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Grey River Argus, 9 October 1905, Page 2

The Mayor (Mi- Jus. A. Petrie) by advertisement in another column summons a public meeting to discuss the steps to be taken to havte .tho. "West Coast property represented at ths Nw Zealand Intaffna,tional Exhibition- life meeting will b 0 held in, the Borough Council Chambers at 7-30 o'clock on Wednesday evening.

Ati the annual general meeting cf the GjlJymouth Lavm Tennis Club a telearani was read from the Hon A. ii Guinness M.H.R. intimating thai he and Mrs iG'uiiinnees had! oix'ichl (pleasure in placing .their private court ati the, dis posal of the club as hit-hi-ita. A vo: o of thanks to Mr and Mrs Guinness for their generceitty; was carried by aoclama tiion. The pa-iviliiigje M^ndfeidl; tk> .the club is much appreciated by ith« jaenab#r».

Mr R. McKenzLe M.H.R. "has presented seveTal largely signed -^petitions from i-esideints in the Nelson district, praying the House to give an early op. portunity to the elWtorg op New Zealand of voting on the' question of State con-frol of the liquor traffic under a non political board.

In .the House on, Friday the Premier stlated that the eight nights- spent on the estimates had cost tihe country £4000 and non',e! of the items or t: he estimates had been altered.

According t6 Mr Massey's computatioos'the amount of space .taken up by ■the Premifiri. in Hansard up to thei first.' week in September 2343 inches ; Sir. Joseph Ward took 1544 inches; Mr Massey himself 1106 inchfs; .Mr;; Taylor, 806 incites ; -Mr Ell 702 inches ; Hon . "W. Hall Jones, 646 inches; Mr ■ X,"iDufchL?, 626 inches and Hon J. : McGowan 572 inches. . ;

About tiiii'ty c^Selß of alleged breaches of awards will come before) the, .lAirbitira tion Court' ati .WelUngtaa this . mack and ifc will probably ibe ffeeh c «nd of .".tW week beifore the sittings in; ttati city will 'i» completed.; ■;, \- • •;.■* '■, ■-: -.- . ■

arranged for a lease of:' Victoria Park for the season ati a 1 mental of £15 and a pitch is to be laid down forthwith.

Th>« banks throughout New Zealand wiU be closed on Wednesday (Labor Day) Th« customs duties collected' at Wei lington last wefek amounted to over b.w, 00°- , i, At the Golf Links on Saturday the play off for Mts Skoglund's trophy xcJSted in Miss Kemnle winning with a score of. 66, Miss Yarrall sconng 83 Thp Premier, in reply to Mr Flamank, of Weftport; stated that &c fdwmgn annuity tf £52 per annum still remains in tihe Teachers 3 Superannuation Bill.

At; Stratford on Wednesday, Geor^ Syme a sawmiller, was fined £2 on a charge of polluting a itrout stream by al. lowin e sawdust to flow into it. Itobei-fc -Cruto^. Employed by the WA iington HaTbor Board, me* Wiitih a son ous accident in one of .the! sheds on Saturday resulting ia a eer&ti fracturefcure of the 6kull. Ha was removed to the HospiM vrheifei h 0 now lies in. a. critical state. (Wellington telegram).

The total for the twenl'y-thixd week of the New Zealand egg-laying compeitition ib 2731, making the grand aggregate 38, 636. The average is 27.31 eggs pat pen. The higlfcfcti laying during the week was 35 which number was returned by Mr Leger's pen from Levin, Mr M. Shaw's pen from Bfenheim, and the Marlborough A. and P Association's pen SI White Leghorns). In thja aggregate r Leger leads with 665; Mr Brook's White Leghorns from South Australia, are second with 614 ; the A. and P. Association. 546; and Mr Hockey's pen from Nelson 539. TheTe are 75 hens m t-lits broody pen. The Arbitration Court at Wellington decided last week that in cases where asteamier or other vessel carries only one steward he; must be; paid the wages nf a chief steward. Levin and Company, the owners of the Himitangi, were fined £10 and costs for having .paid the: only steward on the; vessel named £8 per month which is £2 less itihan the wage fixed by tihe award.

In a case before thb Arbitration Court; at Weilintoii list week where aa employer was Charged with having employed a non-unionist when unionist workmen wero available, the President said, tfcat employsrs ought ito be ashamed to come to Court on such charges and as so many similar caseg had been h«ard. A receni issue of the Colliery Guardian cont&Lna aa interesting: it!&bl« showing thtf loss of life from accidents in mineß and. ajiarrieß. In. coal-minea in Grea.t Britain and Ireland the death T&t© in 1903 per 1000 employed waa 1.26 (previous year, 1 1.24); British Empire," 1.33 (1.46): France 1.02 (1.09) ; Germany, 2.00 (1.93) •"United Stat^ 3.09 (3.26). In New Zealand the rates were 1.40 (previous year .69). The lowest rafb in 1903 was in 'ithe coal mines of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was .59 (previous year 1.27) The higliest' rate in 1903 was in British Columbia where it was 9-85 as compared with 34.65 in 1902 The average raie for foreign countriies in 1903 waa 2.14 (2.20); for the world, 1.83 (1.98). Re garding gold mines complete figures ate only availably for the British Empire and .they show a rise; in the death; uta from 2.02 to 2.61 The ne-wg of tha duath of Mr Samuc-1 McNaught. which occurred a.t tihe Grey Hospital on Saturday morning, will be received with much ire'gret throughout the Coast. Mr ,McNaughti was for many years a partner with the lafcfL Mr. Neilly and their carppntleringr firm was one of the beet known on the West Coast. Th« k.^e Mr MoNaught won the respect of all. Hy was a native of Castle Finn, Ireland. The foundation stone of tihe new building for the Nelson Boys'" Collegj? <yill be laid by the Governor on the 21sfc inst. The" four years old daughter of M* and Mrs McDonald, Boestown, near Reefton, died ati eight o'clock on Satur. day morning aa the Tesult of burns re ceive;d on Friday afternoon." In company with, -he-it brcxtiher :tih« Jit 'la _ one was playine: in the paddock adjoining her patents' Tesid&nce. Somei blackberry bushes were being burnt and the rh:ld, wliilst. lmnning, .tTippjt'd and fell into a bu.ri^'ngi ibush q£'qe(i\Ting sjejvjere; bums about the head and face-. Dr Conlon at-

tejidedi" tie ithH Mtltlej sufferer but the shock conselqu^nt on the accident proved faM. The li,ttl c one; was a njsdoe of Ms Henry Campbell,; . . ■A graceful lifetla r:Jncid^n^l»6S--iptSs5 l al the! Hokitika Hospital Ball op Thuisday evening on Mrs Seddon's arrival. She was received at the entrance to »h« ballroom by .the Trustees and .th© mein bers of the Ladies Committej. to whom she expreaj^d her pleasure ati b^iug present. Mrs Seddon was was then prasenO ed with a beautiful bouquet b"y Mrs Toomey. wife of itlhe Presideat of ■" the Hospital Trustees. Mfessrs R. Hood and W. CuHen are at present on the Coast inspecting machinery. Mi* Cullen takes the district south of Greenatonfei and Mr Hood will do the noTth. Judge Kettle, Messrs J. : W. Poyntra and _H. S". Wardell,. the commissioners appointed .to enquii-e into th c vouchei? matfer ' held a preliminaTy meeting at? Wellington on Friday. The eaqurry opens at Christchurch to-morrow. Th.3 local agent of itHig Public Trust o£Sce lias received a- communication from th P Public Trustee, Wellington, in answer to .the Brunnie'r Advisory Board's xc solution passed afc last meeting. A meet ing of ithe. board will b e held on Friday afte-rnoon to deal with it. Mr Robert Ross, an old resident of ■the Coas,t died at Hokitika on Friday evening. Deceased was a native of Scot land and was in his seventy-eighth year." He leaves a grown-up family to mourn kis loss. 1 By notification elsewhere the Clerk of the District Court intimates that jurors summoned to a,i'tj?nd in criminal cases »<i tho sitting- of the Court! .to-morrow ar« not required Ao- attend ; jarors summoned for civil cases -must, attend.

In .the Inrercargill prosecution for having trout in hie position out of season of a fisherman named Bask, who deposed that lie caught; them outside the. league limit and therefore was not within tits jurisdiction of New; ' Zealand Mr McCarthy S.M., 'has imposed a fine of. £5. On the point raised the magistrate said ihat thp, defence had not put any of *.hose in the boat in the .witness box itb corrabor'ate) itihej diefewdanfl's | g!tait:-.|menfr that he had nettpd ithe trout beyond three miles from shore. Mr McCar-ihy declined to increase th)?i fine to £5 Is oh. tihe ground that counsel had ample powe r to appeal on all legal questions. (Invercargill telegram.)

Without) any special effort having keen made, so far the fund for building a n#w medical ward to the I>unedin^ hospital has reached £3000. (Dunedin f#l»". gram.)

A veTy- pleasing ceremony took place at the Grey River Hospital- on Saturday when the staff and patients assembled to bid goodbye to Nurse McKendry, who is leaving' Giteymouth to take up her abode in Sydney. Dr Morice. in a neat litHle speech, referred to th P numerons excellent qualities of Nurs ft McKen-flry and expressed his 6;no.?rfi regret at? losing such a firs?-plass nursa— one who, he was sure, would b e successful in any of the largl? hospitals. He asked her to accept, v as a token of the esteem jn which *he was held by the staff, a solid Bilvsr toilet fray and also a purss of sovereigns; from the patients with whom slik has at- „ rays besn a great favourite. Nurse McKendry in replied thanked die givers for their handsome gifts and -expressed deep regret that' circumstances compelled her', to sever her connection with the institution. She said that she tvoulcl bY ov-r' mindful" of their kindness towards . her-' during her term of ten years' servic.e 1 . Miss McKendry leaves •to-morrow..

■ Afc a largely attended meeting of St. Columba Club yegVerday a 1 letter wns read from Mr F. Keddell, secretary of the King's Bn-fchday Sports Committee, asking the club bo forego their annual picnic on tlii? 9th November owing to Ili3 fact that the two events occurring on the game; date would be detrimental to the interests of the sports to be held in Victoria Park. A letteT was also re- ' chived from the Hibernian Society recommending a- favourable consideration. of Mr Kea dell's, letter. After a Joiig discussion it was decided to postpone tbe outing until some future daAe to b e fixed later. Thsi TefSurn ciuchre .tournamefft With tlie Trinity Institute takes place _|n Trinity Hall to-:iiighb. The statement " that Mr H. F. Doogan was elected president, of olub, vice Mr F. J. Foot>, resigned was inadvertently omittecT from tho reporb of the meeting of the club lield last Monday. An inter-club debate takes place in Sfc Columbia rooms nest Monday avening when the club . meets Trinity Institute. T\fr subject is "tides the influence of labor legislaion tend ~to retard the progress of New 55? aland .'

•■- At a metting of the Grey District Institute of the New Zealand Educational Institute, held here on Saturday, Mr j. C. Evison (president) in tihe chair Mr J. K Law (Mariaia) and Mr W • Davidson. (DurWdin) were nominated' for seats on the executive of -the New- Zealand Edu\i tional Institute. . The presidents Was ™" pointed a delegate to t-V conferenct'to »1 ™ at Invereargill in January next, ifos -Easson read an excellent paper on "Reading » and on the mot San of Mr L. *• P» Berry, seconded by Mr W S Austin, the heartiest, thanks of the ketitufe' were accorded Miss Easson for her instruota've and excellent paper-.

J.Good hauls werhi made yesteTday. by whit'ebaifera. TJie whitebait canning factories start 1 operations this week. '". 'Rn pi:(r tlin is at present being paid.

The heavy swell -yesterday rendered the bar unworkable' and shipping. tv\is prevented entering.

Arrangement's are well forward for the concert to be held on November 3rd in aid of tbj? Cobdejn School prize:, fund. The Catholic Band lias kindly consented, to play selections from town fo Cobder. on the evening of t3ia' concert. An e,ndeavour is being made at present" . to setourte Ske&tis's hall', for the "concert which' gives every promise' of 'beiig-s' great success',, " ~ /'

iiii- Prem#-r on Wednesday . last- re;<ved news of the first birtli a J tlie ht. lUkns Hospital, opened by the Premier .-.-. Dunedin last Saturday afternoon, lne child is to be called John Seddon Alder ton, and, bfrlng the. first arrival gets 'the silver spoon. The business to be brought before the statutory meeting of the. Council of ■ ihe New Zealand Law Sooiety, to be held in Wellington probably, on Thursday will be of more than ordinary interest. The delegates will %■' called upon' to consider the Chief Justice's animadversions upon the Privy Council, from which is is understood that Mr H. D. Bell, the president, and Mr Mar tin Chapman, the vice-president of the soc'|'-ty, dissent and propose 'to ask the Council to pass a resolution on the subject-. Mr J. Sommerville, dyer and cleaner of Tainui street;, intends calling on house holders and those (having garments <hey wish dyed or cfeaned should look thsm out in readiness. Mr Sommerville las an excellenii reputation for turning out good work and making worn clothes look lik;e new. At Preston Yards to-day G. W. Moss and Co will sell by auction the following s'jock <"ntry:-^4O fat cattle and 130 fat sheep. Mark Sprot and Co will submit ihe following stock to auction ati Prestun Yards to-day:—4o fat cattle. 160 fat sheep and 40 crossbred ewes with lambs at foot.

The wise astronomer fortells The date of each «clipse. The racing man at fingers' *nds Has all the latest tips But. we can vouch a fact more true — Can give a tip more sure — If you would of a cold be rid Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.