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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5413, 5 February 1886, Page 2

As to-day is a public holiday, the Grey Cricket Club invite any who would like to have a game of cricket to meet on the Camp Reserve at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Sides will be chosen on the ground. The Greymouth friends and acquaintances of Mr H. G. Kellas will be glad to earn that he has met with promotion, having been appointed manager of the National Bank at Blenheim. A stftam crane capable of lifting seven tnns came out by the Hurunui for the Westport Harbor Board. j A band of larrikins, we are told, have i taken possession of Tainui street of late from the State school down to Mackay : street, and show their mischievous tendencies by stoning all and sundry who may pass that way in the dark. As the police are stated to know some of the gang, the sooner thpy put a st°p to such practices by putting the delinquents in the lock-up the better for all concerned. The Naval Artillery and Rifles meet at 11.30 this morning to form a guard of honor for the Governor. r r As the Government do not intend to give way to the exacting demands of the Eastern Extension Cable Company in regard to a subsidy for 20 years, we may extract some comfort from the following extract from the European Mail of the 11th December, which says that there are "several comprehensive plans for alternative lines under consideration of the Home Government," and we have reason to believe that within a very few days a proposal for a cable connecting Australia* with Europe via New Zealand and America will be brought under notice by Captain Audley Ooctfe, a gentleman wellknown at Home and in the colonies as | associated wUh large public undertakings. i The Eastern Extension Company will, we (Post) imagine, find that it has overreached itself in its demands. 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 do any business. He was entirely cured by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed all thai burning thirst, took away the appetite for ' liquor, made his nerves steady, and he has remain 3d a sober an<? steady man for more than two years, and has no desire toreturn to his cups." — From a leading R.R. ' Official. Read. — Advt. An Alabaster Box — Young girls finding feheir complexion growing sallow, land their skin becoming rough and freckjy, resert 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. Read. — ADVT.I