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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1911, Page 4

The business people of Brunner forwarded a petition to the Borough Council, favouring nine o’clock closing on Saturday night. In compliance with that request the* Gazette, to hand notifies that on and alter -Saturday. March 25th, all shops within the Borough of Brunner must close at nine o’clock on Saturday nights.

Remember Waiuta athletic sports, nominations close on the 25th. See advertisement on the first page.—Advt. Last month the estates of 77 deceased persons were placed under the charge of the Public Trustee for management. Mr Handle, of Christchurch, has applied for a coal prospecting license on ground north-east of the Stockton and Westport Coal Company’s Granity lease. Some coal seams have been discovered. Mr. R. McNab contradicts the statement that he has consented to contest the Palmerston seat at the general election and reiterates his previous statement that he has not yet come to any decision on the elestion. We have to acknowledge with thanks the Singer Almanac and Chronicle of Australasian events to the end of 1910, one of the most serviceable records for reference published. The hockey season will open on Saturday afternoon, when the team to tour Canterbury will play all-comerg. Last evening a number of players were on the Park, and it behoves everyone wlio in-, tends going away to get right into practice at once.

The new furs and blouses for. autumn wear. Single furs 2/6, 3/6 up. Fur sets (the'new kind) from 55/- set to £l2. Blouses in plain and the new knitted kind 6/6, 6/6, 8/6. 1/- in the £ discount. —W. McKay and Son, the leading drapers and clothiers, Greymouth and Hokitika.— Advt. The second lot of new autumn hats just to hand. A special luckv purchase bought by our London buyer. Trimmed Paris models 15/6, 17/6 up, semi-trimmed ready to wears 4/6, 6/6, 7/6. Children’s millinery—a special lob 4/6, 5/6 up to 9/6. 1/in the £ discount. —W. McKay and Son, the leading drapers, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth and Hokitika.—Advt. Specials at the Thomas and Mcßeath store. —Autumn and winter items, double width dress goods in plain colours 1/-, 1/3, 1/6 yard. Cream, white and pink flannelettes 6/-, 7/- dozen. Oilcloth two yards wide 2/6 yard. You’ll find the best always at the least price. l/ : in the £ discount.—The Thomas and Mcßeath store, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.—Advt. The Golden Bay Argus states that a report is in circulation that the Puponga coal mine has been purchased by a West Coast syndicate, and adds that although negotiations are in progress no definite fence was the question of the moment and i "ie has taken place. The usual fortnightly meeting of the I Brunner Druids was held last evening, . D.P. Bro. Mosley and several visitors be- ! ing resent. Three candidates were ad•"ittod and five proposed for membership. It was resolved that a framed diploma and collar be presented to P.D.P. Bro. Keenan on quarter night.

The many friends of Mr L. Bruhn, who recently removed to Paroa, will regret to Darn that he. suffered a loss of from £SO to £7O through a fhe which occurred on his premises on Tuesday night. The fire commenced in the wash-house and spread to the house. The efforts of the residents, who formed themselves into a bucket brigade, enabled the fire to be got under control, the house being partly burnt. Mr Bruhn suffered the loss of a great deal of clothing. There was no insurance.

Max Maxwell, the actor-manager, who the cables informed ns died at Fremantle yesterday, started in the theatrical profession under Bland Holt in Launceston, of which town he was a native, and served under that celebrated actor _ for many years. Subsequently he joined Allen Hamiltqns Company and toured Australia and New Zealand under his management. During that time he married Miss Florrie Pets, a member of Mr Tom Pollard’s Comic Opera Company, who survives him. He started out as his own manager about five years ago. His proper name was humph, and his relatives are well known in Launceston.

Yesterday afternoon some of the members of the Women’s Christian Tetnnerance Union visited the Arahura Union, They were welcomed by Mesdames Tainui, Ryde and West. Mrs Hansen took (the chair and gave an address, especially impressing on the members to remember their pledge and to bring up the young children to abtain from alcoholic drink. The ■ address was very attentively listened to. Several matters of business were discussed, and it was resolved if possible to ’’•'ld a picnic there on Easter Monday. The members then adjourned to Mrs Tainui’s residence, where afternoon tea was partaken of. After some solos had been sung, the visiting members returned home after spending a most enjoyable time. “Seven Days,” billed as the joint work of two people, is really an adaptation of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s story, “When a Man Marries.” Save that the Japanese butler does not figure in the cast, the plan of the story would seem to have been closely followed, and the roof-garden episodes may be said to have been dumped out of the book on to the stage, says somebody. • Apart from the domestic clement, and what is called a ‘ tidal engagement,” the fun hinges on a dinner, which is given by Jimmy Wilson, and which ends in everyone being Quarantined on account of the illness of the Japanese, who is supposed to have smallpox. In the book it is explained that the trouble over an official notification on yellow paper, and a Japanese servant enmeshed and mixed up ten respectable members of society and a policeman.

The following cases were dealt with yesterday by Warden Hewitt at the Kumara sitting of the Warden’s Court —R. Kean (Mr. Hope) y. Patrick Tansey, for decree of forfeiture of water race.—Order for forfeiture made without costs .Thomas McGrath,. application for renewal of certificate of reservation of timber area, adjourned from the 17th December last; .papers at Land Office, Hokitika;' Mr. Murdoch —Adjourned for two months: George Garner, to surrender residence site: Mr. Murdoch.—Granted. George Garner for an ordinary claim ; Mr Murdoch —Granted.

Says the West Coast Times: — “Complaint is made bv timber exporters hero in reference to the action of the Railway Departmental authorities in imposing an extra charge on timber loaded into the trucks from the skids at the local wharf. In the absence of loading facilities in the Hokitika railway yards, and in order to prevent the loss of time previously involved in loading timber that Had to be stacked at the wharf alongside the line, the sawmillers concerned, with the permission of tiie Harbour Board recently erected the skids, which have enabled a considerable saving in the cost of handling the timber to be effected. Subsequently, however, after a visit to the skids by Mr. Duncan, the Traffic Manager, the Department intimated that a charge of two pence per hundred feet or 16s 8d per truck, would bo made for hauling the timber to the local railway station. Those affected raise strong objection to tho charge which is being imposed, in view of" the fact that the distance from tho skids to the station is so short and that hitherto no such haulage charge has been made.

Specially reduced, the balance of our stock of -preserving pans and Mason’d jam jars, which must be cleared. Come and inspect. Arnott and Seabrook, opposite Town Hall.—Advt. Table cutlery in any quantity, from quarter-dozen at all prices. Try Arnott and Seabrook, the place for ironmongery, cutlery, etc.—Advt. Some good value lines.—lnk bottles all styles and sizes 6d to 2/6 each. Cash boxes B/- to 6/6. Pen racks 9d to 1/6: Paper clips 2d to I/-. 1 ' Paper files 1/- to 5/6. Inkstands 1/- to 21/-. Stationery cases 2/6, 3/6. Account books of all kinds and sizes at the lowest possible prices. Inspect our stocks of "eneral stationery lines. You can save money by buying from us.—B. Dixon, bookseller and- stationer, Tainui Street. —Advt. Model Engineer series of handbooks.— “Slide Valve”; small accumulators, electric batteries, small dynamos, electric lighting for amateurs, electric bells, alarms, mechanical drawing, small electric motors, telephones, alternating currents, induction coils, small electrical measuring instruments, acetylene gas, screw 'threads, metal workin- tools. Price 9d each, postage 2d extra, at B. Dixon’s, bookseller and stationer, Tainui Street. —-Advt.

The Worksop dredge last week obtained lOloz Bdwt and Pactolus 28oz 9dwt. The Maori villagers, under Maggie Papakura, who have had a successful season in Sydney, have sailed for England. Do not go to the expense of ceding in ft doctor when you sprain your ankle. Bathe your foot and ankle in water as hot as can be borne and rub in Chamberlain’s Pain Balm freely. Repeat the rubbing several times, and in two or three days you will be able to get about and will be quite cured in less than a week.— by Kettle Bros., Greymouth.—Adyt. •Mary Jane O’Drscoll asked the S.M. Court'at New Plymouth to grant a separation order in respect of her marriage with Jeremiah O’Driscoll. The Magistrate decided the action against the defendant, who conducted his own case. Defendant greeted the decision as follows: —“In this case, Mrs O’Driscoll has -ot all she asked. I’ve made a pretty good fist of the case for a layman, and got nothing. Have I ■.any right of appeal? I’m not too shook on the verdict.” His Worship: “No; and be careful what you say, or you’ll be committed for contempt of Court.” ; The erection of the Union Company’s new Laundry building at Evans Bay, Wellington, is progressing satisfactorily. The walls and roof have been erected, but the fittings and all the laundry machinery and plant have yet to be installed. It will probably be four or five months before the laundry will commence operations. A contract has been let for the erection of a six or seven-roomed residence for the laundry manager. The building will be commenced about the end of this week, and will be on a site adjoining the laundry;

The Otago Daily Times has received the following from the Dunedin branch of the ■New Zealand' Locomotive Drivers, Firemen’s, and Cleaners’ Association :—A comprehensive statement aunearing in the •Times of the 11th instant makes .poignant reference to the seething discontent and dissatisfaction rampant throughout the whole of the railway service. From this categorical statement the locomotive branch desire to be exempted, since a retrospective survey of its conditions under the present regime does not justify any contribution by it to the alleged discord. Some time ago' it was reported to the Hon. D. Buddo, Minister of the Interior, that huias had been seen in the ranges of the Mount Holdsworth district, Wanganui. Mr A. Hamilton, director of the Dominion Museum, set out for the locality and travelled for some distance through the foress. At last his informant pointed out the birds which he had seen, and which Mr Hamilton had no hesitation in identifying as native crows. The rare huia, which has been the subject of quests for years, is therefore as elusive as ever. The New Zealand Times reports that a company has been working for many months on a.scheelite reef in Marlborough. Several tons have been extracted, and through a leading financial firm in Wellington, two tons were despatched to Sydney, the price realised being £95 per ton. The Marlborough Company has discovered that its claim (100 acres) has excellent scheelite-bearing properties, though it was gold the company set out to find, and all its energies are now centred on the, production of this little-known, but highly-valued ore. In the course of an interview with several business men in Rotorua on Tuesday, changes were likely to ensue as a result of the census. In forecasting the probable Tate of Rotorua, he expressed the opinion that there was a very strong probability of Rotorua being placed with Waihi, in the Ohinemuri electorate. This prediction was not received with any mark of appreciation. Various speakers stated that there would be an absolute. lack of any community of interest between a mining district and a tourist and health resort. “Area, so far as we know, never had any influence on Maori land claims,” said the Chief Justice in Wellington on Fri-day,-in giving judgment in a Native land case. “The aboriginals knew nothing of surface measurement. They had not even the ‘ox-hide’ measurement of Dido. The mode of ascertaining where their land was by ancestral boundaries, such as streams, patches of bush, hills, ridges, swamps, and

so on. They would have resented a surveyor’s area, which, if settled by measurement, might have given their pas or ancestral burying places to their rivals.” An East Coast storekeeper recently speculated in a typewriter and made out his monthly accounts with the machine. During the next few days he was surprised at the remarkable manner in which a large number of natives came to settle up. In some instances accounts which had been owing for a long period, and which the storekeeper was afraid would have to be put down as bad debts,' were paid next day. The reason for this haste has its amusing side. B -,r getting their accounts typewritten the Maoris took them as lawyer’s letters, and consequently lost , no time in making their credit good. Nelson is again testing the London mar'ket with fruit, having loaded the Tlimutaka, Avhich left Wellington for London on Thursday witn 5000 cases of apples. Considering how much the growers had to learn in the matter of packing and general get-up, and that the fruit arrived in London when that city was plunged in mourning for King Edward’s death, the last shipment did remarkably well, and came fairly close in some cases to the average f price for Tasmanian fruit. Some of the Nelson fruit last year realised in London from 10s to 18s a case. The Government then guaranteed Id per lb to growers. It / paid out £315 under this heading. British girls who come to New Zealand to enter domestic service seem in many cases to be disappointed with conditions here on arrival (says the Post). A lady having much to do with such girls in Wellington informed a Post reporter that the girls sometimes cry on -their disillusionment. They say they had been told before coming out that hey were to get 10s a week and all found. They are never able to say by whom they are told this, except that they have seen it advertised somewhere. As a matter of fact, they might be able to receive no more than £2O to £26 a year at Home, but they seem to leave with exaggerated notions asto the length of the New Zealand housewife’s purse. Many of them follow particular branches of service, and they are appalled at the multifarious duties which the New fealand “general” is expected to perform. “It is all so very different from what we thought it would be,” summarises the position. Pearn’s Kumara beer, second to none.— Ford Bros;, phone 17, Kumara.—Advt.

Place your orders uoav for the Coronation numbers of the English weekly paper’s. Send for a list of those to be published to B. Dixon, bookseller and stationer, Tainui Street, and you will receive one by return mail.—Advt. Our expert piano and organ tuner, Mr A. G. Harris, is now in town, and will

tend-' to all contracts and casual work All orders sent to the Manager, Dresden Piano Company, Limited, Tainui Street, Avill receive strict attention.—Advt.

At the Thomas and Mcßeath store you will find the first shipment of new autumn and winter goods, shoAving Paris hats, shapes for trimming, flowers, feathers, coats, jackets, blouses, etc. You’ll find the best always at the least price. 1/in the £ discount.—The Thomas and McBeath store, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth. —Advt.

Nasty colds are very easily contracted at this time of year, and those who suffer in this way will find Parkinson’s Lime Syrup a sure and speedy cure for coughs colds and all chest affections. No matter whether your cold is at its early stages or whether it has developed into a bad cough, don’t neglect it any longer, but cure it once and for all with Parkinson’s Lime Syrup. Price 1/-, 1/6, 2/- and 2/6 per bottle at Parkinson and Co’s.—Advt. For the British Expedition to the North Pole in 1875 Messrs John Broadwood and Sons’ pianofortes were taken out on board the H.M.S. Discoverer and H.M.S. Alert. These pianos were selected from the ordinary stock at Broadwood’s by Captain Nares and Lieutenant Eawson, R.N. The Discovery wintered in latitude 32.87 deg., with the cold sometimes 72deg. below zero. On the return of the ships the pianofortes were found to have stood remarkably well. The Dresden Piano Company, Limited, are the New Zealand agents for the above world-renowned instruments, and will be pleased to supply you with particulars as to the terms on ■which they may he purchased. Address; Tainui Street, A. J. Clarkson, manager.— A.lvt.