THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, JULY SI, 1885.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5257, 31 July 1885, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, JULY SI, 1885.

There is undoubtedly a great deal of opposition, to the East and West Coast railway scheme. Wellington is the centre of it, but it is' active in Auckland and Otago. It in fact amounts to this—Canterbury, Westland, and Nelson against Auckland, Wellington, and Otago, big districts all of them, and everyone of them accustomed in its turn to prey on the public purse. It would be a nice question to determine with any degree of accuracy .which has drawn the mo3t from the public purse:' It has always been a triangular dual between them on that point. Auckland accused Otago of swallowing up the lands of the colony, and' Wellington of being its "burly beggar." Otago retorted oil Auckland by accusing 'it of creating native wars and difficulties for the sake the expenditure, Imperial and colonial... It was a cruel thought, but there were circumstances connected' with those distressful periods that call for a less harsh 'judgment than" /the first impulse -would' be likely-^o'^vt^e^- Wellington did not -escape the" criticism: of-, selfishness. v She was the seat of GoVsr-nment, and that ! -was enough to- excite: theitfealbusy of all .the others. Still, she managed to get the "railway over the Rimutaka first and the railway concessions afterwards. The first wasaliad line economically, but tJtp^l<lx*Bulture of provincialism had his kway,i!»ndn the line passes alongside his laiwlh*! Edward Jerningham Wakefield, igjftieW t but unfortunate, >fQught for the natural line of easy grade, but not being a political schemer, or one of the .'barnacle family, he failed, and the line is now running up hill when it might be running; with less wear and tear and at a great saving of cost of construction by a route round the valley. But that is only one of the results of New Zealand politics. All the divisions of the colony are equal by selfish and mercenary. Sectional jealousy destroys any tiling like true colonial life. Otago is afraid that if the East and West Coast railway is made she may not be able to initiate a magnificent trade in rabbit skins, that the construction of the Otago Central would develope. It could not possibly develope anything else. It is nothing to her that she has not to contribute a penny towards the great colonial work of connecting the two coasts of this island. She envies the West Coast, the Cinderella of the colony, and would keep her in the dust bin to ,«#eWty ; so would Auckland and Wellington, But we are not without hope that good sense will prevail in the end, and we shall have our railway, albeit that we do what lias hitherto not been done before in the colony, pay the necessary contributions out of our pockets, which is more than any other part of the colony has been asked to do in the development of our railway system in the past. This should be i&jjinembered to our credit, but it is forj^en. The superior districts of the 'gs«py, such as Otago, Auckland, and v Wwlmgton, want to have it all ith^r^ viow'n way ; but we must hot be^-fcimrely overlooked. The Colony ipwes the West Coast a debt of gratitude. saved it from bankruptcy on one occasion. When Sir Geo. Grey bade adieu to the colony as an Imperial Governor, we were at a low ebb indeed, and bankruptcy was staring as in the face. The old Knight left, and those who had any political discernment offered up a fervent prayer that we might never see him again. It : would perhaps have been better for the colony if we had not seen him any more.. But he is like the proverbial bad shilling. In th'eV,circumstances, the Government selected a prudent course by putting off t.he debate until Tuesday next. The advantage therefrom is all on our side. Delays are said to be dangerous^ but the more time afforded to look into the scheme — as it should and must be looked into— the clearer the case will be made made out for everybody interested. We are prepared to abide by the result. An impression may have gone abroad that referring the question to a- select committee of the House is equivalent to shelving it. It is nothing of the kind, and we fully expect the committee to report favorably on the merits of the line. We have every confidence in the committee. It appears to be composed of sensible and moderate minded men fairly representing the principle districts of the colony. There are three Canterbury members, as is but right, considering the deep interest she has in the undertaking, and the tremendous opposition that is to be encountered. Otago is represented by the member for Port Chalmers and Hokonui, and more fanatical Otago representatives it would be impossible to find outside the limits of that provincial district. Wellington is not represented, and it is as well that she is not, as she could scarcely be expected to give an unbiassed opinion upon' a matter of this kind, Our only hope is that Auckland * in dread

of losing the San Francisco mail service, and Otago her Central railway, both of which are of less Colonial importance than the East and West Coast railway, may come to their senses, and agree to let us have our railway, so that they may not lose theirs. It is not to be expected that those who are interested "in that great colonial work will quietly submit to be shunted by these older and more powerful provincial 'districts, especially when we are prepared to accept the burden inevitably entailed. We are prepared to undertake a task in connection with it and bear a burden that" no i other part of the colony has yet' been asked to do in the course of all our railway works. That is a, pointr that ought not to be overlooked >by the comitry at large.

The County Council would receive the thanks of the general public, coach proprietors, and teamsters, if they would widen : the road up Potham's Hill | It is steep, narrow, and dangerous, j Two vehicles cannot pass each other with any degree of safety. Yesterday the! mail coach, at the worst part of the road, met two waggons, when the five coach horses had to-be' unhitched, and led past,- after which the driver, Mr M' Williams,- with the assistance of the passengers, managed with some difficulty to guide the [coach along between the waggons and thej steep incline. This occasioned a delay ofj half-an-hour, and as the mail and several passengers were going on to Christchuvch by tram; leaving Greymouth at half -past' three o'clock, the driver endeavDred to majke up the lost time. On arriving at Brunnerton, telephone messages were sent to the tramway office to delay the tram for ten minutes beyond its usual time of starting, and thus by foresight and courtesy the passengers and mails were allowed to proceed to Christchurch. Another bad part on the Reefton road at the saddle is 'being improved by the Inangahua Council, and it is to be hoped the Grey County will lose no time in making improvements within their boundary, and thus remove sotae of the many difficulties the contractors for the mail service have to contend with.

A special meeting of the Hospital jCommittee was held at Gilmer's Hotel last evening, there being present Messrs- Lahman (chair), Mafcheson, Arnott, Kent, Cameron, Dupre, Hogg, \Petrie, Yarrall, and Rev. Maclean. Six_ applications for "the situation of cook were received, .and after balloting four times^ J. : Discalccatti was elected. Tenders were then received and dealt with as follows,* — Butcher meat, deferred till to-day to ascertain quantities of each kind used ;. milk, G. H. Wenhick" ; bread, W. Moutray ; coal, R. Gamble ; pillows and mattresses, C. Humphries ; funerals, J. Heron ; wines and spirits, W. J. Coates ; groceries, Griffen and Smith -Smith and Barkley. )g^if^^me^oiciSj^o#*ppen at Tojjara^ Fls%*i§rey valley. "" ' v \..., ' l^iefti^at^resen^are^said to be j very plentiful in tlie \Buller, as in other jWest Coast rivers.'" !, '•••:" ; The bhildren of the late Mrs Cartpni,- of Orwell Orkek, arrived here yesterday by the Ree'fton coach. . . iTheßheep'bf Mr Donald, of TotaTa'Flat, s&re * declared infected sheep* under the "meaniflg of the Sheep Act of 1878. ! Martin, Dunn, who was- injured a jfew days ago in the Brunner mine, is getting along in a vfry satisfactory manner.! Hg. has felt no to speak' of since T)v. M'Carthy treated him, immediately ! after" the accident occurred, and .the doctor thinks he will have Dunn out and about some time Jiext week. .^ r , Mr Graham of Orwell Creek offers for sale by tendor half of a hydraulic claim and water-race at Noonan Terrace, Orwell Creek, and all the appurtenances necessary forcontinuing sluicingoperations for a lifetime. The property is saiditb'; present exceptional advantages to anyiTHtel' desirous of settling down to the life, j '3 : ? Messrs Guinness and Menteath,*^ on Wednesday evening, telegraphed to Messrs Taylor, M'Parland, and 200 others, in respect to the East and West Coast railway : — " We are doing our very best. Glad to learn that we have the cordial sympathy and support of Brunnerton and the surrounding districts." ; As was anticipated, Matthews,- the American boxer, has made a match with a Brunnerton man, O'Loughlin,- Ihe brother of the pedestrian of that name, and who is backing his brother, j The match will come off at the Public Hall On Saturday eveningj^the American undertaking to knock his\man out of time'iii four three minute rounds. T. M'Cauley is stakeholder. !"' The installation of W.M. (Bro. phmuiings), and officers of the Reef tori Pac'inV Lod^e took place at the Lodge Room on Tuesday, evening in the presence of a large assemblage of the craft. The ceremony was performed by D.G.M. Bro. J. Kerr, of Greymouth. After the installation a banquet in commemoration of the occasion was held at Bro. Stevenson's Hotel.

A Reefton paper says that, the east reef in the south face of the Inglewood Ex- , tended mine shows a thickness r of '4fU, 'the thickness of the west reef in the north face being 3ft., and making bigger. There are apparently two blocks f ornjting.a splice. The directors of the Conipany met on Saturday last and accepted a tender for driving from 100 ft. to 250 ft of leye£§(t 35s per foot. w 5i Accidents are becoming disagreeably frequent at Westport. The latest reporteVil is a serious one to Joseph Blenkinshopf secretary of the Miners' Union. On Saturday afternoon he < was standing on the Koran vi bridge, leaning; against -the railing, when the timbe.r gave away, and he fell, feet foremost, into^the bed of the river a distance of some 40 or 50ft, He sustained a serious compound fracture of the left thigh, and some scratches on other parts of his body. Shortly after attend*,, ing to the injuries in this case, the doctor was summoned to Denniston, where a young lad named McMahon had met with an accident. He was employed at the Westport' JJ rriirie as a "chain boy,"- it being ' hia [duty to^see that the chain catches the,,"V" dn 'the coal trucks. In one case jbliis did not happen, and, in endeavoring' td do his work, the lad was caughtfby the tub and dragged some distance, receiving a flesh wound, 4 inches long, on the outer side. of the left leg. .

Tbe Kumara people had ai very enthusiastic meeting on Tuesday eyeriing " in respect to the East and West' Coast railway; but just before it,s. : . close Mr M'Whirter was betrayed into an uncalled- .t for display of f mdipmtion-rhe' is. apt^tp*

explode at times — over a statement by ' , our Wellington correspondent. He s^id " He regretted very much that a correspondent of the Argus should venture to / repeat a statement that the East and West \ Coast railway project was "a huge swindle." He thought the man who made ..such a , statement was. neither a. f riencl.tp. Westland nor a friend to himself ; "and that he who had the audacity to make such a statement in the face of so many influential men ia Christchurch, such as Bowen, Waston, Wickes, and others (whose names were above suspicion), who were using their best endeavors to get the railway constructed, did not know his position. He did not know whether he was a public man or a private correspondent ; but . if a public man he hopjed he would never be put into such a capacity again to injure this or any other district." This is very sentimental and all that kind of thing,; but still very absurd, ! Our correspondent is not expected to give his opinions on public questions. We can do that for ourselves. But he is expected to let us know anything that takes place in Wellington jihat may interest us, whether it is pleasing to us or not ; and when he wired that the Government proposal^ were called "a huge, swindle," he only told what is a fact. That is only one out of a long list of opprobious epithets applied to this railway line, by Auckland and Otago editors from palpable selfish motives.; Mr : M'Whirter evidently is not a ' ' newspaper man," though a very worthy man in' other respects,; but he. might have spared his breath that time. Shortly before the session of the, German Parliament was closed Prince Bismarck very much shocked his old friends the Conservatives, who had brought in a bill for the celebration of the Sunday in the English fasion. Bismarck strongly opposed this bill by simply stating that Germany was not rich enough to ; allow herself such a luxury. He acknowledged that England had been rich at the time of Queen Elizabeth, when Germany was still suffering from, the hardships of the thirty years' war,,,.; He, however, granted that the. English. , Sunday was the source of England's --weir. being, but he warned his ,countrymen ; not to vote for a Bill by which the situation .of the poorer classes would be by no means r iinproved, .and. for which the Government would not take the responsibility. '„. The Chancellor also freely ojwned that he personally -did not likVth'e English ,-Sunday system, and tpMliow.dne Sunday he had been forbiddeii in an English jhotel to whistle, at which he got, so angry 1 that he left as soon: as. 'possible a, country in which he w.as not allowe&.to give free rent to his feelings, even, iprsuph-an;; innocent and inoffensive manner.-. f ; , <y Japan boasts of a dwarf who"; is well educated, Is 36 years old, and stands 17in in height. A certain father in Middletbwn attended tone of the ineeting£on HuMl£y j-witV^ist * little son: >S£!jan; it-Hfifcanaouaced -W^ the collection?wotrl.d be takendiKe f ither gave the boy monpy for tha f purpose £but' what; was : his ; astonishment^w,h^n- ; th( box was passed t tp.;sp& the h'fetleiiejlc^W'ko d' on .to .thermpney.' o/ 'r3EJpbri orchis reason for so dping lie replied', ''''Saving it for -the eireuaVo; The teceipts. "from "Theodora," at the Porte St. Martin Theatre, in less than r tw,o. months ainounted^p L2p,QOO, averag- * ing upwards *-of ' L4oo ' '"a'-night. Such a success is stated to be,unprecedented, and it was' attritDUtafele'^)' the splendid acting of Sarah Berrihafdt m the first place; and to the magnificence of the spectacular effects in the 'second. . ' . ; |

Osman DJgha.is said to be a native of Rouen imFrance, where he -.was b,nrn in the year 1842. * His real name is Alphonso r yiiK)t. ,In 1^3,7 his. widowed mother married a merchant of Alexandria, who was -half French and half Egyptian. ; His ■ name was sumed by his step son, to whom, .'at' his death, in_lß42, he bequeathed a of £20,000. r . ' . The German Government has beenen'gaged upoti elaborate experiments for the purpose of 'testing the power,of endurance of soldiers ujider a minutejy prescribed campaigning -.diejt .and severe marching. The experiments are being carried out in in Munich, Mayenne, and Muster, a different diet being served-out in each of these.places, and great jcaza.. is taken to prevent surreptitious additions to the experimental'ration.

Hartmann, thgjNihilist, states that out of 3000 men .ancbwomen personally known to hioiself amonathe many thousands who were enrolled iriftjle ra'hks of the Russian .conspirators, b|i?;een "1876 an( i 18 78> nearly- allrhave^lln l^D^&Jo^sentenced to har^l -labor in tl^'iiiinegbJ'Siberia. He knows of only tyo\.w-ho~ar'splll at large. -Speakingr of t\\&. hopes jandC plans, of Qic TKe'y; J wlll notiloosi." anjsthing.,through. a war wi A h England or an/ other Power." In the first place, a war will overthrow- the gnaneial credit of j the Russian Government', aha it would-ibe-] come bankrupt. Therp-would be universall discontent, and absolutism would be overI thrown, not simply by a small- class but'by the pjeiaple'^iemse7vg§ l .^j!iJ^*iLn w hy it wqnldijn silly to kiiHh;e-(szarat present.. He 'willMl- himself."^ 7 f

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"A Qenuine pSourcei of Health.—ThousantJs.of; invalids seek in vain, year after, year, for somejeal source of health. They ft try one remedy after- another until they begin to despair of finding the much wished for object. Oh, that some beacon could light those unfortunate groping in the dark to that genuine sburcesrof Health, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, an unequalled specific^ f^r 'diseases- of the stomach, bowels, gtnd' kidney's and a match-; ess tonic and nervine.— Advt< ■■.'■■'[

Irish Moss.-^!Bbtmingtbn's,' the best remedy for cough, .^coids^ croup, &c.tv Gbietsen and SMiTH^aslentsj ■ j : . . ,- '. Wiokedfor Clergynieri.-^ f ''l believe- it^ to' 5 Be llt all wrong and even wicked ffv\ eie9^4n^n ; or other public men to lb.e led" ; ifit^'giy'lfig testimonials to quack doctorsof -vi!e'stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article is made up of valuable remedies known'to all, and that all physicians use and ! briißt in

daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters frr the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not be without them." — Rev. , Washing ton, D.C. Read