THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, MAY 4, 1886.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5181, 4 May 1885, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, MAY 4, 1886.

The militia list for this district has been completed. In all 293 names of males between -the ages of 17 and 30 have been collected. As the usual average of exemptions is about one-third of the list the number of militia for this district will be about 2CO. ' ;

The quarry works will be at a standstill to-day, and for some time until sufficient piles are driven; "at the tiphead to enable the contractors to resume their work of extending the harbor mole, It was understood that they would be employed in the interval in filling in Wallabi Bay, but as that is private property a hitch has occurred and the Harbor Board will not in the meantime go on with that work and improve property wilhout some better understanding than exists at present. This delay, although perhaps unavoidable in the circumstances, is still very much to be regretted, as there are already a great many men in town without employment. The harbor works attracted twice the men here that were required to fill every opening. Mr Beeche has obtained an injunction from Mr Warden Bird against the Fiery Cross Extended Company for improperly permitting water to run to waste from Boatman's Creek,' whereby the . applicant was prejudiced. In consequence of the company's action four berdaris in connection with Mr Beeches tailing plant were inactive. The strike in the United Albine mine has terminated. The men now work at the reduced rate of wages, £3 3s per week: ' ; The firat meeting of creditors in ,the estate of John Corr was held at Westport last week, and adjourned for a week in order to allow of an offer of composition being made. • The tenth competiton for Dr Morice's cup took place at the rifle range on Saturday afternoon, but owing to the very boisterous weather which prevailed at the time of firing; the scoring was very poor, Lieutant Skoglund being the winner with 51 points. ..--.. ■•■■--.• : The contractors for the erection of the new: Harbor: Board offices have been stopped some days now for the want of bricks. ,;,.v . ; The coach containing M.Eemenyi and eight other passengers capsized at Nprris's Gully, oh the' Lyell-Nelsbh road.; : ' The cause of the accident was one of the horses shieing at a white calf which came'out of the bush.. Excepting a young man named Pitt, who, had his;! ankle injured, all escaped with a few slight bruises and scratches. : . Qiio. of the horses 'was so seriously. injured that: it is feared it will have to be deaito^kd.i~-Wes^p6ri Times.

It is some eight or nine years since the Baldwins visited New Zealand, though a visit to the West Coast was omitted from their itinerary on that occasion. The Professor must have pleasant recollections of that tour. It was a veritable showman's I Lriumph all through — big houses, big business, and generally speaking he had a high' olditime from a professional point of view. It was a hew thing, and wherever the Professor billed in the colonies, eager crowds poured their money into Eis lap. Although the role, of the Professor has lost the novelty that. was then its bloom, it will still attract thousands, who cannot help going to speculate and wonder at the strange power which enables one person to read what is in the mind of another and perform many other mysterious tricks — for after al they" are neither more or less \ than tricks — that the great mass of the [ people camiot at all fathom or comprehend. As the professor has never visited this part of the coast before, he ought to be able to* count upon bumper houses during the two nights he is to stay. He promises novelties never seen in the colony before. The company open this evening at the Public Hall. Mails for the Australian Colonies^ close at Auckland oh arrival of the City of Sydney, expected to-mbrow. The Rev. Father Fitzgerald died, at Dunedin recently. This is the first death of a Catholic priest in the diocese. Three of the strikers from the Westport Colliery a few days ago wrote that it was impossible for a man to make more than 6s a day.' Two of the new hands, says a local paper, affirmed that they obtained over 8 tons in five hours, which at 3s 6d per ton would give each man 14s for five hours' labor. Where does the tiuth lie? ■« The Volunteer Fire Brigade meet tonight at 8 o'clock. Messrs Nancarrow and Co. submiirby auction to-day, on the spit, leaseholds in Herbert street ; and at their rooms, bananas, &c, &c. : Messrs Gifdwood, Lahman and Co., and Mark Sprot and Co., hold their usual cattle and stock sales to-day at Preston yards. The fourth number of " Once a Month" for this year is to hand. It is a most interesting number, containing several very readable and timely articles. There is a welcome sketch of Adam Lindsay Gordon, the Australian poet, with two lithograph sketches, one being from the hand and memory of a friend, the other from a photographic likeness. " Personal recollections "of General Gordon " will meet with that attention that anything re- ' latingto the lamented hero is certain to meet with. Besides the heavier class of literary pabulum, there is the lighter and fragmentary jottings of monthly notes, and otheVentertaining matter. The Minister of Justice and AttorneyGeneral have been engaged lately ingoing over draft bills and suggestions from the judges on the subject of the new Local Courts Bill. It is thought, therefore, that the Local Courts Bill of next* session will propose more startling reforms connected with the administration of justice than the Local Courts Bill introduced by the previous administration, and which has been before the House for several sessions, though without reaching Committee. ; His Honor Judge Broad was a passenger , by ; - the s. s. Koranui yesterday morning. Irish Moss.— Bonnington's, the best remedy for • cough, colds, croup, &c. — Gripeen and Smth, agents. Fitzgerald's extract of Koromiko and Dr HeUbron's Worm Cakes are Patented. — Advt. Cotjrtenay Smith and Co. have in stock and to arrive : Prime Salt and Fresh Butter, Potatoes, Onions, Bacon, Hams, Cheese, Cooking and ; Eating Apples, Oranges, &c. Weekly consignments. — Advt. False Pretences Exposed.— There is an unusual revival of doubtful industry at the present time among the gentry who sell imported or other health-destroying compounds as identical with or similar to that benign medical elixir, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. Purchasers should ask for and only take the original article. — Advt. Poisons to Disguise.— There are poisons labelled as such, and there are compounds which, although claimed to possess medical properties, are scarcely less destructive than poison. To this latter class belong all counterfeits and imitations of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, and the bogus importations which^ also pretend to its health-giving properties. Beware these would be rivals of the great elixir. — Advt. -