LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 January 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Nelson Hospital Board decided that it should be a condition of employment that all resident employees should insure their personal possessions or absolve the board from liability. This action was taken as a result of the loss of nurses’ personal possessions in the fire at the new nurses’ home.

Agents who have been acting on behalf of the United Kingdom Government state that a residence has been leased in Wesley Terrace, Wellington, for Sir Harry Batterbee, who will arrive in March, to take up an appointment as High Commissioner for the United Kingdom Government. The residence is but temporary and Hie question of securing a permanent site will be considered later. —Press Assn.

The Greymouth Office of the State Placement" Service placed eight men in private employment this week, six of the positions found being permanent and two casual. The permanent positions included a youth as a farm labourer,.a youth as an assistant in a radio shop, a lorry driver, bushman and joiner. In addition, 20 mon were placed with State departments, or in subsidised full time employment.

At the request of a woman motorist a New Plymouth service station proprietor filled the car radiator with water. Then he inflated the tyres and “topped up’’ the battery (records the “News”). All these services were free. “I don’t like to go away without buying anything,” said the driver. She asked if he had any stamps and she bought sixpenny worth. In payment she proffered a £5 note.

After several seasons of strenuous competition. Miss Mona Leydon, national middle-distance swimming champion, is likely to announce her retirement shortly. She did not compete at the Auckland championships. Miss Leydon announced this week that she would not be a starter in the New 1 Zealand championships next month. Tired of hard competitive swimming Miss Leydon has decided to spell for the remainder of this season. She does not think she will reenter competition next year. Accompanied by her mother. Miss Leydon will probably make a. trip to the United States shortly. She will study American stroke technique but will not compete.

Prominent among the big-game fishermen who arrived from America by the Mariposa was Mr Richard Sutton, an American writer, whose articles on sport in New Zealand have done much to bring it to the attention of anglers in the United States. Mr Sutton, who is accompanied by his wife, who is also a. keen angler, has made several previous- visits to the Dominion. Mr Sutton’s stay will be comparatively short on this occasion. He will fish for 12 days at Tauranga. and for 12 days al Whangaroa, and will then leave for South Africa.. He has been invited by the South African Government to survey the possibilities of the big-game fishing grounds off those coasts, tie plans to visit New Zealand again next year and Slav three months.—Press Assn.

Draughtsmen’s Requisites stocked at. B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street, Drawing Boards fined with T Squares and Set. Squares 16/6. T. Squares in various sizes and qualities 3/6 to 21/-; Mathematical Drawing Sets 7/6 to 160/-; Scale Rules 4/6 to 16/6; Paper Scales in Sets 3/6; Parallel Rulers 12/6 to 30/-: Drawing Papers 6d to 2/- a sheet. Drawing Pencils 2d to 6d each; Drawing Inks 9d to 2/6. Drawing Pens 2/- to 8/6 each.—Advt.

New Year hospitality will certainly 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. Griffen and Smith, Ltd., Distributors, Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport.—Advt.

The manager of O’Brien and Party’s coal mine, Rewanui, Mr. Joseph Smith, suffered a fracture of the left leg, below tho knee, and serious chest injuries, yesterday afternoon, when he was caught by a. fall of side coal. Mr. Smith was finishing work for the day when the fall occurred. He was admitted to the Grey Hospital, and his condition to-day was reported to be satisfactory.

A consignment of first-aid text books, valued at. £6OOO, which was carried by the liner Rimutaka to the Order of the St. John Ambulance Association, has been unloaded, and it. has been found that the books escaped damage by fire. They have been stored at the ambulance station in Rutland Street, Auckland. The order comprises 20,000 volumes on preliminary first-aid for use in schools throughout New Zealand, and also 3000 ordinary first-aid books.

At the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, George Albert Wilson, a labourer, aged 27, appeared on remand on a charge of being an incorrigible rogue in' that he escaped from the Greymouth gaol on January 10 before the expiration, of the term for which, he was committed. Wilson was also charged with having obtained by false pretences a pair of boots and a pair of overalls, valued at £l/7/6, from the Mayor’s Social Centre, Christchurch, on January 13. On the application of Detective-Sergeant F. Sinclair, Wilson was further remanded until January 26.

Twenty-three deep-sea fishermen, mostly Americans, arrived at Auckland yesterday, by the Mariposa, and will fish in New Zealand, leaving later for Australia. Zane Grey, a through passenger, intends fishing off the south coast of New South Wales, then the Great. Barrier Reef. Later his headquarters will be at Perth, from where be will locate a. suitable island off the coast for a. fishing camp to pioneer the fishing waters of the southern Indian Ocean, seeking sword fish, sail fish, and sharks. He said there were numerous thirty-foot sharks in this region. He has the most modern tackle that can be procured. —Press Assn.

Further experimental shipments of New Zealand lamb for the eastern Canadian market are being made this season by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. The first . consignment was recently dispatched by the motorship Kaipara. It will be distributed from two points, 1000 lambs going to Toronto and the remainder to Montreal. The New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Toronto will handle the shipment in accordance with the experience gained last season when the Meat Board’s London manager visited Canada to deal with experimental shipments made at that time. The entry of New Zealand lamb into Canada has been greatly facilitated by the trade agreement negotiated with the Canadian Government by the Minister for Customs (the Hon. Walter Nash), under which the duty was reduced from three cents per pound to half a cent. —Press Assn.

Damage amounting to several hundreds of pounds was caused to crockery, and temporary excitement prevailed among the passengers by the liner Mariposa when she encountered a heavy swell outside the Golden Gate when dropping the San Francisco pilot on January 5 at the beginning of her voyage to Auckland, where she arrived yesterday. Caught unexpectedly in boisterous conditions when she stopped to drop the pilot, the liner rolled heavily. A large quantity of crockery stacked ready for use in the kitchen was hurled to the floor and smashed, and replacements would, it was estimated, cost between 1000 and 2000 dollars. Taken by surprise, a number of passengers had difficulty in keeping their footing. The majority retired io their cabins while the ship was rocking heavily, and those who remained on deck supported themselves as best they could. Once the liner continued on, the unsteadiness disappeared and conditions became normal. —Press Assn.

Be sure you read the Farmers’ Meat Supply’s advertisement in the For Sale column of this issue. You will he pleased if you do. —Advt.

No effect was noticeable in the number of numbers withdrawing from lodges on account of the approaching date for the Social Security Act to come into force, said Mr N. B. Bellringer, New Plymouth, to the "Taranaki Daily News.” Very little less was being collected each quarter from members and the figures of withdrawals were much the same as in other years. Increasing the membership was proving difficult for ledges, however, and very few new members were obtained by any of the lodges during the last quarter. In fact, the number of new members was negligible. Mr Bellringer said. From figures kept by Mr Bellringer, it was shown that all lodges were affected to a similar degree, although one lodge had had a. larger number of withdrawals recently. Despite the Act he thought that the lodges would he able to keep going, although they would probably develop more to a type of insurance than a guard against illness.

Special Wonder Fashion Garment Drive is now booming at White’s Fashion Corner. Everything must be sold to make way for our new season’s goods so be sure you get your chare of the remarkable bargains. White's Fashion Corner.—Advt.

Have you been to C. Smith’s Sale? Then don’t, delay your visit. You can save by purchasing your requirements now at, greatly reduced prices. Go where everybody’s going. C. Smith’s Annual Summer Sale, the event of the New Year! —Advt.

Office Stationery at B. Dixon’s Ltd. Account Books in all rulings, bindings and sizes. Boxed, Clip, and Collapsible Files of all kinds and for all purposes. Desk and Waste Paper Baskets, Time Books, Wages Books. Note Books, Invoice, Delivery, Receipt, Bill and Letter Rooks in all sizes. Typewriting Papers, Carbons and Ribbons, Ink, Gums, Muciline, Pastes, of all kinds. Duplicate Paper, Foolscap Papers, Cash Boxes, Deed Boxes, Paper Binders, Pens, Pencils, Rulers, Rubbers, Pencil Sharpeners etc.— Advt,