THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1885.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5345, 16 November 1885, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1885.

1 Vs.-. It is stated that Wahanui~'has freely gi^en all the land required for. the North Island Trunk, line. This is an oft-fold

tale. During the Grey regime the like was said of Rewi. But the truth is that as yet Government have not scquired a single acre, either by gift or purchase. The outcry made in Auckland over the probable diversion of the million loan for the North Trunk line seems to have frighted Ministers. Their organ at headquarters now says that the House, not the Government, will have to determine how the money shall be expended. Messrs Courtenay Smith and Co., will sell this morning eating and seed potatoes. A few days ago a Reuter's telegram announced that 250 Japanese had arrived at Cooktown to work on the sugar plantations in lieu of Polynesian laborers. This was evidently a telegraph blunder. "The " telegram should have read " Javanese," a very different thing and much more likely than the other, A Queensland paper says that "Java could spare, without perceptibly affecting the local labor market, from 50,000 to 75,000 men anniiatly." Visitors to the Great Republic expect that the yield will be quite equal to the most sanguine expectations of share-? holders. i A Social Purity Society has been started at Brisbane, and one of the papers, an organ of the society, publishes the addresses of all the brothels, with the names of the proprietors together with any other particulars obtainable regarding those places. The leading newspapers strongly condemn the proceeding, and between the two sides public feeling is kept in a lively state of excitement. Mr G. Mueller will arrive here tomorrow in connection with the sale of leases at the Township of Dobson. Owing to a dispute between the Ross Borough Council and the Ross United Company, in which the former have been victorious, 30 men have been thrown out of employment, the borough losing a revenue pi £20 a month, and the town the expenditure of whatever the discharged hands ware accustomed to earn. The dispute arose, through the company depositing tailings in Donnelly's Creek. , Sisters Igiwtius and Bega, who have been : here for the last few. days collecting in aid of some South Australian charitable institutions, have been successful enough to collect £50. They have taken their departure and are now working fresh ground.. A number of leasehold sections at 'Dobson Town will be sold at the Courthouse to-morrow. ! A meeting of the Fire Brigade -will -be held this eypnjng at the usual hour and ( place. I Nominations' for the Mayoralty will take place at the Town Hall torday at noon. So far as we are aware at present, there are not likely to be more than two candidates. We are requested to state that Mr I Seabbrn J s. school for boys and girls will ppen to-day in Kettle's buildings. Sir William and; LadyJETpx are on their way toJtfew Zealand, pia San Francisco. Mr Bruce, the member for Rangitikei, aaid the other day at Martin, that, though neither an alarmist nor croaker, he was alarmed at the financial position of the colony. The reef in the Welcome No. 8 level was met with about 23ft sooner than was expected according to survey, and shows a thickness of about 18in. Later reports state that the stone shows good gold. Work has been again commenced in the Coal Pit Heath mine, Messrs- Gird wood and • Go. and Mark Sprot and Co. sell, to-day at the Preston Yards, fat cattle, sheep, lambs, &c. Amongst the list of visitors at Rotorua, published in the local paper, is Mr John H. Kerr, from Hreymouth. Mr Kerr is on sick leave, and is trying the virtue qf the Hot Springs ' A Chinaman named Win Yung was brought into town last evening (says Friday's Kumara Times), on a stretcher by a number of his countrymen. It appears that whilst working in a sluicing claim at Maori Gully, near Callaghans, at about one o'clock in the afternoon, the stump of a tree fell over a face oh to his head, and he at once became unconscious, bleeding profusely at the nose and right ear. Dr Davy was called in, and found that the injured man was suffering from an extensive fracture of the skull. His friends conveyed him to Greymouth this morninsr, in an express, where they said he could be attended to by a brother and a Chinese doctor. Dr Davy is of opinion that his recovery is hopeless. - Mr A. W. Ellis gave his secoiid l-per-formance on Saturday evening, and? was just as successful as on the first occasion. One instance is worth "rioting. ' On Friday, evening lie' was shown^a. lady's \ photograph, and supplied some particulars in connection with it. On^Saiittrday his powers were put to the test by being handed a lock of hair from the head of the lady who .was the originaLof ihe_ph.ojograph referred to. Curiously enough, the particulars given were, identical with what , he said the evening before. "^Mr Ellis .lectured at the' Public Hall'^st evening on " T,he Progress of Modern Thought, or Religion without Superstition," and appeared to have an appreciative audience, as he was frequently applauded most heartily. ... The. San. Francisco mail _ was. delivered at Auckland on Saturday last, and the southern portion of it was despatched by the, jb.s. Rotorua at 4 o'clock the same afternoon. It" is reported that the Government Kavb i definitely decided to float the North •island Trnnk railway loan about March next as the most favorable time. '■ Numerous competitive essays on the development' of local industries are being received by the Government, and it is anticipated that more, will come in during -the interval -before the -Ist - prox. ,- when the competition closes. 'A ' 7. ; - j In a bankruptcy case at Dunedin Judge Williams said that people who ppaird r ankr money- to 'an- undischarged bankrupt, knowing that he was undischarged,; coulp be made to pay over again. When it is taken into account that there were 159 undischarged bankrupts in 7 the Otas:p district at the beginning of the year, -209 in Christchurch, 138 in, Wellington, anti 128 in the Northern district, the though* is riot a comfortable ene for- tradesmen. \ It is- stated that Mr Douglas M'Leaii (pon of Sir Donald M'Leanj will contest . ihe Napier seat with Mr Orraond at the general election. : t '

Mr and Mrs Menteath mo. \\ ii ii ii ••;.,-■ . thusiastic reception . on their arrival at Reefton. They were met at Dawson's Hotel by a large number of Mr Menteath's friends and political supporters, and very warmly welcomed. The Reefton To-n Band turned out for the occasion, and performed in front of the hotel, the proceedings concluding with three cheers for Mr and Mrs Menteath. A chamber has been constructed on the main level in the Wealth of Nations. By the death of his father, Baldwin, of clairvoyant fame, is said to have come infor a legacy of £8,000. He and wife are in Sydney en route for the States. A Manawatu paper states that Sheet Anchor in Robin Hood's sweep was drawn by a bullock-driver at Feilding, who alsq drew a cash bond. The value of the first prize was £3273 15a. ' The Melbourne Jewish Synagogue was burgled iately. The result was not ex* hilirating to the "burgbr." He robbed the ccllection-boxes ~with a net profit of thirty-three arid a thrum— which serves to show that the rabbis have as much to complain about as the parsons. And yei Abraham and little Ikey attend the synagogue a good deal more regularly than most Christians attend the churches. But the days of prodigal piety are over even with the Chosen People. A match which seems to have been scarcely mentioned beforehand, was rowed between Hanlan and Hosmer in July last, and is thus described by the New York Herald: -" Only about 1500 people J saw the single-scull race on Cazenovia j Lake on July 23, between Edward Hanlan and George H. Hosmer, for a purse of 600d01., although special trains were run from Albany and Buffalo. The start was made at 5h 30min 245. The course was three-quarters of a mile long, so that three turnß had to be made to complete the three miles which the oarsmen were supposed to row. Hosmer led at the : start, taking 32 strokes to Hanlan's 36^ He held the lead until the second turn was made, when Hanlan closed up a gap of a boat's length. On the. last threefourths of a mile the two rowed closely, but on nearing the end Hanlan quickened his stroke, an 4 wqn the race by a boat's length, The time announced was 17m ,465." . ... •". "" ' " '. . Just landed, ex St Kilda, from Wangamji direct, a very Superior lot of prime quality bull jcks,i sheep j lambs, and porkers, for Clough afld J Eeating, London Butchery, Boundary street. — [advt.J •' Why will people dose themselves with terrible' 1 alkaloids like Qunine, which is a most dangerous drug, and at the best affords only a respite in cases of chills and fever, when there is a harmless, effectual Und speedy remedy, which totally eraHicates any ppmplaint of an intermittent or renjittenjk" character. And why do they not anticipate such djseases b.y protecting theriiselves against the effects of ipalarjaj poison .'with such an antidote and preventative as Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedame Aromatic Schnapps. — advt. ■! Half^ Asleep-!^— "I rieverv^ wrote a young lady to a friend, "go to; church or lecture but I aru half asleep, and I never know afterwards what the sermon or lecture iyas abouf . " Jt was a plain case of nervous lethargy, projlucedi by want Ofaction of the liver and' digestive organs'. She w&s persuaded £o try Hop Betters, and now she writes'^ •?-' How intelligent and bright are sermons and lectures now, and how glorious :the world we live in is ! Hop Bitters are indeed a blessing to , me."— advt. ■ ':■'] ' The brazen serpent. — Like the brazen serpent that the/great Jewish leader lifted high in the sight of the perishing followers,' whereby they were saved from death, the pf Hop Bitters have placed, before suffering, ailing mankind, a remedy which enables them to fight, disease with conquering advantage. — advt.