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Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 26 January 1903, Page 2

The Government) has given instructions that the work of extending the railway from Reefton down the Inangahua Valley is to be pushed on as much as pos-ible. Druids are elsewhere notified that the Lodge meets this evening at the usual time and place. Mr D Stewarc met with a 'painful accident on Friday at his mill at the Waitaha, below Ross. Whilst at w»rk on the breaking-down bsnch one of his fingers came in contact wilh the saw, and was almost severed. Tenders are invited for sinking the Golden Fleece shafb a further distance of 125 feet by 12 men, Mr Marchant, Surveyor-Geaeral, who has bean paying a flying visit to the Coast, has left for Canterbury bub purposes returning shortly to [the district, when he will m^ke a more extended stay. Mr Roberts, Chief Surveyor, is accompanying Mr Marchant to the Bealey. One of the successful candidates at the recant Matriculation examination, Miss Maud Casey, is a pupil of the Convent of Mercj', Greymouth. w The Greymcuth Orchestral Soeietywill rneeb at their rooms on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock— Advt. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Messrs G W Moss and Co will sell the balance of the stock of Miss E Rees, at their auction rooms. Applications for the position of starter for the Grey Jockey Club close this evening. We are pleased to learn that thero is marked improvement in the condition of J R Smith. On Saturday afternoon dredgemaster Nicholson successfully refloated the Red Jacks dredge. Since the vessel sank ■ Saturday was the first day that the con- • ditbns allowed the machine being raised. , On five previous occasions everything i was in readiness for the attempt being . made, but each time a flood filled up the ' tail races, etc, and undid the preparations. ) So filled was the paddock with silt and b shingle, brought down by the various : 1 freshes, that the general opinion was the i dredge would have to be dugout, but by j j proper manipulation of the machine Mr Nicholson literaUy made her shake herself free, and when this was accomplished . she quietly rose to and remained on the " surface. Particulars of the nature of the ' damage that led to the sinking of the ship ■ will probably reach town to-day. 1 Mosquito No 1 has declared a dividend, f the first, of Is per share. Judging by I the quality of the wash and the payable i and ever improving weekly return of the b machine there should be a long and prosperous career before the Company, j The Brunner joint school excursion picnic will be held in Hokitika on Satur--6 day, 7th February, and the Mayor of * Brunnerton has been requested to de--1 clare the day a public holiday. a Wednesday, the occasion of the Greyi mouth schools' excursion picnic will be t observed as a whoie holiday by the busi- !• neBS portion of Greymouth, and Friday j afternoon, the first day of the cricket match England v Westland, will be observed as a half holiday from lpm. Mr Alfred Wickes, second son of Mr Edmund Wickes of Greymouth was 9 married on Tuesday last at Kaiapoi to r Miss Liily Fraser, daughter of Mr W 0 Fraser. The bridegroom, a well known B and respected Greymouth bey, is now j, second engineer of the s s Penguin The happy couple, to whom in common with their many friends we wish every 1 happiness and prosperity, will soend • portions of their honeymoon in Oamaru c and Greymouth. b No Town Creek will probably declare f its fitth dividend of a shilling this week, i After providing for payn»ent oi the ;. recent repairs and renewals of the 3 machine, there is ample funds in hand j for the purpose. j No Town No 2 Coy hvs made a start j to build its dred«e and the work is to be vigorously prosecuted to fulfilment. The J poll toon contract has been secure 1 by Mr Boucher, who. is ab present having 1 the dam site cleared and tenders for the dam construction will probably be called s for in a few days. I We understand that arrangements in . connection with the erection of the Roas 3 Day Dawn dredge are now completed and the work will be started forthwith. As our readers are aware, the pontoons 3 are finished and the first instalment of 3 machinery will be shipped from Cables' !) foundry,|Wellington, during the course - of the present week. ; Our representative had the pleasure o"---i a walk through Messrs H C Harley and ! i Co's cycle department yesterday. The j j. firm have just enlarged their cycle re- j pairing and manufacturing premises, and 1 have had to increase their staff in order to " cope with the amount of work entrusted * to them. Messrs Harley and Co have a - very large stock of both new and second- > hand cycles on hand ab present, having ; just landed 20 Raleighs right from the factory. The piesenb stock of new , machines consistof 24 Raleighs, all heights . of framss, weights, gears, and including c machines fiited with free wheels and rimI brakes, besides 3 Red Birds, 3 Rovers, , 4 Earls and 2of the firm's own man uf acti ure, making a total of 3.6 new bicycles, ) which should be sufficient to supply the L wants of the most fastidious. In addition to these wheels the firm have 27 | secandhand cycles, part of which are in ' use for hiring purposes aiid the balance 5 are for sale at prices ranging from L5 to - LlO. Bicycles are hired out by the day, , week or month. Messrs EL G Harley 5 and Co have a special time-payment system, which enables most anyone to become the proprietor of a bicycle. Messrs Harley and Co inform us that

they are going in for the largest bicycle business on the Coast, and they intend to cater fully for the requirements of the trade. The unfortunate man, JohnMcKeegan who was fatally injured by a mining accident; at Kumara, died at the Kumara hospital on Friday last' He was born in Victoria on the 14th May, 1865, and as a child three years of age, was brought to New Zealand by his parents. In the early days of Kumara was in the employ of the late Mr P Foley. He shortly afterwards commenced mining on this held and continued to work as a miner up to the time of the accident, lfae deceased waa a member of the Catholic Brass Band, and one of the founders, He was so well respected by his brother bandsmen that they elected him bandmaster. Deceased leaves a wife and .five little children, the eldest being only five years, and the youngest 18 months. 6