LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Arrangements have been made for a visit to Greyniouth by the Grenadier Guards Band now touring New Zealand. The Band wilt arrive by special train on January 9, at 10.10 a.m., and will play, in the afternoon, probably at Victoria Park. Two special trains will be run from Hokitika. for the occasion.

To give the Oronsay’s SOO tourists a. better opportunity of looking over Wellington, the' sailing of the ship from Wellington has been put off from midnight till seven o’clock to-morrow morning. The Oronsay arrived this morning, after an excellent trip down the coast from Auckland. Overland passengers will arrive at Wellington in time for a look round in the daylight. — Press Assn.

“I have had a great domestic victory,” said a well-known Wanganui resident the other night, “and I have to thank the Duke of Gloucester. My wife and I have been happily married for many years, but we have always kept up a certain dignity in the home. I have never once had a meal at table in my shirt sleeves. I have never dared to suggest it, but this morning, when I. opened the paper, I saw where the Duke had dined in his shirt sleeves on the East Coast. I put blue pencil round the paragraph and underlined every word. My wife made no comment at all, and we finished the meal in silence. It was a great victory.”

Speaking at the Tawhero School breaking-up ceremony (says the W an * ganui Herald), the Rev. G. S. King mentioned wonderful feats of memory of Mr James Gow, who had been a school inspector in the South Island. This inspector visited the schools in his district once or twice in a year and could remember all the names of the pupils with whom he came in contact during those visits. The speaker had tested this on one occasion when referring to a boy at Orari School. Nine years latei*, when his name was mentioned to Mr Gow, he remembered the boy well. Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., is also gifted with a most retentive memory and gave several instances of this while in Wanganui, which included naming all the shops in order along the avenue from the post office to Guyton street and back on the other side to the Rutland Hotel.

“Give Practical Gifts,” says S Burnett White. ‘Round-the-Home Week has been planned for the purpose of giving ideas and great values for those seeking gifts of comfort. —Advt.

Say “Greetings” with Luvisca Pyjamas and Shirts. Men appreciate such practical gifts of lasting quality. Note the new low prices: Pyjamas are now 17/6 and Shirts with two matching Collars 11/6 only at C. Smith, Ltd., the store .for men s gifts.—Advt.

Paper Goods for the holidays and Festival. Paper Festoons 6d, 9d, 1/eacli. Bon Bons with Paper Caps 1/3, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 3/6, 4/6 a dozen. Paper Streamers assorted colours 6d a packet. Cake Frills 4d, 6d, Sd, 9d each. Paper D’Oyleys 6d, Bd, 9d a packet. Lunch Papers 3d P ack eL Crepe Papers all colours 3d, 6d, 9u roll. Confetti 3d Tube. , Celefabric Table mats in colours 30 in packet toi 2/6 at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street.— Advt.

Picnic Goods. Picnickers why break your crockery when Paper Goods will serve your purpose equally as well. Picnic Plates in four sizes, 9d, J/-> 1/3, 1/6 a packet of 10. Picnic Cups in two sizes 1/3 and 1/9 a packet oi twelve. Picnic Spoons in two sizes 6d and 9d a packet of 12. Paper Serviettes in white 1/- for hundred. Fancy Borders 9d a packet of 25. Picnic Table Cloths 30in by 3.oin, 2/6 a dozen at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. Advt.

New Books at B. Dixon’s Ltd., Tainui Street. “The Fight for the Ashes 1934,” by Jack Hobbs 12/6, postage 6d; “Ma Cinderella” by Harold Bell Wright 7/-, postage 4d; “Scotch Broth,” by Anne Hepple, 7/6, postage 6d: “The First Class Omnibus,” edited by Helen Gosse,. 8/6, postage 6d; “The Great Victorians,” edited by Massingham 10/6, postage 6d; “Science To-day,” 'arranged by Sir Arthur Thompson 10/6, postage 6d; “Handbook of Music and Musicians” 5/-, by Wharton-Wells, postage 4d; “Great Stories of Human Courage,” by Odle, 8/6, postage 6d.— Advt. j

High Carnival of Cheery Greetings. The age-old custom of goodwill toasts, and so Dewar’s Imperial Whisky, cheery as Santa himself—festive as the happiest revels of the year, Dewar’s will assuredly heighten the joy of this Yuletide season. It .is thoroughly aged and correctly blended, achieving an exquisite balance, and a flavour goodness that is the foundation of a perfect whisky. Messrs Griffen and Smith, Ltd., agents, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport.— Advt.

“Surphus,” Hawkes Bay, writes to a northern exchange: “During the heat of summer it is often difficult for farmers who are killing their own meat to keep it fresh until it can be used. The following method has been employed by myself and others with complete success, and I can confidently recommend it to others, who have not a refrigerating plant on the farm: Cut the sheep into the joints which will be required for cooking and hang it up in a safe oi* box which has been made airtight by pasting brown paper over all cracks or openings. Burn a handful of flowers of sulphur, on live coals on a pan or saucer, in the closed box or safe with the meat, and it will keep perfectly fresh for a fortnight. The meat must be perfectly fresh, but cold and ’set’ when treated with the sulphur fumes. No flavour of sulphur or other objectionable feature can be detected in the meat when cooked, and it is not, so far as I can learn, injuriously affected iu any way.”

“Keep at the flies now the warm weather is on. Prevention is better than cure, and it is easier and cheaper to deal with a few odd flies now than with thousands later on in the summer. Get some poison fly papers from Parkinson and Co. Chemists, Taiuui Street. Put a sheet, of paper on a plate or dish, cover the paper with water, and sprinkle a little sugar round the edge of the dish to attract the flies. Place the dish near the window and draw the blind up a foot or more so that the sun shines on it. .All the flies in the room will come along to partake of the refreshment provided, have a drink of the poison, and die. They can then be easily removed and can do no further harm. A dead fly can’t do much damage, but live flies can. Nothing like killing them off quickly and keeping the house clear and safe from disease. Parkinson and Co. have poisonous fly papers at one penny each. Make an. active crusade against the fly nuisance this summer.—2.