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Grey River Argus, 8 April 1904, Page 2

The adjourned meeting of the Grey Permanent Building Society will take place this evening.

Mr and Mrs Andrew Doig left by the Mapourika yesterday en route for their future home in Wanganui.

The Right Hon R. J. Seddon h?s wired to the Jockey Club stating that the lease given to cut flax near tho racecourse has been cancelled.

No decision has been come to yet in respect to the appointment of a manager for the State Fira Insurance Department.

The health authorities of the Sydney City Council are takiDg active steps to prevent the commission of offences calculated in any waj to spread disease.

Mr Ponsonby, London Director of the Waiho Hydraulic Sluicing Company has returned to Hokitika from Christchurch.

The receipts from the performance of the Pirates of Penzance by the Hokitika Amateurs in the Opera House on Wednesday evening, will, after paying all expenses, leave a small margin of profit.

A harvest thanksgiving service will be held at the Trinity Church on Sunday, when contributions of fruit, vegetables, etc, will be thankfully received at the vicarage on Sunday.

Mr Patz, the unfortunate man who met with the serious accident on the State mine railway, left by the Mapourika last evening. It is his intention to consult the best doctors in Dunedin to see if anything can be done to save the sight of his eye.

We regret to announce the death of Mr Thomas York, which took place at Nelson. Deceased was a kindly soul and highly respected. His sons are Archdeacon York, of Greymouth, and the Rev H. York, of Reefton, who have the sympathy of the whole Coast in their sad bereavement.

Attention is called to the replace advertisement setting forth, the well known and popular brand of Tiger teas. On the Coast Tiger tea finds a place in nearly every home and is regarded as the finest tea on the market,. Wherever used is gives the utmost satisfaction.

Mr and Mrs William Craig, about the oldest settlers in the Grey Valley left by the Mapourika last evening for Wanganui. They disposed of their farm at Maiti to Mr T. Walker, and decided to reside in Wanganui. During the great many years Mr Craig has been in the district he was always regarded as a most worthy gentleman. There was a large number of friends on the wharf to wish Mr and Mrs Craig God speed.

The funeral of the late Timothy O'Driscbll took place at No Town today and was very largely attended. Deceased was a sterling f ellw, highly esteemed and respected. He has lived in the No Town district for a great number of years and was 72 years old.

The Cabinet has decided that Mr T E Donne will go to the St Loui3 exhibition by the Sierra on Friday next, as a commissioner representing New Zealand at the World's Fair. The Colonial exhibits are large, varied and interesting.

Of 152 persons refused admission to the Commonwealth during 1903 under the provisions of the Alien Restriction Act 99 were Chinamen.

Mr Campbell, an officer of the Public Works Department, Wellington, left by the Mapourika yesterday, having been sent down to examine the sites for the Post Offices at Greymouth and Brunner; also the new portion of the Greymouth Hospital and a proposed infectious hospital at Hokitika.

We are pleased to learn that His Worship the Mayor is taking the necessary steps to bring under the notice of the Humane Society the brave act of Master Shilton a young lad of nine years old. The incident which called forth his courage took place in the lagoon near Preston Bridge. Four young boys were out in a flat-bttom boat and when out in the centre of tho stream the boat capsized and the occupants were' thrown out. Three of them managed to catch hold of the boat, but a little follow of five years was- swept down. Young Shilton jumped into a boat and with difficulty caught the drowning lad just in time. As there was a very swift run in the lagoon the act was indeed a brave one for so young a child to tackle. It is to be hoped the Society will in some way acknowledge the deed.

Messrs Tymons and Parkinson are now offering to the public shares in the Garden Gully Gold Mining Company, and will in the course of a few days call on the business people of the town. The claim has been thoroughly prospected and proved, and anyone wishing a sound investment will find it in Garden Gully share The prospect us will appear in this paper in a few days time, and then our readers will be - able to see the large amount of work done and judge the outlook of the Company. In the interest of the district it is to be hoped that all the shares offered will be readily taken up. If this mine gets properly to work it will be the means of drawing attention to the vast hidden wealth of the Paparoas. Messrs Tymons and Pai'kinson have so far met with success. It is their intention to go to the different centres and place shares and we wish them success, 'as we anticipate that when this claim gets machinery on it will prove, what the promoters claim it to be— a highly pay-

The second distance of the Massev Harris Cup road race takes plac 9 on Wednesday afternoon next. 'So great was the interest manifested in this race ast Friday that we fully uxrect a still greater number to witness the Jm The committee at a meeting held on Wednesday last, decided that the second distance sfcoud be to Kutherglen and back, and considering the good condition the road is in at present, all those who rode in the first race will doubtless compete again. The handicaps will be published m our columns to-morrow Ririders are notified that they will be made conversant with the rules before the commencement of the race.

A very pretty, though quiet weddmg was celebrated in the St Paul's Wesleyan Church, Hokitika, on Wednesday morning, when Mr S Glenn, of Westport, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Ross of Hokitika. The bride was dressed in white silk, wore the orthodox wreath and veil, and earned a shower bouquet. The bridesmaids were Misses Charlotte Moss and Emily Gamble and were dressed in white i i. , bnde was away hv her brother, Mr G. H. Moss, M r I Moss acting as best man. Rev T R Kuchajrds conducted the connubial .ceremony and a large number of fnends of the contracting parties present The happy couple left the church amidst showers of rice and good wishes for their .future prosperity. An adjournment was then made to Host RowclifiWs, where a sumptuous repast was partaken of, and the usual toasts duly honoured. Mr and Mrs Glen left by the 5 10 p.m.. train for Westport, their future home. . .Jf **"% morning at St Columbkilles Convent (says the West Coast rimes) a very impressive ceremor.v took place, namely, the religious profession of a young lady— Miss Catherine A. Boland; in religion, Sister Mary Baptist. The Very Rev Dean Martin, S.M., officiated, Very Rev Dean Carew (Greymouth), Rev Fathers Leen (Ahaura), M'Donnell (Kumara), and Aubry (Hokitika), being also present. A very eloquent sermon was preached by the Rev Father Aubrey, who pointed' out the many advantages to be found in the religious life, and who showed in his discourse that, although not exempt from trials, these are not nearly so great as those met .with in the world. The Rev Father concluded by congratulating the young Sister and wished her many years of health and strength to labour for her own good, and that of others. The music appropriate to the ceremony was sung by the Sisters' Choir. .

Paris has the biggest municipal «00,0°00,0o 7 o: City - .»—■*••

There is a quicksilver mine in Peru in which are streets, squares, and a chapel.

A set of artificial teeth made of compressed paper has been used con- *■ stantly for 13years.

During the last century war caused the death of more than thirty million civilised men.

Since April, 1902, there has not been a birth or a death in the parish of Barton-in-Fabis (Notts). The most expensive chair in the world belongs to the Pope. It is of solid silver, and cosb £20,000. '

During the last three years 22 millionaires have 'died in England. Their average age was 75 years. Copper money in France is to be gradually replaced; by aluminium bronze pennies of a pale yellow colour.

During 1901 there were 8681 murders reported in European Russia that is, an average of over 20 a day. The United States now has 47 typewriters factories, and these export £504,000 worth pf typewriters in a year.

When searched hf the police a six-year-old shoplifter in New York waa found to have 13 pockets in. her clothes.

A crested canary shown at the Crystal Palace has travelled 1500 miles during the show season and won £250 in rsizes.

Italy's highest birth-rate was in 1876, when it was over 39 per 1000. It has now fallen to a little over 33 per 1000 yearly.

The anchors which a large ironclad carries aje eight in number— two bowers, two sheets, one stream, aone stern two kedges.

The average weight of a British artisan 30 years old is about lOst 91b. A farm labourer of the same age averages 91b heavier.

Sweden and Norway are the only countries where practically every grown man can read and write. Bavaria comes next in this respect. Nine hundred motor-cars and motor-cycles have been registered, eleven hundred motor-car drivers licensed, in the county of Surrey. In 1864, when the American Civil War was raging, the value of 100 dollars in paper money was only £10 4/-. Now it is £20 16/-.

English funeral horses come mostly from Holland, where they are bred. About BQO are brought over to England every year, and cost on an aver« age £16 apiece.

During the past year the coroner for North-East London held lxix inquests. These included 97 cases of death through drink, and nine resulting from destitution. Of the 18,8,93 male emigres who left Ireland in 1902, 14,235, oilp per cent, were agricultural labourers, 80 per cent, of these being betweaji the ages of 20 and 25 years.

Thirty domestic servants from Hull and Beverley have each received teii guineas for long service under, an- old bequest. There were 69 applicants, and the longest service was 26 ye^rs. Although 1 the Nioaraguan Catal would be in all, 170 miles long, Wt only 27 miles would have to be actually excavated; 121 miles trayirse two rivers and a lake, and 22* miles would be through artificial basins.

A small six-pounder shell, of about 1\ inch diameter, containing three or ■>> four ounces of powder, burst in an ordinary room, and, breaking into 20 cr 30 fragments, would probably destroy everything in the room.

This year makes the jubilee year of

the publication weekly of the sermons of Charles H. Spurgeon. Not a week has passed during 50 years that a sermon by the famous preacher has not appeared in the Tabernacle Pulpit. A public meeting was recently held in the Hamilton Council Chambers for the purpose of considering the formation of a fire brigade. Mr W. Dey (Mayor) occupied the chair. After explaining the object of the meeting, a resolution was moved and carried that a brigade be formed.

A French farm hand named Goyetto has been arrested, charged with triple murder at Alfred, a small town in South Ontario. Goyette's employer had reprimanded him, when the man, seized an axe, turned savagely on the farmer and knocked his brains out. A fourteen-year-old son came to his father's rescue, and he was likewise killed by Goyette who then made for the house, and knocked over the wife of the farmer, injuring her fatally, ' \ _ * f

The greatest banquet in history took place on August 18, 1889, when 40,000 Mayors of France sat at a table in the Palais del'lndustrie, at Paris. There were three relays of about 13,000 guests each. To^repare the feast required seventy^six chief cooks, and an army of 13,000 I waiters and scullions, etc. ' j The demolition of a steel building I three years old in New York city I was watched by the experts of the I Bureau of Buildings with reference 1 to deterioration. They report "that I no other corrosion of consequence ■ could be discovered than had obvious- ■ ly v begun and gained measurable ■ headway before the building was ■ covered in." " H