LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Grey River Argus, 13 February 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Theftji will be a conference here on Friday of racing and trotting representativet to consider the circuit of dates for Christmas and Easter race meetings.

French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Wines are obtainable at Bill Rosenberg's Twelve Mile Hotel, Buller Gorge.—Advt.

A Press Association message states that Mr IG. V. Hudson reported three large sunspots in the centre of the sun’s disc, and auroras and magnetic disturbances may be expected.

One bite and yoti will want more oi Milderson’s Caramel Cream—the bis cuit of genius—1/6 per lb from W B ucher and Co.—Advt.

Yesterday’s consignment of stock to Addington Market comprised about 3000 sheep, and 24 head of cattle.

In the heart of Hokitika is “Cude” Steel’s Post Office Hotel, where the best of good Ales and Liquors are stocked. A welcome is extended to old and new friends. Call in when passing.—Advt.

At yesterday’s sitting of the Warden’s Court, before Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., a license was granted Gustave Hahn, to put a tramway across’ the main highway in the Ahaura district.

The best of English and Colonial Confectionery. Novelties of all kinds obtainable at the O.K. Marble Bar, where the good drinks are. Corner Mackay and Albert Streets.—Advt.

Our annual stocktaking 11th February. All outstanding accounts to be paid by that date.—C. Smith Ltd., Drapers.—Advt.

A grant of £2OO to the Cawthron Institute, to carry out research work on pakihi lands, has been approved by the Minister of 'Scientific and Industrial R) search, Mr 11. Atmore.

Kapok Bedding at S. Burnett White’s Stocktaking Sale. Prices greatly reduced. Only best Kapok and Ticking used—S. BURNETT WHITE for Bedding.—Advt.

Burnett White Furniture costs less, is a better job,’ lasts longer, looks better. Buy your Furniture at S. BURNETT WHITE’S.—Advt.

N o fewer than forty bags were rtflad in ; the decent registered mail robbery discovered at the arrival of the ferry steamer Wahine at Wellington on Monday.

Big saving opportunities await the thrifty buyers who purchase their Furniture. Carpets, Linoleums, Rugs Bedding, Cutlery, Crockery and Household Furnishings at Harleys—The Hom e Furnishers, Mackay Street Greymouth.—Advt.

The Antarctic ship Eleanor Bolling is expected at Dunedin on Friday at daybreak. She has had excellent weather, free from ice, and took 80 tons of coal in Ross Sea from the whaler C. A. Larsen.

W. A. Stapleton, of Tattersail’s Hotel, Christchurch, is sufficient guarantee that no better service or accommolat?on is offering jn Christchurch. — Adri.

Cricketers are strongly aavwed to call at Bennington’s Sports Outfitters and place orders for gear. Don’t send out of town for your requirements.— Advt. The carnival which was to have been held last evening by the Greymouth Swimming Club was abandoned owing to the prevailing weather conditions. The next tournament will be held on March 26th, when the New Zealand champions, Misses Miller and Stockley. will be competing. Stocktaking Bargains: 27in. coloured Coi Matting, 2/6 yard; one only Kapoc Quilt, double bed size, 21/-; best Samarang Kapoc, 1/6 lb. —C. Smith Ltd., Drapers. —Advt. Don’t miss hearing the two “Song of the Tramp” records; they are screams—“ Hallelujah, I’m a Bum,” “The Bum Song;” “The Big Rock Candy Mountains,” “The Bum Song No. 2,” at A. E. Kilgouf’s, for the latest records. —Advt.

Outstanding big deal, wholesalers’ and manufacturers’ quit stocks at great sacrifices. Being the lucky buy ers, we offer: Corsets 6d pair, ladies’ washing dresses 2s 6d, crepe bloomers Is 2d, nightdresses 2s lid. hose lOd pair, cotton gloves 3 pairs for Is 6d, etc, etc. Make your visit early. Thorpys, Ltd x Economy Warehouse, Greymouth and Reefton.

For home consumption of Invalid uw Monteith’s Ale bottled by J. D. Wingham—is equal to best English; it is a sediment beer, naturally conditioned, and put up in Pints as well as Quarts. Another line which is equal to Hennessey’s is “Merlett’s” Three Star Cognac, bottled in Charente, France; it’s good to have in the house in winter. Then, of course, good old White Horse, the “Spirit of the Age.” All obtainable from J. D. Wingham, Mackay Street.—Advt.

At an inquest down South the other day it appeared that deceased (whose death was attributed to heart trouble) was a heavy smoker and long accustomed to consume an ounce of tobacco a day. His medical adviser considered this excessive, but thought the quality of the tobacco, in this case, was to blame as well. “You can’t,” he said, “go on smoking these imported tobaccos, almost all of them loaded with nicotine, without paying the penalty sooner or late.” The coroner said he couldn’t understand why people would insist in so many cases in smoking poisonous foreign tobaccos when we had here in New Zealand perhaps the purest brands of tobacco produced and so comparatively free from nicotine as to render them perfectly safe. Safe they certainly are, and the absence to a very considerable extent of nicotine in them is undoubtedly due to the toasting of |he leaf. This not only renders them practicalyy innocuous but develops their flavour and aroma as well. Popular brands are: Riverhead Gold (mild), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). medium, Cavendish medium and Cut Plug No. 10 full.

Saturday next, the 16th inst., at 2 p.m., Harley and Co. Ltd. will sell by auction at their Rooms, Mackay Street, a large quantity of goods to be cleared after stocktaking. and many useful lines on account of various clients, including the lines: Towels, curtains, linoleums, carpet squares, ends of carpets and matting runners, glassware, pots and pans, bedsteads, wire and box mattresses, lawn mower, hedge clippers, duchess chests, couch, sideboard, 65 gall Alfa Laval Separator, 2 porcelain baths slightly damaged, 300 gall. galv. tank, etc., etc. Do not miss this opening Sale of the year, as bargains are sure to be the order of the day. Remember the sale starts at 2 p.m. Saturday next.—Advt.

At yesterday’s civil sitting of the Magistrate’s Cqurt, before Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases:—B. Saraty v. J. Phelan for £3/3/6, with 8/- costs; J. C. Truscott v. J. W. Sweeney, £6/12/9, with 19/- costs; D Douglas v. F. Armstrong £l3, with £l/17/6 costs; Public Trustee v. John Russell, £4/2/-, with £1 3/6 costs.

New Records: “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, part 1 and 2 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;” “Your Tiny Hand is Frozen,” “Hail Thou Dwelling,” by Alfred O’Shea; “Till w’e meet again,” waltz, “The Missouri Waltz,” by Eddie Thomas’s Collegians.—At A. E. Kilgour’s for the latest records.—Advt.

In these modern times when almost everybody has a car, and those who haven’t one are going to get one, it is not surprising that there should be a quest for a better means of keeping up the appearance of the vehicles. The old method of applying paint and varnish has caused dissatisfaction with many, from the owners of the lordly Rolls-Royce type to the humble and serviceable Ford. In consequence of I this, various experiments have been made to find a better way, and as a result the wonderful Duco process has been evolved- Duco was not on the market long before its value was appreciated, and in the cities it gave a fatal knock-out to the old system of the brush. For full particulars of this wonderful new method of painting and varnishing consult the Dispatch FounIry, Greymouth.— Advt.

W. D. Munro (.Mr W. J. Joyce; proceeded against William Green oj u judgment summons at the Magis irate's Court yesterday, claiming tile sum of £4 Is t>d. Defendant states that he was married, and had two children. He was now earning £5 a week. In 1927 he walked off a farm with £25 ,having lost £250 on it. Me bad distributed what he had among his creditors, and Munru aad got 30/-. He had done his best and had asked all hia creditors to accept 30/- a month. Munro, was thh only one who refused to accept his offer. Mr Joyce intimated that his client was pre pared to accept small payments. De fendant remarked that the trouble was that that they would all want tlu same. In reply to : the Magistrate, defendant said his total debts amounted to £2OO. He paid 35/- a week rent, and had two boarders paying 27/6 each, but they were only temporary. He had altogether twelM. creditors, and couldn’t pay even 5/a month to Munro at present. He was paying £1 a month for furniture, cm which he owed £25. Mr Joyce pointed out that plaintiff was only a working blacksmith. The Magistrate b marked that if defendant expected the 30/- a month to be divided be tween his creditors, Munro’s claim would run on for ten or eleven years. An order was made in fuD or at tho rate of nqt less than 5/- per month. thL* first payment to be made on or before March 12.

Now that we are already well into the New Year, we wonder how many of those good resolutions, which religiously we make every year, have already been broken. Those promises, eye, which we make, but in our hearts know that they will of a certainty be broken, the length of time they will remain unshattered being dependent solely on our own will power. But amongst all these resolutions there is one that, assiduously, we maintain unbroken—to drink, throughout the year, only the one brand of spirit—Dewar’s Imperial Whisky. Griffen and Smith ar-e the West Coast agents, and Dewar’s Imperial may also be obtained from the firm’s branch at Westport.— Advt.

In all cases prevention is oetter than cure. That is why it is that people now keep a bottle of Parkinson’s Influenza Specific in readiness in case the ’flu should again assert itself. Have you a bottle ready! The influenza always gives a short warning by a feeling of depression, aching bones, headache, sometimes accompanied with fever and sore throat. On the first symptoms take a teaspoonful of dose of the Specific in a wineglass of water and repeat every two or three hours till normal conditions are resumed. It is wonderful stuff, and acts straight away, and if taken in time a few doses will effect a cure. It is sold by Parkinson and Co. in bottles at 1/6 (eight doses) and 2/6 (16 doses), and full directions for use are plainly printed on the label of each bottle. Remember to be forewarned is to bo forearmed, and it is better to be sure than sorry.—Advt,