LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 24 February 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Men’s and O.S. Men’s Navy Sleeveless Knitted Bush Shirts; 7/6 each. Post, free from H. Hamer, Kumara. —- Advt.

Austral New Zealand Mining Company report from Cromwell states that for the four weeks ended Feb. 20, 491 hours were worked and 942 ounces of gold was recovered.—Press Assn.

Now is the time to buy fashion goods and buv them at White's Big Fashion Sale. “ You will buy them today at less than half of what you will pay in a month or two. Yes, you can ]ay-by if you wish. —Advt.

The February rainfall was augmented considerably yesterday by a heavy downpour which was continuous from the afternoon. Heavy ram was still falling early this morning and many of the watertables were flooded. Men released from the Army for essential work for more than twentyeight days are not required to report back to the Army. It is learned that they will form an area pool, and when finished will report to the Manpower Officer. Men released for under 28 days are to report, back to their unit.—P.A.

The Public Works Department's offices in the district are very much understaffed, Mr. J. A. Shannon said yesterday in evidence before the Armed Forces Appeal Board. Mr. Shannon said that the staff had been reduced from eighteen to eight. Very long hours were being worked and the Department would be seriously inconvenienced if the staff were further depleted.

It is announced at Dunedin that no more women are to be posted to the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, except a few clerks, and that as a consequence quite a number of women waiting to undergo training will now become available for essential work. It is largely to make them available for such work that the postings are being no longer made by the Army.

Infectious disease notifications for the West Coast for the week ended at noon on Monday were: Tuberculosis, 1; erysipelas, 1; cerebro-spinal meningitis, 1. Canterbury notifications were: Infantile paralysis, 4-; scarletlever, 1; diptheria, 2; tuberculosis, 10; septic abortion. 3; puerperal sepsis, 1; erysipelas, 1. There was one depth on the West Coast from tuberculosis and one from diptheria in Canterbury.

The rail-car from Cnristchurch was an hour and twenty minutes late in reaching Greymouth yesterday morning, and the passengers for Hokitika were transferred to the mixed train which was held for the purpose and left at 8.7. An additional rail-car made the usual 7 o’clock run to Hokitika. It is understood that the hold-up was caused by a mechanical defect which developed when the car was at Addington on Monday night. To-day the watchword is Save. The housewife is the finance member in the home. Here is a way for her to save fuel, power and supplies. Our Laundry Services are thrifty in more ways than one. They prolong the life of your linen and gets clothes cleaner with less wear and friction. They save your time too and, most important saves your health and energy. ’Phone 136, we have a special service to lit every home and pocket.—Westland Laundry Ltd., Gresson Street. Depot: 27 Albert St. —Advt.

Mineral prospecting work in hand, or to be undertaken in New Zealand was described by’. Mr. G. W. Lowes, Inspector of Mines, Greymouth, to the Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday. Three drills were being worked for the New Zealand Oil Exploration Co., one diamond drill at Mangapehi for coal, two diamond drills at Clarenden for phosphate, one diamond drill at Blackball for coal, and one alluvial drill at the Cobb River in hydro-formation testing. One diamond drill was to start at Glenorchy; for scheelite, one at Kawau Island for copper, one at Klondyke Collieries, Coalgate, two at a new coalfield at Ohpi. and one at Smoke-Ho for coal. Further work would be undertaken if more labour and drill runners were available. Mr. Lowes said.

“Coffin nails,” according to a London correspondent, was the engaging I name bv which cigarettes were known when he was a boy. A lot of water has passed beneath the bridge since those days, and “coffin nails” must have bepn manufactured from very inferior tobacco to have deserved their name. But things have changed. There's as much difference ’twixt the old-time cigarettes the correspondent writes 01, and those made of Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold, as there is between an oldfashioned motor-car and a modern F.olls-Royce. Only the choicest leaf, grown in carefully selected localities, goes to making the two brands named. And it’s precisely the same with the three pipe brands. Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldo?) and Cavendish (the popular sporting mixture). Made and blended bv experts in an up-to-date factory, these tobaccos are toasted, which ingenious process not only enhances flavour and aroma, but frees them from excess of nicotine, thus safeguarding the smoker. No finer or purer tobaccos are produced. They challenge comparison with the world’s best.—Advt. ■

The Control Board to be set up for. the Dobson and Wallsend Mines would have five members, the Minister of Mines, (Hon. P. C. Webb) announced yesterday. They would be the Superintendent of State Mmes, or his nominee (chairman), a representative from each of the Unions, and the manager of each mine. The Board’s duty would be to investigate working conditions with a view to the maximum economic production of coal. The object was to make use of the practical knowledge; of the men working in the mines and the knowledge of the managers for the benefit of all concerned. The Pit Committees would consist of the manager of each mine or his nominee, a representative of the hewers, and’ a representative of other classes of workers in the mine. These committees would make inspections of the mine- work Ings at least once a month, study the working methods and conditions and make recommendations for improvement to the managers and the Board. Any major matter would be referred by the Board to the Department. Mr. Webb added that the operation of the Pit Committees and the Control Board was purely experimental. He hoped, if it was successful, that it would be extended to all other mines.