LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 July 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The James mine will work to-mor-row, but the Liverpool mine will be idle.

A special thanksgiving Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church, tomorrow morning;, to commemorate the 40 years’ work in the cause of Catholic education by the Marist Brothers on the West Coast.

On Wednesday next a monument will be unveiled at Patea by _Mr Young (Minister of Internal Affairs), to commemorate the arrival at t.ie settlement there of Turi, the commander of the Aotea canoe which brought to New Zealand the ancestors of the west coast tribes. Press Assn.

During the month of July, ended today, 20 vessels, aggregating 12,620 tons entered the port of Greymouth, and 19 vessels of an aggregate tonnage of 11,290 left the port, as compared with 29 arrivals (19,168 tons), and 29 departures (19.251 tons), during July of 1932. In the corresponding period of 1931 there were 14 arrivals (11,360 tons) and 16 departtures (13,637 tons).

The shooting season closed to-day. The Lake Brunner district provided the best bags of duck, the takes this season being easily the best for some years. Not many swan were taken, but in the district, fair bags of hare were reported. The opossum season closes to-morrow, and the takes throughout have been genarally quite good. The whitebait season officially opens to-morrow.

The fact that the Government was inundated with applications for lottery money was mentioned by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr. Young), when replying to a mountain house deputation at Dawson Falls (Taranaki) this week-end. The Minister indicated that the whole of New Zealand had gone wild in connection with such applications.—Press Assn.

A description of a portion of a strange fish, fourteen feet long, found by Ronald Vollmer, at Ruby Bay, possessing many characteristics of the so-called sea serpent, has been forwarded to L. T. Griffin, Director of the Auckland Museum, who expressed the opinion, it is regalecus pacificus, or the great oar fish. Complete specimens are seldom found. Only ten have been found in New’ Zealand up to 1891. —Press Assn.

Shortly before 10 o’clock yesterday morning, Mr James Cornish, Locomotive Foreman of Railways, w’ho resides at Karoro, was cycling at the intersection of Marlborough and Shakespeare Street, when he met in collision with a motor car driven by Mr Mervin Drummond, of Kumara. Mr Cornish was thrown heavily, his bicycle being smashed, and he sustained severe head injuries. His condition to-day, was reported by the Greymouth Hospital as being serious'.

At a special meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council this morning, the necessary resolution for striking and levying a special rate to secure the repayment of the proposed loan of £3,200 by the New Zealand State Fire Insurance Company, to the Council, by half-yearly instalments to be at the rate of 41 per cent., also a resolution authorising the affixing of the Council’s seal to 40 debentures each for £ll9/12/- in respect of the loan was passed, on the motion of Cr J. B. Kent, seconded by Cr F. F. Boustridge.

A strong gale, w'hich came up in the early hours of this morning, caused minor damage to some properties in Greymouth and Cobden, and to a greater extent in Runanga. One residence in the borough had a chimney wrecked, and another in Cobden had windows shattered. The residence of Mr. T. Green, Ward Street, Runanga, suffered badly through the wind carrying practically the entire roof away. In the same street, the residence of Mrs. Chinn, had the verandah damaged. The verandah attached to the residence of Mrs. M. Garvey, at Runanga, was carried clear over the house, and deposited in the back yard. A tin chimney was also demolished.

A wooden porch -will be built at the Hokitika District High School to replace the present brick structure. An announcement of this .decision was made on Saturday by the Acting-Min-ister of Education (Mr Bitchener). The brick porch, which w r as built many years ago, w r as partly torn away from the main building at the time of the Murchison earthquake in 1929, and. in the opinion of the School Committee, it is a menace to the safety of the pupils. Mr Bitchener visited the school three weeks ago and made a personal inspection. This w r as followed by an expert investigation, and, upon this report and the personal knowledge gained by the Minister, it was decided to replace the porch w’ith a w’ooden structure.

Final clearance of Millinery at 5/11. Not old hats but the season’s smartest shapes and shades to bo cleared regardless of cost. Regularly sold at 12/6 to 25/6. This is a real snip from C. Smith’s Great Winter Sale. —Advt.

Copper Fire Sets, comprising adjustable fender, with box upholstered seats, beautiful firescreen, brush tongs, poker and shovel. The lot for 32/6. This is outstanding value, and is definitely unbeatable. S. Burnett White, High Grade Furnisher. — Advt.

Books for Poultry Keepers and Bird Fanciers. “Fowls, How to Keep Them” 2/6 (3d). “Bantams. How to Keep Them,” 2/- (3d). “Rhode Island Red” 3/- (Id). “The Practical Poultry Keeper,” by Wright, cloth bound 8/6 (6d). “Modern Wyandottes,” 2/-, (3d). “The A.B.C. of Breeding Poultry,” 2/. (3d) “Incubators and Chicken Rearers,” 2/3 (3d). “Pigeons, How to Keep Them” 2/(3d). “Pigeon Keeping For Amateurs” 2/- (3d). “Diseases of Cage Birds” 1/9 (3d). At B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

People are always ready to popularise something distinctive, and it is this that contributes to the great selling success which Dewar s Imperial Whisky is now meeting with. No whisky can compare with the rare and appealing flavour of Dewar’s—it is mild and smooth to the palate, a true friend to all men. You would be wise to procure a bottle of “Dewar’s” as its distinctive palatable flavour will meet with the greatest approval at all times. Messrs Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Agents, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport.—Advt.

Owing to a bushing on a transformer at Kaiata sub-station blowing out, shortly before eight o’clock this morning, the electric power service in the Grey Electric Power Board’s district was affected for approximately twenty minutes.

Speaking at a youth rally at the Y.W.C.A., at Dunedin, Miss C. Niven mentioned that lately quite a number of- the large cities of the world had changed their names.' One of the latest was Pekin, which was now known as Peiping, and for some reason which she did not know the first •»“?” was pronounced as a “B.”

A better demand for timber than at any time for three years is being experienced in the King Country, states the Auckland “Herald’s” Te Kuiti correspondent. It is reported that the smaller mills between Te Kuiti and Ohakune are working full time, and a fairly large mill is being established at Owhango, near Taumarunui. All the larger mills are not yet working full time, as they have large stocks to dispose of. It is expected that the men in these larger mills will soon be working full time. It is also reported that there was an increased activity in -ie timber trade in towns in Taranaki.

Star of the West Lodge, U.A.0.D., usual fortnightly meeting to-night.— Advt.

Additional exemptions from the payment of s&les tax are notified in the “Gazette.” The exemptions are:— Strawboard for fruit packing only, annatto, medals to be presented by the New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Association or similar approved institutions, hand sheep-shears, tags or labels for affixing to carcases, zinc shavings and emery paper, emery cloth and glass paper cut into rolls, shapes or sheets, grinding machines and emery and similar wheels. The Minister of Finance (Mr Coates) questioned regarding features of the last quarter’s public accounts was unable to give final figures, but he provided an interesting indication as to how the newest tax is assisting revenue. It was estimated that the sales tax should produce about £200,000 monthly and-. The quarter’s figures will show that the estimate was approximately right.

Less than wholesale cost. —Ladies' Cardigans and Jumpers, including the newest styles and effects at 9/11. These are usually sold at 17/6 to 25/-. See for yourself, these famous “Kaiapoi” garments. Remember, only 9/11, and only at C. Smith’s, Ltd. — Advt.

American Magazines and Papers. Ow’ing to the more favourable remitting rate now existing between New Zealand and America all prices of the above have been substantially reduced, in fact are down to normal. Readers will be pleased to note this fact. All supplies by every mail at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.—Advt.