LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 15 December 1937, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Grey Hospital Board is putting in hand the usual arrangements ror the provision of Christmas cheer to the inmates of the Board’s institutions.

Men of Kumara! Box Suits, a fine range; navy, brown, grey. Best value in Westland.—ri. Hamer, Kumara.— Advt.

Authority of the Grey Hospital Board has been given for the payment of salaries and wages on Thursday, December 23, and the payment or charitable Aid and extras on Friday, December 24.

Two rubber mattresses are to be purchased by the Grey Hospital Boaid for experimental purposes, and one is to be placed in the Old People’s Home and one in the hospital.

Men’s ties in charming array; “Parisian,” “Curtis,” “Cravat,” Klipper.—H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt.

There was a stoppage of work at the Big River Quartz Mine owing to the dismissal of an employee. _ He has been reinstated, and the dispute has been satisfactorily settled.

The 1938 Motorists’ Road Guide for the North Island has arrived and is available at B. Dixon’s Ltd., Tainui Street. The price is 2/6, postage 5d extra. South Island Guide arriving at an early date.—Advt. •

The dates of the summer meeting of the Greymouth Jockey Club, which had been fixed as Friday, 31st. inst., and Saturday, January 1, have been altered in view of the fact that Monday, January 3, is a public holiday. The meeting will be held on Saturday and Monday, January 1 and 3.

In honour of the 42nd birthday of King George VI, flags were yesterday flying on public buildings at Greymouth.

A post office, telegraph and money order office has been opened at Jackson Bay. Mr W. Scarborough, Department Radio Operator, is m charge of the new office.

Last week, freight haul^ d .' the Otira tunnel from the West Coast amounted to 14,729 tons, as compared with 14,495 tons in the corresponding week of 1936, and 11,449 tons in 1935. For the four weeks ended last Saturday, freight hauled through the tunnel from west to east amounted to 59,463 tons, the highest for any monthly period since July. 1930. when the unusually high total of 61,947 tons was reached.

£lOOO worth of high grade furnishing on sale at the Jeanette Closing Down Sale. Goods displayed as from to-morrow morning. When an opportunity to procure that Xmas gift. —Advt.

The following tenders were accepted at last evening’s meeting of the Grey Hospital Board for the ensuing three months, being the lowest in each case; Bread, McPherson’s Bakery; Meat, Stewart and Sons; Fish: Mrs. A. Scandrett. Asked by a member of the Board if there had been any reduction in the prices, the House Manager, Mr. A. J. Fraser, said that in one line there was a fall of 33 1-3 per cent, and in another, 25 per cent., in the tender for fish. There was also a slight easing in the meat prices.

In this issue the Kailway Department advertises particulars of the running of Mail and Relief Trains between Greymouth and cnristcnurcn for the Christmas and New fear holidays.—Advt.

The services of the tug Westland were required yesterday to take the s.s. Gabriella down past the two smaller vessels below the No. 4 berth, to the end of the wharf, owing to the difficulty of swinging the larger types of vessels in the Grey River, fully loaded. The Gabriella sailed with a cargo mainly of coal for Auckland. The swinging was accomplished without difficulty at the end of the Wharf.

Xmas gift books in an endless variety await your inspection at B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Tainui Street. All that is new and latest in books of Travel, Fiction, Biography, etc., suitable for child or adult are here and at prices that will please you. Your early shopping will be appreciated.—Advt.

With the rapid growth of pastures as a result of the recent rains and warm weather, farmers are finding that they are liable to lose their cows by bloat. One farmer in Inchbonnie has already lost six cows in this manner. So * speedily does bloat come about, that farmers are generally taken by surprise, and cows die before a remedy can be effected. Two ounces of bicarbonate of soda in a pint of water is usually a safe remedy if given in time, and under the present conditions farmers would be well advised to keep a supply handy.

The Cook Strait Airways service plane landed at the Westport aerodrome yesterday for the the first time. Owing to a thick bank of fog, which reached right to sea level, being encountered about ten miles south of Westport, the pilot, Mr S. Gilkin'Son, considered it unsafe to proceed to Greymouth, and returned to Westport. Shortly after the landing was made, the fog lifted, and the plane left Westport for Greymouth about half an hour later. There were two passengers, Mr W. Joseph (from Wellington), and Mrs E. L. Fitzgerald (from Nelson).

Xmas is here. What about your Gift problems? An inspection of the large selection of gift goods at B. Dixon’s, Tainui Street, will help you to an easy selection. Gift goods to suit ah tastes and at prices that will please you, await your inspection. Shop early and avoid the Xmas rush. —Advt.

A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, that death was due to sclerosis of the coronary arteries, was returned by the Coroner, Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., at Greymouth yesterday, when the inquest was concluded concerning the death of Mrs Lilias Caldwell Griffin, which occurred suddenly near her residence at Blaketown on December 8. James Griffin said that his mother had been residing with him for the past nine years. She retired to bed about 9.30 p.m. on December 7, and was then in her usual good health and spirits. At the time of her death, she had apparently gone across the street to call on a friend. She had always enjoyed good health, except for a short illness about three years ago. He had not heard her complaining about not feeling well, and he had no suspicion that she was suffering from heart disease. Snuff-taking is coming into vogue again in London’s smartest circles, according to a special correspondent. Gold snuff-boxes, the lids sometimes encrusted with gems, are often seen at society functions, it seems, members of both sexes indulging in the new-old habit. West End tobacconists consider this is just a passing craze and will soon be forgotten. Snuffing, a hundred years ago, or more, was universal. But there were comparatively few smokers then. To-day it takes countless thousands of tons of tobacco every year to keep the world’s pipe alight—to say nothing about cigarettes. Here in New Zealand the brands credited with the largest sales are the “toasted” ones, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. The first three are the choicest of all pipe tobaccos; the other two make cigarettes of rare fragrance and most delicious aroma. The purity of all these famous blends is one of their outstanding merits. Toasting it is that rids them of most of their nicotine. They’re as safe as they’re enjoyable.—Advt,