LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 November 1933, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gold was quoted at 129/llid per ounce, fine, in London, yesterday. The U.S.A, dollar was quoted at 491 i.

A miner named George Olsen, of Greymouth, met with an accident in the No. 2 mine, Liverpool Colliery, this morning, resulting in his right leg being broken near the ankle. The accident was caused through a. piece of side-coal falling in his workingplace. Olsen was removed to the Grey River Hospital-

Nominations closed at noon, to-day, for the by-election for the Buller seat. Two candidates were nominated: Messrs Patrick Charles Webb (Labour), and Horace lan Simson (Liberal-Labour). The election will take place on N' yember 22.

Severe burns were received by Mr Eric Allison, who is employed on the farm of Mr P. Frampton, Piako, Auckland, as a result of his clothes igniting after he had been using sodium chlorate to spray ragwort. Mr Allison had just reached his room when his clothes ignited. Before he could divest, himself of. his garments he received serious burns on his legs which necessitated his removal to a private hospital at Morrinsville. He is making satisfactory progress.

Mass will be celebrated on nexi Sunday, November 12th’ at Roto manu, 8 a.m., and at Kotuku 10.30 a.m —Advt.

An unusual curiosity was shown to a “Wanganui Herald” reporter recently by a local resident. Carefully preserved in an .airtight tin, it was a small round bread roll which had been in his possession for over thirty years. It was an ordinary bread roll except that it was one of a batch baked by the cook on the Royal yacht Ophir, which brought the Duke and Duchess of York (the present King and Queen) to New Zealand in 1901. It was presented to the owner by the chief steward of the vessel, and has been kept ever since. Having been kept for so long, it is doubtful if even a mouse would look at it now, but the owner has no intention of exposing it to such danger.

Tho monthly meeting of the Marsden W.l. was held in the schoolroom on Monday evening, Mrs M. Johnson presiding. Visitors were present from Greymouth, and an instructive qnd appreciated demonstration of stencilling and pen painting was given by Mrs E. J. C. Hay, to whom a vote of thanks was passed. The hostesses for the evening were Mrs Coburn and Mrs Lane. The monthly meeting of the Paroa Women’s Institute was held on Friday evening. Three new members were nominated. The competition for best rag-mat was won by Mrs Dyke. Mrs Harwood gave an interesting demonstration of daisy wool-work. Mesdames Coulson and Bell were the hostesses.

After spending a week-end on a farm in the country, a resident of the city returned to Dunedin wondering whether the objections put forward by the farming community against the extension of the period of daylight saving are based on altogether sound logic (says the “Otago Daily Times”). During his visit he became involved with the head of the house in several heated debates on the subject of daylight saving, but no argument he could advance, carried the slightest weight with his host, whose principal contention was that the extra hour compelled the folk in the country to rise too early. Desiring to get back to town about midday, he looked at the homestead clock to find that he could just manage it comfortably if he left immediately, and he mentioned this to his friend. “Oh,” was the airy reply, “there’s no need to hurry; we always keep that clock an hour fast —it’s fine for getting up in the morning.”

The special committee of Technical School teachers, instructed at the conference in May, to report on juvenile employment has completed the task. The report condemns the attitude of the Government in refusing to accept responsibility for remedying the deplorable position. It hopes the State may be spurred to action and suggests as a first step, the setting up of a National Advisory Council of Youth Employment. It is pointed out that action has been taken in other countries, and it is stated that, New Zealand still lags behind in the provision of adequate organisation and State support. It is stressed that the problem is not a temporary one, although the present circumstances make it more urgent. The raising of the school age is advocated, the complexity of modern life, it is stated, demanding a fuller preparation for life. —Press Assn.

“A Dewar’s a day keeps the doctor away,” especially during the prevalence of ‘flu.’ No home should' be without a bottle of this fine old spirit. Dewar’s Whisky can justly boast of being a leader amongst the world’s best Scotch Whisky, a reputation which genuinely befits this splendid product. Try a nip of Dewar’s as a night-cap and note how refreshed you feel, after the good night’s sleep it ensures. Messrs Griffen and Smith Ltd., agents, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport.—Advt.

Recent, late frosts played havoc with Marlborough orchards and instead of the expected export of 80,000 cases of apples, It is now doubtful if the total will reach 55,000. Three Fairhall orchards, which expected 6,000 cases, are not likely to produce more than 1000 cases between them. —Press Assn.

A donation of £2O to the special prize fund for the Show to be held next February, was made to the West Coast A. and P. Association, last evening, by the Greymouth Harbour Board. Another applicant for a donation, the British : Mercantile Marine Service Association was granted £lO.

In connection with the Salvation Army’s self-denial appeal for 1933, West Coast localities contributed the following amounts: —Greymouth £ll3, Hokitika £7O, Reefton £3l,'Westport £75, Brunnerton £2B 6s Id, Motueka £l2O. The Christchurch Division, consisting of corps in Canterbury, Nelson, and the West Coast, was responsible for £5710 of a total of £20,913 18s 4d, the largest amount collected by a single division. ; y

There is, among at least some of the business people at Greymouth, a more optimistic spirit in evidence than has been the case for a considerable time, and the opinion is being expressed that the elusive “corner” is at last in. the process of being turned. It is understood that more success is being met with in the collection of. accounts. One firm, it is reported, has again placed its employees on full-time, they having been working part-time. With Christmas hovering'on the horizon, it is to be expecteil that the volume of business will increase' gradually, during the next few weeks. •

While engaged at Rugby Park, yesterday afternoon, in sinking a shaft for drainage - purposes, for the West Coast Rugby Union, Mr Thomas Coll was temporarily- affected by the pre'sence of gas. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of approximately 30 feet, and its dimensions are about six by three feet. ,So far, the ground encountered has been of a clay composition, and a gravel bottom is being sought. The Inspector of Mines (Mr C. J. Strongman.) was communicated with, and the test lamp he put down the shaft was .extinguished by the gas. Subsequently, a lighted match was thrown down .the. shaft, and the gas ignited. It is thought that its presence was due to decaying vegetable matter.

The port of Greymouth is, in future, to have a pilot, who, while acting in that capacity, will be dissociated from the Harbour Board. ,At last evening’s meeting of the Board, the following resolution was moved by the Chairman • (Mr. P. J. McLean), seconded by Mr. W. Clayton, and approved:—"That, in pursuance of the Harbours Act, 1923, Captain F. W. Cox, being a person qualified to act as a pilot ,be appointed chief pilot at and for the port of Greymouth, and that, whilst acting as a pilot, he should not be deemed to be either a servant or agent of the Greymouth Harbour Board.” Captain

Cox '(Harbourmaster) recalled the fact that his first appointment as pilot and harbourmaster was at Nelson, in 1895, and that his appointment was signed by the Governor of New Zealand, the Earl of Glasgow.

Under the will of Miss Emily Ball, of Onehunga, several bequests were made to religious and charitable institutions. Mrs Ball directed • that her home at Onehunga should become the property of the Congregational Union of New Zealand, the residence to be used as a manse for a Congregational Minister. Details of the financial bequests are: Dr Barnado’s Home for Destitute Children £5OO, British and Foreign Bible Society £3OO, Congregational Union, of New Zealand, and Salvation Army of New Zealand Institute for the Blind £2OO each. Onehunga Congregational Church and Onehunga Benevolent Society £lOO each. The sum qf £2OO has been set aside for the benefits of to lepers.—Press Assn.

During the year, which ended on March 31 last, the Censor of Films examined 2060 films of all classes, of a total length of 5,213,870 feet. Of this number, 62 were rejected in. the first instance, and 230 were passed, subject to excisions. ‘‘lt is observed,” says the report, “that film subjects go in cycles, and a good reception by the public of a particular theme induces the producing companies to make films on similai' lines. Thus the gangster and racketeering stories of the United Statts of America have been much in evidence, but' it is doubtful whether the domestic problems peculiar to one country, are appreciated to the same extent in other countries. The preponderance of films shown in New Zealand originate in the United States of America, and it is not unnatural that the history and social and political" problems of that country should predominate in forming the basis of so many films exhibited in this country.”—“Star” Special Service.

A crown-and-anchor school in Matipo Street, outside the Addington trotting grounds yesterday afternoon, was disturbed by the sudden arrival of detectives in a motor-car. When the excitement died down, there remained behind James Duncan Bourke, who had been unable to get rid of the crown and anchor board, and two plain-clothes constables, who had been taking bets with him. As a result, Bourke, a painter, 38, appeared before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., this morning, charged with being a rogue and vagabond, in that he played a game of chance in a public place. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined £5. — Press Assn.

New series of Double Vols in Everyman’s series. “Tom Jones,” by Fielding. “The Diary of Samuel Pepys.” “The Decameron” by Boccaccio, 7/each, postage 6d extra. Cheap series of “To-day’s Parable,” by Redwood. “Launch,” by Seely. “Lies,” by Kennedy.” “God in the Shadows,” by Redwood, 1/3, postage 2d, at B. Dixon’s.— Advt.

New Novels at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street: “Only Men on Board,” by Blake. “Wonder Hero” by Priestly. “Spanish Death,” by Evans. “North Wall,” by Cannan. “The Proselyte,” by Susan Ertz. “Laughing Through the Orient,” by Bairnsfather. “Foul Weather,” by Gibbs. “Dona Celestis,” by Dell, 7/- each, postage 4d extras— Adrt.