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Westport Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 3273, 25 November 1884, Page 2

The newly-appointed Westport Harbor Board will meet immediately—probably to-day—a proclamation by His Excellency the Governor, fixing the time and place for the opening meeting, being first required. We understand the Court House has already been selected as the meeting-place. Mrs. T. H. Dickinson .announces that she has opened a registry office for servants—an institution that should prove very useful in the community. The new Duller County Council will meet for the first time on Wednesday next. The election of Chairman is arranged to take place in special meeting at noon. The correct programme—a very good one, too—for the amateur entertainment, on Wednesday evening, is published on our issue of to-day. During last month, 1038 persons arrived in New Zealand, and 703 left. Nearly all who left were Australian visitors returning to their homes. The Auckland Star is the authority for the statement that the general opinion in Wellington two or three days ago was that Parliament would be called together again about six months hence, but that the next session will see another dissolution. This feeling is shared by Ministers themselves. They claim that their intention is to bring down a bold and comprehensive policy, and they have little or no hope that it will prove acceptable to the House as at present constituted. Hence, they intend to ask for an appeal to the country. There can be but iittle doubt that the events of the last fortnight weakened the hold of the Government upon some of their strongest supporters, and the policy pursued with respect to the Federation proposals was scathingly denounced by some of their former admirers in the closing debates. Even the Wellington Post makes no secret of having fallen out with its quondam idol, Sir Julius Vogel. It appears that the boy Gibson, who was the sole survivor of the wreck of the barque Clyde, escaped with his life from a shipwreck on a previous occasion. His father commanded the barque Laughing Water, of Newcastle, which was wrecked some years ago in Foveaux Strait. Young Gibson—then a mere infant—and his mother were on board, but were saved. The recent case of small-pox at Napier has cost the Corporation £SOO. The Government has been asked to refund the money. The public will be delighted to hear that Mr Sims Reeves, the great English singer, is making arrangements to visit these colonies in the coming year. A society 350 strong has been organised in Toronto " for the purpose of propagating among the people ideas of independence and separation from England." We are informed by Mr Beswick, Chief Postmaster, that Mr Newman's tender for the mail service from Belgrovc to Recfton and Reefton and Lyell to Westport has been accepted. Miss Eleanor Hughes, of Waimangaroa, has been selected from several applicants for the position of teacher of the Little Grey School. George Clark advertises in the Wellington papers that he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife, Emily Clark. The Black Diamond Line are offering special inducements to travellers during the holidays. From Ist December to the end of February return tickets will be issued at ordinary single fare. Hart's " Happy Hours " Company are billed to appear in Westport at an early date. They are now doing the Nelson country districts. The members of the Charleston Masonic Lodge hold their annual ball on Thursday night next. Captain Home, R.N., Arms in the House of Representatives, •arrived in Westport by the Koranui. He

comes on a visit to his brother, Mr Z. C. Home, of this town. We hear it is the intention of the Government to appoint Major Keddell, a gentleman of lengthy Magisterial experience, to succeed Mr Resell—that is if the latter's removal is finally determined upon.

A supplementary haulage chain for the Westport Coal Company's mine was re- ' ceived per Koranui, on Saturday. It is 13 tons in weight. A large holder of Westport town lands, (who is at present resident in Victoria) writing to us by the last mail, notes that Westport has just attained its majority. "I have before me," he says, " the original advertisement of the first Westport land sale. It took place on September 7th, 1803, at the Crown Lands Office, Nelson. The advertisement is signed by ' J. C. Richmond, Commissioner of Crown | Lands.' The sections submitted were Nos. 18 to 47, 08, 00, 71 to 74, 70 to 87, 99, 100, 102 to 105, 107 to 110, 112 to 126, 128 to 131, 133 to 130. 138, 139. The upset prices were £25 and £3O. The best of the sections were sold at and above the upset, the remainder afterwards selected at the upset." The correspondent expresses gladness to learn that things are likely to improve in Westport. The Westport Harbor Board was appointed Friday ; the information reached us by " urgent" telegram, and was immediately published. The names are those mentioned in our last issue, with the adtion of His Worship the Mayor. We understand a movement is afoot to urge the Department of Justice to allow Mr Revell. to remain in his present position in this district. There are many reasons why the community should retain Mr Revell's services, and we hope to hear that the endeavor to prevail upon the Government to reconsider their determination is successful. It is stilted that the following tenders have been accepted for supplying the New Zealand railways with coal for 1885 : W. R. Williams, for Wanganui, Foxton, and Oamaru railways ; Kennedy Bros., for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Timaru railways ; Westport Coal Company, for Bluli' and Napier railways. The contract for widening the footway at the staiths has been secured by Messrs Mears and Adanison. The job comprises widening the outer footway by 18 inches, and the erection of a couple of protective railings. The contract for putting down five mooring piles at the head of the staiths (omitted in the original work) has not yet been let. Government have been busy since the session closed, lengthened Cabinet meetings being held almost daily. Amongst other important subjects dealt with, the Westport and Greymouth Harbor Acts received prolonged attention. The appointments to tlie Boards have been Gazetted, each Board being a local one. The Government will stipulate for the appointment of an engineer in whom it has thorough confidence. It is understood at Greymouth that the Government will shortly transfer Mr H. A. Stratford, R.M. and Warden, to Tuapeka,-and that Mr E. Wood, R.M. at Tuapeka, will be transferred to the Greymouth district. We have received from the publisher at Dunedin an exceedingly neat little book entitled 'Marshall's Homcepathic Guide.' As its name implies it gives fidl directions for treating homcepathically all the complaints to which human nature is liable, which come under the scope of domestic treatment. A silver cradle has been presented to the Mayor of Greymouth. Mr Dupre. There is serious question whether the work at present being done in the river, by the dredge is of any practical bonofit. Some, who ought to know, state decidedly that it is even worse than useless. The cost of the operations is rapidly eating into the £SOOO voted last session for work in connection with the harbor, and if no good is accruing thereby, some more profitable means of expenditure can certainly bo found—extension of the wharf, for instance. The berths at the wharf must, however, be rendered safe, and the point is, how are they to be made so, if the present means are unsuccessful '. The Member for the District has requested the Minister for Public Works to order stoppage of the dredging until the arrival of the Engineer to the Harbor Board, but no reply has yet been received. The public of Westport and district—both adult and juvenile—will not lack opportunity for enjoyment at the coining holiday season. On Boxing and the fidlowing day the Races will be the attraction, while on the evenings of these two days and the Monday following, the Bazaar in aid of St. John's Parsonage Repairs Fund will be open at the Masonic Hail. The ladies of the congregation have been working vigorously for months past, with the result that a large stock of suitable goods are in readiness to be converted into cash. Everything so far has been done to ensure success, and there is eveiy hope of the attainment of that consummation. Then, in the interval between the close of the Bazaar and the New Year, the annual concert in aid of St. Andrew's Church will be held. On New Year's Day. the Societies' Pic-nic and Sports will come oil' at Mr Martin's Island—a beautiful spot; and the usual Sunday School Pic-nic in connection with St. Andrew's Church will also take place in some suitable locality. In the evening a vocal, instrumental, and dramatic entertainment, on behalf of St. Cauice's School, will wind up the day, Lastly, Mr O'Conor, M.H.R., has in view the organisation of a "grand festal day," for the juveniles throughout the district, and he invites the assistance of ladies and gentlemen. The idea is that the children from all convenient parts of the electorate should congregate at some central spot and partake of the many enjoyments afforded by a " monster pic-nic." Those who are willing to assist are requested to intimate the fact to Mr O'Conor. Altogether there will be Christmas sport to meet all tastes. <t> A BEAuxiFrjL Painting.—Mr G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S. A, is presenting to druggists and others in this country some very fine pictures in oil of his magnificent, house and grounds ar.d laboratory at that place. Mr Green is the proprietor of Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower, two very valuable medicines, which are meeting with great favor, the first as a remedy for Pulmonary complaints, and the latter for Dyspepsia and disorders of the Liver. These preparations have attained an immenee sale solely on their superior merits, and are sold by all druggists 1 throughout the world. The price is the

same for each, 3s 6d per bottle, or sample bottles for Gd. The sample bottles enable sufferers to prove their value at a trifling cost.--Advt.