LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 April 1920, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The gold exported from Greymouth for the month of March .was 16958 ozs. valued at £71905. No more grinding of teeth, with Wade'9 Worm Figs.'—Advt. ' A ..presentation by<>the Citizens will be made ,to Senior Sergeant Simpson, at the Municipal. Council Chp.mbers at five o'clock this afternoon. No good housewife can afford to be without Sharland's Baking Powder —the most economical compound on ■ the market.—Advt. The vital statistics for March with the figures for the corresponding month last year in parenthesis are as follows: Births 10 (J. 6); deaths 8 (9); man-ages 2 (6). Last month there were' 22 births, 6 deaths and two marriages. - Be judge and jury and give "Nazol" a trial. There can be only one verdict—- " Absolutely competent to cure colds, influenza, bronchitis and nasal catarrh."— Advt. In reply to a letter from the Chamber of Commerce, re the condition of the Stillwater-Kokiri Road, tho Public Works Department, Wellington/ state that £450 provided on-the Estimates for this l'oad was authorised to the Resident Engineer for exjjenditure a short time ago. If you catch a cold, you can't help it. If you keep a cold it's your own fault. "Nazol" is a safe and certain cure f and gives immediate relief. 1/5. —Advt. The work of beautifying Petrie avenue has reached the first stage of completion. The ground has been ploughed and the new fence erected. The planting of trees, the laying out of garden plots and the formation of paths still remains to be done. Put it in the cruet—SharlamTs Malt Vinegar. Mellow and mature. Most wholesome and most palatable" vinegar in New Zealand. In bulk and bottle. All grocers. —Advt.

The Commissioners appointed to enquire into \the claim of Blackball to be made a borough have furnished their report. Although the recommendations cannob yet be made public it is understood that'it is suggested that a poll of the ratepayers should be taken on the proposal.

The latest phase in the cost-of-living-and-higher-wages problem is that the secretary of.one of the largest industrial unions in Christehurch has demanded an increase in •honorarium. He informed a "Press' reporter on Monday that if he does not get it he will resign arid go out labouring.

Beale and Co.'s up-to-date coaches Otira Gorge. Support the firm who brought the fares down. Beware, booking through the railway costs you 2,6 each single ticket extra. —AdvL

Experiments have shown that in a 26 dav fast the muscles lose 42 per cent, of their weight, the skin 28 per cent., the bram and spinal cord 22 per cent., the blood 48 per cent., the liver 50 per cent., the kidneys 55 per cent., the stomach and intestines 30 per cent., the lungs 29 per cent., and the heart 16 per cent.

Babies, growing children and invalids who suffer from stomach troubles will find relief in Sharlan'd's Fluid Magnesia. Larger bottle—lower price.—Advt.

Jack Wilson, the forty-stone fat man of Coney Island, who died recently, was one of America's big things. But his avoirdupois is by no measn a. record, and has been beaten by several heavyweights in England. The 52st 111 b of the historc Daniel Lambert still remains to be beaten, although Leo Whittcn, the Canadian Colossus, who died at Macclesfield some years ago, ran him close with 50st.

In his reply to the Chamber of Commerce regarding the inconvenience caused t-> passengers through the failure of the ferry steamer to connect with the Arthur's Pass-Christchurch train the Minister of Railways, Mr. W. F. Mn-ssey, states that it was a practice to hold up the train fpr a reasonable time if there were a nrospe?t of the ferry steamer making the connection. So far as the Railway Department were concerned, whenever the steamer wa s late in arriving at Lytteltcn the whole circumstances were taken into consideration and tha Vest possible was done to minimise t»o inconvenience of all concerned.

The Princess Bond Writing Tablet \." each or 2 for 1/9; Educational writing tablets 6d each; The Paragon writing tablet and, blotter 3 for 1/11; The Em pire Bond tablet, 150 sheets for 1/9 each-, lkquisite tablets 1/6 each; The Letter Writer's tablet 3 for 1/11 on sale at A. E. Kilgour's wholesale and retail hooksellers °and stationers, Mawhera Quay, Iphone 259.—Advt.

Professor T. H. Laby, who occupies the Chan- of Physics in Melbourne University has just "returned after an absence of several months in America and Great Britain. "Amer'ean universities have de- - vcloped on lines of popularising the work. and that is one of their most strking features," he records; but he, come 3 back most definitely of the opinion that the English svstem. exemplified by Oxford and Cambridge, with its high standard of knowledge, is very much more valuable to the community. "Some American universities have been so popularised that, discipline standard of knowledge, and general quality of work have definitely deteriorated and been sacrificed to numbers. Colombia University, for instance, has 22,030 students. Not that thefe large numbers should be denied the opportunity of education; but to flood the universties is a questionable way, and the work could be done quite as effectively by teehivcal and continuation classes, secondary and eveiv'ng schools, summer schools r.nd the like." Useful books you ' may want.—The Daily Mail Year Book for 1920, 1/6. "flu" Ideal Railway Guide" 9d. "Novelty Evenings and How They are Played, 23. "Colonial Everyday Cookery Books 3/-J. "What to Make for Baby Pt,2 1/6; ••Amatuer Mechanics'- 16j «'Watson; Handbook for Nurses" 8/6 "Bell s Standard Elocutionist" 6/6 each. Procurable at B. Dixon's, Tainui Street.—Advt. An ingenious statistician has calculated that it takes 7000 lb of pure gold each vear to make the wedding rings for Jinglish brides, comments "Globe-trotter 10 the Globe. It is interesting to take We calculations a step further. Taking the

average weight of a wedding ring at 40*. and the number of married women in tha British Isles at 10,030,000. tha aggregate weight of gold locked up in this unproductive form is roughly 140 t-ns avourdupois This takes no account of the etrings of wedding rings that represent the surplus wealth of a Certa'n class .of people who have an invincible distrust of banks. Sent'ment has its value, of course, and perhaps the sanctity of the British wedding ring is worth the sum invested in it. but those Jeremiahs w-p delight to talk of the apprdach-ng bankruptcy of the country may reflect twit here is one .untapped account, m their calculations. And to this they may add the' gold locked up in women s useless, jewellery. ; ■ i New Goods delude new silk scarves iff plain and; striped • new woollen scarves With-pockets; New. hosiery m, coloured Sihmereand woollens. Pay a vis* of g* ■paction/MoGruer and. Co. Spot Load SqS Greywoutb, Reefton, and Hokitika.—A<lvt.