LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 10 August 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last night's usua> Labour social was, as usual, very • largely attended and greatly enjoyed. The prize winners at cards were Miss Walsh, Mrs Knapp and Messrs McWhinney and McGirr. For the dapicng Mr 'S. Pupich was M.C., while the music was from Miss Watson (piano) and Mr Richardson (violin)^ A Press Association message from Wellington states that there was no work on the waterfront yesterday, owing to the toad weather conditions prevailing. It is -understood that the men will be prepared to resume today- ? ; '" ' .':•'.■". ": ■ It is said that" the Buller County Council have only put up; their rates one farthing duTing the last ten years. The reason is this the Council have been very successful in ". securing advances from the Government to keep their roads and bridges in order. It is time that the Buller County Council shouldered their own responsibilities, instead of always going cap-in-hand to the Government. ' A Brisbane cable records the death of Sir . Samuel Griffiths, until recently the Chief Justice . of the High Court of Australia. He was » formerly a Queensland politician, and was recognised as one of the greatest jurists that have lived in Australasia. A public meeting recently appointed a committee to report on the question of a war memorial for Dunedin.. The committee recommended that a memorial of a non-utilitarian t nature be placed in Queen's Gardens at an expenditure of not less than £10,000, defiigns to be advertised for in the Do.minion and Australia, • On Thursday next, the 12th inst., on the premises, Lombard Street, at 2.30 p.m. G. W. Moss and Co. favoured with instructions from the mortgagee wll sell by public auction two sections, with dwellings thereon. Full particulars as to area, titles, etc., .wll j be found on reference to our advertising columns. A New York cable says: The greatest concentration of sea power in the history of the United States Navy will occur by the conjunction of th.9 Atlantic and the Pacific ' fleets nest January, probably in tjie vicinity of the .Gulf of Panama for winter manoeuvres. . .

A Sydney cable records the death of Mrs Wood, formerly Miss Essie Jenyns the well-known Shakespearian actress. Advice has been received in Christ- " SfSr ™ the marria ge in Jerusalem ot Mr Gladstone Ward, third son of jar Joseph Ward, to Miss Sophie Haifo, of Jerusalem. * T( ?" dav the pre-war direct railway •*« serv lee between Paris and Berlin, via ' Cologne is being resumed. When a strike takes place it ia wonderful the number of petty business peoplej i abour agent a^ d other - hangers-on" of capitalism, who want to settle it—generally in the bosses* nterests. The workers have been sold over and over again by these people, ' whom they have occasionally trustedas mediators, and the lessons so learnt Fay the workers should be taken to heart. If the workers who are on strike cannot settle the question, then no one else should be allowed to settle it against their interests. A Sydney cable state a women's prohibition eampa:gn has been officially launched there, i A well-known New South Wales politician, Mr Beeby has. been apponted a Judge of the ArbitrationCourt m succession to Mr Justice Hey don. He will later become President of the, Board of Trade. Judge Bceby was returned as a Progressive at the last elections. His withdrawal from Parliament gives the Labour Government an additional vote for the time being. On Sunday the Citizens' Band gave an enjoyable programme of music at the Grey River Hospital. . > We omitted to mention in our report of the Labour Party Ball held at the Westland Opera House tnat electric lighting was used for the first time for dancing purpose and the building was brilliantly lit and showed the ladies ' handsome ball dresses to advantage. Mrs Fitzsimmons is to be congratulated on her enterprise and outlay towards the advancement of up-to-date improvements. A cargo of sugar is expected here to-day and this will tend to lessen a shortage existing. i T A London cable states that consternation was caused in the village of Mitcham, Surrey, by an Australian, soldier, named Fredk. Eichard Bivand, who wandered through the village, giving away money. He gave on? woman £50 and several others sovereigns. The news spread like wild fire and chldren followed Bivand, who was subsequently arrested and taken to the infirmary. He is suffering from shellshock after fouT years' service in France. A Sydney cable message conveys the startling news that the Prince of Wales is enjoying a , back-blocks holiday at Coonamble. He walked into the local hotel and " shouted" for al hands on Saturday. Judging by the salary he gets ho is quite capable of doing this. ■=• The Westport workers are up against it in the matter of workmen's tickets. Last Friday some of them who were working at; Waimangaroa bought weekly tickets at and proceeded on the train to work. They were quite surprise^. '. .ijwhen the guard wanted to punch out all the days up to Friday, and as -they were not going to work on the Saturday they had bought a weekly ticket for one ride only! Needless to say they were .. very indignant over the matter. The State Colleries and Eewanui workers have had to suffer this injustice for over three years now, and although they have agitated time and again, it is not .. materially altered. A bullock of somewhat extraordinary dimensions, and claimed by its owner to be the largest in the world, is being now shown in . Ohristchurch during National week. The animal stands 19 hands, is 14 feet in girth, measures 12 feet from head to tail, and its weight is 35001 b. It is rising six years, a Hereford-Shorthorn cross in breed, and was bred ,on the f Taieri Plain in Otago. As a prize-winner in the South Island it is unbeaten. At the conclusion of the New Zealand tour the bullock will be taken to Australia, and later to various other parts of the world. Special Bargains at McGruer's Great Sale: — 10 doz. pairs Ladies' Grey Corsets, usually 12/6, now 9/11 pair. Ladies Fleecy-lined Heavy Grey Bloomers, 10/6 now 8/li. Ladies' Cream Flanella Underskirts, now 6/11. McGruer and Co., Greymouth, Beefton and Hokitika.— Advt. In dismissing a charge against James M'Leod, with printing a document containing a notification on behalf of one, P. J. Flanagan, as to betting, on the Connolly and Borough, Handicaps at the Wanganui Babes in May, Mr Baley, S.M., at the New Plymouth Magistrate's CouTt, said it was apparently no offence to print a card unless it contained a notification by or on behalf of some person. In the case at point the card contained nothing to identify the person issuing it. , ' . Last week of ' "H.B.'s" Sale, »£B." are out to mane the last week of their sale bigger, brighter and more real than . ever. You know the reputation of "H. 8." Sales for real bargains, well, the firm deserve it, at this sale you are given the best value to be had in Greymouth. Only come . quickly, you have only a few days now in which you have tne opportunity of securing the many genuine bargains.

The firm of D. W. Murray, Ltdr. of Sydney have just acquired by purchase (says a cable) the interests of Henry Bull and Company, thereby merging the two most important soft-, goods busineses in the Commonwealth. During the year 1918 the total value of exports (excluding gold, specie and bullion) from GTeymouth port was £185,497; Hokitika, £39,807; Westport £38,832. The coal exported from Greymouth for the wek ending August 7, 1920, amounted to 4824 tons 9 cwt., made up as follows: Liverpool 2871 tons 19 i cwt : Blackball, 1649 tons 4 cwt; Reefton, 303 tons 6 cwt. During the past month 783 discharged soldiers were placed in employment by the Repatriation Department, making the total placement to date 18,834. The war-time rent law, protecting tenants, is to be extended in operation till next August. > There are at the present time 78,052 names, on the Register of the Repatriation Department. A cable states that Parkin, Hobbs, and Strudwick, have accepted an lnvitaton fTom the MaTylcbone Cricket ■ Club to join its team for Australia. Barnes, the crack bowler, is not coming. The Eastern Extension Cable Company notify that all traffic for the United Kingdom had to be diverted to the Pacific cable yesterday, but can now be sent on the Eastern route again. A new measure to limit Asiatic immigration is to be shortly introduced by the Government. The amount cqllected foy the Repatriation Department up to 30/6/20, in reduction of loans granted was £206,585 and less than '5 per cent of the 12,876 men who have been granted loans are in arrear with their pay- I nients. Instalments amounting to £33,419 were collected during tho month of June. After an operation, Mr John Stevenson, of Reefton, died yesterday. Ho had only recently returned, after being absent for about four years on war service. He leaves three sisters and three brothers. Deep sympathy is expressed with them and with Mr Stevenson in their bereavement. During the financial year 1918-19 the Greymouth Harbour Board paid a total of £5,385 in wages. The number of permanent employees on March 31, 1919, was 10, and casuals 14. For tho same period the Westport Harbour Board paid £18,223 in wages, employing 21 permanent and 50 casual workers on March 31st, 1919. Up to the 20th July, 4,039 loans for the purpose of acquiring or establishing businesses had been approved by the Ministeral Board of the Repatriation Department, involving an expenditure of £918,34. An additional 8,837 men have been granted loans for tho purchase of household furniture, tools etc., and a further- 3,001 have received financial assistance in other directions the amount paid to or on behalt .ot soldiers under all headings, totalling £1,326,031. _,- , The American Labour Federation is taking steps to secure power to form unions at all the works of the United States Steel Trust. The Federation demands-and rightly-thatthe steel workers shall have the right of holding meetings and that union organisers and speakers shall have the right of free speech in the Steel Trust torritories. The Federation will mako its demands an election issue. It is a good indication of what the trust evil means when workers have thus to fight even for the right to organise.