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Grey River Argus, 26 August 1912, Page 4

'Get: your . Bicycle to run like' .; loclwqrk by having it .overhauled at Athcl Tomkies', Mackay Street.— Advt. The annual meeting of the .Greymouth Jockey Club will be hold this (Monday) evening at the Albion Hotel, at S o'clock. • .-'..) The way 1 we make an; old Bike into a new one for 25s s. to have^it enamelled and. overhauled at "Athel ' Tomkies', Maxkay Street.-— Advt. . An advertisement appears in I Wnt:diri papers : stating experienced truckers and miners' are wanted:' It is understood l about three-quarters of those previously employed at the mine have returned, agreeing to come under arbitration law, and the othei fourth has' sought f 'fresh fields and pastures new." ;■•' • Spriiiy is here. Now is the time to have your bicycle made new by having it enamelled, and overhauled at Atbcl Tomkies', Mackay Street, Greymmitli-; — Advt. : Mr. Watiy, of Coal Creek, has taken cut ■ a profecticov pateni i«V conection witih itaTness. ; -It is: cabled : '! Watty's Patent Harness ./for conection with iharness. It/ is calldistributing, weight.- -.'over shoulders." It is said that the'device will do ■ away with all- horse collars, i and vwill, be the means of saving the horse: from sore shoulders. He has taken- orders for 32 sets already, and' it is to be hoped that in due time the harness v will be.; in use all over the Dominion.; „ '... . - , ;■. ;. The Chief Postmaster notifies -;that the Meteorological Office, Wellington, hats arranged ' a code 'which _may. be used by mkriners to request • information and receive ; replies thereto. ; TRe code may be seen on application at the telegraph counter. It provides a word for such questions as: "What are the weather prospects " "What is the state of the weather at — " "What do you think of the weather for the voyage between — arid — "'"Weather bourid at —" "Bar b&und at — ," "Please keep us posted as to weather conditions by cipher code collect telegram until — ," '"Weather as far' as — ," "Weather to-day/ "Weather to-morrow." The charge for a telegram and reply thereto, each of 12 words, is 6d, and is for ordinary and urgent messages respectively. An enthusiastic meeting of the organising- committee of the proposed branch .of the Westland. Reform League was held on Friday in the Fire Brigade Rooms, when a large attendance was present, Mr. W. Jeiffics presiding. A quantity of .correspondence was read deallg with the formation of the League and its -constitution. It was decided to hold a public meeting of those willing to enrol as members in the Town Hall on Tuesday, September 3rd, at 8 p.m., when short addresses Avill v -be given by repiesentatives. "Mesrrs. H, L. Michael, A. A. Andrews, H. M. Coulson, J. J. Mclntosh W. Jeffries, and the secrc-, tary, Mr. S. Briggs, ,were apointcd a sub-committee o make the necessary airangemehts for the evening's pro- 1 , ceedings. Reports from outlying dis-, tricts stated that the enrolment •of membership was extremely satisfac- 1 tory. — West Coast Tmes. A complete overhaul and re-enarpel-lung- 2ss. That's .all Wade and Co'Uik ynu lo pay. , 1 . ',• _ My 4<; f\d Window you will find 1 all requii<*ments for Winter Wear, Hats, Winter and ( Working Shirts, Wool Drawers, Singlets, Tennis and Neglige Shirts.— Robert M. Hempseed; WhVre the Good Hats are.— Advt The "Model Engineer" scries of handbooks:— "The Slide \^lvU '' "Electric Bells and' Alarms," "Electric Batteries," "Model Boiler Making:" "Small Dvn.tmos and Motors," "Induction Coils," "Small Electric Lighting," "Steam Turbines," "Gas and Oil Engines," "Electric Apparatus,"' "Alternating Cuncnts" — in'-pa,-]Ycr covor, 9d each. ,io- tag" 1 Id c» T ct.T, procurable at B. Dixon's, bookseller Tainui street.— Advtj.