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Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 9940, 30 March 1898, Page 2

To-day the Amerioan Steam Riding Gallery will be in full swing and should do a roaring trade, especially aa the proprietors have generously offered to donate the whole of the proceeds to the Grey River Hospital. Playgoers are reminded that to-morrow n r ght will be the last opportunity they win have of witnessing the St Joha and Haytnan company's performance, when " Impulse" will be staged. Tne pleae is said io be a powerful one and should draw a big house, At St John's Presbyterian Churoh to* night thß 27th anniversary of the above named Sunday School will ba celebrated by a grand concert. In the choruses there will be over 50 voloes. W M'Kay and Sons, the well known drapers and olothiera of Greymoath and Hokltlka, aiiDOunoe the arrival of their autumn and winter goods, which are tasteful y displayed in their premises, Upper Mawhera Q lay. The ladieß ooold not do- bettor than inspect the stock. The various bargains offered are sure to attraot the attention of the public A movement Is on foot at Reefton to form a Trot Hog Olab.

The Secretary of t v e Greymouth Benevolent Society b-ga to aokuuwhdge with hanka a donation of 16 i to the funds of he Society from Mr Robert 3oouoh. Tenders close at 5 o'olock thla evening jrlth Mr W Arnot% arohlteot, for the srectioa of a building in Cowper street. &.d advertisement giving fall particulars ippears elsewhere. Elsewhere it is announced that Messrs Howe and Truaoott are the sole Grey mouth agents for the celebrated Halsmere tea. A soratch cricket match will be played on the Park to-day, when any visitors are mvi ed to have a game. We understand that Mr fldmnnd Taylor, Grand Chief Templar of New Zsaland, will visit .Reefton on or about the 18th of nexb month on temperance matters.— Herald. Some time ago Mr o' Regan communicated with the Fostraaiter-General point* ing oat the need for a poab offiae at Marnla, as well as a mail service from Murohison. He has received a reply to the effect that alternative tenders are to be called for a weekly mail service between Upper Matakitaki and the Mar ala Valley. When tenders are received the matter will be further considered. — Inangahua Times. Major Keddell has gone to Invercargill to relieve Mr Poynton, S.M., during the sitting of the Police Commission. We are led to those remarks by finding in the Bankruptcy Gazette of the 10th inst. a statement of the liabilities of a Waitotara settler, in which it is shown that the Advances to Settlers Department made an advance of L 1905 against a landed security valued at 1350. This is cheap money with a vengeance to the mortgagor, but it will prove very dear money to the taxpayer when he has to make good the shortage. An extraordinary case under the Advances to Settlers Act will shortly it is said, have the light of day let in upon it at Wanganui, where the Government will lose L9OO on the advance made by the department. ' There has been some very interesting correS' pondence over the matter, and' the solicitor for the borrower writes thai the advance should never have beer made. The borrower has, however left the country and all his stock and movable property have disappeared Still the New Zealand Midland Railway ! The case of Lubbock and others versus Salt has been pending in the Chancery Court for some weeks. It is practically the same action as that tried under the name of Parker and others versus Salt at the beginning of October last at Christchurch before Mr Justice Denniston, judgment in which latter case has only just been delivered in favour of the defendant. The object of both actions, which are brought by some of the debenture holders of the New Zealand Midland Railway, is to set aside a mortgage given by the Company and registered under the Transfer Act at Nelson to secure advances made by Mr Salt to meet the costs of the arbitration with the Government of New Zealand. I understand that a good deal of expert evidence is being taken as to the law in New Zealand so far as it bears upon the question. — 0. D, Times Correspondent. Several small samples of mineral oi found by Mr Martin Flaherty on th( .sea coast of the northern portion of th< Middle Island have been thus favour ably reported upon by Mr Willian Skey, Government Analyst: — "These are all almost absolutely colourless and appear to be of a light character, They are undoubtedly of first-clasi quality — in fact, almost too good to b< named petroleum. One distillation o this oil should, by taking off the verj lightest oils, adapt it for use in ordin ary kerosene lamps as a good iilumin ant. Would like sufficient of this t( test its specific gravity and its yield o; kerosene." The Christchurch Press, in a verj able article, advocates the cause oi Roman Catholic schools being in spectedby Education Board Inspectors Our contemporary opens an article thus: — We hope that the Educatior Board (North Canterbury) in considering the question of allowing Roman Catholic schools to be Inspected by their inspectors will look at the matter from a calm, common-sense point of view, wholly apart from the cloud of theological bitterness which, quite unnecessarily, has been thrown over the subject. What is proposed does not involve any departure from the existing Act; it merely means the carrying out of its express provisions. The additional work involved in inspecting the £oman Catholic schools will certainly add to the labour of the inspectors, but we doubt whether it will mean much, if any, additional expense to the Board. We do not urge the granting of the petition merely as an act of justice to the Roman Catholics, although we that the majority of our [ readers are fairminded enough to agree hat the proposed concession, involving as it does no breach of the undenominational character of the Act and no expense worth speaking of, is a very small return to make to the members of that communion for the heavy sums which they save the general taxpayer by the provision they make for the education of their own children. Sir George Grey remains in much the same condition as he has been in during the last three or four months, and only leaves his bed in order that it may be made for him. "There's hardly a child attending sohool in the borough of Petone who j oanneb swim, thanks to the efforts of

the school teachers, assisted by the municipal authorities," said Mr Kirk at Wellington.