LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 February 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Janies and Liverpool mines will work on Monday.

The Minister of Public Works (Hon. R. Semple) expects to arrive at Hokitika, by aeroplane, on the morning of Febrbuary 22. He will spend two days in South Westland, inspecting public works, and is to leave Hokitika, on February 24, for Greymouth and Westport.

The unusual spectacle for New Zealand of an aeroplane being offered at public auction will be seen in Dunedin shortly, where a large commercial machine is to be sold. The original value of the machine landed in New Zealand is stated to have been £9OOO.

Owing to the cancellation of yesterday’s service, on account of the rough weather, the Cook Strait Airways service aeroplane made a special trip to Greymouth this morning, for five passengers for Wellington, Messrs. L. Carruthers, V. Baxter, H. Chalk, W. Sherratt and F. Jakobsson.

Sixteen private placements were made by the State Placement Service at Greymouth this week, including 13 skilled 1 and semi-skilled labourers and three farm hands. . Thiiteen were for permanent positions, two for temporary work and one for casual work. In addition nine men were placed on State works and subsidised full-time work.

School time is here. What about School Books, School Stationery, School Bags, School Attache Cases? You will find the best of values are offered by B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Tainui Street.—Advt.

Yards of bargains in materials at C. Smith’s! If you make your own (and it’s really easy with an Academy pattern) now’s the time to pick up a frock length or two for just a fraction of its real value!—Advt.

Men of the world, men with education who have travelled widely and men with a natural good taste, all say “Dewar’s Please!” For many years Dewar’s Imperial Whisky has held a record for absolute purity and quality that has never been exceeded and today this famous brand is undoubtedly the most popular spirit on the market. “Don’t say a drop of whisky please —say a drop of Dewar’s please.” Griffin and Smith, Ltd., Distributors, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport. Advt.

The Greymouth Waterside. Workers’ annual picnic is being held at Hokitika to-day, in ideal weather. There were 434 passengers on the excursion train leaving Greymouth, this morning. The train will arrive back in Greymouth at 7.15 p.m. No w r ork is being done on the Greymouth waterfront to-day, on account of the picnic. Standing straight and fearles in the witness box. a little dark-haired girl of seven years promised solemnly in the Wellington Supreme Court to tell only the truth. “What will happen to you if you do not tell the truth?” asked Mr Justice Fair. The little girl turned to the judge, smiled and considered. But it seemed (says the “Evening Post”) that the consequences of perjury were l too much for her mind to envisage. The, judge put it in a different way. “Why must you tell the truth?” he asked. The answer was simple and given unhesitatingly: “Because it’s right to tell the truth.” The judge smiled: “The witness is qualified to give evidence,” ho said.

“The Government’s housing scheme will be a gigantic failure. The houses are nothing more than pill boxes, and the building of the settlement at Auckland was nothing more than the creation of a modern shun,” said Mr W. J. Broadfoot, member of Parliament for Waitomo, addressing a public, meeting at. Waimate. The people, and the members of Parliament, were entitled,. Mr Broadfoot said, to know the figure for the expenditure on the scheme, but they could not be obtained from the men in charge of the scheme, and had to be obtained in a round about way from the contractors. None of them had been built at a cost of less than £950, and in England the houses in the schemes there had been built by private enterprise for £550 each.

The monthly meeting of the Greymouth Plunket Society was held on Thursday afternoon, the following members being present: Mesdames Dennehy (Chair), Wallis, Carter, Meldrum, McKane, Leahy, Fletcher, Smith, Webber, Ramage, Barrett, Wilde, Trott, Denton, Phillips (Secretary) and, Miss Anderson. A vote of sympathy was passed with the . relatives of the late Sir Truby King, founder of Plunket Work, members standing in silence as a mark of respect. The resignations of the President and Secretary were received, and votes of thanks passed for their services. Mrs J. O’Brien was elected as president, and Mrs K. AlcCarthy as secretary. After the meeting Mrs Dennehy was farewelled at afternoon tea, and presented with a bouquet by the Committee. The nurses’ report for January was as follows: G'reymouth.—Visits to homes, 107; visits to office, adults 358, babies 316, older children 78; total 752. Outstations: Visits to homes 128; visits to office, adults 230, babies 206, older children 57; total 49k. The total of new cases was 67.

Save 33 1-3 per cent, on breakfast cloths with smart coloured borders! Special offer available in two sizes, 50in by 50in, and 50in by 70in. Regular 2/11 and 3/11 value for 1/11 and 2/6. Hurry! It’s a limit lot! C. Smith, Ltd. —Advt.

All Primary School Text Books and Stationery and Secondary School Stationery and Requisites are now on sale at B. Dixon's, Ltd., Tainui Street. All school lines sold for cash only; no booking.—Advt.

For best values in Exercise Books, Drawing Books, Pencils, Pens, Erasers, Rulers, Writing Pads, Scribbling Blocks, Inks, and all School Lines go to B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Booksellers, Tainui Street. — Advt.