LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 March 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stevenson’s Hotel, Reel ton, superior accommodation, and booking office for Newman Bros.’ motor services to Westport, Nelson, and Blenheim.— Advt. Mr A. L. Sutton, representing Webley Sons and Gotten Ltd (Tuning and Repair Department), is at present in town. Orders placed with G. W. Moss and Co., will receive prompt attention. —AdvtPlaying in a friendly match, last evening, on the Greymouth Bowling Club’s green, Detective. Young scored four consecutive “touchers,” three in one head, and with his. first bowl m the next. Of decided importance. Half price days, seven days only, commencing Saturday, March 8 at McGruer s. This is our greatest attempt in every department. We expect a big rush come down early. McGruer s, Greymouth, Reefton and Hokitika.—Advt. No ladies are to be allowed to travel with the All Blacks touring team which will visit Great Britain this year, according to a decision arrived at by the Management Commottee of the New Zealand Rugby Union. The committee also decided, that all applications to proceed to England with the All Blacks touring team which made through the local Rugby Union. The use of obscene language directly in front of a police station is. asking for trouble, with a vengeance. Two young seamen, members of the crew of the s.s. Ngahere, who indulged in this pastime outside the Greymouth Police Station at 4.45 p.in. yesterday were not slow in finding unpleasant consequences. The offence was. more serious as the language could be heard by three ladies passing at the time. Mounted-Constable Crowley and Constable Fleweliyn arrested the two men, William Pimm and Cyril William Barnett, and lodged them in the cells for the night. They appeared before Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court this morning, and the wisdom of the old saying: Think before you speak,” was emphasised by each of the offenders being ordered to pay £l, with 2/- costs. Sergeant H. Fryer appeared for the policejust arrived new shipment coconut mattings, red and green striped matting 18in 2/6; 27in 3/11; 36m to 4/11. Plain, 18in 2/3; 27in 3/3; 36m 3/11; 54in 5/6. C. Smith Ltd., House Furnishers, Greymouth. —Advt. Further particulars concerning the visit of his Excellency the Governor- . General are’contained in instructions received by the Superintendent oi States' Mines (Mr I. A. James) from thfe Under-Secretary of Mines (Mi A. H. Kimbell): Mr Kimbell states that he' has suggested. that his Excellency. pay a visit' to the Mine and also meet the school children .of Runanga as he did on a previous occasion. If time permits he Will motor to Punakaiki. The inspection of the Janies Mine will be made the day after pis Excellency’s arrival on March 11. . Mr Janies stated , that he understands the party to accompany the. Gov-ernor-General will be . confined to heads of the different local bodies. Lack of accommodation will preclude the possibility of allowing ladies to make the journey.

The hotel to stay at when in Greymouth is the Royal, close to the Railway Station. First-class. dining-room with every‘ attention. ' Booking office for Newman’s Motor Service.—Advt. “A father’s common law rights do not’matter tuppence nowadays,” declared. Mr Justice Read in the Divorce Court at Wellington, during a discussion as to the custody of certain children. Ring Government Tourist Bureau,; Greymouth, ’phone 162, for all information regarding New Zealand touts. Maps and pamphlets free.—Advt. 2 When the 1 Seddonville train was passing Bryan and Bowater’s mill on Wednesday evening, it w,as found that a piece of iron had been placed across the lines. Fortunately the train was going slow and the piece of iron was pushed off.—‘‘Westport Times.” The Government Tourist Bureau, Mackay Street, Greymouth, supplies information free of. charge. Maps and pamphlets gratis. Ring ’phone 162 for particulars of any trip.—Advt. 8 ‘‘These Yankee firms will promise you the Kingdom of Heaven in order to sell you an article,” remarked a councillor at a meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council, when the matter of the purchase of

motor-tractors was being discussed. The council eventually decided purchase two tractors at a cost or £285 each and four trailers. We are now making bur Autumn and Winter display of ladies’ hats on Thursday March 6 and the. following days. C.'Smith) Ltd., Drapers.—Advt. Recently many of the shrubs on the Dannevirke racecourse have been dying and investigations resulted m the discovery of a big white worm m the roots of the shrubs affected. It is very like the wood worms found in Maoris who- have been consulted say old logs, particularly, matai. (but it is not the same and the species so far has not been identified' Its ravages are certainly serious. Unless com bative measures are taken the club’s shrubbery appears to be doomed. Among the pupils, of the Wanganui Collegiate School is an English boy, who is receiving his education , in the Dominion, the better to equip him for. his. intended career as a citizen of New Zealand. It might be a good thing if British parents followed this example if they have determined on a

colonial career for their sons, who would absorb the spirit of the country, and become, acquainted with their future companions in life, says, the “Chronicle-” Are you an honest firm ? Such •was the nuestion aslked of a prominent Gisborne drapery establishment recently. For the edification of the public it may be explained (says the “Poverty Bay Herald”) that a country resident had written for Certain articles to be sent to' her. -he had «ncloeed the money to p-v for the articles, but had omitted to give her name and address The next heard was when she wrote ing if the firm was honest and this time stating her name. The book that converted Robert Blatdiford from Socialism, “My ] fife and Work” by Henry Ford, Price 7/6. Of this book, Mr Blatchlord says: “I 'am an old Socialist and spent many years in trying to find a way out of our industrial morass. Mr Ford hap found a better way. His way is in closer touch with human nature, is more harmonious with facts. He has found in time what T found too late; that the masses of the people, spoken of as the wage earners, or the wage slaves, are a ligment of the enthusiastic reformers’ brain.. ... Procurable a.t B- Dixon’s, Tainui Street.--Advt.

The question of pernicious literature was referred to at the New Zealand Methodist Conference, when Rev. E. D. Patchett was presenting the report of the “Methodist Times” and Literature Committee. The committee viewed with concern the amount of pernicious literature which was going into Methodist homes and had brought down a recommendation to the effect that the “Methodist Times” should supplant it.: The Rev. W. A. Hay said that the Sunday School libraries were full of pernicious literaturt, and those responsible for purchasing the books for them showed a preference for cheap editions of novels. Books for the Handy Man:. “Turniture Designs,” 4/-; “Dining Room Furniture Designs” 4/-; “Bedroom Furniture Designs” 4/-; “Outdoor Woodwork Designs” 4/-; “Furniture Repairing and re Upholstery” 4/6; “Staining and Polishing” 4/6; “Details of Cabinet Construction” h/o; “Woodwork Tools and How to Use Them” 4/6; “Carpentry and Cabinet Making for Amateurs” 4/6; /Rustic Carpentry” 2/6; “Wood, Finishing’ 2/6; “Home Carpentry” 3/-; "'.liie Complete Woodworker” 12/6. The* postage is paid on any of these books from B. Dixon, Tainui Street. —Advt. Hundreds of people in the Grey district depend upon rain for their water supply, and a hint given at last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Main School Committee * by Mr. J. Weaver, regarding the preservation of tanks, may interest some of the. residents referred to.. He had found, he said, that a coat of tar and sand, applied inside, and outside the. tanks, retarded corrosion and added to their lasting qualities. The tar and sand should not be applied until the tank had been in use about six months, however, as peeling would take place if the work were done before that time, had elapsed. New Bodks and Reprints at B. Dixon’s Tainui Street. “Gunsight Pass,” by McLeod Raine 2/6; “Tex of Bar 20,” by Mulford 2/6; <7 The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel,” by Orczy, 2/6; “The Lady from the Air,” by C. and N. Willimson 2/6; “The Great Prince Shan” by Oppenheim 2/6; “rleirs Apparent,” by Phillip Gibbs, 6/-; “The Middle of the Road,” by Phillip Gibbs, 6/-; “The Woman of Knockaloe, by Hall Caine, 6/-; “The Gaspards of Pine Croft,” by Ralph Connor 6/“Tappans Burro,” by Zane Grey 6/“The -Man Who Rose Again,” by Joseph Hocking 3/6; “To the Last Man” by Zane Grey, 6/-.—Advt. A Board of Censorship of. printed matter imported into New Zealand was set up by the Government a few months ago, and it has commenced operations. The Hon. W. Downie Stewart, Minister of Custom's state* that the . first .work, performed by this body, which comprises the Pate liament librarian, the " t chief librarian of. Wellington Public " -‘Library,’ and a. representative of the Booksellers’ Association was to overhaul the existing list' of prohibited publications. Some of the prohibitions were of importance during the war period, but the need for censorship in ' respect to many of these books and -pamphlbts had disappeared, and the ,board had reduced the size of'' the prohibited list accordingly. It is ' intended to refer to this body all complaints regarding books and ’ (pamphlets submitted to the Government. >

At a meeting of the Committee of the Greymouth Jockey Gift yesterday over which the President (Mr T. E. Coates) presided, a jockey’s Ecense was recommended for J. H. Williams, Westport. A well-dressed middle-aged 'man smashed a jeweller’s window in busy street in Kensington (London) recently at mid-day. He seized a pearl necklace worth £2OOO, leapt iilto ia mptor-car. winch fcad jbeen * kept moving, and escaped. It was all over in a twinkling. Mr J. S. Langford, consulting engineer, will submit a full explanatory report to the Grey District Power Board, next week, as to the reasons for the abandonment of the Lake Ar nold hydro-electricity scheme, arid his. report will be available for publication immediately on receipt. The weather forecast for 24 • hours from 9 a.m. to-day is as follows : — The indications are for freshening northerly strong winds to gale and backing by north to west. The weather will probably prove squally and changeable, and heavy rain is to be expected. The • barometer has. a f allSea considerable, tides good. ■ Major H. D. Gillies' of Dunedin, who created interest at a recent golf tournament’ by using graduated tees from 3in to 15in high, now uses a beer bottle as a tee (says a London message). Major Gillies former tee was simply a peg with. a piece of rubber piping over the top to give' a rest for the ball. ■; , The 26th house built under the * Waipukurau Borough Council’s housing scheme has been completed and is now occupied. With the completion of one more house to be erected, the Progressive Central Hawke’s Bay Borough , Council will have erected ; 27 houses at a cost slightly, below; £20,000. ' Crackajack mouth organs are din * kuiri. Stop 1 Look! 1 Loosen! !! and buy a Crackajack mouth organ; 20 ball metal. re.eds 4/6, 5/6; 40 ball metal reeds 7/6.* A. E. Kilgour, Sole Agent for Westland. —Advt. According to the Weekly Dispatch air experts have put forward a remarkable theory at - the inquest at Folkestone on the ‘ late Flying Officer Scutt. Their idea is 'that; he en-. countered the slipstream or propeller wash of the machine in front of

him, causing him to 1 lose ■ control. The death of ■ Lieutenant-Colonel Travers, a few days ago, in a monoplane crash, has resulted in the discovery of a permanent airpocket over Croydon aerodrome. This/ it is believed, explains/ prbviorys ; erijoftic landings and mishaps. ; An increase in the number of young meh and wbmen seeking to 'enter theteaching profession as well a' st.o advance in their academical qualifications was shown in a return furnish- . ed to the Auckland Education Board. The secretary stated that there were now more.-applications; tpt 'positions than there were vacancies. The total number of applicants for employment as pupil teachers dr probationers in 1923 was given as 22‘5, the number in 1924 being 291. The number of those obtaining matriculation passes was 90 this year as against 67 last year. / Half price days at McGruer’s last days of sale. Seven days only commencing Saturday Match Bth. Half' price bargains in every department. Come along early . and’secure the, best -, of the big bargain offers. _ Doors open at 9 o!clock.: JJfcGruer’s, Greymouth, Reef ton and Hokitika.—Advt. A story is told of <a call made by a King Country Mayor on a party of Japanese' Naval officers who recently visited his town. He was a heavy mari hearer 17 stone than seven, aJid

he also found himself woefully short of small .talk. Most imtactfully he introduced; a sore point with the Japanese, their size and weight, ana asked for the average among their countrymen. One officer gave the information and then, ‘in .laboured English, but very politely, inquired: “And pray sir, what may be your own displacement?” The privately-owned railway running from Who to'Wilsorite Collieries at Hikurangi, wks the 1 scene of an accident last week, which re- . suited in the death in the Whan-ga-rei Hospital of Lance , Harris, usually known as Tim Harris, a 16- , year-old* ‘ (Whangarei High School boy. ’ It appears that the boy was sent on a message and that he rode on the . brake of a‘waggon/ which was being hauled by a horse from the mine to the main line. -He slipped and f?tl, the'loaded waggon passing over him, fifnd pipfetically severing one leg and seriously ‘injuring the other. -After medical attention had been given-he was transferred-to the Whangarei Hospital, i where he died two hours after admissiop. Now is the time to select , your ’ piano. • We have reduced, the prices to bed-roek, and when you come to realise that you can purchase one of the famous Collinson pianos for the sum of 85 guineas you will conclude you are 1 getting more than value for your money. We say, this because no other piano in the Dominion can compare with them at the- price. The tone, the touch and the beautiful finish are all there/ and each'piano carries our guarantee of ten years. We do not give a longer period, even with a John Broadwood and Sons full grand piano. Just think of it. Investigate and you will find that our prices are the lowest,’ our terms the easiest and our pianos the best. The Bristol Piano Co., Ltd., Tainui St, Greymouth.—Advt.

A case of interest to settlers was heard in the Magistrate's Court at Rotorua before Mr W. G. Kenrick, S.M. R. C. Smith of Te Ngae, laid an information under the Police Offences Act, jlagainst Tati Kiri; for wilfully, setting fire to vegetation upon land not his own' property or in his occupation.” ■ Defendant admitted the -offence. Plaintiff’s farm had previously been damaged to. the extent of over £lOO by a fire lighted by defendant on defendant’s property. The only remedy in this case was a civil action, but this, it was stated, was useless' against a Native. On the present occasion the' Police Offences Act applied. The magistrate, who pointed but .the seriousness of the offence, said that he could send the man to gnoL for three /months for the offence. He probably would do so in any future case. Conditionally upon defendant promising not to go on informant’s land in the. future, he . would limit the punishment in this' case to a fine of'£2, with £2 13s costs/' ; *