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West Coast Times, 23 March 1910, Page 2

A complete overhaul anil lino;, 2ds, that’s all l'\ C. Cov. ask you to pay, io-oiianiel-Wade ami

A notice in this week’s Gazette states that tlie importation of Now Zealand potatoes into Pern is prohibited.

The ordinary monthly meeting of Lodge Westland Kilwinning \\)M he held at 7.30 o’clock to-night in the Freemasons’ Hall, Revell street .

The West Coast cricketers have defin itely decided to go to Westport at Easter to keep their annual fixture with the Duller representative team for the Mcßrearty Cup.

So far there is no further trace of the bodies of the two victims of the recent Greymouth boating fatality. The police are patrolling the North beach daily.

In 960 marriages noted in the latest annual report of the Registrar-General for England and Wales, both contracting parties signed the register with marks.'

Messrs H. L. Michel and C .J. Parham arc to arrive in Wellington to-day from Australia. They will journey homewards via Christchurch and are timed to arrive in Hokitika on Saturday night next.

On Tuesday night (says the Kumara Times) some miscreant threw a stoo through one of the windows of the Crown. Hotel, doing considerable damage. The proprietor happened to be in bed at the time. The matter is in the hands of the police.

The following teams have been selected to represent the Hokitika Bowling Club at Westport, leaving on evening next; — Thompson, Maunder, Duncan, W. Wilson (skip); Wood, Robinson, McMillan, J. H. Wilson (skip); Sellers, J. King, Braddon, Nalder (skip); Nightingale, Morton, A. B. King, Stevenson (skip).

The funeral of the late John Carley, one of the victims of the recent launch fatality, took place yesterday, and was very largely attended, a very large number coming from the outlying districts. The Rev. H. S. Leach officiated at the Church and at the graveside, conducting the last sad rites for the dead in an impressive manner.

The County Chairman (Mr J A. Murdoch) accompanied by Crs Ferguson, Bruce and Grimmond proceeded to the Big Wanganui on Saturday for the purpose of attending a meeting of settlers convened for the purpose of considering the, question of forming a river board for the district to deal with the question of river protection. The party were to return to Ross yesterday.

The following is the Rev. D. C. Bates summary and forecast:—Cooler weather has been experienced generally Rain has apparently fallen steadily northward of Kawhia and Gisborne, and cold and showery weather has been experienced in the extreme south, but elsewhere the conditions have improved. High pressure prevails and moderate to strong southerly winds have been experienced. Present indications are for strong south-easterly winds northward of East Capo and Kawhia, with cloudy and wet weather elsewhere. Variable winds with fair weather may bo expected. The barometer will probably fall slowly'in the south for the westerly low pressure due on Thursday.

On the occasion of his recent visit to this district it was observed by the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts, that a number of fine specimens of native trees wore growing on the road reserves outside tlie formation, especially on'the main road. In all cases in which these trees are along the frontage of Crojvn Lands or Reserves, they will, as far as possible be preserved and it is intended to take action to prevent any unnecessary destruction of bush on road or river bank reserves adjoining freehold or leasehold land. As action is being taken by the Government to preserve, the scenic beauty of the district it is hoped that occupiers of land will, in their own interests, render assistance to the extent of complying with the Minister’s wishes in this matter.

A telescope sixty-eight feet long, witii a lens seventy inches wide, l as just been set up in the new observatory at Treptow, near Berlin. The telescope is the biggest now in existence so far as the most important part, the object glass, is concerned. It is hoped that it will be able to penetrate deeper into space than any other and add greatly to our knowledge of the heavenly mysteries. The instrument had its framework placed in position on the roof of the observatory, and afterwards its dome was built around it, its lens fitted, and its delicate apparatus for resisting earth tremors and atmospheric vibrations, the foes of the big glass, adjusted. The great lens weighs one and a third tons, and it is twelve inches thick. A constant temperature is kept within the dome, and before daylight the enclosure is hermetically sealed full of night air. When it is ppened at nightfall the lens is slowly brought up to the temperature of the air outside, so that there may be no sudden exposure to changed temperature.

Aii Invercargill resident who recently had occasion to go to Christchurch paid a visit to the Sunnyside Asylum and (says the Southland Times i happened to be at the institution when there were exceptional opportunities for seeing things that the visitor does not usually see. He did not see Lionel Terry, who is in the asylum, but he saw the unfortunate man’s latest work. Terry, he was informed, is at the preaI ent time assiduously cultivating the simple life, and indulging in the plain fare, the open air exercise and the 1 scanty raiment of the pagan days. He I has been fascinated by this pagan life and deeply impressed with the bonds that have fastened on men by the artificial living, dressing, and food of those times. As a msulr. lip has written a poem, “The Prison Cage,” in which the two .styles of living are contrasted, to the great advantage of the simple life. The visitor had the privilege of seeing the poem, which, he state-, possesses considerable literary excellence, and is beautifully embellished with striking ink drawings and coloured sketches. The work throughout, and particularly the sketching, is unusually clever. He did net see Terry, as the latter has very naturally stated a strong objection to being on exhibition, and the authorities quite properly discourage as much as possible any idle curious desire in this direction on the part of visitors.

A Maori milk supplier to the Meremere Factory (Taranaki) lias topped the test, for the last four months. The late Dr Alfred Agassiz, of Sydney,, whose estate was proved at £0727, left “ Mary ” a New Zealand aboriginal £25 a year.

Mr James Garland Woon, at one time of Hokitika and Greymouth, is reported to he seriously ill at Wanganui.

A special meeting of the Doss Borough Council will he held to-night at 8 o’clock for the purpose of confirming special by-laws.

Applications close to-day with the secretary of the Westland Education Board for the position of assistantteacher at Kumara and assistants teacher at Woodstock . Alluvial mining still! returns' some of those engaged in the pursuit 'on the Coast good returns. A small party in the Westland distinct have won from the claim since Christmas the sum of £250.

A novel sight for Dunedin residents is furnished at the Winter Gardens, where bananas are fruiting. The plants have been locally raised, and the limit is o( a good size and colour, besides being described as excellent in llavour.

Some time ago we published from a Capetown paper the story told by Mr Sawcr, in explanation of his leaving the Waratah at Durban, and concluding his voyage to England in another boat. That explanation was that he was greatly disturbed by the bad way the Waratah behaved in heavy seas. After his arrival in England Mr Sawyer told the same story there; but he added that his determination was chiefly due to some vivid dreams he had on board. After he left the Waratah he dreamt he saw her partly take a big sea, and then pitch over on her starboard side, and disappear.

At a recent function in Wellington framed memorial certificates were presented to the relatives of the two Penguin stewardesses, Mesdames Jacobs and Hope, who lot their lives in the wreck. Tlie certificate recorded “That hy their unselfish devotion to duty earned the gratitude of every passeng--01.” At the same time the Society’s silver medal and certificate were handed to Mr Robert Darroch, chief officer of the s.s. Ulimaroa, who in Wellington harbour, on June 25, 1909, dived

in after a man who had fallen between his vessel and the wharf and saved his life. Mr Darroch who has a long record of life-saving feats, made a characteristically brief speech, remarking; "This is the toughest part of the rescue,” and returning thanks very briefly.

The Lancet has been considering the burning question of the deleterious effects of the three forms of smoking—the pipe, the cigarette, and the cigar. After investigation it finds that it is not so much the form of smoking • which matters. Judged hy the possible deleterious effects of nicotine and her consituents the pipe, it says, is the least harmful, and the cigarette less so than the cigar. The argument given agaist the latter is that the condensing process has a tendency to trav- (>' throughout the cigar and the deleterious matter is thus conveyed in increasing quantities, as the cigar burns, to the mouth. In the pipe there is a most effective condenser, while in the cigarette the unhampered combustion causes less of the unpleasant products to reach the system.

The following letter was sent by General Gordon’s niece to a Sydney M paper:—Sir,—l received by this English mail a letter from my sister, Mu>s Gordon, in which she quotes from a speech b,\ Lord Halsbury in January, an extract from a letter written by ray uncle, General G. G. Gordon, in 1882 (Chinese Gordon): “That as far as England was concerned she need not for the next quarter of a century be under any apprehension of serious difficulties with any of our European neighbours, but in 1910 or thereabouts there would have arisen a naval power which might prove mightier than she, and should six gain the supremacy, England would become extinct, both as a sea and land power.” I think this is a remarkable prediction, and would be obliged by you inserting this in your much read paper.—Mary A. Lister.

"Things Everyone Ought to Know.” Under the above heading the following appeared in the ‘Canadian Teacher’ for 1909. We must go from home to hear news about ourselves. A correspondent of the journal in question inquired ; What has been the result of advanced legislation inyNew Zealand along the lines of Government ownership and Labour laws? and the sapient editor replied: “Oovernmcmt ownership and other Socialistic legislation is blamed for a very serious labour crisis in New Zealand. One-seventh of all the people arc employed by the State, and* as the freak public activities undertaken by the Government threatened bankruptcy the appropriation this year had to be cut almost in two, thus throwing an army of people out of work Many who have the money are leaving for Australia, where, however, the labour market is likewise much over-sup-plied and where similarly radical schemes for artificial raising of wages, etc., have also been disastrous.” A painfully sad, but unfortunately ti no, story—a tragedy of back-blocks pioneer life— is related by the Uruti correspondent of the Daily News, New e Plymouth. A woman and her husband, who had taken up a section way back in the Taranaki hinterland years ago, reached their new home only after the greatest of difficulties. Once there, the woman declared that nothing would induce her to make fhe journey again. For nine years she never stirred out of the home paddock. At length she fell ill, and it was deemed advisable to take her to the nearest hospital. For 30 miles she was carried through the path- I less wilderness on a stretcher, relays of men relieving at intervals. A few weeks in the hospital restored the woman to health, and her return home . was mooted. 'The woman shuddered at the thought, declaring it would kill her. However, a day was fixed for her depart ore, but before it daw ned the woman was dead. The doctor in attendance, who knew all the circumstances, said lie could only ascribe her death to a broken heart. Indigestion nearly always disturbs the sleep, and is often the cause of insomnia Many cases have been permanently cured by Chamberlain’s Tablets. For sale by J. 6liM(lfy ant) 6ey.