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Grey River Argus, 19 October 1905, Page 2

Regarding the? proposed 'parliament i of "labor 1 -Mr Seddon stated in. ithe House ! yesterday that, unless good reasons were shown >to tlier contrary, it. would Sake place early next year. *" ] In the Legislative Council yesterday the Education Reserves Bill, and Get hard John Mueller Enabling Bill <vere I put thro'ugh -their- finafe*^ ites. Formal ! business occupied rtJhe^^Hin the after j noon and the..,evening£&ee, °%oted to the | consideration; inj^jlttvU- \ the Native Lands - idTjj^m^^L. -, W -.The W^^^^^^^^^^mL "been di*olun'z^^^^^^fX^ Russia

A Jarge numßer of boxes of cut flowers were sens' to Uarelcna and: Madrid in conneefcion with.. M. Loubet's forthcoming visit, and contained packets of dynamre The consignee was arrested. The polije are coimnced that it was a plot! against President Loubet and King Alfonso. . On the ground of ill heaMr. and show *ng^ signs of losing tis reason, A. B. Worthington was taken Ito Melbourne and medically examined prior tio the! Cabinet considering his case. A New York cable messaga states that the motor race for the Vanderbilt Cup, £', >d ' s tonce ©f 293 mites, from Long aland, broughtput nineteen\jompefitOTs. Uemery and Health (France) T^ first: and second Hemeiy^ 80 horse power ' Darracq nwßca. was sold for £4000? and afterwards accidentally burned!^ npSSA i6e r. S^ S • GovernmenKJ has SS? ConfeScl 8 m7MOn t0 a^ d The folloiving telegram from Mr Guinness was received by the: secretary of the Blackball Miners' Union: 'JElon Hall Jones wrote to the District Engineer, Greymouth, last Friday, as to arranging work for coal miners on railway near Blackball. Think you should go or send delegates. iilo confer with Engineer at, Grreymouth as to proposed work, otherwise telephone him, and give all informal tion before he sends hi& report to tbe Minister. — A: R Guinness' At a meet ing of the" members of the Union on Tuesday ii'j was resolved' that the secre tary proceed 'to Grey mouth and. interview the Resident! Engineer on the matter, as suggested -by Mr Guiniwss. At Westport on Monday Mr Kenrijfc S.M, commiitted four children of tlie Allen family to tha Wellington Receiving Home. The meetings which are being conduct ed by Mr J. H. Todd' in the Presbyter lan Cliurch aTe increasing in int?feei. Last evening, •notwithstanding numerous counter attractions, theTe was a good attendance, and the eloquent address de hvered by. Mr Todd was very much fn joyed. The meetings will be ' continued thi6^ evening and to-morrow evening, and. a. cordial invitation is extended to all.

At' the annual meeting of i'ae Otago Employers' Association Mt J. J. Thorn son, who presided and was ie-sie-r«d president, in referring to the Premier's proposed labor parliament, said .tiiat, as president of ther New Zealand Federation he-could honestly say ithab thei employers of the colony appear anxious to do ail that' lies in their power to meet and, if possible, solve: th« many and serious problems that lie ahead of them. If the Government' decide on a commission or a conference with proper representations and give ample time for delegates t6 discuss the subjects with thei T associa ■tions. employers will be pleased to meet the Government and do their utmost; io help in a so'ltitaon of the problems His own opinion was that if a. Commission consisting of a limited number of disin. t«resf.fed persons was appointed, with power to cail evidence, good might come of it. (Dunedin telegram.) The decomposed body of an old man i believed to be Frederick G. Myers from Ross, was found in a paddock about Ixj miles north of Hokitika yesterday. De ceased has no 6 been missed from his usual abode as he stated h P was going to South Westland The polic- believe Ihat deceased committed suicide by taking poison (Hokitika telegram.) .- Tlie Hokitika Harbor Board Bill has been passed by the House, with, the fol •lowing additions : (1) The harbor" district is tlie Borough of Hokitika and may be extended, with -the consent of the ratepayers, to the Borough of Ross and ••h c Kanieri and Southern ridings of the Westland County Council ; (2) The Board shall consist' of five members, the Mayor of Hokitika, the Chairman of the Coumy of Westland and 1 three members elected by tihe^ ratepayers of the) Hokitika borough; if the other places are inclnd cd in the area, then there will be one member additional for each viz, the Mayor of Ross and members appointed by the Westland County Council; (3) In place of selling th c endowments the Board may borrow £50,0000 as security of the same except No 145, Arahuradistneb, the existing debtf being the first charge against; the proceeds, the balan-e to be, for any harbor works the Board may decide upon; the securities in addi tion iSo the endowments to be the timber export revenue and a special rate up to 2d in the pound' on all ratable property m the harbour district. (Our correspon dent) Ab .the Diocesan Synod at Chrisfcolruch yesterday a motion by Archdeacon Har per was carried declaring Ghat it s de suable that' the benefits of the General Trug,? Estate should be extended to that portion of Weefcland comprised in the diocese of Ohristchurch which was, in law, part of th c province, of Canterbury in the year 1867. (Christchuxch tefegraoi) . In reply itb a qiiestion by Mr Guinness in the House yesterday th c Premier said that itlhe gold and coal miners indt'&rial unions had been invited to* take part, in the proposed conference of labor. (Own correspondent.)

Messrs H. C Harley and 1 Co submitted to auction "yesterday afternoon on behalf of the Grey Education .Board the right to lease for a feTm of 42 years, four sec ions on the) Education Board' reserve High street. There was a very fair at tendance, and bidding was brisk. Hi© two sections with a frontage fo Hi^h sreet were purchased by Messrs W Evans and T. Bell respejetfively at a rental of £8, the sections fronting Frank lvi street by Messrs J Trusoott £9 and H. Bignell £7 17 6d. Last evening the Grey Rifle Volunteers mustered ag the Drill Shed af seven o clock, and inarched to the camp atf the rear of ithe hospital. Th« men expect to pufc jn, some useful work provided the weather is favorable. Messrs GW Moss and Co intimate that they will sell at .tlheir yards, Mackay street, on Saturday four youue draught horses. „,..; J & Elsewhere! Miss Foord of th c C.SS | notifies that she is removing to the pra lmises;on Mawhejn, Quay until Tecentiy occupzed by Dr Morice. Miss Fo*>rd ; s new premises will be opened with a new e-.ocfc of ladies' and children's clothine on Monday next. . s Locaa playgoers are promised visits from *he Fitzmaurice Gill -Dramatic Com pany and Messa-s MqMahon Brothers' Company during the New Year .race week. News Teached Kumara yesterday Miafc an old veteran in the person of Herbert ttt' j liad belen a ver y oW- reside.it of the district, had joined the great. majority ad the Veteran's Home, Auck land, in which institution he had been ian inmate for nearly :thro' years. T>e ceased, who was an old Imperial soldier, come to thei colony with the 4Qtih Wi ment with which he fought -during; the Maori war At its conclusion h e came to the Coas,ti and resided' in the district for 27 years.

At the 1 Warden's Court held a*' Kumara yesterday the application for a residence site at Otira'by,Mr- James White "was refused .a Sj the. land applied for would be required' for railway construction par At tlie Kumara fltagistrate's 'CourS yes terday a young man named' Benjamin Sniwkr'* 6 c]x ™& ed with assarting Je«m bnindeler, on the premises of the Cro.vn S?1' + La 7? On Pitied guilty, but pro Wnf tO i-^r°^ a ProMbition order Acheson S.M coneented, and the prohibi fe-n 01 !? 6 - a** ant^ James Rugg tor £3 and cost 6s .for .services rendered. A serious accident occurred at Hie S^ C °l Fortune daim, Stafford, yes vZt? n °°^ to Mr ' John Griffen of Piper's Flat,. Mr Griffen was carrying an ir on pip ? when he slipped and feSl, the s-one, badly smashing -the palm. He was taken to the Hokitika. .hospital, and oil , otor thinks fche injury will prub aoiy lead to permanent disablement. Tenders close with Mr M. Hannjin, so.icitor of this town, a^' 4 p.m to-morrow ror the purchase of the Terminus Hotel at Jorunnerton. > „ The annual church concert in aid of* the To'Jara FI«U building fund, wilt-taka place y this evening, and promises to be one °| the best- gatflierings ever he-Id 'on «ie. Flat. The programme. 1 has twenty items by talented performers from- ill parts of tlie d'istrici ■.

Nexvti Wednesday, the people of Gr»y mouth are promised a Tare treat in the production of 'La Mascotte' by the HoKi tika Amateurs. Tlie characters are spl°n dily cast and the sceneiy f ar surpTisee any seen at theatrical perform ances on the Coast. . Tlie unique feature! and the combination of humor ous talent! displayed evo^s unparalleled enthusiasm, dur sister town il loud 'in its praise and Greynnoutfi will no? S far behind m showing its aoDrecint'on t ihlrn^' 81 " 1 dl '* !iat » Wanted

Ihe public of Greymoufch will be very , pleased indeed to seethaW the, enterpris ing firm of .Messrs Barlow and Co, Mw kav street, are abJe to execui'.e orders tor both ladies and gent's bicycles built to orde>r .with, the genuine B.S.A pajfts Un their own premises they Lave, this week, executed an ord«r for one of• each and the quality of material and workman ship is unsurpassable. They hare sever '"i---more orders 'So complote, ats& -many promises for the same class of bievctg. Their display and stock of access > -ies~ is second to non c on the Coast and', they are speciahets at the repair trade, 01-=o en amellmg 'busineiss. All this work is , guaranteed right out.