LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd. Per sonal Accident and Sickness policy table eleven provides £5OO compensation for d'.'ith by accident or £5 weekly temporary disablement for 52 weeks. Full information upon application to J. D. Lynch, Managing Direct or, Mark Sprot and Co., Ltd.. Attor neys for Atlas Assurance Co. Ltd. Greymouth. WATCTT THE INDIANS GO A large quantity of machinery for the new Pofwer House at Dobson has arrived in Grevmouth, and will shortly be installed. Meanwhile, the work of reticulation proceeds apace. The Board is now inviting applications for four linesmen. Work has been commenced in tie Harbour Board’s quarry at Cobden. The Greymonth sittings of th? Supreme Court will commence on Tuesday next. Mr Justice Alpers will preside. As a result of a police raid or the hotels last Sunday a large number of men are to appear at the Police Court on Monday to answer charges of being found on licensed promises .ifti-r hours. R. E .Bellamy, undertaker. Greymouth and Reefton. Orders left with G. F Hubbard. Reef ton, will receive prompt attention —Advt How to save all worry and incon- | venience when travelling anywhere. Book through thp Government Tourist Bureau. Done there without extra charge.—A <lvf. A subscription concert is tn bn given by the Municipal Band in the Town Hall on Thicsdav evening next. Sev. oral well-known local artists ■will assist. A verv severe frost was exper'eneod in all parts of the district yeslorA<v. The annual p>ootin<r of the Wostlnnd Timber Yard and Sawmills Tn■bv-’trr'l Union of Workers ■will be held on July 11th next. Another of those popular euchre tourneys will be hold in Columba Hail on Monday night. The committee have j left nothing undone to ensure success. Therefore, a good night’s amusement is assured. A heartv invitation is extended to one and all to come along.

When a retailer secures a seas liable line of goods at a very attractive figure, he can either take th? chance of holding the stock longer than occasion warrants by selling it the usual price and making a huge profit, or d l) as Paterson’s arc doing. Recently they secured a very attractive line of 'Tweed, Noff Cloth. Velour, and Covert Overcoats at a substantial discount, and being wise, are offer ing the complete line at half the usual prices. Wise womenfolk will avail themselves of this exceptional opportunity and call early. Paterson’s, Box S 6. Revell Street, Hokitika. Sir .1. Parr, this morning conferred at Dunedin with the Education Board, and promised to recommend Cabinet i<» set up a Junior High School in South Dunedin lo relieve the congestion at several schools in that district. The Reform candidate for the Ellesmere seat, which Sir Heaton Rhodes will not be contesting al th-' General ’’l.■ { ) sf p yo' b. (>TJ S 'I-'-'! '-1 A deputation of representative- ’ Reform Party is +-» wait on Mr W. D Montgomerv view to his mn. testing the seat in the Reform i”‘ ’■ est. Tt is rumoured that another ••entlemen also is to ricked to offer himself for selection as the Reform cn n di date. The Wellington runner, R. A. Rose’s l-lmin 45 I_ssees for three miles at the last Dominion championships. was passed by the Athletic Union of Australia as a record, displacing W. F. Simpson’s 14.49, which had stood for 2-1 years. <f J” the “K” is spending a few days in town. The Ross Limo Coy. have landed their new F.W.D. Lorry in good time for the coming season’s business. They are now offering their 21 to»n Duplex for sale, particulars of which will bo found in another column. An effort is being made by Mr FJ. Spora, the Government Tourist Agent, to secure the services of a working bee to make more easv of access the many attractions of Pnnakaikai, and with this object in view ho is to approach the Mayor. Tt is a’so Mr Spora’s intention to apply for an additional grant to further improve Punakaikai. Work will be resume 1 H the State Mine, Rewanui, to.day. The annual revenue received by the Borough Council from the fwenty.one hotels within the Borough Boundarv is £B4O. The “silent policeman” at the intersection of Mackay and Turamaha, streets -was knocked down by a motorist yesterday morning, and was badly buckled. Four Christchurch members of Par liament, Afessrs E. J. Howard, If ,n . Ann strong, J. McCombs, and D. G. Sullivan, paid a visit to the Addington Workshops, and as a result have sent the following self-explanatory tcl?gram to the Prime Minister, the Hon J. G. Coates:—“We visited Addington Workshops to.day at the ■’■©quest of the men, who complain of .fumes from gas plant, which poisons the air iu the workshops. The air smells badly, and must be very injurious to the healtl of the men. From enquiries mad here, we see no reason why electncH should not be installed at once. Pr sent system out of date, and should 1 ‘ abolished. Tt is uneconomic, and u doubtedly injurious to the health f the men. Matter very urgent. Vc would also ask that permission be granted to have an analysis inaue ’’f the air by competent scientist, whTh wo would arrange for.”

ihe Disp.-ucb Foundry Company has decided to establish an electrical branch in conjunction with their already extensive business. Tt is the intention of the Company to employ a qualified electrician capable of handling all classes of electrical motort • . installations. ‘‘A (British) departmental committee has reported that 4 the royalty on hematite iron ore when the market price is 23s 6d is 6s 2d per ton.’ In addition, there are the royalties on the coal and limestone needed for smelting, which, with the royalty on the ore, makes a total royalty of 10s 6d per ton on manufactured steel. Labor costs for making, smelting, rolling steel rails, according to information supplied by the manufacturers themselves, docs not exceed 10s. Th? royalty owners get more than tie workers who make the rails.’ — gow ‘‘Forward.” That old familiar Reci'ion land mark, the Melbourne Hotel, was the subject of some discussion at the meeting of the Motueka Licensing Committee Fist week. Inspector Eccles stated the place required rebuilding, but considering it was election year, he ’’•ould not oppose the appl’cation or renewal of the license this year. Tf Continuance was carried, he would, however, next year make strong rec- mr ion Nations on the lines now suggests I The Chairman said it appeared to be :i ease of rebuild or abandon the licen-e, and unless they had something definite as to the intention of the owner >n the question, he did not see why I’.e li cense should not be abandoned now instead of waiting until the r*-.feren. dum was taken. Three in>r’h‘j were given for the owner to state hi*? intentions on the question of .cbuil ling the hotel. Ex-German South West Artica’s new system of government is to be an Assembly of 18 members, six being nominees, chosen by an Administrator. The South African Union Government can

veto any legislation, and will control most affairs except taxes, while Eng lish and Dutch are the official languThere’s nothing on th- Coast can touch us for prices and alue. Suits. Costumes, Frocks and Ov- rcoats, made to your own individual measurements from the world’s best serges, worsteds, tweeds, vicuras. gaberdines and over coatings. From £3 10s u.-wards. Shape, wear, dyes and sarisfacnon guaranteed or your money cheerful- ■ refunded Edwards, Christchurch, for Suits that Sat i s fy_F ro <.Rs that Fit—Costumes that Cahrrn. Velour Coats, Fur Coats, Rain .-oats. Evening Dresses. The high qual itv and reasonable prices make it a pleasure to show you our goods J. Scott, Thr.-adneedle Street, Greymouth C-iast Representative-- Advt Two thousand puui Is has been voted by the Wellington City Council to fete the U.S.A. Fleet visitors. The Labour councillors opposed tin* expenditure on the ground that local purposes more urgently require the money. The Blaketown Euehre Tournament held on Thursday evening was successful in every way. I here was an attendance of 2U'5 people.. 54 tajbles being occupied. A dainty supper was also provided. The following were the prize winners:—Mr M. Olsen (Preston 1’ ad) 1; Mrs Steele (Camerons) 2: Mrs Senior (Greymouth) 3; Airs I larry Holder 4. F r the year ending yesterday there were nineteen tires in the Borough of Greymouth. Of this number onily one was of a scrimis nature, that which destroyed Ales-rs Stratford Blair and Co.’s mill, the damage being £1232. A new fire .station is to be erected in High Street, the Fire Board last night deciding to purchase a site in upper High Street, next to the Recreation Hotel, "ii which it is imtehded to erect a brick building, consisting of two rooms (sleeping accommodation for the men) and a small meeting room. The estimated cost of the building is £5OO. Over twenty years ago we sold t > Christ’s College, Christchurch, a Collin son piano. Hundreds and hundreds of students have practised and received their lessons on this beautiful instru meat, and although it has received very hard wear, to.day it is as good as ever. This is the way al) our Col ‘inson pianos wear. No doubt you are thinking of purchasing a piano—if so do not let the selection worry you—ju.-t 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 ments. They will be adjusted for yet Please call at the Bristol Piano Coy . Greyn outh, and ask our Manager (Mr Denn ) to explain our easy time piyment system. You will not regret it Reef - on representative, Mr Nicholas Law. i. —Advt.

Superintendent Clark, of the Greyniouih Fire Brigade, has completed 35 yea l s’ service with the Brigade. Secretary Walton holds the unique position of completing 37 years’ service, and at last night’s meeting of the Biard, it was decided to forward to .th in letters of congratulation. Fireman Lynch has completed 25 years’ S' rvicc. Air J. Steer was last night, for the ( -ghteenth successive term, re-elected (hairman of the Greymonth Fire Hoard. Th? Minister of Railways states th? Monday’s express between Christchurch and Invercargill will be a very convenient service for passengers arriving by the Ferry steamer from the North Island on Sunday mornings, as well as for travellers and others desiring to leave Christchurch earlier on Alondoy mornings. There passed away at the Westland Hospital, Louis Korniann, a well known Kumara resident, at the age of eightyfour years. He followed mining pursuits at Westbrook and Cape Terrace, but for the past twenty years had re sided in Kumara, where ho had a fruit shop foi- a few years. The interment took place in the Kumara Cemetery at 2 p.m. yesterday.