LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 December 1937, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The “Greymouth Evening Star” will not be published to-morrow (New Year’s Day).

A first offender, arrested at Greymouth yesterday, for drunkenness, was to-day convicted by Mr. J. M. Bunt, J. P., and ordered to pay 10/6 medical expenses.

To-day is the warmest day experienced at Greymouth so far this Summer, the thermometer recording 76 degrees in the shade, at one o’clock this afternoon. At noon, the shade temperature was 74 degrees, equal to last Sunday, which was the previous warmest day.

Mr. J. O’Brien, M.P., has received advice from Mr. P. C. Webb (Minister for Mines) that Captain Burgess, of the Centaurus, had notified him that he has acceded to the request to fly up the West Coast on the morning of January 5, subject to the weather proving suitable.

Fifty acres of Church of England property in St. Albans. Christchurch, will soon be available for the erection i of houses, according to information (contained in the latest issue of the | “Church News.” The subdivision of this area, the last General Trust Estate I land held by the Church in St. Albans, will begin shortly, and it is expected that an auction sale of about 40 sections will be held after Easter. Altogether 21G sections will be provided, which should fetch on a conservative estimate, it is stated, about £33,000, The sale is"defended on the ground that the revenue of the estate will gain by about £l2OO a year. Trains leave Greymouth for Omoto races to-morrow at 11.30, 11.50, 12.15, 12.55 and 1.31 p.m.—Advt. I

New Year hospitality will certainlny call for the best Whisky. Therefore we earnestly recommend Dewar’s Imperial as the New Year Spirit. It can safely be said that each bottle of Dewar's has seen several New Years before the lever is prised, and it is the ageing process that brings to Dewar’s that unique flavour which appeals so greatly to all men who value good matured whisky. Griffin and Smith, Ltd., Distributors, Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport.—Advt.

Accommodation at the camping grounds' at Victoria Park is taxed to capacity, there being visitors from all parts of the Dominion. .Even the new stables and feed-rooms, recently erected by the Greymouth Trotting Club are being used for accommodation.

recently accepted, by the Public Works Tenders Board, Wellington, include: —Pole erection Marsden Road-Kaiata section, ArahuraDobson transmission line, T. Coll (Greymouth) £1,090/10/-; re-forma-tion and sealing Christchurch-Kumara State Highway, British Pavements (Canterbury) Ltd., £15,117/9/2.

Christmas week was the choice of 20 Invercargill brides to be married. This was two more than the number married in Christmas week in 1936. Last year, however, there were 13 marriages on the two days before Christmas Day, compared with six this year. On Monday of last week there were five weddings, on Tuesday five, on Wednesday four, on Thursday four, and on Friday four.

A large demand for the cheaper classes of tennis balls and for eyeshades has existed during the last few days, and several Auckland firms have been unable to supply orders, in spite of recently augmented stocks. "We .could have sold hundreds more balls, if we had had them,” a shop assistant said. “Inquiry has never been keeper.” The opening up of public courts in parks and at beaches, together with the long spell of fine weather, has helped to make tennis perhaps the most popular of this Summer’s recreations.

Two brothers met for the first time in twenty-five years when they were arrested, and taken to the Christchurch Police Station, last evening. The two men were arrested on charges of drunkenness, in different parts of the city. They were taken to the Police Station in two taxis, which happened to arrive at the same time, and it was then that the police were surprised to hear the two men hail each other as brothel’s who had not met for twenty-five years.—Press Assn.

The innermost part of Whangarei harbour, hitherto known officially as “Kioreroa,” is to be renamed “Port Whangarei” from July 1. The change is made by a proclamation in the latest Gazette under the authority of the Designation of Districts Act. 1908. The name “Kioreroa,” which means “long rat,” appears to have been applied to the neighbourhood •in early Maori times. It is used to designate a railway siding on the main line about a mile south of the Whangarei station.

For the third time in a week, the shade temperature ’at Blenheim, yesterday, reached ninety degrees. The hottest day so far this Summer was Christmas Day, when the reading was 95 degrees, topping the preceding day’s temperature of 90 degrees. Conditions cn the Wairau Plain are again very dry. This is favourable for harvesting, but pastoralists and gardeners are anxious for rain. Campers and motor tourists, of ’whom there are. record numbers, this year, are revelling in ideal holiday weather. —Press Assn.

“Your very isolation is, in many respects, both a protection and an aid, as it saves you from mingling too often with the crowd and developing that herd instinct which tends to make you an unimaginative slave to the ideas of others,” stated Dr. J. W. MeIlraith, chief inspector of primary schools, in a letter published in the “Postman,” the annual magazine of the Education Department’s Correspondence School. Much of the contents of the magazine has been contributed by the pupils, and it shows the initiative and imagination possessed by the children in the backblocks, and others who are unable to attend the ordinary schools, depending on the mail service for theii- eduication.

Good fields and fresh'horses at Omoto to-morrow will make good racing.—Advt.

The first of the New Zealand naval ratings who were sent to England for a three-year training course in the Royal Navy are to return to the Dominion early next year. Since 1934, groups of 30 have been sent every year to take this course, which enables them - to secure experience aboard warships, destroyers, and submarines according to their qualification. In recent months several New Zealanders have been on British battleships in Spanish waters, where they watched incidents in the civil war. Several of the 30 to return to New Zealand next year are still abroad, and will leave from their stations for the Dominion without returning to England. The main group of about 20, however, will arrive in New Zealand earlv in March by the Rangitata.

Enjoy yourself at Omoto races tomorrow. Fresh horses, good fields and fresh surroundings.—Advt.

Mark Twain said, “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 acquainted. Messrs Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Agents, Greymouth, Hokitika and’ Westport.—Advt.

Smart women are choosing these gaily patterned Canton Crepes for Summer Frocks. Showing in the most delightful colourings. 36 ins wide. Price only 2/6 vard at C Smith’s, Ltd.—Advt.

Free classes in making Wood Fibre Flowers re-opened at C. Smith’s! Learn this fascinating art. It's the latest craze. Book your appointment now!—Advt. <

New Year Cards and Greeting Stationery in singles or assorted boxes All prices from 2d upwards. Large assortment, at B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Tainui Street. —Advt.

193 S Diaries in all sizes from the smallest pocket to the largest. Desk Diary, in all rulings and bindings and at N.Z. published prices. Range from 1/- upwards at B. Dixon’s, Lid Grevmouth. —Advt. ' ’