Local and General

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Millerton mine, which had been idle since last Thursday, as the result of a dispute between the union and management over, the supply of Millerton coal to a Stockton miner, resumed yesterday after a settlement had been reached.

Great satisfaction with the progress of the health stamp campaign was expressed by the Postmaster-General (Mr. Webb) when announcing the figures for October. Including sales amounting to £13,336 from the stamps branch of the General Post Office — largely overseas orders—Dominion sales for the month were £29,141. The total for Octover last year—a record month —was £29,513, but the Minister pointed out that this year’s campaign did not commence until October 9, and to have approached so closely in a bare three weeks to the total for the full month in 1943 was an excellent achievement. —P.A. The monthly meeting of the Greymouth branch of the Plunket Society was held yesterday. Mrs. F. A. Kitchingham presided and welcomed two new members, Mesdames Coleman and Hughes. Remits for the Dominion Conference in Wellington this month were considered. The Branch will be represented by Mesdames J. O’Brien and E. Timlin. The half-yearly subsidy on wages was received, also notification of the payment of a uniform allowance and a cheque for Head Office’s share of same. It was decided to defer discussion on the purchase oi a car until the annual meeting, when subbranches will be represented. A total of £22 18/5 was paid in bv members as a result of the annual collections. One of the most distressing cases arising jut of Auckland’s housing shortage is that of i woman who was living with her husband md family in a caravan at Hamilton until last Monday week, when she, the husband, . md five of their 11 children went to Auck- . and on the understanding a house was iwaiting them. The family discovered, howjver, the house they had been told about by ; i couple they befriended did not exist. A : search for other accommodation was unsuc- - lessful. They obtained temporary accomnodation at a hospitality house. On Monday J ast the husband obtained work, but suffered 1 in accident the same day and is now in hos- 1 >ital in a serious condition. The woman said | ; o-day the position was desperate and ap- 1 >eals to the authorities were without result, i ■'he youngest child with her is seven and the i jldest 19.—P.A. t

At 9 o’clock this morning the thermometer in Greymouth registered 58 degrees,) this being the highest temperature recorded at that hour for a considerable time. The barometer, which had been steady all night, began to fall at 6 a.m., and at 9 o’clock still had a falling tendency at 1013.4. millibars.

Both expresses on the Midland line, to-day, are of larger proportions than jjsual. Two cars were added to the Greymouth-Christ-church train, this morning, and 136 passengers left in the seven cars, while 219 passengers are coming to the Coast in Six cars on the other train.

As a result of a collision between a cyclist, Ronald Partridge, 28, of Marlborough Street, Greymouth, and a motor' truck driven by Gordon Dick at Karoro yesterday afternoon, the cyclist was admitted to the Grey Hospital suffering from superficial abrasions. His condition to-day was reported to be satisfactory.

Appearing before Mr. A. A. McLachlan, S.M., at Hokitika, yesterday, Alice Eileen Manera Avas charged with leaving the employment of the Mental Hospital Department without the permission of the Manpower Officer (Mr. G. G. M. Mitchell). Mr. Mitchell stated that defendant’s appeal against direction to the Seaview Hospital had been dismissed, and after working for four days she had left. She Avas fined £l, Avith 10/- costs.

Commencing this Summer, it ha's been decided by the Advisory Board of the Federation of Health Camps to keep the Children’s Health Camp at Stoke open all the year round, instead of for a period during the Summer only, as in the past. Not only will weak, under-weight or poorly nourished children from the Nelson, Marlborough and Buller, districts continue to receive benefit from the camp, but by the extension of the scheme children from districts further afield will be admitted.

When the Poolta was ready to sail for the North Island, early this morning, a member of the crew was not aboard, and the ship Avas unable to depart. Her sailing is uncertain. After making an 'exceptionally fast passage from a northern port, the Kaimiro arrived this morning instead of this evening, and commenced coal loading with one crane. The Pakura, which arrived early this morning, could not begin loading till this afternoon, but should sail to-morrow morning, while the Karu has been further delayed and should sail some time to-mor-row.

Since October 19, when a bulletin issued by N.Z. Petroleum, Ltd., stated that on September 13 basement rocks had been encountered at a depth of 6942 ft. in No. 1 bore at No Town, and that operations had ceased from that date, no further developments in the company’s investigations on the West Coast have been reported. However, to-day Mr. G. F. Barnwell, Chief Geologist and General Manager of the company, indicated that within a \yeek he hopes to be in a position to ’indicate future lines of action. (It has been suggested that a bore will be sunk in the Dobson area, but to-day Mr. Barnwell preferred not to comment). Mr. T. D. Foster, an oil field superintendent who was forced to leave the Vacuum Oil Co.’s field in one of the Dutch East Indies after Japanese conquest of the islands, is now in Greymouth, and he Avill supervise drilling operations here by N.Z. Petroleum, Ltd.

Now is the time to have your chimneys cleaned by G. D. White ’Phone 576 M. Clean, reliable and reasonable.—Advt.

Full quotas for national war savings were again secured in all West Coast towns last week, though Brunnerton, Otira, Ross and Waiuta had to call on reserves to enable successes to be claimed. At the remaining six offices the cash lodgments were in excess of requirements by £341. Pride of place went to Runanga, which invested nearly three times the weekly objective. The total investments for the week were £1307, a surplus of £248 on the weekly quota of £1059. Details of investments of the various offices, with surpluses in parenthesis, are as follows:—Runanga, £294 (£193); Reefton, £143/11/- (£6O 11/-); Hokitika, £219/17/- (£49 17/-; Greymouth, £530/10/7 (£33 10/7); Blackball, £55/18/- (£3 18/-); Kumara, £25/12/9 (12/9). Brunnerton invested £6/10/6, leaving a deficiency of £43/9/6; Waiuta. £5, a deficiency of £3O, Ross, £2O 8/-, a deficiency of £ll/12/-, and Otira. £6/1/-, a deficiency of £7 19/-. Dirndls in floral prints, large gnd small patterns. Showing with revers, or rounded neckline. Sizes S.S.W. to O.S. Prices 19/3 and 24/9. —C. Smith Ltd. —Advt.

View our range of Summer Felts in pastel tonings and smart styles Priced from 19/11. —C. Smith Ltd.— Advt.

Whatever type of life you lead, White’s have the Frocks to "make you look smart ... to suit every occasion and they’re priced for every purse. Call early «while the selection is at its best.—White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre.—Advt.

I dreamt I was eating flannel cakes, and when I woke up the blanket was gone! Well, perhaps Mum had decided to send it to the Westland Laundry. The Westland make such a wonderful job of laundering blankets, using only lux chips. You’ll be delighted with their fluffy freshness and whiteness and results surpass the most careful home washing. But most important, we save you the back-breaking, heavy lifting and strain which _is the bugbear of blanket washing. Eiderdowns and curtains and drapings, tinted to the exact shade you desire are also part of our service. Westland Laundry Ltd. 'Phone 136. Depot: 27 Albeit Street.—Advt.