THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1873.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1626, 21 October 1873, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1873.

Information of more than ordinary local and district interest is contained in the telegrams which we received last night. Taking the items in the order in which they occur, we learn that' hope of the Hochatetter race has once again to be deferred, but only for a fortnight, and for a reason that is specified, not undefined. Next comes the satisfactory statement that the proclamation preliminary to the extension of the protective and railway works at Greymouth, from Tainui street to boundary street, had been signed, and thai what the Borough Council were desiderating, but discreetly delicate in pressing — the prosecution of the works at the present season — is fully intended to be done. What the merchants may think about the sele ction of Werita street or its vicinity as a site for the Transit Shed we leave them to say. Werita street has always been understood to be the terminus of the viaduct, and naturally the shed would have to be seaward of it, but if it is also to be near the same street, it is an equal necessity that there should be near the shed a wharf, but such a wharf does hot exist. It may be that there is a gift, horse looming in the distance. What 'is stated about the non-consent of the Government to the construction of a tramway from Brunnerton to Cobden is only what must have been known to all but the illj-inforraed paragraphist in Nelson or Wellington who suggested the idea. It was distinctly, and not without much disputation as to the quantity, the agreement ; between the Nelson and General Governments that so many tons of coal % should be sent down within a given time by the railway, and the contemplation of the construction of a tramway in the face of -these terms was preposterous, to say nothing of the questionable feasibility of using a tramway for such a purpose. It does appear, however, that under restrictions similar to those imposed upon the Nelson Government, the offer of M'Carthy to lease the mine is approved. The only question is, why M'Carthy more than any other man or company— say, the Greymouth Coal - mining Company 1 Finally, according to the telegrams, what is now Known as Brunnerton and what in course of time will probably come to be known on the Grey Valley railway as the Coalbridge station and township are to be .connected by a structure more sub--1 stantial than was contemplated, according to plans which are now being completed. I In the spirit of the moment, though it may not altogether suit the situation, is there any harm in saying "Hail Columbia!" *