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NEWS AND NOTES
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Eastern Mail.-A supplementary mail
for the Eastern States is notifi d to close
at noon on Saturday for transmission by
the s.s. Wollowra. The next weekly
mail will close on Tuesday; at noon, for
despatch per the R.M.S. Himalaya.
Conciliation and Arbitration Act,
1900.-The following have been duly no.
minated for the extraordinary vacancy
in the Arbitration Board : -George Hen.
derson. miner, Collie; Albert E. Morris,
bricklayer, Fremantle. Votes will be re
ceived from those unions entitled to rote
up to 5 o'clock on Saturday. August 24,
1901', at the Local Courthouse, Perth, by
Mr. John Rushton, Returning Officer.
Release of Laughing Jackasses.-We
have been requested by Mr. H. Ham-
ersley to state that he has liberated four
laughing jackasses, kindly supplied by
the Acclimatisation Committee, in the
vicinity of Guildford, and it is earnestly
desired that members of the public, and
more particularly the parents of young
sports will do all in their power to
protect these useful and interesting
birds from injury. That the laughing
jackass will, if not molested, succeed in
the Swan district there can now be
little doubt, as one of a pair liberated by
Mr. Charles Harper of Guildford, about
five years ago, is still to be heard calling
for the other, which is not--the latter,
we are informed, having been shot by a
boy shortly after its liberation.
Belmont Roads Board.--The usual
monthly meeting of the above was held
on Thursday evening, the 15th inst.
there being present :fessrs. H. G. Dun.
can (chairman),D. Hehir, G. Fairbrother
R. C. Plant, S. Craig, Geo. Dray, ani
Win. Jeffrey. The works 'ommitte2 re
ported having made an inspection of che
several works in progress throughout the
district, and recommdnded that the con
tractor for Belgravia-street and Belmont
Avenue (new roads) be granted a progress
payment. It was also decided that both
the above works be inspected on the 17th
inst., with a v-'w to finally passing same.
It was decided to call tenders for the con
struction of seven chains of footpath on
Racecourse-road, and the secretary was
instructed to order the material necos
sary for the carrying out of repairs on
Ascot-road, the widening of Guildford
read near Racecourse Hotel, and a suffi
cient quantity to repair several danger
bus places on Belmont Avenue. Ac
counts amounting to £126 411. 2d. were
passed for payment.
The Death of Mr. Alexander Grant.
Iii yesterday's paper, in referring to the
death of Mr. Alexander Grant, it was
stated that his father is a well-kntown
resident of Broken Hill. It should have
been stated that his father was a well.
known resident of that town prior to his
deathi five years:ago.
An Action ,Settled.--At the No. 2
Supreme Court yesterday morfning. be
fore Mr. Justice Hensman,- the case of
the Rev. Father Duff v. Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Giiflin! the licensee of Wie Hotel Aus
tralia. Fremantle. was called on for hear
ing., The plaintiff claimed £3;447 Os.
10d. for niondy paid, money lent, and
rent. The defendant counteclaimined for
£3.366 13s. 31r. R. S. Haynes.' with
him Mr. Lavan. appeared for the plain
tilt: and Mr. S. Burt. K.C.. with him
Mr. Barker. lfo the defendant. It was
announced that a settlement had been
arrived at. a verdict by consent having
been agreed upon for the plaintiff . for
£1;450 on the claim, and for the defen.
dant ob the counterclaim, without costs.
Judgment was therefore entered accord
itgly. The settlement in no way affected
the rights of the defendant in regard to
her agreement with the plaintiff.
The Reported Murder of a Constable.
-Telegrams from Corporal Seelv. of
Derby, and Acting-Warden Green. of
Hall's Creek, have been received by the
city police bearing out the telegram pul
lished in yesterday's paper, in which it
was notified that there was no foundation
for the report that Con.slablo Wilson had
been murdered by natives.
East Fremantle Council.-At an or
dinary meeting of the East Fremantle
Council, held on Wednesday night. there
were present. the Mayor (ir. F.
McDonald. M.L.A.). and Cri. Thomson,
Bird, Farrmngton. Reynolds. Box. Glas
son, Angwin. and McCarthy. The finan
cial statement showed a credit balance of
£16( 10s. 3d. Thin finance committee re
ported that the arrears of* rates
amounted: to £1.310. The TMayor
said that, considering the higlr to
tal reached by the outstanding
accounts. stringent measures would
have to be taken to secure pay
ment of arrears of rates. Cr. Angwin
moved, and Cr. Box seconded, that dis
tress warrants should be issued arainst
all those who refused to pay the arrears
of rates. The motion was carried. A
resolttiod was also passed empowering
the Mayor to publish the names of those
in arrears. against whom distress war
rants could not he issued.
Dilapidated Houses.- At a special
moeeting of the Fremantlo Local Board
of IHealth, on Wednesday eveniur a let
ter was received drawing the Board's at
tention to a number of ancient and dila
pidated houses lying between Adelaideo
and Cantonment streets, to the rearn of
Messrs. J. and D. Chester's butchering
establismaent. Theso houses are the
property of Mrs. Robert Strutton, and it
was stated in the letter referred to that
they were tenanted by several families,
notwithstanding that they were a menaco
not only to the health of those families,
but to that of others in the neighbour
hood. The health inspector. Adr. Dunne,
reported that the buildings were unfit
for human habitation, and Cr. Smith re
marked that he was not surprised at such
a report. because he knew that nearly _-'
years ago the then owner of the honses
had refused to let them to anyone. He
(the owner) held that the houses were
not fit for human beings to live in. That
occurred about 20 years ago. and yet
people were living in the houses now.
The Board decided to condemn the houses
and to order their immediate removal.
Rubbish Removal at Fremantle.-On
Mondayv last, Dr. Anderson complained
to the 'Fremantle Local Board of Health
with regard to the manner in which the
sanitary contractors. Mes.sra. Laudehr
and Gillespie. attended to the removal
of rubbish from the houses comprising
Elizabeth Terrace. in Adelarde-s~reot. at
the Port. The contractors' agreement
with the Board bound the contractors to
remove rubbish from each house iu the
municipality twice a week. and Dr. An
derson stated that from the heo:: es ;n
the terrace mentioned rubbish had been
removed once a week only up to recently,
when the removal was suspended al
gether. On Tuesday night the Boeard in
structed its health inspector. Mr. Dunne,
to inquire into Dr. Anderson's complaint,
and on Wednesday evening it held a spe
cial meeting to c?nrid-r th- whole m-:
ter, and to hear the contractor." reply to
the charges whiclh had been mad. aga nmt
them. Mr. Dunne reported that: he lsad
visited Elizabeth Terrace and made in
ouirieL thi rF.nlt of which was that he

ascertained. that Dr. Anderson complain
ed because'thei rubbislh'carter had called
at his'house only once a week. The other
occupants of. the terrace were. he said,
quite satisfied with the rubbish servio:.,
and they had no complaint to make. TIhe
Mayor. M. . Alexander. remarked "hat
Dr. Andetsoii appeared "to be dlone in I
.making his complaint. Cr. Smith s,.;ved
that a co"- of 1i. Dunne's report shouldt
be forwarded to Dr. Anderson, and that
the latter should be invited t o mare com
ments upon the report. The m iinn was
seconded by.Cr. Jones. Cr. Willis de
fended the sanitary contrqctors. Nuumer
ous householders, he said, '.vuld not al
low the rubbish carters to go into th-ir
yards, and 'of those who did uerm:a th.*,n
to do so, very many would not pay the
fees which were dclue to the entra.tors.
The -latter had ho Power to sue for the
recovery of fees. Cr. Smith denied Cr.
Willis's statements. For his part,
he would 'say that the rubbish
carter had neglected his place of
ten, but he. notided that the ,..J?t.actors
never failed to send their bill n. Mr.
Laudehr, one cf. the sanitary contractors,
was nresent at the meeting, and ai stat
ed that. he and his. partner had buen ahie
to collect only 75 per cent. of t',; fees
that were due to them for thi removal
of rubbish. . Cr. Smith's mo:,n wans
Camried.
Requirements of Wyndhlam. Mr.
onnnor, Mi.L.A., yesterdayj brought un
der tho notice of the Premier some of
the Wants of the Wyndham district. He
asked that additional Justices of" the
Peace should be appointed, that beacons
in llace .of buoys slhould be placed in
Cambridge Gulf. as the strong tide fre
ciuently s'sifted tihe Iuos : that the Puh
lie Seivice Act should be amended so as
to enable, civil servants in the north to
obtain the full benefit of their holidays;
that.a sipecial allhowace, in addition to
, the goldfields allowance, should he made
to civil servants in the district; and
that the police force in the locality
should be increased and supplied with
more horses and better equipment. In
reference to the holidays of civil ser
vants, Mr. Conner pointed out that the
present Act. provided for a fortmght's
leave hfter a certain length of service.
That iva of.no use to the civil servants,
as it did not enable them to come down
south to mreuperate. It took six years,
he understood. 'to entitle them to aix
months' leave of absence, and he hoped
that, the Government would see their
way to sancdtion some alteration. Mr.
Leake stated he would consider the
different requests, but he asked Mr.
Connor to place them before him in
writing.
" Perth Weaither.-The following shade
te'mperature readings were recorded at
the Observatory yesterday:-Max.,
6F.Ideg.; and min., 46.ldeg .
Death.of Mr. T. B. Gray.-Great sur
prise and regret was manifested at Fre
mantle yesterday when it became known
that Mr. .T Birrell Gray had'died se.?
wlim t Ksuddnly about 1 o'clock
mriornig. Mi. Gray was about the ,
and at his bffice on Tuesday as u. :;.
but on Wednesday he was not roell. ai
though a fatal termination of his illness
was not intlhe least expected. Hemorr
hage of the liver'set in however, and the
sufferer's' end was. as before stated.,
shnsewhat irapid. ' Mr. Gray was very
widely knowin at Fremantle, especially
amongst the business community. He
was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland.
and was a-lawyer by training, althoughi
in this State, -where he had resided some
ten yeargs'he followed commercial pur
suits. " The deceased gentleman was sec
retary& tb, the -West Australian Shipping
Association from May, 1896, till he re
signed in May of this year. He was
also for several years secretary to the
Fremantle. Chamber of Commerce, ana
had- been a Justice. of the Peace for
about three.years. He leaves a widow,
who was formerly Miss Burness. 'of
Broughty Ferry, Scotland, and one child.
Mr. Gray was aged 35 years. -The fune
ral will leave his late residence, "Scots
craig." Hill-street, Fremantle, at 11
o'clock this morning.. The' deceased was
a prominent Freemason. and at a quar
ter-past 10 o'clock this morning a Ma
schic service will be held in the Masonic
Hall, Fremantle, 'fter which the mem
b'rs will take part in the funeral cere
omies. . .
.2.M.S. Oroya.-The -Orient liner
Orova, on her outward voyage, reached
Fremantle before daybreak yesterday
morning. The mail steamer, on arrival,
had on board 295 passengers. of which
number 55 landed at Fremantle. includ
ing Mr. J. T. Short, Chief Traffic Man
.iger.of the W.A,. Government Railways.
and the Rev. J. G. Greenough, M.A..
President ,of the Free Church Council
of Great Bfitain and Ireland. The Orient
mail steamer embarked 86 passengers at
Fremantle. and left for Largs Bay at
noon yesterday.
Railway'"Officials---Mr. J. T. Short,
the Chief Traflid Manager of the W.A.
Govkrnment Railways. returned to the
State yesterday, zfter a six months' tour
.of Europe:. and the United Kingdom.
Mr. Short will resume the duties of his
office on Saturdj-: . Mr. Neil Dounwlgs,
who has filledl Mr. Short's position dur
ins his absence, will take up the duties
of Traic Superinutendent of the metro
politan tsistrict.
Jarrah for Building Purposes.--Mr.
Lohards?n,.the Acting Conservator of
Forests, h:as voceived an interesting com- 1
munication from Washington, U.S.A.,
onthe nubject of our jarrah timber. Of
late vars it is mid. q hanae n m mthnd

has takeni place in some pars of America
in the erection of stores, mills, and other
litildiisgs, a wood made non-inflammable
by"artificial means being substituted for
the iron or steel girders, as it had been
fofintd that meta.l girders were often
twisted out of shlape by the heat of the
fires, with the result frequently that the
whole building would collapse, whereas
with the use of heavy timbers the beams
were known to retain their shape until
their carrying power was destroyed, and
even their destruction by fire did not
necesvarily. mean the destruction of a
building, as was often the case when steel
girders were used. Some s.onths ago
SMr. Richardson put himself in commnini
cation with a large firm in Washingtcn,
and sent them a sample of Western Aus
tralian jarrah. He has now received ant
acknowledga:ent of his letter, and lils
ccrrespondents liave informed hint that
the sample of jarrah had been found to
be as non-inflammable as any of the tim
bers which they had rendered fire-proof
by artificial means.
Sons and Daughters of Temperance.
On Wednesday evening the St. Alban',s
Division of the 'Order of Sons and Daugh
ters of Temperance Benefit Society cele
brated their first anniversary by a social
in St. Albali's Hall, Highgate. Notwith
standing the .inclement weather a large
number of members and visitors were
present, including representatives from
Gcod Samaritan, Perseverance, Jubilee,
end Excelsior Divisions, and the Guard
of Honour Lodge of Good Templars. A
varied programme was presented, the
following members and friends taking
part:-The Misses Fuller, 'Raynor. Tp
ham, and James, Messrs. T. Swain, C.
Hatswell, A. Hutchinson, A. Farns
worth, H. Dray, Brown, R. Willison, T.
White, and W. Cook. Refreshments
were provided. The G.W.P., Bro. W.
'J. Searle, presided, and a hearty vote of
thanks was accorded to the visiting
brethren.
Church Council of Western Australia.
-The Rev. J. G. Greenhuough, 1.A., who
is this year president of the National
Council of Evangelical Free Churches of
Great Britain and Ireland, is to be wel
coined by the Church Council at a pub
lic meeting, to he held in Trinity Congre
gational Church lhis evening. The Rev.
W.T.Kench, president of the Council,will
preside, and with representatives of the
various denominations affiliated with the
Council will welcome the distinguished
visitor. The full programme is adver
tised. An interview with Mr. Green
haough appears in another column.
The Civil Service Association.-As in
other branches of the public service,. the
constitution of the committee which is
to drain up a schenie for the initiation of
the Civil Service Association has receiv
ed great attention from the officers of
the Lands and Surveys Department, and
the mertmgs to elect the different re
presentatives were largely attended.
The choice of the Lands Departmnt fell
upon 'Ir. J. T. Con'rav. lhe statist. The
Surn . Department elec ed Mr. 1. Cob
ham, the Surveys Clerk. The "outside

I branches," including the Agricultural
Bank;'Stock. Forestr,y; Agricultural; and
Fisheries Dapartments were-allotted the
third representative,. and Mr.. Norman
Malcolm, of the Stock Deprtmient, was.
chosen for the position.
The "Western Mail.'.'-Containing a
complete record of the week's news, with
special articles on vaiious subjects, the
"Western Mail" of this week forms "
very interesting issue; The illustrations
embrace views and photographs of divirs
subjects, and the cartc6ns dealing with
various topics are brimiful of humour.
The space devoted to the farm is morie
than usually large, and conthins. useful
and instructive articles. The ladies',
children's, social, mining, sporting, an i
other distinct departments 'are- well
filled with interesting reading matter.
A new serial story.is commenced, special
arrangements having been made for the
publication of "The Court of Honour,"
by William 'Le Quex, the well-known
author. In "Western Echoes" "Yarra
gadee" deals with current topics in a
light vein.
Afghans for Victoria.--The mail
steamer Oroya,.which left Fremantle
yesterday afternoon for the Eastern
States. had on board 31'Afghans. book
ed to leave the vessel a' Melbourne.
Fremantle Bowling Club.-This even
ing the third annual ball in codisection
with the Fremantle Boiling'Cliuh': will
be held in the local town hall.. Dane
ing will commence at half-past 8 o'clock.
Wills and Bequests.-The following
probates and administrations were
lodged, at the Supreme Court during the
week :-Probates: Guy Reginald' Hack,
late of Kalgoorlie, carpenter, to Bed
ford Percy Hacki -leave being reserved
to Bedford Hack. the other executor to
prove, £422 5s. lid. Letters of adminis
tration: Patrick Murphy. late of Cool
gardie, labourer, to Ann Murphy, £236.
The A.N.A.--The A..A. are doing a
good work in the way of catering for the
tastes'of the musical and literary public,
as in October no less than four competi
tions will take place. The Boulder
branch heads the list with £250, the Cool
gardie branch having given £50, and the
Perth 'branch £50. ,The Fremantle
branch are confining their competitisns
to the State and private schools of the
district. The Mayors of ,Fremantle.
East Fremantle, and North Fremintle
are presenting gold medals, and s'veral
other residents of the Port are giving
the second and third prize.. ; The.secre
tary of the Fremantle biainchhas writ
ten to the principals of the variouis Ro
man Catholic aid private schools, and
the following reply has been, receivcd
from the Acting. Inspector-General of
Schools:-"I beg to acknowledge your
offer of prizes for elocution, to be com
peted for by public and private schools
alike. . The Department is-very glad to
see any.associstion promoting such work
as.this.. I would suggest to you.that if
possible the competition should be held
either upon a Saturday, or'during: the
school holidays, so as not to interfere
with the ordinary attendance. If you
can arrange this we shall be very glad to
a-eure as large a'competition as possible
from our schools,. and we beg to thank
you for your generosity in prpviding
these gold medals."
Rev. D. I. Freedman, B.A.-In last
Friday's issue it was announced that the
Rev. D. I. Freedman, the minister of the
-Perth Hebrew congregation, was likely
to leave this State, having receited a
call from the Brisbane hebrewv congre
gation. It was also intimatdd' that
special efforts were being made by. his
co-religionists here to induce lbin : to
remain in Western Australia, and, we
are now informed that Mr. Freedman,
in deference to this.feeling, has.declinc'd
the call from the Brisbane congregation,
and will remain in Perth. '
Presentation.-On Saturday evening
last the employees of Messrs. C. Moore
and Co. assembled in .the showroom,
where Mr. S. Cook, on their behalf, pre
sented to Mr. W. C. Cooper. a handsome
liqueur stand as a token of -their. esteem
on his retiring from the position of chief
clerk, after a period of-. five and a half
years' service. Mr. Cook assured the
recipient that he had won the regard and
respect of all the assistants, and wished
him every success for his.future welfare.
Mr. Cooper acknowledged the gift.
Arrest on the s.s. Nineveh.-During
the past day or so the police have 'had
in their custody three very well' made
travelling truiks-and as new as they
were well made by their appearance.
These trunks and their owner, R. D.
Robertson. had been arrested, " by' the
police on board' the s.s. Nineveh, bound
from Fremantle to Cape Colony:.Robert
son had. according to the telegraphed in
formation to the police, during bis' stay
in Adelaide purchased a diamond 'ring
from a jeweller, and had left without
paying for the trinket. Robertson,
when arrested, had upon him more than
£10. and was therefore arrested on a
charge of leaving the sister State with
out settling with his creditors while he
hlad in his possession more ' than £10.
The labels on the trunks would suggest
that the owner had travelled .over -rail
roads in America, without staying at
ihotels, while he appearA to have done
the converse in Australia. Besides hav
ing apparently stayed at the leading
hotels in Melbourne, Adelaide. Hono
lulu. and Jamaica, the te'aveller had
sworn allegiance to the Nauce O'Neil
Compony per medium of another label,
u-tile still others proclainseld that the

owner or t?e hanasome trun.s wouiu
or would not want them on his voyages.
Robertson was brought up at the City
Police Court yesterday and' remanded,
pending the arrival of the original war
rant for his arrest issued in Adelaide.
Temporary Supreme Courts.-So.far as
can be ascertained.at present, the tempo
rary Supreme Courts at the corner of
St. George's-terrace and Irwin-street will
be used for the first time this day week.:
New Swan Lodge, Fremantle.-In the
Oddfellows' Hall, William-street, Fre
mantle, on Wednesday evening, a suc
"cessful smoke social, was held to cele
brate the forty-ninth anniversary of the
New Swan Lodge. M.U.I.O.O.F. There
was a fair attendance of members. The
usual loyal toasts were honoured
during the evening., Songs and recita
tions were given by Bros. Bowden,
Wrav. Capes. C. Byrne, Flindell, and
selections by, Bro. E. W. T. Back's
gramophone contributed to the evening's
entertainment.
Mr. F. Edgeoumbe will address the electors
of the Central Ward :it the Court Hotel, to
night, at i o'clock..
The Perth Cal-donian Society will hold a
smoke social id the McIehnics' Institute this
evening. A good munemal iprogramme will bo
provided and a large attendance is expected.

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