LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 4 October 1934, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mass will be celebrated on next Sunday, October 7, at Barrytown, at 9.30 a.m. —Advt. Up till last evening no trace had been, discovered of the body of Mr Alexander Marshall, mine manager, drowned at Charming Creek.—Press Men of Kumara:—We are booking orders for Men’s Chart Suits all this month. Distinctive styles. Exclusive patterns. Expert workmanship.—H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt. Mr IT. Higgins, the Acting County Engineer, has advis'd that a road and ford is being made at Drown River near Bell Hill. The f<»rj will be available for traffic to-day. a: d provided there is no heavy ra n. will be safe. Direct- from the world's best manufacturers, White’s linoleums and curtains give that “modern touch” and that air of distinctiveness that only high quality furnishings can give. Prices were never lower. We solicit your inspection.—Advt. Tn the House of Representatives. Mi J. Nash (Labour. Hutt) a>ked the Minister of Healih if lie had notified Hospital Boards that five per cent, wage cut must be res'orrd to nurses from April last. Mr Young, replying to Mr Nash, said that n<> direct notice had been given but the Boards were to-d the Department would take no objection i| the five per cent, cut were restored. It v. as a domestic mail er for the Hospital Boards. Whitebait! Wniieoait! Prepare for tne whitebait season. Whitebait nets made up ready for use from high qua* itv 80 inch double mesh netting; price only 6/--—P. G. Willis, tent and cover maker, Mackay Street. Greymouth. — A dvt. See here! Hairdressing for Men and Women second to none at keenly competitive prices, with private room for ladies; also children 6<l, razor? ground and set 1/- (postage 2d). —Jim Rhodes, The Hairdresser, Mawhera Quay.—Advt.

During the recent visit to lireymouth of Messrs W. Bromley (Dep-uty-Chairman of the Unemployment Board), and G. C. Godfrey (I uemI ployment Commissioner), th*’ Mayor (Mr J. W. Greenslade). ami Messrs T. Barry and A. Galbraith (I.Vi.M. brought before them the question 1 the Greymouth unemployed all“<-a--tions. Mr Brom’ey promised tn go into the .whole suestion and vise later whether any improvement could be made. He pointed “tit that taxation had been decreased and that if additional relief was given to any particular district, if ir.ifrfit affect the whole policy of the Board. At the , County Mining Executive meet ng. Mr Greenslade was assured l»y Messrs Bromley and Godfrey that the question of hydrogenation -of <-*ril ami by-products was still being inv, i i gated, and was far from being J-on ped. and that Grey distr'et eon’ wabeing given every consider>t ’<»n m the investigation regarding Hie p’O posed steel works. 2200 tennis racquets were strung j and repaired last season by Tom An , derson, of 148 High Street, Christchurch, without one complaint. For a qualitv and guaranteed job, consult | Jim Crooks, of Gilbert Bros.. Taimr St., Greymouth, as he is Anderson’s agent.—Advt. “Trix,” the Master Model-maker, is an all British made Constructional Toy. Skilfully and scientifically de signed on true engineering principle* it makes a splendid Christmas present for the boy with an inventive mind. Prices range from 1/3, 2/6. 6/-. 12'6 to 30/- set, procurable at B. Dixon’s. Tainui Street. Lbcal Agents. —Advt.

“Learn and Listen” ‘Sympal’ Radio Air Map of the World lithographed in six colours, with a location indicator you will locate any country in the world in three seconds. The time indicator, a set of mechanically moved clockdials tells the exact time of any point in the world without calculation. Price is 5/-, postage 3d. at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

The Agriculture Department vote this year is almost half a million sterling. When this estimate was before the House. Mr M. J. Savage drew attention to the large sum for travelling expenses by the Agriculture snd Lands Department, the amount being £41,000. and that of the Agriculture Department alone being £27 575. Hon. Mr MacMillan said there were about five hundred officers in the Department. They had to travel all over New Zealand. He did not think the vo‘e for this year was

too much. Your home probably requires renovations of furniture and furnishings this spring. We have just landed the new season’s Carpets, Rugs, Floor Coverings. Curtains in all shades and designs. Our prices are reasonable and "we shall be delighted for you to inspect them at our showrooms, Machar Street. —Harley and Co. Ltd., The Home Furnishers. —Advt.

That Runanga did not spend money last yea r voted for maintenance of its roads was ithe reply of the Minister of Mines, Hon. M. Macmillan in Parliament when Mr P. C. Webb, requested Government assistance for such work. As showing the actual position, the Mayor of Runanga, yesterday wired Mr Webb. M.P., as follows: “Regarding report in “Argus” that Minister Mines stated road granit to Runanga Borough not expended last vear. please bring under Minister’s notice fact that no advice ever received that money was available from his Department f“r maintenance borough street*. Letter following.” We draw our readers’ attention to the auction sale of Household Furniture, etc., at the Auction Rooms of Harley and Co., Ltd., Mackay Street, to be held Saturday next at 2 p.m. Besides the furniture the firm will sell one Pumice Copper, set Concrete Tubs. Bicycle. Koch and Kohn Piano, Linoleum. Lawn Mower, etc.—Advt. Buti‘er at eight pence per pound in New Zea’a nd does not necessarily mean a loss to factories when compared Io what they get on the British market. A Christchurch Press I Aesh. message stages the price of butter on the local market is now 8d to S4d a lb retail, according to grade. Tli’g price is claimed to be the lowest for 30 years. Factories which export butter have agreed that the price far butter on the local market shall correspond. taking int o account the re’ative costs, with the f.ob. spot va’ue of the butter exported. Tt is Hated that representatives of factories have come to this decision in order to close the local market against competition from outside. They state i hat certain retailers have been bringing on to the oral marker butter from other provinces and so depriving local factories of their own market Christmas numbers of the Aucklani Weekly News, Otago Witness, ChristStar. New Zealand Illustrated, Tui’s Annual and the Free Lance for 2/- each postage Id, and the New Zealand Traveller’s Annual at 1/6 postage Id, will be published on October 15th. The 1934 issues are a distinct advancement on any yet presented. Place vour orders now "with B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

Onlv mediocre success (says a New Plymouth paper) has attended the operation of the small farm schemes in Taranaki. A few men have been taken off the unemployed rgeister as a result of its introduction, but the results have not reached expectations, or the success which has attended the scheme in other parts of the Dominion. Conditions are stated to be more favourable in other districts where farming is not so intensive as it is in Taranaki. A development of the small ‘ farm plan was the scheme for the erection of a cowshed and cottage on a farm where the herd had grown to such an extent owing, principally to the use of better farming methods, that its division into two herds was warranted. Under this scheme the extra buildings necessary were financed for any farmer desiring to put on an unemployed man as a sharemilker or assistant. Easy terms were allowed for repayment of the money advanced, with the result that about 50 cottages and sheds were built in Taranaki under the scheme.