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Grey River Argus, 4 August 1913, Page 4

Motor Cyclists— you'll get the best belts, plugs, - tyres, etc., at Wade's.

On the wharf this morning: at II o'clock-, G. W." Mass and Co. will sell on account. of whom it may concern, 22Q sacks of oaten sheaf chaff.. .

Mr. Daniel ,Shine. an old resident of Charleston, Westport, died on Sat^ urday week last. He was aged 74-

Mrs. Cadan, latt of Reefton, died in the Westport Hospital on Thursday night.. She~was aged 38 years.

. A public meeting at : Westport is call ed -to arrange for a search for the missing Granity stationmaster. Mr. Croft. . - ■

The unemployed in Westport have--been swelled by. a total oorf r 37 Harbour Board . employees whose services •have : b'een dispensed ;with. ,

Motrists^Bate.s's special tyres have done under"; public test • 6000? miles a puncture. You'll get them at Wade's. : • , ' '■; : ;

It is 'reported .that W. T.; Mills is likely ,to coiitest .Westland .seat at the next election' a.s the candidate of the Federation; 'of Labour. \

"The engineer : in. my opinion does not Jiold the positibn; yi the shipping world V.that he' should." saidrMrl D. Robertson at. tht^ Engineers' Institute recently. "I -am sure he ouglit to be the boss man." (Applause). Six thousand miles without a puncture — this has been, done under public test on Bates's Special Motor Cycle tyres — obtainable -at Wade's. The Post Office- Savings Bank is steadily increasing. The number of safes issued from all offices in^. the Dominion foT the first quarter of this year was 4600. It is estimated that there -are now 25,000 of these safes in : use. •

It is a noticeable fact (says a Reefton paper) that in Reef ton during: the elections >their was not a single 'case of drunkenness brought before the Court. That would appear to 'be _the result -of- so Jargely voting for Refonm at the- late^electkfo.

Exempted students intending to sit at the Victoria. College examinations in October next are-' reminded- that they -must send- in their names and subjects in which ; and the centre at which, ' they wish to be examined together Yith the examination fee on or before the 15 th August, 19 13.

It is generally believed aanonffst ■Liberals that the. Reformers will-re-gain their usual of mind before the next- -.election'. But they are still very angTy with - very' little reason, .at least that .is to be gathered (from the many hard things. they, have to say about the Liberals in ; connection with the recent election. But is , it not true that slander has ever been the trump -card of the- party.-

It ■■ is .anticipated that the present session .of Parliameht will, be a lori^ one, probably lasting- up to ; December. Apart from' -such staridinpf-- fen'-' tures as the Financial . StateirteTrr.. the Public. Works Stafememf. the Railways Statement, a-nd" 'the -Estimate's, the tariff has to be revised and! there is an array of policy Bills to be with, such as . ha's not often Ibeen equalled in a single session. ... s

The Rev. D. C., Bates wired on Saturdays—The indications are for the weather getting- worse; Wt fresh* sing to .a ' westerly heavy giale after. 24 Trbr.rs. The \\'ill -probably be dull arid overcast. 'Heavy rain- is to be expected -and; rivers flooded; The barometer is unsteady. A very low barometric pressure is to Le 7 expected to follow. ■" Sea ■■ heavy -on the coast : tides high ;; tides anil sea mr creasing. . - ■ • ?

. Goyerntnent evidently feel the: pinpricks from the Opposition and. seek to justify their factions by a tribunal of their own choice, -which is a very simple proc-ess of white washing. In referring- to Mr. Garlick's choice, Mr. Massey is reported t<> have"made the folfowrag dec-i-aration-: — "There t\'3k not a more suitable man for tb". ;rpo?jr tion. and h> could s'v tbt l^ 1 di^l not Vnow -Mr. GarlickJ" Ts . thi? a "bull" or a "bear," Mr. Massey.? ;'_>

Some Southand doctors are not easily deterred when duty calls. One of them was recently summoned toan urgent case some twenty-five- miles away. .: As the road was- impassable for vehicular traffic, he decided : to make the journey on foot. ' He left at 10 a.m. and reached his destination;, at 5 p.m. After attending to his pa,tr'P|at he walked part/ of the Avay home, his record for: the day being: 30 miles traversed in eight hours actual walking time. During the two days he walked 48 miles, and those wha know the present- conditions jof the roads in the district will recognise the merit, attachable to the strenuous undertaking. . . .. .'

Dealing with the question of cheap monty the Hokitika Guardian says.:-r- . The State Advances Bill just .introduced into Parliament, is as our correspondent emphasises, a startler-coming'-from the present paTty'- .in power: I^agafc- shows thek readi-* ness'now they are; in > the ascendency, to. adopt in its entirety the .policy -of^ the late Liberal , Government. " This " is further proof of the : sham r natuire of the reform t£e "present Government, have or had in mind. The hew Bill proposes to provide for the raising of three niillion, two hundfed thousand pounds, yearly for advances to settlers, to workers and to local bodies. CThis of course, is sound business, but when we recall . how the present party in. po\yer, when in Opposition, condemned the cheap money scheme of the Liberals, it shows that the condemnation was merely a pretence, the only desire being to obtain office themselves.^ and^ continue the sa>me line^of:'adiministr-at|pn-/ •; • The Government' press is still- finding it difficult to be reconciled to the election of Mr.. P. C \Vebb, who, ; ,if. he is a Red Fed, can .also be a dignified gentleman -'•(says', the Hokitika Guardian.). Most things are possible in Christchurch, and it is .not surprising to find there a "man who,-un-der cover of anonymity, has a fling at "Hon. R. J. Seddon's widow: for the entertainment, provided to cefe- ; "brate the defeat of her son's opponent .in the Westland electorate! The 'wirter (humorously no dougt) goes on- to refer to "the spor-tsmanlike action -and "the good taste" shown. ■: It has .remained for the' "only Reform jdur- , nal" hereabouts to reprint ..this .production, and apparently draw some -cionso'lation from what it .probably • :*llhiinks in its own sporty .way ; is. a deadly thrust at Mrs. Seddorii The little entertainment, it is " rnterestihg to record, was attended by some -thirty Liberal arid Labour mebers. of Parliament, so it -had some ' influence- Iperhaps that \yas why the - Chnstchurch creature is "so; perturbed. We do not know, that the gathering was to celebrate the defeat of M'r.'MicHel. It was, we lindersfend, to applaud tfte victory of Mr Webb. But if it Was- to mark Mr Michel's downfall, probably • no one (apart r from tha.t gentleman .himself is better' able to appreciate the position than Mrs.\. Seddpn. .herself. That lady^ knows the scope, and extent of Mr. Michel's redations . 3vith the : late R. . J. Seddon,and knowing those fact?, and .Mr. .Miche's subsequent action: when the tribune was dead, there, was : probably ' some occasion , even for Mts. Seddon "to m ake merry— if : she cared to seatch her memory. Perhaps the Christchurch writer knows-;" nought , of t all this, but •'-.. "the , only Reform should have some 1 ink' itogr. of "the ter, and' out. of respect even for: Mr. Michel should liave- refrained : from drawing attention to': the^ crisis' ;in Mr. Michel's career -which so chainiged its political -trend;'., and has ,e\jer r.since . left 7 him stranded on the -rocks at- the entrance to the. . parhamentaTy : haven. Well may Mr. "Michel oiice •again siyi "save ,me fr6m "*.my friends. ?^; : - ■-'■„■'- '•. '■ .- : ;

Now that Mr. Webb is safely elected, the official organ of his Party sees no reason why it should any longer conceal its contempt for the luckless "Liberals." It is the veriest nonsense (says The Worker)— indeed, it is woTse: it- is positively untruthful—for a section of the Liberal Press, with a cunning political putpose in view, to endeavour to makeit .appear that the "Red" Federation of Labour arid, the Social Democratic Party stands for what the Liberal Party stands for. . . The Social Democrats are out to fight the Liberal Party just as uncompromisingly as they are out .to fight the Reform Party. ■: •

At the Magistrate's Court, Qreym'outh, on Saturday a man named J^ines Bunting was charged'^before * J^GfL. Hewitt. Esq., S!M.) with being and- idle and disorderly person Avithin the meaning of the Police Offences' Act. ' Sergeant Egan stated

that/ accused had ben in town for the past two or three days and- had been sleeping out, being found one night in a railway carriage; otherwise he appeared to be harmless. The defendant stated he had come down from Otira last week, and if given a chance would go to work. Accused was convicted and dismissed with a caution. ..'.'■

Comments on the Grey election aTe still dropping in from news editors with nothing more on their mind. The Inangahua Times, in an articleon, the folly of taking defeat in such bad humour, says: — "There are, it is said, no games at Rurianga. There is no cricket, no football. Reefton sportsmen have had no challenges from Runariga or Dunoljie. The places from a social point of view, are dead. No wonder they are a •dour lot. But at these places boycotting is a fine art. A young man was ruined by boycttoing. The boycotters, with grim pleasure," saw all his earnings vanish, It was a great relief to them. A firm and holy satisfaction. What matter that his wife and children suffered ? Was he not anathema ? The great Chrstian doctrine—the doctrine that has levelled the whole world — is forgotten. He opposes us. We only are righteousWe only arc good. ■ He must be bad. Let him and all of his die of starvation rather than attempt to make a. living off us. It is bigotry."

Last 14 days of Sale at Walker's, Boundary Street, Tweed Costumes formerly 45s to 705,- now 15s, 20s arid 25s each. Also costume skirts all reduced, 5s lid to 10s 6d each. — Advt.

Men's wear at W. McKay and Son's store. If there's anything in particular that you want in men's underwear we can supply you at New Zealand's lowest prices. Woollen singlets and underpants, cotton pants ana sing-lets, half cotton and wool pants and singlets, mixture of silk and wool is lidup to 12s 6d. Come in now W. McKay and Son. and Thomas and Mcßeath amalgamated, Greymouth. — Advt.