LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 April 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Dominion Hotel, in Greymouth, changed ownership to-day, Mr. R. Reid selling to Mr. J. C. Rex, of Christchurch. Mr. Rex will take over the license at an early date. A Gazette notice last night announced that the Teachers’ Appeal Board for 1934 will consist of:—Chairman, Mr. T. R. Cresswell; representatives of the Education Board, Messrs. W. S. La Trobe, E. J. Parr and J. W. Mcllraith; representatives of the teachers of secondary schools, Messrs. F. H. Campbell, J. A. Colquhoun; Technical schools, Messrs. T. B. Blowring and A. M. Jones; primary schools, Messrs. W. F. Abel, F. A. Garry, G. F. Griffiths and Miss Margaret E. Magill. Judgment for plaintiff by default, with costs, was given by Mr H. Morgan, S.M., at Reefton, yesterday, in the following cases: D. Gallagher v. Gordon Ronchi, £5/6/6, costs £1 10/6; Inangahua Hospital Board v. M. and L. A. Jones, £7/11/-, costs £l/3/- Decision was reserved on a claim for £7/17/8, by Park, Davis and Co., Ltd., against P. D. Campbell and L. Reid. Campbell defended the case, on the ground that the partnership had been dissolved. Unemployment registrations at Palmerston North at March 31 weie 1109, a. decrease of 141 compared with a vear earlier, and 193 compared with March 1932. In the last year a good number of single farm labourers have been absorbed. The Unemployment Board has decided to give sustenance to city relief workers for one week in four at a rate not yet. announced. The men will be selected by roster, and the scheme follows the lines adopted in the four main centres.—Press Assn.

Reference was made by Cr F. A. Kitchingham, at last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council, io the decision of the Finance Committee not to take any action with respect to an application by the Civic 'Band, for financial support, Cr Kitchingham considered that the Council’s reason for its decision should be made public. He explained that the Council was bound by its agreement to pay £6O annually towards the salary paid to the conductor of the Municipal Band. The Council had no other funds available, with which to assist the Civic Band.

Alan M. Rudge, Optician, will be visiting Greymouth to-morrow, Monday and Tuesday. Appointments for sight-testing may be made at Gilbert Bros., Jewellers. —Advt.

The monthly meeting of the Greymouth branch of the Plunket Society was held yesterday afternoon. Present, Mesdames O’Brien, Fletcher, Garde, Bunt, Wilde, Denton, Mowatt, Miss Anderson. In the absence of the President (Mrs Dennehy), Mrs O’Brien presided. Accounts amounting to £l5/19/9 were passed for payment. A circular was received from the Central Council regarding the annual report and balance sheets. The nurse’s report for the month was as follows:—Headquarters: Visits to hony« 88, visits to office 499. Outstations —Visits to homes 149, visits to office 349. ;

Consistency is the secret spirit of success, and one of the most successful consistent “Spirits” is Dewars Imperial Whisky. All those good qualities of fine, matured whisky are found in Dewar’s and this is the reason it is so constantly called for throughout the world by judges of good whisky. Man is gifted with a very sensitive taste when choosing his eatables, wearables, etc., and why not use that same good taste in me choice of his drinkables, and drink the best whisky. Dewar’s can be obtained at all leading hotels. Griffin and Smith, Ltd., agents, Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport. —Advt.

The James mine will be working, on Monday, but the Liverpool mine will be idle.

During March, books issued at the Grey mouth Municipal Library totalled 2927; tickets issued numbered 51, and,2s new books were placed on the shelves. It was decided'at last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council, to purchase a Children’s Encyclopedia, comprising ten volumes.

Preliminary arrangements are in train for the annual conference of the United Fire Brigades’ Association, and the first • national demonstration since 1929. The date fixed is February 24 to March 2. It is estimated that GOO competitors and delegates will be in Blenheim for the occasion. —Press Assn.

The gross returns for the 1933-1934 wool season in Dunedin totalled £1,896,249, as compared with £913,660 in the previous season. The average price per bale this season was £lB/11/1, compared with £9/6/11 for the previous season. A total of 102,202 hales was sold, as compared with 97.745 last season.

Slock examined at the Greymouth Municipal Abattoirs during March, was as follows: —Cows 10 (condemned 1), bullocks 143 (condemned 1), sheep 572 (condemned 1), lambs 304, calves 39. The fees totalled £ll9/1.4/3. The February figures were: —Cows 15, bullocks 142 (condemned 1), sheep 474, lambs 275, pigs 1, calves 18. The fees collected totalled £lO6/1/5.

The honey-crop on the West Coast has been better than in most districts of New Zealand, this season. In the North Island, there has been a distinct shortage, and this has had the effect, particularly in Auckland, of raising the price on the local market. The grading of the West Coast crop will take place at Greymouth this month.

One Easter bridegroom in Timaru narrowly missed being late for the most important event of his life through allowing his heart to ruff away with his head. He arranged to leave on his honeymoon tour in a private car, which he garaged in a private shed. The bridegroom and his best man, appropriately bedecked, arrived by taxi at 1.15 and proceeded to push the car from the garage in readiness for a hurried departure after the ceremony, and then slammed and locked the door, imprisoning the taxi-driver who was to drive them to tho church. The indignant calls of the hapless taxi-man directed the attention of the bridegroom and his companion to their plight, and in a flurry of frantic speed they wrestled with the spring lock to release the prisoner. With but three minutes to spare, the pair succeeded in opening the lock, and with perspiring and clammy hands they jumped on the running board and sped off to the church.

“This is the best collection of British art that has come south of the Equator,” said Mr C. R. Chisman, organiser of the Empire Art Loan Collection Society, who arrived at Auckland by the Rangitata, to-day, with 250 pictures. He said that among the many famous artists represented were D. Y. Cameron, Fry, Grant, Holmes, Augustac, John McEvoy, Orpen, Pissarro, Sargent, Sixkert, Whistler, and Wilson-Steer. The sending of the collection was the outcome of the efforts of Mr P. R. Sargood, of Dunedin. Seventy years , of contemporary British art were represented. Several of the pictures were insured for over £lOOO each, and the total insurance amounted to £30,000. The first exhibition will be held at Dunedin, and the pictures will then go to Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide. There is a possibility that Wellington will be included in the list.—Press Assn.

It was with the object of saving about £60,000 during a time of budgetary difficulty that the Government decided hot to take the usual population census of the Dominion in 1931. The enumeration, according to the statute, is to be taken every five years, and the last occurred in 1926. Inquiries in official circles indicate that although the Australian Commonwealth conducted the census as usual last year, there was no intention of following that example in New Zealand. One census was definitely cut out, and the next is due in 1936, and that date is not to be anticipated. Incidentally, this decision will obviate any disturbance of electoral boundaries, which have to be adjusted in line with the distribution of population as ascertained in the census, niere will be a general election, at latest, in December, 1935, and the census will follow. Its results could not cause any interference with electorates until the succeeding general election.

Ladies! The new designs in Fashionable Furniture and Furnishings are now on display at S. Burnett White’s, Mackay Street. You are invited to call and view the latest creations. — Advt.

“Barbara” Locknit creates a new value in ladies’ wear. In dainty pastel shades of blue, green, pink, and peach also white and black —Bloomers and Vests, 2/6 each. Underskirts 6/11. Lovely Pyjamas 11/-, 12/9. Dainty Nightdresses 9/6, 11/-, and Scanties 5/6, 7/11. All sizes. Only at C. Smith, Ltd. —Advt.

A special purchase of 100 dozen Barbara Locknit garments brings to you sensational low prices for exquisite Vests, Bloomers, Pyjamas, Nightdresses and Scanties. All shades and all sizes in Barbara, at C. Smith, Ltd., only.—Advt.

New Books and Reprints. “Superstition Corner,” by Sheila K. Smith, 8/6; “I Was a Pagan” (Oxford Group Rook) by Kitchen 5/6; “A Thatched Roof” sequel to “Down the Garden Path,” a delightful book by Beverly Nicols, 10/6; “Glorious Liberty” (from Dartmoor to Calvary) by Wood '4/-; “Kingdom Come,” by Redwood 1/3. 100 more O. Henry Stories” 9/6, postage extra at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.—Advt.