LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 18 October 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

“Pay Night” Euchre Tournament, Herb Moore’s Cabaret to-night, at 8.30 o’clock.—Advt. Westport Courthouse, according to advice which Mr. P. C. Webb has received from Hon. Mr. Cobbe, is to be renovated at a cost of £275. Cyclists! A British “Tally Ho” jover and British Cavalier tube, 28 x 1|; post free; 5/10 lot.—H. Hamer, Kumara. —A dv t. An area of 240 acres of pakihi land in Buller is to be bought by the Small Farm Board, so Mr. P. C. Webb has learned, in order that it may be turned into pasture under supervision of the Cawthron Institute. Good news! Tony Catalino, the great American-Spanish wrestler, meets Earl McCready at Rugby Park, to-mor-row (Saturday).—Advt. Overcoats (ladies’ and gent’s); the best on the West Coast at prices lower than anywhere on the Coast.—P. G. Willis (opposite “Argus” Office), Mackay Street, Greymouth.—Advt. Certain proposals for the rebuilding of Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth, are being examiend by the Vestrymen, who hope to submit a scheme to the parishioners this month or next, states the official organ of the Diocese of Nelson. The cost of keeping the present building in repair is increasingly burdensome.

This year’s issues of the Xmas Num mers of the N.Z. illustrated weekly papers surpass anything yet issued. All have beautiful coloured supplements, illustrating New Zealand’s magnificent scenery. Copies of the Auckland Weekly, Christchurch Press and Star, N.Z. Free Lance, Otago Witness, and Tui’s Annual, await your inspection at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. The price is 2/- each, postage Id extra. — Advt.

Tony Catalino, one of :he best wrestling importations, has been substituted for George Hopkins, to meet Earl McCready at Rugby Park, to-mor-row (Saturday)—Advt. The House of Representatives this week has passed estimates totalling £5,200,000; read the first time a Bill making provision for increases in civil servant s salaries and pensions and passed the War Pensions Amendment Bill, the Mental Defectives Amendment Bill and Masseurs Registration Amendment Bill. The Public Works Department nre to commence the construction of the aerodrome at Blaketown on Monday forty men being put on at once. Present intentions are 150 men will b? ultimately engaged on the Xmas Greetings for the Home Folks, in the form of some useful but dainty articles made of New Zealand materials. bv N.Z. artists, suitably illustrated with some phase of N.Z. life, or scenery should prove attractive to your friends. Something new and novel for your inspection this year and the price is right at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street. —Advt. Yesterday saw the best run of whitebait in the Grey River so far this season, excellent catches being made by a number of fishermen, particularly those in possession of the “Big Rock.” The shoals were big, and tins were filled in quick time, while the run lasted for the major part of the day. Despite the increase in supply, the market was apparently not glutted, as the retail price on the wharf remained at -Is 6d per pint.

Grand concert by New Zealand Institute for the Blind Band. Town Hall, to-night (Friday), Oct. 18, Band selections, orchestrations, instrumental solos, vocal and humorous items. Popular prices, 1/- and 1/6. —Advt. Nelson Creek residents are requested to note that Mr. W. Fisher, storekeeper. Nelson Creek, has been appointed re ceiving agent for George Geddes, watchmaker. Tainui Street (near Tate’s), Greymouth. All orders entrusted to Mr. Fisher will receive prompt and careful attention.—Advt.

A radio beacon second to be installed on the New Zealand coast is now in operation at Tiri Tifi Island, Hauraki gulf. Tests of the appparatus have been completed and are considered to have been highly satisfactory. Most modern overseas vessels are equipped wiith wireless direction finders, which enables them accurately to ascertain the bearing from which a radio signal is received Hence ships either approaching down the coast from the north or entering the gulf by way of Cuvier Island will tune in to the wavelength of the beacon and listen for its characteristic signal and obtain a true bearing and thus be able to proceed to port no matter how thick tho weather might be. —Press; Assn.

Well-chosen curtains convey a message of welcome and good cheer and add a note of refinement to the home. The very latest in curtain materials of soft shimmering materials have just arrived from the English manufacturers and are on view at Harley’s. Every curtain fabric is marked in prices that will meet the requirements of all. Now is the moment to make your selection. —Harley and Co. the complete Home Furnishers. — A dvt New hooks and reprints at B. Dixon’s. Tainui Street: “Confessions of a Journalist” by Lawlor, 6/-, portage 4d; “Storm Signals” by Joseph Lincoln. 7/- postage sd; “Official Revised Radio Call Book” 1/-, postage 2d; “Utility Poultry Farming in N.Z” bv Ambler. 2/6, postage 3d; “Raphaels Almanac for 1936” 1/6, postage 2d: “Looking Backward” by Bellamy 2/, postage 3d; “Crawl Stroke Swimming” by Handley, 4/-, postage 3d.— Advt. At the monthly meeting of the Council of the Grey District Acclimatisation Society, Mr. P. Beck presided over an attendance of seventeen members. Mr. I. Bennington was re-elected secretary pro tern. It was decided to thank Mr. J. Digby, curator of. the North Canterbury hatchery for assistance given to the Society. Mr. H. E. Knight and the secretary were instructed to draft a letter, urging the Government to make a further allocation of opossum revenue. The ranging committee were asked to report on bullyfishing in and around Lake Brunner. It was decided to request the co-opera-tion of the Westland and Buller Societies. in the raising of the bounty on shag’s heads, from Is to 1/6. The following appointments were made:— Hatchery Committee, Messrs J. Smith and A, Baker; Ranging Committee, Messrs. W. J. Chatfield and H. E. Knight. It was decided that Messrs. Milner. J. Smith, A. Heinz and E. Holmes be elected life members of the Society, and that Messrs. Heinz and Holmes be sent letters of appreciation, for their work, while members of the Council.

“For Ladies who do not smoke.” Special carriages bearing this label are sometimes attached to Russian trains. But most Russian ladies are inveterate smokers of cigarettes. Russian men for the most part prefer the pipe as more satisfying and less bother. New Zealanders, despite the vogue of the cigarette, are great pipe smokers. For proof of this look at the huge quantities of tobacco pipes imported into this country. Observe, also, the ever-ex-panding demand for the three wellknown pipe tobaccos—Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). The two famous cigarette tobaccos, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold are no less in favour with those smokers who “roll their own,” and find that cigarettes made from fresh, sweet and moist tobacco are infinitely better than ready mades, often dry, stale and flavourless because kept too long in stock, yes—and cheaper too! And don’t forget that the five brands already named are all harmless. The toasting “kills” the nicotine in them But have a care when buying and avoid rubbishy imitations!