GENERAL NEWS Dunedin Maintains Its Cautiousness

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS Dunedin Maintains Its Cautiousness

A Dunedin firm, faithful to Dunedin’s traditional cautiousness, wisdom, or . long-sightedness, was the first to take the insurance cover being offered by Lloyds against the possibility of the cancellation of the Royal visit to New Zealand. Two or three days ago an Auckland firm and a certain local body in the Wellington area took out a similar cover and other policies have also been arranged. The premium qLLoted has been £lO 10s for each £lOO of cover, but inquiries in Dunedin today suggest that this rate is not likely to be long maintained as the limited market is being filled, largely by inquiries from Australia. It is emphasised that there is no prospect- of any insurance being arranged on a gambling basis.— (P.A.) Rehabilitation Loans

Thirteen loans, totalling £4861, were granted to ex-servicemen by the Rehabilitation Department at Greymouth last month. Details are as follows:—Furniture (6)' £501; housing (4) £2290: business (3) £2070; total £4861.

Mails for Britain

Surface mails for letters only for the United Kingdom, Eire and Europe, except the Balkan States and Italy, will close at the • Chief Post Office, Greymouth, at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday and at noon on October 16. A mail for parcels will close at 4.30 p.m. on October 18.

Thieves’ Message “We, the burglars of Auckland, thank you kindly, signed, the President.” This message was written on the wall of the factory of Sharland and Company, Morningside, Auckland, into which thieves broke on Wednesday night. They obtained a small sum of money. Two other premises were broken into but here again the thieves had little luck.—(P.A.)

Sharks Off Coast Sharks have been seen in increasj ing numbers off the West Coast durinf the past months, and this week a 6ft specimen was caught inside the Hokitika river mouth. The shark accepted the bait on a herring line, and after a struggle was eventually landed on the beach. It weighed 70 lbs. Many large “big boys,” a specimen of shark, have been observed by Grey fishermen recently, and a number of them were caught by a trawler earlier this week. The fish are cut up for bait.

Children’s Pets Taken to Church

A pet lamb —appropriately enough led by a little girl named Mary—so dogs, 20 cats, eight guinea pigs, some chickens, a duck, a tortoise, a tame mouse called Angela, and a tadpole in.a jam jar were all taken to church on Sunday by their small owners when the vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Wellington, the Rev. Mr Beresford, held a service to celebrate the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron samt of animals and birds. Three ponies and 12 horses, together with a large section of the adult congregation, had to wait outside the church until the service concluded. 14 Traffle Deaths

Fourteen persons died in traffic accidents during September, which brought the total of road deaths for this year to 155, said the Minister of Transport (Mr F. Hackett) yesterday. He said it ’was gratifying that there was an overall reduction in traffic deaths for the first nine months of 1948, but there had been a considerable increase in pedestrian deaths, particularly in Auckland city, where the total was 20 for this year or more than one-third of the total for New Zealand. The number of deaths among motor-cyclists showed a reduction of 25 per cent, compared with the same period of 1947.—(P.A.)

Working-bee Labour Could the Minister of Labour Mr A. McLagan) go into the question of granting exemption to public-spirited citizens from joining unions when serving on. working-bees ]to create public amenities and improve waste areas in cities and suburbs? asked Mr A. S. Sutherland (Opposition, Hauraki) in a notice of question in the House of Representatives yesterday. He said it had been reported that the secretary of the Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies Labourers’ Union had notified the Auckland Junior Chamber of Commerce that if such work was done by its members they must join the union. Mr A. G. Osborne (Government, Onehunga): Quite right, too.

Lock-up “Stocked” With Liquor The lock-up at the Taumarunui police station is heavily stocked with liquor seized by the police in a series of raids on clubs in the district. The Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club (which has 1000 members), the Taumarunui and District R.S.A. Club, and the Taumarunui Club were raided yesterday. The operation began shortly after 3 p.m., when a seniorsergeant and two constables entered the Cosmopolitan Club, inspected the premises, and went into the bar, which was thereupon closed. Later a truck drew up at the back of the club and was filled with cases of liquor, which were taken to the police station. Similar action was taken at the two other clubs. The Matiere and Ohura Cosmopolitan Clubs were raided by the police during the week. — (P.A.)

Do you have trouble getting to sleep these nights, as so many people do. But we can help you stop that tossing and turning by providing smooth professionally laundered sheets. There’s nothing so resful and refreshing and besides, washing and ironing at home is a back-breaking job. Let us free you from unneccessary drudgery. Make your phone line your clothes line and ring 136. Westland Laundry Ltd. Depot: Sam McAra. —Advt.