LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 July 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Satisfaction was expressed by w* chairman of the Board of Governors (Mr. D ,11. Acland), at the recent meeting, that such a unanimous decision should be given by experts in England for an old student of CanterburyCollege, and that the applicant placed second by the Committee was also an ex-student of Canterbury College. 8

The finest Fluid Magnesia is Sharland’s. More freshly made than imported kinds. Guaranteed strength and purest quality.—Advt.

In response to a request of the Greymouth Chamber of Commerce, the General Manager of Railways aas intimated that additional accommodation will be provided at Arthur’s Pass Railway Station, as a change room for lady travellers during bad weather. In the past, passengers, especially women and children had to submit to very scant accommodation and have suffered much inconvenience. This forward move will be welcomed by the travelling public. When the brain gets lazy, , try Sharland's Beef, Iron and Wine. It repairs the ravages of mental stress and' imparts vitality.—Advt. Two cars, containing Hastings residents, returning from lhe_ boxing match at Dannevirke, had a narrow escape from a serious accident between Norsewood and Dannevirke. The cars were travelling at a fairly good pace, with a few chains of road between them, when the vehicle ahead suddenly pulled up. On investigation, it was found that the car had broken a wire stretched across the road about three feet from the ground, and strongly tied to posts on either side. There was another obstacle of a similar nature discovered further on. It is hard to conceive the object of the dastardly act and it is a pity that the culprits could not have been made answerable.

Wonderful relief for chronic dyspepsia is obtained by taking Impey’s May Apple. It will do you good.— Advt.

Speaking of tire proposal to appoint the Rev. j. K. Archer- as lecturer on economics to the Sydenham W.E.A. class, Mr. L. Isitt, M.P., at Monday s meeting of the Board of Governors, of Canterbury College, said that the late Mr. Hindmarsh, M.P. S whom the influenza epidemic had unfortunately earned away, was one of the best-read men in economics and socials problems generally the House had ever had. Yet Mr. Hindmarsh had told him that the influence of the W.E.A. on the labour men in economics and social problems tact had bitterly disappointed him. He had found that the classes had intensified the men’s extreme views and had made them harder to deal with than ever.

“Women like it!” They say that with “No Rubbing Laundry Help, it is easy to wash anything quickly and without trouble. No scrubbing or rubbing.—Advt.

Mr. V. G. Daj, S.M.. had before him in the Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, last week a claim for commission on the purchase of cattle at Addington Yards. Arthur Edward Refton, dealer, of Christchurch, (Mr. E. W. White), sought to recover from Mane Sprot and Co., merchants, of Greymonth, (Mr. F. D. Sargent), the sum of £45 6s, as commission at 2£ per cent., on the purchase of cattle at Addington Yards on various occasions, the total purchase money being £lßl2 3s lid. The Magistrate decided, after some of'the evidence had been heard, to adjourn till October 29th, by which time a witness, now in America, will have arrived to produce a diary, which the Magistrate stated would be a deciding factor in the case. “Vol-Peek” is a money-saver. With it you can piend holes in pots and pans, graniteware, aluminium tinware etc., permanently, quickly and easily. Sufficient in one packet to mend 48 holes at a cost of I J-. Postage extra from B. Dixon, Tainui Street.-* Advt. Ambulance work on the West Coast is proceeding apace, thanks to the efforts of those interested. Arrangements have been made for instruction in the mills and in the bush during working hours. In the majority of the mills the employers and employees have agreed to divide the time and in some instances employers offered to give the full time payment. The TeKinga sub centre has been given, since its inception, most liberal support by the mill owners. It is estimated that 900 persons will receive instruction monthly. It is stated that in the near future the present unit branches on the Coast will be under one direct representative executive. The organiser (Mr. T. West) reports that there is an immediate demand for three lecfnv«vc In I'mrpr the Tiecessarv STTOUnd.

* During the past IS months the approx- ; imate number of persons who have received instruction from the sub-centre is estimated at over 2000. This week special bargains at Mc- . Gruer and Co.’s great winter sale. Ladies’ grey extra heavy’ fleecy lined bloomers, usually 12/6, • now 9/5. Ladies’ drab corsets, sizes 21 to 30 inch usually 12/6, now 9/11. Bushman’s Le Roy Butterfly capes, now 19/11. Whitebait netting, now 3/3 and 3/11 yard.—Advt. Australia holds the unique and proud distinction of having been the only British dominion which maintained a flying corps of her own in the groat European conflict, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand all contributed hundreds of efficient flying officers (says the Age), but i»’.ey were trained and retained on the establishments of the Royal Air Force. This point was emphasised by Captain 'Wrigloy, D.F.C., who lectured to members of the Australian Natives’ Association recently on the activities of the Australian Flying Corps in France and his flight to Darwin by aeroplane last November to meet Sir Ross Smith. Australia’s quota consisted of four service squadrons, a wing headquarters staff, four training squadrons, and a | repairing section, the total strength of which was roughly 600 officers. One squadron alone registered 9344 flying hours over a period of twelve months. The wastage of human life was appalling, he said, the average life of an observer or pilot being about five months. The merits of the American hotel have perhaps never been more eloquently stated than by Arnold Bennett, .as quoted recently in the New York Times:-—“The great’ American hotel is a wondrous haven for the European who in Europe has comforts only in dreams. The calm orderliness of the bedroom floors, the adequacy of wardrobe and lamps, the reckless profusion of clean linen, that charming notice , which one finds on one’s door in the morning, ‘You were called at 7.30, and answered.’ (he fundamental principle that a bedroom without a bathroom is not a bedroom, the magic laundry which returns your effects duly starched in eight hours, the bells which are answered immediately, the thickness of the walls, the radiators in the elevator shafts, the celestial invention of the floor clerks —I could catalogue the civilising features of the American hotel for pages. But the great American hotel is a classic, and to praise it may seem inept.’’