THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1887.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 6008, 11 October 1887, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1887.

The approach to the Cobdan bridge is almost finished, and a very good job it will be when finished. The upper side of the approach is faced with very heavy blocks of stone, heavy enough apparently to withstand the force of any flood that ever rolled down the Grey river. A very few days more should see the approach open for traffic. The Lyttdton Times publishes an interesting communication from a correspondent at the Owen reefs. After describing the various claims the writer concludes as follows : — The reefs can be reached from Nelson easily in a day. Hall's mail coach leaves Nelson at 7 a m., three times a week, and arrives at the Owen Junction about 4 30 p m ; thence to the lower township, near the Enterprise, is seven miles. Horses can be obtained at the junction, but in the course of a couple of months the mud will have vanished, and it is only a couple of hours' wa'k for an ordinary pedestrian. And by that time there is no doubt but some enterprising expressman will be running a service to connect with the coach. To Canterbury people used to the dull monotonous plains, the rugged mountains and romantic scenery of the Upper Buller would be a welcome change. We have had visits from Christchuvch wayfarers now and then, hnd I think they have all been no impressed with the palpable future of the field that they have not been able to refrain from investing in scrip. The Hon. H. H. Lahmaa, M L C, was a passenger for Wellington yesterday afternoon by the s s Gerda. Should Major Atkinson obtain the fortnight's adjournment which he intends to ask Hie House for, Mr Lahman will most probably pay a vicit to Dunedin in order to consult his medical adviser respecting his eyes. The Grey Naval Brigade received their new howitzer by the ss Rosamond, and the gun and fts carriage are now at the camp paddock. The old howitzer wai sent back to Wellington by the s s Maori, which left, yesterday. This gun was cast in 1813, or two years before the battle of Waterloo, and is little the worse of the wear for its 74 years' service and knocking about, a large portion of the time without meeting any care or attention. The long-expected meeting of the Horticultural Society will be held this evening in the ante-room, Yolnnteer Hall, entrance by main door. As part of the business will be to decide if any further shows shall be held, it is desirable that all interested in the matter shall attend. The society has done much for horticulture in the p past, and as there is still room for improvement improvement ft is to be hoped that as old members drop out others shall come forward and carry on with the proverbial energy of new blood. The epidemic known as the "dandy fever" is raging al through the Manawatu district. Foxton app9ars to have caught it considerably. The Grey district may be added to the list. We ha^e pot it bad. Tho s s Moa left Foxton for Greymouth on Saturday last with the last cargo of cattle and sheep that wiH be shipped from tbatport for some months to come. Mr R. J. Seddnn. M.tf.K, for Ku mara, arrived at Wellington on Sunday last. He left the coast by the Christchurch coach. Messrs G. W. Moss and Co will hold a special cattle sale at Preston yards to-day. 33 fat cattle and nearly 200 pigs will be sold. Messrs Nancarrow and Co. sell by public auction this morning 6 kegs spring butter. If it is good it may be considered sold. The display of mantles and costumes at Christopher Smith's this season is really wonderful. Ladies should remember tha he is a direct importer from the manu facturers. — [ 4.dvt]. At one of his meetings, Mr Twomey, a candidate for Gladstone, produced a private letter in which the following sentence referring to a village settlement in the B?,y of Islands district appeared :— " You can take my word for it, the village settlement up this way is a great success — let those who do not live amongst them say what they like. I have spoken to lots and lots of settlers themselves, and they all say the best day's work they ever did in the'r lives wss to take up a section. They all appear contented, and well satisfied with their bargain." ~ The official report made by Mr Carlaw Smi*h the manager of the company, and Mr W. Maude as to their visit to tho South Pacific Company Works appears in the Poverty Bay Independent of August 9. The report states the tubing was found to be down 1200 ft. Mr Weaver bailed out the hole, putting the contents of t>e boile» into a clean cask. The result was that four fillings of the boiler resulted in about 18 gallons of nil. The visitors found that there were 139ffc of oil in the pfpn and they estima'ed the quantity at 112gl\ Headache?, Lowness of Spirits, "&cT| show thai the Liver is out of o-der— ln Wolfe's Schnapps you have the best remedy. It is astonishing the favor in which Wolfe's Schnapps is held— We suppose because it ia a first class article. We know that Wolfe's Schnapps is a first class article, andean recommend it as such to our readers. NO MORE HARD TIMES. If you will stop spending so much on fine clothes, rich food and style, buy good, healthy food, cheaper and bett er clothing; get more real and substantial things of life every way, and especially stop the foolish habit of employing expensive quack doctors or using so much of the vile humbug medicine that docs yon only harm, but put your trust in that simple, pure remedy, Dr Soulb's American Hop Bitters ; that cures always at a trifling cost, and you will see good times and have good health. " m-ironiele."