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Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 30 January 1903, Page 2

Thk result ol leist evening's special n^eeting of theßoi'ou-^h Council will at least h. lp to mollify the feelings of the ratepayeis, which had alonasb reached explosive point over the Town Mall qu siion. Every praise was given to the plan". They delighted the eytand satisfied the taste of the most fastidiou-;. Unfortunately they wei'S too elaborate altogether for the municipal purpose. As we have already stated, of all the Borough's borrowing only something liko L7,0.0Q remains available j and an appeal to the ratepayers under the circumstances for another loan would be to court hu* miliating defeat. Consequently it was generally felt that the Council should cut its coat according to its cloih. This was generally recognised, for there was a remarkable unanimity of opinion as to the expensiveness of Mr Lqrd'a plans. It was therefore better to be content with a less ambitious structuie than to embark on an undertaking, however gratifying to roestetic tastes, when the wherewithal is not in hand. Mi-' Lord was to be sympathised with. His feelings were evidently wounded ab the rejection of his plans, which he loyally stuck to as a creation of his brain. It is a pity that he erred on the score of cost; otherwise the plans would have been rejoiced over, because every one was delighted but for the cost, which was fata ! . A3 Mr Sheedy's resolution was that competitive designs be invited was put, Mr Lord declined, to hay© anything to do with the competition beyond supplying the accessary in-

formation to enable other architects to compete. Ho* ever, in t»his ins ance '* all's well that ends well." The Council has thrown over the ambitious and costly plans prepared by. Mr Lord in view of the straitened finances of the,Bon>ugh, and we shall now probably, get a building with a sufficiency of the necessary accommodation for LD,500, which ought to be large enough for all our molest requirements, and is certainly quite a 1 ? far as the fi ances of the Borough will allow the Council to go.

A.t the Magistrate's Courb, Ahaura, on Wednesday, George A Maun^ell was charged with using a railway velocipede without permission of the Railway Department. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fiae<l LI and LI 7s 5d cuss. A i-econd informal tion for trespassing on its line was withdrawn. The many friends of the Rev Father Ainsworth of Wellington will be pleased beyond measure to learn that yesterday 1113 father, Mr S Ainswprth,-.reeeived,the welcome news chat he has successfully passed the critical atage of the typhoid fever, and may now be considered practically out of danger,. We remind our renders o£ the grand concert, under the musical conductorship of Mr (Jadzow, which will.be rendered at the Opera House this evening. The programme is one of the best ever staged in Wesblaud. The concert will be attended by the English cricketers and members of the YVestlaud Cricket Association, A crowded houssis certain to obtiii'i. To-day is bhe anniversary of Auckland province, Sunday is the anuiversnry of Nelson. The holiday will be ebsecvedjon Monday by the various banks in Greymouth. The English Cricket team arrive this morning by the Reefton train, and after being entertained at lunch at the Gilmcr Hotel proceed to Victoria Park, where play will be commenced it 130 pm. Westlaud bat with 22 men, bub the number of fielders will not be decided until the oaptains meet, A large attendance is expected from town and country districts. Mark Sprot and Co announce in this issue that they have for sale, on account of Mm Foster, 93 acres of heavily timbered land, situate I in the Cobden district right alongside the Coal Creek Railway line. Mr R Hood, chief engineer of the s s Petone, has been appoimed Inspector of Machinery under the Gsvernment. The appointment of Mr Hood will give general satisfaction, as he is a mosb capable engineer. We congratulate him on his promotion. The Mosquito dredge has declared its firso dividend of Is per share. Mr Wm Keech's many friends will regret to learn that he is seriously indisposed. The latest return received by the Takaka Sluicing Company is twenty six ounces of gold for nine days' operations. Government have issued the first monthly number of the "Guide Supplement." It is supplementary to the quarterly "Post Office Guide," and contains a list of pQsb-ofh'cas, with a table of the arrival and departure of mails and a list of receiving boxes. It is a handy ijocilr for office reference. We have received the Easter pro gramme of the Westporb Athletic Ciub The progiamme contains 12 events, in ' eluding pedestrian contests, cycling, wresting, champion football place kick, and putting the 161 b shot. Address, i " Buller Miner" Office, A Government surveyor is ab present j engaged in subdividing 40 square miles of limestone country in the Charleston district. The block e'&tisuds from about 7 three riiilea north of Brighton to four miles south'.and six er seven miles inlard. It includes the region of the beautifnl limestone cnvesar>unl which we (Charleston Herald) understand a certain area is to be reserved. When this land is thrown open it will offer to the settler a number of good agricultural holdings. The land is said to be good, though the country is a little rou?h. That dear old evergreen, Captain W Jackson Barry, attained nis 84th birthd^y on the 18 msb, he having been born at Milbourn, Cambridgeshire, on 18th January, 1819, a few months before her late Majesty Queen Victoria. The history of his life experience will shortly be before the public. i \