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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1737, 27 February 1874, Page 2

Owing to the coming into force of the new Licensing Act, the present holders of, or in* tending applicants for, licenses of every description, must lodge their applications with the Clerk of the Bench before Tuesday, 3rd March, otherwise they will not be able to obtain a license until July, 1875. In many cases this will no doubt fall very hard upon tbe holders of licenses, but it appears that as the law stands there is no help for it at present, and a refund of extra amounts paid will ha

< be obtained afterwards by petition to the Provincial Couucil. The monthly meeting of the Grey District Itailding Society for the payment of subscriptions, takes 'place this evening, at Waters's Union Hotel, from half-past seven to half-past eight o'clock. Mr P. Dungan, M.P.C , has presented a petition to his Honor the Superintendent, praying for a continuance of the daily mail to the. Greenstone, _ An, entertainment is to be, given, this evening at the "Volunteer Hall, in aid of the funds of the Greymr.uth Literary Associa- • ion. The programme is varied and attrac •ive. The firafc part will consist of music by f.he Town Band, and songs, glees, recitations. &0., by a number of lady and gentlemen amateurs. The second part promises to be highly entertaining, being a mesmeric =iceance, in which Mr Frank Hamilton will *ie the operator, and a number of well-known residents the subjects. The name of Mr G. M'Beath, of No Town, vas been added to the list of probable can(Mates for the expec ed v cancy n the re•resentation of the Grey Valley district in she Nelson Provincial C -uncii. \ requiution, signed by over 300 electors, was rerented to Mr M'Beath last Tuesday evening At the Resident Magistrate's Cuurt, Hokisika, on Wednesday, Chow Kirn V oung, who was under remand, charged with the wilful •nurder of Lee Pue in Tasmania, was again brought up. Mr Commissioner James stated hat he had received a communication from die police authorities in Tasmania, stating' that it was not considered advisable to proceed further against the prisoner. The letter in question was handed to his Worship, who said that one of the reasons given in it was cho nationality of the accused. The internreter, Ah Chuk, was then directed to innrm the prisoner that the police in Tasmania did not intend to prosecute him, and that he was dischai ged. This was done, and Chow Kirn Younv, who throughout the proceedings had preserved his st -lid demeanor, left the •lock a fret man. Mr James inquired whether \t was the intention of the Court to return the depositions to Tasmania. His Worship stated that it was not his intention to do so, ! as those documents were the only justification the Conrt had for the action which had been taken i • the matter. Stewart's Island, with all the navigable waters included therein, and extending one league from the coast, has been declared a norfc within the Province of Otago, called Southport, under the Customs .Regulation Act, 1858. Dr Jacob S. Caro, Waimea, Westland, has been appointed a public vaccinator under the Public Healths Act, 1872. Mr Charles Woolcock was to move in the Provincial Council last night — " That his Honor the Superinten lens be respectfully requested to place on the Estimates for the ensuing year the sum of fifty pounds (LSO), f« a subsidy to the Grey mouth Literary Society." The Times is informed that Mr Browning, who has been for some time past engaged in the survey of the line of the proposed overland railway, expects to complete his task in a fortnight from the present time. Rather a good story comes from Lyttelton. A vessel came into port with a L>t of assisted immigrants. Among others the immigration )fficer had got hold of a very s -edy-lookini; man, and was endeavoring to drive into him r.he nature of the bill that was to be signe.i for the deferred payment of his passage money After expending his powers of explanatiou upon the unhappy individual, who xvas taking it all down with the usual succession of "Ye 3— yes— yes," studiously drawn jut, tbe officer at length hoped that he now understood the nature of a bill ; "Well, yes/ siys the man, without moving a muscle of his imperturbable countenance, "I think 1 understand the nature of a bill. I was partner in a London firm that failed for L 70.000 a few months ago." The efforts of the officer to look pleasant under the circumstances were a failure. A month or two ago we (Southern Grow) mentioned that Mr George C. N. Piesne, of the well-known firm of Piesse and Lubin, perfumery factors, London, had ar ived in this Cilony, his object being to ascertain its capabilities for flower farming and to afford information on the subject. We are now in a position to give a few statistics and other data which may be of service to those of our fellow-colonists who are desirous of cultivating flowers for the purpose of extracting their marke'able properties. Mr Piesse, jun., arrived in Melbourne early in December, 1872, and spent the following nine months in. visiting the principal cities an t districts of Australia The next two months he d'-voced to New Zealand, calling first at Auckland, from whence he proceeded to the South, and is now on his way back o England, via Melbourne. So well satisfied is Mr Piesse that flowers can he reared in sufficient abundance in Auckland that he propo-es returning, probably in the course of the next two or three years, with th« view of establishing the necessary works for the extraction of the odours of plants and other subRtances which may be found suitable for perfumery purposes. | In describing what are known as the " New Cre :k Reefs," lately discov red in j 1 the Lyell district, the correspondent of the Inangahua Herald writes:— "The general I features of this rush are, in my opinion, as j follows : — That the line of reef is situated I westerly of that of the Alpine Ran>,'e <>•• | Eight-mile, and cannot lie the same, being bounded east and west by belts of granite. It will require a »reat deal more prospecting before it is established that the reef is payable, as the inside of the hills will have to be driven to ascertain the more or less friability 1 of the rock which require excavating. Oq i the other band, the place well deserves a : good trial, as it is likely that very payable reefß woul 1 be found. There is abundance of water for motive power, and a dray road to tbe reefs would not cose more than about LSOO, so that machinery could b« brought on the ground without difficulty. The locality I estimate at a ! out 300 ft above the Buller j River at the junction of the creek, and dis- | tant from tbe reefs about seven rciles. The I range between the New Cr<?ek and the Ei«ht- . mile must rise about 2000 ft. The track now used by the Zalatown miners to reach New Creek is very rough. I should nt be sur- [ prised that if reefs were looked for about one mile east of the present discovered line, chat most favorable results would be obtained. I think the Government, in order to facilitate the development of that part of our district, ought immediately to instruct a party of j surveyors to make a practicable foot-track, as I believe that a couple of miles of swagging would be saved thereby." Messrs Rochefort and Hall, the gentlemen who have charge of the survey of the main trunk line of railway between Nelson and Canterbury, arrived at Lyell on Tuesday last. The Herald says :— " The survey has been finished as far as the Owen, and Mr Rochefort has proceeded to Christy's from which place he will personally superintend the survey towards Reefton, Mr Hall taking charge of the lino between the Owen and Christy's. We are in a position to state that the line will be brought down the southern bank of the Buller, and the station will probably be placed on the piece of ground at prpsent reserved for the use of the proprietor of the punt. Mr Rochefort is favorably impressed with the appearance of the country, which does not present any exceptional dim"- ' C'llnea in the way of railway construction. la fact there are only about ten miles of bad

catmtrv betw.f n Lynll and Nelson. A great deal of judgment has heen shown by th« engineers in their selection of the routo. and a great saving will result from its adoption '' A dividend of fivepence per share was declared by the directors of the Monto Christo Company, Lyell, on Monday last. Th divdend would have been eightpenee, only ihe directors decided to create a reserve fund for the purpose of carrying on future operations. The necessity for making calls will thus be obviated for some time to come The -■ gold ''frbnrthe last crushing was melted on Monday last. The Bank save L 1340 lls 6d. The loss in melting was under 4oz Messrs Charles Mace and wen Lynch have heen elected directors in addition to Messrs Mabile, Garde, and Jecklin.