LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 April 1933, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gold was quoted in London, yesterday, at 120/4 per ounce, fine.

Good prospects are being obtained from the old Croesus . gold-mine, which is again being worked near Blackball. During the past few days, one sample weighing more than two ounces, and another exceeding an ounce, have been taken out.

The railway accounts for the twelve months ended yesterday disclose a decrease of £79,604 in the Canterbury and West Coast traffic district. There, are still a week’s returns to come this year, the total sum without that being £895,045, as compared with £974,649 for the previous year. The passenger traffic, figures show an increase, but. the revenue from passenger traffic is £161,422, as against £183,882 the previous year.

No fewer than 23 entries of three blooms each have been received by W. D. Murray & Co., for their dahlia competition, which is being conducted to-day. The blooms, some of which have come from as far away as Ahaura, are all of excellent, quality, and the exhibition is considered to be the best shown In Greymouth. The judge, Mr. R. Cooper, will make his awards early this afternoon, and the blooms will be on exhibition throughout the afternoon and evening.

Our Millinery section advise they have purchased a large range of new season’s Trimmed Felts in browns, navys. and blacks, and are offering these at the special price 12/6. An attractive offer. —C. Smith, Ltd. — Advt.

Uncle Sam is well iu the limelight to-day, and he' manages to keep well within its focus. We hear that he holds the greatest quantity of- -the world’s gold, but can’t find much use for it Then he closed his banks for a few day’s just by way of a change. And now we read that he is going oft prohibition, being convinced it is a delusion and a snare. That, of course, is a very cheerful piece of intelligence for it means that while Uncle Sam may make his own beer and may feel satisfied with it, yet it’s “a.guinea to a gooseberry” that he won’t be content with any whisky except Dewar’s Imperial, the same brand as sold in all leading hotels. Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Agents, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport.—Advt.

The Assistant-Commissioner of Stamp Duties at Hokitika (Mr W. E. Brown), has received advice that Cabinet is taking no further action regarding the proposal to close the Stamp Duties and Land Transfer offices at Hokitika.

“WTien Depression Meets Its Doom.” Hear this rousing prophesy at the Tent, on Sunday at 7.15. The tent is heated. —Adyt.

An amusing slip in the rules of a Timaru flower show, held towards the end of last year, has been discovered by those who took the rules in question as a guide for the rules of thenown show. The rule reads: “Sections D, E. F. G and M to become the/property of the executive and sold for the benefit of the funds.” Section M was the baby show!

During an address given in Wellington on the economic wastage as the result of the deterioration of rural roads, Mr H. F. Toogood said it appeared that the public and even, perhaps, many members of county councils, had failed to grasp the fact that £5,000,000 invested in road crust had disappeared in road dust in the past twelve months. This wastage had not been replaced in the ordinary course of maintenance, and on many miles of roads the deterioration had not. been arrested, but was continuing.

The remarkable case of triplets reaching the age of 71 years and still remaining active and well was marked on Wednesday by the birthday of Mrs. H. M. Stewart, of Dunedin, and her two sisters, Mrs. S. H. Avery, Grey Lynn, Auckland, and Mrs. G. Gorman, of Blackball, Queensland. Since they were 16 years old the three sisters have not met together at one time, although they have paid visits to one another individually. Mrs. Gorman is the only one whose husband is still alive. Of'the 10 children —five boys and five girls—born in the family, the triplets are the only ones now alive.

The Committee administering the Mayor’s Unemployment Fund, yesterday distributed twenty-one small par-, cels to applicants. It was decided to deliver to each married man, next week, two bags of coal. Several articles of clothing were also given out yesterday.- The calls on the relief depot have been heavy this week, and the Committee was compelled to purchase a few lines of food to enable the applicants to be supplied. Further public support for the pound scheme is urgently needed, and the Committee will be grateful for any small article of clothing, or foodstuff that any person might be in a position to give to the depot.

Further restrictions on the export of silver coinage from New Zealand are imposed by an Order-in-Council gazetted this week. Persons going to Britain or Ireland by direct route may now take only £5 in silver , instead of £lO and persons going to any other destination may take only £2 in silver instead of £5. In the absence from Wellington of the Minister of Finance, reference to the regulations was made by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr R. Masters, who said that the Government was determined to put down the export of silver, -which was being taken out of the country to avoid exchange.

In -public places, in shops, hotels, streets —wherever there are people—you move in an atmosphere saturated with germs which settle in the warm passages of the nose and throat. Cold in itself does not cause colds; as an instance of that it may be pointed out that during the last Antarctic Expedition Byrd and his men were singularly free from colds. But the town dweller is- more or less helpless against the attack of germs—they cannot be seen —but once they are established they soon make themselves felt! So, at the first symptoms of a cold take a good dose of Parkinson’s Lime Syrup. No better prescription is known to give quick relief from colds and sore throats. Pleasant to take and suitable for young and old. 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, and 2/6 per bottle. Parkinson and Co., Chemists. —Advt. Latest Parchment and Silk Electric Lamp Shades are on view at A. E. Kilgour’s. Prices ranging from 1/3, 1/6,1/9, 2/11, 3/6, to 10/6. A. E. Kilgour,' Fancy Goods Dealer, Mackay Street, Opp. Town Hall. —Advt. Carnival decorations in all the latest designs. Confetti, balloons, streamers. All on sale at A. E. Kilgour’s, Mackay Street, opposite Town Hall.—Advt. Always an event of great importance is 'the arrival of the new. season’s goods. Ladies will ■be particularly interested in the autumn showing. Twenty cases have already been opened while others continue to arrive. There is a wide selection in Frocks and Coats, featuring the latest models and shades while the exclusive millinery is sure to appeal. Fabrics too, include many new weaves and effects covering a comprehensive range of delightful new colours. We cordially invite your inspection.—C. Smith, Ltd. —Advt. New Books and Reprints.—“ The Flaming Frontier,” by Pendexter; “Canyon Trails,” by Sanders; “Great Dust,” by Traill; “The Man Who Found Out,” by Hocking; “The Blocked Trail,” by McCulley; “He Arrived at Dusk,” by Ashby; “Beyond Control,” by Rex Beach; “Muliiner Nights,” by Wodehouse; “Groping” by Jacobs; “The Motor Rally,” by Rhodes; “The Round Up” by Mulford; “Jeremaiah and the Princess,” by Oppenheim; “Sardinian SideShow,” by Posse-Brazdon, 7/- each, postage 4d. New Reprints:—“The Conqueror,” by Heyer, 4/6, postage 4d; “The Bandit of Horse Basin,” I)}’ Robertson; “The Bushlopers,” by Pendexter 4/- each, postage 4d; “Scaramouche the King Maker,” by Sabatini 4/-; “The Coat of Arms,” by Wallace; “Moran Chambers Smiled,” by Oppenheim 4/- each, portage 4d. Procurable at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.