THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5407, 29 January 1886, Page 2

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.

The following telegram was received last night by his Worship the Mayor and read at the sitting of the Borough Council :—" His Worship the Mayor, Greymouth.— HisExcellency the Governor will arrive at Greymouth on Thursday evening (February 4) next from Hokitika via Kumara, and leaves for Westport on Friday evening in the steamer Hinemoa. —Major Jervofa.— Ohristchurch, January

Late telegrams. — The s.s. Mariposa has sailed with the homeward San Francisco mails,— 3oo operatives of all branches of the boot manufacture at Christchurch have struck work in consequence of too many boys being employed. The difficulty is likely to be amicably settled.— The Codlin moth disease is on the increase in the north.— The Aucklanders are anxious that Sir Julius Yogel should address them. — At Nenthorn, Otago, one person was fined £lQ for sly-grog stilling, and- .in . aaother case a woman was fined in two cases of a ;ljke nature, £20 in each. . . : j Afire broke out about one o'clock this morning in an unoccupied cottage at the of Mr Blackmore's brewery. The firebell was rung very energetically for a ■few minutes, and- made isuch a din that ■ (hundreds of people turned out ; but beifore the engine could be placed on the iground there was nothing left of - ihe building but a mass of glowing embers, some of the Fire Brigade having pulled down any of the timbers still standing. ; The house had been untenanted for a very long time past. It is understood. ,to have ;been the property of Mr T. Joyce, and is not taught to have been insured. Government have informed the Harbor , Board that they have no locomotive on hand that they can either sell or lend to the Board. Messrs Arnett and Seabrook have been appointed agents for "Wilson's Hydraulic Lime," a commodity which is making steady headway against Portland cement, which for so long has been the favorite material _amonest builders in all parts of the world for the manufacture of concrete. But Portland cement was not always popular, even in England, and the notoriety it obtained was largely due to the favor it met with amon st builders and architects on the Continent. Wilson's hydraulic lime appears to be going through a similar ordeal, but it is now getting' to be well known all over the colony, and there is every probability that it will sonn divide; the market with Portland cement, and some day possibly oust the Home article. Besides being well adapted for the multifarious uses to which concrete from Portland ■ cement is applied, the hydraulic lime is only half the cost of Portland ; cement. There are buildings erected in Auckland in concrete made from this lime, which cosfc'only 10 per ,o«nt less than if erected of wood. One advantage of Wilson's hydraulic lime is that it is sold at the same price as ordinary lime and answers all the purposes for which:ordiaary roche-lime is used. It is understood that the Mayor and Mr Cameron Smith have taken in hand the collection of subscriptions towards the purchase of some testimonial to Mrßonayne, the local manager of the Brunnei* railway, on the occasion of his removal to Wellington ; and aR the collectors have confined their attention to the people who have had business relations with the 'Railway Department, and other citizens might be desirous of subscribing, the Mayor or Mr Smith will be glad to receive subscriptions. Mr Jesse Collings, whose amendmflnt to the Address-in ' Reply has brought the Salisbury Government to grief, is one of the two members for Ipswich, and is a Liberal. Mr Black, who has given notice to move that precedence be given to the Bill for suppressing the Irish National , League, is one of the four Edinburgh members, but apparently not a man of , much importance, judging from the posi- , tion he occupied on the poll. He also is a Liberal. The Government have issued a pocket time-table of mails by the dirpct service j and via Ban Francisco, Ceylon-Brindisi, | Suez - Naples, Marseilles and Torres j Strait. It is a very npat and compact production, and should be a very convenient table of reference for business men. An exchang° says: — The annual income of the Church of England is riearfy LB,ooo,oof>, exclusive of University endowments, and Ecclesiastical Commission funds. The officers of the Church of England consist of : — Per annum 2 Archishops, in receipt of ... £25.000 31 Bishop-, in receipt, of ... 145.000 29 Dpans, in receipt of 49. 500 84 Arehdencons, in receipt of ... 17.500 105 Canons, in receipt of ... 168,000 The number of working clergy is 2°.750, who divide something like L 7,500.000, 500. 000 of Church revenues, and L 1,000.000, 000.000 of Ecclesiastical C'ommißs'on funds, between them. If these funds were equally divided, the working clergy would each rece've ab^ut L4OO per annum. The income of the Church of England represents a capital of L 226,000,000. A glass company is being formed in Canterbury with a capital of £20.000. An old Auckland settler of many years' standing, Mr Tregear, h<»s been selected a member of the Council of the Anthropological Society of Great Britain, of which many of the m^st distinguished scientists of the day are members. Mr Tregear is j now residing in Wellington. He is author of "The Aryan Maori." We may expect a big boom in Indian gol ' mines very shortly if the Mysore Gold Mining Company turns up trumps. There is a great deal of reporting at present about getting through to rich quartz. The lodes already in sight are said to average from 3 to 5 feet in wirith, and to be worth from £120 to £140 per fathom. Robert Goodale, a gardner, was executed lately at. Norwich for the murder of his wife. Goodale, who weighed 15 stone, was allowed a drop of 6ft., and on the lever being pulled he fpll to the bottom of the pit, with his head Revered from the body ; at the inqnpst the jury returned the customa.^ verdict, and found that no one was to blame. Cured of Drinking.— " A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for liquor, that had so prostrated his system that he was unable to rlo any I business. He was entirely cured by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed all that burning thirst, took away the appetite for liqnor, made his nerves steady, and he has remain 3d a sober and steady man for more than two years, and has no desire toreturn to hia cups."— From a leading R.R. Official. Read. — Advt. An Alabaster Box — Young j»irls finding their complexion grnwi?ig sallow, and their skin becoming rough and freckly, resort to perfumed ointments for a restoration of their bloom. All such should use Hop Bitters which will restore bloom to cheeks, whiteness and beanty to their complexion, making rich blood, good health, and happy /smiles. Readi-r*