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Grey River Argus, 1 July 1914, Page 4

Hanwell Williams has just lauded ' a furtlier shipment of St. John's Malto Paraffin Oil, the most palatable and best taetlicine on earth.

The installation in conueetion with, the Lewis Mark Lodge will take place tliis evening at 7^30 o'clock.

Messrs Harley and Co. will sell on the premises, Macksty Street, on Friday, July 3rd, at- 2.30 p.m., a quautity of stock also plant and machinery in bankrupt estate of H. L. Dodds.

Watson's No.^ jo. engenders a fine spirit of geniality. — Advt.

The usual dance will be held in the United Pavilion this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock.

- A meeting of subscribers to the Sir Arthur Guinness Memorial Fund will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon next, 7th July, in the Borough Council Chambers.

The rainfall for the month of June was 6.55 incues. Rain fell on \lB days.

William Dickson, a defaulter under the Defence Act. has ben committed to Ripa Island tor 28 days, and was escorted thither morning by Constable Rogers.

The caretaker of the Sailors' Rest reports : During the month ; of June 78 seamen paid 224 visits. Everything is going satisfactory, the men taking great interst in the Rest, and spending their evenings in reading, writing, and games.

W. J. Coetzee, through his solicitor. Mr. M. Hannan, has applied to the Supreme Court for a re-hearing of his claim for .^2OO damages against the Greymouth Port Waterside Workers* Union on the jgrounds that the damages awarded by the jury were inadequake. The case was heard at the -Greymouth sessions of the Court held last week* tie. amount of damages I awarded to plaintiff by the jury being i£io.. . . . )■'

In the course of a sermon at Parramatta (New South Wales) last week, Archbishop Kelly addressed the women of the congregation on the extreme fashions of the- day. "The fashions of the present day." Dr. Kelly saM. "simply cloth© our women in impurity from shoulder to foot. And the man who 'does ntn, turn away his eyes from those immodest creatures that are seen parading our public thoroughfares attired in the latest freak dresses may lose his soul. There is no bal last nowadays in, thp people, there is no fear of God, without which, the law can do little or nothing to stop these things." *

The Mount Cook disaster which resulted in the death of Mr. .King" (an English climber) and Guides Xhpmspi) and Richmond wiXl be fresh, id the minds of those who take any interest in alpine work. It is proposal: by climbers and tourists >' who -the three men wW lost their lives on thdf mountain to erect a aut at a suitable altitude as a memorial to them. : Thiis is an eminently sensible idea/ and will no doubt meet with adequate support The English Alpine Club will prob-^ ably make a donation, the Government may be counted, on to assist, and a proDOsition is on foot, to resuscitate te New Zealand Alpine Club, itt'wjiich rase financial help may be expected from this quarter. ; ' The hut ■would serve climbers- for i many years, and nq more suitable memorial could be •mag-ined. The pjuides at the . Her? mitage have decided to. erect at Foliage Hill a cairn as attribute to their HHre r parted comrades. ;. * A hobble skirt has been the indirect cause of a love ijffedy, . as" :i^cen^y revealed at Battersi a ' Coroner's .feourt, Emma Winson. .qoiiestic servant, and Earnest Hunt, cdi persmifh^s laborer, had been "keeping- company" for some months past, and a xording; to the evidence, the girl on : faster Sunday, wore a hobble skirt, wh eh. Hunt criticised. The girl's mother admitted ffiat the skirt was "a bltfajKt,'' ah<J said her daug-hter sold it. On Easter (Monday the couple went o*i\ together, but sulkr ed most of the tim^ atad the man bade "Good-bye" to h«r parents. The next morning- the girl returned Hunt's* photograph and wrote a letter in which she asked return of her photograph. When. -she received.t his she went out, and her body was found in the Thames somShdays later. Hunt said that when hl/«had known the gfirl a fortnight h.f had a fightNvith i rival admirer. Tie; coroner, re-mark ing on women's s msitiveness to criticism, said some i-wnnen wore such extraordinary hats zod skirts that they invited criticism. The jury returned a verdict of suicW c during temporary insanity.- ■ ;. ' i A story, is told rfiiFoote, the. comer dian, who was bievday dining at a country inn, and the landlord asked how he liked the: f; re. "I have dined as 'well as any mai \ in England," said Fobte. "Except the Mayor," cried the landlord. "1 1 xpect nobody." sai(| he. "But. you nn st!^ screamed. th^ host. "I won't." h "You must.'*.: At length a^ magistratj L took Fpc^e before the Mayor, who fljsterved,. that if had been custonjary i t that town for a number of lyears- "except the Mayor,*'; and a:coi>di^glv'fi n ed him a shilling for not conforming tc« an& cn t custom.^ Upon this decision . Foote n^id the shillingrqt'tte same time observing tiiat h«t lought the. landlord the greatest fpo -in Christendom*— Except the Mayor: ■.>•

Intending "comHhtors fat the forthcoming. Boxing ■purnament are reminded that ent^P close' With the Secretary of the CMfrmouth Boxing Association, Mr. J^Rndrews,' on Friday evening next. V

On and afterl^aturday next, July 4th, the lino between Cronadun and Inangahua Junctibn will be open for traffic. See advertisement in this issue.

xV consignment of quinnat salmon ova arrived at Greymouth on Monday morning by the Arahura and was taken to: the hatchery at Kokatahi for promulgation. The fish will' then "be liberated in the adjacent streams.

The death of a well-known resident of the Arahura Maori Pah, in the person of Eiaki Tauwhare, better known as Mrs.) George, took place on Monday evening at ten o'clock after an illness extending over several months. The deceased, who was a native of Greymouth, and 74 years of age had been residing at AraUura, for a great nidny years. She was a widow, her husband having died 23 yeaTs ago. She leaves a family of two daughters (Mrs Solomon and Mrs -I." Tainui of Arahura) and three sons, Philip, Lav rieand^ Thomas) who are well known. In an unnamed grave in the cemetery at Moree (N-S-WO rests the body of Charles Dickens's youngest sonEdward Dickens, once a pastoralist near Wilcannia. next a member ot tne New South Wales Parliament, and nnaUy an inspector under the conditional purchase system (remarks the Sydney Daily Telegraph). The grave is unmarked, because all attempts made to locate its position have, been fruitless: It is intended, however, by the D : ckeris iFellowship of New South Wales to place a tablet in the church to the memory of Edward Dickens, and the pfoceejis of a concert given last week will be applied to this purpose. The outstanding feature of the^ entertainment was the conmbutioiM>y MrG."S. Titheradge, "The Death of Sydney Carton." He scarcely raised his voice once above the conversational level. But his speaking voice is still a beautifully flexible one* and by pause, by inflexion, by sometimes a whisper, yet without gestuTe of any kind. 'Mr Titheradffe so portrayed that scene of the great moving tragedy which" forms the crowning glory of Dickens's authorship as to deeply Stir his hearers • A correspondent writes to the Wellington "Evening Post," under date 23rd June:— "Last night I had occasion' to witness the departure of the Wei lington-Auckland express, and I was astonished to note that in, soite of all, the Tecent agitation, the sleeping 'car was " placed next to the engine, without even the postal van intervening.. It' is impossible that passengers can enjoy a sleep under such cir curnstances. Under the old management no one familiar with New Zealand railway methods would be surpris cd if the desired alteration were nost--1 oned indefinitely, but, in view of the presence of Mr. Hiley, the new Gen-f*-;)1 ..'Manajrer, ■: surely this matter can be put right without further d^lay." Enquiries made show (says the Tost') that the change suggested b'v the correspondent would involve a #rc:jt loss of time in shunting at both W'*V V ton and Auckland, and owing- to j\u* complicated machinery connected with lighting, heating, brakes, etc.., having to be detached and reat*xr\\f>A' there would be considerable -l : abilitv to serious accidents to those engajred in this daneereus w^rk. If the orden rf the. carriages is reversed at both Auckland and at Wellington a different class of couplings would be required. This, it is said, would interfere prejudically with the smooth runn'np* «»f the train. It has b-cen suggested that the best position for the" sleeper •"d one which would involve a minimum of shunting, would' be next . to the dining car, near the middle of the train. , '■ ' • '■'■'.'■ '■

A little cr<^wd of sightseers paid for platform tickets to stand on Victoria Station, Manchester recently, to see the. new fireprodf saloon train which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway bqve put on their services between •Manchester and Southport. Seen from outside (says the "Daily Mail") the train looks like any other, but the material under the outer brown paint '■; s*eel, and not wood. ,■■- thp _r:irHagre there is no wood at all beyond ~t'i«,fo6fbo3rdfC. The frame, the uhderfTam.f-. the bodies ard the sides ar° "'I of steel. The floorings are all double, nnd ar^ "insulqtpd with nsbp-; t->-s. Thp lighting of the train is'b«- • r ns. but the sras tanks are separated from , the floor'ner by thick stoel nlatos. They arc -also encased in steel to' pro tect them from Each eras tank is fitted with automatic ynlves. , and if n gas pipe should be -broken these values at once prevent any further outlet of jras. A novel featurp is a 4argp window in the centre o f racb coach, hintred horizontally nn<-1 onpninir outwards and unwards. Th" s window !•?■ intended as ...an, em.rrgenrv r\it. The train *bas a central corr<lo»' "^ throughout its '.ongth of ne;irl»cooft. At onch- end is a larg-e ' f n 'n] rnrV contqjninnr. r»xes. crowbars. fir» p\tinfiru : sher<: . :»nd r il v»r <=3iyn.« v ' 1 .ar>'l rp'CUP pn^nartii'*?.' * ■T*»«» tr^in hr>«; *»r---emmodation for nearly 400 pnssengprs.