LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 22 May 1942, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Liberty Loan subscriptions yesterday amounted to £7,593,870, made up as follow: Two and a-half per cent. 1947 stock, £2,892,160; three per cent. 1952/55 stock, £4,710,710.

The- Greymouth Abattoir Manager’s report to the Greymouth Borough Council stated that during April stock had been slaughtered as follows: Cows 48 (condemned, 1), bullocks, 157; sheep 472; lambs 73; pigs 29; calves 52. Fees for the month totalled £l5O/11/7.

We ask you to view our cosy, smart Winter Coats in all sizes, styles and materials. See them, the quality, style and price will suit you. White’s Fashion Corner.—,-Advt. Eox 166 Wellington.

During the year ended March 31 last the Greymouth Borough Council issued (76 building permits for work valued at £22,043, 21 of these being for private dwellings valued lat £11,963/10/- and three being for business premises valued at £6,568. New Zealand Railways have erected 10 dwellings valued at £10,964. Two permits to the value of £lB5 were issued in April.

The Greymouth Patriotic Fund Appcial total is now £2174/3/3. Latest donations are, Messrs Ross and Glendening £5O; Combined Churches, proceeds shop day, 15/5/42 £B7/2/4; Messrs Harley’s staff £2/17/-; The Misses Craig, for gift parcels, £1; “Ananymous” for gift parcels, 10/-.

The .'Librarians’;’ report presented to last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council stated that during April (a total of ,5.420 hooks had been issued, comnnstng: Country Library Service 1,167. free 3.717: rental 536. There were 149 registrations. Cash takings amounted" to £l3/13/9. of which non-resi-dents' subscriptions amounted to 10/-.

The- concrete raid shelter in the Greymouth Harbour Board’s yard has now been completed. It will iaccommodate from ten to twelve persons. Designed by Mr. D. faKennedy, the Board’s Engineer, it is of 14 inch thick re-inforced concrete, and I’s Ibuilt partly above ground and partly below. The upper covering is reinforced with sandpags land earth. A similar shelter has been constructed at the tip-head.

Mr. J. S. Robertson, representing the West Coast Sawmillers Assn., at vesterdav’s Isitting of the Armed Forces Board at Gireymouth, said: “The position in regard to mill workers Is worse than it was nt the last hearing.” “We always hear that, sa ! d the Secretary (Mr. C. F. S’hancott). Mr. Robertson „ went on to say that the time vms coming when the sawm’llers would have to consider Sunday work.

In future no one mav purchase, or instal, a new or a used milking machine fvithout the nermiss'on of the Dairv Insnector for hw district This orovision i° contained in the Mi‘king Machine Control Order. 1942. °az ptted last night. The .object of the order is to conserve the use of war rubber and metals, particularly _ the former. and the order H bein' 1 - mstituted at the request of the factor;,’ controller. —P.A.

Residents of Runanga will be pleased to know that the Westland Laundry, Ltd., Greymouth, will ce picking up laundry on Wednesdays and returning Fridays. D. Manderson, Runanga, will supply all information and nrice lists. —Advt.

A partial trial or the Railway E.P.S. organisation was held at Greymouth recently, and all taking part carried out their duties thoroughly and expeditiously. The main trial was the quenching of the outbreak of fire” in the locomotive department, and this was effic'-entlv dealt with. “Casualties” were treated bv the first-aid squad in the workshops The construction of a firstaid room is to be commenced shortly on the triangular section of ground in Herbert Street, near the railway crossing. A full scale trial will be held shortly.

A fracture of the right thigh was suffered bv Mr. Andrew Riley, aged 56 • years, a waterside . worker, 'through a. fall from, the window oi bis bedroom on the second storey ot the Commercial Hotej about 6.30 o’clock on Wednesday morning. Mr. R'lidy was conveyed to _ the Grey River Hospital where he is progressing satisfactorily. Mr. Rney> has been a boarder at the hotel tor some time, and had been in bed during the previous three days with influenza, and it is thought that he may have walked in his sleep.

A ,drive for the reclamation oi waste paper is to be made in Greymouth shortly according to a statement made by Cr. J. Saunders at a meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council' last evening. He said that business firms, in response to an appeal, had been collecting old envelopes, etc., and when he was in Christchurch recently he had made arrangements to have woolpacks sent over for its remoyal. The sale of this waste paper would bring in benefits for the local Patriotic Fund.

Although girls in al] other centres in New 'Zealand are being trained to take the place of men at pailway stations, none will be seen at the Greymouth station for some time Mr. G.' H. McLean, District Traffic Manager, Christchurch, made a statement to this effect in the Armed Forces Appeal Board at Greymouth yesterday. There was no accommodation available for the girls at the Greymouth station, he said, and it would be some time before a private place for girls could be erected. Women were being trained for the work at Christchurch and Wellington. The latest figures available show approximately 16001 b of ergot whs collected in New Zealand as the result of the campaign inaugurated as a patriotic effort at the beginning of the summer. Further small lets may yet arrive at merchants’ stores. Auckland province has produced by far the biggest amount of any district, said Mr H. B. Martin, secretary of the N.Z. Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants’ Federation, announcing the results of the season’s work at Wellington yesterday. The quality of the ergot sent in was generally very high.- at least 80 per cent, being first grade. Mr' Martin sa’d he understood that the Government intended to ship the ergot to England but some might be used in New Zealand.—P.A.

Have your blankets washed by the Westland Laundry Ltd. They are carefully washed in Lux Soap and fluffed in a modern dryer, which thoroughly airs the blankets ready for use. ’Phone 136.—Westland Laundry Ltd.—Advt.

Work in essential industries engaged in war work will continue as usual on the King’s Birthday, which will be observed on June 1, according to a statement by Hon. P. C. Webb yesterday. A notice has been Gazetted requiring all employers to operate their undertakings and allworkers to work on the King’s Birthday in every essential or "declared” undertaking, where a controller has issued to an employer a direction to that effect. Workers engaged on the King’s Birthday will be repaid holiday rates. Any employer directed as above who fails to operate his undertaking, or any worker who absents himself from work without reasonable excuse, renders himself liaole to a penalty under the Emergency Regulations.—P.A. The Gins Managtefl’g report, presented to the Greymouth Borough Council at its meeting last evening stated that the total cash receipts for April were £1,121/11/8, as compared" with £1,107/12/5 last year, a decrease of £l3/19/3. The report adds: With the approach of winter the demand for gas is increasing and five beds of retorts are again in full operation and the sixth is ready for use when required. Investigations undertaken to account for small irregularities in pressure at the outlet to the reticulation system revealed the fact the governor to be out of level. The trouble is not sufficient yet to affect the supply to consumers, but will be corrected early after the seasonal high demand has gone off, as (correction under such conditions would be somewhat difficult.

“Following a request by New Zealand Railways to do up tne Department’s portion of Tarapuhi and Albert Streets’ railway crossings, the whole of the approaches to these have' been taken in hand and the cost will be apportioned alter work in hand on Nelson Street crossing has been completed,” stated the report ■of the Borough Engineer (Mr. A. J. Fairmaid) to the Greymouth .Borough Council at its meeting last evening. Cr. P. Blancnfield, junr., congratulated Mr. Fairmaid on the work done, and suggested that The crossings at the approach to the Cobden Bridge be dealt with. “I would rather have the Railway Department handle that,” said, Mr. Fairmaid, stating that the question of .what would have to be done might create a difficulty.

The renovation of the Greymouth Post Office tower in Greymouth has attracted considerable attention, but it was criticised by Cr. J. Saunders at last evening’s meeting of th? Grevmouth Borough Council, firstly on the grounds of what he said was useless expenditure by the Department, add secondly because it would serve to attract attention during a black-out because of the light colour. Cr. G. R. Harker, recently appointed District E.P.S. Controller, said that he had taken the matter up with the Chief Postmaster,, and after getting into communication with Welljngton, it had been decided that the tower should be _ painted green to camouflage it against the background of hills. Cr. Saunders still maintained that the work was (and all* the more for this) a waste of money, adding that the same applied to the renovation of the Public Trust building.