THE Grey River Argus, PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1874.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1908, 17 September 1874, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus, PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1874.

The Sreymouth Rifle Rangers will parade for monthly inspection of arms and accoutrements this evening, at eight o'clock. . The hon. secretary of the Grey River Hospital begs to acknowledge the receipt, from Mr W. M'Kechnie, local secretary, •Maori Creek, of -the sum of L 43 10s 2d, being the proceeds of the annual ball held in that district on behalf of the Hospital. The local committee desire to return their sincere thanks to Messrs Charles Peters and George Jacobs, musicians, who gave their services gratis on the above occasion. On Wednesday the Charles Edward brought to port about 40 immigrants, who were transhipped from the Strathnaver at Wellington. They consist principally of coal-miners and stone-masons, and will, no doubt, receive speedy offers of employment. Their arrival was unexpected, as no previous notice had been given of the intention to send them here, and consequently the immigration officer was ouc of town, and there wsre no preparations made for their recaption. The Mayor at once took the matter in hand, and communicated with the Superintendent, who replied that if the local agent had made no provisions for the reception of the immigrants he should do so temporarily, and communicate to him what provision had been made for them, and what the immigrants intended doing. On receipt of the telegram, immediate steps were taken by the Major and several members of the Borough Council in order to secure proper house-room for the new arrivals. The result was that the single men were lodged in a house in Arney street, and the married people in a two-storey tenement in Gresson street, and they were all provided at the cost of the Government with everything in the shape of provisions, and other comforts. They are a very likelylooking lot, and appear to have been properly selected for this portion of the Colony, being all coal-miners and stonemasons, most of whom are accompanied with their wives and families, and who will no doubt be very speedily absorbed in the general population, as they are just the men who were "wanted" here at the present time. The following are the Dames of the new arrivals : — Married : John Waddell (iron moulder), wife and child ; Wni. Smith, wife and three children ; Peter Cummin?, wife and three children ; Peter Rear, wife and six children ; William' Boyd and wife ; Thomas Lamberton, wife and three children. Stone-masons— John Brownlie, John Weir. Coal-miners — John Henderson, Wm. Henderson, Joseph Develin, John M'Farlin, Robert Douglas, Joseph Lewie, Jamea M'Lucklery. The s.s. Otago arrived at the Bluff yesterday morning ab daylight, bringing the news that Sterliug, a comparative outsider won the great Raudwick race, in the result of which such a deep interest has been taken at Greymouth, and on the West Coast generally, for the last month or so. The Otago left on the 10th,the morning of the event, but being detained in going down the Yarra, the intelligence of the finish of the race reached Queenscliffe before the vessel cleared the Heads. There was considerable excitement in town until the actual result was positively made known, for there were a great many interested in the Derby and Calcutta Sweeps recently drawn at the Albion Hotel. In the Derby Sweep on the Sydney Great Metropolitan Handicap, Mr William M'Millan, brewer, of Greymouth, drew the first prize, amounting to L 583 6s Bdj Mr B. Osborne, of Hokitika, the second, of L 166 13s 4d ; and Mr J. Hughes, of Westport, the third, j of LB3 6s Bd. It is understood that Messrs Osborne and Hughes are not the actual winners, they being agents merely for the disposal of the tickets. In the Calcutta Sweep on the same event, sold at the Albion Hotel on Saturday evening, the purchaser of Stirling, aad the drawsr of the first prize of L 173, is Mr Henry Raphael, of Taylor and Raphael, ot Greymbuth. The second prize of 138 9s goes to Mr Joseph Graham, and the third of Ll9 4a 6d to Mr W. Splain, of Tainui street. In our issue of the 4th instant, in giving an account of the drawing the previous evening, we remarked that the last ticket taken out of the box represented Stirling, "a not at all unlikely winner." It is a curious coincidence that on the occasion of the drawing for the three last sweepstakes at the Albion Hotel, the last ticket taken out of the urn took a horse, while in the present instance the lost chance turns out to be the winner of the principal prize. At the Supreme Courr, Hokitika, yesterday his Honor Judge Richmond, sitting in banco, delivered judgment in the appeal case Gilfillan v. Nancarrow by allowing the appeal with costs, and reversing the decision of the Greymouth Resident Magistrate. This case, it maybe remembered, was heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court here on the 17th August, and then plaintiffs, Messrs Nancarrow and Co. obtained a verdict for Ltt9 7s 6d for loss sustained by damage done to some 'flour consigned to them from Adelaide during its passage in the Annie Brown, of which vessel Mr Gilfillan was master. Not having particulars we are unable to say upon what grounds the Magistrate's decision has been quashed. Mr Guinness appeared for the appellant. The appeal case James Hamilton, appellant, v. the Paroa Road Board, respondents, was also decided in favor of the appellant, with costs. This was a claim: for rates originally made in the Kesi* dent Magistrate's Court, Greymouth, by the Board against James Hamilton and Co., of Marsden and Greymouth. The Hoard obtained .a verdict, and an appeal wan made to the District Court where the decision of the lower Court was upheld. The original defendants then appealled to the Supreme fiourt with the above result. At ;tb,e "VN aete Lands Board, on Wednesday, after the sale pf timber on Blook 55,

Arahura, had taken place, Mr M 'Vicar addressed the Board, and said he thought one of the conditions of the sale was illegal. He referred to the condition that the .person, buying the right to the' timber need not take out licenses to cut such timber. He referred to clause 27 of " The Westland Waste Lands Act Amendment Act, 1873," which is to the effect that any person cutting timber on the Waste Lands of the Crown without a license rendered himself liable to a penalty not exceeding L2O. The Board declined to enter into any argument about the matter, but it is certain that they were right in making such a condition, seeing that the land in question did not come under the head of Waste Lands of the Crown, as it had previously been made a reserve for the sale of timber. It is stated that some of the men working on the new road at Okarito are very sanguine that a good gold-field will, ere long, be opened between Okarito and the Wataroha River. It is understood that the Rev. Father Rolland has been appointed to the Grey Valley parish, and that Rev. Father Gutnoire proceeds to Napier. We ("Register") are requested to state that a number of men are wanted for repairing the Christchurch road, which work will be put in hand at once by the Government. Persons wishing employment should apply at i once to Mr Browning, at the Lands Office. ! The "Guardian" of Tuesday states that, at Donoghue's, the Long-Tail Filly aud Prospectors' claims are both doing well. At Redman's, the Kohinoor claim is in full : work, and the shareholders are making up for the time they recently lost from various causes. Constable Chichster of the \Nelson Police Force, whose appointment was recently suspended by the Government, pending official enquiry, has been re-instated in his position of officer-in-charge, Lyell. The action of the Government in the matter has given great satisfaction at Lyell. Mr Martin Lightband, of Nelson, in a letter to the "Colonist," charges the Provincial Government with "extravagance and mismanagement" in connection with the gasworks in that city, and deprecates the City Council taking over the works, and saddling the ratepayers with a heavy annual loss. The " Reef ton Courier" is given to understand that Mr Warden Whitefoord's probation has expired, and that the Grey Valley has been formally united to the judicial district of Inangahua, under Mr Warden Broad, with Reef ton as head quarters. It is not the intention of the Provincial Secretary to visit the gold-fields at present, urgent engagements compelling him to remain iv Nelsou. The Superintendent is still in Wellington, negotiating the Greymouth harbor scheme. From our Otago files we notice that intelligence has been received in Dunedin of Mr Henry Porson Morse. The " Star" says : — Mr Morse died on the 15th August on the 15th August on the voyage home, when the ship was off Dungeness. He had left Melbourne in the Lady Jocelyn, which arrived in the Thames on the 24th August. Mr Morse, who was well known and respected here, was for some time clerk to the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin. He was a f deacon of the Hanover street Baptist Chapel , for many years, and had held the office of hon. secretary to the Otago Bible Society. It is with much regret we ('* West Coast Times") hear that Mr Wm. Evans met with a severe accident on Tuesday, when returning from Ross. It appears that on riding along the road, near the Hospital, his horse stumbled, throwing Mr Evans heavily on his shoulder, and breaking his collar-bone. He was immediately conveyed from the South Beach to his home in Hampden street, where Dr Maunsell's attendance was speedily procured, and every available assistance was rendered. Much sympathy has been expressed for the sufferer, and it is sincerely to be hoped that the accident is not of such a serious nature as was at first reported.