LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 17 January 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A cordial invitation is extended to Domestic Beekeepers to attend an instructional field day -at the apiary o Mr J. Glynn, Pitt Street, Runanga, on Saturday next at 2 o’clock.

Greymouth is still short of recruits. Enlist now for the Second Echelon. —1.

At a meeting of the Timaru Borough Council it was decided that five applicants for the position of borough engineer be invited to appear before a special meeting of the council on Tuesday, January 23. There were -S applications.

Master Albert Kroening, of Joketown, who is a competitor iF' the New Zealand Centennial Yachting Champions in the “Tauranga” (seven foot) Class at Wellington has been doing very creditably in the first three heats. These were sailed yesterday and Kroening secured a place in each heat. These races will' be continued to-day.

For your furniture and furnishings, latest designs and outstanding quality and values, you should your selection from Harley’S, the direct manufacturers. Easy terms of payments arranged.—Advt

During two days last week no fewer than 22 rescues were made at the beach by the Castlecliff section of the Royal Life-Saving Society. On 12 occasions the use of the belt and equipment was required, and in some cases resuscitation had to be resorted to.

A fine crop of tobacco is growing in the garden of a resident in Masterton beside a row of tomatoes. The locality appears to be particularly suitable for growing these plants, which are of good size and uniformity. It is understood that a number of people in the district grow their own tobacco.

Home-knitted garments are going to cost more in future. The manageress of a Hastings woolshop told a Daily Mail reporter last week that English wools have already advanced in price. Although there has been no steepening in the retail price of the New Zealand article so far a change in this direction is nevertheless expected any time. As an indication of the extent of the increase on English wools, a particular line which previously cost lOld a skem is now being retailed at Is.

You cannot afford to overtook these booklets. “The Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs” is a series of booklets giving short accounts of current international topics written by expert historians, economists, lawyers, and scientists. The average length is 32 pages. The price is 6d each, postage extra, at B. Dixons, Ltd., Tainui Street.—Advt.

An interested spectator at last evening’s swimming carnival at the Municipal Baths was Hon. R. Semple < Minister of Public Works and Transport), who was accompanied by Mr J. O’Brien, M-P-. an d by his daughter, Mrs R. Smith. Mr Semple.’s presence was noted later in the evening, when the announcer informed’ the public that the next dive, one in full clothes, was to be “Just a Semple dive.” The first “competitor” took the board and as, he bobbed up in the water, his companion announced, “You’ve forgotten your wheelbarrow," a remark evoking great laughter, in which the Minister heartily joined.

Fruit berry picking to the world would seem a most peaceful occupation, but even in such surroundings drama lurks when “pirates” are active. About New Year this fruit picking provides “pin money” for many Christchurch adults, college students, and school' children, the growers paying so much a box. But there is always the pirate who manages to remove the pickings of the unwary. Recently at Riccarton one such pirate was caUght red-handed confiscating the pickings of a child. Action was immediate and severe. The pickers held a stop-work meeting and accused was tried, convicted, and sentenced to expulsion from the plantation.

Within the past few weeks there has been a noticeable increase in petty thieving at Auckland swimming baths, most of the victims being children. Apart from small sums of money, towels, and sandals, bicycles have been included among the varying types of property filched from dressing sheds, but the latest articles to vanish are valves and valve-caps from bicycles. Several youths at the Parnell baths last week were chagrined to find their machines without valves and caps, and they had to walk a considerable distance to the nearest cycle shops to buy replacements. Clambering through a porthole as the ship was drawing out from the wharf four member's of the crew of the Matson liner Mariposa, which sailed for San Francisco, afforded much amusement fop the small group Of officials on the Auckland wharf and to . the many passengers'on the "decks. Arriving at the scene when the stern of the ship was well out from the wharf and the Bows'fairly close, the ■ meh obtained a foothold' and hauled themselves through a porthole.

During the week a cash box containing a small sum of money was stolen from the premises of the Vacuum Oil Co., Pty., Ltd., in William Street. Entry was gained to the office, it is understood, by a window of the bulk depot.

Recruits wanted for overseas service with the Second Echelon. Enlist to-day and help New Zealand. —2.

A statutory first offender, charged with being found helplessly drunk at Greymouth, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court, Greymouth, before Mr. E. Stratford, J.P. On the application of Sergeant A. Barnes he was remanded until next Monday for medical attention.

The lates 1 in Maps of the War Zones are procurable in black and white at 6d each, postage extra; or printed in six colours w’:h full details of towns, river’, etc at 1/6 each, postage extra, at B. Dixons Ltd.. Tainui Street.—Advt.

Auckland City Council, has decided, in order to commemorate the gallant part played by the Achilles in the recent naval engagement, to name a commanding headland on the cliff east of St. Helier’s “Achilles Point.” rhe headland affords unrivalled views ®f the harbour and gulf. An inscribed tablet will be erected at a cost not exceeding £lOO.

Berlin is holding a series of flag days all of them confined to the black-out and all for the one purpose (says the Berlin correspondent of a London paper). People who vanish in the darkness leave fixed to the clothing of passers-by a slip of paper inscribed, “Better a king by God’s will than a pig from Berchtesgaden”. One neutral had four such flags pinned to the lapel of his overcoat in an eightminute walk.

Wednesday is the half-holiday tn Kumara, and our country patrons, passing through Kumara by car can still trade with us on Saturday afternoon and evening, and buy cheaper than town prices.—H. Hamer, Kumara —Advt.

Though midsummer is approaching, the Wairarapa district still remans pleasantly free of white butterflies. .Even rape crops are not senous.v attacked, and the number of insects operating in the district may be gauged from the results Obtained by a resident who sets himself out’ each year to exterminate as many of the pests as possible. Last year he killed more than 5000, but so far this year he has not yet reached 500.

There’s many a spot one would like to be in these warm days, but one worthy of a visit is the piCnic ground and sports ground at the Teremakau. Campers and visitors can also avail themselves of splendid swimming and fishing facilities, and to complete the outing there would be nothing more refreshing than a reviver at “Drum” McMeekan’s Tramway Hotel, where all brands of ale, wines and spirits etc., are of the best. —Advt.

Time and Wages Books for all purposes and in all rulings from 4d to Q/6 each. Cash Receipt Books in single or duplicate from 4Jd to 2/each. Letter Books in duplicate or triplicate and in three sizes from 1/3 to 3/6 each. Account Form Books from 6d to 2/6 each. Order Form and Delivery Books 1/- to 1/6. Note Books in all rulings from Id to 1/6 each. Good quality stationery and the best values are always procurable at B. Dixons Ltd., Tainui Sheet.—, Advt.

The expression “to put one’s shirt on a horse” is commonplace, but a member of the Taranaki Herald staff has discovered a new affinity between horses and shirts. He spent part of his holiday in the country, and haymaking being in progress, he was pressed into' service on top of the stack. He had hung a new silk shirt on a fence and, from his elevated position, had the annoying experience of seing one of the farm horses chew, tear into strips and utterly destroy his silken garment.

The popular host at the Tramway Hotel, Taramakau, “Drum” McMeekan would give you the top brick off his chimney if you really needed it! There a hearty welcome always awaits all good folk, and besides there is every facility for campers, with picnic and sports grounds, and ideal swimming and fishing localities. And then there is a refreshing glass of ale and the best of cuisine, under the personal supervision of Mrs McMeekan —Advt-

A good word for the weed! A famous London medical specialist (according to a recent cable) has just declared that tobacco is “a very useful sedative. It rests the brain and prevents the human machine from overworking.” The same eminent authority approves of smoking for women. He says it is the best faffi on introduced foi them, “because it steadies the nerves.” Every smoker knows that. But much depends on the quality of the tobacco. Brands full of nicotine won’t “rest the nerves,” and may affect the heart. And unfortunately most of the imported tobaccos contain an excess of nicotine, in which respect they differ essentially from the brands produced by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd. (the rioneers of the tobacco industry in New Zealand), which, being comparatively free from nicotine, may be smoked all' day long and no harm done. These tobaccos owe their delightful fragrance and delicious aroma largely to the fact that they are toasted. No other tobaccos are. Ask for Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold (mild), Navy Cut or Cavendish (medium). or Cut Plug No- 10 (fullstrength) .—Advt