LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 17 August 1937, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two boys, aged 13 and 17 years, charged with theft, were dealt with by Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., in the Children’s Court, at Greymouth yesterday.

Start Gardening and buy Good Seeds. Fresh supplies just received. —H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt.

Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth, yesterday, Thomas Clare, Garnett Frederick Bryan and Averill Charles Iggo, were each lined 15s with costs, for driving motor vehicles without licenses. '

Set aside Friday next, Grand Fire Brigade Ball, Kumara. Excellent arrangements for a gala night in the Old Home Town.—Advt.

A second offender who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth yesterday, before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., was fined £l, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. A first offender for drunkenness was fined ss, the amount of his bail. Three statutory first offenders found on licensed premises after hours, were each fined 5s with 10s costs.

So far as the Greymouth Harbour Board is concerned an agreement on j practically every point . _ was. reached in the Conciliation Council proceedings during the Board’s Employees’ Dispute. The new award will involve a shortening of hours and an increase in wages for the employees. The Secretary (Mr W. B. Gilbert), and the Engineer (Mr D. C. Milne), in company with the Chairman of the r inance Committee represented the Greymouth Board.

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What did Danny Craven say over the radio on Saturday, when he spoke in Afrikaans after the test match? He said nobody should miss the grand Opening Ball at the Runanga Miners’ Hall on Friday evening.—Advt.

The withdrawal of the dumping duty on Indian pig iron is announced in the Gazette issued recently. Dumping duty will not in the meantime be charged on shipments of pig iron imported from India in cases where the selling-price to an importer in New Zealand is less than the current domestic value determined in accordance with the Customs Acts, but the Minister of Customs reserves the right to impose dumping duty immediately should circumstances arise in future which would warrant such a course.

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“It was Kupe who discovered and named New Zealand; this was not disputed; but the name he gave it, ‘Aotea-roa,’ did not mean the long white cloud’, as popularly supposed,” remarked the Rt. Rev. Dr. H. W. Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, when speaking at a meeting of the Hastings Historical Society. "I have some bombshells for you in this address,” he added, “and this is one of them.” Kupe gave the name “aotea” to indicate a cloud seen over the island, and “roa,” which meant long, was added to describe the duration of the journey taken to reach the land.

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“I agree that it would be desirable to have the buildings finished in time for the New Zealand Centennial in 1940,” he said, “and that the provision of proper accommodation for the Legislature would be one of the ways by which the Centennial could be adequately marked, but it is difficult to say exactly when a start can be made The Government’s objective is quite clear. The housing of the people and school accommodation for the children with a view to brightening generally the conditions under which they are taught will come first. A number of otner public buildings are also urgently required. Apart from the necessity for these services there is also the question of skilled labour. The number of skilled tradesmen is limited Even once a start has been made there are a thousand and one factors affecting progress and it would be pretty diffcult for one to say this or that will be completed in such and such a year.”

“Whether it has been revived here on account of the present high popularity of conjuring as an entertainment, I do not know, but the moment’s newest and most fashionable word, ‘ostagazuzulum,’ has long been used by magicians,” writes a northern resident. “Its meaning is difficult to define, but the general application of the word has been to anything in which illusion is carried to the point at which mistrust creeps in. The word appears to have been used in connection with mind-reading magic, when it exceeded the bounds of natural laws, or with sucn illusions as the levitated or vanishing lady. Used in Auckland, New Zealand, during the winter of 1937, it forms a Welcome change from the ‘Aw boloney! which has dominated the vocabularies of our secondary and ‘finishing’ school pupils for so long. ‘Ostagazuzulum is being used in the adult world in connection with rosy new stock prospectuses, spirit voices and various public schemes.”

After a long discussion in committee, the Otago provincial council of the Farmers’ Union decided to express its alarm at the “gagging” of broadcasting by the Government. This was done in the following remit, which will be forwarded to Wellington: “That the Dominion executive be asked to protest emphatically against the recent action of the Government in refusing to allow the Farmers’ Union, church oiganisations, and other bodies to broadcast matters relevant to their own activities, and of interest to the general publii.” Fire Brigade Ball, Kumara— Lovely Evening Shoes, now showing.—H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt. The Aratika Sawmilling Company’s plant at Aratika, on the Otira line, was destroyed by tire yesterday morning shortly after one o clock. Incendiarism is suspected as the cause of the outbreak, in view of the fact that the mill had been closed down for the week-end on Friday afternoon, and there had been no lire under the boiler since then. The circumstances have been reported to the police. The sawmill was the oldest in the district, having been established over 40 years ago. It was originally worked by the late Mr. Jack Craig, of Mussel Beach, who was followed by Mr. Peterson and Messrs Waller and England, from whom it was taken over by the Aritika Sawmilling Company, about 40 years ago. The mill had a cutting capacity of between 8,000 and 9,000 superficial ft. daily, but had been working shorthanded. Seven men will be idled through the fire, as there had been no work in the bush for the past week, and no bushmen were actually employed. The buildings and plant are insured for £5OO, in the South British Office. The manager of the mill, Mr. J. S. Robertson, of Greymouth, stated yesterday that no decision had yet been reached as to whether the mill would be rebuilt.

August 13th was the 97th anniversary of the arrival of the French frigate L’Aube, commanded by Captain Lavaud, at Akaroa. The French had been anxious to establish a settlement there, and the vessel Comte de Paris, in command of Captain Langlois, with 57 immigrants on board, was dispatched, Captain Lavaud, in the L’Aube, being charged with the general duty of looking after French interests in the venture. The L’Aube arrived at tne Bay of in July, 1840, whereupon Captain Hobson, the Governor, becoming aware of the French intentions, quietly ordered the. British warship Britomart, commanded by Captain Stanley, to proceed without delay, to Akaroa to hoist the British flag. The Britomart arrived at Akaroa on August 11th, the Union Jack was hoisted to the accompaniment of the usual naval honours, and a Court was held to establish the exercise of British authority. Two days later the L’Aube arrived, and the French were not without surprise at finding themselves forestalled by the - British, but Captain Lavaud accepted the situation with good grace. On August 16th the Comte de Paris with the French immigrants arrived, and the settlement was founded, but under the sovereignty of Great Britain and not France. Descendants of the French settlers still live at Akaroa, and in Wellington the names of Captain Lavaud and H.M.S. Britomart are commemorated by street nomenclature at Berhampore.