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Grey River Argus, 14 October 1907, Page 2

IMr John Tait, of Hokitika is seriously indisposed^ and causing his friends considerable anxiety. A meeting of the Grey Education I Board will be held this evening at 7.30. A meeting of the Grey Hanbor Board will be held to-morxow morning at 11.30 o'clock. At the Magistrate's Court <on Satr uiday morning, Mr Kenrick S.M., fined a "first offender 5s and costs for drunkenness. The programme of the _, Kumara Spqrts >and Axemen's Carnival; which is to be held, at Christmas time, is filed at this -'bTffice for ' the benefit of competitors. At a meeting - of the Young Men's junior Bible Class held yesterday, it was decided -.to form a cricket dub. -All present intimated their ■ intention J of joining. Mr D. McLaren, general secretary of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation, WelHneton. has-been invited to visit 'the. West Coast and address -the labour unions upon matters' affecting their interests. . Mrs Sibree. senior, an- old West Coast identity; aged 74 years. and fox many years resident in Westport. died I in. the District Hospital, on Wednesday -night, from general break up of the '-.systemT;- .-""'■ : - • • ' The -;funeFaj[: of the., late;, M r' Tohn Wilson,':-- late .of Dunganville. took place yesterday afternoon and . was .largely attended. Friends came from 'all parts of. the district to pay 'a last tribute' of respect to a man 'who was held in very high -esteem. Tenders are invited for the erection of *a six roomed cottage in Murray •street, Plan and specifications may be seen at W. ""Ambit's . office, Leonard street, with, whom tenders close on 'Saturday next: .igth'^nst,. at 6 o'clock. """'' " ~ • . -If ■''you' have defective^ vision or you require spectacles, you' should . consult -'Mt "Walter J.-" ; Watson ■T:GVO.C.D: 8.0.A., expert optician, who has de- . ..tided to remain -for* a few niore'days'. Rooms at Revington's Hotel. PermanL . Colombo? Street,- Christ-: - /chufch.r^Advt.' -A ... ---.'..' ' * ** O^f^i^.^tl^^bwl^B^ ' :a>re_nis£&, Ha^r Stfeet, £r£t H'ro'cloe^. ■■, r^M|ssrs^G. : W:- MossvandT-Co.,;iristfuGt- ?; -ed<by#he Assignefr:Twill^seli : - i by public auotion the household fur-■#iture^i'he-estat^of Archibald Cox;' 7>alp in. : fffst-olass order by VK..SF*., ■'•„..#_•• <■-- yr \ /"Great was the 'slaughter of drapery etc., at Alex Saraty's huge sale that . -is at 'present being conducted in- tihe premises lately occupied l?y, Messrs, . : Cressey axidHWilli'aiDis. iTTihe I ' drapery, is^oif first^clas^^^^ quality- and -'%S"tie' ; .prices are astonishing low. the shelves are; sur<i: toibe& cleared? .have not paid the sale a ""visit would • save ■ money (by so doing. *".: .- • -y iM.r ,,-.. F. T'B. -: LawJti r Vt^iloj, : Mackay. street, has. just . unpacked a^ splendid, iparcel of tweeds,~ suitable' for the" coming festive season." ' As Mir * Lawn has had considerable 'experience at his trade, ; one is sure; to -get a- stylisih . fit and a comfortable, "ivearang suit.' You -are. invited, to call and see his patterns, there-are hundreds to select , from., } . ' '■• ■_""■ , ,'Z' ' * ■-■■ ' ■ , ' : l ■ , * r- (Comfort m foot ..wear is -everything, and a man -or- womianT who does not feel comfortable in this particular "part . ■of his or her dress aire miserable all day.'. M,r W. Morrisih of Mawhera . Quay, has the boot to- suit- any foot I and for durability and price cannot : be ..beaten. Read his advertisement on the fourth page of this issue.; it will ,lead j'ou to the shop where a perfeci , I fit can be had at a reasonable figure.

Remains of an irrigation system 4000 f years old have been excavated in- South Africa. .-■?; v Scientists deolare that dt- Jx conieS^ 4 air meS * many mk^ beS seSs^f" of JJ apan retadns &* vrkS 3 ° ' I>h J' sdci ans and 60 A cheque .fo. £ x . wdtten 0 • Q _LS t el K ha l *?» Presented aS N^lersey! he &t Atl^^ City, A boy named Thomas Harrogan, nine years old, m San Francisco, ha. aied ot nicotane poisoning due to excessave smoking. ; ■ n.Sr^l s^ 1^ of Wtef madeby pu^_ls attending the dairying tlass^ were exhibited to memibers of the Shrat ford Educanon Board at the last meet'Denanaxk lead s , jthe- way ■ .h_ labour organisation. Fifty per^ cent of h« .wage^eatners are LFondsS ESkhd ?nd rm R a^ SW ¥^*' ««»•% A^triai Belgium follow in respective or- . The Stratford Post leanns that severT al important lines of timiber ihave belr advanced in price Iby ih<e Taranaki Sawmijlers' Association, and the ii OotoberTs?. ™ &S ' tQ C °' m€ kto fo^ e M A correspondent 'suggests that k ?« tune- attention was called to the shameless .prevalence of ,Sunday laibour in certain, sawnnlls on the Main Trunfc ime, and to the manner dn .which th. ?ogSling c / teamS are OV " work « d » h£ l &Tge tk?ee -storey dwellinghous< has ibeen removed from Prison Point Charleston, South Carolina placed 01 Lrn Tge ? t0^ ed down raver; am -finally ,placed on a new. foundation fiv, males from its original position.,. . After swdnimfnig a quarter' of a .mil to a yadht in Bangor Bay. CountDown, lately, Mt F. Smat^ of Souti port, an excellent swimmer, was .retunnimg to shore whetfhe threw ufiis hands and disappeared. His bod Twas recovered. „ : American papers • report " afibthe •wild goose chase." Hiihdreds df ipec pie are searching on the Great Sout; ceach, Long Island, Now York, fo treasuTe supposed to have 'been "burie there lby Captain Kidd, the famou pirate. - ;.f . Two Nebraska farmers lately o.b . tamed ddvorce^decrees, and on the foi lowing day 'went to Arizona, ""•wihex each married the other's former wife ( The four then left for Alberta, .wher they have arranged to settle ofl< ad joining farms. The Calf of Man, which ds separate from tihe Isle of Man by a sea char nel five hundred yards .wide, is in th martosi. It has a coast line of fiv miles, and its area is goo atres, c which 140 acres are arable land. . ;W.hile excavating in the bed' of th Ray«r Medina, at Newport, Isle c WigJi,t, workmen discovered a ibron2 coin of the reign of Constantaus I who flourished at the 'beginning of th fourth- century and fought for t!h possession of Britian. .A- '. . Sir Joseph Ward had the Hous , completely with him. "says the Nei Zealand Times of Jast Thursday, whe he declared that the Government di not intend to submit to have the con trol.of th's country taken over by th Cavil Service. „ T]ve i? annual payment of £02 qs 8d t the "Officer of the Pipe" (Mr R. ; Hai ■rison), hitherto a charge on the Britdsl Consolidated Fund, has, acoording t a PaTliamentry areitum, been commul cd r for a sum, of "^1683 12s 3d. , At a jrecent: monthly show of th Royal Horticultural Society at Westminister, Major Ho'llford, Equerry t the King, was awarded a sdlver gil Lindley medal for an orchid known a ithe Elegansipn which there w©re 231 flowers.. "I am not a man. that always looki on the black side of. things." 'sai< .Bushpp Julius recently" in the coUrsi of a sermon. r "I believe that ther* is more good"' in the world than- w< know of, -and that there is more ' gooi in.. ; the church than we are aware of. 1 _!® iS o^ Straton, whose translator from. Sodqr c and Man to Newcastle wta: recently aiiiiounced, preached rtb t_ie con©negation of fifteen thousand visitors. aad others in Braddan Churchyard, Isle of Man," where "the overarchdnig trees form a vast natural cathedral. '■■ An examinatioa for land, stationary, traction and wdmding engine drivers : certificates will be held at the Courl House, Reefton, on Tuesday 22nd inst and at the Court House, Greymouth. on Tuesday 20th inst at Q a.m. ror further- particulars "see advertisement. . • ■'■■-' The theory that the earth's crust is subject to. daily movements ana-logons to tides' has been\confirmed toy the siesmograph. „ Tha ' movements seem to depend upon the sun. A wave of low barometric pressure travels round the earth after the "sum, and thds wave causes 'a ; bulg c in the crust ibeheath at.- - -■>■- yy . >-- v - -v ■■ r ■ Mr J. ,M. Darrow, a paper "manutateturer, of Wisconsin, sav< that he has discovered a waste jpfbducfc which Zz ,a res T erve ice ,for an ■% indefinite penfod. .He also says flsat the icompound .when .mamtfactuiied- 'will only cost two ' shillings the thousand gallons. •■'-■■ -• ■-••" -' ',- - -, - -At the bnittinigmiils of the Winship and Boltlahd Co., Wakefield, .Massachusetts,, all - the mill girls lately' Trent on strike- as , the result., of *he predictlon of an . old woman -in : the ni^ghlbourhood, who "^ "is" beHewed hy many to haye; a gift- of second sight, that very soon the' mills would be blown"up. ...... .-."••■ -.-:..-. _- It was a happy coincidence that on Dominion Day all the revisers in Rotorua - district made specially fine displays, ; the Pohutu cauldron at Whakarewarewa playing for fourteen hours, a performance never seen before. The % Arawa Natives have decided that :c the •mana. oi Sir Toseph Ward was greatly improved by this remarkable ; thermal recognition of the change he was instrumental in effecting. It is undated ithat dt is likely that after Mr. J. ..A. M'CoMoiugh receives his final notice of dismissal h e will make i an organasdng tour throughout New Zealand ;.ih ihe dnlterests of the Indiapendemt Political Lalbour League. T;. "How .many : drinks will it take to make, you -4riunk?y-.;gsked Mr Toogood of a caibdriver at the Magistraite's ' Court to-<lay. ' "W^' 730 -whiskies would Tiot touch, me I" replied tfie dalb'by^ -- >. .-.' ' j. - 5? A newly-eniiiijted " fireman of only average -plucJk .wassetyihg iat his first ■ fire, and- th . chief rushed up to him and shouted: (t Shdri.,up that ladder- to me eighth storeyi craiwLalon.g __c cornice to .the fourth window, drop down three storeys and- catch, .fche wooden sign you see smoking there, swing raureelf along «o the second window tiat the xed glareis coming from break me gilass and .go in and Tescue tho_'* hre« g|d l^djes ! Well what the deuce c , for?" "For .the- .-pen. md u.^l,' «nr ** asked th« new xosn. "I vant to hand dn'my rasigniation. " Sev '«™l. new ,una6ns ha^ieenTfoSmtid lately m Auicbland, aocordittg to the atar, .and. vvhe^ latest to moye i s -the Jlasterers' trade^Fdr^ si).mef;time Mst ourneiTnen plasterers', owing to pres^ )f work t Aave Thad noidiffitulty^iii^^ mg /u,p .their standard of wfeiges. Good s,en haiv§: - 1 js psr-? day, - md advartisemen'ts 'have appeared rfS Ha^ls<^reased|Se Sn^fefT g*' -m,™^ as '-Pc demaaa%for - s^th»r^ 'SFfV**? 6 - aTi opportune .time? to :onstitnfe , un«m. • .yfe yy Ayy Th£Z^otoin~ ZFiines s_ys tto Messrs fohtf M^Lea^% n d- "Son,^ successful .aqD)tra)dtc>iis for..ArthT_rffc fass tunnel onigtheJMid-a.nd Railway, . iave not draiw>n out. any definite plans :o^w<7rkMig Ifceir-cdnuract. ■' One memM. M'Lean . has rpne to "Europe to obtain th e best )lant A avaala l bleu and be;co_ae personally; icquaihted *ath "the inaiiner "of conlucting similar undertakinigs. - - The trim's present ideas on the suibject may ; >c TcdhsideraJbly modified when he rer liixhs.-; Tit ds the intention of ithe firm--0 start actual work at the Pass dn a peek "or two, when 1 " it wall prepare ' or the erection of the workmen's huts, : md shops and', offices. % wdir: throw i 1 ibridge over the Bealety., and willy >pen up to the tunnel' fates at' both'- : nds. .This work will take some timet \'i nd before it is finished, the firm .will t 1 aye- decided upon its " arrahg'ements "'* Dr the actual tunnel -wofkT •Wo a „ l flight of colds set ouf one day, Great ugly things, and flew away, „ across the hills and o'er the sea, Determined vengeful thus to be. ' kit aJI at once these colds grew- fewer Vanquished by Woods' Great Pep- ( pennant Cure, - > so they, died, all one by one, I Their deadly: work left all undone. I

'd^^f^Sgf^^ Stains, the . of advertis^S°sli^^. clian^ j It as. claiified *hat Lake Br,i_ r,«~ deuces more fish -to the InS* any bodyTof w«i i?S%^ In -he great church at Mengo Uganda, tee are over 200 trees to sunport the. roof and these 'took 100 men - to drag at up itihe Ml, 'The graati Lick (telescope .reveals stars so far distant that it would require 30,000 of -them placed together _to -be .vdsible to the "naked eye. In Siam the number of rooms ib a door^ * m A St -^ ys "be.-odd- So -with doors and windows. They regard even numbers to he very unlucky. t£fiL®£ a nests often take, fire, supposed .to ibe caused hy thi chemical action of the wax upon the miafenal of rtiba nest itself. An associationhas- heen formed in Capetown to estaiblish^ diamond-cutting '*b „** Pwseiit. this iraius-ry ii gnactacally monopolised by. Am.4erStatistics recently compiled ia" regard to German University life show ■thait men. are dropping medicine as -a profession, while women ar c turning to \ Nominations for all events on both days of the Reefton Trotting Club close tomorrow, Tuesdaiy 15th inst,. at 9 o clock. Owners and tradners may see the programme at this office. It is endowed with liberal prize money and surpasses any previous effort by this go-ahead trotting club. The telegraph office closes at .8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, ao all interested should note this fact. .Blouses that fascinate. The newest from England. There's witchery in the new blouses showing for ladies at W. McKay and Son's. Frices from an enticng group of cambrics and delaines 4s 6d, ss 6d, 7s 6'd up to 12s od. Japanese eilk blouses gs 6d, us od, ias 6d 15s 6d up to 60s at W. McKay and Son's, The Drapers, Greymouth.—Advt. Miss Lena Hig-g-ins. daughter of the County -Engineer, is something of a musical phenomenon. Although only 13 years old. this young lady has successfully nassed the .-Trinity College senior examinatiofc . bv gem--. 91 points out of ioo. -Mass Higgins is a pupil -at the Roman Catholic Convent school, and is a credit to the Sisters, who have long distin- . guished themselves by the .success tney have achieved in imparting musical ■; education to. their pupils. • „TIME FLIES.— The mails leave for^ I- Home every week, why not get' your : Amas Annuals now and send them to •your friends abroad. Copies of the Xmas number of the Weekly Press Auckland Weekly, and New Zealand ; Graphic are to /hand, other papers ' coming in shortly..- Frice is each atii B;-Dixon's, Bookseller and Stationer, - Tainui . street, Greymouth. — Advt^ All interested" ik T^he. fancy-dress hockey match between Greymouth . 1 bachelors and the Mawhera "" Ladies' ■ Hockey Club to be played next Wed- - nesday on Victoria Park, will be > pleased to hear that a trophy has been - t presented by«Dr J. Mcßrearty for the most "lady-like" bachelof. This , match promises to be the event of c the season and given fine weather, . *<: public wall be afforded a treat. - Ihe proceeds from this match are to [ be handed to Mr Dixon for the pur- : § ose , o^belping to beautdfy the Chil- - • dren's Fark. t A- NOVELTY.— Booklets -made by' ; Maons, of plaited Ribbonwood fibre, with native ferns mounted on- the leaves. Neatly and tastefully arrangl: cd.- It is just the thing to send as '■• a present to your friends abroad. On--1 ly a. limited supj^y so come and make your selection early. -Prices 2s 3d, 2s gd and 3s 6d : each. postage ad extr^: at B. Dixon's, Bookseller and Stationer, Tainui -street, Greymouth. ;. —^AdLvt. k The second days' trotting; meeting held on. Saturday was cer'taihly pleasure' under most depressing ; .cir.cum» : stances. The weather was^"showery, the track was in a fearful condition' ' and made the going very heavy; the lawn? was -a sloppy swamp through which ardent sports ploughed \their way in gum boots and the' hiil in front of the. stand was the scene of many a .fine slide. The <sutside lawn in front of the booth and totalisator was a thick puddle about' boot-top high. , Notwithstanding' this, a fair ; crowd "were assembled to witness, the . racing which' was well contested and afforded some keen finishes. We predict that the net result for the meeting will be a: small profit for the Totting Club, an encouragement for horse' owners to prepare for the midsummer meeting, a boom in the boot and clothing trade, and 3 strong run on Parkinson's Lime Syrup. ' Since Ered Miami got out of touch wath iPlarhajrianitafry 'life, he has been ■devoting his talents to educational quesitdons, and is at present chairman of the Wamg&nui Education Board. But .he" cam still iteli a .good story, and the follbwing ds a, case in point : — "A smaill igdxl scholar was haxlded qjver to the general factotum of the school for ' a iwash, because it was. ■ albundamttly : plarim that she- ireadly needwl it. (the factotum found vthat'slhe : would hawe some difficulty dn ; undressing 1 th© unclean infamlt on atacount of pecu_iar construction- fof 4he siaid : unclean' infant's under-garmenits, and the undean inf ant's - mother was 'What!' oihsearv«d'"thte .matefnai relation, '.bath -' my girl!- "Why, she's sewm ujd for the winltiar!' " Waith sudh a tal - ent for story-elliing, Frederick ought certainly gjo • .back "to c Parliameint. - —"Free Lance." --• ■-. ■ - L 1 PIANO AND OflCA^ SALE. ; The Dresden Pianos :-, Company are holding their annual' clearing ;. sale, and a very large,- and; varied ;Stock ofinstruments may be inspected at local agency, .Messrs Harley and C 0.," (Limited). Being, heavily, overstocked TT T in English', German, French and Am- • erican instruments, any-rterms^cah be^. ' arranged- to met the clients' conveni-. ence:T Mr A. L. Desgranges,- the Dresden Company's ' head j tuner, is. [also in town, and all orders- shall receive prompt and : faithful vatteritioi*. -. FIANO-'. TUNING.^-The " DresdenFiano Company's* chief tuner, Mr A;K. Desgranges (who -holds highest: ." testimonials.- from Madame Carreno"' Marshall Hall, Wiegand, San; Salus^ etc. , etc. ) is at present in Greymoutl* . for a few days, and aHorders-soit- fo-" the Dresden Company's agents;-? ■Mes-^ srs Harley and' i ''Co:';'"ltd. ! ;: , ;'i»illTr6c6ive< K i--' _•■ ■•"'••- zZZZy v / --" rN "'-'