LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

If you want a, good glass of Beer, Spirits or Wines, try. the Gilmer Hotel; Gressoh Street.' Speight’s t XXXXX always, on iJhp. Everything true to label; A safe brick building for accommodation. A home away from home. R. W. Poschich (hte of Rapahoe) Proprietor. Phone 315.-—Advt.

A meeting of intending ‘applicants for sections on the Harbour Board endowment, axe invited to atend a meeting in the Dobson Schoolroom at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 5. A special style display of smart voile and fuji. frocks, millinery, costumes, junipers, hosiery, and gloves is now being made at McGruer’s, where inspection is invited. —Advt.

Miss May Sheehan, a school teacher, while attempting to jump aboard. a. ferry steamer, which was leaving Birkenhead Wharf. (Auckland), fell and was jammed between the boat and the wharf. She was hauled aboard and removed to hospital.

Our furnishing department is now replete with hew goods specially selected for the Christmas trade, comprising carpet squares all isizes, in Axminster, Wilton and' Tapestries, also sofa rugs, hearth rugs and carpet runners in endless variety. Call and! inspect. C. Smith Ltd., house furnishers, Greymouth.—Advt.

Men do strange things when they imbibe too much liquor. One. man, a visitor to Greymouth, having thoroughly soaked himself internally, walked into the waters of the Grey River, near the Cobden Bridge, and completed the soaking. He was seen, standing up to his neck in the water, by several good Samaritans, who pulled; him out.

Special Christmas gift(s for boy|s. Daisy air rifles, single shot 10/6; Daisy air rifles, 350 shot 15/-; Daisy air rifles, 500 shot 17/6. Boy’s rubber tyre scooters 18/6; boy’s rubber tyre three wheel lot bicycles 47/6; best quality rubber tyre ball-bearing three wheel tricyle £3 15, £4 10. Up-to-date model Buick motor-car £5 10. A. E. Kilgour, ’ for/ good value Christmas gifts.—Advt.

So hideously burned all over the body that he had been practically Toasted alive, Alfred Manns was found wandering iii the bush near Coolac, N.S.W., last . week. He said he remembered placing a lighted pipe in his podket before going to sleep in Lha. grass. A large' area round his camp had been swept by fire. Manns said he felt no pain, and was able to walk into the hospital from the car which conveyed him there. There is however, little hope for 7 his recovery,

Delightful Christmas gifts for girlsDolls’ cane prams, 7/6, 8/6; sea-grass prams, strong, the latest and beautifully made and upholstered 18/6, 25/-, 65/-, 69/6. Manicure sets ,7/6, 10/6, 17/6. Sewing sets 3/6, 3/11, 5/6, 12/6. Music cases 7/6, 12/6. Paint sets, 1/-, 1/6, 1/11 2/6. Rare presentation Kooks by the best authors 2/-, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6. Lovely poet birthday books 2/3. Lu-u. tifully bound poems by Burns, Keats, Tennyson, Wilcox, • Browning, Longfellow, Khayyam 3/3. A. E. Kiljgour, for dainty Christmas gifts. —Advt. The dangers attendant on motorists who use the Tereniakau railway bridge was the subject of a long discussion at the meeting of the Grey branch of the Canterbury/Automobile Association ikst evening. It was ultimately decided that, as no suitable devices have Been installed to warn motorists using the bridge, of the approach of trains, the Main High ways' Board be asked to consider the erection of a traffic- bridge over the present structure, which would do away entirely with the ridfc of collision with trains, and motorists and the public generally.

A special display of new Xmas goods is now being made at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. These lines have all been imported direct' from the factories so the' values we offer not to be surpassed. Every article is marked in plain figures. View our window display and note the low prices asked. Gifts suitable for the child or adult are here in great profusion., Youi choosing of a Xmas gift will be a pleasure if you select from our stocks.-— Advt.

The advisability of installing electricity at Kumara was debated by the Borough Council, at a special meeting held last evening; present: Messrs A. Spiers (Chairman), W. Benyon, R. Burrell, A. McNab, E. Martin, T. Saraty, C. Evenden, and P. Me. Donald. Three alternatives were submitted to the meeting, and after discussion, it was decided to leave the decision entirely in the handis of the ratepayers, and to convene a public meeting at an' early date, to consider the best scheme for the advancement of the district. Members of the Council iwere most enthusiastic, and, if the ratepayers exhibit the same amount of interest', it is hoped to have Kumara illuminated by electricity in a short time.

New Xmas goods just opened up at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. Ladies’ hand bags, manicure sets, writing folios and cases. Vaiiity cases, scent satchels, companion sets, choker bead necklets. Wrist and arm bags, purses, bracelets, brush sets, gents’ pocket wallets," letter cases, note cases, dressing caises, mSilitary brushes, collar boxes, tie holders, stud boxes. Fountain pens, propelling pencils, shaving outfits, shaving mirrors, etc. Our stocks are large, our values of the best and our prices the lowest. Come in and inspect these goods. See our window display.—Advt.

Timely interception by the police saved a young mother and her two , children from going over the cliffs at The Gap, Watson’s Bay Sydney, last week. Vaucluse police received a telephone message from a man, who spoke excitedly, and said that a woman was on her way; to The Gap, with her two children, on a bus. The police set out to intercept the bus. They stopped it at Gladstone Street, Vaucluse. They found a young woman clasping a young baby to her with an eight-year-old girl sitting beiside her, vaguely apprehensive that something was wrong. Under examination of’ the police the woman became hysterical, but expressed her determination to throw herself over the cliffs, taking both the children with her. She gave her age as 33, and complained of domestic troubles. The police conveyed her to the reception houise.

The Hotel to-stay at when in Greymouth, is the Royal, close to the Railway Sation. First class dining room with every attention., Speight’s and local ales always on tap. Booking office for Nejyinan’s Motor Service? lu Urannitch, late of Timaru and Lyttelton, proprietor. —Advt.

The milkman in Nome, Alaska, does not need to worry about spilling liis milk. He calls from house to house and delivers a block of frozen reindeer milk or cream equal to a pint or quart. A white cord frozen into the block of milk serves as a handle to facilitate delivery.

McGruer’s are now making a special style display of the very latest seasonable goods—costumes, jumpers, hosiery neckwear, and gloves—The prices are most reasonable.—Advt. J '

With reference to the maintenance case. Grant v. Grant, heard at the Greymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Mrs E. Grant writes to correct the statement inadvertently made by Mr W. P. McCarthy, to the effect that her husband deserted her before the war. She states that desertion did not take place until alter , the riar.

A request from the Auckland Thea, tre Proprietors’ Association for permission to open the theatres on Christmas Day ’was received by the Auckland City Council. It was stated that provision had been made whereby any employee not desiring to work on that day would be relieved without prejudice to his position. The application was declined.

.When making your selection of Christmas Gifts call at AV. Reid's, Fancy Goods, Book and Toy Emporium, Mawhera Quay. He has opened a range of novelties that for price and quality cannot be beaten on the West Coast. Presents for young and old. Ladies’ Handbags and Baskets, a wonderful variety. Wooden Toys as of yore, a specialty. Inspection invited.—Advt.

Under the stress of excitement an old Wanganui lady voted twice at the recent election. She voted once and then walked 1 , over to another table at the same polling place and voted again, remembering evidently, the injunction to “vote eally ami often.” Before the 'Court defendant said she was sorry for what she had done. She was imprisoned until the rising of the Court.

Tramway passengers leave all manner of articles behind them when they alight, but it may come as a surprise to learn that money found by the conductors in the Auckland trams amounts to almost £8 a week on the average. The Tramways Manager reported to the City Council that unclaimed money found in purses, etc., by conductors during six months, to June 30th..totalled £2Ol. A.sum of £5B 7s 2d was still unclaimed. The Council decided that subject to this being legally in order, the balance in hand should.be paid to the Tramway Sick and Accident Fund.

Quite the nicest Christmas gift. There are many charming gifts and many useful ones but a fountain pen embodies all the qualities a gift should possess. Beautiful, of value, daily useful and a lasting reminder of the donor We stock the Onoto latest design 21/-; Swan latest design 21/-, 25/-; with gold 32/6; the Waterman latest designs 25/-, with gold band 35/-; the Neptune latest design 7/6, 9/-, 14/6, with gold band Any of these makes may be had in designs to suit every taste from A. E. Kilgour, the house for ideal Christmas gifts.—Advt.

, The South African Veterans’ Association is sending a deputation to wait on Mr 'Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs, to discuss the question of the graves of those New Zealanders who died in South Africa during the Boer War campaign. There are about 120 of these graves scattered about theveldt, and an endeavour will be made to have them concentrated in ,a central cemetery and treated in the same manner as the war graves of soldiers of the Great War. The graves of late members at the, Karori Cemetery have been put in a thorough state of repair, and in the New Year, the .Women’s National Reserve undertake to extend ,to them the same treatment they do to soldiers’ graves of the Great War. The Department has also allocated part of the new soldiers’ cemetery for Sbuth Afriban. war vjytetanis, (tiellegraphed. our Wellington correspondent).

In choosing your piano, remembei j the three great essentials : . Tone, Touch ,and Durability. The Bristol Piano Company’s pianos can with confidence be said to embrace these three great essentials. Pianos by John Broad wood and Sons, Collard and Collard, Sames. Bell. Barnard, and the famous Walter Collinson. Our easy time payment system makes it easy for anyone to own one of these beautiful instruments. Your old piano or organ taken as part payment. Please call and we will give you full particulars. Accredited agents for “Hin Master’s Voice” gramophones. We also stock the sweettoned “Metronola” gramophone. Sheet music in great variety. The Bristol Piano Coy. Ltd'., H. G. Denne, Manager. Reefton Agent: Mr Nicholas Lawn. —Advt.

The competition among school children on the subject of “fly swatting” initiated' by the New Plymouth Borough inspector (Mi* R. Day) should be an effective piece of propaganda in this very essential campaign. What the children were required to do was to make a drawing representing the menace these disease and germ carriers are, ami to show the necessity for combating them. All the entries are not in, but among those which were shown to a “Taranaki HeraFd” representative there are some clever and original sketches, which indicate that the children fully appreciate the danger of allowing these pests to have breeding places in the shape of rubbish heaps and uncovered refuse bins easily accessible to them. It was interesting to note that the piggeries were the. inspiration of many of the youthful artists. ITie drawings are to be placed on exhibition when, the competition has been decided. ■

Something in the nature of a trade war seems to be imminent in the Wairarapa. Every shop in Masterton has neat placards posted in conspicuous positions with the letters in red “8.1. M. (Buy in Masterton), states the Garterton paper. Carterton should reply with a series of similar cards, “C.I.C. (Cheaper in Carterton). A campaign to maintain business and progress is as essential to Carterton as sand is to the Sahara. The Greytown correspondent in the Carterton News” says • “It is no good to Greytown the way Mastertdn is catering for our patronage. We must take a pull and see if our traders are prepared to contest the matter, and iso not only stop the flow to" Masterton, but fight them on their own system and inditce Ma.'steronians to trade here. We have' the goods of local production, ' apple's, • pears, ' gooseberries, cherries, raspberries, etc., and if. the storekeepers chime in with' the ‘cash and carry’ business, then all will be well with Greytown. Now is the tine to raise the cry or slogan, “Greytown dor fruits and stores,” “Come and see our Park, etc.,”

! Guessing the correct weight of tlio Mayor; clerk, and council of the borough of will form the subject of a competition in connection with a garden party tp be held there short* ly. ' ' Eor selling a single cigarette to a child, for a penny a Qreytbwn Chinese shop assistant was i’inpd £2 with costs The Magistrate pointed out that it was Jan offence to sell' cigarettes or tobacco to any child tinder' 15 years of age, evep though they were sent by their parents io purchase them. In future the use. of the cane will iiot be allowed in schools within the jurisdiction of ; the liawke’s Bay Education Board! In the past both cane and strap have Jbeen used, but as the latter is now most tuii.vei’sally used, the board, at its meeting, decided to abolish the use of the cane in schools. The by-laws will be altered accordingly-. ' .rt Special Manchester goods jupt to hand—s 6 in. red bordered unbleached! table damask, 2/11 a yard; Check ginghams 30in. wide, 1/3 1/6 a yard; 80in. unbleached sheeting. 2/9 a yard; i. 54in. unbleached, sheeting l/£ a yard; 36in. fine white calico 10| yard; ; 3lin. cream fugeline only 1/11 a yardl? C. Smith Ltd., Drapers, the, house for value.—Advt. “We are getting behind the scenes , in the housing question,” remarked ' Mr F. K. Hunt, SAL, .at the Auckland Magistrate’s Court. “Here' is a house that cost £6OO to build, and the purchaser is charged 1 £ll5O-for it before it 'is out of the agent’s hands.” These facts came, out in a dispute between the builder . and. the owner of a house. The section, it was istated, post s £l5O.

A. new book of views containing twenty two pictures of; Grcyraouth and the main beauty spots of the district hae just arrived, at B. Dixon’s, Tainul Street.' It is an especially suitable souvenir to send to friends at Home and as the last mail to reach ’Home before Christmas, leaves late this week, you will have time to send one, the price is 1/6. New stocks bf Xmas cards, post cards, and stationery; dainty calendars for. 1926 have arrived. Come in and inspect them,...Advt.

A woman passenger violently, rang the bell as a St' Clair car swung round Cargill’s corner on the way to its destination (states the Otago “Daily Times”). “Yes, ma’am, what is it?” asked the conductor politely. ‘‘l thought this was a St. Kilda car,” slaid! the woman. “I want to go to St. Kilda. The car had St. I^ild,a. marked on it.” “Oh, no,” replied thp, conductor, y “it had the St.. Clair sign.” The. woman refused to believe that the conductor was correct, and he took? her round l tot the back of the car and showed her “St. Clair” plainly marked. Undefeated and undismayed, and determined to have the last 'word, the woman dazed the condjictor by indignantly answering as she walked 1 away: “Oh, well, this is Hot the car I got intoT”

Complaints are made by motorists as to the inconvenience and danger caused by pedestrians taking the middle of the road, instead of keeping to the footpath. It is stated that on Saturday evening, while traffic was at its height in Mawhera Quay, and there was a drizzling rain which made visibility bad, a well-known driver had a narrow escape from injuring a pedestrian who was walking aimlessly about ithe middle of Mawhera Quay. Motorists, point out that it is very difficult to‘see clearly through the windscreen ih a ‘‘soft” rain, and that, under those weather conditions, accidents can quite easily happen, further, that a little co-operation on the part of pedestrians would greatly assist in preventing accidents, for which the unfortunate motorist is certain to be blamed.

To-day is the anniversary of Westland, \ but the “man in the street” took little notice of the occasion. The banks and.' public offices observed a holiday At the outset, the district was represented.' in the Canterbury Provincial Council, but there was much dissatisfaction on. the Coast with the administration, and ths setters demanded independence. In 1867, in response to their request, Westland was separated from Canterbury and constituted a county. In 1873, owing to acute financial difficulties,' the Council approved the Government’s scheme for forming Westland, into a province, and in 1874 the Province of Westland started on . ita career. The first (and only) Superintendent of the Provincial Council waa the late Hon. J. A. Bonar, who held office until the province was abolished, with the other provinces, on November 1, 1876.

A teller in a Wanganui bank wonders sometimes whether honesty pays. When commenting on how careless people were with money, he- said! he frequently handed back sums tp. the bank’s clients. In one case a man. handed over tho counter-a'fifty-pound note which was. not recorded on his pay-in slip, and which he would probably never have been able to trace i had the teller not been honest. Tins was one of Hie many cases, vaiyutS sums being concerned. But one busi- . ness man whose mistakes aggregate more than £6O, is not a grateful individual. One day the teller paid him a ten-pound note too niuch. He recollected it afterwards when he found his cash was short, but the business \ man wliq had niuch for which to tliank the teller’s honesty, would ntot own up. The teller .accordingly had 1 to pay the amount of his own pocket.