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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1936, Page 6

“Unfortunately there is no law in New Zealand compelling pedestrians to walk on the right-hand side of the road. There ought to be,” said Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme Court at Napier. ,

While searching for gold in a creek at Queenstown miners discovered a gold ring, marked as clearly as though it had just been brought from a jeweller’s shop. The ring, which was hexagonal in shape and about three-eights of an inch wide, had “in memory of” in black capitals on the outside and on the inside “Captain Robert Keene, obit. August 28, 1843.”

The water from the tanks housing electric eels at the aquarium in the London Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, is in considerable demand by the public, according to a British medical journal. The water is used for drinking purposes, and is stated to have a beneficial effect on people suffering from rheumatic troubles. American doctors are experimenting with water electrically charged by means of a revolving glass bulb containing mercury, and camples of this instrument have been sent to an Auckland doctor. Electrically-treated water is also claimed to prevent rusting, and some of the Canadian railways, it is reported, are using such water.

“Opportunity knocks at your door’’ to save money on clothing, dress goods, furnishings etc., at C. Smith’s Sale, now in full swing. Call and inspect the keen values offering at this well-known West Coast Store. The place for Sale Bargains.—Advt.

Table Tennis Sets, best 5 British made 2/-, 3/-, 5/-, 8/6 to 19/6. Best quality heavy weight Balls 4d each. Bats 2/- to 3/-. Chess or Draught Boards 9d, 1/-, 1/6, 2/- each. Chess Men 4/6, 5/6, 6/6, 12/6, 15/- to 30/- a set. Draughtsmen 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 2/-. Dominoes 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 3/- a set. Best quality British goods only at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.