LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 22 May 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The event of the year. The Black-I . ball Oddfellows’ Ball on Friday night. » —Advt. 11 t< Ripaults Batteries, Brit ish and best, 1 sttcd while yon wait at Gar-I p •age. —Advt. ; n ■ Mass will be celebrated as follows: [On Sunday next, May 25, at Otira. 9.30 n la.m.; and on Monday, May 26. at v LTncksons, 7.30 a.m.—Advt. n Visits to homes new cases 6. old cases 143, visits to office, adults 28 [babies 27, older children. 7. During th 3 iuonth the following places were visit- • 1( ] ; — Hokitika, Ross, Ha/’i Hari. z Runanga, Reefton, Ahauiu, Brunner f district., .Ka.iata and Gladstone. For easy start and good sparking, fit Ripaults Batteries from Thos. B. ' Baty’s, Ltd.—Advt. Kennedy’s Bus leaves the Greymouth i Post Office for Oddfellows’ Ball, Black- \ ball, at 8 p.m. on Friday night.—Advt. The Power Board have at the present time £31,000 loan mon n y left. At L Inst night’s meeting the chairman, Mr | J. W. Greenslade, stated they would have to go on the market again Soon. . This time it was probable they would i have to go on at per cent., not j p®r cent, as the last loan. In fact, he said, they would be fortunate if they obtained 5? per cent. Baty’s for best service and Ripaults Batteries. —Baty’s Garage for service. ' —Advt.

French, Italian, Spanish and Portngnest Wines are obtainable al Bill Hoaenberg’s Twelve Mile Hotel, Buller ljurgo. —A d.vt. Make Friday night your night of nights, and go to the Oddfellows’ Ball at Blackball. —Advt. At last night’s meeting of th;Power Board, the chairman. in his anual report stated thrAt. the financial position of the. Board was very sf. isfactory. The total revenue was £l'P,~ 586. ns against the estimate ’f £24.900. Th n . balance On Ihe profit ajud loss account last year showed a deficit of £BOR2, and this year the amount had been reduced to £4771, and if. was hoped that tints would bo wpdil out this year. Another satisfactory item] was that iho overdraft had ben n clear—| I For Ripaults! The best batter* j we ever had—selling itself on performance at Baty’s Garage.—Advt. Ladies! Now is the t’-nie to purchase 1 pair of Miner Brand Farniotto Lace Gum Boots for dairying and out door work. Only 15/6 al Kim Williams’.'! Mawhera Quay.—Advt. j Hailwaymen can do no bettor than wear iho O’Brien Railway Boot with Uskide soles. A tiger to wear. Price 29/6, at Kim Williams’. Mawhera Quay.—Advt. , “I understand,” said Mr John Bal! in his addres her? dh radio last night, “that on the West Cops’t fairly good 1 reception is obtained from the Australian stations. This is not because of any particular merit of the Australian stations, but rather on account of the extremely favourable location of the West Coast with regard to reception from Australia, in so far as reception is entirely over water, which is absolutely the best condition for radio reception. Tn other parts of New Zealand the Australian stations are rarely received sufficiently well to warrant consistent listening.” Select your fireside easy chair for the winter evenings at Harley’s, the furnishing warehouse, where the guaranteed Chesterfield Suites are made.— Advt. It doesn’t matter how cold and wot it is, so long as you’re warm and dry wearing a pair of Kim Williams’ Rod Ball Knee Gum Boots: Men's 27/6, Youths’ 22/6. —Advt. Make the utmost of few remaining days. Mid-winter sale comes to a close on Tuesday, May 27th. Fresh lay out of Bargains every day. Pay a daily visit. “We sell for less.” — Thorpy’s Economy Warehouse, Greymouth, Reefton, Westport.—Advt.

At the monthly meeting of the Plunket Society, these weire present: —' Me'sdamos Dennehy (chair), Gar ( dc-„ Harvey, C'ailmine', Kitchinghani. McGlashan. Leahy, Heap-hy. McLean Carter. Denton (sue.). Apologies were, received from Mesdanies Wild, and BoydAccounts amounting to £6/5/- were passed for payment.' The nett proceeds; ar the Annual Ball amounted to £37/i 2/3f The committee wish to thank ail those* who assisted in any way ami those who contributed towards supper. A vote of thanks was accorde I Mrs. 1 Dennehy, for her generlous assistance and to Mr. Reban. for the use of th? Town Hall. Nurse Grant, reported as follows: —Visits to homes, new cfises r 33, old cases 133; visits to office 1 adults 162, babies. 121. older children; 3S. Come and see the, range of kitchen i utensils at Johnston’s Economical Crockery Shop, Mawhera Quay:—Tin. Tart Plates 3d each; Cake Tins,. Sponge Tins, Cream Horn Tins, Egg Beaters, Strainers of all kinds, Moat ( Dishes, ’ Colonders —everything needs-j :sary to make work easy in the kit- ■ cheii.—At Johnston’s Economical; Crockery Shop. As usual, prices are right.—Advt. Lower prices! Hero they are! Last; days of Salo—Saturday, Monday and. Tuesday, May 24th to 27th. Ladies’, pure silk Fuji Bloomers 2/114; Ladies’ Apron s 1/4 and 1/114; Lad ies ’ Fta n - nel Dresses 19/6; Ladies’ Art Silk Hose, newest shades, 2/10; Ladies’ fawn and nude .Oversocks, 1/6; Ladies’ Fawn Elastic Knee Gaiters, •were 7/1 now 3/10. —“We sell for less.”—Thor-1 py’s Economy Warehouse, Greymouth, Reefton, Westport.—Advt.

On Saturday next, at 2 p.m., Harley &. Co., Ltd., will hold one of their popular auction sales at their Rooms, Ma<kav Street, when a large variety of household furniture and effects will be sold under the hammer, including: Tuchess Chests. Bedsteads. Mattresses. Gate-leg Table, Gramophones and Records. Carpets, Rugs and Curtains, - Tents’ Bicycles. rolls of linoleum

Recognised as one of the biggest annual gatherings o n the. West Coast of the kind, the Blackball Oddfellow’s Ball to-morrow evening promises this time to set a- new record. A groat number from all over the district intend to be present. A special attraction will bo the West Coast Waiting Championship, in which the entries are many and representative. Th? organisers have made remarkably fine arrangements. The sit-down supper will be one to be remembered, while a. special feature wil be the music, to which the celebrated Black Hand Orchestra is being brought all the wa? from Hokitika. The Master of Ceremonies is to be Mr Taff Davies, who i Is noted for his ability far and wide. I Special motor services are being run from Greymouth and other places, and a groat gathering is a certainty.

The numerous accidents in the flyfrg field, iespeeially in Australia, where the country is little explored, aave caused much discussion and argument in New Zealand. In at least one case it has been alleged that a crash’ was arranged as a publicity Hunt, but the charge has been dis--Iproved. Yet the pioneers of the an [continue their hazardous work. Then I intrepidity is only equalled bp thfl excellence of Dewar’s Imperial Whisky, Griffen and Smith are the West I Coast agents; and Dewar’s Imperial may also be obtained from the firm’s branch at Westport.—Advt.

Happy indeed is the bride wno sees her dream realised in a home of her own —completely furnished. Your idea for “feathering the nest” can be satisfactorily carried out at Harley’s tig West Coast Furnisning Warehouse at Greymouth, where so many homes have been completely furnished. You may ‘•hoose from new and varied designs in reliable quality high class Furniture for the living room, dining, bedroom, hall or kitchen. It will pay you to inspect Harley’s large stocks, and they sell for cash or on easy terms, and are the only complete Home Furnishers on the West Coast.—Advt.

In the course of his address on radio last evening., Mr John Ball, the Now Zealand Broadcasting Company’s Edi-tor-Announcer, said: “The unsatisfactorv reception of New Zealand stations in certain districts is almost wholly a matter of locality- As a matter of fact IYA gives good ser-

vice over -a much larger area than that of the recognised service range of a station of it? power. 3YA is widely acknowledged to be a good and most consistent performer. 4YA gives excellent service, but is restricted in range owing to the unsuitability of its wavelength. A few inontl s ago the Company conducted from this station a series of tests transmissions on a shorter wavelength. 1 have here a summary of reports from 57 listeners in all parts of the Dominion, testifying to a remarkable improvement in 4Y A’s transmission on the shorter wavelength. Those are not merely the ‘good’ report?; received, but all the ! reports received relative to these I tests. The Company has advisml the Post and Telegraph Department oi ithe results' of these tests, and recommends a change in wavelength. A*regards 2YA. the fart that it is reI ceivcd well during the day time and becomes le-s satisfactory as night falls, points definitely to atmospheric troubles, which are obviously beyond the Company’s control.