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West Coast Times, 30 June 1911, Page 2

Mr. D. Spence notifies elsewhere that in future one of his coaches will connect with the early train from Greymouth for Kanieri, (Woodstock, and Rimu. The Hokitika Harbour Board advertise for sale in this issue, the boat known as the “Countess of Onslow.” The boat may be inspected until Friday July 7tli. The death lias occurred at the Greymouth Hospital of Mr. James McPherson Stewart, at the advanced ago of 86. The deceased, who for many years followed the occupation of market gardener, was widely known and respected.

The following players will represent the Kiwi Club in their match against Kokatahi on Cass Square tomorrow at 1.30 p.m.—Cameron Wilson, Wild, Coulson, Fisher, Dowell Meharry, Fowler, Sands, Breeze, Appleton, O’Meara, McMillan, Phillips, and Dawson ; emergency, Willetts.

Messrs Mark Sprot and Co. have for sale, Mrs Briggs’ hotel property in Rcvell Street known as the “Exchange.” Early application will be necessary to secure the property as Mrs Briggs has decided to retire from the West Coast owing to continued ill health.

Mr. and Mrs D. J. Evans leave this this morning for Christchurch where they will hear the famous Sheffield Choir. It is understood that Mr. Evans will afterwards proceed to Wellington for the purpose of discussing racing matters with the Minister for Internal Affairs, the Hon. D .Buddo. The Excelslior and Rival Football Clubs play a match to-morrow on Cass Square, and the Rival team is as follows:—B. Dowell, Folley, J. Harvey, E. Dowell, Clements, Howat, Smith, McGregor, Houston, iO’Connor, Cutbush, H. Harvey, Scott, Keogan, and Fraser. Emergencies—Johns Ross, Brown. Our Northern friends prove in a practical manner their faith in this district. Yesterday Mr John Morressjey, of Te Kinga, purchased the fanning and hotel property of Mr C. Norman at Kokatahi and Mr. Frank Williams of Nelson Creek is taking over the Cafe de Paris Hotel now conducted by Mr. Timothy Crowe. Both sales were effected by Messrs Mark Sprot and Co.

Yesterday M” E. Mulvihill, Secretary of the Irish Envoy’s Reception Committee at Kuraara, where £l2O was raised for the Home Rule Fund, received the following gratifying telegram from the New Zealand Treasurer for the Fund“Envoys’ have reason to be proud of Kumara and entire Coast for munificent response to their appeal; quite double forecast:— M. Kennedy.” Mr G. Horton, Veterinary Surgeon, is visiting this district and may be consulted at the A.I. Hotel, Hokitika. —Advt. dust landed,—A fine assortment ; of Post Cards of Hokitika and seen- . ery, _ including Lakes Kanieri and : Mahinapua; also Accordeons, Mouth ' Organs, Violin Strings, etc., etc. Low < .Prices. J. Brocklehurst, Revell Street, i < •r-Mvjl, » ;

Tlie ordinary meeting of the Westland Hospital and Charitable Aid ! 11c"rd takes place at 7.30 on Wedncs- 1 day evening next. . i You are quite right, for we mean 1 business by clearing every winter line in our shop. Prices are no object as you will see by our replace advertisement. We draw special attention to cheap lines of silks and Dress Goods. For men we have special cut prices in Shirts, Flannels, Tics, etc, at S. J. Preston’s.—Advt. One of the most handy water heaters yet invented is so small that it can bo conveniently carried in a poc-' | ket, yet it will boil a quart of water ‘ lin three .minutes when attached to 1 j an ordinary electric light socket. The | cost of bringing a quart of water to j the boiling point is only throe-tenths of a cent. When not in use it can be instantly detached from 'the isocket. The exhibition of the works of West Coast artists at Keller’s sample room hast attracted much attention, and yesterday was visited by many throughout the afternoon and evening. There was a unanimous expression of admiration for the works shown. The exhibition will be open again to-day from 2 p.m., till 9 p.m. A criticism of the works of the different artists will annear in a future issue.

. A Christchurch telegram, received yesterday states that when speaking at , a social gathering in that city ! on Wednesday evening, the IriMh , delegates (Messrs W .A end . J. T. Donovan) made special appreciative reference to the generosity of their West ; Coast friends, who contributed £I3OO to - the Home Rule Fund. The total collec- , tions in New Zealand to date were about . -110,000, drawn equally from the two , Islands. A Southland woman tells this;—l3ci fore the clays of the railway Sir Jpsi eph Ward’s mother was tramping V home from Invercargill to the Bluff.r She called in at a wayside cottage. Am ;1 ong her parcels was a small pronounc-

ing dictionary, worth about two shillings. “1 bought this book for Joe,.’ confided the mother. “I can ill afford it, but I think he’s going to be a smart boy, and I want to give him a chance.” The ten o’clock closing of hotels comes into operation to-morrow night. Bottle licenses will also cease to exist on that day, but the merchants who hold wholesale licenses will still _bo able to sell liquor in large quantities, la some centres a number of the hotelkeepers intend to lestablsh bottle stores in connection with their business, thus supplying a want created by the abolition of bottle licenses. iThe laying of the new sub-marine telephone cable -betwieen Dover and Cape Gris-Nez has extended the possible distance Jover which conversation can be carried on with such a cable ;from 250 to 850 miles. This improvement has been effected by supplying the cable with small induction

coils, inserted at distances of one knot—about a mile and a seventh — apart. Thus remote parts of the continent have been brough • within easy speaking distance of England. • The arrivals yesterday at Grcymouth by the Mapourika were:— Misses Henderson, Russell, Montague; Mesdames Pitman, Hart and infant; Messrs Ramsay, [Lomax, [Palmer, Lo Grove, Renfrey, Shepherd, Gow, Hart, Organ, Armstrong, and eight steerage. Last night the following left by the same steamer Miss Brayshaw; Mesdames Murnan, Holder and child, Johnson, Barriball, Ellery ; Messrs Meale, Benzoni, Bird, Slioaly, Burke; ten steerage. While a party •! Railway men were Sd in shifting the goods shed at eraiti station, in the Grey district on Wednesday last, one of their number, a lad named E. Andrews, who resides at Coal Creek, met with a painful accident. While they were shifting the doors of the shed one of the doors fell upon the lad, fracturing his left thigh. He was immediately made as comfortable as possible, and then conveyed to the Grey River Hospital, where he is making as satisfactory progress as can be expected. Until within recent years there had been ascertained no trustworthy way of finding out !the age of fish. It has been shown that mere size does not indicate the age. Reibisch, Heincke, and others have discovered that many of the hones, scales, and otoliths of fishes have annual age rings, resembling those in tree trunks, and by means of these Wallace and others have determined the rate of growth of plaice, showing that some specimens attain the age of 25, or even as much as 29 years. Ago can now be correlated with size and weight, although it appears that the sexes have a differen rate of growth.

Referring to the recommendations of the Racing Commission in regard to tho West Coast, the Westport Times says:—Tho West Coast has suffered, to a greater extent than the average reduction made by the findings of the Racing Commission. On the Coast—Westport, Reefton, Greymouth, Knmara and Hokitika—the pruning knife has been applied to tho extent of five days, or nearly onethird. In other words the racing on the West Coast has been reduced by nearly a third, whereas tho average reduction under the Act was approximately one-sixth.- Thus, it will be seen that the West Coast is reduced in a greater proportion than elsewhere.

The oil tank in tho head of sperm whales is believed by Professor R. C. Andrews to be a provision of nature by means of which it keeps from starvation when food is- scarce. Ho says that his experiments seem to show that the oil from this tepnk is absorbed by the whale’s body at times when food is scarce. It is said that as many as 20 barrels ...of oil have been found in the head tank of fatsperm whales, while the tanks in all thin whales captured have been found nearly empty. Professor Andrews has just renrned from a 38,000-mile hunt in the Pacific for whale specimens. He brought back the skeletons of an 80ft sulphur-bottom whale, a 70ft finback, a 46ft Sei, and two killer whales, one 22ft and the other 26ft long.

The ,'Greymouth meteorologist last night issued the following weather summary and forecast:—The barometric pressure has decreased everywhere, and a storm has developed in the north. South-easterly winds, strong to gale, have prevailed in and northward of Cook Strait, and variable winds elsewhere. Rain has fallen in the far north, and on the East Coast northward of Kaikoura. The present indications are for cold and damp weather generally. Heavy rain is to he expected on the East Coast, northward of Kaikonra, and rain is probable over the North Island. South easterly winds, strong to gale, are probable northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura, moderate to strong easterly winds prevailing rkewhore. The barometer has a slightly falling tendency, but will probably rise again shortly.

There was a large attendance at the Princess Theatre last evening to witness the moving picture entertainment given in aid of the Distirct High School, by Mr. Tom Pollard, who submitted an excellent programme for the occasion. Every film was a good one, and several were much above the average, the entertainment as a whole proving most enjoyable, and eliciting generally a very favourable verdict at the conclusion. During the evening, the Chairman, Mr. J. J. Clarke, on behalf of the School Committee, thanked Mr. Pollard for the splendid programme which he had provided. and also the Municipal Band for their attendance, as well as the audience for their patronage. At the conclusion he proposed three cheeks for Mr. Pollard, and to the. call all the hoys present enthusiastically responded. It is understood that the proceeds of the entertainment realised the Sub*, stantial total of. about ’£2o,

A patent automatic apparatus for ‘ street-lighting is now being tested by ;he Nelson City Council. It is a small ind simple contrivance, consisting of a steel bell working into a cast-iron tank, ivhich has a lute sealed with mercury, ivitli the valves and guides contained inside the bell. Controlling weights are on top of the bell inside the cover. For ordinary street lamps the contrivance is fixed inside the lamp, where it is practically shadowless, ana is worked by temporary waves of pressure exerted from the gasworks. The apparatus is made to suit two different systems of working, and that being tried in Nelson (says the.Mail) is the "on and off,” or the two wave system, by which the whole of the lights are lighted or distinguished at bn© time. It is pointed out by (he Christchurch Press that in the bestowal on Mr Justice Williams of n lower order of knighthood than that conferred on two members of the Ministry of the Dominion precedent has been followed, inasmuch as i tis the title of Knight Bachelor which is conferred on English puisne Judges. Sir William Granthafcn, Sir Charles Darling, Sir A. Moseley Channell, to name only a few of the judgos of the King’s Bench Division ,are Knights Bachelors, like Sir Jobhua Srango Williams. The Press adds the expression of opinion, that it is a decided anomoly that the lower class of knighthood should be reserved for judges, and the more distinguished orders for politicians and members of the services, but no doubt precedent will continue to’be followed in this as in other cases until public opinion forces a change. A blackgua'rdedly attack was made on a doorkeeper at the Foresters’ Hall, * Onohunga, on Thursday evening (says the New Zealand Herald). Court Shaldrick, A.0.F., Females Lodge, was holding a social evening, when four or five young fellows entered the, ante-room and sought admittance to the ball. Bro. James Williams, who was guarding the door, remonstrated with the men, ; and was- endeavouring to get them out, when he was tripped Up from behind, 1 and while on the floor was closed with--1 A struggle ensued, during which Mr 1 Williams was kicked about the b-dy and face. Assistance war not rendered a for some time, owing to the music and . dancing deadening the sound of the t outside strife. In the end the attack- ) ing party was beaten off, and the police a informed of the occurrence- Pour of . the parties'to the assault are known, - and will, it is expected, duly make their s appearance before the Court.

“ I was 50 years old before ever I saw a stag© play,’’ whites Mr T. Stead in the “London Daily Chronicle.” “I am now 62, but I never saw a football match until Saturday, when Mr G, P. Sims lured mo to the Crystal Palaee to see the cup tie between New Castle and Bradford. I have not yet seen a horse race. I am keeping that exj perienco until I complete my three score years and ten. There is a certain novelty about the impressions produced on a mind of mature age by sights familiar to most people from their boyhood. The one really impressive thing, the thing which draws Lord Rosebery and many another staid and serious observer to the cup tie—that is, the crowd. The immense sea of faces reminded me nothing so much as of a shell-strewn, pebbly beach, rising shoreward*. And ©very shell and ©very pebble on that Hi ing beach presents a human soul intent on nothing so much in heaven and earth as whether zebra coat or orange and crimson should kick a leather covered bladder between two white posts. Seventy thousand of them I (Tho whole British garrision in India, upon whose discipline' and valour depends the Roman peace which wo maintain among 350,000,000 of Asiatics, is just about as numerous. Just about twice as many arc all the blue jackets by which Britannia rules the waves. Romo gathered 80,000 into her Colosseum and 250,000 into her Circus Maximus.”