LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Grey River Argus, 24 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Prevention ia better than cure. Have some invalid Port Wine, Bells Whisky (mild yellow label), and Strachans Dunedin Ale and Stout in the house. Influenza is prevalent. Mark Sprot and Co. Ltd., Agents. —Advt. Another case of diphtheria was notified in Greymouth yesterday. This brings tho total of cases in tho isolation ward at the Grey Hospital up to six. A meeting of the West Const delegates will be hold in the Council Chambers on Friday evening to make fine! arrangements in connection with the celebration of the official opening of the Otira Tunnel. One of M.nsterton’s Oldest inhabitants informed a “ Daily Times” reporter that the present spell of bad weal her is the longest 11 sloppy” period he has experienced in his 60 years’ residence there. « Tn the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr AV. Meldruin, S.M., two offenders for being on premises after hours were convicted ond ordered to pny costs. One second offender was convicted and fined £1 and costs, and one third offender was convicted and fined £2 and costs. The announcement by Air Theodore, Premi-cr of Queensland, that he proposed to gnfint railway transport concession's to Air Alan AVilkje because of the great educational value of Shakespearean productions, is not, mooting with universal favour by those who consider they have a far greater claim to travelling consideration than this well-known actor.

According to motoring statisticians, there are now 15,000,000 motor cars in the world, as compared with 1,836, 700, in 1914. i The Star Football Club are holding :t farewell social and euchre to the West (’oast Representatives to-morrow night at Carey's Hall, Cobden. A thousand emigrants sailed from the Hebrides in April on two liners, calling at Loch Boisdale and Stornoway. ’They are going to farm x work in Canada. Herd-testing ;is being enthusiastic!-’ ally entered into at Dannevirke, where 73 suppliers have guaranteed 2475. The canvass for members has not yet been completed, and several more suppliers are expected to join up. Replying to a request that amusement tax should bo repealed, the Prime Minister stated:—As L have already promised, the amusement tax will be gradually reduced. It will be remembered that a commencement in this respect was made last year. With our wide experience as tailors we are in a position to know a good wearing cloth. That is why our suits for boys are the best proposition In town. The prices at Lawn’s, Tainui Street, arc 2S/G to 52/6. —Advt. Of the sums lent by the British Government during tho war, about £74,000.000 was spent in the United States. “The balance, amounting to £488,900,00, was spent mainly in the United Kingdom. To take kinematograpli pictures of wild life on th-e Southern Ice, a small expedition has been organised by Air Bee-Alason, the kinematographic naturalist, and will leave England for the Antarctic in August. A new process of dyeing, discovered in Lancashire laboratories, leaves materials dyed for their entire lifetime absolutely fast to boiling, bleaching, sunlight and the seaside air. The secret lies in the- application of the colour. A company, to be known as Foster's Hotel, Ltd., is being formed in Wanganui for the purpose of building a new hotel at a cost of about £30,000. 11- will be of thre-e stories and will contain about fifty Tooms, most of them with private bathrooms. “Anyone who touches opossums without a license is on very dangerous ground,” said Mr A. Al Afowlem, S. AL, in the Alagistratc’s Court, during the hearing of prosecutions against three men for taking opossums in the Tataraimaka district. j A Sydney,, cable states that AIT William Quinn, an Invercargill merchant. just returned from a visit to lihe East, says Chinese officials in I‘ekin claim that the Chiirose discovered Australia two thousand years ago, basing the claim on a book, a classic of mountain ami flood, in tho Archives of China. According to Captain Cameron, who delivered a lecture on Pitcairn Island, p quaint, law is in force on the island, to the effect that if a stray fowl was found scratching in the garden, the owner of the garden could shoot the offending bird and keep it. The owner of the fowl had in that case to reimburse the cost of the powder and shot expended. As evidence of the cosmopolitan character of some of the New Zealand immigrants, it was stated at the annual nreeting of the Wellington Auxiliary of tho British and Foreign Bible Society that Scriptures in the following languages had been circulated in New Zealand during the last year:— Panjabi, Alarathi, Gujarati, Urdu, Japanese, Cantones-e, Wcnli, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, German, Spanish. Italian, Maori, and Esperanto.

“A false step in walking, or the slightest bump or jerk, will put lhe lamp out,” declared Air Thomas Feary (president of the State Miners’ Union) at the inquest into the death of Andrew Baker, a miner. “The lamps,” he said, ‘‘are obsolete!” Later one was produced and lighted and the Coroner (Mr AV. Aleldrum) raised it quickly in the air and it went out immediately. The men are agitating for electric lamps in tho pits and a set 'S being tried at present in the mine. The programme of the Christchurch Brass Band contest, to be held from February 18th to 23rd, 1924, has been issued, and provides for total prize money of £l5OO in addition to the Besson Shield, the Hawke’s Shield, the Boosey Trophy, and the Alice Gunner Memorial Gold Medal to be competed for. For the grade A brass band contest, the total prize money is £580; for the grade B, £325; quick-step contest £160; hymn selection, £B5. Provision is also made for a number of solo competitions. The entries close on November Ist this year. The half-yearly report of tho Runanga Co-operative Society showed that in the last six months, sales amounting to £13,153 had been made, this being a decrease of £1362 on the previous half-year. The. membership now stands at 246, and the capital invested £5701, the capital having decreased by £902 in the six months. After making allowance for interest and depreciation, the balance disposable was £1332. From this a 1/9 dividend was paid, absorbing £lOOO, and the rest was paid to reserves aml other funds. Tho reserves now total £3414, and tho buildings and fixed stock, which cost £2309, have been depreciated to the nominal sum of £226. The amount paid in salaries and wages was £1628.

The entries for the Wellington competitions next month total 3005, against 2342 last year, and 663 higher than the previous record. Tn this issue Air T. 11. Thomson, Ward Street, Cobden, notifies that he has for sale good household coal, also that ho will undertake dray work, by contract or by the day. A watch and chain worth £ll, lost in Greymouth a few days ago, were re covered by the owner as the result of an advertisement in this paper inserted by the finder. Ashburton farmers consulted have declared that the IGs. guarantee recommended by the Christchurch .conference will not ensure normal growings of wheat. An extensive shortage for the next harvest is certain. Hawl<4' feet, representing- 8000 birds, were received by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society during June, at a cost of £2OO. ‘‘l think some of these fellows must breed hawks'” said one member of the council at a meeting of the society. The fine weather of tho last three days Las been greatly appreciated, particularly in view of the epidemic, but the evenings, particularly yesterday, have been cold, last night the temperature being very little higher than was experienced a fortnight ago, during the cold snap. We buy our Linoleums and Carpets direct from the lording manufacturers of Groat Britain and are therefore able to give our customers the best values at prices that will always bo found to be the lowest obtainable. Harley and Co., Complete House Furnishers, Grey mouth. —Advi. A noticeable decrease in the number of unemployed on the books of the Napier Labour Department is found in the figures supplied for last week (states the ‘‘Daily Telegraph”.) There are 15 names compared with 30 last week and these include six labourers, one farm hand, three cooks, one engineer* (second-class ticket), one road •contractor, one picture framer, and one hotel worker. There were five new registrations for the week. To be living im a tent in the middle of winter is the lot of a family disclosed by a debtor, who appeared in the Alagistratc’s Court at Auckland. I Tho man said ho did not live in a I street, neither did he pay rent. His explanation was that ho had seven ■ children, had not been able to work for 33 months, and could not rent a house as people would not have tenants with children. Consequently he ! was living with all his family in a tent, on a section in the suburbs, rent free. While a well known mining inspector was proceeding to a mine the other day he was accosted by a Cornish miner who asked him to toll the ‘‘Captain” (mine-manager) that! some repairs were required in the mine, which the inspector did. The “Captain” evidently forgot, and tho repairs were not done. On being spoken to by tho miner (he inspector said he had informedthe Captain verbally, and the miner replied ‘‘A’orbal agreements be no good, they’re not worth the paper they be writ on.” A “midnight express” was the term applied by Air J. Butler, in his address on logging at an Auckland Rotary Club lecture, to the improvised locomotives which were occasionally used by the bushmen to haul the logs from the bush to the mill some 40 years ago." They were called “midnight expresses” (states the “Herald”), because when they were taken out in the morning It was never known when they would come back. One of these engines saw 15 years' continuous service, running into the depths of the bush each morning, employed to run the winches at the scene of tree-felling, and used to haul back the logs to the mill at night.

And still the rush goes on! Record business, the envy of the trade, the delight of the public! Call again and again. Fresh lay out of Salvage Goods overy day. The position is unique. No other firm can copy the low prices and live. The Tnsurence Underwriters if n the losers. Record-breaking Fire Sal vage Sale now travelling fast. Two big shops, the centres of business ac tivities and savings. McGruer’s (Wesr land), Ltd., Greymouth.—Advt. The question as to whether Native lands could be included in special rating areas for rating purposes was raised at the Hawera County meeting on Saturday by the chairman (Air J. B. Murdoch), reports the “Star.” The clerk said he had been informed by tho solicitor that the consent of the Native owners must be obtained. Doubt as *o the exact position, especially with regard to European leases of Native lands, was expressed, and it was decided to go. into the question of preparing a remit on the matter to the Counties' Association Conference. It was pointed out that in some areas there were so many Native owners that it was difficult to get sufficient names to a petition for a special ■ rate. Record business on Saturday! Cash Sales exceed £1000! There is a reason for business of such largo dimen sions. The Insurance Underwriters are the losers. The low prices are possible only because we bought all salvage stocks from Mayfair Building at out own prices. Great record-breaking Fire Salvage Sale now proceeding. Call again. Two shops. AlcGruer’s (West land) Ltd., Greymouth. —Advt,

“The kea is the wag of New Zealland birds.” said Air A. Roe at the ; Palmerston North Lunch Club. “He will spend hours sliding up and down the roofs ami buildings in frosty weather.—“Alanawatu Daily Times.” A telegram from To Kuiti states thal a meeting of the Natives of the Afaniapoto tribe decided to present a fifty guinea cup for an intertribal competition among New Zealand Alaoris. The conditions will bp similar to the Ranfurly Shield. i Nev.-born babies in the Solomons j are never washed for three weeks, Stated Rev. J. R. Afctcalfe at Palmer1 ston North. One baby, in a filthy state, | was taken to a white nurse, who washed it for ten days. Despite this, there was a patch on the baby's body that was rather puzzling. Examination proved it to be a cake of dirt that had collected. The baby died. The Greymouth Afarist Football Club’s junior team on Sunday played the Rovers at Granity, and the game < l n<led in a draw, each side scoring 12 points, Tho game was a really good one. For ATarists AlcEnaney scored a try from fast following up, while Aloore scored another try after a dashing run; and Jackson kicked a couple of penalty goals. For Rovers Danks scored two tries, and King kicked two penalty goals. Of the Alarists, the best men were Jackson, D. Quinn. Lake and AlcEnaney. Air P. Power was referee. A I’ress Association message from j Ashburton states that the Hon. Sir Heaton Rhodes has informed the AfidCanterbury Farmers' Union that arrangements were complete to distribute sugar beet seed to Canterbury farmers before November, also to test varieties at the Ashburton experimental farm, where previous trials have proved successful. Mr Leadley informed the union that a minimum of 30s. per ton was generally guaranteed, and the viclds ranged from 15 to 30 tons per acre. It was decided to compile a list of names of prospective growers. A former Hokitikcan, Air H. E. Nightingale, now of Nelson, appealed there against the decision of Air T. Afaunsell. S.AI., in his claim against the Nelson Alotor Co., Ltd., giving judgment for £l2O allotments and shares. Appellant was represented by Air Hayes, and with him Air J. Murdoch, of Hokitika. Mr Justice Salmond heard the appeal. Appellant alleged fraud on the part of the promoters of th? company. Lengthy legal argument was heard, and his Honour said that as there were some important issues involved he would deliver written judgment. While there is considerable sympathy with the houseowner who has the papers torn off the walls of his rented houses and the windows broken and the paintwork scratched by the children of tenants, it is doubtful if the system adopted by a certain landlord. in Hamilton East of charging 2s 6d extra on the ordinary rent for each child which the tenant possesses will meet the position (says the “Times”) The remedy, it is thought, lies rather in parents exercising a better supervision over their children, whose unruliness can cause a landlord far more expense than the rent which he draws from his house. The Associated Board R.A.M. and R C.M., London, announces that the practical examinations throughout New Zealand will be conducted by Mr Algernon Lindo this year. Mr Lindo visited New Zealand as examiner in 1917, and he has carried out examinations for tho board in nearly every part of the Empire during the past 19 years. He is an accomplished pianist; and his book on the AN of Accompanying is the standard work on that subject. The examinations will commence at Auckland at the end of August, and will finish at Invercargill about the middie of December.