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Southland Times, Issue 9163, 11 March 1886, Page 2

Visit op fib Geobgb Grky. —By yesterday's express Sir George Grey ( arrived in Invercargill after a remarkably quick jjurney from the North Me left Onehunga oq Sanday evening, acd at Welling'ua c*ught the steamer which w-s waitirjg for the southern portion of the 'Frisoj m&il, Arrived at Ohristoburch he found that a special tra n was about to s'art with the mail, and tray. Iling by it he reached D.inelia ia time to catch the South express— three days onehoir from Aucklaud to luvercargill. To-d-iy Mr George Will visit our various public institu--1 tions, commencing with ths Hospiia at. 1.30 p.m., and then proceeding to the three to»vn schools in rotation. In the evening he wiil address a pnblic meeting in Sloan's Tne<tr • St. Patbick's anniversary.— At *he last meeting of the comtutteo of tho St. Patrick's ball the final arrangem nls in connec ion with the forthcoming event, to be h-ld next Wednesday were mile. Mr J. Kin^U^d's tender for catering was accept- d. Tl-o ■ervices of a pn fljieat orchemra have beea secured lor the oo :»si n, and most elaborate j danoiog programmes have been procured. A sub-committee was appointed to attend to hill dec >rations, which no doubt will bo executed in a most tattef til manner. Every effort on the part of the committee ban been put forth to pke« the visitors at their ease. TOO MAN* " DaAttGHTS."— A festive Scothad beenentertuiniog a ''brither Scot" in bis London homp, and towards the email hours he told his butler to order a cab for hit friend, whom he aidresael as follows-* «.« Good«bye "—sitting bolt upright ia his ckair, and staring Btraight ac his guest; J 1 Yell excuse me coming out— l'm afraid o' the draughts." " Man," he continued earnestly, '* when ye get ootsile yell see twa .cabs. Tak' the first— the ither's no' there. The efficacy of Woljfe's Sphnapps has been spoken arid written of, but it ja in the individual careg consummated it §a<'s ita bjgheßt =»ssrardand surest advocacy. It is palatable, B^jmnja.

Death of Mh KAiLt/.— The Coroner conaiders that the circumstances connected with the ludden death of Mr W. O. Kail 1 are such as to render an enquiry unnecessary, It appears that immediately before going tobed on Tuesday night the deceased, ate a hearty supper, and it is believed that the food interfered with the action of tbe heart and so caused death. Only an hour after he retired his wife dhcovered that he was apparently dead, and althongh a "Medical ; man was called in, all efforts to restore life proved futile. *„-.! r Brk-ach t)F the Bylaws.— At the Police Court yesterday moruing, before Messrs Tcdd and Inatone, J.sP., H, Dewe was fitied 2s 6d, and costs, 7s, for leaving his cab "unattended in a public place. James Brokensha wa§ ordered .to pay a similar penalty for exposing fiib/for sale in Ksk street, and On a charge of keeping an unregistered' dog he was also fined 2s 6d, and costs, 7s. In connection with the latter charge the defendant s f ated that he had given the dog away to another person, who had registered it inone of the suburban municipalities, but he called no evidence in support of his assertion. „ .Pension 1 Pension I ! -—The following specimen of flunkeyiam, ,sayß the Napier Teleeraoh, is from the New Zealand Times of Wednesday last : — " Dr Hislop, Secretary for Education, has sent in his resignation. Bey. W. J. Habens, Inspector-General of Schools, will in future discharge the duties of Secretary so long entrusted to Dr Hislop, who retires on a well-earned pension." The educatoa system was only established ia 1877, bo that the " well-earned pension " assertioa would take a lot of proving. It may be urged by lovers of pension injustice that Dr Hislop wai employed by the Government before he became Secretary for Education, but if so there is no doubt he waa well pßid for his time. But as a matter of fact he Ins been in the employ of the General Government only since 1877. BUT He Didst,—" Puff," in the Evening Press, writes :— " Great Proconsul out again 1 Seems to have made a telling speech too I Oh yeg.l told you he'd make a bit of a Bensa» tion this time 1 There's Dot much in it though, is there ? Well, the telegraphic sum« mary is such a wretched one 1 it's too bad the way the Press Association chop up Ihe Opposition speeches, while they give the Ministerial ones in full, with all the honours and three times three I Yes, it is a regular partisan concern now I Stout won't like Grey being again reoogniaed as ' the true Liberal leader 7 ' No, it's a nasty jar for him 1 but it's only what he had to expect when be threw in his lot with Yogel and identified himsslf with Vogel hm I Don't you think he'd have stood much higher to-day if he'd come out on his own account, and bad nothing to do with Yogel 1 Of course he wonld I He'd have been the biggest figure in Kew Zealand by th : s time, with every prospect of iising to the top amongst Australian statesmen I " Underground Risks.— Grear, excitement prevailed throughout Jtibondda Valley, WaU 8. recently, through the report that a terrible explosion had occurred at Peanygraig Colliery, and crowds of men, womm, and children hurried to tbe pit's mouth. It appears that the miners hac* been forced from the colliery — some of them withont their jackets — through a mddea outburst of gas. The men Were engaged, in driving a hard heading thiough the Fold nine -feet seam, when they were suddenly alarmed by an extraordinary vibration of the earth about them, followed by a sou ad as of distant thunderous rumbling. Fortunately the manager was present at the time, aud ordered the men to immediately withdraw. A terrible crash wai suddenly heard, and dense masses of crumbling rock came roll- j ing through the heading towards the men, followed by great volumes of gas, which made ittelf manifest by blue lights dancing within the gauze of the miner's safety lamps The manager instructed the men to move out CiUtiously with their lamps carried low, and it is believed a terrible disaster was thus averted. It was afterwards found that a great lodgment of water and an immense blower of gai had burst ia the mine. CamPß&lltoWs. — The monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Wednesday. Present— The Mayor and Councillors Kerr, Watt, Smith, and Walker.— A letter wai received from the Invercargill Chamber of Commerc^'enclosing a copy of letter oent by them to the Postmaster-Oeneral, directing the attention of the Government to the facilities available at BluS for landing mails and paf-eengers < here, in all weathers by the use of the tug ; also uiging on the Govern* ment the importance of making an arrangement with the Company carrying the nuils to call eff or at the Bluff, with a view of allowing the mails and passeDgen to be landed. The Chamber asked ths Council's Co-operation in the matter. Th«? Clerk was instructed to vf t 1 1 the Postal Department, strongly endorsiug the (Jhamber'n letter, — The Secretary of the Oarapbelltown School Committee wrote making application under the Counties Act of last session for assistance to gravel the n«;w school grounds, also to oat a drain on the north side of Foyle street. It was decided to decline the first request owing to the want of funds, but that the drain be made in Foyle street, under tbe direction of the Works Committee.— Accounts f>r contract work amouatirg t0£326 s<Bd were ordered to be paid, ani several email accounts were referred to the Finance Committee, to be paid if found correct,— The Council then adjourned, Wanted immediately at the Exhibition experienced bands aad apprentices for the dress* Bia&iug. TSoMgOK and Bbatt!e. further rsducsd prices, especial bargains tremendous reductions for three Weeks only. Krery article must be cleared at prices beyond Competition. A saving of 7s,Gd in the £. To make room for their nßw goods. All kinds of drapery and cloth^Hi? will be cleared at astounding and fabulous prices. Iho best bargains ever presented to a Southland public at MoLeod BttOTllElls', Dee and Don streets.