LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 July 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An official of the Wellington Ladies’ lairdressers’ Association, indicated, o-day, a rise of prices in the near fuure to meet the additional costs from ncreased wages, etc. —Press Assn.

Excellent progress has been made on the foundations for the Greymouth Jockey Club’s new grandstand at the Omoto racecourse. Within the next month, the preparatory work should be completed, and a start will then be made on the building.

There was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Greymouth group of the W.E.A., last evening, Mr. W. S. Lowe presiding. The subject

)r the evening was “Reaction Time”

and some interesting experiments were carried out by members on the time of reaction to different senses, visual, auditory, tactual, understanding. free association, controlled association and choice tests being made.

Judgment for plaintiff by default, with costs, was given by Mr. H. Morgan, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, to-day, in the following cases: H. F. Bruhn v. M. Drummond, £2/15/7, costs £l/3/6; Hugh J. McConnell v. Ivan Scott, 17/-, costs 10/-; Thomas McGrath v. Frederick Reedy, £9/9/10, costs £l/10/6; J. Becker v. W. Johnston, £7/17/3, costs £l/12/6; Ashby. Bergh and Co.. Ltd. v. William Percy Page, £2/17/4. costs £l/3/6; Samuel Merlin Case v. Albert Payn, £7/1/1. costs £l/14/6.

AH donations towards the Paddy’s Market to be held in the Town Hall are required not- later than 10 a.m. Friday.—Advt. Advice has been received from the Minister of Internal Affairs that the opossum trapping season in the Grey, Westland and. Buller Acclimatisation districts, which was to have closed on August 1, has been extended to noon on August 15. Representations were made for the extension on the ground that bad weather, mainly at the beginning of the season, interfered with 1 rapping, access to the traps being impossible, especially for trappers operating in the high country. The quality of the skins that have come forward so far this season- in the Grey district ' Iren good, and a fair q: itni’t.y •■-■ere sent forward to the first sale in , Dunedin. t

As the result of a conference held yesterday, at the Barrytown dredge, the dispute was settled, it being agreed by the management that the two men who were dismissed, recently, should bo reinstated. In reporting the settlement. the secretary of the Westland Gold-dredge and Alluvial Gold-mines Employees’ Union (Mr. F. L. Turley) expressed appreciation of the manner in which the manager (Mr. Duggan) had co-operated in the negotiations.

Freight hauled through the Otira tunnel last week, totalled 14,470 tons, as compared with 11,421 tons in the corresponding week of last year, an increase of 3,049 tons. In 1934, the corresponding total was 10,888 tons.

With one dissenting voice, a. conference of most. Taranaki towns at Elilcini last evening declared in favour of a provincial Saturday half-holiday and appointed a committee to place the matter before Parliament.-—Press Assn.

At the Nelson Education Board’s meeting yesterday, the following teaching appointments were made: — Headmaster, Granity District. High School (23 applicants): John Potter, of Richmond. Sole teacher, Mawherajii: Catherine Rogers, Owen River. Assistant. Mistress, Karamea: Miss G. Mc.lllwnin. Assistant Mistress, West port, Miss 1. Banks.

Seven fewer cases of notifiable diseases were reported in Canterbury for the week ended noon yesterday than in the previous week, last week’s total being 15. Two cases were reported on the West Coast, one of eclampsia and one of erysipelas. In Canterbury there were seven cases of scarlet fever, four of pulmonary tuberculosis, two of erysipelas, one of septic abortion, and one of hydatids. There was one death, from pulmonary tuberculosis.

The Marine Department has decided that a Magisterial inquiry shall be hold concerning the wreck of the Abel Tasman on the North Breakwater on July 18, and the inquiry will be held at. Greymouth, on a date yet to be arranged. Captain Archibald and members of the crew who will be required to give evidence at the inquiry have remained at Greymouth since the wreck as representations were made that, if an inquiry was decided upon, it should be held here. The underwriters have not so far come to any arrangement regarding the disposal of the ship or its cargo.

At. the fortnightly meeting of the Star, of the West Druids’ Lodge, held in the Lodge Hall, last evening, A. D. Bro. C. Tucker presided over a fair attendance. A vote of condolence was passed to the relatives of the late Bro. Gale, and to Bro. AV. Williams, on the, death of his mother. Two candidates were initated and a further five candidates were balloted for, and will be initated at the next meeting. Sick pay amounting to £3O/4/- was authorised. A motion to rescind minutes regarding the non-admittance of lady members was discussed, but was defeated.

Values of second-hand motor-cars were being discussed in the Magistrate’s Court, Greymouth, to-day, during the hearing of a claim for dtimages, arising out of a collision. One. witness, a motor salesman, said that some people thought they should get a certain price when trading in their second-hand car. AVhen their ideas of value did not coincide with those of the motor-dealer, cases had been known where the latter had “loaded" the price of the car being sold to replace that traded in, with the amount allowed as “trade in” value, in excess of what he considered was a fair allowance. Such a thing had beenl known to occur. “Trade secrets!” commented Mr. M. B. James, who was appearing for one of the parties in the case before the Court.

A concise explanation of the meaning- of probation was given by Mr. Justice Callan in the Auckland Supreme Court to a young man to whom he was extending that leniency. “Just before you leave the box I want to say this to you.” said his Honor. “You will discover, if it has not. already been explained to you, that probation is not. an entire escape from punishment. It involves a very considerable retrenchment of your liberty. I believe that you will find that in this city you are under the control of a reasonable and sensible probation officer. He understands that, he has a certain' sort of parential control over you. He has to know where you are living. He has to approve of your associates, and you are not to associate with persons, against whom he warns you. He is practically made in the position of a parent to you, and you will have to take notice of him. That is all laid down by the Act of Parliament that enables you to get probation, and you must bo of good behaviour and commit no offence against the law. If you should, then, in addition to being punished for that offence, you will find yourself back here in this court to be punished for this offence. That is all.”