LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stevenson's Hotel Rccfton, superior accommodation and booking * oliice for Newman Bros, motor service’ to Westport, Nelson and Blenheim. — Advt. Since the beginning of the crusade against rats, as a plague preventive measure, the tally of rats killed in the Canterbury-West Coast hearth district to dale is 8552. The West Coast portion of the health district is responsible for an average of 50 weekly. The following telegram has been received from Mr. Coates by Ur. Byall, Barry town :—‘‘Please accept sincere thanks for all your kindness to my party ami myself during my visit to the West Coast. The arduous trip has been made extremely pleasant by your kindness and hospitality. Au Rcvoir.” The services of a Chinese interpreter are mostly required m Court cases, but they are sometimes very valuable in everyday life. An instance of this occurred at a Greymouth hotel last week. The Chinese gardener called to take an order for vegetables, but unfortunately lie was unable to understand even “pidgin’ English, and the repetition of “cabbagee, ” “lettucee, ’’ etc., evoked no response beyond the bland Oriental smile. The proprietress, fitter ten minutes’ hard work, was in despair, and could think of no solution to the difficulty. Suddenly an idea came —• the Chinese cook! So John was called as interpreter, and the result was so satisfactory that he now holds the position of honorary interpreter i» addition to his usual more important duties. i ...I For pianos on easy terms call at A. E. Kilgour s, piano, violin, accordeon, gramaphone, and music dealer, Mawlicra Quay, ’phone 259. —Advt. Mutual admiration was the slender bond of union between two gentlemen who graced the Moana Sports with their presence on Saturday. They shook hands many times, and invited one another for a —lubricant. Soon after strange things camo io pass. In the best of humour they talked loudly of conducting a step dancing competition, in which the dancers were to be two joyful gentlemen. Nobody was more delighted than the crowd (hat stood by ‘ the. dancing platform, and for a few minutes prospects for I ho event were indeed bright. As the men parleyed a woman stepped up behind them saying, “What’s the natter with you? Have you gone mad?” “My wife’s gone crook, ’ said me of the gentlemen, and after a hurried conference they wandered i way together. Water colour outfits for the chilIren 1-/, 1/3, 1/6, 1/9, 2/-, 2/6. 3/5/6, 4’6. Oil Colours in all colours Tom 5d to 2/- a tube. Hogshair and sable Brushes 4d to 3/-. Pen Paining outfits 16/6. Powder 1/-. Glistine Powder 2/-. Art Medium 1/6 a box. Palettes 1/6 to 3/6. Academy Boards 5/3 4/6, 6/6, 8/6 a sheet. Artists’ Copies 6d to 7/- each at B. Dixon’s, fainui Street. —Advt. Negotiations are still being carried ‘ in to have the telephone service be.ween the Bealoy Hotel and the hut ' >n the western side of the Waimaka•iri River restored. Representations ( vere made to the Telegraph Depart- j nent recently, by the Canterbury Automobile Association. Air. J. MeJermott, Telegraph Engineer, lias re- / ilied that the Tawera County Council • s responsible for the maintenance of he telephone line and the hut, and ny communication with reference to < epairs should be addressed to the Council. The. Tawera County Connil has gone to a great deal of trouble ( o keep the telephone and hut in re- f air, but on account of the destruc- ? ivo habits of irresponsible persons j he Council’s efforts have been nulli- g ed. i The hut has been damaged and . he telephone partially destroyed. It •oold be of little use to replace tlie elephono and leave it in an open hut. c f a substantial hut were built and ept locked a means might be devised . o supply the key to any person likey to require the use of the teleihono. ]

Savings sure to prove welcome are . being effected at Glasson’s sale, , Mackay Street, where the whole stock has been marked down regardless of cost. Never have prices been cut ' deeper. White Voile Blouses 5/11, 1 Jap Silk Blouses 11/9, White Cotton Gabardine Skirts 12/11, Men’s all- ■ wool Sox 1/9, Navy Drill Working Shirts 7/11, Strong Tweed Working Trousers 11/9. Beautiful Frocks, Go: tumes, Blouses and a hundred and on e other items marked down at a fraction of former prices.—Advt. The P.P.A. Greymouth Branch opens its third year in the Oddfellows' Hall, Guinness Street, ..o-morrow ' night, Tuesday, Jilarch 4, at 8 o’clock. ■ Dancing starts at 8 o’clock. Good prol gramme. Annual report and balance , sheet will be presented. Election of , officers for 1922. Presentation to B. ; Dixon. Admission by 1921 ticket or ' guarantee. Indies a plate. Collection r for gents. Visiting members wel- • coined.—Advt. Thursday’s “Gazette” states that ’ the Saturday hours for Banks in New Zealand have been altered from i 10 a.m. to 12 noon to 9.30 a.m. to - 11.30 a.m. The alteration took place > on Saturday last, March 11. When the Hon. Air. Afcliityre pressed the Minister of Public Works for a grant to renew the'"bridge over ' Bullock Creek, near PunakaikT, Mr. / Coates said : ‘Air. Mclntyre, you 1 are the hottest thing I ever met for obtaining money from the Govenns ment.” ’• Additional regulations gazetted un- " der the Census Statistics Act require t owners of steamships bunkered in r New Zealand, whether for coastal, j inter-colonial, or overseas trade, to t make a return to the Government 5 Statistician showing the quantity of coal obtained in New Zealand each ’ year, showing separately the amount ’ of New Zealand coal and the amount > of imported coal shipped. t Great rents were torn in the moun- . tains along the Karamea road by the recent heavy rains, says the “West- ’ port News.” Lofty trees were carried !■’ holus bolus down the mountain side I and stand up as straight as ever on ) the ground they have carried with i them to a lower level. In another L place the debris has fairly*crunched up enormous black birch and other ’ growths of the forest. One big fellow • lies like a bridge over the road at a I height that does not impede traffic. Am a different man, pain all gone, joints normal size and quite supple. Booklet free to sufferers. Dominion ) Rheumatic Cure Pty., Hellaby’s • Bldgs., Auckland. (7)The unusually heavy rain which .* fell yesterday afternoon caused floods in many quarters but did not have serious results. Mixed with the rain were hailstones as large as sixpences and with the heavy rain and lightning and thunder the elements were certainly very stojmy. Those who were unfortunate enough to be any distance from shelter were soon drencluilAltogether 157 points were registered up to this morning, this measure in- ' eluding the downpour which occurred ! in the evening and early morning. i • Church of England Prayer and ' Hymn Books 3/6 to 25/-. Prayer Book 2/6 to 10/6, Hymn Books 3/6 to 28/-. Methodist Hymn Books 6/6 to 12/6. Bibles 3/6 to 60/-. Testaments 1/6 to 10/6. All Church and Sunday School Books are procurable at B. Dixon’s Tainui Street. —Advt. Axemen and those interested in the 1 sporting side of chopping and saw- ' ing will be looking forward to the 1 challenge match between Butler. Koeti and Bone which takes place In Greymoutli in about six weeks’ time for a purse of £5O. This is the result of a challenge made by Bone at ; the Lake Brunner Sports,, where both men distinguished themselves in the wood events. The log will be 15inch red pine. The best values in Account Books Office Tiles, Typing Carbon, Blotting, jroolscap, Drawing and Parchment reapers. Envelopes and Writing Pads, Pen Holders and Pencils, Inks, Rubuers, Note Books, Account Forms, Delivery Books, .Receipt Forms, Desk and Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Stamps and Racks are at B. Dixon s, Tainui Street. —Advt. The annual Communion of the local branch of the Hibernian Society and of kindred societies of the parisn in celebration of St. Patrick s Daj took place at St. Patrick’s Church yesterday, when about 200 men approached the altar rails. Subsequently, breakfast, which uad been provided by the ladies of the parish, under the direction of Airs. Donovan, was served in the St. Columba Hall, ' the branch president of the Hibernian Society, Bro. E. King, occupying the chair. The following toast list was honoured: “The Day Me Celebrate, (Bro. Al. Daly); “The Clergy and Religion,” proposed by Air. F. Doogan and responded to by the Hev. Father Long; “Catholic Education,” proposed by Bro. H. AlcKeowen and responded to bv the Rev. Brother Herbert; “Kindred Societies,” proposed by Bro. Deete and responded to by Air. T. O’Donnell /president of the Alarist Old Boys’ Football Club) and Air. T. Barry (president of St. Columba dub); “The Ladies, and “Tho Press” proposed by Bro. 11. AlcKeowen and responded to by tho Press representatives present. Writing Pads.—During the winter evenings, what could you do Defter than write to friends at a distance, remembering that AV. Reid, stationer, has received a splendid line of writing pads of extraordinary value which are selling from 6d to 1/6. Pads 160 and 200 pages 1/-. Come and see for yourself. Reid’s —the place for stationery of all kinds. —Advt. By the will of the late Airs. Alary Kennedy (wife of the late Air. Alartin Kennedy of Wellington and for many years residents of -Greymouth) the sum of £ll,OOO has been bequeathed to Catholic institutions and charities : £lOOO for high altar, new St. Alary of the Angels’ (Boulcott Street); £2OO for Afasses; £250 (donated prior to death) to tire now St. Patrick’s College Building Fund; £250 (donated prior to death) to the new Alarist Brothers’ Novitiate for New Zealand. The following sums' have been placed in trust for the following objects, which will receive the income therefrom :—£2so, St. Vincent de Pan! Sewing Guild; £250, Foreign Alissions; £5OO, St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Upper Hutt; £lOOO, Alarist Seminary, Greenmeadows, for educating candidates for the priesthood; £5OO for" Masses, ,£5OO. Alill Hill Fathers, Rotorua; £2OOO, Home of Compassion, Island Bay; £5OO relief of poor in Wellington; £5OO, Order of the Good Shepherd, Christchurch ;. £lOOO, for the personal benefit and comfort of the Alarist Brother® in Wellingotn; £2OOO, primary education, Wellington (Catholic Education Board); £250 for education of poor children. Sacred Heart Primary School, Island Bay.