With regard to the birqao F. P. Litchfield not loading at Weetport with coal for Hong K >ng, '.he ''times' Baya that fctrcng efforts were nude by tbe Westport Coal Compiny o ge- t'e barque to load there. The Direo<or? off r d t-- p<y the captain's passage Bnd expeaßea to go to Westport to examine that poit prior to taking the vessel there, but that and other propoeals were rOS ac epted. One of the offe-s woald have enabled th« ship to mike ooneidtrably more then £100 for tbe charter than could be obtained in Newcastle for the same work. It adds that sane business people were not likely to entertain Oaptain (Jhadbourne'a proposal, and there ib just a pos ibility of the Loohnagar being chartered. Glue manufac'nred frcm whale refuse ia a new artio'e of commerce in BuEsia. Vr Ziuan'b new oompany at Humphrey's Gu I?, Weetland, expeot to start operations with fonr handred acres of Blnioing terraoea and one hundred beads ot water. The ' West Coa9t Times' Bays the oompany will net only bathe Urges' ; in ihe Colony, but one of the most productive. La?t week 7i,756 feet of timber were exported from Greymoutb. The ' West Coast Times' reports that on Dwyer's residence area near Bine Spur, remarkably rich gold has been etruok, five onnois biing taken from a litvle ov-r a load of dirt. The Grejmouth papers sate ihat a man namei Middle inn has been injured at BlackW ter, by te'mg arushed between two logs. Ha htid several riba broken, and one arm at d a leg ornshd. He is in a precarious sta'e. At Mokihinui, a coalminer named Michael O'fleir has been found dead in bis bed. lAKaa deposits of hematite iron ore whioh hive been discovered on Be'le Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, are shortly to be worked by a Canadian company. The ore, like that at Parapara, lies practically on the sudace. SYNOPSIS o*KaW ADVEBIiSEMSNTSThb following new advertisements appear in this iesae : — Waimea County— Names of persona nominated for WiDgamoa Biding Notice re es'a'e of Thomis Hill, deceased Notice by the Deputy Official Assignee Mrs Mackay'd house to let Horse for sale or exchange for dog cart Bank holiday Australian Mutual Provident Society Barley for sale by Bis'ey Bros and Co Bale of ammunition boxes — Wm. Lock
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Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8261, 30 May 1895, Page 2
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384Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8261, 30 May 1895, Page 2
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