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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1916, Page 4

‘ win all UWGWEIIK -"V-‘CHIWIOG-l"'U.l“ The Pzxfriofic Committee dosil-:3 ‘into I‘e In.ldel‘stood that Satlu'cla.v.. (Flower Day) shall be observed for collectiams for our soldier hays’ funds mnlv, and t.‘. -.t "all pormits fnr am» otlwr fund are sxlspurlalcd for

that day.—Advt. A most enjoyable dance was held at CConn dun on Friday night last in aid ol the ■ Itianrralina Silver Band. A largo number of visitors were present from Reef ton, Inatigahila Junction, and Capleston. Excellent music was .supplied by Misses Gallagher and Archer (piano), Messrs Teasdaie (Violin), Christenson (cornet), and Klluston (bass'), while Mr J. Thomas made a most efficient MX'. An excellent supper- was provided by the ladies of Cronacbm> and w’as done full justice to. The net proceeds to he handed over to the Band are £7 10s. “Boraalino.’ and “Co-operatira” (Tta lian), undoubtedly the best brands in Men’s Soft Felt Hates at the present time, \V. McKay and Son have just landed a good assortment in the newest Shapes and colors —Advt. At the Magistrate’s Court, Crcymonth, this morning, before Mr T. Hldchison, S.M., judgment by default was given,, in favor of plaintiff in each of the following undefended debt, cases: Waugh and Rob- i son v. John Bernhard,? claim for £5 12s ri 6d, less £3 paid on account, costs 12s 6d ; s James Kyle v. Thomas Codyre, claim £3 < ]ls. costs ss; Oreymouth Borough Council i v. Ethel Ellen Meehan, claim £5 Ids 4d. : costs 8s ; and Greymouth Borough Conn- * dl v. John Meehan, claim £4 2s 3d, I costs. ss. * At the first hint of a cold, get “Na--20I.” Nothing Mike it for influenza, fa- i tarrh and sore throat. To ensure getting i “Nazol,” always order it by name. — r Advt ■ 1 c Place your orders now . for Christmas numbers of the Auckland Weekly, Brett’s Annual, Otago Witness and Weekly Press. They are arriving early, and the number li issued is limited. Price Is, posted half- s penny extra, from B. Dixon, Tainui St.— s Advt. o

The County Engineer (Mr J. Higgins) has been ins meted to seiect ;i. site toy n pound at Cobden, viz., one of the inuriicipal reserves on the North Beach; and to have the reserve vested in the, Drey County Council. / - CJf ;

('ln;,.:ev goods in Costumes, Blouses, Millinery, Silk Bose, Kid Gloves, . Veilings, suitable for the holidays,, are showing at Mrs C. Wise’s, Mackay Street.— Advt.

A telegram from Nelson states that a tire occurred early on Saturday morning; in the office of the Golden Bay Cement Works, Tarakohe. It is stated there :s reason to suespect incendiarism, and a special police officer was despatched this morning to investigate. -

Always order “Nazol” by name.' 1 .Nothing else is "just as goiid” for cougus, colds, and sore throats.. Be sure yon gel genuine "Nazol.”—Advt. . ’ The use of the':Grey,.County,',Chambers has been granted to the Minister of Public Works (Hon. W. Fraser) for .public business on the 27th inst. The Minister will receive deputations from the Grey, Westland,. I nangahua and Buffer County Councils on the date mentioned. ‘‘The’ Supreme Desire” is the title »■{ the latest work of that favorite authoress. Gertrude Page, and is now on sale at, R. Dixon’s, Bookseller, Tainui Street.—Advt.

The Grey County Council and Greymouth Borough Council each contribute £2OO a year to the Belgian Hebei Fund, whilst the Groymouth Harbor Board does not so contribute. The Chairman of Bio Grey County Council has signified tiis intention to bring the discrepancy before a special meeting of the Grey County Council, to be held at 8 p.m. on the 26th irist, in connection with the visit of the Minister of Public Works to this district . ’

Ladies’ Soiled Muslin Dresses at Walker’s Fire Sale, only 2s lid, 3s lid, 4# lid and 6s lid ; former prices 3()S fo 4uii each. Real bargains. -At Walker’s, Boundary Street.—Ativt .

Members of the Grey County Council visited Cobden yesterday afternoon and decided that the fire brigade station lie erected at the junction of Nelson Quay and Stafford Street.. A contract fen ibe erection of the building has been let ,to Mr J. Drake, and the work will, be proceeded with ■ immediately. Councillors yesterday expressed themselves in favor of abandoning the work altogether in the event of further protests from Cobden residents. ‘ • ” ;

Great Millinery Display at'Aitken and Peters’ for race week; very conceivable style and shape, with exquisite trimmings. Ladies on the look-out for something very choice and smait in hats should visit this firm’s showroom, Upper Mawhera Quay. —Advt. 1 : :

The Rimn No. 1 dredge pontooons were successfully floated off the stocks yesterday morning. The contractors are to be congratulated on making a real good job, the buoyancy of the craft astonishing many who have been accustomed to see smaller boats with onlv as many inches of freeboard as Rimu No. 1 has feet. Of course, the machinery has still to. be erected, which will make an alteration in the draught. A quantity of the plant is now on the bank, and will lip installed immediately.

Save money on congh and cold medicines. Get a bottle of ‘‘Nazol”—the most economical specific. Sixty full doses, for 1/6, Every drop soothe.® and relieves,— Advt.

The Grey County Council has decided, on the motion of the Chairman (Mr. J. Ryall). seconded by Cr J. McCarthy, to co-operate with the Greymouth Harbot Board and other local bodies in a deputation to the Minister of Public Works to urge that the West Coast-Christchurch rail and coach service be made a daily cue instead of at present thrice weekly. The Council also decided to make repre* sentations to tlie Minister of Railways qn the matter per medium of the office. K,mt

Some new Rooks by popular authors: ‘‘Hepsy Burke,” by Wes trot t; /‘When Greek meets Greek,” hv Paul Trent; "When a Man’s a Man.” by Harold Bell Wright; ‘ ; me Place of Dragons,” by W. Te Queux; "The Valiev of Gold.” by Cunvnod j "The Girl of the Big Horn,” hv Chase: “The Passion for T,|fe,” by Joseph Hocking; "The Supreme Desire,” hv Gertrude Page. Procurable at B. Dixon’s, Bookseller, Tainui Street.—Advt. Ladies’ Stockings, dam acred hv water, three nairs for 2s 6d. 3s fid, 4s fid and. 5s fid. These are specially cheap, as hosiery is at a high price to-day. Walker’s Fee Sale, Boundary Street.—Advt

An assurance that the Government intends to see that full reinforcements leave New Zealand at the reouired times- was given by the Hon. J. Alien. Minister of Defence, when addressing the 18th Reii# forcement draft at Auckland, when ’ho gave the men a. me'save to convey to those M the f-out.. "Tell the men at the front,” he said, "that, von are only part of the men tint will he regularly refit from New Zealand. Tell them that they never will be, left short of men. and that as- long ns the war lasts drafts will 1 o se-t in take the places of those who fall. Tell them we are. watching them and caring for those they have' left lohrid.” "The Active, Service Wallet” is the most useful oresenf yon can send to your hoy at the front. It is made, in a handy form; of strong material, and contains writing paper and envelopes of good qua--1 itv. The price is 2s each st B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.—Advt. The funeral of the late James Stuart, which took place at Hokitika yesterday afternoon, was attended by a large and representative gathering from the town and outlying districts, a large number of floral tributes being placed on the grave hv friends and relatives. The funeral was carried out with full Highland honours,, the casket being enrolled with the Tart.an plaid. The body was borne by four members of the Caledonian Society, of which he was an old and esteemed member and chieftain. Piper Barrowman rendered the stirring lament, "Loch Aher No More,” over the grave. Rev. Father Clancv read an impressive service at the church and graveside.

Visit Mrs C. Wise’s, Mackay Street, and secure your wants for i lie coming holidays. Choice (Millinery, just opened to-day, is what is needed for the races.—• Advt. The treatment accorded to interned enemy subjects at Motuihi (Auckland) and Somes Island (Wellington) is considerd to be completely satisfactory by the American Consul General, Mr A.‘A. Winslow, who, early in the war, was requested by the United States Government-, acting as intermediary for Germany, to report periodically upon the matter.’ At the outset Mr Winslow was asked by his Government to visit.-the Motuihi internment camp once a month. So satisfied was he, however, with what he observed there on his first visit that/ he wrote in reply stating his conviction that a monthly visit was quite unnecessary. His representations resulted in the matter being practically left to his own discretion. As' a consequence, Mr Winslow slated in Auckland that be has only visited the island camp twice in the space of a year. He had received no complaints whatever of a serious nature from the interned prisoners. the matters which had been,brought under his notice'being comparative trivialities. The prisoners, hp declared, were well fed and otherwise looked, after, and had the run of the island, their worst trial being the monotony of the life. Aitken and Peters are showing a great range of very stylish Costumes in all the* newest materials and shapes; This department is in charge of an experienced dressmaker. All alterations done on the premises free of charge, and a perfectfitting Costume guaranteed.—Advt; ’ In cold, damp weather keep "NT/ril",. landy in home, office, or shop/ Take lorne drops on' sugar, nt. inhale it oc-a-lionaHy. 1 hat will protect .you against nulls and sore throat.—Advt;

The Ahaura railway station has been reduced to the grade of a flag station, the stationmaster having been transferred since the beginning ot the piestnt month..

• ■ Damaged underveat* for ladies, pui uf in lots of three foi'- 9a 6d, 3s 6d, 4s lid and 5s lid the lot: Ladies' Combinations, 2s lid, 3s lid and 4i lid per pair; La

... dies' -Bloomers, 2.s lid, 3s 9d and 4s lid; -.-.'also a large range of VVlute Oiidercloth./iiig, soiled by smoko, all greatly reduced . ! al VVulker’a. Fire .Sale, Boundary Street ; —Advi

Tlid work.of propel ly levelling, forming and .the cab stand m Mac"Jray Street, between Tainiii Street and ; the rU'eylnotitii Evening- Star office, was viooronsiy ’commenced to-day, and should lip” soon'' completed. This tmieh-needed '• improvement will be greatly appreeiatt-d "pot only by cab propiietbrs and drivers, InVt also by (lie adjoining property ovvrit-r.s . and the general public, is ,L .Truscolt, 'storekeeper, gives £lO

guVlrantee with every Is cat ton of “No liubbiiinr Laundry Help,” to wash all ... clothes spotlessly clean * without rubbing* nr injury. It is a remarkable boon to housewives, —Ailvt. The Chairman,of the Hailior Hoard sent the following wire to the .Minister of Marino (Hon. Dr McNab), in reference

-to-Cobden Bridge: “The deed of covenant of Cdbden bridge was forwarded for your •approval on September Gtli. A meeting of (he. local bodies (concerned will he held to-morrow. The Borough ami County threaten to cut the Board out of the matter if the covenant is not settled at once.'.’ To (Iris lee Minister sent the following reply. “He the deed of covenant,''file matter cannot he settled as The local bodies suggest. Some alterations have to he made before execution, after which the Ministerial consent will he given, but the. matter will lake some time yet before the Board can formally ask for a reply. Reply to the local bodies that their request being impossible, the matter will not he settled at once.”

To allay the ituh of eczema, of bortu> ; and sores, of insect stings,, use B&e Ointment. This 'honest old family remedy ii wonderfully soothing and healing. Use it also foi- cu(s, abrasions, sprains, rheumatic pains and swellings. Reef) Boa Ointment in the house. A la 6d tin will last many woolra —A rivf.

'llie question as to whether claims in conit by ilia Greymoath Boroiurh Council for sanilarv fees are in the category cf rates and their Main lory collection limited,, as in the case of general and special rates on freehold (two years) and Native lands (four years), was brought under the notice of .Mr T. Hutchison, S..M.', at the Magistrate's Court, Oreyinonth, this morning. The point had. been pieviously raised. Mr H. F. Doogan (wiio appeared on behalf of (he Council) submitted that the sanitary levies were not a rate, but annual fees. In some instances, he said, such fees were owing to the Greymonth Borough for six years.- His Worship asked what the corporation had been doing in respect to collection and how thev had been carrying on. Mr Doogan said the collection of outstanding revenue had been fenced for some time, whereupon bis Worship added, interrogatively, someone had now to do the Atnrenn stable business. Hi.s Worship said he would look into the point raised. See the lines in Prints we are offering at our Fire Sale —only bcl, 7d, and 8d per yard, worth 9d, lOd and Is; also remnants of Prints, Blousing,V Cretonnes, etc., 2) and 3 yards long, ]s per piece. Walker’s, Boundary Street. —Advt.

The latest signs of a decline of morale in the German army must not bo taken for more than they are worth; but. they are worth something. They are of two kinds—signs of discouragement and signs of disunion. Of the former there are many in captured letters from officers and mC-rfc" A man of the Guard Fusilier RegijTKftt't asks anxiously whether there is talk of peace at home, for lie is “fed up wiDi Die whole business,” and has “long given up believing in peace’ —meaning, apparently, the triumphant. peace promised by ■the Kaiser. “This war,” be says, "will

never be set! led by weapons. tun I even if we win ten times over, and England closes up our oversees trade, we ate nothirg but fools." The le.ttcrs from. Bavarians t-how mote dejection titan any others. “No one,” a mao writes train the Somme front, “goes willingly tot > the line. 1 cannot describe to vo'i how horrible .it G ut l present (July 11th) during the offensive.” The incipient disunion of which there are- signs i.s paitly between Germans arid Austria,ns. and parity bfl"'»-on Pinssinus and Snulli Germans. “Die Austrians,” a German soldier writes on July Ist from the eastern trout, “are a constant armovauce to ns. Thev never hold their ground. There is another example of it in rialicia.” The traditional Bavarian dislike for Prussia seems to he reviving with reverses at the trout ami hard times at home. A eaptuied noncomminsione i officer declares that in Ilegenshurg (Ratishon), where lie lias been drilling recruits, there is more übn.se of Prussia than of the enemy.

“The weakest goer to the wall/’— Shakespeare. Strong and successful people must »e healthy. Do not allow yourself to become “run down”—the first step to serious illness- Strengthen your system by taking am occasional dose of Baxter’s Lung Preserver, an invaluable aid in resisting coughs, colds, and throat troubles. Keep a bottle in your borne and work-place, especially during the present changeable weather. For fifty year* “Baxter’s” has been helping to keep New Zealanders healthy. 1/10 buys a big liottle of ihi> famous remedy.—Arivt

King David is reported to have said in his haste that all men were liars, and no doubt (says the Taranaki Herald) if ne were musing hv the fire to-day with a ripwspaper in, his hand he would lie, tempted to speak even more strongly with regard to some of the cablegrams that ap pear from various sources. The* error most people make, not only in reading their newspapers, but in every-day life, is that they never use their critical faculties; thev simply take in statements as a sponge absorbs water and leproduce them on the application of slight pressure. The absolutely incredible stories so often gravely handed on at ladies’ afternoon-tea parties and in men’s clubs show that power to believe the impossible still exists even in our enlightened davs. This same gullibility extends to all that appears in print. It would, of course, be, a serious error to. imagine that all cablegrams are devoid of truth. The Germans have undoubtedly done much to debase the standards by an almost incredible campaign ,of lies, but these do not as a rule roach us to any great extent. The difficulty in dealing with cablegrams, or indeed any form of information, i.s that truth may he regarded' from. so many angles. The hoy •who lias just been caned does not give exactly the same account of the operation as -the master .would, and the defeated general views the action he has fought quite differently from his ’ victorious rival. Yet in each of these cases-r—the boy. the master, and the two generals—what rt considered the truth mav be told with quite different results, We must in rmr reading, then, allow for the personal equation of the writer,., and also observe carefully what is not said as well as what is /said. 'Rome of the'recent German cominph|qiies are masterpieces, cf omi ciop. People should therefore lake a bt’Me trouble | p W- t some approach to (he truth by balancing,one statement aeain'd, an. other/ and.: when the firgts nr/»-'inefficient for.;a decision, suspend judgment till further" light arrives.

are the cheapest house on tin* foist far Bovs’ Soils. VVp keen only 4 lif> best. Oiiftlities aiifl 'dn a r*mrirk»lilv l*>ir Imd* in thin department. IVrinn von r hoy with yon ; h» will he well fitted and vonr-elf fills tied Is in MioJl diWonnt' W. McKay and Son, tlip Leading DrafTtn.—-

The annual meeting of the Dispatch Foundry Company was held last night. Mr F, Campbell presided oV t ;r a good attendance. The Chairman cmigiatulfuSd the Company on the success bf the year's operations. In spite of the war, excellent business had been done, and ihe prospects for the future were of a most encouraging nature. He referred in complimentary terms to the very efficient woi k done throughout the year by the manager, secretary and stall generally. He referred to the death of a former employee, C. Willing, who had been kil.t-d in action. He moved that a letter of condolence be sent to the fa tin r, Mr M. Willing. The retiring . directors, Messrs h'. Campbell and O. Kane, were leeleebd and the retiring anditors, .Messrs F. 11. Kilgohr and 11. !•'. I.'oogmi. were also reappointed. A vot,. of (hanks to the chair c.uiehuleil (he meeting.-

nmw m*m swanw Miss K. Hatch, lorme'rly of the. local telephone staff, will ar,ive fu.m t'hn.-i----church by to-night’s express. Mr. and Mr*. W. A. Armstrong, of Nelson, are at present c.n a .short visit to (Irurmoutli. Mr, and Mrs W. F. Harley have left for Nelson, where Mr. Harley will attend the Diocesan Synod. Mr. Joseph Stewart, of the Royal Hotel, Wellington, is. at pie.ant on a visit to Hreymonth. Mrs M, M. Wilcher. formerly of the Melbourne Women’s Hospital, and lately of St. George’s Hospital, Kew, has received an appointment as policewoman. Mrs Wilcher will be employed in Adelaide, She has more recently held the position of inspectress of licensed foster mothers in South Australia State Chilibeu’s Department.

The following pas.-enge s will arrive overland from Cliristelinr.-h this evening: .Messrs Jones, Bradlev, Monahan, McLean, Roitch, Monev, Smith. Rhodes, Mahoney, Rohin.son, Kiee, .Mnrdo.li, Francis, Martin. Savage; Broiler lawienee; Misses Webster, Reid, Wilkinson Mace, Hatch. Mahoney; Mesdames Mheiliarrlt, Harvey, Colleger, Vv (V»ilhouse, Bradley, Rage, Martin, Francis, Savage, Tiu-ky and three children.

A remarkable swimming performance was put up during August by Miss Kileen l.ee, the daughter of a naval officer on H..M..5. Vernon. She covered 46) miles in IGbr I7min, a world’s record for a woman. Commencing from Teddingtou Lock, Miss Lee. swam to Wapping Pier and thence back to Kew Bridge. Her first dive was madevat 7.5 a.rn. am! she left Die water at 5.20 p.m.. perfectly fresh and in good condition. The previous record was held by Mine. Isocue, who did 20 miles of a Channel stretch in 10 hours. On Monday the residents of N'eisui Cieet_»V(Ue again pleased to do honor to another of its hoys who has volunteered for active service. The guest on this occasion was Mr Michael Com or ford, the second son of our lespectcd townsman, Mr Ed. Cornet-ford. Dancing whs indulged in until midnight, .when a dainty supper was sei Vfd. after which Mr Dalziol, in a very eloquent speech, presented the departing soldier with a wristlet watch, with the best wishes of the friends he leaves behind for the best of good luck and a safe return to his native town. Mr Comerford suitably responded, and thanked those present for their very acceptable gift, and hoped to meet them all agairl on Ids return. Dancing was resumed, and the gathering broke up with Die singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Mr Comerford, who until enlisting was manager of Mr CTeagh’s store at Ruuanga, goes into camp with the 22ncl Reinforcements as an N.C.O.