LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 June 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.An outbreak of distemper has resulted in the deaths in Auckland of scores of dogs. The symptoms are very similar to ‘flu in human beings, and the disease is highly infectious. — Press Assn.

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, Greymouth. —Advt.

The farmers’ train from .the West Coast has been all arranged for, and will leave Greymouth for Ashburton on June 27 at 10.35 a.m. Trains will run on all lines to Greymouth to connect with the train, and the farmers from the Reefton line will join up at Stillwater.

Great stocktaking sale at McGruer’s. Further reduced prices to bring stock down to the minimum for annual stocktaking. The grea.t clean up of all oddments, many articles at less than wholesale cost prices. McGruer’s, “Always Busy,” Greymouth.—Advt.

Good progress is being made with the erection of the lighting tower at the end of the wharf. The lights should be installed this week, and when in operation, in conjunction with the light at the Boundary Street end of the wharf, will afford light of such power as to make conditions for working the wharves much more satisfactory than they have ever been before. It is expected that the rays from the two lamps will make the area as well lighted as at the day time.

Useful books: —Hopp’us’s Measurer, 3/6; Letter Writer for Ladies and Gentlemen, 3/6; All About Golf, 7/6; How to Play Hockey, 3/6; Lawn Tennis, by Suzanne Lenglen, 3/-; How and What to Dance, 2/3; Corner Stones of Auction Bridge, 7/6; Everybody’s Poultry Book, 1/6; Feeding and Care of Baby, 2/9; Chamber’s English Dictionary (large type), 27/6; Hinton’s .Hints on Stamp Collecting, 1/6; The Household Doctor, 3/6; The Up-to-Date Housewife, 2/-; Lee’s Priceless Recipes (3000 secrets), 3/6; Napoleon’s Book of Fate, 2/6; Tea Cup Reading, 2/6; Every Man His Own $ Mechanic, . 7/6; Wireless, 8/6. Obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller, Stationer and Fancy Goods Dealer, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.— Advt.

A motor car with a driver and four passengers went over the side of the road a mile beyond Inangahua Junction on Saturday evening. The driver dimmed his light to pass another car, and for the moment did not notice that the road curved inward. The ground gave way under- the back wheel and the car slipped over and turned on to its side, when it was held up by trees along the bank. The driver and passengers scrambled out through the window and with assistance landed in safety on the road. The wind screen broke, but it did not appear as if ary serious ( damage was done to the car. The passengers fortunately escaped uninjured,

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. This morning a stock train of five trucks of cattle, was dispatched for the Addington sale to-morrow. The keynote of the speeches delivered at the civic reception to the Canadian footballers last evening was loyalty to the King and the British Empire. That this feeling was not universal among the crowd was noticeable during the playing of the National Anthem by the Municipal Band, several heads remaining covered. In all the leading hotels is now procurable McGaviii and Coy’s Oatmalt Stout. This excellent article is now commanding a great sale ,and lovers of a good healthy beverage find it wholesome and invigorating. Griffen and Smith, Ltd., are the local Jigents.—Advt. \ The number of opossum trappers operating in the Grey district last year was 64. Their production for the season was 7436 skins. The product of the Dominion during the year 1926, was 157,480 skins, caught by 1057 trappers. The total value of royalties, licenses, and fines was £10,709, about half of which was disbursed to Acclimatisation Societies in the Dominion.

Books by well-known authors: — “The Angel of Terror,” “The Three Just Men,” “The Green Archer,” “The Valley of Ghosts,” “The Law of the Four Just Men,” “The Day of Uniting,” “Bones of the River,” by Edgar Wallace; “Living Dangerously,” by F. E. Penny; “The Dancing Star,” “The Immortal Girl,” “The Disturbing Charm,” by Berta Ruck; “Bardelys the Magnificent,” “St. Martin’s Summer,” “The Poisoned Paradise,” by Rafael Sabatini; “The Cuckoo in the Nest,” by Ben Travers. Price 2/6 each; postage 4d extra. Obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller, Stationer and Fancy Goods Dealer, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.—Advt.

Overseas trade for the Dominion for the month of May was as follows: Imports £3,747,405 (compared with £3,457,037 in May last year) ,• exports £5,235,139 (compared with £4,081,908). For five months ended May, the figures were: Imports £18,562,171 (compared with £20,999,905 for five months ended May 1926), exports £26,988,925 (compared with £25,499,943). —Press Association.

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 JIC.” by Mulford, 6/-; “The Flame of Courage” by George Gibbs 6/-; “Those Old Shades” by Heyer, 6/-; “Cherry Square” by 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, 3/6; “Sport of the Desert” by Hill 3/6. —Advt.

Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., has received the following letter from the Minister of Public Works:—“l have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 25 last, and, in reply thereto, have to advise you that your, contention that it will be advisable to have the metalling of the section of approximately 1?. miles of the Coast Road between the Church and Fox’s River put in hand as soon as possible is agreed with, and I have pleasure in advising you that my Department’s District Engineer at Greymouth has been instructed to prepare a contract and arrange for the inviting erf tenders at the earliest possible date.”

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.

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.

Last week of sale at B. Dixon’s. Genuine bargains are the order of the day. Every purchaser delighted with what they secure. Certain lines are marked down regardless of cost. Have you l participated in the rush? If not come along and get your share. Inspect our ’window show of sale lines. Come inside and inspect our stocks. The values offered will open your purse at B. Dixon’s. —Advt.

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.

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.. Kilgo ir, Bookseller, Stationer and Fancy Goods Dealer, Mawhera Quay—Advt.

We have been specialists in things 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 —th« 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. When a drunken man is gathered into the protecting arms of the police force and conveyed to the lock-up, it is an invariable part of the procedure to “frisk” him thoroughly and turn his pockets inside out. As a general rule the devotees of. Bacchus prove to be in a more or less serious state of impecuniosity. One first offender who was mulcted of 10/- at the Hastings Police Court recently proved to be rather a startling exception to the rule. In the course of searching him, the police drew forth singles, fivers and tenners in such plentitude as almost to create a suspicion that a bank robber had fallen into their hands. In the totalling up, the inebriate proved to have been carrying on his person no less a sum than £195 Ils 4d.