LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 19 March 1942, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Autumn brings a harvest of new fashions in hats to White’s. —Advt.

The Wallsend mine will resume today, after being idle on Tuesday and yesterday on account of the binns being full, through delays to shipping.

A special horse train arrives from Christchurch at 2.35 p.m., to-morrow (Friday), with horses for the Westland Trotting Club’s meeting to be held on Saturday next.—Advt. Freight 'hauled through, the Otira tunnel from the West Coast to Canterbury, last week, amounted to 16,412 tons, compared with 15,292 tons •in the corresponding week of last year, and 16,374 tons in 1940.

In yesterday's published list of accompanists at the St. Patrick’s Night Concert, there was inadvertently omitted the name of Miss Jean Abbie, whose playing for Mrs W. Cogswell and Mr D. McGill was the subject of favourable comment.

The first race at Victoria Park on Saturday next commences at 12.15 p.m.—Advt.

In the national savings quota results last week, 135 cities and towns, including thirteen provincial centres, attained their national savings quota, as against 149 cities and towns in the preceding week. Included for the first time in the list of successful towns were Tai Tapu, Te Araroa, Waitara and Upper Hutt.

The third birthday party of the Dobson Women’s Institute was held in the School Hall last Saturday. There were visitors from Blaketown, Brunner and Greymouth. Miss Watson supplied the music, and Mr Sid Smith was M.C. Mesdames Hill and Gibson (Vice-Presidents) were hostesses in the absence of the Presid-’ ent. Items were given by Mesdames Coutts, Broad, Dobbin, McCallum and Miss Fentiman. Mrs Gibson welcomed the visitors. Mrs Lawson, senr., blew out the candles and Mrs Julian cut the cake. During the evening Mrs C. E. Broad presented Mrs Lee with a gift on the occasion of her silver wedding. Mr Lee replied on behalf of his wife, who is a great worker for the Institute. The competitions were well contested. Winners were: No. 1, Mrs Batey; No. 2, Mrs Longstaff; Lucky Seat, Mrs Gibson; Monte Carlo, Mrs Batey and partner; Mystery Parcel, Mrs A. McPhie. After a programme of oldfashioned and modern dancing, the party broke up with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.”