LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stevenson’s Hotel, Reef ton, superior accommodation, and booking office for Newman Bros., Motor Service to Westport, Nelson and Blenheim. —Advt.

The slating of the roof of the Hew Convent building is noy/ in progress, and a continuance of the fine weather is therefore hoped for.

It is reported that the Greymouth police did not observe Sunday last as a day of rest. A good ‘’bag” was made as the result of raids upon hotels.

A demonstration room is now nearing’completion'at the Greymouth Gas Showroom. The addition is being erected by Mr J. Hart. Wilton completed it. will be equipped for the practical demonstration oi all gas appliances,

Lover's of a good wholesome beverage should try McGavin's (Jatmalt stout. It is considered the finest brewed artical in New Zealand, Griffen and Smith, Ltd., the local agents, inform us their sales for samt are phenomenal-—Advt.

Under the practical instruction of Mesdames Drake and Batty, with Dr Bruce Roy (Runanga) as lecturer, the twenty-one members of the St. John Ambulance Class at Greymouth, commenced last evening, to acquire knowledge of first aid methods. It is intended to comm.ehce a class at the Greyniouth Technical School.

We have just received a. new shipment of striped and plain coir matting at the following prices:—Plain 18in wide, 1/11 yd; 27 in at 2/11 yard; 36in, 3/9 yard; 45in, 4/11 yard. Striped 27in at 3/11; 36in at 4/11 yard. , All mattings of the best quality.—C. Smith Ltd., House Furnishers, Greymouth.— Advt.

“Things are, I believe, not too bright it present,” said Mr S. Tyson, of the Government l.abour Bureau, when questioned to-day regarding the einplovinent position locally. There had been .a slight decrease in the number of applicants for .work this week, but none had been placed. Tlie applicants were all labourers, and mostly strangers to the district. “So far as I can see,” added Mr Tyson, “there is practically no demand fortheir services.”

A large lump of what is supposed to be ambergris was picked up by Mr H. MeKechnie. junr., on the river beach at Maelennan, Otago, recently. Its value has been put down by local residents who have seen it at £BOO Maelennan is situated at the junction of the Maelennan and Tahapoka Riv. •ers, about a mile and a half from the sea, and it is quite possible that the interesting find may have floated in on the tide.

Winter time is book t’me. Just received direct from the publishers, new 2/6 reprints. ‘‘The Baron of. Di.cn ;n.i Tail,” by G. W. Ogden; ‘‘The Wilderness Tr;iil,” by Jackson Gregory; ‘‘Deep Sea Hunters in the b'rozea Seas,” by A. Hyatt Verrel; “When a Man’s a Man,” by 11. B. Wnght; “North of 36,” by Emerson Hough; ‘‘The Garland of Olive,” by Joan Suth. evlaiid ; “C'appy Ricks Retires,” by P. B_. Kyne. Thousands of others to clu-ose from. —A. E, Kilgour, up-to-date bookseller and stationer, —zGlyt.

That it pays to advertise was affirmed by the'Rev. Evan R. Harris, of St. James's Presbyterian Church, tuckland, in the course of an.address recently on “Sky Signs.” “Every wo. man who enters a store to shop,” he said, “knows exactly what article she knows, too, what particular brand she favours, but in nine cases out of ten, she buys a particular brand because it is judiciously advertised. 3fany houses openly acknowledge that they might as. well go out of business in a week if they cease to advertise.

Gramophone records; greatest artists and finest recording; Kreisler, GalliUurci, Dal Monte, Melba, Paderewski, Chaliapine, Rufi'o; ‘-Hungarian Dance in G Jlinor,” “Gavotte E. Major,” by Fritz Kreisler; “Hymne an Soleil,” ‘‘Chanson Hindoue,” by Galli-Curci; “El Relicario,” “El G uitarrico,” by Ruffo; “Chanson Triste,” “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” by Madame Melba; “In the Town of Kasan,” ‘‘Song of Galitzky,” by Chaliapine; “Ma Giche Note,” “Serenade Espagnole,” by Caruso; “Molly Bannigan,” “Mother Machree,” by John McCormack.— A. E. Kilgour, agent for “His Master’s Voice,” ‘'Brunswick,” and “Zbnophone” Gramophones and Records. —Advt.

' A recent case of a man who was given a helping hand when down and out,' and who did not- forget his friend, is mentioned in the Auckland “Star”. A man some time ago was discharged from Mount Eden gaol. He tried to find work, but there was none to be had in the city. He could get a job in the country, but without a friend, and having no money, jfc was useless to think about the country. Two days’ walking about town, and there was every indication that before long he would be back within the four walls of Mount Eden. He decided to put his position before one of the local social workers’ organisations. His appeal was listened to and he was sent to employment in the country. His fare was paid, and in addition there was a few “bob” for his pocket —just enough to last him till the first payday. Unlike many others, this man did not promise to send the money back at the first opportunity—he made no promises at all, but be did not for. get the kindness, and it came as., a surprise to the lady secretary of the organisation to receive through the post a very pretty gold wristlet watch, accompanied by a letter of thanks.

The hotel to stay at when in Grey* mouth, is the Royal, close ii> t’le Railway Station. First, class dining room with every attention. Speight’s and local ales always on tap. Booking office for Newman’s Motor Service. P. Crahnitch, late of Timatu and Lyttelton, Proprietor.— Advt.

Attention is drawn to tlie fact that the combined road and railway bridge over the Grey river on the NgalioieBlackball lino will be closed to all road traffic between the hours of 2.15 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, June 17 and 18.

PSeing that America has gone dry, I think the temperance bodies in Auckland should be asked to assist/’ sard a speaker, amidst laughter, at a meet, ing in the Council Chambers, when ways and paeans were being discussed to entertain, the officers and men of the American Fleet.

It is not generally known, perhaps, that McGruer’s Ltd., are sole agents lor the New Miracle Corset Reducer. This remarkable weight , reducer is stocked in several styles and full particulars can be given on application.--Advt.

An Invercargill resident who has been building a holiday “crib’’ at Stewart Island is amused because, before ho could take a barrow-load of stones and a- couple of bags of sand from one of the beaches, lie had to obtain two permits, one from the Stewart Island Council authorising ham to take the stones, and the other, nym ithe Marine Department, permitting him to remove the two bags of sand.

Attractive and desirable are the new silk velvets for evening frocks showing at McGruer’s. Beautiful shades and luxurious pile make this fabric a decided favourite for the ballroom. —Advt.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Automobile Association, the matter of sending representatives to the West Coast to visit branches of the Association, which has been before the Council, on other occasions, was again discussed. Mr 11. C. Harley and the Secretary (Mr J. S. Hawke) were empowered to. make arrangements for such a trip, with two other members (telegraphed our Christchurch correspondent).

A; certain class of -press-agents resort/ to nearly every crime to bring picture screen favourites into the news,and there was open-eyed wonder when three truck drivers confessed to a gigantic plot to kidnap Mary Pickford, Jackie Coogan and Pola Negri, the film celebrities at Hollywood. It was stat, ed subsequently that the publicity was not sought at the instance of the film stars, but had been designed to reflect glory on the Police Departinent, so that a candidate for tlie position of sheriff could obtain sufficient glory by tho capture of the kidnappers to sweep him into office.

Just the thing for the long winter evenings to keep one employed _at home. Templeton’s Ayr Fingering Wools in pink, blue, green and grey, wine, natural, helio, and fancy mart shades at lOd skein. We also stock Ayr Double Knitting _ Wools in two ounce skeins at lib. Competitions for all garments made with the above wool close August 31.—C. Smith Ltd., drapers, Greymouth.—Advt.

Oouit was metaphorically hauled over the coals last week. Criticism of the action of the Court was expressed in the annual report of the executive of the North Canterbury District of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. The report stated : —“Tlie union being a very much interested party in the proceedings in the Arbitration Court by the threshing mill workers, claimed the right to be heard as third parties, but on this occasion the Court, disregarding its practice in the past, refused to allow anyone to be heard except threshing mill owners. _ This lack of consistency was prejudicial to the farmers’ interests, ,ainl reflects little credit on any judicial body that adopts such methods.”

New novels at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street—“ Buckskin Peat,” by A, GHales; “Cottonwood Gulch,” by Mulford, 6/. each; “Trailing Back,” by Seltzer 6/-; “The Flocknjaster of Poi. son Creek,” by Ogden, 3/6; “Never the Twain Shall Meet,” by Kyne, 3/6; “The Beloved Dawn,” by Titus, 2/6; ■‘The Wilderness Trail,” by Jackson Gregory, 2/6; “Yen of the Y„D.” by Stead, 2/6; “The Baron of Diamond Trail,” by Ogden, 2/6; “Deep Sea Hunters,” by Virrell, 2/6; “Claim Number 1,” by Ogden, 2/6; “Rustlers’ Valley,” by Mulford, 2/6; “The 7 Eyes of the World,” by Wright, 2,6. —Advt;

A Licensing Committee sitting not a thousand miles .from Christchurch had brought under its notice the complaint of a well-know commercial traveller who had been charged nine shillings for bed and breakfast by an hotelkeeper (says the “Press’'). The chairman of the committee commented that the committee had no statutory power to fix the charges made by propjvetors of licensed houses, and if a man want, ed to stay at a leading hotel it was none of tho committee’s business. It appears from a statement made to a reporter that there appeared to be a tendency in centres where there is only one licensed house for fancy charges to be made. At one centre, the reporter’s informant said, he had been charged five shillings for a, cold tea!

The great joy of good music! Just unpacked direct from the. makers, the world’s best gramophones, sold at wholesale prices. English manufacture, polished oak, good motor, fitted with two doors on piano hinges, price £5; table grand model, finest English manufacture with dome shaped bd, polished mahogany, best quality motor, two doors with piano hinges, nickelplated needle cups, price £7/10/-; Cabinet, a beautiful article of furniture and polished a full mahogany finish, large compartment for record albums, new model powerful double spring, silent hectical wind, price £2O. You can have one of these perfect machines in your home to-day by paying a. small deposit and the balance in easy instalments. —A. E. Kilgour, the home of tho world’s best gramophones.—Advt. The proprietor of a hoop-la entertainment at the Waikato Winter Show, George Carian. was convicted by Mr F. W. Platts, S.M., C.M.G 1 ., in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court, for conducting a game of chance, and was fined £lO. His brother and assistant, Andrew Carian. .was convicted and discharged. In the course of his reserved judgment, Air Platts said it had been demonstrated that some of the rings used by. the accused, were too small to fit round the tin squares on which the best prizes were fixed; others required pressure to make them encircle these squares. Some rings had been broken and repaired, with the result that they became.elliptical. It was manifest that played with such apparatus the game was not one in which skill could succeed, and that winning a prize must depend upon chance. Certainly the element of chance must greatly predominate over skill. That distinguished the case from Keane v. Wachtnei', where the Court held that 'f skill was the determining factor in the game .then it 'was not a game of chance. accused had conducted a g.ime of chance in a manner that was unfair to the public. ;

Bad news soon spreads apace. A Wanganui agent who had been in touch with an American firm by cable regarding a shipment of merchandise to Wanganui received a cablegram from the American agents: “Advised entrance to Wanganui Harbour indefin. itely closed through sinking of vessel in entrance.'’’.. The local agents could not get. quickly enough, to the telegraph office to send a contradictory message.

In delivering, judgment at the Hawera Magistrate’s Court in* a case in which a motorist' was ordered to pay damages as compensation for' a cow which had been run. into, Mr J. S. Barton,' S.M., said that it was quite within the Taw, especially in Taranaki, that sows.should be driven,on public, highways. As it was a fact that cows would walk across in front of any vehi- ’ cle, drivers had to drive in such a « manner that they could stop immediately an animal behaved in that way.

Large and varied stocks of the latest in armlets in all colours and shades and assorted designs at from 2/. to 7/have just arrived from London at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. Here’s a. bargain for the ladies: Our complete stock of fancy bead necklets in glass, jet, and aeronoid in all- colours are offered at half the usual price. Come in and see these lines. —Advt.

The possibilities of small areas of land efficiently worked along the right lines' in growing food products for which there is a regular demand, have been brought to our notice (says the Oamaru Mail), One grower of tomatoes and other vegetables and fruits cleared £l5OO off about 10 acres; in another case a similar area produced a clear profit of £5OO, and green peas and early potatoes netted still another nian £l5O, despite the fact that much of his time was spent' earning wages. The prime essentials to such success iai’o to grow what the public wants, to market it well, and to WW’k hard, the last being not the least infportant factor. .

.nnXBMOI A ballast train ran through a dead end. in the railway, yards at Sew bridge, New’ South Wales, recently. The engine took a ‘‘header” over the embank, ment, taking with it a portion of the train and” turned over on. its side. The driver, Arthur Johnston, when he saw; the engine was going over, jumped clear, but the fireman, George Hutchison, was .jammed between the engine and tender. Mr Johnstoif sprang over the bank, and despite steam fire and smoke, and the danger of the boiler exploding, extricated tlie fireman, who was in an exhausted -condition.. The fireman was suffering from severe shock and bruises, and the driver from, shock.

Technical School students interested in mechanical drawing should call and inspect the new stocks of mathematical Diawing instruments in full and half sets, spring bow compasses, T squares., celluloid set squares, boxwood scales, technical scales, etc., etc., just arrived direct from the English factories. The splendid values and low prices charged at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street, are equal to any in the Dominion.— Advt.

Tlie reckless pedestrian has been, taken in hand -by Pgrt Elizabeth,. South Africa, where the municipality has passed the following 'by-law: — “No pedestrian, when,in or upon any public street or thoroughfare, 'shall, by his conduct or by any. act or deed so behave therein or thereon that he shall carelessly, negligently or recklessly, disregard or endanger' his own safety, or the safety of any person therein oj?. thereon. No pedestrian when in °r upon any public street or thoroughfare shall wilfully refuse or neglect to obey the signal or order of any police n uniform when such signal or oi'der in regard to the control, restriction €?• . safeguarding of, the [traffic in such pub„ lie street or thoroughfare.”

~ k ■ ■ - Over twenty years ago we sold Christ’s College, Christchurch, a Collinson piano. Hundreds and hundreds of students have practised and. receiv-. ed their lessons on this beautiful instrument;. and although it has Received very hard wear, to-day it is as good as ever. This is the way all oqr Collinson pianos wear. No doubt you are thinking of purchasing a piano—if.so do not Bet the selection worry just make u» your mind to purchase a Collinson piano. You will not be disappointed. . Our terms tor purchase are so very easy that, you need not worry about the size of the payments. They will be adjusted for you. Please calf at the .Bristol Piano Coy., Greymoutli and ask our manager, Mr Denno to explain our easy time payment sy?. tern. You will not regret it, Resfton reniesentative —Mr Nicholas Lawn.—Advt.

• Different people view work through different eyes—some love it and never do it. others hate it and spend all their lives dodging it, others f'.el impelled to do their'duties in varying degrees of enthusiasm—but Napier' surely holcljs tlie record for enthusiasm on the part of its civic officials. One night tws officials of the council were encounter, ed making in the rain an inspection or certain streets in southern parts of the citv. A pressman plodding wearily homewards encountered them and dr©}V attention to- the muddy condition of / certain, footpath over which there was always a great deal of traffic and on which, during the next - day, there would be thousands going to see the the shield match. At 8.15 the next morning that same apology for a. footpath had been nicely coated with fine shingle, thus putting an end to the mud nuisance and many bittor com? plaints from all users of the path, , g