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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1710, 27 January 1874, Page 2

The next exhibition of the Greymouth Horticultural Society takes place to-morrow, and is expected to be one of the finest shows ever held in town. The Committee have been most assiduous, and there is no doubt that the result will be highly satisfactory bo far as the display of flowers, fruit, and vege. tables is concerned. The Exhibition will be open to the public from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m., but all exhibits must be at the Volunteer Hall by 10 a.m., in order to be properly classified. The Volunteer Hall was crowdei a^ain last evening to hear the performance of tha Australian Bellringeis. The entertainment was highly succectful, and during its progress was frequently applauded, more particularly the second part in which Mr F. Verben appeared in nis negro characters. The entire entertainment 13 thoroughly enjoyable, and as this is the tast night of their appearance no doubi there will be a good house. The troupe have consented io give an afternoon performance fco-day at the small figure of Gd each, in order that all the youngs bees attending the sqhbols in tow a should be present. As all the teaohers have consented to the arrangement, we have no doubb there will be a gigantic muster of the rising population of Greymouth. The adjourned meeting of the Committee appointed at the late public meeting held iv Gitmer's Hall tykes place this evening, at the Melbourne Hotel, at eight o'clock. The attention of tenderers is directed bo the revised l'st of supplies required for the Greymouth Hospital during th« ensuing six mouth, which appears in another colum 1. In th* Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning Colleon Paul, aJJYenchman, was 1 fined 10s for drunkenness. Captain Bascand, of the steamer Waipara, was summoned by Mr M'Betii, the Postmaster, for a breach of the postal regulations in not giving the re. quired notice of his intention to gail for Hokitika on the 12th inst. He admitted the charge, and was fined Is and costs. We regret to state that no intelligence concerning Mr Aitken, who is missing from the Teremakau, has yet been received. As the Lioness wa* going alongside the Hokitika wharf on Saturday, the body of a. woman was observed floating in the water. Several persons collected at the si;eps at the foot of Revell street, and they succeeded in getting the body out of the water. It was at qnce recognised as that of Mrs Hannah Henderson, a, married woman, who had with her husband and family resided in Sale street. It appears that when Mr Henderson went home to, dinner at noon, he found that ; his, wife had gone out, taking with her a child aged twelve months. She is supposed to have been seen by several persons between the time she left home and the discover/ of the body in the river, but to the time of our going to press no intelligence had been gathered as to the fate of the ch'ld.—Yesterday's West Coast Times says :— " No tidings have yet been received concerning the fate of the baby. On Saturday afternoon, the shawl which had been worn by the deceased was found in the river near the steps at the foot of Revell street. Our correspondent at the Five-Mile Beach, Okaiito, under date 2}st January, writes :- ■ " s ince my last nothing starring has taken place- here. A report was circulated that the body of the late Mr A. Be 1 ' had been found, but this is not the fact to date. On On Saturday last, 18th November, no less than seven diggers put in an appearance here on their way up from the Hi -wt, lookm^ very weary and tired. They left there on Monday on their way to former fields, viz , Ross, the Kauwri, and tho Grey. ■ OiiTues-' ' day other five from the same place followed Buit. One of the five I had a little oonver<?a.

tionwich, but he said little | for or against tho place. Only one man from this neighborhood confesses that he has made good wages ever since being there, and that; he was going back. I may mention that the rcnouned Mr Fox was among the five here on Tuesday, but this is hearsay, as I do not knowtheman. I hear there are still about thirty men left on or. about the Haast. I may mention' that! all the 1 parties up the Awaroa have left for the time being, unless that of two - men,- -who have not got a trial of their,' ground yet. Here, at the Five-Mile diggings things do look very dull. The ten-acre men have only got their new wheel started. They have had many unf orseen mishaps to contend with, but they are plucky fellows, aud iiOvv Ithink they have surmounted all difficulties." The following-nominated immigrants have arrived at Wellington by the Salisbury, an<l . will reach, Greymouth, by the. next steamer from Nelson :— Thoman A T eil, Minnie Macnamara, and Mary Billet. One of these immigrants was nominated here on the 25th September last,' so that the remarkably short sp ice of four months has intervened between the nomination and the arrival of the. nominee, Stonemasons are so scarce on the gold-fields of Otago that several contracts at Cromwell and Clyde cannot be commenced. The 06---server informs us that 16s a day is the current wage offered at the Arrow. The New Zealand Gazette, of January 15, notifies thab the following tenders for delivery of railway sleepers atLyttelton and Timaru were accepted or declined : -Lytlelton — Accepted: :E.. C. Latter, Akaroa,. 67,000 at 3s • H. Palmer, Auckland, 45,000 at 33 4^d; Krull and Co., Wellington (all jarrah), 40,000 at 4s 3d; J. Luniion, Auckland, 45,00; » ; at 3s 5d;J. Lundonj Auckland (large size), 38,000 at 43 sd. ' ' Declined : J. Lundon, Auckland (part accepted), 145.C00- at'3s!isd;;E. r O. liatter; Akaroa, 33,500 at 3$ 6d ; E. C. Latter, Akaroa, 33,500 at 3s 6d; J. Copland and Co., Auckland, 145,000 at 3s 7d l-sth; J. Copland' and Co., Auckland (larjje), ; conditional, 31,000 at 33/ lOd 4-sfchs; C. Houghton, Dunedin, 50,000 at 33 8i ; Bird and Co; 7 67,000 at 3s 9d ; D. G. Holmes, Christchurch, 20,000 at 4s; P. Cunuingham, Lytcelton, .50; 000 at 4s 3d ; Krull and Co., Wellington (all jarrah), 119,000 at 4s 3d'; 0. Houghton, Dunedin (large), 31,000 at 53 Sid; Krull and ; Co.j Wellington (large, . all jarrah), 31,000|at 63 3d. Timaru— Declined : J. Copland and Co., Auckland, 18,000 at 3.3 lOd 4-sth's ; D. Proudfoob, Dunedin, .385J000- at 4a]; D. Proudfoot, Dunedin, if all ironbark or jarrah, at4s9d. : .'■■.■ ' „ The wife of Dr Bakewell, medical iofficer to the Dunedin Hibernian Society having advertised for "an English or Scotch servant" the society gave Dr Bakewell notice that his services were no longer required. The doctor's reply is published in the Dunedin Star, and in his letter he says :- " Had your letter terminated with giving me the required notice, I should have had nothing further to say ; but as the second paragraph states that the re .son for the notice is Mrs Bakewell's advertisement for an English or Scotch servant, i rausli tell you that I consider this a ino&t impertinent and unwarrant-' able interference iv lny domestic affairs. I never interfere with my wife in the engagement or management of her. servants, and I will not allow any man or set of men to do so, whether they call themselves members o2 the Hibernia 1 Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, or by any other combination of adjectives. Leb me advise the members of St. Joseph's Lodge to mind their own business and leave women to attend to the affairs of the kitchen," An Otago contemporary says that contracts for the construction oE several light lines of railway in that Province w'llbe let about the begiouing of next month. The foUowino; are among the lines referred to :— Eiverfcon .0 Orepuki, Eiverton to Ofcautau, River ion to Wallacetown, and Oaniaru to Waiareka. The total distance will be a little over sixty miles, and the undertakings, v. 11l .open up some excellent country of a pastoral, agricultural, and auriferous character. A purse of 100 soys, sukoribed by the commercial community of Dunedin, has been presented to Mr Hill, late Collector of Customs there, on the occasion of bis removal to Auckland. ■..-.■ The .Otago Guardian of 14th January says:— "A burglary in Dunedin is a rare thins, end when the capture of the culprit is mainly on ing to' the courage of a lady, increased infce cst jsfelb in the particulars of the oa'ie.- They are these:— Ou Mondiy evening the premises of the Hon.j James Paterson, sitaat'd at the corner oE Alva and High otreeba, were properly secured as usual At about two o'clock on Tuesday morning, the savvant girl was awoke by a noiye in or noar her bedroom. |q reply to \her inquiry, ' VVho'd there?' a man answered, 'Hold your noise, or I'll shoot you ' The girl then Koroamed ; and, on he.iiinjher screams, Mrs Paterson rushed out of her bedroom just ii time to confront the unwelcome visitor. He tried to escape, but Mrs Paterson seized his bea, ?d, and held bim until her husband came immediately afterwards to. her assistance. The inti uder wa? then thrown oil the ground, and secured until the help of some of the neighbors was obtamed. ic is said ti'iit he pleaded hard for liberty ; and even promised, •E released, to pray fervently for the success and happiness of his inexorible detainers. His entreaties* however, were unheeded. He was made stfll further secure by being tied with handkerchiefs,, and conveyed to the lock-up, the aid of a policeman having been obtained before the excited party hadppor ceeded far dowa High street When the premises were aftei wards examined, it wa3 found that the back door and dining-room wiudow were open. It was also discovered that an attempt had been made to force open a desk, several bottles of spirits had been removed from a pre:s m the dmiug-room, and the marks of a stranger's feet were, traceable in the drawiug-room."— The pri- v soner was brought uj) before the Bench next day, and committed for tiial. "J . ; The Tuapeka Times says :^-< 'The Governor passed through CromweU without atopping, greatly to the disappointment of the Mayor and Councillors, who were "n waiting, This ]". indeed adding i isult to inju.y. tha authoilties decline t » oooLr upon the Mayor of CromweP. the title of J.P.; and now the Governor in bis tourof ' the Proviuce.cannot .find a moment to receive the. expressions of loyalty to her Majesty's lieges in the golden city of the interior. What great sin. has Cromwell committed ? " ' " . ... A London barman has bean fined .£2O for writing a* false character for a barmaid, who alte» wards r turn3d : out to be a thief.