LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 25 March 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Men's Sports Trousers: A sample lot newest shades, from 19/6, 22/6, 25/’-. Post free.—H. Hamer,’Kumara.

Buying sheeting “on spec” in London last January, a Christchurch importer paid lOd a yard. Within a few days the price had risen to 12id, and the current market quotation is more than 20d a yard. The January order at first could not be shipped till June, but now he has received advice that it will not arrive till October.

Men’s Sports Coats: A sample lot, all sizes, newest shades, 35/-, 40/-, 45/-. Post free. Exceptional value. —H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt.

They’re off. First race at the Kumara Racing Club’s Centennial meeting to-day (Monday), at 12.15. Train and ’bus connections from all jparts of the West Coast. Luncheon on the course from 11 a.m.—Advt;

As further reports of heavy grain crops continue to come to hand, it is more than ever apparent that the past season has been highly favourable to wheat-growing in the Waimate district. A remarkable crop has just been threshed on the farm of Mr. E. Bruce, at Willowbridge, where Dreadnought wheat returned a yield of 111 bushels to the acre. In another instance a return of So bushels is reported.

Picture Books, Prize Books, Standup Books, Panorama Books, Bumper Books, are available in a great variety and all at the old prices at B. Dixons Ltd., Tainui Street.—Advt.

Large fields, great racing, every convenience for patrons at the Kumara Racing Club’s .Centennial fixture, to-day (Monday). Track and appointments in first class order. Join the merry throng and have a great day’s outing.—Advt.

“I have heard that people are printing their own petrol coupons,” said the secretary, Mr. P. Harvey, at a meeting of the executive of the South Island Motor Union last week. During a discussion on petrol restrictions members pointed out that the numbers on the coupons presented no difficulty in reproduction. “If they can do it with hank notes they can print coupons,” remarked Mr. Harvey, and the discussion lapsed.

To residents of Poerua, Inchbonnie, and I-lohonu on the north side of the Taramakau River. For the convenience of patrons from this side of the river, there will be a conveyance available at approximately 10.30 a.m. to-day (Monday), returning' after the Kumara races.—Advt.

Games for Evening Recreation! Chessmen 5/6, 6/6, 8/6, 10/6 to 15/set. Draughtsmen 1/-, 2/-, 2/6 a set. Dominos, double sixes, 1/3, 1/6, 1/9, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, and 3/6 a set. Chess and Draughts Boards 9d, 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6 each. All British made, procurable at B. Dixons, Ltd., Tainui Street.—Advt.

The fate of notes of the realm at racecourses is often a sad one and the cause of prolonged discussion and loud complaint, but a strange incident at Ibe Gate Pa course recently suggests that there are still surprises in store for punters. One racegoer remarked to a friend that a note he was about, to consign to the totalisator was rather ragged and had been patched with stamp paper in an endeavour to preserve its entity. He was amongst the fortunate ones and several races later went to colect a dividend. It was not until later that he discovered that one of the notes he had collected bore a strange resemblance to the tattered pne he had previously passed over. With so many thousands of pounds handled in a day, the chances of such an occurrence ar e surely very slight.

There’s many « spot one womcl 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.