LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones) to-day advised that the total enrolments in the national military reserve are 17,289. Of these, 2913 are ineligible for service.—Press Ascsn.

“The Court will not receive letters from anybody.” This general warning was issued by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M , during the hearing of a case in Christchurch. The S.M. produced a letter dealing with the case, and said that the next time he received one he would place it in the hands of the Police.

“A Price Fixing Commission is not worth a hill of beans unless there is force behind it —and that a revolver,” commented Mr. J. G. Coates, M.P., during an address at Rongotea. He added that the only country in which it had been successful was Germany, where there were concentration camps.

During the year 1866 cinematograph films of all classes, totalling 4,713,790 feet, were examined, states the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs. Of this number five were rejected in the first instance, two were subsequently passed after reconstruction, 112 were passed with recommendations that they were more suitable for adults audiences, and three passed with the caution that they were not suitable for children. Three appeals were lodged; one was dismissed, and the other two were allowed. These, however, were merely protests against some minor excisions and not against total rejection.

Don’t fail to be at the interesting picture shew in St. John’s Hall on Thursday night. The Coronation procession reel is worth while. —Advt.

Consistency 18- the secret spirit of success and one of the most successful consistent “Spirits” is Dewar s Imperial Whisky. All those good qualities of tine, 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 slackening of the programme of new public buildings in the Dominion is being considered by the Government. The list of the buildings to be placed on the “waiting” list, so that tradesmen can be diverted to housing construction, is being compiled by a Cabinet co-ordinating committee.

Freight hauled through the Otira tunnel last week from west to east, amounted to 14,001 tons, compared with 13,373 tons in the corresponding week of last year, an increase of 628 tons. In 1937, the corresponding total was 12,436 tons.

IVhen a medical witness was asked in the Arbitration Court, C.reymouth, to-day, whether he had any doubts about performing an operation he had recommended, Mr. Justice Callan said that probably doctors had doubts about their cases just as lawyers had. As regards legal cases, he knew that lawyers often met with far more trouble than they had bargained for.

In connection with the accident which occurred at Kaiata, on Sunday, the car driven by Mr. G. T. Joyce was the third to be involved. Messrs E. Hill and C. M. Sorenson were proceeding in the same direction and when their cars came into collision, Mr. Sorenson’s car swung across the road and collided with Mr. Joyce’s car, which was proceeding in the opposite direction.

Launched by the Auckland Harbour Board’s floating crane the two fast control launches to be employed at the base at Mechanics Bay of Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., entered the service yesterday. Although their full capabilities were not explored both, the craft performed impressively in the trials which were subsequently carried out on the harbour. Their speed, stability and ease of handling were well demonstrated.—-Press Assn.

“A patient, who will consent to undergo an operation without any hesitation, that is what the doctor must have been looking for all his life,” said Mr. Justice Callan, during the hearing of a case in the Arbitration Court, Greymouth to-day,. when Mr. W. Douglas Taylor asked a medical witness whether he himself would have any hesitation in undergoing an operation which he had recommended for plaintiff.

The result of the ballot held on August 16 for the election of a delegate from the Grey Miners’ Central Committee to the Miners’ National Council, is as follows:—H. Johnson 359, MacGougan 119, F. Baxendale 118; unused papers 20G. Mr. Johnston has been declared elected. Mr. H. Johnson (Runanga) has been elected President unopposed, and Mr. T. Walker (Runanga) re-elected secretarytreasurer unopposed. <

At a special meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council, held yesterday, the minutes of a special meeting of the Council, held on August 3, when the Borough rates for the year ending March 31, 1940, were struck and levied, were confirmed. The rate demands will be issued in a few days’ time, and the rates will be payable on August 28. This means that the 10 per cent, penalty on unpaid rates will be imposed during the second week in March, 1940, instead of at the end of March, as usual.

The Arbitration Court concluded its sittings in Greymouth to-day, after four and a-half days devoted to the hearing of compensation claims. Six compensation cases had been set down for hearing in Westport, but the Court will not now sit there, as all the cases with the exception of one, have been settled. In the case still to be decided only the evidence of a doctor has to be heard, and this will be taken on commission and forwarded on to the Court. The next sitting of the Court will be held in Nelson, and following that the Court will go to Blenheim.

Australia claims to lead the world in virtually every civil aviation activity when catenations are on a population basis, and even without that qualification she is first in freight carried, third in route miles, fourth in miles flown, fifth in passenger miles, and sixth in passengers carried. All the Australian capitals are connected by air, and the Perth-Melbourne gap of 1850 mites is flown one way every day. In the last ten years routes flown have grown from 3507 to 27,691, miles flown from 423,000 to 9,654,678, passengers from 900 to 106,339, and freight from 15,0001 b to 1,345,791.

According to the State Placement Officer at Greymouth (Mr. F. R. Pai-liser-Smith) there are a number of girls and young women available for employment in the Grey district, and the Placement Service is able to fill many positions. Until the Social Security Act came into force, the service was not concerned with the placement of females, but now that they are eligible for the unemployment benefits, every effort is made to find work for them. There is evidence that employers of domestic and female labour in general have not yet realised the assistance offered by the Placement Service.

To supervise repairs to the Union Airways monoplane Kahu which was damaged at New Plymouth aerodrome on July 23, two experts from the Lockheed Corporation factory at Burbank, California, arrived at Auckland by the Monowai from Vancouver. The machine was flown from New Plymouth to Palmerston North a week ago, temporary repairs being made by the company’s engineers. Considerable: interest in the ocean services which will join at Auckland was expressed by the visiting experts. Yesterday afternoon they inspected the plant and equipment at the bases of Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., ami Pan American Airways at Mechanics Bay. —Press Assn.

The annual meeting of the Greymouth branch of the Automobile Association, Canterbury, will be held tonight (Tuesday), at 7,30 o’clock, at Harker’s Tearooms (upstairs). All members are cordially invited to be present.—Advt.

Cool, crisp and delightfully new! Summer Breeze in a fascinating range of stripes, florals, spots, just opened at C. Smith’s. —Advt.