LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 April 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-day is the twelfth birthday of Princess Elizabeth. The flag was flown from public buildings at Greymouth.

The address at the Anzac Day service in the Greymouth Town Hall will be given by Rev. W. Wills, and the Scripture reading and the prayer will be taken by Captain Read and Archdeacon J. A. Jermyn, respectively. Rev. F. A. Parry will be chairman.

That English goods should always be purchased ■when there were differences iu price between locally produced goods and 1 English goods, in favour of the latter, was the opinion expressed in a motion passed by the Central Waikato Electric Power Board. The engineer, Mr. J. R. Ellis, had stated that the price of locally made insulators was much in excess of the prices of those that could be imported. Messrs. R. G. Young and J. J. Ry burn referred to New Zealand’s dependence on England for the sale of its produce, and wherever possible, English manufactured goods should be purchased. Mr. E. George said' that when on a recent visit to England he formed the opinion that except' for the fact that New Zealand owed England money, English manufacturers did not care a snap of the fingers for New Zealand trade.

| “One o£ the official’ parties destroying’ dteer has lately been working- in | the picturesque Urewera bush, couni try on the East Coast, where deer were found to be great in number and I doing considerable damage,” the I Minister for Internal Affairs (Hon. W. iE. Parry) said yesterday. The officers I had been aware that deer were numerous within the territory bounded! by the Parahaki stream and the Upper Wairoa river, but had not expected to find them in such numbers. “One report I have,” Mr Parry added, “shows that beautiful bush is badly menaced by deer, and as the country is very steep, erosion in its early stages is already to be seen. Splendid work is being done by the men employed in their endeavours to arrest the men-, ace, as> is shown by the frequent communications received from landowners.”—Press Assn.

Consistency is the secret spirit of success and one of the most successful consistent “Spirits" is Dewar’s Imperial Whisky. AH those good qualities of fine, matured whisky are found in Dewar’s, and this is the reason it is so consistently called for throughout the world by judges of good whisky. Man is gifted with a very sensitive taste when choosing his eatables, wearables etc., and why not use that same good taste in the choice of his drinkables and drink the best. Messrs Griffen) and Smith, Ltd., Distributors, Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport.—Advt.

■ A fine aiea of native bush has been given to the Government as a native reserve by Mr. 11. ,M. Hayward, and Mrs. Hayward, of Lower Hutt, according to an announcement by Hon. F. Langstone, Minister for Lands. The area, which will be known as Hayward’s Park, comprises about 43 acres, and is very qlose to the Hutt and Petone Boroughs. It contains a splendid variety of most of New Zealand’s native flora. —Press Assn.

Miss L. M. Cranwell, F.L.S., botanist at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, who was awarded a Bishop Museum Fellowship by Yale University for research work in Hawaii, has been invited to co-operate with a committee on a survey of Hawaiian bogs, particularly in the mountainous regions. Subject to leave of absence, Miss Cranwell will leave shortly for Honolulu. —Press Assn.

Early yesterday afternoon when the Karepo was steaming down Wellington Harbour on her voyage to Westport, she touched the bowsprit of the scow Ko hi, which was also outward bound. No serious damage was done. The only noticeable result was the breaking of a shackle at the end of the bowsprit. Alter returning for inspection, the Kohi sailed again at 2.30 for Nelson. —Press Assn.

Arrivals from overseas during February include 1823 persons describing themselves as tourists, while in addition 759 persons visited the Dominion as tourists on cruising liners, according to the Abstract of Statistics. Corresponding figures lor February, 1937, are: Tourists, 1485; tourists on cruising liners, 862. During the last 11 months 11,422 tourists visited the Dominion, as compaied with 10,126 in the same period of 1936-37, while visitors on cruising liners totalled 5677, as compared with 4879 last year. It is evident that the improvement in tourist traffic indicated by migration statistics for 1936 and 1937 is being well maintained.

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. W. Lee Martin) left Wellington by the Limited Express last evening for Frankton en route to Kereone, near Morrinsville, to attend a public meeting of farmers to be held there this afternoon to discuss the recent outbreak of facial eczema affecting sheep and cattle in the South Auckland district. The Minister was accompanied by the Director-General of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. Cockayne) and the Director of the Live Stock Division of the department (Mr. W. C. Barry). Other officers of the department, who have been specially detailed to carry out investigations into this trouble and who have been pursuing their inquiries on farms, at abattoirs and in the laboratory, will also be in attendance. The Minister is expected to arrive back in Wellington t- -morrow morning.—Press Assn.

Boarding-house keepers look to the holiday season temporarily to fill vacant rooms’, usually on the “bed arid breakfast” plan, but there was at least one visitor to Dunedin at the week-end who proved not to be a “paying guest.” This person, a young man, called and inspected a room at a local boarding house on Sunday, and. expressing himself as perfectly satisfied, promised to take up residence next day. Shortly afterwards, however, he returned, saying he would after all, occupj 7 the room that evening and bring his luggage in the morning. A comfortable bed, a refreshing morning bath, and a satisfying breakfast was enjoyed by the new boarder, who left to “pick up his luggage.” The boarding-house proprietor has since come to the conclusion that, while the young man evidently failed in the quest for his luggage, he was certainly proficient in the art of picking up cheap week-end accommodation.

At the West Coast sitting of the Arbitration Court, before Mr. Justice O’Regan, which are to commence at Greymouth on Wednesday next, industrial disputes will be dealt with as

fellow: —Nelson Industrial District Gold Dredge and Alluvial Mines Employees’ Union of Workers and West-

land Industrial District Gold Dredge and Alluvial Mines Industrial Union' of Workers v. Mataki Gold Dredging Company, Rimu Gold Dredging Company and other dredging companies and alluvial mines, application for an award. Inangahua Gold and Coal Mines Industrial Union of Workers v. Big River Gold Mines, Ltd., and'Blackwater Mines Ltd. (application for awards). There are also 14 compensation claims, arising out of accidents, for hearing at Grey mouth and five for hearing at Westport. The list cannot bo completed, owing to the legal vacation, and it is likely that applica-

tion will be made to the Court to set down cases for hearing.

Anzac Day Concert, Town Hall, Anzac night, Monday, 8 o’clock. Firstclass programme.—Advt.

A lecture, “Japan and: its Catholic Missionary Activities” will be delivered by Rt. Rev. Dr. Ross, S.J. in the Criterion Theatre, Reefton, to-morrow night. The lecture will be l preceded by a short musical programme.—6

Mrs D. E. Hunter, who has been West Coast and Marlborough representative for J. Steele. Corset Specialist, Auckland, for the past five

years, has been transferred' to Dunedin and Invercargill. All orders must be collected and accounts paid before the end of the month. —Advt.

Residents are anxiously awaiting the Government’s decision as to whether the Greymouth Borough Council will receive assistance towards clearing the slip at Omoto. But in the meantime we must not overlook the fact that the good rich health-giving qualities of Tintara Port are especially recommended for invalids and those who require an occasional stimulant. Messrs Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Distributors, Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport.—Advt.

Do you require a section? S. Burnett White has exactly the one you want. —Advt.