LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The revenue collected at the Greymouth Municipal bath since its opening amounted to £44 7/6. During the Christmas and New Year holidays, the takings amounted to £26 1/7.

Eager buyers throng the premises of C. Smith Ltd., Drapers, it being the opening of their Annual Summer Sale. —Advt.

At Denniston on Thursday, Mr AV. Meldrum, S.M., had a batch of men before him, charged with playing twoup. The information against one was dismissed and the remainder were each Convicted and fined 10/- with costs.

The amount of goods, including coal, timber, produce, and general merchandise, railed through Otira Tunnel for the week ended to-day was 8192 tons, which is an increase of 2183 tons, as compared with the corresponding period yast year, when 6009 tons were handled.

A six-roomed house, belonging to Miss McConnell, in Bentham Street, Westport was practically destroyed by fire shortly 2.30 p.m. on Thursday. The building was erected about 40 years ago. Miss McConnell valued the house at £3OO and the furniture at £l5O. She had £125 insurance on the' house, but nothing on the furniture.

Go to A. E. Kilgour’s for special value in Writing Pads. —The Forest Giant Writing Pad, 200 ruled sheets, 1/3 each; Pucca Pads, 1/- each; The Bargain Pad, 400 sheets, 1/6; Exquisite and Pembury Pads, 1/- each; Large supply of Account Books and office requisites. A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller mid Stationer, Mawhera Quay.— Advt.

A good deal of discussion arose at the Westport Borough Council’s meeting this week concerning the public baths. At present they are cleaned out once a fortnight and it was considered that they should be done more often. Scum was forming on the water and it was announced that they were not healthy., The Mayor (Mr J. H. Harkness) said that they ought to be cleaned out once a week. If that were done it would not mean so much scrubbing and cleaning. It would be better still if the water could be changed every day. It was stated that the cleaning out of the baths had been left to Mr Bevan and the discussion dropped.

A well-known Poverty Bay minister, while visiting parishioners at Opoutama, had a most unpleasant experience, which might have ended seriously (states the “Poverty Bay Herald”). With his horse and buggy, the minister attempted to ford a creek which had recently been flooded, but his horse soon lost its feet in the deep water, and was compelled to swim. The unfortunate minister was compelled to sit in the water on the seat while tlse hqrse struggled towards the opposite bank, which was reached in safety. The, minister and the contents of the buggy were saturated, however, and a new and expensive Bible was ruined. A car which attempted to cross at the same place a few days before was extricated after six hours.

January special offer at A. E. Kilgour’s.—B Tablets Brown Windsor Soap for 1/-; Lifebuoy Soap 51d, Cashmere Bouquet Soap Sd. Castilever Soap lid, Knight’s Castille Soap Bd, Rexona Soap 1/3. Cuticura Soap 1/4, Palmolive Soap 7£d, Comfort Bath Soap 1/4, Blue Seal Vaseline 6d. a jar, Bay Rum 1/6 a large bottle, genuine Coconut Oil 1/- a jar, Cucumber Complexion Cream 2/- bottle, Ashes of Roses Brilliantine 2/- a bottle, Ashes of Roses and Jasmine 1/3 bottle, Carnation Talcum Powder lOd a tin, Brighton’s Talcum Powder 1/- a tin, Plaza Baby Powder 2/- a bottle. On sale at A. E. Kilgour’s, Fancy Goods Depot, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

In the crowd of spectators watching the events decided by the Wanganui Professional Cycling Chib was at least one humorist (says the “Chronicle.”) Half-a-dozen competitors were strained forward waiting for the gun. the spectators and the officials were tense with expectation, and many eyes were directed toward the starter who slowly pointed the gun in the air. “Pop!” —The signal to start sounded unusually weak, and many in the crowd were perplexed. Not so th? competitors, however, who set out in deadly earnest. In the official ranks, however, there was momentary consternation, and a bewildered starter gazed helplessly at the undischarged gun, it was not until someone discovered that a member of the crowd had burst open an inflated paper bag that the competitors were re-called,

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.

Mr R. E. Aubin, son of Dr. Aubin (Auckland) climbed Mount Cook on Thursday, with Guide Jack Pope. The weather conditions were perfect, and the climb was made in the excellent time of 18 hours. —Press Assn.

A most remarkable feature noticeable is the huge crowd of anxious bargain hunters at C. Smith Ltd., Drapers, Annual Summer Sale, which opened yesterday.—Advt.

At a. sitting of the Juvenile Court ■at Greymouth this morning, the 17-year-old girl, who was remanded earlier in the week on an “idle and disorderly” charge, was committed to a Borstal institution for two years. Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., dealt with the case.

Children’s Washing Dresses, Pinafores and Overalls, sizes 18 to 28in., Selling Off 1/6, 2/2 and 2/11; Infants’ Washing Rompers, Selling Off 2/4 and 2/11. Our prices are the lowest. MoGruer’s, Greymouth and Reefton — Advt.

There is every prospect that the number of oversea tourists visiting New Zealand this season will create a record. Large numbers are already visiting the Dominion, and all mail steamers arriving from overeas ports during the next three months are expected to be well filled with tourists. Australia is mainly responsible for this increase, the annual influx from England, the Continent and America, has not yet commenced in earnest, but the next two months should see the arrival of a large number of English and American tourists (telegraphed our Auckland correspondent.)

Two seasonable lines. —Summertime is jam making time, and you will want Jam Pot Covers. We have the best quality procurable in two styles at 4d a packet of twenty. Then the'kiddies will spend most of their time in the water swimming. Guard against accidents by providing them with Water Wings; you will save yourself a lot of worry at a small cost. The best procurable may be had for 3/6 at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.—Advt.

“If what I have eaten in the hotels in this country is a sample of the bacon they propose to export, well’, they will never sell it. I haven’t tasted a good bit of bacon since I have been in New Zealand; it is absolutely vile.” These were the remarks of Dr L. Harding, of Manchester, who is visiting New Zealand to investigate the possibilities of utilising the food products of whey, speaking in Hawera the other day. He said the reason for this inferior bacon was the improper feeding of the pigs. It was quite impossible to feed a bacon pig on whey and grass, as was done in this country. “Unless you can get cheap grain or millers’ offals you will nevex- get good bacon,” he said.

Useful handbooks. —“The Locomotive of To-day” 6/6; “Ju-Jitsu” by Sutjerland, 2/6; “Keeping Fit” by Mayes 3/-; “Athletics for Women and Girls” by Lynn 3/-; “Lawn Tennis” by Lenglen 3/-; “Home Bottling, Drying and Preserving” by Andrea 3/6; “The Book of Ices” by Marshall 3/-; “Practical Electrical Engineering” by Ibbetson 3/6; “Molesworth’s Pocket Book of Engineering Formulae” 8/-; •“Wheel Gearing, Pitch-Line Diameters” by Orr 4/6; “Electrical- Tables” by Thompson 2/-; “Electrical Installation Rules and Tables” by Ibbetson 2/-; at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. — Advt. .

The house-fly is giving more trouble than usual this summer, and is likely to remain a nuisance as long as the hot weather lasts. At one minute in the garbage tin, at another in the kitchen or living* room, the fly is a carrier of dirt, and the germs of disease, and should not be tolerated. Fortunately, it is not difficult to check his activities. Get some poison fly-papers at seven, for sixpence from Parkinson’s. .Put each papei* in a. dish of water, sprinkle a little sugar round the edge and place near a window or where flies are numerous. Each fly-paper properly used will kill hundreds of flies, and if used judiciously will soon rid a house of the pest.—Advt.

“If the secondary schools would cease wasting the time of the boys by pretending to teach them bookkeeping, and insted concentrate on improving the handwriting of the lads, employers'' would be grateful.” This remark was made by the executive officer of an institution which recently advertised for a junior clerk. It received 22 applications, the feature being the bad writing of the bulk of the applicants. This man stated that book-keeping learned at the schools was of no use. A boy engaged in an office was never put in charge of a set of books straight away. He might be put in charge of one, which had been opened, and he would simply have to follow the method pursued.

New books at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —“Lawrence and the Arabs” by Robert Graves, 10/6; “Mystic Isles of the South Seas” by- Frederick O’Brien 4/6; “London, Yesterday Today and To-morrow” by Harper, 9/6; “Queer Things About London” by Harper, 9/6; “Stevenson” by Chesterton, 6/-; “Round the World with the Prince” by Turley, 4/6; “Epigrams,” Wit and Humour in Brief, by Jerrold, 7/6; “Jesus Christ” by Canon Deane, 3/-; “Queen Elizabeth” by Sydney Dark, 3/-; New novels and reprints: “Running Horse Inn” by Sheppard, 6/-; “Gallions Reach” by Tomlinson 6/-, “Jahala” by Kelland 6/-; “In a Yun-Nan Courtyard” by Miln, 6/-; “The Traitors’ Gate” by Wallace, 3/6;. “Bar 20 Rides Again” by Mulford, 2/6. —Advt.

Fashionably dressed women, not normally given to acrobatic displays, may be seen standing on chairs in the railway waiting room at Helensville on almost any day of the w.eek. If they don’t stand on a chair, then they can’t see their reflections in the long mirror above the mantelpiece. When the station was rebuilt last year the workmen who put the equipment of the women’s cloakroom in place had little knowledge of women’s ways. Perhaps they were bachelors. Anyhow, they screwed a. perfectly good mirror above the fireplace, flat against the wall, and only a giantess could possibly catch a glimpse of her reflection as the thing is fixed. Until form Umpteen B has been made out in triplicate and a yard of red tape unwound from the official coils, lady visitors and tourists who have been to the nearby baths will doubtless have to continue standing on chairs if they are to have just the right amount of lipstick showing and a not-too-powdered nose.

A West Coaster’s House—Tattersail’s Hotel, Christchurch, the most central and most popular for accommodation, with W. A. Stapleton aa proprietor. —Advt.

The stream of travellers passing to and from the West Coast is still large. This morning the outward express carried 217 passengers to Canterbury. The inward express this afternoon will bring in 318.

Foi- the next few days only at the Blue and White Confectionery, Tainui Street, a free gift of a beautiful hand painted box of English chocolates, worth £4. View the window. —Advt.

The Carnival Week conducted at Westport prior to Christmas was not a financial success. The total receipts were £238 1/11, and the expenditure £273 15/9, leaving a debit balance of £35 13/10. The guarantors are being requested to pay five shillings in the pound.

Dearer footwear appears to be a development of the near future in New Zealand. All classes of leather have advanced, and are still advancing in price, consequently a rise is foreshadowed in all Colonial lines equivalent to seven and a-half per cent., which means ten per cent, on prices.

Bathing togs at reduced prices.— Ladies’ and children’s Rubber Bathing Caps, Selling Off lOd and 1/11; Rubber Helmets, Selling Off 2/6; Children's Bathing Costumes 1/11 and 2/11; Ladies’ Bathing Costumes, Selling Off 3/11 and 5/11; Ladies’ and Gent’s Woollen Bathing Suits, Selling Off 8/11. McGruer’s, Greymouth.—Advt.

Butter and cheese factories appear to be doing good business so far as production is concerned. On an average 1000 boxes of butter and 200 crates of cheese are being railed from Reefton, Greymouth, Hokitika, and South Westland every week to the Lyttelton cool stores. Latest, reports fron) London indicate that there has been a slight decline in prices ruling for butter owing to the market being oven supplied. . -

Kugour’s special offer in Music Department.—Violin Outfits, 50/-, 65/-, 80/-, 150/-, to 200/-; Wilhelm Hardt second-hand Piano £55 cash, or easy terms arranged; Accordeons, 16/6, 22/6, 27/6, 32/6, 35/- to 65/-; Steel Guitars, 70/-, and Banjoline, 130/-; Mandolines, 45/- and 57/6; ' Large selection of Piano Rolls 6/6, . to 8/9; Music Cases 7/6, 9/6, 10/- to 15/-; Violin Bows, 8/6, 12/6, 17/6 to 25/-; Gramophones, 90/-, 145/-, 165/-; His Master’s Voice Gramophones, £ll £l3/10/-, £l7, £27/10/-, £35 to £42. Easy terms arranged. A. E. Kilgour, Gramophone and Music Depot, Mawhera Quay.—Advt. The following offers have been re-t ceived in support cf the West Coast A. and P. Show prize fund: —J. Ballentyne and Co. Ltd., Christchurch, £3 3/-; New Zealand Warehousemen’s Association, Christchurch, £1 - 1/-; Punakaiki-Barrytown Farmers’ Union, £1 1/1; -Pyne pould and Guinness Ltd., Christchurch, £1 1/-; W. D. and H. O. Wills, (N.Z.) Ltd., Wellington, £1 1/-; British Imperial Oil Co., Ltd. (N.Z.), Ltd., per Gollih and, Co., Wellington £1 1/-.; Quill Morris Ltd., Christchurch, £1 1/-.