The Dunstan Times “Fiat Justitia Ruat Coleum." Monday, March 6th, 1933. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dunstan Times, 6 March 1933, Page 4

The Dunstan Times “Fiat Justitia Ruat Coleum." Monday, March 6th, 1933. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the isecond wool sale at Invercargill there was good competition, but prices were slightly easier The Japanese steamer Ryoka Maru is loading at Port Chalmers 2,050 tons of scrap iron, which is to be taken to Japan. The first of this year’s meetings of the W.D.FU. is to be held in the Supper Room, Town Hall, Clyde, on Friday night at 7-30 o'clock county engineer gives notice that the Clyde Water Supply will be shut off from 9 a.m to 5 p m, to-morrow, to permit of the tanks being cleaned out. r In connection with the visit of the Southern Cross to Cromwell a dance is being held in the' Athenaeum Flail on Thursday night. Dunedin is over-supplied with fruit at present. Ripe bananas are in excess of requirements and passions from the North are hanging fire badW so much so that growers are bound to suffer a loss. Some of the apples grown intheNcrth are badly affected with bitter pit and brown rot, while some of the New Zealand lemons are wasty. Stone fruit is bringing poor prices. Wanaka Motors Ltd. advise that special White Star Buses will be running to Cromwell on Thursday, March 9th., on the occasion of the visit of the ‘Southern Cross,’ as follows; Roxburgh-Cromwell, Queens-town-Cromwell, PembrokeCromwell, Ha we a - C r o m we 11 The fares in each instance will be 10s return. To be sure of a seat early bookings will be necessary. Details may be had from the White Star Services.

The Merrymakers Band hold a dance at Clyde on Friday night. The egg market was erratic in Dunedin last week. When supplies ran short brokers put up the price to Is 4d per dozen, but when consignors rushed in supplies the price promptly dropped to Is 2d. A delightful evening was enjoyed by those present at a dance, under the auspices of the Loyal Vincent Lodge, held in the Ophir Peace Hall on Friday evening Isat. Though there were few visitors in attendance there was a large and representative number of local residents present and altogether a happy evening resulted. A sumptuous supper was provided by the ladies committee who had co operated whole-heartedly iin this direction and as is characteristic of the ladies in that area they were indefatigaj ble in their efforts, hence the refreshments, decorations, etc, were on a generous scale. I During an interlude Mr Thos. I Read on behalf of the Lodge, thanked all present for their attendance and all who had assisted in making the function successful. Dancing was indulged in with the keenest zest until a late hour, for which the Merrymakers’ Dance Band supplied bright music. Hull’s Talkies will screen Walter Hackett’s play “77 Park Lane’’ in which the film of that name coming to Clyde on Wednesday and Omakau Thursday, is based. It is one of the classic successes of recent years in ( London's West End. The English cast is led by Dennis Neilson Terry. It is a wealth of adventures and thrills, together with a generous amount of comedy. Usual Prices. ’ As an indication of the manner in which increased gold production will help the country back to better days, it may be instanced, says a ‘Star’ correspondent, that the two parties of young men at Crom-well-Messrs Bell and Kilgour, and Bell and Hooper brothersf are now employing between them ten men at standard rates ’of wages. The majority of these men were until a few 5 weeks ago earning £1 9s 6d per 1 week on the Unemployment 1 Board’s gold prospecting scheme, and the increase to standard wages approximating £3O weekly, is making amappreciable difference in the community’s spending capacity, and has already been noticed by the business people of Cromwell.