LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 7 December 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The most recent quotation for gold on the London market teas £<> 10s Old ’ per tine ounce, - ■ Be it ever so liumlde, there’s no . place like llnnier’s, Kuinar.T, for exclusive goods to brighten your homo for Xmas, Inspection invited. —Advt. Last week freight hauled through the L Otira tunnel totalled 8845 tons, eotn- . pared with (1203 tons for the eorres- | ponding week in 1931. and 10.099 tons in 1930. t To meet the times: —For 8/6 you van ; have your suit thoroughly cleaned and pressed at the Uniform Dye Works, 3 ’ Werita Street, Greymouth.—Advt. ; . Start the New Year with a 1933 . Diary. All sizes in stock —1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 4/6 to 10/6. Obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Bookseller, Stationer and ■ Fancy Goods Dealer, Mackay Street- ; The Warehouse for presents and prizes. ■ —Advt. To-night at the Municipal Band Hall - the usual weekly card and dance social will be held. These socials are becom- : ing very popular. Everybody is invit- . ed to come along and bring friends. The dance is from 10 pm. until midnight. Couples being married this coming holiday season should inspect Burnett White’s huge lovely stock of furniture and furnishings. Remember White’s furniture and furnishings make a splendid foundation for a beautiful and happy home. See White’s first. —S. Burnett White, High Grade Furnisher—Advt. A start was made yesterday morning at McLean Park with the erection of a fence to protect the property, permission having been granted by the Greymouth Harbour Board. The Park Committee have been busy repairing

the swings, chutes, etc., in preparation for the coming holiday season. Our Bargain Counters offer you special facilities to obtain your Xmas Gifts and other household articles at low cost. Our Furnishing Department offers a large range of useful gifts for the home in Bugs, Carpets, Cushions, Linoleum, Crockery, Cutlery. Upholstered Suites, Bedroom and Dining Boom Furniture. You can spend half an hour very profitably in walking through our showrooms.—Harley’s. the Home Furnishers.—Advt. A decrease of three cases of infectious and other notifiable diseases, as compared with the previous week, was reported in the Canterbury and West Coast health districts for the wee 1 ; ended noon on Monday. The total (10) was made up as follows: Canterbury— Scarlet fever .3, tuberculosis 2, puerperal fever (not ordinary) 1, eclampsia 1, West Coast—Diphtheria 3. There was ono death from tuberculosis in the Canterbury district.

Campers: We make tents and flys to suit all weather conditions. Lowest possible prices. P. G. Willis. Mackay St. (opposite “Argus’’ Office), Greymouth.—Advt. No fewer than 765 pairs of footwear, belonging to unemployed men and their wives and families, have been repaired at the unemployed bont repairing department nt Greymouth, since its inception. If they had been paid f..r nt the usual rates the cost would have been £226 9 s C*d. Just landed: Complete new range of Bathing Costumes in the new one-piece race styles and imitation belted twotone colouring effects. Boys’ priced from 6/6; men’s from 11/6. —Kim Williams, Mercer and Outfitter, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.—Advt. Ii is considered, according to Hie Committee administering the Mayor’s Fund. That there will bp sufficient money forthcoming from the Unemployment Board this week to provide the whole of Iho unemployed at Greymouih with their full quota of work, without need for a subsidy from H;.‘ Mayor’s Fund. Men! Make a wise choice by buying your Xmas wants from Alex Ogilvie. The very latest in Men’s Clothing, Mercery, Boots and Shoes just to hand. Prices to meet all pockets. Still taking orders for Xmas and holiday sports wear. Suits made to measure from £3 10/-. Orders taken for special made to measure garments will be taken up to December 10 and executed by December 25th.—Alex Ogilvie, Men and Boys’ Wear Specialist, Upper Mawhera Quay, Grevmouth. —Advt. The abstract of statistics gives particulars of the boot and shoe industry for tb.e year ended March 31, 1932. in which decreases for practically all items in comparison with the previous year are shown. Beturns were received from sixty-nine establishments as against seventy-one the previous year. Persons employed and total salaries and wages paid declined by S per cent, and 12 per cent, respectively. The cost of all materials used recorded a drop of 11 per cent., while the value of products fell away by 12 per cent. You will be astounded to sec such wonderful values at such ridiculously low prices at W. Reid’s. Fountain Pens’ from 1/- to 35/-; Schaffer’s Pen and Pencil combinations 4/6, 7/6; Ladies’ Handbags at reasonable prices; Men’s Wallets from 2/6 to £2; Men’s Collar Boxes 3/6 to 4/6; Ladies’ Sewing Sets from 2/-; Bridge Sets, good value from 5/6; Crockery ware in abundance; Picture Frames from 1/-; Necklets from Cricket Sets and Tennis Racquets all greatlv reduced. Good assortment of school prizes. Special discount for School Committees. ; Large range of Toys, including Prams , and Celluloid Dolls. Boys’ Dikes, cheapest in Greymouth.—W. Reid, Bookseller and Stationer, Mawhera ’ Quay, Greymouth.—Advt. The outstanding thing about his visit . to Central Otago was that h.> met a i large number of miners, and not oue of , them wanted t<> go back to town. Mr •T. S. Jessop. Deputy-Chairman of the Unemployment Board. lold a jepnrter on his return to Christchurch on Monday. He said that many of the men wore working twelve hours a day. The great thing was that they wore retaining their manhood, and working hard. .Mr Jessop, who is investigating the Board’s gold prospecting .schemes, w ill return to the South Island in about a fortnight's limo. Jr might, therefore, bp assumed that a visit to iho West Coast is more than likely. Mr Peter Galligan, formerly of the Park Hotel, Greymouth, and later of , the Star Hotel, Addington, who has re- . turned to Christchurch after a. tour of Australia and the Pacific Islands, has acquired the Excelsior Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchur< h. This establishment, which has not long since been renovated and refurnished from end 1o end. is now undoubtedly one of the most comfortable residential hotels in the Canterbury capital. Mr Galligan. whose advertisement appears in this issue, will especially cater for West Coast friends, who are assured of a cordial welcome. Miss Martin, niece ot the proprietor, and formerly of Greymouth. is in charge o f the office. A most unfortunate and embarrassing incident occurred yesterday morning to the pupils at present sitting fur the Matriculation examination ar Greymouth, the result of a mistake made by the University authorities in the printing of the paper for yesterday morning’s subject, which happened to be algebra. The time allowance printed on the top of the examination paper was three hours, commencing at 9.30 a.m. The pupils, therefore, as is the usual procedure, divided the time up

to the best advantage on the problems. At 11.10 a.m. the Supervisor. Archdeacon. J. A. Jermyn, received the following urgent telegram from the Registrar of the University, Wellington: “Time for algebra two hours.’’ The Supervisor had no option but to inform the pupils, who. to say the least of it. were surprised and shocked to find that they had to complete the paper in 20 minutes, when prior to the announcement they thought that they had an hour and twenty minutes for the task. “When I was young. and better looking than I am now,” remarked a speaker at a Wellington smoke concert. “I was engaged to be married, and my fiancee (a confirmed smoker of cigarettes herself), was always asking me why I wasn’t, smoking. Gentlemen, 1 didn't, because I couldn’t! (Laughter.) But I pretended that 1 could. 1/said I smoked a pipe, but made all sorts of excuses for failing to produce it. Well, one evening my intended presented me with a fine briar. Seeing 1. was cornered 1 accepted a fill from her father’s tobacco-jar (strong stuff!) in his absence, and tremblingly lit up. In ten minutes J had had more than enough — and hurriedly left the room—just in time! (Laughter.) However, I’ve been a smoker for years now. I learned on Riverhead Gold. It’s toasted, and like the other New Zealamt tobaccos (Navy Cut; No. 3, Cavendish and Cut Plug No. In) it. A practically free from nicotine. The toasting does it! I smoke New Zealand tobacco, gentlemen, because I can’t get. any that is better —or half a-. good.” (Applause.)

Your leather coat! Have it retanned for Christmas. Our prices are reasonable and specialists supervise all work entrusted to us. P. G. Willis, Mackay St. (opposite “Argus” Office! Greymouth. —Advt. At the last meeting of the Greymouth Unemployment Committee, there were present Messrs J. AV. Greenslade (chairman). A. A. Adams. A. J. Fairmaid and F. G. Davies. The Chairman reported that the Borough Council had decided to grant £5O. to be used in providing additional work for the unemployed for Christmas. The Committee decided to give the whole of the unemployed men in the Borough, mar-

ried and single, one day’s work at 12s fid per day. to supplement their usual earnings, for Christmas. This will cost about £lOO, and the margin over and above the £5O given by the Borough Council will be provided by the Committee from the Mayor’s Fund. The Committee also decided to consider, at. a later date, what cash allocation it can afford to make, to supplement the men’s earnings for Christmas. Such an allocation would be made in the form of a cash gift, but the Committee’s decision in this matter depends on what money conies into the fund, meantime, by w;iy of donation. Kilgour’s specials for the Kiddies at Xmas: Joy Cycles 19/6; Tricycles 30/-. 32/6. 40/-; Cricket Bats 5/6, 6/6, 6/11. S/6; Balls 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6. 3/6; Cinematographs 4/11, ’ 5/6; Toy Revolvers 4d, 6d, 1/-, 1/6, 2/-« Alotor Cars 1/-, 1/3, 1/6. 2/- 2/6 to 15 Train Sets 2/11. 3/C ’ 4/6 ’ to 5/G Drums _l/6, _2/-. 2/11; Trumpets 1/-, Un. t>;_ Kliptieos 5/6. 10/-, 12/6, in'/)- Wenebr iks 5/6, 10/'., 12/a, ’/<• 1/U ’ 2/6 > 3/6 ’ 4 / G > 5/b, 6/6 10/-, 12/6 to 25/-; Children’s yy l * IHr-quets 1/-, 1/6, 2/6, 5/6 to P.°, ,„ Prams 4/11, 19/6, 22/6, 1 / ’ozr Lz// 6 to 50/ ’’’ Beac!l Balls , Mechanical Toys 1/-, 1/G. „/6, »/6, 4/6, 5/6, 7/6- Latest FHI : V n “ lloons —Monkeys, ’Roosters. Fish et- S „7 ns ’ Horses. Elephants PZ-’n’ and 3/6 i T °P S !/-, 1 /'>- Shon I ?i rawl y Slates 1/-, I/C t .> 3/6. house, iu plaet f' Ki ’ gour ’ s Ware ,