West Coast Times. THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 1878.

West Coast Times, Issue 2935, 29 August 1878, Page 2

West Coast Times. THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 1878.

THE ; .Public Works: Statemontj published in yesterday's issue; cannot have been. ofchOr! thatt satfefadtorjr to the public ; generally 0 of Wesilahtl. It is chjar thai thiiugH' the 6xtravag;arii idea's or" the 'son them railway believer's must be laid asidefor the present, the (Government mean business* and also to connect the East and Weist Coasts of thiß island. ; Amaagst the' first lines mgntiofiea Is the ode from Greymtiuth to tHisi tdi*'h tmles in lengths—the estimated. ' cost of which is set down at^i6,bdp^. JB^rom Amberley to Brunnerton Jauiio miles, and this work} too^is set ddwn in tlie proposed scheme • at < B■■ cost Of £950*000; The MinifJttr df Public Works 1 is by ho iode'ads SU&giliifie a :i s tb,|fee early completion or* tue^outhirn r'lirie, for we find him speaking of it, as .any other rational map would as a thing, of the future; and that, not many years will pass without one* of th&Ot&go lines being extended to Hokitika ''-'tiiU the Haast Pstss. _ This is all We' tii% contended fdr tßrbughpui ' It. is. clear, that sooner or Idler a line of railway will run from the. West Goast of this island to Otago; and the elaborate statistics that hare been prepared by the edttimittee will no 1 ddttbt lie Verified; At the satiie time, it must tie ajjpd'rerit thai' for the present at all eyenisj.^e must pui iap with the Amberley and ithaura route, and.wiiat is more,, be, thankful l- for it; There is observable .a -kind of Uncertain Sound about 1 Mr. MacaindreVs statement fall eh lie dayl "that icareiul explbr&tidn will'' be' requisite Before ( the exact ro.ute^can ,be determined." The amountßUggestedforexpenditureonrailtvay purposes is no less than nearly eight millions and a- half j a rather heavy item it the present indebtedness of the Colony. Mr Macfiflarew, However, 4hb#s tfiai the' 1 . Wprki proposed will very nearljr cover their cost by opening up land .lor, settlement. .In. speaking bf this, thß Minister:, of Public Works gave derails '• of the > • various parts through yi'hich 'tHe .projected lines wbiiia Tun", "But 'ti'6 ' '' be&i only refer again tp tfiosjs^^ areas. jjavipg 1 reference to ourselves. lie said that fche line from Anoberley; to JSrunnerton would pass through nettrly 300,000 acres of freehold. The Greymouth and HokU tika lide will oped: stome 85^000 acres bf land^ which will go far to pay the cost 6fconatruction ; The Statementgenerally is of a most' favorable nature^ and it cannot fail to give increased confidence to the public creditors; in the Old Country, and at the same time show that in any .- future > loand that may be dsked for, the fullest, and. most reliable Security can be given. Chiefly amongst the matters thai ars of purely local interest, is the^Grr&y: and Hokitika railway, which we may now presume be J^r^fci&^htott foss of time, It wijrbe a good instalment of What we ivd p'rbbiise'dV and will be a juncture/ in, the i^rat.Jink of railway communication. .:,/

We hj»*(» to 1 - ' compliment the Telegraph Department for the afarihe 1 * f Hwliich the 1 long message of the Public Works Statement was taken off. by-; the operators, and for the promptitude df its delivery 1 . The messages delivered at present are a ctihtaltst, in the way of penmanships to some of the hen sbratchingswe have Had ex^driettco of in times past;' ; :': ' '•■■ ' '

A special meeting of the' Harbor Board was held yesterday %ornlng, ; wlVeh there were present, Messrs Ohesney (chair), Patten, Churches, Craig, $6 braSbn,' and Mftif roy . A letter was received from the Waste Lands

Board respecting the jgrant of a roadway along the Bide of Hospital "Creek, but it did not giye any. satisfactory information. The

hon. secretary of the Eailway Committee acknowledged the receipt of £20 with thanks. The chief business fof which the meeting had been called was to fibris'iae'r the necessity-, there was for closing the flfirth channel oi the riFfiry ati& on it tliefe yrdS ii long dis-c-rffis'io'h. iDveritdally, dn the motion of Mr M&lfroyj se'cbna'ea by Mr Craig,- iii waß agreed tt) refer the '^jidlS suijjb'tst i& a committee. The delay that had taken place in relation to the commencement of harbor works wag referred to, but no action was taken in connection with it. The Board the'h adjoUrned.

Committees of the County Council sat yesterday from 2 pirn: till late at night, discussing qnestions re merging tlie Arahura ftoad Bbard and talcing over the Westllind water races; We understand that satisfactory decisions were arrived at in both casesj which will be duly reported to the Council.

it is ihbre than probable, that the case of Margaret Fy'ffe, char gefl with 1 sly-grdgseiliiig at Greymbuth; may be revived; its we hear the Crown Prosecutor intends" to apply for a mandamus for a re-hearing: It may be remembered that the defendant was fined by the Resident Magistrate at Greymouth, but appealed to the District Court, when his Honor judge Weston allowed the appeal.

Among the passengers by the Kennedy yesterday, we nbiie'e Mr Charles Campbell, C.E.,.whd His come to jbin his brother, Mr W; D; Campbell j in professional work.

The Grey River Argus says, shares in the D'Urville Island Copper Mine Company have been sold recently at 30s premium.

Mr Barff asked the Premier in the House, a few evenings ago} if he would lay before the House a return showing, in detail, the manner in which the fuuds expended in connection with the Jackson's Bay Settlement had been spent, and the names of the persons who received the money, with the amounts in detail placed Opposite the names of the recipients. Sir George Grey said the return a&k&i f«r wtiuld be' laid upon the' table.

Mf Etahs'oii Turtori baa been gazetted Deputy b'istrici; Land Registrar for the disof Otago.

The Manawatu Tunes; of Thursday last, says :—": — " A native woman hailied Theresa died last night itl the train after it had left Palmerstou. With a rigid adherence to rules and regulations, the guard was of opinion that for the remainder of the journey the fare for a corpse should be charged." llessrs Gutlirie, Larnach, and Co. have purchased tlie business of Messrs Tapper Bros., ihvcrcargiili for £5d,0d0.

. Mr H. C. Baddely, formerly of Auckland, has been appointed ib be Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court at Nelson.

Mr E:'V. Brisooe', Gdveriidieiit Surveyor, has commenced to lay out tlie reclaimed land between St. George's Hall and the Government Buildings at Wellington, into streets and blocks for building on. There are to be fourteen streets each having a width of 6G feet. They are to be called after well known public men.

The Ringarooma dn a recent trip took away from Nelson a large quantity of ferns for Australia. They comprised all kiuds, from the giant tree to the more diminutive kinds in pots, and were selected chiefly from Collingwbod. The trade (says the Nelson Evening Mail) muse be a profitable one, for bn her last trip 1 tlie Kingarooma took to Melbourne a similar quantity, and next week another shipment wili be despatched.

A wrinkle for excise officers : — Look-out for false ends of kegs and hogsheads. A few gallons less in a cask will make up for the diity.

It is well known the owners of a certain line of steamers hailing not many miles from Dunedini are greatly averse to any of the crews of any of their, vessels smoking during working hours. The following episode recently occurred on board one of their steamers while on the passage between Nelson and Wellington : — Engineer (to an unsophisticated fireman who had recently joined the steamer, and who was bueily engaged in quaffing large draughts bf smoke froni a huge pipe clay) : " Are you oh'fe bf my men ?" Fireman — " Don't know ; who are you?" Engineer — "I'm the engineer." Fireman— "l suppose I am one of your men." Engineer— " Well, then, put that pipe out; we don't allow smoking on board our dtearders." Fireman (after having a good look round, and then surveying the engineer froth top to b'ottoin)— '• Good God, am I in gaol?" — Evening Mail.

The following extract from the letter of tin old colonist to a friend in Melbourne shows wliat business is doing in Sydney: — "H. and Co. are soiling off, and took in one day je2,200 edsh over the counter. What think you of that ? They allowed a discount of 20 per cent on all purchases . Business i b certainly not brisk; bat the place for ail that is going ahead. The number of buildings that are going up may be counted by hundte'ds, and there are few to let. All the building trades ate hard at it, and some of the largest builders — such as CJ. and S. and H. Brothers — wiil not take any fresh orders, and they have more iv hand than they can get out for the next four months. Our brickmakers, who turn out 20,000 a day, can't get half enough; aud since the advent of the present year over twelve large brick companies have started. Carpenter's that can do their work are not to be had."

The late Miss Harriet Hurst; a lady who died recently* possessed bf very cdrisiderable means, has left to two clergymen of the Ctiurch of England the siim of £100,000 in trust, to be distributed to charitable institutions, at their sole discretion.

The young Princess whom Prince Arthur Date 6f Cdnnaugiit, is going id marry; is the youngest of the three daughters of Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia. Her name is Louise Margarethe Alexandra Victoria Agnea.; she is pretty, very charming j and amiable; and is seventeen years old. The Duke now receives from the British nation an annual income of £1500; upon his marriage it will be raised to £10,000.

Sir James Anderson, in some notes in the Electrician on mistakes in telegraphy, says that the most difficult thing in the service is to make clerks spell instead of read Messages. Tlie eye in reading recognise!; or thinks it recognises, wdrds which res'enlDie each other; and the local knowledge or trade of thought in the mind of the operator also influences him when reading instead of spelling. In this way such words as " Broad-grove " become " Broad-green," "Blackwatch" " Blackwater," "Eastbourne"

" Eastbower," » Foxholme " " Foxhorn," &c. Clerks are fined for these mistakes, which arise from their own dSreie^nesa. In the English iatiguag'S ttiefe jfrfe' flßb'ttf l&009 woffls Suitable" fdr tei&raphit; p A nfif3Ses; French, feeriaatij Ltttiiij ftitidtistahii ftiia Italian fi&ve tfipMie'r at led§b %i)ob df ii aafe' telegraphic c'tiaia'cter. Thefe" Sie\tiiereibr^j about 66,666 weirds which" merchants and others can use without artificial and fictitioas combination: Sir James Anderson advocates the adoption of afa tWttiorMa code bf sO,d'6fJ word's from tfte six languages mentioned; for which the single charge would be' made , believing that these' wb'iiia be sufficient for tlie requirements of commerce; and if more were Heeded they might fairly be oharged extra. Something of the kind is becoming necessary; the occupation of the lines for the repetition df words wrongly transmitted is not only a loss to the companies biit inconvenient to' the piiblic, oilier telegram beitig' delayed while mistakes lire remedied.

A traveller in interrogating a Canadian received brief but pertinent answers j thus — " Whose house is that ?" " Mogg's." "Of what buiifc ?" " togs." " Any neigbors ?" "Frogs." " What is the soil ?" "Bogs." "The climate ?" "Fogs." " What do you live on?" "Hogs." "How do you catch them?" l( Dbgs."

The invasion of England, so long the bugbear of the frightened old ladies of a past generation, seems to have given place to the absurd cry of the decline of the grand old country. This can never be, so long as the Health and constitution of the AngloSaxon race is kept tip', and that is best done by removing disease in every form. " G-h6leAh's Great. Indian Cores.'' is tile surest and safest medium for this great desideratum. They are wonderful mediciufes and sold by G-. Mcc, Revell-street<