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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 May 1907, Page 2

Responding to the toast of "Parliament" at the Farmers' Union conference luncheon at Auckland, Mr Lang, M.H.R., said that he believed that there were sufficient freeholders in the House of Representatives to prevent the Land Bill being forced upon the country. They would use all the forms of the House, and- resort, if necessary, to stonewalling to prevent the Bill becoming law. It is always advisable to take the utmost care of the skin. For that purpose be sure and use a good quality soap. There are many 'kinds of soap on the market—some good, some indifferent and some positively injurious. It is false economy to use a common hard soap containing on excess of soda for toilet purposes. Such soap is all right for scrubbing kitchen floors, brass, enamelware, or greasy woodwork, but will in a short time play ha,voc with a delicate skin. If you want good tnilet soap, you can get it from Parkinson and Co., chemists, Tainui street. The Inspector-General of Hospitals (Dr Valentine) on his return to Wellington, made a somewhat drastic report. The Inspector-General is of opinion that three central hospitals are sufficient for tho West Coast—at Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika, and of the necessity for the latter even he ib not quite sure. He would have an Old Man's Home established centrally on the Coast, to which some of the inmates in the existing institutions could be removed, and tho sum total of his recommendations would mean tho abolishing of the hospitals at Charleston, Kumara, Ross and Reefton. ■ Every effort is being made to minimise the seriousness of the illness from which the Acting-Premier is suffering. As a matter of fact, trie condition of the Hon. Mr Hall-Jones is extremely serious. He is suffering from angina pectoris (an aggravated form of heart disease), and has beer* warned by his doctors that any attempt to discharge his official duties for some time might lead to very serious results. In the meantime, the Acting-Premier's work has been distributed amongst hiacolleagues. Yesterday Mr Hall-Jones had two seizures, which occasioned his familv much anxiety. His condition is still grave. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs,and Colds never fails> 1/6 and 2/6.,

Themonthiy meeting of the Greymoutb Masonic Lodge will be held this evening.

.The Hon. A. E. Guinness will address his constituents at Brunnerton to-night at eight o'clock.

The New Feddersen for 160 hours' hedging obtained .up to Saturday 530 z 3dwt of gold. The return is for nine days' operations. ' *

The Seddonville State coal mine has been disposing of a fair amount of Coal lately. A very good sample of .coal is being put on the market from the mine. The Municipal roll, in connection with •the poll to decide whether Greymouth Borough shall be constituted a fire district, is now open for inspection. We are asked to notify the members of the Ladies' St. John's Ambulance Class that owing to the non-arrival of the books the meeting is postponed to Friday evening of this week at eight o'clock sharp.— Advt. Of 460 bicycles reported to the police as lost in the Christchurch district last year, only six cannot be accounted for. All but fourteen were actually recovered, and of those fourteen eight were not identified or claimed. At the Ashburton Magistrate's Court in a case under the School Attendance Act, the defendant, an old man, stated that he was unable to pay the 2s fine at the moment, but this difficultvwaS overcome by the presiding Justice paying the fine which he had himself imposed. The' present spell of fine weather has enabled i Messrs Arnett and Co. to make good progress with the new Free Public Library •at Hokitika. The workmen engaged to place the slates on the roof are expected to arrive from Dunedin in a few days. Mr Griffin, the architect, will also be in Hokitika in connection with the contract next week.

A Eeefton syndicate lately secured the Inglewood mine, "and the first crushing yielded 80oz 15dwt from 215 tons of stone. The cyanide yielded £IOB worth of gold, making the total value of: the yield per ton £1 18s lOd. The result is regarded as very satisfactory and important to the district.

We regret to record the death of Mrs Mary Coe, which took place at the Greymouth Hospital on Monday last. Deceased was, along with her husband, one of the pioneers of the district, and had. resided for many years at Omotq. TSlany friends will learn of her death with deep regret. Representations are again being made to the Government for a grant to construct the small portion of the Looplins road, which would enable the Westport-Reefton coach to travel via the Buller bridge, thus obviating the difficulty which is frequently experienced with the Nine Mile punt service.

Two tramcars collided in Symonds street, Auckland, one night last week, whetf they were crowded with passengers returning from the Captain Cook proprietary sports. The cars were passing the Jewish cemetery, when one overtook the other, with the result that a number of windows in one of the cars were smashed. Some of the passengers were considerably shaken. The Hastings Standard says: "A local resident of authority predicts that the electric tramway system will be an established fact within the next twelve months. It is expected that there will be no diffij culty in forming a syndicate, as there are j wealthy men in the district- who are I greatly in favour of the scheme."

A conference of the New Zealand Connties' Association will be held in the Town Hall, Wellington, on Tuesday, July 9th. The local bodies affected are now being invited to appoint their delegates and submit notices of motion and other business for inclusion in the order paper—the first section of which consisting of some seventy seven notices is already circulated. M? Jeremiah McCarthy (Chairman) will represent the Grey County. Brunner teams for Saturday are : Brunner Juniors v Stars—Backs, Peillon, Carse, Gibbs, Mahoncy, Allan, Rogers; forwards: Hill, Bowers, McTaggart, Moore, Kerr, Smith, Kells, Moore, Morris/ Emergency, Starky. President's v. Grey—-Backs: Senior, Todd, Angel, Smith, Robinson, Peillon; forwards: J. Smith, Grigg, Irving, McDonnell, Kaye, Morris, Kennedy, Williams, Nimmo. Emergency, T. Franklin.

Mr Slowey, the contractor for the fiva bridges on the Ross railway, is making good progress with the work. He has driven the piles for the bridge over Rocky Creek, and is now driving those for the bridge over Camp Creek. The barque River Boyne is now at Greymonth with a car,go of hardwood to be.used in the contract. It is expected that through communication by railway will be established to Ross by this time next year:'

The plant known as "deadly nightshade" is reported to be spreading rapidly over properties at Gladstone and the surrounding country, says the Wairarapa Daily Times. The weed has caused total destruction to small crops of potatoes at j> Gladstone, choking the shaws while young, and also practically smothered a~. >{ rape crop in the same district.- L The seeds . of the plant are being carried from place to place by birds, which will mean a rapid spread of the weed unless preventive measures are taken. ■•<

A meeting of the male branch of the St. John's Amoulance Association was held last night in a room at the rear of Trinity Hall. A number of new members were enrolled. Dr McKay commenced hiß first, lecture by describing the anatomy of the human body, and by means of a skeleton and diagrams illustrated the different bones and their purpose. A number of exercises in bandaging were also performed. At the next meeting fractures will be dealt with. . -

Things are looking healthy in connection with the Mount Radiant mineral properties. Quite a number of representatives of syndicates and capitalists have been making enquiries and personal investigations with a view to development of the properties. The high price copper commands, which is likely to be permanent owing to the rapid strides in the use of electricity for power purposes, makes the mineral field a particularly valuable one. A< budget of fresh applications for additional areas is to come before the Warden.

The necessary preliminary steps having been taken under section 235 of "The Land Act, 1892," the whole of the unalienated Grown lands to the depth of not less than half a mile from the road, on the coach route from Hope (Buller Valley) to. Westport have been permanently reserved for the preservation of scenery between Nelson, Reefton and Westport, gazetted in one issue total 44,000 acres. In the same issue a large number of small area&un the Rahu, Maruia, and adjoining districts are temporarily reserved from sale for scenery preservation. These include islands in the Maruia river. Over six thousand acres in these districts and Inangahua are similarly reserved for the growth and preservation of timber. <

Referring to rural education in his remarks at Timaru on Tuesday, the Hon. Q. Jibwlds (says the Christchurch Press) said It was a mistake to suppose that much good could be done in the way of giving agricultural instruction in our primary schools. What could be done was _to secure competent instructors in leading agricultural centres such as Timaru, who would instruct classes in agricultural „ science at the Technical Schools. Teachers who lived in the country could take advantage of such classes, and by that means instruction could he carried to th» children of country districts, i Lessons 'n Nature study developed tfte powers of observation in the child, and would tend to create that love of country life necessary to the carrying on of successful farming. The Minister suggested that it would be a good thing for the colony to provide something in the form of bursaries to meet the expenses of those who had to . come in from the country districts to secure this most important education. He hoped it would be possible for the Timaru Technical Association to do something in the way of giving lessons in agricultural science, and thus make itself of real bene fit to the farming community. Mr J. Isdell, in charge of the local Labor Bureau, reports as follows oh the trade and labour conditions in this town and distriqt in the May issue of the Labor Journal:—Trade conditions during the past month were rather unsatisfactory, business in many lines being classed as dull. The building trade are still well employed. Carpenters are busy; bricklayers, 1 fairly/busy; plumbers and gas Fitters are fairly busy; painters are busy; plasterers are well employed. Engineering trade ib very active, all branches of the trade being constantly employed. The large staff of the r 'local foundry ls'ikept going steadily, and occasionally works overtime., Boot trade: Very fair trade doing,for tha season. -Repairing shops are ing trade has been quiet .'fori.fcmie."time, and there is no immediate prospect of business The tailoring and dressmaking branches are fairly good for the season. Mercers and milliners are doing a fair business. Retailers complain ' of a slight dullness in business and a scarcity of cash. Grocers report trade fairly good. Booksellers and stationers, quiet; ironmongers, fair; hairdressers and tobacconistsr srood; fruiterers, very, good; bakers, confectioners and butchers, very fair. Miscellaneous trades: Cabinetmakinp trade, busy; coachbuilding and repairing verv fair: sash and door and general joinery factories, very brißk; cycle-repair- . ing trade, good; saddlery,"fair. The timber industry was 1 very busy during'the month, the mills working up to" their'foil , capacity. Flaxmills have worked very "■ steadily of. late, the season being.very ' for the industry. Unskilled. labour: During the month there were , several applications for employment. Many of the' aplicants are colliers, who ,»re pager to get work outside the mine and.closrto. their homes, During the month tjplw married men and nine single .men;; Wew ;• sent to the Ngahere-Bfaekball railway."

The St. Columba Club and Trinity Institute hold a euchre tournament at the former's club room to-morrow evening at eight o'clock sharp. Members of hoth clubs are invited to attend. To those in search of a bargain, we draw their attention to the sale of one, three--roomed dwelling, section of taj«M»g household furniture in the rising township, of Bunanga. The sole reason for disposing o Sis pTperty is the fact that the owner has left the district Cal lon Mr John Ward, Bunanga, and secure this bargain.