LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

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

At the monthly meeting of the Now Zealand Dairy Produce Board, yesterday, tlie matter of export licenses for dairy produce was fully discussed. It was decided that classes six and eight of export license, so far as they apply to f.O.b. sales outside great Britain and Europe, be allowed to remain in ■abeyance for the remainder of the season. —Press Assn.

Anzac Day’s rain having prevented many from hearing St. Paul’s Choir render excerpts from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” it has been decided to render it again at a Musical Service tomorrow (Sunday) evening at St. Paul’s Church, commencing at 8.20. A collection will be received in aid of choir work. —Advt.

The Marine Department has received the following telegram from Captain Bollons. of the Tutanekai, which is on its way from Auckland to Samoa: “Passed Falcon Island yesterday afternoon. 'l'hc island is in viole.nl. eruption. Lava, is flowing down both of its sides into the sea. The island is now two miles long, and has a N.N.E. and S.S.W. direction. It is now 550 feet in height.

The -Bristol” the leading Lease La. Gre> mouth for Pianos, Player-Pianos Gramophones, Records and sheet music, can fulfil vour requirements for the long evenings that are coming Music is the greatest draw. No function is complete without it. The new Barnard player-piano or His Master’s Voice Gramophone can be seen and heard at our salon in Tainui Street. Price and terms to suit all. The Bristol Piano Co. Ltd. —Advt.

At a' meeting of householders held in the Miners’ Hall, Rewanui, on Monday last, the following were elected on the school committee for the ensuing year:—Mr L. Smithson (Chairman), Mr S. Burgess (Secretary), and Messrs Quate, Doherty and Menzie.

The Minister for Finance (Mr Downie Stewart) has arranged to address a public meeting at Cambridge on Monday next. Considerable importance will attach to the speech since it is probable that reference will be made to the financial operations of the country for the year just closed.

No appointment has been made yet of a Director of Forestry in succession to Captain L. Macintosh Ellis, who recently resigned in order to take up a private afforestation position. From enquiries made it was ascertained that the Forestry Department is undergoing a process of reorganisation, and when this is complete an announcement as to the Government’s future intentions will be made.

The opening day of our boot and shoe sale drew a huge crowd of eager buyers. Every purchaser was more than satisfied with the wonderful bargains. C. Smith Ltd., Drapers, Greymouth. —Advt.

“He is .a dull boy and suited only for driving a motor-car,” said an advocate of an employer’s cause in the Arbitration Court at Auckland, when seeking exemption from the drivers’ award. “And is it wise to allow a dull boy to drive around the busy streets of Auckland?” queried the Judge, Mr Justice Frazer. “I mean, he nas no initiative,” explained the advocate hastily, “but he drives well.”

We sell for less. Ladies’ all-wool Pullovers, now 5/6; Ladies Woollen Gloves 1/11, 2/10 and 3/11; Ladies’ Winceyette Nightdresses, in pink, sky, and helio, now 5/11; Natural Merino Woven Nightdresses (women’s) now 8/11; O.S. now 9/11. Thorpy's, Ltd., Greymouth and Reefton. —Advt.

The Board appointed to consider the position in connection with the present dispute between the Miners’ Union and the State Mines management, regarding the pillar extraction in the Anderson seam of the No. 2 Liverpool Collieries, will visit the mine next Friday morning and hold their conference in the Court House at 2 o’clock the same afternoon, Mr Meldrum, S.M., will be chairman.

Kilgour’s for Office Requisites: — Swan Typewriting Carbon, 15/- to 16/6 per box;. Swan Typewriting Ribbons, 3/6 to 4/6; Golden Rod Copying Pencils (green, purple, red, magenta, yellow, blue), 5/6 per dozen; Special Timber Marking Pencils, 2/6 a doz.; Typewriting Papers, etc. obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller and Stationer, Mawffiera Quay.—Advt.

Holding that an auctioneer may in the course of business sell wireless material at auction, Magistrate McKean yesterday dismissed the information which had been laid against John H. Ansell, city auctioneer, for selling wireless apparatus without a radio dealer’s license. Security for appeal was fixed at £lO 10/- (telegraphed our Auckland correspondent).

While with others, tidying up the ground surrounding Wesley Church, in Russell Street, this week, Mr W. Taylor removed part of a stone and was surprised to find that it was the foundation stone of the building (says the Westport “News”). A newspaper and other records and coins were embedded, and, as Wesley Church celebrated its 50th anniversary some time ago, the stone evidently dates back over 50 years. The contents are to be displayed at the church on Sunday.

Handkerchiefs. —Ladies’ White Hemstitched, now 1/10 and 2/10 a dozen; Coloured Bordered and Fancy Printed Handkerchiefs, onw 2/10 and 3/8 a dozen; Fancy Jazz Garter Lengths, were 1/3, now 6d. We sell for less. Thorpy’s, Ltd., Greymouth and Reefton. —Advt.

The members of the Main Highways Board did not waste very much time on their trip to Karamea on Wednesday (says the Westport “Times”). Despite the fact that they visited Burnett’s Face and had several other stops on the road, Karamea was reached about 12 o’clock. The return journey was made at the same speed. Although a local service driver also pace was too hot for him, in fact too made the trip he considered that the dangerous to be pleasant. Perhaps they will grant the County Council extra money for wear and tear to the County roads.

Owing to unemployment, and consequent inability to meet payments, distressed ex-Servicemen in Auckland have had their homes sold by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. As a result, the New Zealand Ex-Servicemen’s League has appealed to the Prime Minister, asking for assistance for men in distressed circumstances, and suggesting that loans might be made in certain cases through the Repatriation Department A favourable re- ( ply was received from Mr Coates, assuring the League that the question was receiving careful consideration, and inviting the members to submit for consideration the names of men urgently in need of assistance.

Cheap reading:—“The Man with the Sixth Sense,” “The Second Baronet,” by Louis Tracy; “Hopalong Cassidy,” “Tlie Coming of Cassidy,” “Bar 20,” “Bar 20 Days,” by Mulford; “The Lazy Y Book” by Seltzer; “The Plunderers,” “The Black Watcher,” by P. Oppenheim; ‘Yellow Ribbon,” “Cipher,’'’ by Le Queux; “We Shall See,” “Penelope,- ’ by Edgar Wallace; “Bulldog Drummond” by “Sapper.” Price 1/-; postage 2d extra. Obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller and Stationer, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

A considerable amount of progress has been made with committee work by the National Industrial Conference, and the stage has now been reached where reports on certain subjects are being prepared for submission to the general conference. A meeting of the conference was held on Tuesday to set up a. special committee representative of both sides to consider matters that, had already been sufficiently discussed, and arrive at decisions on these questions for presentation to the conference as a whole. A start was made with this work to-day, the specific subjects to be dealt with being (he industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the minimum wage, unemployment. immigration, and work-’ ers’ compensation. i

When Xn Greymoutll stay at the Hotel Dominion, the sporting and commercial house, one minute from Railway Station, G.P.0., 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.

Messrs N. W. Jones (Rugby), W. Larcombe (League), and E. Airey (Soccer), waited on the Borough Council last evening regarding the allocation of playing Saturdays on the Recreation Ground, which were made as follow: —League 10, Rugby and Soccer 6 each. The League was also granted the use of the Recreation Ground for June 4.

To-day’s weather forecast: —The indications are for northerly winds, moderate to strong later, and backing by west to south. Still expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts, with rain shortly,. but shortly weather improving. Cooler temperatures. Barometer unsteady. After about sixteen hours barometer rising. Seas rough, tides poor., # In all cases prevention is better than cure. This is how it is that hundreds of people are now keeping a bottle of Parkinson’s Influenza Specific in readiness in case this distressing complaint should assert itself. The first symptoms are well known: Headache, aching bones, a general feeling of depression, sometimes accompanied with a slight fever and sore throat. Take a dose of the Specific at once and repeat every three or four hours till normal conditions are restored. It is wonderful stuff and gets to work straight away and if taken in time a complete cure is only a matter of a few hours. The price is 1/6 (S doses) and 2/6 (16 doses), from Parkinson and Co., Cash Chemists, Greymouth.-—Advt.

Several bows and five arrows were broken by Cupid on the voyage of Jhe steamer Esperance Bay, which arrived at Sydney last week from England with immigrants. / On the whole, the trip was uneventful —except for some sickness —but several love affairs had their turbulent moments. Glamorous tropic moons and sea air culminated in the announcement of two engagements before the ship reached Australia. The same sea air, however, had a devastating, effect on three young English girls, who were coming cut to marry their chosen Australian husbands. Alas, the romances were shattered! Cupid’s aim was unerring. The three lassies found more ideal men on the boat. A Sydney paper says: — “This sort of thing happens on nearly every voyage of the Esperance Bay. It will soon be called the ‘love ship.’ Something ought to be done about it.”

During a recent visit to England, Mr J. Rentoul, chairman of the New Zealand Honey Export Control Board, requested the High Commisisoner, Sir James Parr, to approach the Army, Navy and Air Force authorities, with a view to inducing them to consider the inclusion of honey in the rations for the forces. The matter was raised but none of the authorities concerned considered the scheme practicable. The jam used by the men in the navy is not part of the official ration. In the army and air force there is no jam ration, but a money allowance is granted from which the units are at liberty to purchase jam or any other commodity in the institutes of the forces. These include honey in their stock, but the demand for it is practically negligible.

The latest in Indoor Games; —“Pirates,” “Pilgrims’ Progress,” “The Fairy Princess,” “Hurry Scurry,” “Motoring,” “Ludo,” “Sinnett,” “Blind Pig,” “Snakes and Ladders,” “Old Maid.” “Big-game Hunting,” “Steeplechase,” “Halma,” “Mount Everest,” “The Down Mail,” “Aunt Sally,” “Cocoanut Pitch,” “Scouting,” “Tobaggoning,” “Look Out Who Wants It,” “Helter Skelter,” “Diver’s Luck,” “Magnetic Fishing,” “Football,” in small size, 1/- each. Larger size 2/- each: “Hoopla,” “Skilly,” “The Little Word Maker,” “Red Indian,” “Shooting,” “Bagatelle” at 2/6 each. “Cocoanut Pitch,” “Table Croduet.” “Skittle Alley,” “Ball Tiddlewink” in very large sizes at 5/- each. Hundreds of others at B. Dixon’s. Tainui Street. —Advt.

Messrs E. 0. McPherson (Geologist), and C. N. Taylor (Engineer), of the Taranaki Oilfields Ltd., Poverty Bay, have been on the West Coast for the past week. Owing to the unfavourable weather conditions, they had only the opportunity to make a cursory inspection of the Company’s ar v ea near Marsden. They gained much useful data from the records, and cores taken from the deep test bores at Dobson, which were kindly placed at their disposal by the Greymouth Harbour Board, enabled them to secure considerable information regarding the geological features of the district. Next summer, it is intended to make a detailed survey of the Company’s area near Marsden. Messrs McPherson and Taylor left this morning for their headquarters at Poverty Bay.

Interesting reading:—“The Black Abbot,” “The Yellow Snake,” “The Three Just Men,” “The Joker,” “The Brigand,” by Edgar Wallace; “The Valley of the Stars,” “The Way of the Buffalo,” “Channing Comes Through,” “West,” “The Trail Horde,” by.C. A. Seltzer; “Richard Chatterton,” “The Street Below,” “Winnie of Wind Whis- ( tie,” “The Highest Bidder,” “The Planter of the Tree,” “The Dancing Master,” “The Fortune Hunter,” “The Romance of a Rogue,” by Ruby Ayres; “The Pursuit of Pamela,” “The Feast of Lanterns,” “Red Lily and Chinese Jade,” “Ruben and Ivy Sen,” “The Purple Mask,” “The Green Goddess,” “Mr and Mrs Sen,” “Humpty Dumpty” by Youise J. Miln. Price 2/6; postage 4d. extra. Obtainable at A. E. Kilgour’s, Bookseller and Stationer, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

Sir Charles Fergtisson,, popular Go-vernor-General, follows the fashion set by his predecessors in office, and sometimes goes out quietly among the people, scores Of whom pass him by unaware of his identity. Only the other night Sir Charles was noticed in Auckland clad in quiet tweeds and a, raincoat, with a black and white collie dog running at his heels. An observer remarked at the time that scarcely any among the early evening crowds recognised his Excellency. Earl Jellicoe was well known for similar habits, and was frequently encountered on the Domain Drive quite a time before breakfast. One night at Frankton Junction he was patrolling the railway station which was in darkness, th.? Main Trunk not being due for an hour. A newspaper man asked him for a match, and it was not till the flame flared at. the end of the pressman’s cigarette that John Jcllicoe’s rugged; kindly face was recognised. “Not at all, not at all; only too happy,” said the hero of Scapa Flow when the journalist apologised for his action.

The amount 1 of coal, timber, stock, produce, and general merchandise transported through the Otira Tunnel for the week ended to-day was 7554 tons. This is an increase of 1296 tons, compared with the amount handled (6251 tons), for the corresponding period in 1927.

" The work of equipping the Wallsend Mine is proceeding steadily. The foundations for the winding engine is completed, and the engine is being erected. Foundations for the poppets will be completed next week. It is. expected that a contract for their erection will be invited at an early date. The workshops and deputies' cabin have been completed. It is likely that a commencement will be made for a railway siding shortly. The outlook for the mine is said to be most promising.

An extraordinary incident is reported from Montagu, . Cape Province, South Africa. At a cricket match a batsman hit the only ball owned by the village team to the outfield, where some ostriches were grazing. One of these gigantic and hungry birds promptly swallowed the ball. As, it was obviously impossible for the game to be continued without a ball, the ostrich was caught and its neck smacked until finally the ball was disgorged. The match was then continued.

Dainty lines for presentation: — “Days With the Poets,” series of books; dainty in design and binding, with col- e ored illustrations, at 2/6 each, Longfellow, Burns, Keats, Tennyson and Shakespeare; also “Days with the Composers series at the same price, . Wagner, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Gounod. Here is another line: “Essays of To-day and Yesterday” ser- ; ics, in dermatoid binding, at 3/6 each.' “Essays of Francis Thompson, Arnold Bennett, Alice Meynell, A. C. Benson, A. G. Gardiner, David Grayson at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street; —Advt. A special meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council was held at noon today, for the purpose of passing a resolution authorising the raising of an unemployment relief loan of £l4OO. The Mayor (Mr J. W. Greenslade) presided, and the following were also present: Crs. S. B. White, G. Perofti, J. McGinley and D. M. Robertson. The formal resolution was read and moved by the Mayor, seconded by Cr. McGinley, and carried. The Mayor explained that the money had been paid out of revenue last year, and had affected the Council’s bank balance to that extent. As soon as the necessary .resolution was passed, the Council could collect the money, and return it to the bank.

Large-size Indoor Games for the adult-: —“St. Franks Football Game,” 6/6; “Cueping” 7/6; “The Test Match” 7/6; “Parlour Quoits” 8/6; “Table Croquet” 8/6.; “Aunt Sally” 8/6; “Forest Shooting” 10/6; “Table Croquet” 15/- to 25/-; “Table Tennis at-2/6, 5/-, 7/6, 10/-, 12/6, 15/-, 19/6 each; “Chessmen,” in all sizes, 3/6, 5/6, 6/6, 7/6, 12/6, 15/- to 30/ : a set; Draughtsmen 1/-, 1/6, 2/- a set.' Draught and Chess Boards 9d, 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 3/1; Dominoes 1/- to 2/- a sea. Hundreds of smaller-sized games at 1/- • and -2/each at B. Dixon’s; Tainui Street. — Advt.

“If an old age pensioner is living in the country under healthy conditions and offending nobody, I do not think a local body should interfere," said a member of the Waitemata. County Council when a letter* was received.;, from a ratepayer of Swanson asking j <

for the eviction of an elderly man who camped on a road. The complaint stated the man ha’d been moved oh property at Hobsonville, and had then built a wharcjiear Swanson. The engineer said tho road had not been formed. The old ■ man maintained a garden on county, land and there appeared to be no objection to the con- ; ditions under which he lived. A mem« her said it was suggested the complaint had been made because the old man’s operations had Encroached on private property, and latepayers were entitled to protection, if this occurred. It was decided to acknowledge receipt of the complaint.