cnion in the Wellington Provincial district, urged that the selling price of New Zealand wool should be fixed by the pastoralists—and not by the brokers. A first-class expert should be appointed at a good salary, say £2OOO t year, which would mean a rate of 4£d per bale —and he would be able to go to the auction room and see that the clip was not sold below a certain price. Mr Fowler was convinced that if such a systen? was adopted, the farmers would receive more money for wool than they did under -. the present arrangement. Messrs Tacon, Tansey and aCo. hare a notification in another column regarding the Worksop Gold Dredging Company, which is being floated with a capital 0f... £6OOO for the purpose of purchasing the " dijxlge known as the "Blackwater Lagoons" and placing it on the freehold claims at Antonio's Flat. Mr J. Hessav, of Masterton, has prospected these claims and has obtained highly payable result! and the venture gives every promise of being a success. As we have previously remarked, Antonio's is the finest dredging ground on the West Coast, and as »he dredge recently started there is doingwell, the above company should havj a good future. Only a limited number i;f shares are reserved for the Coast.

The following transfers of engi.iosrs are announced:—Mr Dove, late engineer of the Atua, has resigned from the Union Company's service in order to go into business in South Africa. Mr Lewis, late chief engineer of the Hauroto, has join n .*i the Atua in a similar capacity. Mr A. Sadler, late second engineer of the Ar«hura, has come ashore on sick leave. Mr McLean, late third, is acting sccouj of the Arahura, and Mr Hale, late third of itlic Mapourika, has transferred to Ibe Arahura. Mr Duncan, late of the lnsman, is acting third of the Mapouvoti. Mr Jeffreys, late second engineer ir. t\,<> Anchor service, has joined the cngltlt!room staff of the Turakina_, in to visit England to gain experience. Is it the duty of seamen on small coh«tal steamers to lift ashes from the s!i>eholds and empty them into the sea? Ihis was the question at issue in the prosaiution of Charles Stevens in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington on Friday. It was a test case. The facts were admitted. Stevens had on March Bth, on the voyage of the Oreti from Wellington to VYmtport, been ordered by the master, Curtain Powell, to dump the ashes. Acttns; under advice from the Seamen's Union he had refused to do so. The defence <p*i that the captain's order was not a " l awful command." The Hon. T. W. Hislop was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr B'air for the defence. Mr Blair called evidence to show that it was the custom on other smal vessels on this coast for firemen to "dump" the ashes. Further hearing, of the case was adjourned. A shocking fatal accident occurred on the railway line, between Coun's Creek and Waimangaroa, near Westport, at 7.10 on Saturday evening. Ralph Spraggon, a partially deaf pensioner, and an old resi dent of district, was run over by a train and killed. At the inquest Thomas Henry Brown, engine-driver, deposed that he had two lights (front and back) on the engine. Before arriving at Coun's Creek, on the curve, the fireman was nutting on a fire, and as soon as he shut his door witness noticed something on the side of the line after they turned the curve; it was on the left side of the line and off the road. As soon as he noticed it he blew the whistle, and the next thing he felt something under the engine. When he blew the whistle the object was about ten yards ahead of the engine. Feeling the engine going over something he reversed, opened the sand gear ana stopped as quickly as he could. He did not attempt to stop the engine till he felt it bump, as the object was on the side of the line, and he thought it was cattle The deceased must have fallen on the lino after he blew the whistle. Witness 'it his torch and went back, and found (he deceased under the third waggon from the engine. The train was going at about seven miles an hour; they were allowed to travel at the rate of 25 miles an hoar on this section. They had fifteen waggons on. Evidence was also given by Jr. C. Fountaine (train examiner), W. J. Tillyshort (fireman), Patrick Cavon»gh (employed on the Coal Company's incline) and Constable Boyd. The evidence showed that the body was dreadfully mangled; deceased was a sober man. The jury returned a verdict of death by unavoidable accident, and that there was no blame attachable to any person. "More people die fro mthe indirect result of colds than of anything else. Dr Ewart, London, regards Baxter's Lung Preserver ars invaluable for colds, and chests affections generally.—Advt. The best value obtainable in dressing cases, fitted bags, hand-bags, wrist bags, purses, writing folios and desks, wallets, cigar and cigarette cases, and all lines in fancy leather goods is to be seen at . B. Dixon's, fancy goods' importer, Taiaui street. —Advt. Did you ever btop to think that Chamberlain's Pain Balm has in many instances cured a sprained ankle in less than a week by simply being applied before the parts became inflamed or swollen.?—For sale by al ldealers.—Advt. You hardly need telluie That Barraclaugh's Magic Nervine Stops toothache and yelling, When on wadding you put somu in.— Advt.

A large part of women's suffering comes from headache. No matter what the cause, the cure is always found in Stearns' Headache Cure, which is tasteless, asy to take, and acts promptly.—Advt. Pale, nervous, wom<n, with littla strength and failing appefcito are among those who receive the greatest benefit from EtowM' Wine, th« mjtcMej* tofita