LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

One of the fruits of the recent visit to Sydney by Mr A. Cohen (chairman of the Wellington and New Zealand Billiards Association) is that New Zealand will have two representatives in the British Empire amateur billiards championship, to be decided shortly in Melbourne. Chey will be S. Moses (Wellington) and A. Albertson (Canterbury). India South Africa, England and the Australian States are to be represented

Night of Nights at Cobden Convent Ball, May 24. Great night, great supper.—Advt.

Omission of a phrase from the report in yesterday’s issue altered the sense of a remark at the Grey Power Board meeting, following the chairmanship election, by' Mr A. H. McKane, whose actual comment was:— Even though it might be said these things were “readied up” and arranged, he could say that he had no hand in such arrangements.” The omission was the qualification, “even though it might be said.”

To-day (Friday), Shop Day, Blaketown Citizens’ Hall.. Funds in aid of Blaketown Sunday School. Jumble, cakes, produce, etc. —Advt.

Good progress has already been made with the work of installing plant in the vicinity of the Karoro airport for the purpose of extending the aerodrome at Greymouth. The work is being carried out by Mr W. G. McKay. Workshops and other incidental buildings are in course of erection. The work of erecting weekly power poles along the side of the Karoro lagoon, to carry on 11,000 volt line has been expeditiously carried out by Mr T. Coll. A transformer is being erected near the edge of the lagoon to break down the power to the required voltage.

The Transport Department now gives away free with every driver’s license issued, a booklet on the rules of the road. Perhaps the powers-that-be wonder at times just what effect this literature has on the accident statistics, but if the experience of the Waipukurau County Council is at all general, it must be rather disappointing. “They take tne license, but just throw the free booklet back and refuse to take it,” the country clerk, Mr R. B. Price, told councillors at their last meeting.

Text Books you may want: “Compressed Air Practice in Mining” by Penman, 12/6 (6d); "Surveying Problems” by Bryson, 8/6 (4d); “Arithmetic for Miners” by McTrustry, 2/9 (4d); “Problems in Land and Mine Surveying” by Davies, 27/6 (6d); "Mining Electrician Handbook” by Fokes, 16/6 (6d); “Mine Ventilation and Ventilators” by Haddick, 25/(6d); “Reinforced Concrete Water Towers, Bunkers, Silos and Gantries” by Gray, 16/6 (6d); “Autogenous Welding” by Rosemburg, 12/6 (6d); “Electric Trains” by Dickinson, 27/6 (6d). Procurable at B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Tainui Street. —Advt.

Onerahi’s potentialities as a seaplane base were outlined by Mr J. F. S. Briggs at a meeting of ratepayers at Onerahi recently (states the Northern Advocate). One of the features of the locality, he explained, was the shelter provided from wind in either direction for planes or ships. As a defence base he considered it ideal, as it was as near an approach to Sydney as Auckland, and was easily accessible from Honolulu by air. The harbour was perfect, he maintained, from a defence point of view.

Teachers whose working hours are increasing while those of other people are being shortened should be heartened by a remit passed at the annual conference of the New Zealand Technical School Teachers’ Association, on the initiative of the Masterton branch. The remit was:—“That in view of the fact that while in general the length of the working week is shortening the length of the teacher’s week is lengthening, due largely to the amount of outside work required of teachers, especially in post-primary schools, the time has come when a more liberal scale of staffing should be allowed for these schools.”

New books at B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Tainui Street: “Across the Frontier” by Phillip Gibbs, 12/6 (6d); “This Publican” by Dornford Yates, 7/6 (sd); “Action at Aquila" by Hervey Allen, 10/6 (sd); “To-morrow arid To-morrow” by Lyle, 7/6 (sd); “A River Starts’” by Diana Ridley, 7/6 (4d); Andels Diesel Engine Manual, 12/6 (sd); “Steel Square Pocket Book” by Stoddart, 6/6 (4d); “Behold Here’s Poison” by Heyer, 4/6 (4d): ' Automatics” by Vivian, 4/6 (4d); “There Was Another” by Ruoy Ayres, 4/6 (4d); “The Silver Cord” by Valentine, 4/6 (4d); “N.Z. Radio Call Book, 1938”, 1/- (3d): “The 1938 Radio Constructors’ Guide”, 2/6 (4d).—Advt.

“It is a strange thing these - days when there is a cry of prosperity everywhere that our homes for indigent men are packed to the doors,” remarked Lieutenant-Commissioner F. Adams, divisional commander of the Salvation Army, during an address in Hamilton. Mr Adams said additions had been made to the homes, but all were still tilled.

Thieves have been active at the site of the New Government houses in Wanganui. The police are investigating the removal of a length of hose from one of the houses, and an enterprising thief recently removed one of the patent drying lines which arc be-, ing erected. These lines are bulky to handle in themselves, but the thief also took with him the heavy block of concrete in which the centre pole of the line is mounted.

Something unusual in fruit production was brought to the notice of a Manawtu Evening Standard reporter by a resident of Kopane, who has an Irish peach apple tree loaded with a (Second crop. The first crop ripened about Christmas time, and the tree flowered again to produce another trop almost as good. The second crop has ripened well, and the fruit has frhe rich colour and delightful flavour Associated with a normal crop.

The Patea Harbour Board has not the power to grant a licence for the development of the iron-sand industry according to advice received from the Mines Department. The board apphec last year to the department for approval of a licence for a him. the board has been informed that apai from the' effect of the Iron and S e Industry Act, which provided that only the commissioners appointed under the Act could mine for iron ore. there was every reason to doubt the legality of such a licence.

The first multiple-unit fou \' mot °J electric train to be operated by the New Zealand Railways is near ng completion, and is almost ready lor its service trials. Intended 01 1 Wellington-Johnsonville ba ’service, the power coach ancl tra (now receiving their finishing ouches will be the first of six two cai trams which will maintain fast and services between the city and certain Suburbs. Five multiple-units haxe al readv been landed at Wellington, and the sixth was due last week.

Lake Rotorua, following consistently heavy rain during Apri and six days of the present month. is a present at a record high lex el. R cently the lake was 16 inches above the normal level mark at the town wharf, thus setting a record since■ r levels have been taken. At er lui he heavy rain during last week, the lak rose' five inches higher, and a fexx davs ago was 21 inches above the normal. The volume of rain can be realised when it is remembered that the lake is over 30 square miles m area.

Books on Elocution at B. Dixons, Ltd.—“ Elocution and Gesture A' Horsbuck, 3/6 (3d); "The Art of Public Speaking” by Hull, 3/6 (3d , "Speak Out” by Watson, 4/- (Id), “Elements of Public Speech by Homer 10/6 (sd); "The Craft of Fublic Speaking” by, Mitchell, ; "Training for Speaking’ by Burton, 7/6 (6d); “Personality in Speaking bv Henderson, 4/- (4d); “Monologues and Duologues of To-day” by Box. 4/- (4d)' "Practical Handbook on Elocution” by Gatry, 5/- (4d); Speeches and Toasts for All Occasions, 3/- (4d), “How to Become an Effective Public Speaker” by Bottomsby, 1/- „ (3d); "Modern Poems for Children”, 3/(4d)._Advt.

The largest shipment of lamb loaded bv any ship in New Zealand for years left Wellington in the Port Caroline for London. The ship had in her insulator holds the great total of 205,887 carcasses of lamb, in addition to 16,630 carcases of mutton. 18 bags of beef, 3900 crates of rabbits, and 3206 packages of frozen sundries. The Port Caroline’s shipment _oi lamb was made up of the following loadings:—Bluff 88,995 carcasses, Timaru 44,773 carcasses, Lyttelton 31,266 carcasses, Wellington 6075 carcasses: —-total of 205,88 1 carcasses.

In future schools will be provided with modern heating appliances where required without school committees having to find one-third o the cost. At a meeting of the Wellington Education Board a memoranHum was received from the Education Department stating that twothirds of the cost of up-to-date heating appliances would be found by the Department in approved cases, the other third to be found bv the board from the grant for the maintenance of school buildings. The chairman of the board (Mr W. V. Dyer) commented that the new arrangement would relieve committees of the necessity of finding one-third of the cost. He had always considered that should be done.

During the three months ended March 31, 1938, gold produced on the West Coast and entered for exportamounted to 14,272 ounces, as compared with 16,176 ounces in the corresponding quarter last year, all ot the four counties, except Grey, showing a decrease. The total Dominion production for the three months xvas 41,780 ounces, as compared xyith 4b,865 ounces in the corresponding period of last year. The returns from each district, according to a return supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. were: Province of Auckland 20 052 ounces, County of Buller 3-9 ounces, County of Grey 5,502 ounces, County of Inangahua 4,609 ounces, County of Westland 4.832 ounces, Marlborough and Nelson 1,453 ounces, Otago 4,520 ounces, Southland 483 ounces.

Many a man’s best friend is his pipe—a faithful companion at all times. When a chap’s struck a xvinner, the best girl’s said “yes or he s had some other bit of luck his lust thought is. “I must have a smoke on the strength of that ? When he s up against it down on his luck, and the clouds won’t roll by he flies to his pipe for coilsolation- and generally finds it. And yet non-smokers will often ask "What’s the good of smoking?”—and talk about the harmfulness of the habit. But there s no harm in good tobacco; its the tobacco loaded with nicotine that does the harm. Such famous blends as Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold are more likely Io prove beneficial than otherwise for they cheer, soothe and solace, and thanks to toasting (the manufacturers’ exclusive process) are as innocuous as tobacco can possibly be. Its worthy of note by the xvay that the brands enumerated are the only uine toasted ones manufactured.— Advt.

Intelligent co-ordination of transport enabled New Plymouth business men to make a quick visit to Christchurch' at the week-end. They left New Plymouth by aeroplane on Saturday morning, transacted their business and left on the return journev Iby steamer that night, motoring from Wellington to be home early on Sunday evening. Tire journey was no without incident, for on the road to New Plymouth the car skidded in loose metal and left the road, but no one was injured.

A step towards 'co-operation between the Post and Telegraph Department and business houses in the expeditious delivery of mail was taken by the council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. Mr T. N. Gibbs proposed that lectures to office juniors by officials of the Post Office should be arranged. He believed that it those who were directly 7 concerned with the posting of mail were instructed on times of dispatch and delivery. and on general efficiency in the handling of mail, there would be benefits both to firms and to the Post Office. He suggested that such lectures might be given annually. The council approved the proposal, and left it to the secretary. Mr J. Roy Smith, to make arrangements.

Possibly a record has been created by the return of Mr J. W. Card unopposed as Mayor of Featherston. This term of three years will make nearly 42 years of continuous service given" to the borough, and former town district by Mr Card. Mr Card has always been returned unopposed since he was first nominated as Mayor by Commissioners A. C. Holms tthen treasurer to the Town Board) and Mi - B. Tait, both of whom are still active in public affairs. Mr Holms, now of Waiupkurau, was the founder of the borough, and later treasurer, also Deputy Mayor. Miss H. Card the Mayoress, and sister of the Mayor, has just been elected to represent Featherston and Martinborough on the Wairarapa Hospital Board.

The first of the new season’s muttonbirds will appear on the market during the next few days. Last week the motor vessel Kekeno and the auxiliary 7 schooner Britannia left Bluff for the muttonbird islands in Foveaux Strait, where they 7 will collect their “passage” birds, the number which the muttonbirders agree to give as payment for their fares. for many years past the passage of the hunters ’has been paid in birds. It was stated by 7 one of the merchants that all the birds that would be brought back, representing the greater portion of the catches, were already ordered. These birds will make their appearance on the markets immediately after the boat’s return. The muttonbirders are expected to arrive with the rest of their catches about May 7 25