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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 November 1939, Page 6

Owing to an accumulation of coal, due to the lack of shipping facilities, the Liverpool mine was idle to-day and will not work again'to-morrow. It is expected, however, that the mine will work on Thursday and Friday.

Found crumpled up in the bottom of a kit bag issued recently to one of the men on guard duty around Wellington was the first sheet of a letter written in France by a soldier to his mother on the day that hostilities in the Great War ceased, November 11, 1918. Much of the writing, which is in ink pencil, is indecipherable, but the rest is sufficiently well preserved to show plainly the relief that the Armistice brought to the troops in France and the civilian population. There are evident, also, anxiety to' be back in normal activity, and thankfulness- at the way things turned out, for the first sentence reads.’ “Well, the whole business is over and hick has been with us.” Tattered and stained, though it is, the little sheet of paper is a most interesting souvenir of a momentous day in the world’s history, and is highly prized by its finder.

Criticism of the commercial broadcasting service and its value to the country was levelled by Mr. W. A. Sheat during an address to farmers who attended a mass meeting at Hawera, Mr. Sheat alleged that positions were being found in some Government services to reward men for their political services, and he said the time had arrived when the Government would have to face the facts and stop such practices. “I refer to the commercial broadcasting service,” said Mr. Sheat, “one of the most parasitic institutions in New Zealand. It puts over sloppy sentimentalism and. bad economies under the cloak of religion, and they tell people of the ‘blue bird of happiness’ and how to help Dan and Bill to build a nation. At the same time we are being asked to grow more by people who couldn’t produce threepence worth of parsnips. Public expenditure is being pushed up to such levels that the country cannot, carry on much longer, and I say that, if the Government is sincere it will push out a lot of these parasites and lighten the burden of the country.”

Choose your frocks at White’s and you will obtain satisfaction. Numerous new styles now showing indisputably smart and inexpensively priced. White’s Fashion Corner.—Advt.

A fountain pen makes an ideal Christmas gift. Wo have the latest models in the best and most reliable makes, viz., Conway Stewart Pens, 5/6, 6/6, 7/6, 8/6, 10/6. and up to 45/- each. Swan Fountain Pens, 9/6, 12/-, 16/6, 18/6, 22/6, 23/6, 27/6 to 45/-. Onoto Pens 10/6, 15/- up to 37/6. Sheaffers Pens 25/-, 35/-, 50/-, 63/- to 80/- each. Relief Pens, 12/6. 21/-, 35/- each. Cheaper grades of British makes from 2/6. 3/6 to 6/6 each, at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.