LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Grey River Argus, 31 May 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

McFarlane is still at the .Albion, and selling Mandi’s Bottle Beer at 1 - a bottle. —Advt. The d: te for the Dum din North byelection lias been fixed tor .lune 21. Press Association. We beg to acknowledge receipt of the sum of £1 towards the Russian Famine Fund from Henry Dnbb’s I nderstudy. The capital of the Bank of New South Wales,is to be increased from £5,000,000 to £6,000,000 by the issue of 50,000 new shares of £2O each. The explanation given by the AgentGeneral of the failure of the New South Wales loan is that investors feared there would be a disagreement at the Genoa Conference. Engineering for Boys.-—A. E. Kilgour has Meccano Sets. Encourage the talent your boy possesses. Inspect our stock. No. 0 8/6 set, No. 1 A. 14/-, No. I 14/6 set. A. E. Kilgour, local agent for Meccano Sets.—Advt. Wo beg to acknowledge rycoipt of the following amounts towards the .Russian Famine Fund:—Mrs Neilson, Waiuta 2/6; W. Tomlinson, Waiuta 3/-., Cotton cloth imports to Australia from the United States for the 11 months to November 30 last were only 6,883,295 yards compared with 14,238320 yards for the full calender year 1920, 10,710,7-17 in 1919 and 10,568,491 in .1918. For two weeks only, the Mayfair, men ar.l boys’ wear specialists, arc holding a special bargain sale of seasonable goods. Our stocks comprise the * cry latest goods bought on the lowest market possible. Every article in men and boys’ wear has been marked down to bedrock. Sale finishes June 2.—Advt. Australian export trade may be affected materially by the five-year £37,500,000 Argentine credit which Germany was recently reported in a cable message from Chicago to hive accepted, says the Melbourne “Aigus.lf the report be correct £12.500,000 of the amount will be expended in th2 purchase of Argentine meat,, wool and hides, and £25,000,000 in the purchase of cereals, most of the latter to be shipped to Russia for the purpose of obtaining in exchange materials essential to German industry. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states Miss Alary Pickford’s attorney cables a denial of the report that any divorce suit concerning her has ever come before the New York State courts. An appeal against her decree of divorce obtained in Nevada State is based on the contention that the court of that State has no jurisdiction over the parties to the suit, but no decision has yet been reached. The Press Association regrets any loss or annoyance caused Miss Pickford by the cables relating to her marriage affairs. Special Big Purchase, Glasson and Co., £4OOO stocks, bought at a great , discount for cash. This is one of the best value purchases we ever made. We can now give you extraordinary value. Great Clearance Sale commences Friday, May 19. Sensational savings if you act promptly. McGruer and Co., Greymouth, Reefton and Hokitika.—Advt.

Colonel Mitchell, M.P., will unveil the Soldiers’ Memorial at Westport on Saturday. Professor J. 11. Shelley left for Christ church yesterday morning, after a lecturing tour of the Coast. The P. and T. men- are to present a petition to Parliament this session over th-e Government’s opposition to their forming the Alliance of Labour. The Prime Minister, states a Press Association message from Christchurch, will deliver a policy speech at Invercargill on Thursday night. The AVestporl-Storkton Coal Company shipped 1767 tons lOvwt of coal last week. The W’estport Coal Company shipped 9196 tons Ucwt of coal and 31 tons 7 cwt of coke. Special values in horse and cow covers are offered by Harley's, Lid., Greymouth, for 14 days. Owners of stock should take advantage of the reductions which will save money. — Advt. ‘aNext Saturday tin- boxers, Harry Holmes and Hughic Dwyer, both well known in Now Zealand, try conclusions at Brisbane. The spirit of reform seems to be evident in Brunner, tin* latest institution to receive attention being the Brunnei Literary Institute, and a committee has been formed to attend to it. Air W. Mactarlane (late of the Ro> al Hotel) has taken over the Albion Ho tel, Greymouth. Mr Atacfarlane hope.' by catering for the public with hb usual thoroughness, io merit a fan share of patronage. The dining room A’ill be under the personal aupervisioi ’* Mrs MacfH.riHae.—Advr,. Standing brands of butter have l.een reduced in price by Id. per lb. by the Wellington wholesale butier merchants, and as a conscqin'nrp the retail price of supergrade buiter has been reduced from Is. 7d. to Is Gd. per lb. The Greymouth Boxing .Association is shortly holding an amateur tourney in view of the coming New Zealand championships. Record entries are coming in from Blackball, W: iuta, Dunollie, Camerons and Greymouth. Cases of infectious and oilier notifiable diseases it porle-l .n the Canter-bury-West Const lb’alih District, for tin* wrel; end“d nooe Monday, totalled 32 as lollows: Westland, Yaricella I; I nnng.-.hua, diphtheria 1; Grey, scarlet. fever, 2; diphtheria 2. Kohinoor Football Club’s fortnightly jazz dance will in futuro be held on Friday evenings instead of Thursday, as theretofore), and the next takes place on Friday next, at the Druids’ Hall, where patrons can roly on the best of arrangem-onts. Air Allen, the Technical Architect of lite Department, is to arrive in about a fortnight’s time to see about the starting of the new additions to Westland Hospital, the site for which is now being prepared. In two or three weeks’ time a motor ambulance for the Westland district will be placed at the disposal of the local Board. The ■weekly meeting of St. Columba Club last night developed into a spirited discussion on Club affairs —probably more entertaining and causing more merriment, but hardly conducive to oratory. The Debate against Trinity Club was discussed and after many nominations Alessrs McCarthy, Barry, Stanley and McMahon were selected to represent the Club. The programme for next Tuesday evening consists in discussing and studying the book of words. One line of tobacco, full-strength Capstan, has been reduced in price in the cities. The reason given is overstocking at the warehouses. The tobacco trust probably knows the real reason. The brand in question has probably been too hard to sell at 2/- a tin of 11 oz, hence a drop Io 1 ‘6. Though other tobacco reductions are being made, the combine says no general reduction is to be expected. It is about time smokers went for South African and some other brands not altogether at tin* mercy of the combine. A. E. Kilgour *s Alusic Room is re plete with up-to-date songs, waltzes, and inarches: “Let the Rest of the World Go By,” “Don’t You Remember the Time,” “Dearest,” “Whispering,” “April Showers,” “I Wonder Why,” “Omaha,” “Memories,” “Smoke Clouds,” “Kiss a Alias, ” “Feather Your Nest,” “Aly Mammy,” “At Half-past Nine,*” “Beautiful Ohio,” and thousands of others, price 2/-. A. E. Kilgour, Up-to-date Alusic, Piano, and Gramophone Warehouse.— Advt.