West Coast Times. MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1894.

West Coast Times, Issue 1001, 31 December 1894, Page 2

West Coast Times. MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1894.

BijK<>RK we again meet our readers the old yeaF yjll have fled, be numbered amongst the long list of! " have beens," and the new year, with all its hopes and ! fears, its joyous anticipations and gloomy j forebodings, will luve been U3herbd in j upon us. The predominant feeling at the birth of 3. new year is one of joy, but why it is so np one fiijtn tell us. With the birth of the new gomes the deq.th of the old and with it regret fpr that which can .1 Jje undone. Still we have tho j lesson of the pjwt f the sum of human knowledge and wistfon; ha§ (increased by one year and in tho hope that $IG lesson tyas not been learnt in vtiiij we wish oui 1 readers A Happy A\n Pitospr.noUs Ni:\v Yr.An.

? To-morrow being New Year's Day there will ha no jssuo of this paper. I'ho annual fire tirigado procession and 'demonstn!^ 0 " will take place to-night as usual. The i>." !( » ( l0 will meet at No 2 station at half-past "ten an( J fts «oon as everything is in readiness tho procOHSJon will be formed passing down iw y ell street, along Gibson's Quay, up Bealcy street to Weld street and thence to tho Brigade Hall via Weld, Sowell and Hamilton streets. Tho fireworks this evening are better than usual, there being several novelties.

The manager of the Hokitika Savings' Bank requests depositors to leave their pass books at the Bank office in order that interest may be written in for the year as usual.

1 The rifle match at Ross on Saturday between teams of the Totara and Kumara Rifles resulted in a win for the latter team by 129 points.

We would remind our readers that all mails usually closing to-morrow (including the Christchurohlino) will closo this evening at 7 o'clock. Mails arriving tomorrow will bo sorted between 7 and 8 p.m.

A cricket match was played on Cam Square on Saturday between teams representing the country and the town, the latter winning by 55 runs. The scores being 94, as against 39. Both teams played well, and, notwithstanding their defeat, the country team showed sotnn good form, and in timo ought to give a .good account of themselves. Chesney, 29 ; Benjamin, 23 ; and Willis, 13, wero the only ones to reach 'doublo figures for the town team, whilst Houston was the top scorer for the country team with 7. In tho evening tho selection committee 'met and chose tho following team to represent Hokitika against Greymouth ' next Saturday, the sth January, viz : Benjamin, Chesnoy, Gibson, F. Harrop Houston, Hardy, frvine, Murloy, Ma--' farlano, Poland t Willis. Eniorgc-ucics Bonarand A. IJarrop. 'Hi. n> will bo a I committee meeting of tlie Club Uii.s i evening at 8 o'clock^ ' >

Acceptances for thp . Hokitilsv- Now Year Pomt > and Sheffield Jtaiidicaps close withithe secretary at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening. i j ;. . „

A sporting friend- sends us tho .fallowing lines on the Greymouth Cup to be decided to-day :-r-Thc £2oo to bo- giYon by the Greymouth Jockey Club on Monday is engaging a great deal of attention among "sports'-'. It more than likely that six acceptances will go to the post, ouk'oS thtae Goodwood, Banner, and Geraint will receive the most support. Goodwood, after his display in Reefton, is entitled to the highest respect, he .now moe.t,s Ger.vint on even terms, both having received a penalty , of 71b. In Reefton Goodwood gave. Geraint 101 b . and was beaten b> a short head in a mile and a hallf run, but over the same distance they are even, and Goodwood should therefore beat Geraint, but nevertheless the Canterbury horse will require to be at his best to shake off the " black demon ", who is trained to the hour by Ted Giffen. B:«iner was on two occasions ignominiously beaten by Doubtful, but the going I w^s very hard and being troubled with corns will prefer the sof tercouise brought ibput by to-day's rain. More than likely Banner was withdrawn from tho big events at Reefton to be reserved for the •■J-roy Cup and he is likely to carry off the prize. Johnny Faa cut a very inglorious i^uro at Reefton, but he may have recovered his form, and iL ! so he is quite ■japable. of bring down the colors of Banner nnd Co. Silver Rose won tho Consolation Race in Reefton in a hollow style, and being undoubtedly possessed. >L groat pace, Mr Brimble's mare only requires to bo on good behaviour at the starting point and to stay the distance to make things very merry. Beau Nash can have no show if his Reef ton running is to be taken as a guide, and must there- . fore be dismissed. Goodwood and Banner should be the most likely ones to 'Ight out the finish. It is asserted that Mr Harris, owner of Goodwood, Minerva, and Johnny Martin, has purchased the redoubtable Doubtful at a stiff figure. The following rights were sold by ' Messrs Wad« and Co., on Saturday afternoon: — Races— No. 1 booth, Hansen, £34 ; No. 2, Mra Quinn, £25 ; fruit. Jacob's, £5 10s ; cards, Lynch, £8, Sports — booth, Mrs Quinn, £5 ; fruit, Blunck, £2.

We are sorry to find that a random shaft on Saturday concerning supplements ounctured tho somewhat tender skin of our evening friend. The pain has produced a retort, in which the world is told that anything enterprising must be marvellous to us. We cannot go so far as

this but must confess that anything ciWprising ou the part of tho circulators of these supplements would seem marvellous, i'lie enterprise is something like a canvas moon at a theatrical show, v|very good imitation, but yet only a sham. The funeral of the late Mr James Low, brother of Mr Thomas Low of Stafford, took place on Saturday last . anil was largely attended. Thp deceased was mining in Stafford for a number of years, buL has lately beea workiutj at Maori Creok, where ho died suddenly on Wednesday last. Ho was one of the pioneers -if tho Coast — a hard working mau, openhanded and honest, who leaves many friends to mourn for hiui. The. news oi' the sudden death was something of a damper on the picnic pleasures in Stafford on Thursday, . and prevented Miss R. Low from taking part in the concert in the evening. By the death of Sir Edmund Lechmerc (says Christchurch Truth) a young Christchurch girl will become Lady Lechmere. The late baronet's eldest sou was here a few years ago and married a niece of Mr. Charles aiul ?.(r. W.E. Samuels, well known among us, and by the death just announced he succeeds tq tlje Tjavqnetcy and the batata, In the year ended 30th Juno last tho .great De Boers Consolidated Company of South Africa unearthed diamonds to the value of £2,820,000. Of this sum £1,230,000 was clear profit. The dividends for the year amounted to £987,000. The company has a reserve fund invested in British ooHsQl§amonnting to £694,000, of the nominal value of £7*4^QOCj besides £300,000 advanced to the British South African Company on 6 per cent, debenture?. Mr. Seymour Allan, a resident of Syduey, hns invented a submarine torpedo • boat capable of sinfcjing to any depth, and of travelling under wale'r i^s quMly on tho surface withoutrevealuigits jjresoncc. A working model of the boat was 1 fried

I the othey day in the public baths in Melbourne, «l the m-esenco of the Earl of llopetoun, (the Governor,) the Naval Commandant, and a number ct : naval and military officers. The oajpoi iinents were a complete success, the muJul rising or liukjngf, «tern or bow, turning, reversing, reraaini. 1 . 1 " Stationary in obedience to the electric current )\y W nicn it is worked. The inventor claims tb^ a fllll-sizcd boat would be capable of remaining nil'lei 1 water for tfyroe days. It Avnuld carry torpedoes on the bvw an# stern decks. When fired the projectites \voi>ld be magnetically attracted to the fcojbtom of an enemy's ship. The Admiral commanding on the station, who inspected tho model at Sydney, declared that if the vessel wowld do what the model performed it would revolutionise naval warfare.

For kid gloves and ladies' corsets try n Schroder mid Son, who keep the best quality in the market. — Anvr.

vVanted buyers for cooking stoyes Magee Standard, Clifton, New Paragon, Now Rival, Dover, Santeo, Jewel, Colon, and Ainta, for cash or time payment — James Renton — Advt.

1 11. .Schroder and Son, Drapers, having bought tho wholu of tho Kaiapoi's samples of mcn J s, boys', fluit youths' clothing are now offering them to the public at very reasonable prices, at fctn.ir drapery ! estiiblishmciits •, u«w jsyour tiinu. — Any r. ■' Country residents ami oUicjn requiring ; a Sewing \lachine arc invited to \yiilo to us for particulars, or when visiting Hoki tikii, to call and examine tho BismarckSewing Machine fliul compare price-; New Zealand Clothing factory. — Anvr

By tho way — Christmas and Nc\y Year — W. L. Fowler, West of England Rouso, has on view and for sale a largo shipment of Exhibition Pictures. Toys and Fancy Goods for presents. Oioico Millinery, Jackets, Dress material iincl Novelties Purnishinofs. Meivs and Boys' outfits- - See new Anvr. Mr Deck, dentist, will return to Hokitika about tho 20th January. — AiM'T.

Remember tho boom sale of cheap drapery at C. J. E. Linnennnu, Alexandra TTouf" Wei liugtou prices, bargains, retnnants, wh'tp calico 3s 3d dozen, grand \nlii'\ iViL-i :i!! other LI T.viis :iud villages. — Auvr.

. An Irishman, who was working on a rtfcw railway, said ono day toi tho foremap, *« Do ya want any more hands, sir ? Ivegofra brother at home that wants a job .aWurruk." The foreman asked him what sort of a workman his brother was. Faith, sor," Pat replied, " he's as good a' -man as. nieseK !" "AH right! Tell him to come" " Whoile I'm axing you for my brother, there's me poor old father at home wanting a job at the same time, yer honor.'! ( ,'• Well, and what sort of a man is your father, Pat?" '-Be jabers, s>or, he's as good as tho two of us !" " Oh, well," said the foreman, " tell your father to come, and you and your brother can stay away!"

"A mother," writing to the « Examiner,' asserts:— "The drink question comes only second in the list of social evils— tho influx of Chinese first! The women of Woodvillo should rise to the occasion and make a determined stand in the matter. In one street alone in Wellington the number of young nurse-girls who have boon ruined by China^ men is a disgrace to any community. To make matters worse, the girls are only children.

An instance of the ruling passion being strong in death was oxomplified by Elijah Cockcroft, the jockey who was hanged at Ballarat on November 12th for the murder of Fanny Mott. While standing on tho scaffold and shortly before the fatal moment came he surprised the officials by asking what horse won the Melbourne Cup.

Certainly the Most Effective Medicine in the world is Sander a cl Son's Eucalyvti Extract, Test its eminently powcrfueffects in Coughs, Colds, Influenza, &c , the relief ia instautaneous Thousan Is give tin most gratifying testimony. Read this cert-1 fixate ;- 2lth April, 1985.— Messrs Sander and Sous —lt is with the greatest of pleai aure that I testify to the 'xcclle -c^ oi your Eucalypti E\tract. Having had inflammation ou the bone of the leg, which cams on after a severe attack of 10-v fever, I w*s attended by Dr J Boyd who had made strenuous efforts to save the leg bu' withoutsuccess. He then' found it necessary to amputate my limb. Havinghcard in t 1 emeantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Euc alypti Extract, I obtained a I ottle, and the xtract I ad not been applie 1 morn t'^an ■ n hour, wheu I began to feel gr atly relieved. After :ipp'\ Ing t!-c extract every four hours fur irine or ten <l£y « I was out A all dang r. ■vvoulfl persuade all wh i may be affected with ny such dia aso 111 1 give t' c Enc lypti extract a tria', ami I am convinced Uiey will liud it the most wonderful of medicines — Yours, &0., E. J.Curnow Wattle street. Sandhurst."— (Adv:.)

..iv.l, o straws, men's straws, 6d, Is, Is 3di Is 6d, not to bo licked. Boy's sailors hats, 6d, 9d, Is, Is 3d new stock, not to be beaten, W. M Kay and Son, the cheap drapers — Advt.