LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 October 1937, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

AVith the continuation of the existing legislation covering house rentals, enquiries have commenced again at Greymouth during the past week, and four cases under the Fair Rents Act have been settled without recourse to the Court. Small reductions were made in the weekly rents in several cases, and in one the rent was reduced from £1 to'lG/-j>er week.

Employers in the Grey District are offering every co-operation in regard to the new scheme for subsidising apprentices in the building trades, the Officer-in-Charge of the Labour Department, at Greymouth, (Mr. C. H. Hoskin) stated to-day. Although the scope for apprentices in the trades is limited in this district, a. number of enquiries have been made and there is every prospect of a number of boys being placed under the scheme shortly.

The Minister of Labour (Mr. Armstrong), announced that arrangements have been made under the Labour Department’s special subsidy scheme, for 7,348 married men from the register of the unemployed, to receive four months’ full time employment under award conditions, at. full award rates of wages. The Minister added that shortly, a further 289 men will be employed, .making a grand total of 7,637 men to be given work. —Press Assn.

An outbreak of lire at one o’clock, this morning, damaged a wall of the machine-room at. the rear of the Westport "Times” premises. The brigade quickly extinguished the flames, and the direct damage was confined to the wall, but. some indirect, damage was done by smoke and water. The premises are owned hy Mr. Tyrrell Williams, proprietor of the “Times and Star.”

Mrs W. Cogswell, Elsa Franklin, Ron Guthrie, vocalists, Big Laugn Show, Town Hall, Monday. A riot of hilarity! Don’t miss it. —Advt.

A suggestion that unrest existed in the railway workshops was made by Mr 11. G. Dickie in notice of a question addressed to the Minister for Railways (Hon. D. G. Sullivan), in the House of Representatives yesterday. In asking the Minister if ho were aware of the position, Mr Dickie said that this unrest was due to a proposal to increase the rate of pay by only Id an hour, as against a. definite promise to increase the hourly rate by 2?.d.

Attention is drawn to a reminder to Anglicans in the diocese of Nelson that on Sunday, the Homo Mission Fund needs their liberal support. On account of transport, and the vastness of many of the districts, the maintenance of the Church’s work in this mountainous diocese is impossible without, help from the Home Mission Fund, and the Fund depends largely on the contributions received on Home Mission Sunday. Those unable to attend the services should make a point of sending their offering io the Churchwardens.

There’s no need to wait for paper patterns! C. Smith’s have the full range of Academy Patterns in all sizes in stock! Such smart new styles! So easy to follow! And they are inexpensive! Save by making your own garments with a N.Z. Cutters’ Academy Pattern from C. Smith, Ltd.—Advt.

People are'always ready to popular-1 ise something" distinctive, and it is this that attributes-lo 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 as its distinctive palatable flavour will meet with the greatest approval at all times. Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Distributors, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport. Advt,

The first dental clinic of its kind in New Zealand, which will serve also as a training school for dental nurses for the whole Dominion, is to be erected at. Wellington on the site of the old Te Aro School. The tender of Bodell and Company, Palmerston North and Wellington, has been accepted for the construction of the building. The contract price is said to he about £Bo.ooo—Press Assn.

“I think that a declaration should be made by a. man who marries again when he has a family by his first marriage that he can maintain the first familv,” remarked Mr. F. H. Levien, S.M..*in the Paeroa Magistrate’s Court when hearing an application for an order against a near relative in respect of children cared for by the State. “Such children should not be supported by the public of New Zealand with the prospect of a. second family, ’ he added.

“[ can’t account for it. but in my experience the bathing season is gettinglater every year," said Mr. J. G. MacKenzie, director of parks and reserves, Wellington, and, incidentally, director of baths and bathing beaches. “Twenty years ago," he said, “October was quite a popular bathing month, but during the last few years there has not been much bathing in October. We know that by (he returns from the baths. These do not begin to be appreciable until November."

"New Zealand has something to leach Americans in meat production and dairying, but in other branches of farming and agriculture, the producers in the United States are well ahead of us,” said a member of a party, comprising 38 New Zealand and Australian farmers, who returned by the Monterey, after a 4000-mjle tour of the Pacific Coast of America. Five were New Zealanders. The leader, Mr E. G. Ham. said this was the first tour of the kind, and as a result, a party of American farmers will be visiting Now Zealand and Australia soon. —Press Assn.

To-day witnessed the inauguration of the direct air service from Wellington to Greymouth, by Cook Strait Airways. Prior to now, it had been necessarv for passengers for Greymouth or Hokitika to stay in Nelson overnight, but the new service starts from Wellington, leaving there at 7.45 a.m., via Nelson, arriving Greymouth at 10.15 a.m. The ’plane leaves Greymouth on return at 11.30 a.m. and passengers have the option of proceeding through to Wellington, arriving there at 2.15 p.m. or 6 p.m. The service is to operate three- times weekly, as hitherto, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The repair work at the Craigieburn Creek bridge, which was washed out by the big flood last year, has been commenced by the Grey County Council, after a long delay through an inability to obtain supplies of bridge timber from Australia. The repairs are extensive, and involve lengthening the bridge by 60 feet, with two extra spans, to guard against a re-occurrence of the washing out of the approaches. Tube Creek bridge, on the Crooked River Valley road has now been completed by the contractor, Mr. W. Arnott, and plans are being prepared for a further mile of the road, for which a grant appears in the Public Works Estimates.

It is likely that, the district coal trade will be affected next week hy the dispute existing at Gisborne over the unloading of the Australian cargo from the steamer Karepo, which was scheduled to be at Greymouth to-day, to load 2,900 tons of coal for Wellington. The watersiders at Gisborne again refused the call for labour for the Karepo, this morning, and the date of her arrival at Greymouth is indefinite, possibly Thursday next, at (he earliest. Owing to the programmes for the vessels, and the loadings, being mapped out 10 to 14 days in advance by the shipping companies, it is understood that there is no possibility of a vessel being substituted for the Karepo, to load at Greymouth.

Favourable conditions were experienced for the opening of the fishing season, to-day, and a number of fishermen were out early this morning. The first catch reported was that of a 31b. brown trout taken in the lower reaches of the Grey River by Mr. H.‘ Mathieson, of Preston Road. As the result of the over-night rain, the streams are slightly discoloured, and it is expected that some excellent bags will be brought in over the week-end. Up to this morning, about GO licenses had been issued by the Grey District Acclimatisation Society, this being about, the same number as at the beginning of last season. Reports from the Orangipuku River show that the trout are still running there, and three rainbow were trapped on Wednesday, the best weighing 4Mbs. This river is closed for another month, in view of the late run of spawning fish and the Society’s trapping operations.

Mavis Burgoyno presents two of the latest dance specialties. Big Laugh Show, Town Hall. Monday. Re-

serve at Kilgour’s and save regrets —Advt. ft • ’o-

Power to remove the existing licence for the Glacier Hotel, Bealey, or to grant a new licence on the expiry of the present one, is sought in the Hurunui Licensing Committee Enabling Bill, leave for introduction of which was granted Mr Forbes in the House of Representatives yesterday. As (be Bill slates, tlu» construction of a bridge over the Waimakariri river at the old Bealey ford has removed the necessity for the- accommodation licence al the Glacier Hotel, which was required for ferrying purposes. The Bill seeks to empower the Hurunui Licensing Committee to order the removal of the licence or to grant a new accommodation or publican’s licence, when the existing one expires, to any premises near the main West Coast road at Arthur’s Pass. There is a provision in the Bill that the committee should be sat-| isfied that public requirements will be better served if the removal of the licence is ordered. The Bill is being promoted by the Tawera County Council, and has born referred to the Selection Committee of the House to decide whether it is a local or <i public bill.