LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 March 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

—— Stevenson’s Hotel Reofton, superior accommodation and booking oliico for Newman Bros, motor service to Westport, Nelson and Blenheim. — Advt. A large mail came from tire North by the ferry steamer last evening, and will arrive in Greymouth tonight. A raging storm which swept over "Westport last Sunday night, blew down several large tctnbston- s at the Orawaiti Cemetery. The privileges for tho Vi estport Jockey Club were auctioned mi Wednesday. The following prices were realised: —Bubiican’s Booth, Airs. Shaw. £6l; Refreshment Booth, Air. Phillips, £3; Cards of races, Aitken and Co., £4l 15s. Given good weather Air. Justice Adams anil pni-fy should have an enjoyable outing to-day at Punakaiki.

'.lTivcHvrs who arrived from Barrytown yesterday states that the roads, even after the recent rains, were in real good condition. "Wearing the Ulster colours —purple and gold—;i gentleman walked among the throng at Victoria .i’ary yesterday afternoon. Is this a happy augury for the future and are the North and South of Ireland to join hands after ’ long estrangement; It is to be hoped so. Ab the Irish National Concert in West port last evening little .Miss .MIlanuan and blaster J. AleL-rearty, of Greymuuth, contributed several J dances. Writing of them the "Westt- port News” -says : ‘■'l ire dancing of f these children has been described by a local jjentleman who had the opporI tunity of seeing them some time ago, * as tho bosk lie has seen since coining 1 to the Dominion.” i I Como and trip as ye go on tho light - fantastic toe! Every home can have > its own danca orchestra which can be changed a dozen times in an hour • from tho dignified symphonic strains through all grades of classical, music to the maddest, merriest, jazz of the day with the aid of ‘‘His Master s Voice” instruments and records. A\ hy not come in to-morrow and select yours. You can do so on very easy terms, A. E. Kilgour’s piano, gramaphone and music warehouse. —Advt. Two books you may want: ‘‘Tire Alan of the Forest,” by Zane Grey, now published in cheap edition at 3/6, postage 6d; ‘‘The Story of Two Campaigns,” being the olheial history of tho Auckland Afounted Rifle Regi-

, inent 1914-1919, by Sergeant C. G C Nicol, price 10 6, postage 8d from B■j Dixon, Tainui Street. —Advt. > “Do we get genuine black birch - from the nulls now.'” was a pertm- • ent. question asked at a meting of the , Omaka, Road Board (Atariborough), [f when the inspector’s action in securing timber for rc-decking a, briilge was ' being discussed. Aiembers ventured ! the opinion that black birch was very ■ difficult to procure. Tho inspector ■ put tho matter bluntly : “Black birch . is a. thing of the past,” he declared. Fast and high play was seen at flic Nico Casino recently in the baccarat rooms, when the bank reached Die highest amounts recorded this season. The highest individual bank was £4OOO. The chief winner was Mr. Robert Sievier, whoso hick at the Nice Casino had been indifferent since the beginning of the year. Playing chemin-de-fcr, he had an abnormal run, and in little more than an hour he won £7OOO.

I wages must come; there was no rise protesting. But for most people he thought that the reductions would be • more than made up by economies ' which they would make in living. At i another stage he said that the employers who were objecting to the principle of preference to unionists , weic not acting logically, seeing that they dealt with the union and had worked in harmony with it throughout the period of the agreement. A. E. Kilgour invites you to inspect ’this exclusive Crockery, British manufacture, blue-edged cups and saucers 1/11, white cups and saucers with sold bands, 2/6; fancy butterfly cups knd saucers, 2/11; Queen Ann

Sweets, 1/11; Rosary Blue Sweets, ’■ 2/3; Grey and Blue Chintz Bowls, 1 6/6; Grey, Blue and Green Chintz Anises, 5/11; Oriental Fruit Bowls, 4/11; Rosary Blue Placques, 6/11; i .Arcadian Orange Bowls, 10/6, Bour- ? bon Jugs, 4/6. —Advt. ‘‘Not only is he addicted to drink, but he is a kleptomaniac,” said Air. ' A. 11. Paterson of John Lee, when he came before his Honour Air. Justice Adams yesterday to receive sentence for the theft of a tie-pin from the perL son of John Tindale, of which, as reported yesterday, he was found guilty, sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and re-declared an habitual criminal. Air. Paterson said he would like to point out to his Honour that although tho list of previous convictions was lengthy, none was for a serious crime. After hearing Air. Kitchingham, his Honour said he was afraid he could not take a lenient view of the case. The accused had been before the Court over a period of 21 years and 19 of his offences were of a dishonest nature. His trouble seemed to have originated in excessive drinking. His Honour then pronounced sentence. 'Hand books for the handy man: “Furniture ALxking,” by Jones, 12/6, postage lOd; “Home Carpentry, by Bernard, 3/6, postage 4d; “Carpentry and Cabinet Alaking for Amateurs,” 5/6, postage 6d; Soldering, Brazing and Welding, 2/6; Handyman’s 1000 Practical Receipts 2/6; “Wood Finishing,” 2/6; “Rustic Carpentry,” 2/fi; “Practical Bookbinding,” 2/3 q “House Painting and Decorating,” 2/6; “AVood Carving for Amateurs,’’ 2/-; “Polishes and Stains for Wood,” 2/-,

!. postage 3d each, from B. Dixon, !. Tainui Street. —Advt. That more post-mortem examinah tions should be mane was the opinion - advanced by Dr. \V. Young, president a of the. 8.A1.A., .vhen addressing delegates at the opening of the confermice of the New Zealand section of s the Association. “Too many people 1 die,” said Dr. Young, “without the ir cause of death being verified by such r examination. It is to the study of i pathology that we owe the great advance in medicine of recent years. 3 Progress would be still further pro- \ motml if the pathologist’s report was j demanded in all cases of patients dying in public hospitals. I specify hos- ; pitals because such work could be done as a routine, without any in- ■ creased expense to the community. The , public would soon learn that it was not a question of idle curiosity, but that it was a desire on the part of the doctors to discover precisely the cause of death, and to learn if any other treatment might bo adopted with chances of success in future cases of a similar nature.” Early in the year an influenza epidemic was raging in England, and fears were expressed lest it should re-appear in New Zealand. Luckily so far no such visitation has taken place. Acting on the old proverb that “prevention is better than cure,” readers should keep a bottle of Parkinson’s Influenza Specific in their homes. This is a certain cure for Influenza and La Grippe, and is prepared in accordance with the formula of a well known London physician. On sale at Parkinson’s.and Co., chemists, Greymouth, 1/6 and 2/6. —Advt.

At the Supreme Court, Westport, _ on Wednesday, letters of admimstra- , tion were granted to Timothy O’Don- , nell, Cronadun, in the estare of the 3 late John Leslie O’Donnell. J' The embargo on the export of the ■ following goods has been revoked: - -Baps, bagging, sacks, shckfng, and , piecegoods of jute, hessian, ordinen; ; cotton piecegoods suited for use as meat-wraps, cheese-cloths and similar articles; manures of every description ; platinum ore and plani num scrap in admixture ■ with gold or otherwise; rennet, scrap- , iron and scrap-steel; tungsten and its alloys and compounds, also tungsten ores; wattle bark.. A growing interest in cycle rawing 1 in the Dominion is likely to lead to a move on the part of the New Zealand Association to take control of , cycle meetings, which at the present time were being held without any official jurisdiction. An application by a cycle club for affiliation came before the N.Z.A.A. Council at Wellington and the chairman (Mr. A. T. Davies) suggested that members should give consideration to the matter, with a. view to discussing the whole question of control of cvcle racing at a special meeting to be arranged. Aim straiguG lor A. A. xvilgour s. aj L Kimis ui mtCxiigeuL wiincr games, -x<_£lai J. VOL, ZAvl-'p ILUadSL', OllllKtS Ulld LuaUv£s, focuLiiiLi o , xxeriai Ueroy, ano (jiime oi iv.-..., itc, -aciooS (Junada, aluuuin and tie. ..uiiLienul lamp, zs-immit, Loco, aieiui-xiig, Atlantic ittwrds, tile Iran, made oi good strong caiduouru complete lor 2,- cacll.—-Auvt. Mr. J. M'Leun's "Biiart” farm, flai'L ilari, cuiibxgiiment oi stock wliicn were compciiiurs at die We.sciand n. aiid L. buow, were Lruugut a distance oi Inly miles in _ur. bcaile's moturloiiy on tne day previous to rile snow, airivmg in lute condition and none the worse lor tlitir long trip. '.‘lie consignment comprised a bnorthorn bull, draugnt stallion and lour pure-bred pigs, earn brniig successful in securing a first-prize. Hie return journey was made n.e day following ;ne tiiioiv, all stuck being landed in good, order without any mishap, jjefore its departure irom Hokitika the lorry fully loaded was plioioghaphed by Mr. Ben T hcini. Writing Fads.—During the winter evenings, what could you do Getter than write co friends at a distance, remembering that VV. Reid, stationer, has received a splendid line of writing puds of extraordinary value which, are selling from 6d to 1/6. Dads 160 and 200 pages 1/-. Ceme and see for yourself. Reid’s—the place for stationery of all kinds.—Advt. “A five-day week is a great luxury,” remarked Mr. E. U. Cutten S.AL, when presiding at the hearing of the laundry workers’ dispute at Auckland. “I would like it myself. If we all gut two' days free every week the world could not go round.” Later he remarked that it reduction in