LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 23 July 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last week's "old dredge returns include: Gillespie’s Beach 220 z 13dwt for 130 hours and 15,000 cubic yards, Clutha dredge 360 z for 122 hours. Freight hauled through the Otira tunnel from the West Coast to Canterbury amounted to 15,810 tors compared with 17,947 tons m t e corresponding week of last year, a decrease of 2,134 tons. In 1939, the corresponding total was 12,(90 tons.

4/- in the £ off Warm Winter Coats during Coat Week at White’s Fashion Corner. —Advt.

Over one hundred pairs of boots have been received in the Grey district Home Guard’s first consignment of army boots. These boots will be distributed among the various units on a nro-rata basis. Further supplies will be available shortly. A serious mechanical fault developed by the rail-car prevented its undertaking hhe service to Christchurch on Monday evening and a steam train which carried on the service was nearly an hour and a-nait late in arriving in Christchurch. The disabled car has been transported to Christchurch fo r repairs, and another rail-car will maintain the service.

Will our numerous customers throughout Westland please note that we are open for business all day, every Saturdav, till 9 pm.—H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt.

The Greymouth Harbour Board has received a consignment of 15,600 superficial feet of Australian brush-box timber for the re-decking of the worn portions of the main wharf. Ihe timber has been delayed for some time, owing to lack of direct shipping facilities and the necessity of trans-shipment at Wellington. The work of replacing the old decking will be put in hand early next month.

During the past few weeks a large sandbank has been built up from the remains of the. Abei Tasman oft the north breakwater, and is composed of material similar to that on the oar. indicating that with the extension ol the north breakwater, the maturin' is being swenj away from the harbour entrance. Although it is too early yet to judge the effect of me breakwater extension, a change- m the direction of the current at the bar has already been noticeable, and, despite an absence of Hoods in the river, the bar has maintained an exceptionally good average depth over the past two months.

Remember the boys at the Front always! At the same time pencil in this date definitely for a grand night’s fun and a small contribution to a worthy effort.—Saturday, Ai'-'ist 9. 'fnree weeks hence! The Ikamatua U.S.A. Grand Annual Bail, in aid of patriotic funds, at the Ikamatua Hall. Kit Kat Band. —Advt.

There will be no change from butter to cheese manufacture on the West Coast this year, owing to th J impossibility of obtaining the necessary machinery. The change being made in New Zealand is in accordance with the British Government’s request for a greatly-increased cheese export. Originally it was hoped that the factories in Harihari and Karamea and possibly two more could be adapted to cheese manufacture, but the difficulty has arisen from the impossibility of obtaining the required large metal vats and the milk cans for the transport of milk from the farm to the factory. With the general shortage of all metal, through the demands of the war industries, the provision of the metal vats, usually of 1,000 gallon capacity and additional large milk cans for the cheese factories presents a problem that, as far as the West Coast was concerned, could not be solved in time for the approaching dairy season. Ihe existing West Coast butter factories wil therefore, continue to operate and absorb the butterfat production as usual.

“In mid-Victorian days, writes Dr Ernest Chatemore in a medical journal “doctors seemed to regard smokng’ with less favour than does tne modern practitioner, who, while recognising that tobacco may sometimes prove highly injurious, nevertheless contends that when this hapoens the smoker is generally himself to blame for failing to exercise more discrimination '.n his choice of brands. Impure tobacco, i.e. tobacco with a high nicotine content is certainly to be avoided, but if realß Tood it may benefit the smoker, loi t dispels worry and may prove very helpful in assisting mental effort. But really pure tobacco is not so common as may be supposed. Fortunately for New Zealand smokers, our Dominion is the home of “toastffi ” famous throughout the land tor ts’ exquisite purity and comparative freedom from nicotine, eliminated by the toasting process in the course ol manufacture. For flavour, fragrance and all-round excellence toasted stands alone. Ask for anv of the live toasted brands, Cut Plug No. '0 CBullshead). Naw Cut No. 3 (Bulllog) Cavend'sh. Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold, and you’ll avoid imitations. —Advt.