LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1927, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The main Grey Valley road between Dobson and Wallesend will be closed for all traffic on Wednesday, June 15, for the construction of a culvert. The bargains in the showroom are amazing: .Ladies’ felt hats, less than half price; ladies’ costumes and coats from 12/6; stock bought at 6/8 in the £1 at C. Smith, the Cash Drapers, Grey mouth. —Advt. A middle-aged man, named William Mann, appeared at the Police Court this morning' to answer a charge of having no visible means of support. Detective Murch asked for a remand till next Monday, June 20;- A bottle of “Black and White” whisky was found in accused’s possession, and some investigations regarding it are being made.

This evening in the Town Hall a meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Greymouth Diamond Jubilee will be held. It is to be iloped the meeting- will be represented by all sections. of the community as it is only by “combined effort” that good and useful work can be done. Ladies are particularly invited. The meeting is called for 8 o’clock sharp.

New Books at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —“The Mocking Chevalier” by A. G. Hales 6/-; “The Brethren of the Axe” by Somers 6/-; “Corson of the J|C.” by Mulford, 6/-; “The Flame of Courage” by George Gibbs 6/-; “Those Old Shades” by Heyer, 6/-; “Cherry Square" bv Grace Richmond 6/-; “The Wolf Pack” by Cullum 6/-; “The Big Mogul” by Joseph Lincoln 6/-; “Echo Answers” by Thane 6/-; “Marget Pow” by Slater 3/6; “The Revolt of Asia” by Close 6/-; “Knocking Around” by Shaw, 12/6; “Nicholas Goade” by Oppenheim, 3/6; “John McNab” by Buchan, 3/6; “The Vanishing Indian” by Grey, .3/6; “Simon, the Goldheart” by Heyer, 3/6; “Flight of the Heron” by Broster, 3/G; “Sport of the Desert” by Hill 3/6. —Advt.

Within a few weeks, the construction will commence of a theatre for pictures and vaudeville oil a site at the Octagon, Dunedin, purchased for £35,000. The theatre will accommodate about 1700. The company which includes J. C. Williamson (subscription £22,000 and syndicate £24,000) will spend between £40,000 and £50,000 on the theatre, which will be on the lines of the De Luxe, Wellington.—Press Assn.

We have been specialists in thing* pertaining to music for over 44 years, and therefore know what the public require. We have the widest range of pianos, Broadwood, Collard and Collard, Steinway, Lipp, Bell, Saines, Collinson, Barnard —the. best that can be built. We stock the best gramophones, “His Master’s Voice,” prices £ll up to £7O. The only instrument that gives the true tone value of the bass and treble in its production. We hold the largest and most varied stock of records, songs, sheet music, and accessories, and we can send you a tuner at a moment’s notice. The Bristol, Tainui Street, Greymouth.—Advt. For riding a bicycle in Greymouth streets on April 24 without a light, James Griffen was fined 5/-, with costs 10/-. The Colonial Sugar Reuniting Company announces that the price of all grades of raw and refined sugars is being reduced ten shillings a ton from to-day.

M. Paderewski will give a final pianoforte recital in Wellington, the proceeds of which he will give for the immediate relief of the necessitous cases of New Zealanders who served in the Great War.—Press Assn.

Special bargains not previously advertised: —Ladies’ Gaberdine Costumes and Frocks, usual price £7 10/-, to be given away at 19/6; also girls’ college boater straws (wide brim), usual price 13/6, sale price ' 8/11—all new goods. C. Smith Ltd., Greymouth. —Advt.

“Do you know what the law is as regards stone-dusting in this country?” asked Mr A. H. Kimbell of a witness during the sitting of the Dobson Mine Commission on Saturday. “I know what it should be!” was the reply. “But do you know what it is?” “No, but I know what it should be!” (Laughter). Mr Kimbell gave it up.

Annual stocktaking clearance at McGruer’s. Further reduced , prices Unbleached table damask 1/- per yd; 38in. crepe-de-chine, in white, black, and all the ‘ latest shades, 4/11 a yd. We brought the prices down; we keep the prices down. McGruer’s, best for value, Greymouth.—Advt.

“That this meeting enters an emphatic protest against the action of the Defence Department in penalising boys attending the Technical college, by forcing them to make up their lost time at drill.” This was the resolution moved by Mr J. Dickson, and carried by a very large majority at a meeting of combined apprenticeship committees and others interested in the training of apprentices, held in the Chamber of Commerce Hall, Christchurch on Saturday.—Press Association.

Great stocktaking sale at McGruer’s. Further reduced prices to bring stock down to the minimum for annual stocktaking. The great clean up of all oddments, many articles at less than wholesale cost prices. McGruer’s, “Always Busy,” Greymouth.—Advt.

The President of the Greymouth Chamber of Commerce (Mr Joseph McLean) states, in reference to the question of firewood cutting, referred to by Mr Greenslade, on Friday last, at the meeting of the Chamber, that the matter will be inquired into by the Railway and Timber Committees of the Chamber. The utilisation of the off-cuts from sawmilling logs will be also considered. After consideration by these two committees it is hoped that a practicable scheme will be evolved.

Popular books worth reading: — “The Romance of a Rogue,” “Brown Sugar,” The Master Man,” “The Fortune Hunter,” “A Man of His Word,” “Candle Light,” “The Street Below,” “For Love,” “The Story of an Ugly Man.” “The Second Honeymoon,” “The Scar,” “Overheard,” by Ruby M. Ayres; “Sinners in Heaven,” by Clive Arden; “Donnegan,” by George Owen Baxter; “The Vagrant Duke,” by George Gibbs; “The Waggon and the Star,” The Soul of Dominic Wildthorne,” “What Shall It Profit a Man.” by Joseph Hocking; “Ginger McLusky,” “McGlusky’s Great Adventure,” by A. G. Hales; “We Shall See,” Double Dan,” The Sinister Man,” The Crimson Circle,” by Edgar Wallace. Price 2/6 each; postage 4d extra. Obtainable from A. E.. Kilgour, Bookseller, Stationer and Fancy Goods Dealer, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., convicted and discharged Wm. Lake, who was arrested for drunkenness on Saturday night, but failed to put in an appearance at the Police Court this morning, having been bailed out. Failing to pay up arrears of a maintenance order amounting to £92 10/- (up to May 28, 1927), Willim Henry Briggs, who did not. appear, was given the option of paying up £2O forthwith, or spending three months in prison at Paparua. For riding an unlicensed motor cycle and failing to have a driver’s license, William John Teague, whom A. J. Sloss, Traffic Inspector for the district, “stuck up” on the Kumara road on April 24, was fined 10/-, with costs.

Books on wireless. Radio for all by Gernsback 11/6. Simplified Wireless by Taggart 1/9; Tuning Coils, by James 3/-; Wireless Telephony Explained 2/3; The Home Constructor’s Wireless Sets 1/9; Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony 2/3; Wireless Component Parts, and how to make them 2/3; More Practical Valve Circuits by Taggart. 5/-; Wireless for All 1/-; Books on Motors and Motoring: The Motor Manual, 3/6; Electricity and the Motor Car 5/9; Motor Cycling '3/6; The Maintenance and Running Repairs of Motor Cars 4/6; Practical Motor Car Repairing 2/-; Petrol Motor Simply Explained 2/-; The Book of the Ford Van by R. Nicholson 2/9; The Motor Electrical Manual 3/6; How, to Drive a Car 3/6; Pearson’s Light. Car Handbook 2/6; The Book of the Ford Electrical Equipment 3/6; Procurable at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt. *

In an enquiry such as that concerning the disaster at the Dobson mine, technical evidence is to be expected, and a good many terms which are unintelligible to the ordinary person, but are payt of a coal miner’s “A.8.C.” are being used. Two members of the Commission are mining men, but the Chairman (Mr E. Page, S.M.) often finds himself puzzled when he hears such terms as grunching, pillars, drives, rises, dip -, cut-throughs, tubs, rope-road, stone-dusting, coal dust, brattice, flat-sheet, booster, levels, goaf, fault, sump, face, and dozens of others. There are always plenty of mining men will'ng to answer his queries, however. On Saturday, Mr Page enquired how holes were made for shot-firing. Mr J. Smeaton: With a pick, and plenty of elbow grease, sir! (Laughter).

When in Greymouth stay at the Hotel Dominion, the sporting and commercial house, one minute from Railway Station, G.P.O. and Banks. Superior service, excellent table. Papers delivered to bedroom with morning tea. Speight’s and Monteith’s Ales on tap. E. J. Kiely, Proprietor.—Advt.