LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 September 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Liverpool mine will be idle, again, to-morrow. The James mine will work.

The Wellington Master Bakers’ Association have decided to raise the price of bread from fivepence over the counter to s£d. Delivery price will remain at sixpence;—Press Assn.

At the Blenheim sale, this morning, sheepskins fetched 9£d per pound. Eleven pound skins made eight shillings. The butchers are jubilant, as tho price equals that paid for sheep a few weeks ago.—Press Assn.

Mr Robert Muir of Kaimata suffered a fractured leg through falling over a bank, while working at the New River gold claim near Kaimata yesterday. Dr A. W.. Wilkinson attended to him, and he was brought to the Grey River Hospital where h’s condition, to-day, was reported as being satisfactory.

Only four cases of notifiable disease were reported to the . Health Department from the Canterbury and West Coast districts last week, the lowest total for many months. There were no cases from the West Coast,.. and those from Canterbury were two of tuberculosis, one of scarlet fever, and one of hydatids. , There was a fatal case of tuberculosis.

According to private advices received at Auckland from Hobart, New Zealand subscribers won the first and fourth prizes in a sweepstake that was drawn yesterday, and Auckland maintained its good fortune in overseas lotteries by providing the winner of the. first prize of £6OOO. The first prize was drawn by “Money Wanted,” caro of “T.D.A..” Auckland, but no elite as to the identity of the was available. Tho fourth prize, of £350, was Avon by “Railway Syndicate,”- care of ‘‘A.E.J.,” Woodville. —Press Assn.

The result of the first ballot for the election of President of the United Mine Workers’ of New Zealand, has disclosed that of the five candidates, Messrs W. Clark, J. Smeaton, Mcßride, Roberts and English, the highest figures were credited to Messrs Smeaton (577), and Clark (399), who will go to the poll for the second ballot. Mr A. McLagan (Brunner) by a large, majority, was chosen as Australian delegate, the opposing candidate being Mr Roberts (Waikato).

The Postmaster-General (Mr Hamilton) announced to-day, that following lengthy negotiations he had in his capacity as Minister of Telegraphs, taken over from Lewis Eadie, the Auckland Broadcasting Station IZR, and from 2ZW Broadcasting Service, Wellington, Ltd., the: Broadcasting Station 2ZW. The change in control took effect from yesterday. The stations will continue to be operated for the present by the former owners. Later it is expected they will form flart of the National Broadcasting Service. A fuller statement will be made by the Minister, later.—Press Assn.

The curious fact that no flax plant has yet been found which can be considered io breed true from seed is recorded in an annual report of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In general it may be said that in the department’s pedigree seedlings there is a very marked similarity between parent and offspring in such features as vigour and habit of growth and in date of flowering. Closer examination, however, reveals considerable differences among seedling plants of an apparently uniform row. In some of the best fibre plants the seedlings show extremely wide variations In habit and vigour of growth, in colour and in fibre quality. Not one per cent, of the progenv could be said to resemble the parent.

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Somewhere the sun is shining, hut

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Men of the world, men with education who have travelled widely, and men with a natural good taste, all say “De.war’s Please!” For many years past ‘Dewars’ Imperial Whisky has held a record for absolute purity and quality that has never been excelled./ and to-day this famous brand is undoubtedly the most popular spirit on the market. “Don’t say a drop of whisky, please—say ‘a drop of DeWry-’s please.’ Messrs Griffen and Smith, Ltd., agents, Greymouth, Hokitika, V and Westport.—Advt.

Gold was quoted in London, yesterday, at 131/- per ounce, fine.

Freight railed through the Otira tunnel last week amounted to 10,341 tons, as compared with 9,759 .tons during the corresponding week of last year, and 9,558 tons in 1931.

While shifting the. mooring of the dredge Mawhera, in the Grey River yesterday, the line became foul of thepropeller, and the small boat used for the work, was drawn under the surface, throwing its two occupants, into :: the river. They were quickly rescued, • and taken aboard the dredge, after a cold experience. .

The work being carried out by unemployed labour, in the formation of a footpath leading from Leonard to Arney Street bridge, is progressing rapidly, and when it is asphalted later, it will greatly improve the appearance of that locality, at the same time making pleasant walking for pedestrians, who now resort to the road for comfortable travel. ■ . -j

1 “This woman has visited almost every clergyman of every denomination in Auckland, telling stories, and obtaining substantial sums of money, but she is not charged with more than four offences, because the clergymen do not wish to be mixed up in Court proceedings,”’ said the police prosecutor, when Doris Ede, 48, married,/today, in the Police Court pleaded guilty to being a rogue and vagabond. The Magistrate sentenced her to six months’ imprisonment.—PreSs Assn.

Many premises that in happier times, provided a steady, and, profitable source of income have actually proved a burden .to their owners dur-' ing the period of depression, (says the Christchurch “Press”). That the difficulty is not merely one. of finding a tenant is indicated by the following notice which hangs in the window cf an empty shop in staUmore roadr “Wanted,., an honest tenant to rent this shop} one who will not sneak out ai midnight owing rent, arid one who is not a thief.”

An extension'of the borough water main is being made from Blake Street south, to Reid Street. This will provide residents in that area, with a - greater pressure of water, and firefighting supply. The work of laying the sewer in Devon Street has been completed, and the- houses on the southern side, have been connected j;6 the fiiain. An improvement has also been made by borough workmen in the clearing of willows, and removal of logs from Sawyer’s Creek, near Palmerston Street'./‘This will facilitate the flow of wafer'in flood periods.

‘‘Would, some sweet, pretty, kindhearted little girl mind opening this envelope? a Age limit, between 17 and ’2l years.”—The foregoing was the ad-. 'dress on an envelope, which confronted a Greymouth storekeeper,, when he 'opened .a crate, pt: imported .eggs -re?'.. cently. Inside the envelope there was a sheet of paper on which was written 'in pencil: “This is urgent, honey'bunch! If you ( are really kind-hearted, 'what about writing to a lonely- little boy at , l^orth Canterbury.” Signed -—aged 19. P.S.: Enclose photo. ,'Don’t forget!”

That an old-age pensioner could not be “a destitute person” within, the meaning of the Destitute persons Act/ was a ruling given by Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., at Levin. The case was one in which a woriian pensioner ‘brought a suit against each of her three brothers, on the ground that he was a near relative and was of sufficient ability.to contribute towards her support.' ' The magistrate held that the pensioner was in receipt of what the State considered was sufficient to keep a person. She was not destitute as a matter of law. He could not open the door to a host of pensioners. A civil sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held at Greymouth this-y morning, before Mr W. Meldrum S.M., when judgment for plaintiff by default, was given in the following debt cases: —J. I. Smail v. E. M. Phillips £B/3/-, costs £l/10/6; Katharine Curtain v. John Griffen £l/10/-, costs 10/-; E. H. Becker v. Leslie Ryan £l4, costs £2/14/-; S. B. White v. G. Brazil £5/2/6, cokts £l/12/6; S. B. White v. Frederick Brown £3 18/11, costs £l/3/6; S. B. White v. K. Collins £l/10/-, costs 10/-; Hugh J McConnell v. George Kendrick £1 3/3, costs ’9/-; Cotter and McKenzie v. James Burning £l5/0/1, costs £2/14/-; W. Costello .v. W. J. Delaney £l/7/.6, costs 8/-.

In answer to a criticism of his par-

ticipation in the Lyttelton election campaign, Mr E. Ransom in his address yesterday, -said he fished to make it clear all regretted the sad circumstances that had given rise to, the election, and he also wished to make it clear he was not in the elec-, torate for the purpose of .fighting the late Member’s, widow, who was held in high esteem throughout the electorate, but as a Cabinet Minister he felt it his duty to'explain the points of the Government’s policy. “We have never attempted to gain popularity by our administration,” said the Minister. “We were out to lift New Zealand from the mire, and because of that I’m afraid we’re not very popular to-day. That doesn’t matter, however, so long as we are doing the job right.”—Press Assn.

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