LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The swimming season having started, the Surf Club’s reel will be available to-day, and to-morrow the Club will have teams on the beach, and will practise in the afternoon.,

Prices fixed by the Dairy Board f.o.b. and c.i.f. sales are on the basis of butter B§d, cheese 5 l-Bd, subject to agents’ selling commission.—Press Assn.

The local office of the Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z. Ltd., advise that bookings for the steamer express service between Lyttelton and Wellington during the holiday season are being received freely. Advice has been received that both the ‘Rangatira’ and ‘Wahine’ are becoming filled for the Christmas-New Year period.

In the House of Representatives, Mr W. Nash asked the Minister for Railways if he was aware that employees at railway workshops were met at the gates by two members of the first division staff, for the purpose of searching the bags and clothing of employees, and if so would he make, arrangements for the introduction of some other system of preventing the loss of stores. Mr Forbes said he would be pleased to confer with the Railway Board on the matter.

To mark the appreciation of the Arawa tribe of the public service of the Gove!rn.o^-General (Lord Bledisloe) and Lady Bledisloe, and in recognition of their interest in Maori matters, the Arawa District Trust Board has given the historic landing place of the Arawa canoe as a memorial park. The land is situated in the Waiariki Native Land Court district and comprises nearly 10 acres. The park is to bear the name of Lord Bledisloe, and three members of the Arawa tribe will have a voice in its control.

Mr Alan M. Rudge, D.1.0.N.Z., F. 1.0., Optician, will be in Greymouth to-day, Mon. and Tues. next. Appointments may be made with Messrs Gilbert Bros., Ltd., Jewellers, Tainui Street.—Advt.

The successful tenderer for th'e work of tar sealing a total length of main highway of nine miles 57 chains in the Grey and Westland Counties was Mr. W. A. Smart, of Christchurch, contractor. The portion to be tar sealed in the Grey County is three miles 10 chains in length from the Greymouth borough boundary (railway crossing at Karoro) to Saltwater Creek bridge at Paroa. In the Westland County the road from Kaihinu railway crossing to the northern boundary of the Hokitika Borough, a distance of 2 miles 77 chains, and from the eastern boundary to the Hokitika river bridge at Ranieri, a distance of 1 mile 7Gi chains, will be tar sealed. In addition, Fitzherbert and Stafford Streets in the Hokitika Borough are to be tar sealed, the distance in these streets being 1 mile 54 chains. The work will probably be commenced early in December.

There was a satisfactory attendance at the Loyal Greymouth Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., last evening, P.G. Bro. W. Green presiding. Reports regarding sick brethren were read and sick pay was passed for payment: F.S. Bro. J. Laing presented an interesting resume of visits paid to Dunedin lodges, and conveyed fraternal greetings to Greymouth brethren. Several matters of interest in connection with the Juvenile Lodge were dealt with. One candidate was initiated and two proposals were accepted. Bros. McKay and A. Warnes were appointed auditors for the Juvenile Lodge. Nominations of officers for next term were opened, and the election will take place next lodge night, together with the appointment of a management committee for the Juvenile Lodge.

A petition for a rebate of approximately £70,000 paid in death duties in connection with the estate of the late Sir Joseph Ward was presented to the House yesterday on behalf of Mrs Eileen Josephine Wood, daughter of the former Prime Minister. Mrs Wood stated that she was allowed £3OO a year out of an estate that was valued by the Public Trustee lat over £300,000. Her father’s home

lat Heretaunga belonged to the es tate, and the family agreed to her re ceiving an additional £3 a week froir the rental of the home. She was nol able to afford to live in the house herself. Mrs Wood also stated that her share of the estate was approximately £l2/150. Her income vyas sc diminished that she found it impossible to meet expenses incurred by her during the two years when her father was Prime Minister, and she took her mother’s place as hostess. “I realise,” said petitioner, “that I cannot legally regain any part of this amount, so I therefore reluctantly make this petition owing to the difficulties in which 1 find myself placed.”

Cottons again this summer. Delightfully fresh always, cottons make new friends daily. See now the wonderful range of new 36in Summer Breeze at 1/9; 38in Tobralco at 2/6; 36in Linart at 1/9; 36in Raytex 1/11; 36in Dorma Gingham 1/3; 36in Britway 1/11; 36in Fergotex 1/11; 36in. Merricord 1/4X; 32in Harmonies 1/6; All are guaranteed absolutely fast to sunlight and washing, and are procurable from C. Smith, Ltd., the best house after all for fabrics.- Advt.

“The Ideal Gift for Xmas.” Latest Books of Travel, Theology, Biography, and Verse. New Novels by best authors. Xmas Booklets depicting N.Z. Life. Leather-bound and Art Paper Books of Standard Works and the Poets. This year’s Annuals, Prize and Reward Books, Picture Books for the Children. Bibles and Testaments. All Hymn Books, Gift Book?. ' Inspect the large stocks 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.

By an Order-in-Council gazetted in July, 1932, a dose season for seals was fixed for a period up to November 30, 1934. A further Order-in-Council has now been gazetted extending the close season for three years from November 30 next.—Press Assn.

The Liverpool mine will be working on Monday, but the James mine will be idle. Wallsend will be working on Monday and Tuesday, but the prospects for the remainder of next week are uncertain. Blackball will work a full week. Dobson mine will be idle on Monday, but will work on Tuesday. There will probably be three days’ work during the week.

As a result of prospecting operations about 10 miles up the Taipo Creek between Kumara and Otira, by two Kumara young men, on behalf of P. G. Willis and Party, of Greymouth, what is believed to be a rich gold-bearing quartz reef has been discovered. The specimens tested gave the encouraging assay of 7 ozs. 11 dwts. to the ton, but whether the reef will “live” or not, has yet to be ascertained. An experienced quartz-miner is investigating the “find” for the syndicate.

“I suppose I can call this a valedictory speech,” said the GovernorGeneral. Lord Bledisloe, when referring to his impending departure from the Dominion, during his speech at the luncheon at the Show grounds, at Christchurch, yesterday. "I must say, with some sadness, that my. wife and. I are shortly about to flit to our ancestral haunts in the Old Land, but, speaking without exaggeration. we shall leave behind us no small part of our hearts and sympathies. None will learn of your returning prosperity with more genuine joy.”—Press Assn.

The fire at Armstrong and party’s mine at the Ten Mile is proving serious. It is situated ip the main dip, in the goaf of the old workings, and in the unsealed sections is blazing fiercely. It is hoped that it will not be necessary to flood the mine, and hoses are being played on the affected area. Already seven stoppings have been built, and a further four will be completed by to-morrow morning. There are ten men, members of the party and wages men, under Mr. V. Armstrong, at the mine, and they have worked night and day since Thursday morning, with little rest, in an effort to quell the outbreak.

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