LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 14 August 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

For Sale, 1000 packets F’ower and Vegetable Star Seeds. —H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt. The Dobson and Wallsend mine? will be idle to-day, but. Liverpool and James mines will be working. Mr. J. O’Brien, M.P., will address the electors at Okarito to-morrow (Thursday) at 8 p.m., and Wataroa Friday, at 8 p.m. —Advt. Waiuta residents are requested to note that Mr. Bert Dunshea, Waiuta. has been appointed receiving, agent for .George Geddes, Watchmaker (near (Tate’s), Tainui Street, Greymouth. Reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. —Advt. At last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board, the audited balance-sheet of the Board for the year ended 31st March, 1935, was received from the Audi: Department’, without any tags. Have you secured your share of the end of Season Clear Out Bargains? Hundreds of odd line* are being sacrificed and sold for next to nothing to clear. Your inspection is invited at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt. Gold Diggers! We are c*\sh buyer? of gold in small or large parcels. We guarantee the best possible service and the highest possible price.—J. Tennent Licensed Gold Dealer, Mawhera Quay Greymouth.—Advt. Last week,, freight hauled through the Otira tunnel from west to east amounted t|o 12,730 tons, compared with 10,632 tons in the corresponding week of 1934, and 10,377 tons in 1933. Bee here! Hairdressing for Mer and Women second to none at keenh competitive prices, with private roon. for ladies; also children 6d, razon ground and set 1/- (postage 2d.). —Jin Rhodes, The Hairdresser, Mawhen Quay.—Advt Mr. W. A. (Dick) Clarke has been appointed District Chief Agent for the Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ltd., previously held by Dalgety and Co., Ltd. New address: Werita Street, Phone 164. Box 93.—Advt. The net profit from 'the Seddon Shield football match against West Coast amounted so £268 8s 2d, of which the Coast Union takes a hall share, i.e., £134 4s Id. The gross gate receipts amounted to £306 12s. but amusement tax accounted for £29 3s lOd, and the expenses of the referee, who was brought over from Wellington,. were £9. Thes© two sums were taken off the gross receipt's before either union obtained its share.

Stamp Albums. New stocks of al' sizes and prices now on sale. Agents for Wileox Smith and Co., and the Zealandia Stamp Coy. Large stocks of stamps in sets, singles, and packets; also Stamp Mounts, at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt.

To-day (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. Harley and Co., Ltd., will sell by public auction, household furniture and effects, including bedroom, dining room and kitchen furniture: also curtains, rugs, crockery and cutlery; two bicycles, etc.—Advt.

Despite the assurance that no new coal leases would be granted, they had been granted, stated Mr J. Smeaton. at last evening’s meeting of the Grey Hospital Board, when a letter from the United Mine Workers of N.Z.. requesting co-operation in their representations to have a duty placed on imported coal and also that no further coal leases be granted, during the unstable state of the coal-mining industry as at present was under discussion.

Exclusive rugs and carpets at economy prices. We have just landed some exclusive rugs and squares, which were bought in a very favourable market, and consequently are priced very keenly. To add a touch of distinction to a hall or sitting-room, nothing could equal these carpets.—S. Burnett White, West Coast’s High grade Furnisher.—Advt.

They were talking tobacco as the Thames express thundered on. ‘‘Well.” said the jolly old sport as he re-filled his pipe, “me for the chap that takes his glass (in moderation), and enjoys his smoke? It’s odds on he’s O.K.— that’s my experience!”—and his hearty laugh echoed through the carriage. “Yet scientists affirm that smoking shortens life,” remarked the thin man in the dyed suit. “Do they?” said the jovial old boy, “well I’ve been smoking for fifty years, so it hasn’t cut me off in the flower of my youth, ha! ha! ha! Bless you. there’s no more harm in my tobacco that there is in winking at a pretty girl in the dark, ha! ha! ha?” “Your’s must be wonderful tobacco,” sneered the thin man. “It is,” said the old Jolly-face, “Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). Smoking it is one of the joys of life? Four other toasted brands—Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. All harmless! They’re toasted. Learn to smoke friend and try them!” But the thin man pretended to be asleep.

Y hitebait nets all ready made up, from exceptionally strong 80in netting. Only 6/-. —P. G. Willis, Tent and Cover Maker, Mackav Street. Greymouth — Advt. There was a further improvement in the depth of the bar yesterday, when 20ft. Ilina, was recorded at high water. The Kartigi sailed yesterday morning for Wellington, uut as ‘he Karepo draws two feet more than the former vessel her departure for Melbourne is still held up. The rainfall at Greymouth yesterday, from I 9 a.m.. to 4 p.m., was 110 points. Our commodious showrooms of half an acre of floor space offer to the buyer of furniture, furnishings, Crockery, Linoleum, Carpets, Rugs—the best display to be seen on the West Coast. The name Harley’s is known throughout the Coast for its big stocks, wonderful values and low prices. To those ; about to furnish it will be a sound inI vestment to shop at Harle~“, Mackay Street.—Advt. : New Books at B. Dixon’s, Tainui [Street. —“The Son of Richard Cariden” by Neil Be l, 8/6, postage sd; J “Dark Border” by Norman Giles, 7/-, postage sd; “They Wouldn’t Be Chess--man” by Mason, 7/-, postage 4d; I “Magic For Marigold” by Montgo- ' mery, 2/9; “Slow Joe” by Max Brand; (“Fear in the Forest” by Campbell, I 2/9 each; “Plunder Bar” by Parkman, i 2/9, postage 3d extra. —Advt.