LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 16 June 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd. Personal Accident and Sickness policy table eleven provides £5OO compensation lor death by accident or £5 weekly temporary disablement for 52 weeks. Full information upon application to J. D. Lynch, Managing Direct or, Mark Sprot nnd Co., Ltd., Attorneys for Atlas Assurance Co. Ltd., Greymouth.

It is understood that several important changes are pending in the person, nel of the Police staff in the Grey District, anj that .Sergeant Fryer, of Grey mouth, and Sergeant Hyland, of Reefton, will receive notices of transfer on promotion.

Excelsior ian-hre Assembly to night. I E’.ghu’s ’bus leaves Karoru T.ys; Al" [ Glashan’s ’bus leaves Cidxl.-n 7.30. D< *a't forget Forty_fivcs G’urnev tomorrow. t . n. The Alember for Westland. Mr Jas. lx‘'.Brien, Al. I*., last evening gave a. pre. sessional addrcss*at the Hokitika Opera House, to a well attended meeting, over which the Alayor, Air Geo. Perry presided, and the speaker was accorded an excellent hearing. A report of the meeting will appear later. K E Bellamy, undertaker, Grey- ■ iioijih and Reefton. Orders left with G. E. Hubbard, Reefton, will receive ' prompt attention. —Advt. wAfi’li THE INDIANS GO BY. Mr Jas. O’Bripn, A1.1’., who leaves Hokitika to.day on a visit to AVaitaha and Pukekura, and other South Westland localities, will to.night deliver :i pre-scssional address at Ross. To_morrow Air O’Brien will attend the winter Show at Kokatahi, and on Thursday evening he will deliver a pre_scssic<ial address at Rimu. Ibe i>is|'utcl. Foundry Company has decided to establish an electrical brarch in conjunction with their already extensive business. It is the intention of the Company to employ a qualified electrician capable of hand ling all classes of electrical moton Aib. i-. e has been received that :;n English bowling team :.f 32 players, will arrive at Auckland .1 few days before Christmas. They w>’l take j-art in the Dominion championships at Dunedin and travel back through New Zealand, leaving for Lon dim by the s.s. Tainui on February 27. '! Tie party includes the President oi the English Bowling Association also the champion of England. When a retailer secures a seas liable line of goods at a very attract ive figure, he can cither take the chance if holding the stock longer than occasion warrants by selling at the usual price and making a huge profit, or do us Paterson’s are doing. Recently they secured a very attractive line of 'Tweed, Noff Cloth. Velour, and Covert Overcpats at a substantial discount, ami being wise, arc offering the complete line ’at half the usual prices. Wise womenfolk will avail themselves of this exceptional opportunity and call early. Paterson’s, Box SG, Revell Street, Hokitika.

About, one hundred and seventy players competed last evening in the euchre tournament in aid of the Convent Build ing Fund nt St. Columba Hall, and the result was a series of very keen games. No fewer than eight played off for the excellent prizes offered in the final games. Thp first prize (£5 worth of goods) was won by Mrs Lynn, while Miss Kathleen Preston secured the second prize (a. sea-grass chair) and th*’ third (a tea set) was won by Airs L. Chapman. The fourth prize was won by Aliss Nora Barrett, the fifth by Alissi Green, and the sixth by Aliss AL Pres. I ton. There’s nothing on the Coast can touch us for prices and value. Suits, Costumes, Frocks and Overcoats, made to your own individual measurements from the world’s best serges, worsteds, tweeds, vicunas, gaberdines and over coatings. From £3 10s upwards. Shape, wear, dyes and satisfaction guaranteed, or your money cheerful!refunded Edwards, Christchurch, for Suits that Satisfy— Frocks that Fit —Costumes that Cahrm. Velour Coats, Fur Coats, Raincoats. Evening Dresses. The high quality and reasonable prices make it a pleasure to show yon our goods J. Scott, Thread needle Street, Greymouth. Coast Representative.—Advt. It is expected sawmilling operations will shortly commence at Okarito. At present an effort is being made by some Okarito people to secure a suitable scow at Auckland, capable of carrying 30 or 40 thousand feet of timber, to travel between Okarito, Hokitika. and Greymouth. For a considerable time past the Okarito bar has remained good, often -carrying as much as 12 feet of water. The distance between Greymouth and Okarito is only GO miles, and it is estimated that white pine can be landed from the latter port equally as cheap as the mills forwarding their timber from the Kokatahi district.

Over twenty years ago we sold to Christ’s College, Christchurch, a Collinson piano. Hundreds and hundreds of students have practised and received their lessons on this beautiful instru ment, and although it has received very hard wear, to.day it is as good as ever. This is the way all our ColLnson pianos wear. No doubt you are thinking of purchasing a piano—if so do not let the selection worry you—just make up your mind to pur chase a Collinson piano. You will not be disappointed. Our terms for pur. chase are so very easy that you need not worry about the size of the pav «7ients. They will be adjusted for ye ' Please call at the Bristol Piano Coy .. Greymouth, and ask our Manager (Air Denne) to explain our easy time pavment system. You will not regret it Reefton representative. Mr Nicholas Lawn.—Advt. The condition of Frederick Ea.-lcr. ’brook is still serious, although a continued improvement is being shown. For being on licensed premises after hours, a first offender was coda ieted and ordered to pay costs, seven shillings, at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. .

Two young flappers when returning from the Omoto Itaceivurse. on Sunday provided a sensational ‘"turn’’ l>\ cycling ac rolss £bo Omoto Viaduct, tinhazardous feat being aecomplishcil without- tbe necessity of an inquest. Rabbitskins were selling last week at 13d apiece (says the North Otago Times). Quite a. number of men arc at present engaged in trapping in the Oamaru district, and their earnings an* reported to be substantial. Ibis is the season <>( the big turnip. Air J. Bagrie, of Lower Shotover, has on view in Boyne’s Stores two turnips each weighing 281 b (reports the Lake AVakatipu Alail). They are nf the Imperial Green Globe and Purple Top Mammoth varieties. Whilst lowering the Lake Coleridge outfall last week, Air Cooks discovered a quantity of Alon bones (says the Western Star). From the size of the various bones it would appear to be the remains of three birds, a full grown bird and two younger ones. “I am not a jury, so 1 have to be guided by the principles of common sense,” said Air .Justice Reed in the ; Auckland Supreme Cour 4 . Tim i-o-d. ment (says the Herald) was provoked by some nice distinctions attempted by I counsel. The pictures in which (> i '-yi ion 4 ifilm “stars” featured in the screen tests at the Opera House a few weeks ago will, in al! probability, lie shown at that theatre next week. Ah - A. Behan has communicated with the Beaumont Smith management in Sydney to have the films forwarded. ‘‘l could not help noticing on return’n«r t n New Zealand the fine stalwart men that one sees in the streets,” said S : r Thomas Alackenzic, who recently returned to the dominion after a fifteen months’ trip abroad (says an exchange). “They are a long way better physically and from the point of view of carriage and general ap_ 1 earance than the average type of man one sees in the Old Country.” In a country school south of Auckland (relates an exchange) the lady teacher had told the children to make sentences from “ip,” such as rip, lip, etc. One little boy handed in the following sentence: “Some girls give lip.” Probably ho is blessed with sisters. : An Oamaru resident dreamt that he l.ad discovered a method of making hair grow upon bald-headed men (states the North Otago Times). He intends giving the process a trial, and ii* the results attained are what appeared in his dream, he will soon be an, exceedingly wealthy man. One would hardly expect that in a Scotch community like North Otago the English family of Smith would largely predominate (states the North Otago Times). But such is the case. The provisional roll of the Oamaru electorate shows that there arc 92 Smiths, 78 Robertsons, GO Johnstons, 57 Browns, 57 Taylors, 51 Al’Donalds, and 4G AT’Kenzio’s in the electorate. “Perhaps the householders have become fed up with the Government’s continual middling,” said a. delegate at a recent meeting of the Canterbury School Committees’ Association, when discussing the failure of certain districts to elect school committees. It was stated that 40 districts had nnt elected committees in April. Another speaker suggested that apathv was nt the bottom of the trouble. \ subcommittee was set up to confer with the Education Board. In response to many requests revived from various parts of th;* Dominion il has been decided by the Hon G. J. Anderson. Afinister in Charge of Publicifv. to have a special programme of cinema pictures prepared from film secured by the Government photographers, made up for display throughout New Zealand. The film which will comprise the only official pictures to be shown in the Dominion will bo in charge of Air Tano Faimi. the woil-known theatrical entrepreneur and will serve 1* Hlns‘r"to sonedhing of what is being done by th.. Government in the wav of advertising this country overseas by this ■i** r n'can< A footballer playing with crutches is a rarity, but was a spectacle that claimed, the attention of many people oil Saturday at Cass Square, Hokitika. 'Flip player was a boy of about thirteen, who does not let the lack of a leg debar him from the national pastime. His position was that of fullback, and, using his crutches as others would their legs, he covered the ground surprisingly quickly, and lashed out at the ball with his boot to some purpose. AVhon an opponent passed the others on his side, this versatile player went down to him in orthodox , style, dropping his crutches and effecting- a. good tackle. It was a. revelation of the adaptability of the young idea.

Speaking to an Invercargill man recently over the phone, a settler on the other side of the Waiau stated that when he got up that morning and looked out the window he counted 19 deer in his turnip crop (states the Southland Times). The much-haiass-ed resident of the back country was soon trailing along the edge of the bush with his rifle, and managed to bag’ seven of the invaders before thev

could escape. A raid on his crops is a serious matter to the outback settler. as he is very largely dependent on what he grows himself to feed his stock during the winter months, and deer are notoriously rank feeders when they get loose in a turnip crop. The |x>ssibilities of small areas of land efficiently worked along the right lines in growing food products for which there is a regular demand, have been brought to our notice (says the Oamaru Alail). One grower of tomatoes and other vegetables and fruits cleared £l5OO off about 10 acres; in another ease a similar area produced a clear profit of £5OO. and green peas and early potatoes netted still another man £l5O, despite the fact that much of his time was spent earning wages. The prime essentials to such success are to grow what the public wants, to market it well, and to work hard, the last being not the least important factor. A novel, and at the same time practical, method of teaching domesti*science to Alclboume schoolgirls is referred to in a report presented to the Auckland Education Board by Airs N. E. Ferner, who recently made an extensive tour abroad to study education methods. The girls keep house in a home set apart for the purpose and cook dinners for people, who pay for them. All the work—the buying, cooking, serving, and waiting—is done by the pupils. An excellent three. course meal is provided nt the cost of one shilling. Without counting infa"-. est on the buildings and the salaries of teachers, the school is self-support.