THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1885.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5322, 17 October 1885, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1885.

The dredge was doing very good work yesterday, the barges being brought up the river a, good deal quicker and easier than on the day before. It was altogether too hard work for the crew of these boats to force them up the river after having discharged their load of gravel. The method was alike tedious, clumsy, and difficult. Yesterday, however, a line was stretched from the dredge to the end of the whaTf, and by means of a portable ' engine set up in one of the barges at the stern of the dredge, the empty barges were wound up to the dredge. The rope will beexterided down to the crane to-day, "so that the boat hands will be spared the Bevere' work of dragging the boats up against the current by means of boat hooks. This plan ought to work very well. It is at any rate a "great improvement upon. that in use for the day or two before in point of ease and expeditiousness. ;■ The Harbor Board invite applications for the office of signalman, a.pbsition that has been held for the last 20 years and;, a half -by Mr James Stalker with gre>t credit to himself. The Board also invite applications for the office of caretaker ajid messenger. ; ■ A solitary drunk was yesterday fined 10s, with the option of 24 hours in gaol. ;Mr : Williams sat on the bench. On the previous day "there were two casps jof •drunkenness, and in each case a fine|of 53 was inflicted. The names of. the offenders- are W. Williams and >J.Gibson. .-.- i - Many- old Greymouth residents will | regret to -hear that Sidney Percy (better known as "Sid") died yesterday morning in Nelson from inflammation pf the lun&s.

While in Greymouth " Sid" acted as waiter in the Melbourne Hotel, but left shortly after the hotel was sold by Messrs F. and J. Hamilton. He has since acted as manager of the Masonic Hotel in Nelson, and was generally popular in this capacity.

The usual half-yearly Civil Service examination will commence throughout "Zealand oh"' Monday next. There ;are six candidates from Greymouth, whose examination will be supervised by Major .Keddell. The., first test paper will be arithmetic, and this will be taken from 10 to 12 at the Court House, Greymouth. The Inangvhua Times states that there will be quite an exodus of witnesses from Reefton to Hokitika in connection with the case Martin v. Bird and Aiken, arid Government Life Insurance Company v. | Seaborne. Capt. Hume, the Inspector of Prisons, is at present in Hokitika, on his periodical visit of inspection. It is stated that the railway time-ta'-'les in the Middle Island have recently been so re-arranged as to reduce the weekly , mileage run by some 2000 miles. ! The cricket season will not, as formerly announced, be opened to-day. Amongst the outward passengers yesterday by the s.s Maori- were Mr and Mrs ,'Tetfc and child, late of the Hibernian Hotel, and Mr Holder, senr, the former being bound for London, the latter for i Launceston.. { Mr Watson has now completed sinking ! the second cylinder of the last pier down. ■ The next work will be to start the sinking of the last pier in place of that which i disappeared. The pier just completed stands on the edge of the deep channel, one side of the cylinders being at least i three feet deeper in the gravel than the other side. We are pleased to . learn that the negotiations which have been pending for some time between the proprietors of the Tyneside Colliery, Brunnerton, and the Directors of the Energetic Gold Mining Company, Reefton, have resulted in Messrs Kilgour and Wickes purchasing from them the whole of their mining machinery,, consisting of a 14 horse portable engine, •vinding gear, plant, cages, <fee. It is intended to have the whole of the plant removed from Reefton to the Tyneside Colliery at once and erected on the grouna. The present steam crane in use is too small for the work required. Screening plant and coke ovens are at once to be erected. The coke made from the Tyneside coal is considered to be of first class quality. • Yesterday was the Chinese "Festival of the Dead," at which the departed are fed at their graves, and there was a large influx of Chimamen in town. During the afternoon the Cemetery was visited by some hundreds of them to perform their accustomed rite, and every cab, carriage, and four horse coach was engaged in conveying them there and back. As usual, the Chinamen behaved themselves in a highly creditable manner ; and as the Greymouth "larrikin" element received a lesson on a previous occasion, they were conspicuous by their absence on this. The foot race between Hunt and Woods takes place at Dunedin to-day. From a private telegram we learn that Woods is the favorite, 6 to 4 on him being the odds at Dunedin yesterday. Consignees of goods, per ;tlie wrecked steamer Wallace, are requesfed £a produce invoices of goods, sign average bond, and pay deposit to the agents, Nancar'row and Co., at once. '.'.'. ■'<'.' We have received from. Mr L. J. Williams, a photograph of ! the wrecked steamer Wallace as she lays on the stone work at the tiphead. The photograph is a good one, and conveys a correct idea to those who did not see tht accident of the place and manner of its occurrence. Copies may be obtained at the studio of H. Williams. Vienna is about to put into practical operation an aeronautic institute, in which the proprietors expect to facilitate both military and scientific aeronautic trials of every kind, to have free ascensions, and ascensions by ballons captifs, to manufacture balloons of every description, and to keep on hand a constant supply of balloons of every kind and style. A Lovely Chaplet. — A late fashion report says: "Nothing can be prettier than a chaplet of hop vines in blossom." A recent medical review says : "Nothing can be a better renovator of the health than Hop Bitters. They aid in all the operations of nature ; toning up the stomach, assisting the food to become properly assimilated, and"promote healthy action in all the organs. The dictates of fashion, as well as the laws of health," alike favor a right application of hops." Read.— Ad vt. . Mothers Don't Know. — How many children are punished for being uncouth, wilfull and indifferent to instructions or reward simply because they are out of health ! An intelligent lady said of a child of this kind: "Mother don't know that she should give the little one moderate doses of Hop Bitters for two or three weeks, and the child would be all a parent could desire." Look for. — Advt. Professor Anderson used to perform some astounding tricks. We have, for instance, seen him pour several kinds of wines— apparently— out of the same, bottle. But we kno^of far more wonder^ ful bottles than the. Professor's. Theteiis 1 the most positive testimony to prove that disorders of the stomach, kidneys respiratory organs, fevers of an intermittent and remittent type, and all diseases requiring invigorative treatment, are cured : by the agreeable contents of the bottles which hold Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam I Aromatic Schnapps.— Advt.