LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

One hundred and forty men have applied for a position as attendance officer on ,the staff of the Canterbury Education Board. A committee of the board will be busy for several days making a choice.

It is understood that Graham Gilbert, the All Black full-back, and an employee of the Post and Telegraph Department, Greymouth, may be transferred from the district in the near future.

At a meeting of the Greymouth Chamber of Commerce, yesterday afternoon, it was decided that, in view of the change in the late night, making Friday unsuitable for business men to attend meetings, future meetings of the Chamber be held on Tuesday instead of Fridays.

Another Moth aeroplane has been loaned to the West Coast United Aero Club, by the Government. The new ’plane, which belongs to the N.Z.A.F., is similar to the Club’s present 'plane, carrying one passenger. The new machine, Z.K.-A.D.Z., arrived at Hokitika on Thursday, and to-day was flown to Dunedin for the South Island air pageant by Mr. Ivan Quinney, who will compete in the landing and bombing events. Flight-Lieutenant Park, Instructor to the Club, will compete in the professional events, flying to Dunedin with Mr. H. T. Parry (President of the Hokitika Club) in Mr. Parry’s Redwing plane, Z.K.-A.D.D. The first of the new season’s fabrics arrive at C. Smith’s. They include 36inch fine English Worsteds in plain and fancy weaves at 4/11, 5/6, 5/11, and 6/6 yard: 36inch wool Georgette at 5/11 yard; 36inch all wool Suitings at 4/6 yard;, 36inch wool Crepe de Chine at 4/11 yard. All are showing in delightful ‘new shades. Special showing now in the dress section. —Advt.

In cases of emergency first-aid is invaluable. In many such cases a “spot” of Dewar’s Imperial Whisky proves a most satisfactory pick-me-up. It is not always convenient, however, to carry around a full bottle of whisky, or to procure one at a moment’s notice. To obviate this difficulty, the new midget container, known as the “Fainting Lady” containing three generous nips of tne world-famous Dewar’s Imperial, is available at, all hotels. Messrs Griffin and Smith Ltd., Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport.—Advt.

The Liverpool and James mines will both be idle, on Monday.

The lambing percentages of the provinces in the West Coast district, for this season, are as follow: —Westland 107 per cent.; Grey 109 per cent.; Murchison 84 per cent.; Inangahua 85 per cent.; Buller 84 per cent. The West Coast general percentage was 98. ’

Sixty-two applications were received at this week’s meeting of the Ashburton Technical High School Board for two vacancies on the staff, thirtyone for the position of principal, and the same number for the position ot science instructor. It was decided to refer the applications to the executive for consideration, and to make a final decision at a special meeting of the board next Thursday night.

All manner of articles were left behind by visitors to a floral fete at Auckland. All through the afternoon the announcer was broadcasting that such-and-such an article had been found; and they ranged from a lost child to a lost hat—-and hats were easy to lose, so strong was the wind. But the point is that many artices have still to be claimed. For example, there i§ a gold watch without an owner; and that is far from being the only valuable. "In fact,” said one of the officials, “the only thing that was not left behind was the baby.” That the New Zealand farmer and his wife were the hardest-worked persons in the world was the view expressed at Wellington by a member of the visiting British and ’South African farmers’ party. In spite of the surprisingly large use made of laboursaving machinery and the very efficient manner of cultivation, over-capitalisa-, tion of the land, in his view, made the farmer, particularly if he was producing buttetr, work exceedingly hard for what seemed a very small net erturn. He could not see very much prospect of an early improvement in the prices of dairy produce.

New Zealand in the opinion of Mi*. H. H. Dilley, leader of the South African farmers’ party, has suffered irre-. parable loss in the, burning down of much of the bush. The New Zealand bush, he said, was very beautiful, and was particularly appreciated by the South African visitors because there was so little forested area in the Union. Only the eastern section was timbered, the central and western parts of South Africa being mainly grasslands, all plateaux with prairielike tops. Mr. Dilley said that his first farm was sixty miles from the nearest town, and it was necessary to cross a 4000 ft. range to get to it.

This unsettled weather, one day fine, and one day wet, with occasional showers, bright sunshine, hot and cold snaps, strangely intermingled, makes it a somewhat difficult matter to dress to suit nature’s moods. If one arrays oneself in light summer toggery, in expectation of a fine, bright, warm, day, and* before noon the clouds, gather, the thermometer falls 15 or 30 degrees, and a cold rain comes on, it probably means a cold or a touch of influenza. It is therefore, advisable to keep a bottle of Parkinson’s Influenza Specific handy, and as soon as the first symptoms of influenza, manifest themselves, take a: dose at once. Influenza Specific is sold - at 1/6 arid 2/6 at Parkinson and Co., Chemists. —2. Mr. F. W. Doidge, who was associated with the Beaverbrook Press in London, and who recently unsuccessfully contested the Rotorua seat, is reported to have said, on his arrival •in Sydney by the Mariposa on February 24, that it was estimated the programme on which the Labour Party won the election would cost £57,000,000 a year, in addition to the £25,000,000 already paid by New Zealanders in taxation. New Zealand, he added, was already one of the most heavily-taxed countries in the world, the people being taxed at the rate of £l6 a year each. Mr. Doidge said that the Labour Government was pledged to currency reform, and it would seek to solve its economic problems by the State manufacture of money. This would suit the Douglas Credit advocates, who had supported the Labour Party, and now “sat on the Prime Minister’s doorstep” awaiting the new era of social credit.

Said Mark Twain: “Be good ’and you will be lonesome.” Yet you can be good, and never be lonesome while you have a rich Port at hand. There are many good Ports, but Tintara Rich Port is alone in its particular place in the affections of wine lovers. If you are one of the few who do not personally know the charm of Tintara, now is the time to get acquaihted. Messrs Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Agents, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport.—Advt.

The construction of a highway through Westland, to mark the celebration of New Zealand’s centenary in 1940 is suggested in a circular that has been sent to the Prime Minister and members of Parliament by Mr D. J. Evans, of Hokitika. Mr .Evans claims that such a highway would be a worthy memorial. Much of the work could be finished before 1940. There is, he claims, ample scope for providing employment and for adding to the value of the Crown lands in that area. The timber royalties, which in the main pass to the Crown, would give a hu£e cash return as development progressed. The inflow of visitors and tourists would supply new capital to the country, and the fillip to business generally would ho distributed through shipping, railways, motor transport. organisations, and so through the community. The opening of the southern part of Westland would add a virgin area to the Dominion and give the country a new and assured field for definite expansion.

Just arrived: New stocks from the world’s best manufacturers. Carpets, Rugs, Lino, Curtainettes. See our wonderful values in Bedroom and Moquette Suites. —S. Burnett White, West Coast’s High Grade Furnisher.— Advt.

Join the Westland Book Club. A library full of books of travel, history, biography, and the latest fiction is at your disposal on the payment of a very reasonable subscription. Full details as to rates of subscription etc., at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.