THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY. ' MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1885.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5363, 7 December 1885, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY. ' MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1885.

The privileges of the Brunnerton Sports Committee will be sold to-day by Girdwood and Co. at Jones's Terminus Hotel. The following prospecting party have been, engaged under the Government prospecting regulations : — Coleman Hynes, Joseph Rose, a«d Joseph Oliver. The ground selected for prospecting 4 s between the head waters of the Omotu Creek and Welshmans. Mr Watson has started to sink one of the last two cylinders of the Cobden bridge. Communication with the Cobden side of the river was established on Saturday, and since then great numbers havo availed themselves of the opportunity to cross over, especially during yesterday afternoon and" evening. It is now nearly a year since the two piers were carried away by the united force of flood and snags. j At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday Frederick Edwin Parsons was charged with having, on the 17th November, at Ashburn Ferry Road, near Christchurch, then being the bailee of certain moneys, namely £4, the property of one John Meeson, did unlawfully appropriate the same. Parsons was remanded, at the request of the police, for eight days, pending the arrival of a warrant from Christchurch. Ministers (says a correspondent) are working hard for popularity in Wellington district just now, and their friends are active in their cause in view of a probable dissolution next year. There is money in Dobson Town, and business people are becoming alive to the fact. Mr Sweetman intending to keep abreast of the times, notifies the whole of the district that he has secured a Christmas stock of goods of the latest and most acceptable kind, and he intends to dispose of them on the small profit and quick return principle. This is the style to catch the public. The annual examination of the Greymouth State School w ill commence this morning 'at half past nine. Parents are remined that absentees count as failures, and will not be regarded as eligible for .promotion next year. The examination will be supervised by Mr E. T. Robinson, and the papers "will- be those prepared by Dr Anderson, Inspector of Schools, South Canterbury. The Rede-Lawrence Company gave another of their admirable performances on Saturday evening, but not to such a large audience as the merits of the performance deserved. Saturday night, however, is with us notoriously a poor one in Hie way of audiences. Tho principal piece was "My Wife's Lover," which went exceedingly well. This was followed by a melange of songs and recitals, the whole heing wound up by a Rcreaminpr farce. The company have an admirable repertoire of pieces suited to their acting strength, and, betides, present some of the best and most effective scenes in the most popular plays. Oh each occasion they havo appeared here the programme was eminently attractive, and carried out in a style that left nothing to be desired by the audience. The company pay at Biunnerton +his .evening and to-morrow evening, and there is no doubt that they will be accorded a full house on each occasion. The members of the Greymouth Fire Brigade meet this evening at the usual place and hour. Attention is called to the forthcoming sale of Sweetman's Post Office Store at Dobson Town. The Koran ui Company shipped 3523 tons of coal last month. A Westportian who visited Reefton last week gives a glowing account of the Welcome mine. He says the veteran claim will turn ou« better gold than ever. A Westport paper states it is informed jtha^so'soon, as, the harbor works make ' any improvement in the bar, the Westport Coal Company intend to take measures to double their present output of coal. The directors have already been ! offered suitable steamers for the trade. The coal exported from Westpart the week before last totalled 3269 tons. Mining matters at Lyell are satisfactory. The Maruia leader is improving in quality, and stone is being sent t© grass in fair quantity.— The United Italy Company have entered into a contract for ex ending the branch from" Potter's level, for 50ft north. The face shows favorable indications. A berdan is to be added to the battery plant. — At the Tyr Connell the hands are actively at work.- — The Croesus battery is not yet at work. — The Tributer has hands engaged on stone, and though the reef does not improve much in quality, the country is getting softer and the lode larger.— The main level at the Lyell Creek Extended is 1250ft.— The Larnach men are timbering and ventilating.—The United Alpine, the premier mine of the district, is doing profitable work, keeping the battery continually .employed, for returns which we publish weekly. Although the properly tax (says a -; Wellington correspondent) is coming in well under fear of the threatened 10 per cent, penalty on defaulters, there is much grumbling at its being levied on the assessment, which is, notoriously in excess of existing values in many cases. iThe Government say they act in accordance jwith law, and cannot hold the assessment 'earlier than next year, but it is rejoined ! that as "- the Government last session introduced and carried a Bill of 122 clauses Amending the Property Assessment

Act, they could easily have amended it as' to that point also, and had a new valuation before another year's tax arrived. As it is, many will really pay from l£d to 2d in the £ on the real value of property. There is no Virtue of a remedial kind in the so-called medicinal importations which are announced to contain the same curative ingredients as Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, or to possess its peculiar properties. The public would do well to avoid such humbugs, as well as beware of counterfeits of the real article. Both are adulterate! a d hurtful. Inquire for the genuine. — Advt. Feels Young Again. — •' * My mother was I afflicted along time with neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive condition of the whole system, headache, nervous prostra tion, and was almost helpless. No physi cians or medicines did her any good. Three months ago she began to use Hop Bitters, with such good effect that she seems and feels young again, although over seventy years old. — A Lady in R.I. — Look up. Doctors Gave Him Up.— ls it possible that Mr Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy ?" " I assure you it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and said he roust die." " Well-a-day ! If that is so I will go this minute and get some for my poor George. I know hops are good." Read. — Advt. Nature is not Uniformly Generous. — To many she denies that vigor of constitution with which she blesses others. While it may not be possible to convert a weakly person into a Hercules, judicious tonic medication may, and assuredly does, infuse no small amount of vigor into systems naturally destitute of it, and protects them against diseases to which they would otherwise fall a prey. The most suitable invigorant and protective is Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. — Advt.