LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1934, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tn the financial statement, votes are proposed for Hokitika Mental Hospital totalling £6,450. Unlike the South African wrestler. Stenning, the Roa Tennis Chib will keep faith with its patrons by providing an excellent supper and a good night’s .fun at their Ball in the Roa Hall to-morrow night.—Advt. There is a vote in the Budget of £19.3 for Karamea Harbour improvements. It is anticipated that electrical power wilt be available to Ahaura and Matai residents within the next week. Good progress is now being made with the construction of the line towards Ik am at ua. Red Letter Day. Rapier-like refreshing Rugby. Can Coast keep cidermakers counteracted? Scintillating Smashing Rugby. Nelson v. Coast, tomorrow (Saturday).— Advt. The Budget includes votes of £393 for the town of Waihrt Gorge and £75 for Porirua Road Settlement. The programmme for to-night ’s demonstration concert of the Competitions Society, at the Town Hall, appears of the front page, of this issue. A vote of £435.000 is proposed in the Budget for public buildings. year £196.000 was spent. The two mai.i North Island centres are to got the lion's share. Yesterday, a party consisting of 323 primary and secondary pupils from Grey district schools, in charge of Mr T. G. McCullough, Taylorville, and nine other teachers, left to attend the Winter Show at Christchurch. They will return to-morrow by special train. This week’s sale specials at Dixon’s Ltd.: Single Fancy Cups, 6d, 9d, 1/each; Single Fancy Plates, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/- each; Single Fancy Saucers, 3d, 6d each; Fancy Plates, large sizes, 2/- to 6/-; Cups and Saucers, 1/2, 1/6, 2/each; Fancy Vases, 6d, 1/-, 1/6, 1/9, 2/-, 2/6, 3/6, 5/6 each; Fruit Dishes. 5/-, now 3/-; Sweet Dishes, 1/-, T/3. 1/6, now lOd, 1/-, 1/3. Hundreds of odd lines at below cost. Flower Bowi--4/6 now 3/3, 15/- now 10/-, 22/6 now 15/-.—Advt.

At this week’s meeting of the Mayor’s Relief of Distress Committee, seventy-eight applicants for assistance from Greymouth and Cobden, were granted the usual parcel of foodstuffs. Tn addition, various requests for boots and clothing were satisfied during the week, and extras were granted in some cases of sickness. A truck of coal was donated by Williams and party, and three tons by Marshall and party. The coal was distributed among the unemployed. Much thanks is due to the co-operative mines for these donations. Bread and cakes were received from Messrs Blanchfield, Lima. Robertson, and Shannon and Glen. Miss Moore, of the State School, forwarded a. cot eiderdown. The bootrepairing department dealt with 10 pairs of men’s boots and eight pairs of women’s shoes, the value of the work being £5 4s.

This year’s highway vote i s £1.120.000, but last year’s vote was underexpended by £130,000. To-morrow Nelson try conclusions with Coast at Rugby Park. A few days after they play Marlborough. Come and see them yourself.—Advt. The programmme for to-night’s de monstration concert of the Competitions Society, at the Town Hall, ap pears of the front page of this issue. The Budget contains a vote of £15,000 for a store and garage at the Greymouth Post Office. “Come up and see me sometime, (•lark. And I do hope your cold is better before the Ron Tennis Ball to morrow night.”—Advt. A Workers’ Parcel, 10/- post free:— A pair of Nap. Trousers; Twist or Black Italian Shirt; coloured or white Towel; and pair Wool Sox.—H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt. The hydro vote in the Budget totals for new works £751.000, including £306,000 f'or Waitaki; £105.009 for Coleridge; £105,000 for Manga-hr.o-Waikarimojuna scheme; £90.000 for Horahora Arapuni scheme; an I £201.000 for working and maintenance. New shipment of Eiderdowns just arrived. These are of unbeatable value and for beauty of colourings they are just what you want. Double size from 35/-; single size from 22/6. —S. Burnett White, High Grade Furnisher — Advt. Saturday next, at 2 p.m., Harley and Co., Ltd., will sell at their Rooms, Mackay Street, a large and varied assortment of Furniture, etc., including 6 1 piece Saddlebag Suite, 4 piece Bedroom Suite (nearly new), Collinson Piano, Bedsteads, Mattresses, etc. Full particulars in our auction column.— Advt. The levy *of the Grey Hospital Board on the contributory local authorities for the year ending March 31. 1935, totalling £10,866 16s 3d (maintenance £9982 Bs, and capital £BS4 Ss 3d) shows an increase on the levy for 1933- of £1322 2s sd. when the* levy was maintenance £8954 7s 11 and capital £589 5s lid. or a total of £9 544 13s 10d. The apportionments for 1934- for the five contributory authoritSes, jwith /1934 comparisons shown in parentheses are as follows: Greynrouth Borough Council; Maintenance £5028 2s 8d (£4582 17s 2d), capital £445 9s 7d <£3ol Ils lid); Grev Countv Council, £3195 7s Id (£2768 14s 10d). £283 2s Od (£lB2 4s 0d); Cobden Town Board. £647 17s 2d (£591 17s 9d). £57 S s 0d (£3B 19s): Runanga Borough Council. £327 8s 5d (£2BB 6s 7d) £29 0s 2d (£19): Brunner Borough Council £783 12s 5d (£722 12s sd). £69 Ss 6d (£47 Ils). The total rateable capital value is £2.239.279. as compared with £2,169,501 for the 1933-34 period.

See here! Hairdressing for Men and Women second to none at keenly competitive prices, with private room for ladies; also children 6d, razors ground and set 1/- (postage 2d). —Jim Rhodes, The Hairdresser, Mawhera Quay.—Advt. Whitebait! Whitebait! Prepare for the whitebait season. Whitebait nets made up ready for use from high quality 80 inch double mesh netting; price only 6/-. —P. G. Willis, tent and cover maker, Mackay Street, Greymouth.— Advt. Photo Frames, all sizes and styles, 1/- now Bd, 1/3 now lOd, 1/6 now 1/-, 2/- now 1/4, 2/6 now 1/8, 3/- now 2/-, 3/6 now 2/4; Photo Snap Albums, 1/- now Bd, 1/3 now 10d, 1/6 now 1/-, 2/- now 1/4, 3/- now 2/-, 4/- now 3/-, 5/6 now 3/6, 7/6 now 5/-; at B. Dixon’s Ltd., this week only.—Advt. The receipt of the estimates of the Grey Hospital Board for the year ending March 31, 1935, which showed an increase of £spo 3s 2d on the Greymouth borough levy (to £5.473 12s 3d) compared with last ycaiT. elicited considerable comment from the Mayor (Mr J. W. Gre’enslade). at a special meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council >st evening. The increase is due chiefly bo the reduction by the Health Department of its subsidy to the Board by £7OO, the reason for this being that the Board refused to reduce its rates of wages and salaries; and also the interest and sinking fund charges on the new hospital building loan -of £29.000. The Borough Council approved the estimates, but viewed with apprehension the increased levy. It was decided to support the Hospital Board in an endeavour to have the subsidy cut imposed by the Health Department restored. It was further decided to again request the furnishing 'Of a statement of receipts, expenditure, etc., by the Hospital Board to local authorities, and also seek to have five representatives on thp Hospital Board after the merger with Cobden, when the Greymouth Borough Council would be paying 57 per cent, of the levy.

Sale Bargains at Dixon’s: ——Hand Mirrors (Bidwells) in white, black and hrAwn. all at a third less. Bidwells Hair Brushes, 3/- to 30/-. all at onethird off usual price. Fancy Bead Necklets, all at half the usual price. Your opportunity for a bargain is now. —Advt.

Our 14 days’ Sale of Winter warmth goods, Blankets, Rugs, Eiderdowns, Sheets and Bedding is now in full swing. Take advantage of the low prices offered at our furnishing store and obtain your requirements. —Harley and Co., Ltd., Complete Home Furn i sh ers.—A d v t.

Scene.- First-class “smoker,” Christ-church-Dunedin express. Languid new • hum in plus-fours chatting with old identity. “Oh yaas. Your New Zealand made things are—er —quite creditable. I’m shaw. But don’t tell me they’ll compare with the imported, because it’s all rot. It’s all a question of values, dontchewknow.” “Well,” said the 0.1., “we’ll agree to differ. Have a smoke?” (passing his pouch). Presently Plus Fours began again. “What did I tell you?” he cried 1 triumphantly, “take this tobacco of vours—choice American —and no more like New Zealand than hop-beer’s like Bass.” The 0.1. laughed. “That tobacco, sir,” he said, “is Cut Plug No. 10—New Zealand grown and manufactured. Every tobacconist sells it. But I’m not surprised you thought it was choice American.” Plus-Fours shut up. Cut Plug No. 10, all smokers know, is one of the five famous Toasted brands, the others being: Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish. Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. They’re in everybody’s pipe, and not, only equal to finest imported but considerably (•Leaner. And they can’t harm even the inveterate smuker —they’re toasted!