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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1918, Page 4

The Maori connected with the West Coast express this morning, and North Island mails will arrive to-night. Last week at Trcntham military camp, Mr Fred. Cox, son of Captain ;n« Mrs Cox, of Murray street, won the middle-weight boxing championship of the 43rd Reinforcements, after a tussle with a Maori in the final. Its always an “advantage to you" to use one of the splendid new tennis racquets from F. C. Wade and Co.’s,—r Advt. At St. Paul’s Methodist Church tomorrow evening, a service of a semimemorial character will bo conducted by Rev. T. J. Wallis in respect to the memory of the late Sergeant W. White and Private J. Jacobs, tidings of whose deiith-swas received a few days r-r>. Aitists' Materials and Requisites of every description are procurable' at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.—Advt. A .football match was played m Blackball on Saturday last when Blackball fourth grade team played the United’s fouitli giado team. The Uniteds won by 14 points to 5. Mr Todd acted as referee. v ■ A service in memoriam of the late Mrs Kilpatrick wil be held in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening. Members of the W.C.T.U. and others who were associated with Mrs Kilpatrick are invited to attend. At the service Mr Bruerton will sing the sacred solo, “Into Thine Hands.” Inhale Nazol every day and coughs and colds will stay away. Penetrating and germ-killing. Sixty doses 1/6. Ose the Nazol Inhaler.—Advt. Writes a visitor to Greymouth:—"l cannot compliment the Postal authorities on the attention received frdto the young ladies in the Telephone Exchange. At seven minutes past eight';this morning I rang up the bureau to finld that no answer could be obtained. J was of opinion the bureau opened at 8 o’clock, and as I had to leave for Christchurch by the 8.40 train, it was impossible for me to waste any further time. New Art Window Curtains in Biscuit Voile with fancy motifs and band design 19/6, 22/5, 27s per pair, New Short Curtains 1/6, 1/11, 2/6 per yard. McGruer and Co., the Cash Drapers, Greymouth.—Advt. , Large numbers of soiled bank notes are burnt almost daily at the Commonwealth ■Treasury in special furnaces (states the Melbourne “Age”). Since the-otubreak of the war no fewer than 33,217,937 separate notes have been thus destroyed, representing a face value of £47,678,090. Although this has been a gigantic task, it is said that not a single note has been lost or mislaid during the period, \iheii: are undoubtedly many worn or dirty notes still in circulation. They move from hand to hand without getting to a bank. When notes find their way to a bank, however, the soiled notes are sorted from the clean ones and sent to the Treasury for destruction. Although the Treasury has a two-years’ supply of bank note paper in hand, in view of possible shortages, a small soiled note reserve is also being maintained, in case of eventualities!—this reserve consisting of the the best of the returned notes." Further steps will be taken after the war to with- f. draw soiled notes from ch'culation, but for the time being scarcity of paper will probably prevent now methods being adopted. Comfort for the Soldiers.—Mr W. Reid Bookseller, Mawhera Quay, is showing an air cushion, which is used as a pillow for soldiers at the front. It can be

folded up and placed into th e pocket of soldiers. Procure one without delay. Price 1/9. —Advt. Time was when the people in New Zealand entertained such a strong prejudice against New 'Zealand-made goods that ali attempts to establish local industries were doomed to failure. But a change has come over the spirit of the dream and to-day. New Zealand can boast of quite a number of flourishing industries. If a case in point is wanted look at the success of our tobacco industry in Hawke’s Bay which is doing so much to adveitise the Dominion. When some 12 months ago the local product macs >*a first appearance on the market it cattsed almost a revolution in the tobacco world, demonstrating clearly that we can grow a leaf which in many respects is superior to the foreign article and to-day Gold Pouch and Three Diamonds are, perhaps, the most popular brands in this country. In pleasing contrast with foreign tobaccos “Gold Pouch” and “Three Diamonds,” owing to their small percentage of nicotine and their better burning properties are entirely free from bite and constitute an exceptionally mild and healthy smoke, not affecting the heart or nerves. There is nothing to equal this New Zealandgrown weed, try it and you will be convinced. Popular Cloth Books, Price 2/3, Postage 3d extra. —“Shepherd of the Hills,” “The Major’s Niece,” “Spragg’s Cangon,” “The Guardian Angel,” “Just a Girl,’’ “In Wolf's Clothing,” “A Fair Imposter,” "‘The Song of a Passion,” “Signa’s Sweetheart,” “General John Regan,” “Young Wallingford,” “Ne’er Do Well,” “Rainbow End,” “Silver Horde,” “Tommy,” “Tommy Maid of Athens,” “Her Compensation,”. “The Way of an Eagle,” “Knave of " Diamonds,” “The Flirt,” “The Shining Height.” Come along and See our Large and Varied Stock of Books at A. E. Kilgour’s Book Depot, Mawhera Quay.— Advt.