FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914.

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1914, Page 4

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914.

"There is n o doubt that w e shajl have aerial vessels of t.fae ' lieavier-than-air t )P e of-the size of, ships, cairying many hundreds, of/p'a.?s>eirg--er-. Toiev will cros 3 the Atlantic in a day with the safety and ceitainty of expiebs trains, I hope to cross to New York in this way myself , one day." This is what Claude Gsahamc White, ono of Britain's first and best aviators says. Other aviators are equal ly optimistic as to the future prospects of an air service for passengers. Befoie the century is ..finished it is said tha,t we shall, have great fiytng monsters crushing through the air to the four corners of the earth cairy ing both passengers and mails, aiul travelling at such/ speed as will put the airship*, of -Julea Yernc veiv mu.ch in the rear. Some of us may even lne to see the day 'when our gift cruiser the New Zealand will—be as 1 obsolete as one of the old Eastjndiamen now used as ,a coal hulk. France, is now in a position— if the occasion, aiose — to rush men into England at the rale of iooo mem an hour by means of air craft. Twenty years hence she may be able to^transp'oit 100,000 men with "full equipment and guns by similar, means and an a simi lar space of time- Who rwatched the marvellous advances made in aviation -during the past few yeais, and will -dare to say that such a thing will be impossible. Let us remember that two 'years ago a trans-Channel ■flight r was, deemed tp^ be of such, importance that it was cabled air over the world. Nowa3ays an airman would think nothing of going from Calais to Dover aid back' as a sort of preliminary cantet/ to li test his- machine before going for- a long I ' flight. I

A.rciaft have become so common in Bn'ain and the Continent that their passing ovejtiead causes no more won deiment than if they were a flight of starlings. Airmen who Vish to at tiact attention and thus gain fame •and money, must do something more sensational than merely^ flying from ' one spot to another. Hence it is that we hear of aviators making spiral flights and (Looping the ' loop. The ordinal y public is not satisfied with the commonplace, it must have its thrills * and sensation no, matter how great the risk to the aviatois may be Even. looping the loop is commencing to lose its charm, and the air men aie busy devising some other juggle with Death that may serve to whet the satiated appetites of tho sen 5 i tion loveis. The pilost are now quite prepared to take passengers with them and, many are found quite willing to ©ccupy the vacant seats. The lowest fee for a short flight is two guineas, and the farther one goes and the higher one ascends, the greater is the tariff. Ordinary cross country flights are taken in a biplane, but monoplane passenger flights cost from £1 3s. With an engine of 160 h.p a speed of 140 miles am hour has been leached. Atyhen we get engines, aswe must soon, similar to those *n marine use, of thousands of horse power, there will be scarcely any limit to the speed that can be obtained. In 1Q34, we will look upon a person who has never travelled b\ air ship, with the same amazement as we do nowadays upon one who con fesbes that he ih.as never been in d train. Rudyard Kipling recenth said: — "T-He time is near when men will receive their normal impression of a new country suddenly and in plan, not slowly and in perspective, when the most extreme distances will be brought within) the compass of one .week's — one hundred and sixty eight hours' — travel; when the woid "inaccessible" a$ applied to any given spot on the surface of the globe will cease to have any meaning." The question that concerns us is not whether this ideal -will ever be attained, but i*Ow soo-n. important notice i<* given b^ advert -s'ement in reference to the "Velvet" tobacco limerick competit on which as comaminding much interest The advertisement will be found on the -7th page ot tins issue. x y The Bealey end of the Otira tunnel hai been *on co-operative contrad 'foi *he past fortnight and under pirsent conditions the wofk seernj; to be making good progress. At present the distances in from the tunnel entrances ar : Face, bottom htading, 52 chain 1 * 05 links; face, top heading 44 chains S5 links ; lining completed 40 chains 72 links. The present distance between the bottom headings at the Otira and Beale\ is 2 miles 26 chains, while there yet remains 2 miles Ch chains to be completed befor the big undertaking is finished,. When a local resident was using the telephone recently 'and being switched on to the subscribei wanted 1 veiy severe electric shock was received, and he was almost knocked senseless. Having experienced a imkler shork some timie previous he had the 'receiver close to his car otherwise h»' feels certain" the consequences would have been serious Whether stra.v wireless current or Induction* in some wav from dynamos in use, or flashes of lightning would account foi the 1 phenomena,- it is bird to sa>. 'He only honet> the experience will not be repeated — Nelson Mail. \\her> conveying the Gtftfeijpo aiound the islands of ; thc Cook Gioup recently, the Government btcamer 4*u tantkai carried a. small btoik of 10c ke^, and at night at various islands, a luw of these were sent- up for the entertainment of the natives. Some of the Maoris, howver, had-n^ver made , acquaintance j\\st\\ ihe modern fireworks, and at the lonely island tri" ,Mitiaro, \vheie there is no wlyte ltsldtnt, the first rocket sent tin spiead terror aboad. A. section of the population, with shrill ciks of-aftriffht rushed away into the bush, and the xenxamdei of thi neople were'onlv plevcn.tcd from following a like course by a couple of members of the Governor's party, who hatrnened to bf ashorp and who were abK in broken English and Maori, to the meaning and the good intentions of jlie T pakcna's jwrotrdncal di&pln Fine Boqijet loun^fd mcllmvne^ 'and Perfect purity v WivtSQn's' No. %o '\Vhislsv. — AdvV. t & .Walker's millinciy.,, department.,, are, making a tremendous^ effort to clear out all hats in o>tie week's time, nmJ if price can do ; t they will po. For instance, about 5b unlnmm^-'fflt hate formerly, 7s- 6d to T2^-'6d now only t ts Trd,- nil -this season an 3, rolonrs' — Advt. Men's Denim Tiousms, best quality,, flannej w.iisr I^ands reduced to 4s ud pair at'W- McKay and Son and Thomas .-and" Mcßejtth, -MaxVhera 'Quay.— Advt. - ' / '

Watson's No. 'o. engenders a fii spun of genial ; tv.--Adyt. Htssrs G. W. Moss and Co.'s eirtiy for Monday's Preston Yard Sale is: 25 fat bullocks, 6 springers and 240 . fat sheep. The statement of accounts and annual repoits of the Greymouth Harboui Board may be Inspected it the Board's offices for '30 days. t Written tenders will be Tccewed at the Publ'c Works Office Greymouth, until noon of Thursday. July §th, 1914. for painting and,, renovating 'the -Greymouth Post Office. For further particulars see advertisement. The long period of quietness as the lesult of the hurricanes is practically at an end '(writes tlie Auckland " Herald Nukualofa *coi respondent). The coocoanut trees have recovered and are bearing profusely, with a result that copra is a,gam .ayalable for export. In Vavau shipping has beguii, the monthly output at present ayern. firing abouJ- 60 tonns. In Tongatabu* ami Haapai the copra is just maturing and although the present shipments are small, each month will see an 'nciensrxl amount available for export. The full benefit of the -crops generally will not be felt until next ycir when rnccoiding to the best authorities, the copra outnut wilj be on 4 r>J»r wrtb^tltf best periods experienced in Tonga. , > t if The estdbhshment of a wijclcbb 'St't.* - tion with a iange of fiom 600 to iooq miles 15 one of the 'requirements oPthe Cook Islands, New Zealand* lmpoitsmt dependency (btates the Post's special correspodent). Under ~ present 'cond' tioris, the islanders' only mrthod of cummunicatmir > with New Zealand is by the fortnightly steamers and those engaged in 'the growing fruit-export-,ng mdustrv would like to be in closer touch -with their markets. Thev r sny that they are prepared to pay a tax on their /ruit sufficient to T)tDv<le' for the esr.iblihment and mamtcTnairc of a wireless station \vh'«ch \ftould enaWo them to get into, communication "with Awanui through "the steamers wbiHi firenorally plying- som^vhere in tho ■n^'venmff ocean. t Thp French Administration is nowe=tphlishin'o- a high power wireless station in Tahi'a. The wagfiOs and working Conditionb of .biograph operators will be reviewed shortly by a Cpuncil of Cpncihation under the presidency of the Commissioner (Mr. T. Harle Giles), says the Auckland Star. Wages are to be asked for on the following increased seale :— ln continuous picture theatres first operators, £6 10s per^week, sCt-o-hd operators. £6 per week; ivgiil shows (six performances). io;> per week, with 10s extra for each ma* nee , cnsual or Sundiy pciformancis 1^ The rate of wages ruling nt Uie nrp sent time is about /4 ncr wee\. The operators aie also asking for Mjuiirm da\s' annual leave on full Wellington had the lowest Jlu h i<Mc of the four cities of <"be Pomin.t 1 dutmg the month of Ma\ mci -n ih .c month not a sing-le death -ms Kfcrciecl in the boroughs cr Karon, Orslow. Miramar, and Eastbourne. The pepulation of the four cities at the end of May_is estimated to l>e hs t \ low^. — Auckland, 113,334; V .(j'Ot'.in dueling PetonO. 74^5^; Chus'iluich 85,Q40 » Dunedin u0,06^ The 1 < your o r being the fifth »-*wn rf Ne^v Ze.sis still held fiirlv ( 'imft»*t«blv b\ Invercargill, with a pi relation tof 15.085. Next in oaxler .0 .■:.- \\'i g.inui, t3,qßs ; Tmiaru, .2^,.,, Faliuor11.071; Namer >i )"o. G^Loinc. 0.C'09; \elbon, 8,505; \t,\ ]h uouth 73835-, Petone 7,214 Watson's No. 10. mellowed by age—, Advt. Visit Walker's Winter Said. Bart?ams in every department. — Advt. The most successful sale 'ever held on the West Coast is now on at C. Smiths^ Ltd, the Wholesale Drapers. It is gu te a treat to hear the ladies praising- the bargains .'n la^djies in,ack--111 toshes and lon gwarm palatoL coats which were 30s now 9s ud, each. They have sold lapidly but so as^not to disappoint the ate-comers we fiaye- , cd the 35s ones to o,s ird there a're^ only 32 left. Men's strong tinderflannels 4s for 2s (3d. 40s men's suits for 25s and men's overcoats at* i>£ 6d ,aie sHling quickly. Terms cash at C Smiths, Ltd. Drapers'. Clothiers, Boot Imnorters and House furnishers. Girvmouth. Cdl] and see' the grand \^lue in ladies and gents boots aifd shoes — \dvt. t * One Hundred Pairs of Petone and Kaiapoi pure .wool colonial blankets at spcciall redticeid/ pr^Sj 17s 6d. 255, and 30s per" paiif at '"W."" 'McKay and Son's and ''Thomas 1 and Mrßeath's, The Leading - Drapers, Mawhera Quay — Advt 1