LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 3 August 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dobson mine will be idle on Monday but the remaining main district mines will be operating. Thin and Tall. Fat and Small, come along to Kumara League Ball, Wednesday, August 7. —Advt. The work of carrying out ext ens-v* additions to Messrs Manson and Co’s, premises,. Mawhera Quay, will be commenced immediately, the contract hiing been let to Messrs Sotheran Bros Ltd. By advertisement in this issue, the Defence Department invites applications for recruits in N.Z. Permanent Military Forces.—Advt. When he fell from a ladder at Re. wanui, John Mann, a deputy employed by the State Mines Department at he Liverpool colliery, b oke a small bo’<e in his foot. He was removed to the Grey Hospital and is now progressing satisfactorily. See here! Hairdressing for Mei and Women second to none at keen}? competitive prices, with private roerr for ladies: also children 6d, razor? ground and set l/-K<FOstage 2d.).—Jin? Rhodes, The Mawher® Quay.—Advt It is stated that fine Kiwi crossing at Brunner, and the crossing at Wr>mangaroa.. on the Westport Karam on highway, aje to be in ■ Public Works and Railway D«p: ' - ments’ investigations into the possibility of eliminating crossings where there is a deal of both road and rail traffic.

Cow covers, horse covers, tents an flys, all made from the best proeurah’ materials and marked at prices tha? defy competition. P. G Willis. Ton and Cover Maker Mackay Strep Grevmouth. —Advt A slight improvement in the price of New Zealand butter on the London market is notified in Dalgety and Go’s, latest advice, which reads a? follows: Butter —Market very firm. Quotations: N.Z. finest 93s Gd to 91* (925); Australian finest unsalted 9.5 s to 96s (925); Australian finest salted 92s to 93s (90s); Australian G.A.Q. 88s to 89s (85s .to 87s). Cheese—Market firm. Quotations —N.Z. white 45s .to 45s 6c] (44s to 44s 6d); N.Z. coloured 44s 6d to 45s (43s 6d to 445); Canadian white and coloured 52s to G4s (52s to 645); Canadian C.I.F. 48s to 49s (48s to 48s 6d). Last weeks* quotations are shown in parentheses. Our commodious showrooms of halan acre of floor space offer to the buyer of furniture, furnishings. Crock ery, Linoleum, Carpets, Rugs—the be« display to be seen on the West Coa®’ The name Harley’s is known through out the Coast for its big stocks, won derful values and low prices. To those about to furnish it will be a sound in vestment to shop at Harle~’'. Macka Street.—Advt. A Creed teleprinter, of the latest type, is shortly to be insralled in the Greymouth Post Office, connec'ing Greymouth and Christchurch telegraphically. The new machine is cap able of sending and receiving telegrams at the rate of 60 words a minute, compared with an average rate of 25 words a minute with the Morse key. The Creed ’teleprinter transnf’? by a typewriter, the characters being represented by a series of perforations on a continuous strip of paper. These dots, being contacted with little noodles, supply the elee 4 rical impulse that carries cho message and automat■ callv prints it in well spaced capitals at the receiving end on another continuous strip. This is ent into convenient lengths and pasted on th? telegraph message form. The installation of the Creed teleprinter will necessarily bring about a reduction in the staff of the operating branch, surplus members of which will be transferred to other branches. It will a'so involve some structural alterations to the Post Office building.

Handbooks on Motors “The Electrical Equipment of Automobiles” by Smith 7/6; “The Owner-Driver’s Hand Book” 4/6; “Compression Ignition Engines for Road Vehicles” 4/6: “The Motor Electrical Manual” 4/6; “Motor Boat Manual” 7/6; “The Petrol Engine” 5/6. Postage extra at B. Dixon’s Ltd., Tainui Street.— Advt,

by an Alsatian dog in Greymouth st evening, a youth fortunately esAVued without injury, but the dog tore * hole in the back of his trousers. \ For Sale, 109 b packets Flower and Vegetable Star Seeds.—H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt. For the purpose of a private hospital to be run on the lines of Lewishham Hospitals, the Catholic Order of •he Sisters of Mercy have purchased Air Percy Halstead’s two-storeyed residence in Royal Street. Dunedin. Over .‘.700 entries have been received t u ;he Wellington Competitions Society’s annual festival. The details are: Elocution 1370. vocal 800, instrumental 220, fancy dancing 1060, national dancing, 250. Mb list cycling home from Gladstone, Denis Moreland, son of Mr and Mrs V. Moreland, of Greymouth, was struck by a lorry and thrown heavily from his machine. He suffered a sev’re ; fractured elbow ana abrasions to hi> hip and both arms. It is stated : th“ lorry did not stop and at the ‘imp <•; the accident was travelling at a fast rate. Ml.-..- your home beautiful at small t .'tic good quality upholstery. A large range of models always on view.--S. Burnett White. West Coast’s High Grade Furnisher.—Advt Over lifty cars and two buses during ’he past two days have left the West. C> a<t conveying enthusiasts Io fitness ■ ,i:: ' - Sed.lon Shield match, West Gv: -* v. Marlborough, at lt is • ho keenest enthusiasti that has been displayed for many jeais. Ihere influx of West C®st visitors j to Blenheim, and all the lite! aecom-rm-la t ion there is taxed to Ihe utmost but. as remarked by a waguast evening. Blenheim has not the kmo number of hotels as Greymouth.\ A winter sports excursion |rain of 14 carriages carrying a totalhf approximately 450 passengers la InanAk gahua for Christchurch last, fcht at 11 o’clock. Reefton at midniat and Greymouth at 1.3 o’clock ihitmorning. The excursion which was Wangod by the Reefton League Atball Clubs, comprised 220 passengersfrom that district and 230 Grey mouth and Kumara. Two ktra carriages were required to be add< to

the train at Gre’-mouth. The excuton which is being run principally orbecount of the Northern Union Cup <k]. lenge between the West Coast W Canterbury League representativesit Monica Park. Christchurch to-day, wi leave Christchurch on return to Grd mouth to-morrow morning at 9.1 o’clock. \ Reefton residents will be interested to note that Mr. P. Strachan Hairiresser. Reefton. has been appointed re-’ ?eiving agent for G. R. Geddes, watchmaker and jeweller. Tainui Street, ( ; reymouth. Remember all work is guaranteed and prices are resonable. A trial will convince you.- —Advt. In order to obviate any further dan* ger. railway employees were yesterday engaged in rolling over the cliff beside the railway line near Rewanui, stones am! trees likely to come away with* out warning. The danger had arisen as tho result of the recent outbreak of fire on the cliffside. A good quantity of trees and stones was thrown down yesterday, much being shifted clear of the permanent way. The centre (brake) rail on the line has been broken already on three occasions as the result of falling trees and stones, from as high as 100 feet up the cliff. It is expected that the work will be completed to-day and repairs effected, thus allowing the Liverpool mine to. resume on Monday a,ft er threw days of enforced idleness. As a leeult of the stoppage of traffic, the binns at the Liverpool mine are now almost fil’ed to capacity. In this issue the Railway Department advertises particulars of fares and tram alterations and additions in connection with the Grand National races I and trotting meeting at Christchurch, 10th. to 17th. August, and Canterbury < Winter Show and Exhibition of industries at Christchurch, 10th. to 24th. ■ August.—Advt. The former Union Company steamer Kaitoke, which was recently soid to Japanese shipbuilders, is to take a large quantity of scrap iron when she sails for Japan. She is at present loading ahtiut 1500 tons of scrap metal at Auckland, and is to complete her cargo at Gisborne, Westport and Wellington, where she is due about the middle of August. Xfter discharge in Japan, she will be broken up. The buying by Japan of scrap metal from overseas and vessels to be broken up for scrap in Japan is no doubt due to the re* cent three-year plan, calling for the construction of 100,000 tons of ship- I ping a year under the Government subsidy which has been decided upon, by the Japanese Shipping Standard Improvement Association. At the monthly meeting of the j Greymouth Branch of the q Mrs Burrell was in the chair. A card was received from Miss C. Henderson on behalf of herself and other members of the family of Mrs E. R. McCombs, thanking members for their expressions of sympathy. Miss C. M. McLay’s visit was discussed, and matters finalised with regard to her itinerary in Greymouth. Halls have been engaged and arrangements made. It was resolved tha.t at the next a “bring and buy” sale be held, ana that Miss Perkins be asked to speak. A resolution was passed that the secretary write to Hon. C. J. Carrington, M.L.C., asking if it would be possible for tho Greymouth W.C.T.U. to put. in a claim on the legacy of Mr James Powell, of Westport, on behalf of the Greymouth Sailors’ Rest, which is under the management of the Graymouth W.C.T.U. The secretary read extracts from “ Temperance and Prohibition in New Zealand” on the life and work of the late Mr T. E. Taylor. A heartv welcome was extended to visitors.