LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stevenson’s Hotel, Reefton, superior accommodation, and booking office foi Newman Bros., Motor Service to West, port, Nelson and Blenheim. —Advt.

Owing to thje lateness of the season, it has been decided by the Westland A. and P. Association to abandon the' annual Show this year.

Motor lorry owners are notified that action will be taken 1 against owners of unlicensed motor lorries, which include one ton trucks, found using any road within the County of Grey on and after May 1.

The Greymouth Police Station in Gresson Street is now receiving its second coat of paint, and with' its freshlytarred roof looks much brighter than the dingy and faded red colour it wore a few weeks ago;

Coal discovered while laying a sewer in a busy street in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, is being dug up at the rate of ten tons a day. The “pit” is 35ft deep.

We have just received a consignment of new Coir Mattings in superior quality at the following reduced prices: 18in. 1/11 yard"; 27in 2/11 yard ; 36in 3/11 yard ; 45in 4/11 yard ; also a splendid line of new Shadowettes 48in wide at' 2/3, 2/6 and 2/11 yard. C. Smith Ltd., House Furnishers, Greymouth.—Advt. >

One set of tyres averages 15,000 miles in America, against 4000 in New Zealand. Tyres have a life of nearly four miles in the States, on that basis, to every one in this country. It is a heavy balance against use. Roads are the cause. If you drive for a couple of hundred miles or so on any main road out of Auckland, you get a first class idea of every sort of travel short of the backblocks—Auckland Star.

Gas appliances are now reduced considerably in price, and as they are sold at net cost rateS, no modern home should be without a gas cook ing stove, wash boiler, or iron. Gas saves all household drudgery, and if far more economical than coal fires. There is no stock of fuel required, and you only pay for what you use Your inspection of the .Gas Shov Rooms is welcomed. ’ AU appliances sold on time payment if desired.— Advt.

Some commotion was created on the/. Maori last night (telegraphed our Christchurch correspondent) prior to' ! her departure for Wellington, by the crew of the Maheno, who were being returned to Wellington -after having taken their ship to Port Chalmers for overhaul. When the men arrived on board the Maori, they found that only “shakedowns” were available for them. These they declined to accept, .and after a noisy demonstration,".several of them left the ship, with the-expressed intention of demanding better acccmodation in the Wahine to-night.

Mr. and Mrs A. T. Brooks are controlling the Gladstone Hotel, Reelton. Visitors will find the house equal to any .on the Coast. Spacious dining room, with best of attention, under personal supervision. The hotel is being placed bn the official list of the Tourist Department.—Advt. .

Qne hundred and , seventy r two. pas-< sengers,-left for sChristchurch by- this:, express. One hundred and-forty-eight arrived this afternoon.

A mean theft is reported to been committed on Anzap D,ay, when a party of young ladies and men .motorists made a raid on .the Waipuna or-, chard and carried away several sacks of . apples. It is averred that; the same individuals made a raid on the same orchard previously. ..The owp.or is.much, incensed at such action, and the per-, pejrators may be asked to explain their conduct in the Magistrate’s Court.

A circular .is issued with to-day’s issue of .the “IStar,” by Messrs JH. F. Dqogan, .Chairman of the Grey Power Board, . .and D. Tennent, member, addressed to the electors of the Borough of Greymouth, setting out the fulpposition regarding the Greymouth PowerBoard, from ,its formation to the pres. eht time, and is worthy of perusal, in view of the poll which will take place tb-mori’ow, for the election of threb members to tne Boafd by the Borough electors.,

The popularity of 1 wool for. warmth cannot be .denied. methods of Weaving and finishing provide garrpents of dainty texture that provide warmth and service. McGruer’s range of, dine woollen underwear is fascinat. ing in its variety and value. —Advt. Between . Ngaruawahia and Taupiri, in the North. Island, is a Jong strip of .land, some 500 acres in area, level except for ,an extensive hill that rises to. an elevation of some ninety feet. This is Hopuhopu, site of the old mission station of the name. It is now being transformed into a camp of training, to be-officially known as the Ngaruawahia mobilisation base. It will be the chief military, magazine for the Dominion, and probably the greatest ordnance depot. ■ ( .

Visitors to Greymouth have be.en surprised to find in McGruer’s showrooms a range of woollen costumes, frocks and jumpers, etc., equal to anything In the larger centres. An early visit to this popular house will con-, vince you that we have just what you require at just the price to suit you.— Advt.

Elocutionary and musical competitions societies ’continue .to flourish. The latest to be established is at Ashburton, where U l6 festival will be held in August next. Mr Farquhar Young has been approached to act as judge in elocutionary, oratory, and debating sections. He is also to act in similar capacities at Palmerston North, and at the Wes*t Uoast Society’s functions at Greymouth. Mrs Young adjudicates in both instrumental rfud vocal sections. Mr Young is now elocution master at St. Andrew’s College, Christchurch.

It. is announced that the Union Steam Ship. liner “Niag- t ara,” 16,415 tons, has been . recommissioned in the Auckland-Vancouver mail service, after a .thorough renovation at Sydney, ■■ extending over three months. The Niagara, is one of the most popular vessels running in the Pacific, and it is expected that the aian’y improvements recently effected ’in her accommodation will result in the vessel finding still more favour with the travelling public. Until the advent of the Company’s new motor ship “Aorangi,” the “Niagara” was the largest merchant ship to visit New Zealand.

New stocks just to hand of Leaches, Bestway and Weldon’s latest books of knitting and crochet work, comprising all classes of work suitable for the infant, child, girl or boy, man >hr woman. Come in and inspect these new lines. Prices from 6d to 9d each. Send in*foii lists to B. Dixon, Tainui Street. —Advt.

So far the winter demand for coal has not set in with the accustomed keenness (telegraphed our Christchurch correspondent). There should be plenty of coal this winter. Stocks are large and none of the proprietary mines on the West Coast is working full time, owing to the poor demand. Although business is better than it was in February /and March, the teo-Operative mines have been and are sending large supplies of coal to the Christchurch market, so that the proprietary, con'cerns now have an added competition, and Australian coal is plentiful. “Most emphatically there will be no shortage of coal for household purposes this winter,” said the representatives of the large coal concerns.

Leather school bags for either boy or girl,. in solid hide, 8/6, 10/6; split leather 4/6, 8/6; cloth 2/6," 3/-' 3/6.; music cases in solid hide, flat or rolled 7/6 to 21/- each; lunch boxes in fiber, kane 2/6, 3/-, 3/6; school book satchels in. fiberkane, waterproof, 8/-, 8/6; Han-, kow baskets Bd, larger 1/- each.; whole cane baskets in four sizes at 7/6, 8/6, 9/6, 10/6 each; waste paper baskets 4/6. 7/6, 10/6, 14/6 each; desk baskets 4/t, 4/6, 5/6, 6/-; best values are at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.—Advt.

. At. last night’s meeting of householders, the Rector of the Grey Main School stated that never during his five years’ charge of the school had the teaching staff been settled. There were only three teachers on the present •staff who were in the school when he took charge. Teachers appeared to use Greymouth as a stepping stones to other positions carrying higher salaries. One case cited was that of an assistant master who came to take Mr J. F? Wilson’s place, and, after fojp days in Greymouth, “skipped” to take a better position in another school. In another case a position carrying a salary of £3OO per annum was advertisedi The only'applicant was a first year teacher. It was apparent that the West Coast was not looked upon a? a congenial field, as, at present, the position of Rector at .Hokitika was going begging,- no applications having been received for the position, which carried a good salary. The New Zealand Educational Institute, deprecated the constant removal of teachers, which detrimentally affected the scholars’ progress. 1

New books at B. : Dixon’s, Tainui Street. “Playing the Game,” by T. E. Ruth,'4/6; “Messalina,” by Vivian Crockett, 5/6; “Why Am I a Christian?” by Dr. Frank Crane, 4/6. New novels “Pollana of the Orange Blossoms,” by H. L Smith, 6/-; “The Diamond Thieves,” by Arthur Stringer, 6/-; “The Marriage Handicap,” by Ruby Ayres, 6/-; “Out of the Blue” by • Sapper, 6/-; ’ “The Valley of Adventure,” by Ogden, 6/-. New reprints, “Big Brother,” by Rex Beach, 3/6; “The Man in Ratcatcher,” by Sapper, 3/6;, new 2/6 reprints, “Send for Dr. Brady,” by Birmingham; “The Chase of the Linda Belle” by Footner; “Desert Valley,” by Gregory ' Jackson: “Tim Long Path,” by Mills Young; “North of 36,” bv Emerson Hough: “The Valiev, of Ghosts,” by Edgar Wallace; “The Last of the'>Chiefs“,” bv J. A. Altsheler; “Selwyn Brothers,’/ by Mills Young.—Advt; v ,

The hotel to'tay at when in Grey* mouth, is the Ryal, close to the Railway Station. Fist class dining room with every atteiion. Speight’s and local ales alway on tap. * Booking office for Newma’s Motor Service. P. Crannitch, la? of Timaru and Lyttelton, Propritor.—Advt.

The- Italian Pxiie Meister, Signdr ifussblini, learnlij, says, the Rome correspondent of le ‘‘Daily Mail,’ that -the town ofTplniezzo proposed to place a commeiorative tablet the schpol where .Signor Mussoliin was a'. teacher in, Ih7, telegraphed .To the Mayor, asking ; .Jm to devote tnemioney; to: some charity.. l‘l don’t wish to be tran’ormed into niuible before my time/he said. l “Try again in 1950.” We are the agents or the world’s threb best Gramophojs: “His Master’s i Voice,’” “Biruns-ick,” “Chphey.’.’ We carry large tocks of these celebrated machines; istruments in many models at many* rices“*from £3 17/5 to £4,4. Inspectiozinyited. We selj:.,on .e.asy terms. —AiE. Kilgour, Piano, Gramophone andMijsic Warehouse.—Advt.

Following a report ' tin the drug habit had developed to alarger extent >in Auckland Jin.: the oast three or four years, an<J that a- ettain number of cases were under cservatibn, a “Times” representatiy.e. made inquiries to .ascertain if ia sififar state of things exists in Welliiigtd. Mr. F. Castle, chairman of the Hospijl Board and himself a chemist, said. Wellington had people afflicted withhb drug habit!, but he did not think it was a ny.thing ; like, prevalent, and certainly not on a scale to cause anj a He was of the opinion that fey chemists,* if any, indulged .in any elicit drug business.

Musical instrument service atl.-jg. Kilgpur’s. Three stop, celebrate! goyereign Accordeons, steel bronze ?eds, 30/-, 32/6, 39/6 ; organ tone 45/-,lour stop 50/-. Best quality Hawaiianluitars, with case £6/10/-. Banjo landolins with case, £4/15/-. £2/1,0/-; Wu_ leles with case £3/6/-?. Violins »/-, 90/t, £6. i Swanee Whistles. 15/-, z/-. If you are a prospective piano bu°r ' write to-day for i art catalogue ad prices'. Post free by return mail.— E. Kijgour, for all musical instr*. i ( tnents.—Advt.

■ “Of Wellington’s, working classes, . don’t suppose 20 per cent, are living in houses on a one to a family basis,” remarked an official of the Health Department to a New Zealand Times /(reporter,. when, discussing the housing difficulties in the citjes. “Quite a 1 number of houses in the congested parts of 'the city are overcrowded to the point of being insanitary,” he added, “and it is quite a common thing to come in contact,, with cases where parents are living apd sleeping in one room, with a young family of two or three children. The conditions "'have been more or less tolerated on account of the great shortage of dwellings, . which coqsfjthtes a very serious problem,, not' only in Wellington, but in our other cities.”

, A novel -and . somewhat startling experience befell one of the .Carterton bowlers who went: to the Nelson, tourney,’ states the Carterton paper.:. On y the.-Saturday night he dropped his bp wling 1 Jiat on to the wash stand in • his bedroom.,- On ( Sunday the party went for a motor drive. On returning to his room “in .the dusk'of the twilight,” he went to get & drink .of water from the water-bottle on the wash-stand. Taking hold of the , glass it broke in his hand, and tne ■ fragments fell.,upon his hat. He took hold of that, and to his astonishment, j grasped only a handful of ashes. Investigation followed,, and it wag seen that the hat had- been near the glass water bottle, which had evidently , happened at some time of the day, ts ! be in a direct line with the sun’s i . rays, and, acting as a magnifying : glass, had set fire to the hat. The heat from the burning hat had shattered the tumbler, and also burned through the cloth covering the washstand, and charred the wp.od, but for-tunately-did not meet with any easily ' inflammable material, and died out without bursting into flame. Thus another mysterious conflagration was narrowly escaped. ; /,

Here it is at last. The wonderful gramophone made. No sound f box, tone arm, or horn. Made by “His Master’s Voice” Company, Lon \- don. An entirely new discovery baaed on the unique acoustic properties of the Pleated Diaphragm, a dis- \ cov.ery due 'to the researches of the eminent French scientist, M. Louies Lumiere, Membre de I’lnstitut, Commondeur de la Legion d’Honneur f the reproduction is perfect and practically noiseless. The violin sound? like a violin, the Cello • like a Cello, ' / and the Harp and Piano sound just like these . instruments. These Pleated Diaphragm gramophones are made in two models, a pabinet Grand in Oak, price £65, and a Table Grand ip Oak, price £3O. Please call and Wf9 will demonstrate these wonderful instruments I to you. Accredited agents—-The Bristol Piano Co. jubu.; Tainui Street, Greymouth. ■H. G> Denne, manager. Reefton reprey sentative: Mr Nich nla “ Lawh.~-Adyt.