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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1952, 7 November 1874, Page 2

The resignation by Mr Canavan of his seat in the Provincial Council of Westland for the district of Okarito has been received by tha Speaker of the Council, but as the Constitution Act prescribes that such resignation must be addressed in writing to the Superintendent before a writ for a fresh election can be issued, the informality in the act of resignation will cause an unforeseen delay in the new election. Messrs Barff and Donovan are candidates for the vacant seat. Mr Foy, C.E , accompanied by a survey Btaff, left town yesterday morning for the Ahaura, which he will make the starting point of his exploration in search of a practicable route for the proposed railway between th« West Coast and Canterbury. At the Resident atagistrate's Court, yesterday. Henry Giesking on the information of Catherine his wife, was ordered to find sureties himself in L2O, and two others in LlO each to keep the peace. Mary Ann Rodgers was charged on the information of John Lodge with using abusive language. Mr Perkins appeared for the defendant, who did not put in an appearance, and pleaded informality in the wording of the summons, this plea was allowed, and the case was dismissed. The same defendaut was also charged on the information of Ann Jourdan with assault. Complainant stated that on Thursday morning Mrs Hodgers called her into the yard and asked if it was true that complainant was going to appear as witness in the charge of abusive language brought by Lodge. Complainant replied that she was, whereupon Rogers struck her on the head with a saucepan. Dr Morice deposed to dressing the wound. Mr Perkins urged for the defendant who did not appear, that she was both ill and drunk at the time of the assault, so bad, in fact, as to be wholly irresponsible for her own actions. His Worship, in giving judgment, said that the defendant was one of those notorious characters always causing annoyance to her neighbors and constantly appearing before the Court. She would this time be sentenced to one month's imprisonment, but owing to a doubt existing about her health, hard labor would not be enforced. We draw the attention to an announcement issuer! by the Telegraph Department that the steamer Alhambra is expected to leave the Bluff at 11 o'clock this morning Tolonrame for ilio a -uotralian Oo'rmius or Europe via Java cable, will be received at the Telegraph Office. Greymouth, for transmission to the Bluff till 9. 15 o'clock. The Hospital Removal Committee mefc last night in Gilmer's Hotel, Dr Acheson in the chair, a letter was read from his Honor the Superintendent of Weatland intimating that he had closed with the General Government for the purchase of the present Hospital building for the sum of LI2OO, and that he had written asking the Government to forward money so as to enable the commitee to make progress payments to the contractors of the new building. The chairman stated the result of the deputation's visit to Hokitika, and the courteous manner in which they had been received by the Superintendent. After some conversation the following resolutions were unanimously carried : — "1. That the letter from his Honor the Superintendent of Westland, intimating that he had closed negotiations, and sold to the General Government the present Hospital bandings for the sum of LI2OO, be received. 2. That the Committee fully endorse the action of the Superintendent of Westland (who acted on their behalf) in disposing of the Hospital buildings for the sum of LI2OO. 3. That as any delay in receiving the amount of purchase money would materially retard the erection of the new Hospital, this Committee entirely approves of the course adopted by his Honor in endeavoring to secure at least sufficient to make progress payments to the contractor. 4. That the thanks of this Committee be conveyed to his Honor the Superintendent of Westland for the zealous and indefatigable manner in which he has assisted the Committee in carrying out the preliminaries for the removal of tho Hospital, and thereby conferring a great boon to the public of Greymouth and district." It was resolved—" That the chairman be requested to forward the above resolutions to his Honor the Superintendent." It was resolved—' • That Mr Eissenhardt be instructed to prepare plans and specifications for the new hospital according to ground plan No. 2, which has been approved of by the committee ; and that tenders be called for the formation and. metalling of about three chains of a street leading from Hospital street to the Hospital Reserve." The committee then adjourned.. The Hospital Removal Committee invite tenders for forming and metalling about three chains of a road from High street to the reserve. The work will be pointed out to parties desirous of tendering this day at 3 o'clock on the ground. The drawing for the Calcutta sweep on the Melbourue Cup took place last night in the Albion Hotel, and passed off most satisfactorily in the presence of a very numerous audience of ticket-holders. The total number of interests amounted to 140, at which number it was closed punctually at the advertised time. Had the list remained longer open, a great many more chances would have been taken up, but the promoters having previously determined that it would nod be kept open after a certain time, most wisely adhered to their resolution. The selling will take place to-night, when only those who have been subscribers are entitled to bid; and as it is expected that the horses will fetch high figures, the probability is that the prizes will be by far the largest ever realised in a Calcutta sweep in Greymouth. In accordance with the promise made bj. the Defence Minister when in Dunedin a few months ago, four large guns have been sent there recently. Two of them are 24-poundera the other two being 32-pounders. The former have been Bent to Forb Chalmers, and the latter are now lying outside the front of the Head-quarters Drill-shed. The guns are of an old pattern, and itis not likely that they would prove very effective in cases oi emergency. Tho death of Captain M'Leerie, the Com-

missioner of Police in New South Wales, calls back one's recollections to the deed of derring-do, which, was the foundation of his fortune. Mr M'Leerie received a cotnaii >i sion a=j a reward for his gallantry in arresting one of the men who, in the early part of her reign, attempted tho Queen's life, and he was gazetted to a regiment serving in New Zealand. There he distinguished himself greatly, was gradually promoted to the rank of captain, and upon his retirement from the army obtained the command of the constabulary in the sistur Colony. A bank clerk in (Victoria has thrown up his situation and disappeared because the manager objected to his wearing a velvet coat. A patient named Henrickson jumped from a window on the top storey of the Dunedin Hospital on Saturday night. He was mad when admitted. He died within half an hour ajter he had taken the leap. ; Mrs Jaggar, wife of Mr H. Jaggar, Go- ' vernment schoolmaster at Selwyn, Canter- ' bury, died very suddenly. At half -past eight she was taken ill, and in half an hour afterwards she was dead. Mr Disraeli is going to cross the " melancholy ocean," and visit Ireland, as the guest of the Duke of Abercorn. He will have further opportunities of studying his host's peculiaritieß,|with a view to another reproduction of them in a future novel. This, however, is not the Premier's ostensible business. It is said that he is greatly in favor of the proposal for establishing a royal residence in Ireland, and that he is about to make itaqni- ' ries with h view tv taking action on. the subject;. The new Presbyterian Church, at Oamaru,_ is to be commenced at once. The contract price is L4OOO, and thejaccommodation to be provided is for nearly 700. Mr Forrester is the architect, and his plan shows the finished building to be a fine piece of architecture. The site, however, is a poor one. An accident occurred on the Dunedin add l Clutha Railway, a little distance beyond Kensington, early on the 26th ult. It appears that a ballast train was shunting four empty trucks on to the siding at Hillside, Caversham, the trucks being disconnected from the train, and the train from Green Island, which leaves there at 8.30 o'clock, coming in sight, the engine with the ballast waggons shunted to get out of the way of the other train, while the four empty trucks, being disconnected, were left on the line, the consequence being that the Green Island passenger train ran into them. Two of the empty trucks were thrown off the rails by the collision, but no part of the Green Island train was thrown off. Some passengers have been more or less cut and bruised, but no person was seriously injured. As far as we can learn, those who sustained injury were — Mr Charles Samson, much cut about the face ; Mr Holmes (his clerk), cut and bruised on the leg ; Mr Rutherford (clerk to M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co.), cut on the leg ; Miss Thomson, daughter to Mr J. T. Thomson, Commissioner of Crown Lands, severe cut on the eye. The following were among those who were severely shaken :— Mr Britton, master of the Industrial School ; Mr Gibson, clerk to Russell, Ritchie, and Co.; Mr J. H. Pope, master at the Girls' High School ; Mr Baxter and Mr Scoular. The accident is purely attributable to the carelessness of the locomotive foreman, whose admission of the fact caused Mr Conyer3, the railway manager, to at once dismiss him. The discharged employee has rendered himself liable to severe punishment.