LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Outstanding revenue —rates, rent reserves, water connections, for the Borough of Kumara, must be paid before March 31 to the Town Clerk, Mr Geo. Pamment. Rates not paid will bear an additional 10 per cent.

Special March prices: Double-bed Plain Unbleached Sheeting, original price 2/6; March price, 1/11 a yard. Also Single-bed Sheeting Unbleached, original price 1/11; March price 1/6 a yard at C. Smith, Ltd., Drapers, Greymouth.—Advt.

The amount of goods in timber, coal, stock, produce, and general merchandise, railed through the Otira Tunnel for the week ended to-day was 8427 tons. This is an increase on the amount handled for the corresponding period in 1927, when the total tonnage was 6932.

Kilgour’s Special Value Lines. —“Ink Eradicator” 2/-, “The Chatty Bridge Scorer” 6d; “Special Value in Pucca Pads” 1/-, “Giant Pads” 200 sheets 1/3; “Pembury Bond Pads” all tints 1/-; “Exquisite Pads” all tints 1/-: “Chick Pads” 1/-; “The Grecian School Pad” 6d.; “Zealandia School Pad” 1/-; “Pure Castile Soap, 3 tablets for 1/3; “Large Tablets Bath Soap, 3 Tablets for 1/3; “Tooth Brushes” 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 2/- to 3/6. Obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller, Stationer and Fancy Goods Dealer, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

It is a well recognised among physicians that flies, mosquitoes and rats are conveyors of disease. It is proved beyond doubt that malaria, yellow fever, and certain other diseases are transferable through the agency of mosquitoes; and flies, as we all know do their share in spreading contagion by their dissemination of poisonous matter. Boards of Health, Hospiial authorities, borough councils and other governing bodies are spending large sums to insure a better state of health in the community in which they reside. Parkinson and Co. can assist you to do your share. Get some fly papers, mosquito lotion, and rat paste. Use them according to directions and prevent the spread of disease in your home and the community. The fly papers are only one penny each, the mosquito lotion 2/-, and the rat paste 2/6. Get them at Parkinson’s. —Advt.

A chair that stood in Nelson’s battle of Trafalgar has now been restored to its former place of honour. After the death of Nelson, Admiral Gambis came into possession of his stateroom. When he retired the admiral took with him all the furniture that had been in the ship at the time of the battle, and placed it in his home at Uxbridge. Admiral Gambis died, and his home was sold by auction. The auctioneer noted the Victory chairs and told a friend that if he bid a certain sum they would be his. The friend bought the chairs and they remained in his family for years. An old lady, Mrs' Balbi, who now owns the chairs, say an appeal, stating that the furniture of Nelson’s stateroom was wanted, and she communicated with the Admiralty. She has now lent one of the* chairs to the Admiralty, and it is in the stateroom of the Victory.

Buy Quality Goods. Compare these values and prices with elsewhere. Neptune Fountain Pens, 4/6, 7/6, 9/6, 10/6, 12/6, 15/- each. Waterman Ideal Fountain Pens, 25/- each. Onoto Fountain Pens, 21/- each. Lifetime Pens, with a lifetime guarantee, 50/- and 57/6. Tainui Fountain Pens 2/6 each. “The Golden Coast” Fountain Pen 6/- each. The Monocrat Pen 1/6 each. The Coral King Fountain Pen 5/- each. These are the best values on the market. Inspect these lines at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

It came to pass in the second month of the year on the twenty-eighth day of the month a certain man whose hirsute adornment was like that of Eli looked from afar and said “Behold, oven now my brethren of the sixties are gathering together in the city of Greymouth to make merry and celebrate, I will arise and go to them.” And it was so that whilst sojourning within the gates of the great city he did lie on his couch and verily sleep did forsake him. And he arose early and hied him to the hall of a certain apothecary, one Fred the son of Robert, of whom old timers did speak praise and entering in he did ask relief from the pestilence which ’did cause him to stay awake in the silent watches of the night. Accordingly did the wise apothecary consult the writings on his tablets of stone and behold he. cometh forth from his inner chamber fragrant with the aroma of the Chesterfield and sayeth to his pioneer friend: “Friend I say unto thee, go hence and this night when thou goest to thy rest read the Dictionary of one Webster, and all will be well with thee.” And 10, it was even I as the apothecary had said. ■

There are very few persons in the world whose emotions are not stirred by music, and there aire hundreds who, when they have heard the gifted musician, have wished to be able to play or sing as well as the one they have listened to. In these days any person can, with a few lessons and tuition, play like the best of musicians. We can both demonstrate and prove this. Call and hear the new Barnard Player Piano. You will realise at once that Paderewski’s attainments are within your reach. This instrument must not be confounded with the cheap thing in the market only suitable for grinding out fox-trots. It has been constructed so as to make a musician of any person who longs to be able to play really well. We give both tuition and easy terms. The Bristol, Tainui Street, Greymouth.— Advt.

Another drop in the timber trade of the Dominion is revealed by figures for 1927 which have just been released. Both imports and exports have fallen, imports by 5,700,000 super feet, exports by 4,800,000 feet. This downward trend is the continuation of the progressive decrease which statistics reveal to have taken place during the past three years. At the same time the balance of trade (the excess of imports over exports) has improved from the New Zealand point of view, each year showing a smaller margin between the lumber brought into the country from abroad and the woods exported.

New Shopping Baskets. —Framed Cane Baskets, godd shapes, strong handles, 8/6 each; Jazz and plain colored Hankow Baskets, at 9d and 1/each; Italian Straw- Baskets, in jazz colours, 3/6 and 4/- each; New style Cord Bags, large sizes, very strong, suitable for working designs on, 1/9 and 2/- each; Cretonne Bags, with flexible steel handles, 4/6 each. The best value is at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

A motor bus was shipped at Auckland. by the steamer Hinemoa for Norfolk Island, where the residents are awaiting its arrival with feelings of keen anticipation. Just a short time ago the first motor-car made its appearance at the island, and as every horse and goat bolted on sighting it, special restrictions had to be imposed, one being that a prior announcement of any proposed journey has to be made. Since then a Norfolk Island motor fleet has grown slowly. The bus is to be used for conveying tourists round the island, and on race day—the big annual event of the island—it will probably be in keen demand to convey the residents to and from the course.

Nelson’s Classics. —“The Old Curiosity Shop,” “Nicholas Nickleby,” “Sketches by ‘Boz’” “Pickwick,” by Charles Dickens; “Ninety Three,” “Notre Dame” by Victor Hugo; “Twenty Years After,” “The Three Musketeers,” “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “Marguerite de Valois” by Alexander Dumas; “Tom Brown’s School Days” by Thomas Hughes; “The Cloister and the Hearth,” “Peg Woffington” by Charles Reade; “New Arabian Nights” “A Child’s Garden of Verses” by R. L. Stevenson; “Two Years before the Mast” by R. H.^ Dana; “Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain. Price 1/9 per copy. A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller and Stationer, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

The Swedish press tells the story of a reindeer herd of about 1000 animals which happened to cross a railway line of the National Frontier Railway in Lapland, above the Polar Circle. The driver of the electrical train, passing at high speed, did not see the grey-white animals against the snow, so that about 100 reindeer were killed or maimed. Many animals got frightened and disapeared into the thick Lapland forest," where they are not easily found. The Lapp owners will be paid by the State railways. The winter up in Northern Lapland is this year so cold that the Lapps have decided to move from the mountain regions down to the valleys, although the reindeer fodder has been excellent and abundant. The animals are well fed and in good condition, so that the Lapps expect to do good business in spring, when the excellent reindeer meat is exported southwards.

Kilgour’s Specials. —Paper covered novels 1/- each: —“The Sleeper Awakes,” "Tales of Life and Adventure,” “Tales of the Unexpected,” “The History of Mr Polly,” “Kipps,” “War in the Air” “Tono Bungay,” ‘.‘The First Man in the Moon” H. G. Wells; “Treasure Island,” “Kidnapped” by Robert Louis Stevenson; “The Man with the Broken Nose,” “The Ace of Cards” by Michael Arlen; “Miriam Ro zella” by B. L. Far jeon; “The Panama Plot” by Arthur B. Reeve; “The Doctor,” “Patsy” by H. de V. Stacpoole; “Running Water,” “Miranda of the Balcony” by A. E. W. Mason; “The Cask” by F. Wills Croft; “The Secret of the Square” by William le Quex; “The Man from Australia” by Katharine Tynan; “Mr Potter of Texas,” Mr Barnes of New York” by A. C. Gunter. Obtainable from A. E. Kib gour, Bookseller and Stationer, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.—Advt.

Statistics relating to fires in the Dominion during January and February reveal a state of affairs probably unprecedented! in the history of New Zealand. Since January 1 199 buildings have either been destroyed or damaged. Of this number, 98 were dwellings, 76 being totally destroyed. The figures do not include hundreds of devastating bush fires which have occurred in all parts of the country during the past two months. Some of these outbreaks have been responsible for the" destruction of buildings, but even {liscounting fires originating in this way, the figures are alarming. One redeeming feature about the position (remarks the “New Zealand Herald”) is that so far there has been no loss of life as the direct result of fires, though narrow escapes have occurred. The major outbreaks include the loss of six shops in the business centre of the King Country township of Ohura; seven buildings in Nelson; and a fire which burned three hotels and six shops in Reefton. Factories and timber mills have suffered badly, while thousands of pounds’ worth of damage has been involved in the loss of shops.

Paper Goods for the holidays.—Paper Serviettes, 9d and 1/- a packet of 25; Paner D’Oyleys, in three sizes, 12 in packet for 6d, Bd, and 9d a packet; Paper Table Cloths, 30 x 30 inches, three in a packet for 1/-; Paper Plates in three sizes, 12 in a packet, for 1/-, 1/3 and 1/6 a packet; Paper Cups, in two sizes, 1/3 a packet of eight, and 1/9 a packet of 12; Paper Spoons, in two sizes, 12 in a packet, 6d and 9d. a packet. Large stocks at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

During this month special March prices in our showroom. Ladies cravanet and Gabardine Coats, original prices £5 5/- and £6 6/-; March prices 15/6 and 17/6 at C. Smith, Ltd., Drapers, Greymouth.—Advt.

When i.» 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.

The townsfolk of Runanga and Dunollie have risen to the occasion for beautifying the Seven Mile Beach. It speaks well for the community spirit when over 100 men were to be seen on Wednesday and Thursday evenings with shovels, picks, and wheel barrows, working in protecting the creek bed, and endeavouring to beautify what is one of the finest beaches in New Zealand. To-morrow, the whole population of Runanga will be on the beach at 10 a.m. Free buses will leave the Miners’ Hall.

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

Threb pairs Superior Art Silk Hose, plain and fancy for 5/6; single pairs 1/11J. Special 1,000 pair Clearance Sale. See window display. Thorpy’s Ltd., successors of McGruer’s, Greymouth and Re< fton.—Advt.

Ladies’ Hosiery. Great Bargain Sale, 1,000 pairs, usually 2/11 to 4/11 a pair, now all one price per pair, 3 pairs for 5/6. See window display. Thorpy’s, Ltd., successors of McGruer’s, Greymouth and Reefton. —Advt.