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ENCOURAGING PROSfECTORS.
MR. GREGORY'S SCHEME.
SEVERAL PARTIES SENT OUT.
In connection with the provision
of camels to prospecting parties,
with a view of encouraging
prospecting for gold outside the
present known auriferous areas, the
Mines Department have loaned camels
to the following parties. Mr. D.
O'Shea and party have been provided
with four camels. Mr. O'Shea was as-
sociated with Paddy Hannan in the ori-
ginal discovery of the East Coolgardie
goldfield, and he was one of the pioneer
prospectors on the eastern fields. Mr.
Phil Saunders and party have been
loaned four camels. Mr. Saunders is
one of the very oldest prospectors in the
State. He is supposed to have been
the original prospector of the Kimber-
ley goldfield. He has been for many
years prospecting, and has for some
time been managing a mine in the Mt.
Ida district. Mr. Lockhart and party
have been supplied with four camels.
Mr. Lockhart is one of the original pro-
spectors, in company with Mr. Parks,
of the- Lake Darlot goldfield. With
Mr. Lockhart is Mr. W. E. Clare, well
known as the founder of the "Coolgar-
die Miner" and of "Clare's Weekly."
Mr. F. H. Hann has been loaned three
camels. He has been assisted by the
department for two years with camels,
and his plans of all his travels are al-
ways accepted by the surveyor-general.
He is a very reliable man, and he has
done exceedingly good work on the
goldfields. Camels have been promis-
ed to R. Bonnor (2), H. Brens and T.
W. Drew (3), W. C. Holmes (3), J. J.
Wilkinson (3), and.J. Clarke and others
(3).

Dismissal of Boilermakers.--A Perth
contemporary says'---Six or, seven boil
crmakers htve--received:,notice -of. dis
missal from the locomotive .workshops.
The boilermakers say that this act on
the .part of, the. depavtmet has been.:
rendered necessary owing to the im
portation some months ago of a dozen
boilermakers from England. The men
were engaged in England under a two
years' agreement. There is a rumor
that further dismissals in this branch
of the department will take place at an
early date."
McLagan's Antecedents.--Saturday's
"W'est Au'stralian" says :--McLagan
(or Maclagan),- rrested in connection
with the recent bank robbery, is well
known by some local residents, erst
while scholars of St. Peter's College,
South Australia,where McLagan finish
ed his education, he having been given
an early grounding by his mother, who
was principal of .a private school at
Burra. Archie McLagan, who is said
to be a grand nephew of Dr. Macla
gan, the Archbishop' of York, was a
smart boy at college, but took no high
honors at the Adelaide University. ex
aminations.
Police Court.-In addition to the
case reported elsewhere, Messrs. Mar
shall and Thompson, J's.P., heard a
charge of keeping a disorderly house
against Mary Ann Parker in the Police
Gonut Tuesday. The police evidence
went to show that there was a .distur
bance on the night of the- 14th in a
certain house in' H nnan-streetg- in.
which the defeindant was known to re
side, but the defence succeeded in
proving that the houset was: rented 'by
another woman, although the, rent was
paid to the agent by the defendant.
The bench thereupon dismissed the
case. Mr. Norris appeared or fl(e de
fence.
Send-Off.---A very pleasant function
took place on Saturday afternoon at
the Brown Hill mine, when Mr. Wal
ter Miller, the underground manager,
was presented with an illuminated ad
dress and' Mrs. Miller with a very
pretty silver 'tea and coffe' service by
the underground.! employees of -the,
mine. Mr. Alford, on l:ehalf of the
men and -friends of Mr. Mfiller, said
how very sorry they all were at his
parting fro-m them, as the relations be
tween Mr. Miller and the empldyees
were always one in unity and. friend
ship. They hoped that Mr. and Mrs.
Miller Would live many happy years in
their new home, and that in looking at
the address it would put Mr. Miller in
mina of the "days of Auld Lang Syne"
and the underground employees of the
mine. Mr. Miller responded by thank
ing them for the very handsome ad
dress, and 'said he deeply, felt leaving
his follow workmen and-"old friends,
who. had worked with him together so
amicably and well. Mr. Miller then
thanked them also for their kind con
sideration of Mrs. Miller, and wvished
them one and all a hearty good-bye.
Boulder Police Court. - Messrs. C.
P. Reilly and H. A. Judd, J's.P., were
on the bench at the Boulder Police
Court Wednesday. James Edouard was
charged with having assaulted Angelene
Poulin. Mr. Joseph appeared for the
complainant. Angelene Poulin, the
prosecutrix, deposed that the accuied
was living with her for a fortnight. She
gave him her money. He came to her
place on three different days. He' took
£9 from her. On Saturday night he
asker3 .her for r mpre money, and when
she 'onld'n pt g-iie him' aciv he struck
her-.a'nd kock? liner d6wi. " One of
the girls from next door lifted her up,
and then the accused struck her again.
He said he would kill her if she did
not give him money. The adcused was
a "biudger." Florrie Culle4 deposed
that on Saturday night she heard a
disturbance in Poulin's house, and
iwhen she went across to see what the
trouble was about she saw the prosecu
trix lying on the ground. She helped
to lift her up, and then the . accused
knocked her down again. She had of
ten seen the man.going to Poulin's
house. Eda Orhil was also called,.but
her knowledge of Etmglish was so limi
ted that: she. could not' give .details.
The accusedon oath deposed that he
was a cook;: H did not know any" olf
the women called that day. He
never lifted his hand to Poulin. He
never associated with the French men
who lived on the prostitution of women,
so they did not like him, and they
were trying to drive him out of the
town, The accused called C6rporal
Kelso, who stated that he had.kanown
the accused for about two weeks. He
had not seen him in the company of
thieves or prostitutes, but his repute
was not of the best. Accused had
"done time," witness did not know what
for. The accused .was fined 5?, with
/3 13 6d costs, in default three month÷'
imprisonment. He was also bound
over to keep the peace towards Poulin
for three months.

The l1bulder Seat.-A large and re
presentative meeting of executive offi
cers of the various trades unions of
Boulder and Kalgoorlie was held at the
A:C.ED.A. Iall Tuesday to consider
the matter of the for:thcomingLegisla
five Assembly election, rendered neces
sary by the appointment of Mr. J.. M.
Hopkins as Minister for Lands. After
a lengthy discussion- it was resolved
that, owing to the shortness .of time, it
would be inadvisable to contest the seat
against Mr. Hopkins.
"A Brutal Regime."--At a farewell
social tendered in Adelaide last week
to Mr. David Murray, of the .firmnn of
Messrs. D. and W. Murray, Mr. C. H.
Goode, a prominent merchant, said:-"
'Under the present brutal regime of
an ex-South Australian, Mr. Murray
and myself have been pulled up with
drunks and disorderlies at. the Police
Court and charged with crimes of which
we were not guilty. I hope there will
soon be a change, because it is de
moralising to the country when re
spectable men are brought up and
charged along with drunks and disor
derlies." .
A Marriage Tiagedy: -- The Ade
laide "Advertiser" of February 7
says, - The . surmise that the
painfully sudden death of Mr.
Richard Ince, which occurred at the
Victoria Coffee Palace, Melbourne, on
his wed-ding night, was due to heart
failure, was confirmed by post-mortem
examination, which was- made by Mr.
Brett, M.R;C.S., on Wednesday. He
found; indications, of heart disease, allt
the other organs being.. healthy. The.
hasty marriage, which had such a tragic
issue, was something of a runaway
match . Mr. Ince had been staving
with relatives in Melbourne since last
Christmas, .and he did not commuwni
cate his intention to any of them. .The
bride was Mrs.. Williams, a . widow:
whose husband died. in West Australia
about fifteen months ago. She has
since been carrying on a small business
in that State. but recently decided to
sell out and live in Melbourne. She
came over for a six weeks' trip,: before
- settlitg ter affairs, and sp.ent. two cweeks
inSydney. Her: inatention .-was to re
turn alone by. the- Prinz Regent Luit
poid, which left Medliourneon Tuesday
afternoon. The "Aragus" states that
Msrs. Williams, who was staying with
relatives, left their house at half-past
3 o'clock on Tuesday, which gave . her
ample time to catch the steamer. Even
then she had no intention of marrying
Mr. Ince that afternoon, but he ap
pears to have met her on the way to the
steamer, and persuaded her to accept
his pro'posal of marriage. She con
sented, and the ceremony was carried
out by the Rev. George Tregear. at
Wesley . Church,- Lonsdale-street.- The.
remains of the deceased' gentleman
were buried at Ballarat on Friday.
Newcastle v. Collie Coal.-At a
meeting of, the Metropolitan Water
works. Board on Friday the question of
the supply of coal was brought forward
by Mr. Brown. It was pointed out
that in g9or the Newcastle coal cost
29s 4d per ton, while that of the Pro
prietary could be obtained for 20os 6d
per ton. This showed a saving of 9s.
But there was a loss on the other side,
for while it took but aolb. of Newcastle
coal to raise moo0 gallons of water, it
took 361b. of Proprietary coal to do the
same thing,so that there was more than
a 75 per cent. increase in cost in this
respect. It was further shown that the
cost of the Proprietary coal. so: used
wvas:nearly . id higher "for too gallons
than that, as it cost 3.95d for the Pro
prietary, .and 3.14d for Newcastle.
Further, it was urged that the. New,
castle price qupted was for 'the article
delivered in Perth, while that of the
Collie had to be taken as weighed at
the pit's mouth. In the past they had
thus had to accept, in some cases, short
weight. Mr. Brown' explained-.-that'
if the Collic people would supply the
board with Wallsend coal, there w6uld
be little necessity or desire to go fur
ther for supplies. Two years ago
tests had been made, which had proved
that Newcastle coal was much cheaper
than that.-of Collie. For instance,
the aer-age cost per thousand
for imported coal, of:: the character
mentioned, -was 3id, while, at -present,
with the Collie coal it cost :d d. o0
test the credibility of Mr. Traylen's
-statement. that the bo-re water was un
fit for hunman consumption, the Cicy
Council had.decided to have analyses
made of 3amples. As soon as the
Sanalyses were ready they w~ould be pub
lished. As they could -n:ot get Wails
Send coal, he moved that the tender to
deliver 60oo tons of Newcastle coal, nt
i "s per ton, for use at the Leederville,
Subiaco, and Causeway pumping sta.
tions, be accepted. Mr. Hargraves
seconded the motion. He considered
that it would at aniP rate force the
I Collie people to supply coal of the best
quality and of good weight. The rio
tioan was carried.

Miners' Institute.--The Premier
(Hon. W.A H. James), accompanied by
the member for the district, Mr. W.
D. Johnson, M.L.AL., Tuesday paid -a
visit of. inspection to the Kalgoorlie
Miners' :Institute. Mr. James. expres
sed himself as well pleased with the
institute, and thought such an institu
tion should be well supported and
much appreciated by the residents of
Kalgoorlie.
Labor Bureau.-The Labor Bureau
was opened, last Wednesday by Mr.
J. M. Clancy, the .superintendent, as
sisted by Mr. Hitchens, of the Perth
bureau.' A number of men had ga
thered at the 'Government Buildings
before the office was opened, and the
superintendent and his assistant were
kept busily occupied during the after
noon. in taking the names of the ap
plicants for work. There" were i25
names registered, 75 being laborers, xi
miners, and the rest twos and threes of
about x6 trades. No women put in an
appearance. The entrance to the of
fice is marked by a signboard, and
vacancies will be -announced. on a
blackboard :close -by.
The Goldfields Express.-The Minis
ter' for Railways, in. the course of a
conversation with a Perth reporter on
Tuesday on the question of the unsat
isfactory manner in which the gold
fields express has been running lately,
stated that he thoroughly appreciated:
the discomfort to which the goldfields
people had been- subjected. He- had
heard that the: express had 'not been
running to time. but' the matter had
never been.. brought before him:. He
was determined now, hldwever, to see
that that state of affairs was altered.:
The journey. was tediouis enough at
any time without the needless 'cxten
sion of sometimes over three' hours.
"Never brought. beifore him"! A
pretty excuse!
T'he Social Evil.-The first prosecu
tion under the clauses. relating to pros
titution in the amended Police Act,
which came into force on December
ý2.. were heard in. the. Kalgoorlie,
Police Court Wednesday by Mt. ;J. M.
.Finnerty, RIM. The 'section sets forth
that anyone ~avho keeps- a bhouse -for the
purpose of prostitution is liable to a
fine of ',2o, or imprisonment for. six
Imonths. The accused were Blanche
Darville and Jennie Camnus. The
police witnesses showed that the women
habitually sat in the doorways of their
houses' and =acted generally in a man
ner which made them be regarded as
common prostitutes. Camnnus endea
vored to prove that she carried on the
business of tobacconist, and Mr. Nor
ris, who appeared for the accused, sub
mitted in the case of Dgrville, which
was .heard, first, -that .nothing thad been
adduced to show that the woman was
a prostitute in the strict sense of the
term. On the bench deciding again-st
• him, counsel,:urged that, on the police's
own showing; the:- houses were conduct
ed 'quietly; also, the Act was the most
stringent in force anvivhere. The
R.M. decided that the cases had been
proved, and fined each woman £5, with
costs. Inspector Brophy appeared forl
the police.
Cbronation--mpersonation.- Mi'. H.
Labouchere, ML.P., writes thus in Lon
don "Truth" of January I : - Here is
a remarkable instance of the credulity
of the Hindoo and the wild kind of de
lusions which he occasionally harbors.
The. writer is described as a.. Hiandoo
gentleman-of' standing. and reputation,.
and this extract is taken from a letter
written to a gentleman in England::
."We -are =having awfully serious news
circulated in the papers here. Ex
tracts purported to be from the 'Morn
ing Leader' of' London, and of 'La 3Bo:n
Guondia,' of Spain, impress us that
the Emperor on the Coronation Day
was. dangerously - ill and was never
really crowned, for the Ministers caus
ed him to be personated by a beggar of
Whitechapel. We are really, very con
cerned to hear it, and we firmly be
lieve the news to be a false creation,
but wonder why the Government is still
inactive as regard to taking any steps
to. punish. the:author of so foul. a cal
umnyV." I do' not know what the
"Morniang Leader" can have been say
ing to inspire the mild Hindoo with
such an erroneous notion as this; but
it strikes me that if the author of the
calumny is to be punished it is the Go
verrnment of India that will have to find
him a.nd punish himn It is rather dis
heartening, after we have incurred some
expense in bringing a large annd repre
sentative gathering of our Indian fellow
.subjects to witness the coronation to
find that the idea should have got
abroad in India that the protagonist in
the ceremony was only a beggar from
Wbitechapel. Could not all the Indian
visitors be induced to join in an affi
davki testifying to their conviction that
they really saw his Majesty crowned at
Westminster.

Charge of Theft. - In the Kalgoor
lie Police Court Wednesday afterun con
Louis. Castagni and Jean Lovagetto'
two young Italians, were charged,:with
the theft of .£3 from John Plozza.- They.,
were .defended.. by Mr. Mayhall, and,
pleaded not guilty. Evidence was
given) by the prosecutor, Peter Pen
sini, and Charles Biffi, to the effect that
they slept in a bedroom at a wine sa
loon on Monday night, the 16th inst..
About 3 o'clock in the morning Pen
sini awoke to find a man pulling Plozza's
trousers from under his pillow. He
called out to the intruder to let the
trousers go, and the man made a hur
ried exit to the yard. Pensini fol
lowed, and caught sight in the moon
light of-two men, one of uwhom, the
bedroom visitor, he identified with a
man he and Plozza had seen at a hotel.
the previous night. The pair manag
ed to escape Pensini's pursuit, and it
was found subsequently that ,,3 be
longing to Plozza was missing. Sulbse
quently the accused were arrested 1 y
Corporal Tyler, and Pensini thereupon
identified Castagni. At the conclusion
of the police's caie Mr. Mayhall point-,
ed out that there was no evidence
against Lovagetto. The bench (Mr.
R. Gibson) concurred, and ordered his
discharge. Castagni reserved his de
fence, and was committed for trial,
bail being fixed at two sureties of £25
each and the accused's recognisance of
£50.
Police Court.-There was a heavy
list of cases in the Kalgoorlie Police
Court Wednesday. Frederick Stoun
was charged with disorderly conduct,.:
and had no better defence than that he
"thought" the prosecuting evidence was
false. The R.M.. ignoring Freder
ick's thoughts, fined him 40s.-, or seven
days. Ba.rta Bila, charged with a sim
ilar offence, also alleged falsity on the'
other side, and exclaimed emotionally,
"Don't slpik voord of English shvear;
call dis a vree guntree? Id's yorsedan
Rooshia." After hearing the evidence
the R.M. intimated that it was just pos
sible that -the- constable might have
mistaken harmless .,Hungarian sylla
bles for English expletives; and gave
Bila the beaefit o., the doubt.- Robert
Hartley and Walter Studd were each
fined is, with 4s '6d costs, for cutting
timber within the Bulong State forest,
and Joseph Alcott, Edward Giebert,and;
Charles Meinsch were mulct in. ios'
each and the same amcunt -of costs for
cutting without a license. In the first
cases the R.M. pointed put that the
boundaries of the forest were difficult to
locate in that particular direction- -
I within three miles of Boorara. Basil.
Woodleton obtained a verdict for £6
13s 4d,wages against F. R. Flindell,the
amount sued for being £'13, ros, and a
claim by Edward Sievers against D.
Fieniberg for £4, in lieu of notice, was
adjorned to. Monday, the R.M. ruling
that it could mot be -heard within a
weiek of the alleged:dismiss.al.

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