LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 26 March 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sixty-eight trucks of stock were railed to Canterbury from the West Coast this week. Of these ten trucks of c;attle and 37 of sheep and lambs were for the Addington market.

Dredging at the Blackball Creek was resumed , yesterday after ’ an overhaul of the machinery. A further dividend (the ninth) of 10 per cent., will be paid on March 29.

Mass will be celebrated next Sunday, March 28th., at Camerons, 8.30; a.m., and Paroa 10 a.m.—Advt.

During 1942 the St. John Ambulance Association in Canterbury and the West Coast 'issued 2070 senior certificates in lirst-aid, home nursing and hygiene. This brings the total issued since the formation of the centre in 1885 t 0 20,891.

National Savings contributions in the West Coast district last week totalled £728 16s 6d. The quota is £1,399. Waiuta, with a quota of £44, topped the list with £ll5. Hokitika exceeded its quota by £42. 15s.

More exciting than ever are the Coats, Suits, Hats, etc., at White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre.—Advt.

The condition of James Brown, aged 10 years, who entered, the Grey River Hospital on Tuesday after being involved in a collision with a car, was reported last night to be unchanged.

Men’s Heavy Huka Plaiding Flannels, navy and chocolate, 12/6 each. Post free, as good as a “Swandri.” — H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt.

Regulations enabling the registration of both male and female cinematrograph operators were gazetted last night. They are the Cinematograph Operators’ Emergency Regulations, 1943, and make provision for the shortening but intensification of the training period required for the instruction of such operators.—P.A.

A half-hour of daylight saving will be extended throughout the coming winter, according to the Daylight Saving Emergency Regulations gazetted last night. Summertime would normally have ended on April 24 and recommenced the last Sunday in September, but during the war period the extension of summertime throughout the winter has been made each year.—P.A.

The unveiling of the memorial to th e late Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage and the opening of the Qarden of Remembrance at Bastion Point, Auckland, nave been arranged for next Sunday, The Prime Minister, (Mr. P. Fraser) will perform the ceremony. War conditions prevented the completion of the work at Bastion Point last year, and the development of the park area at the site has not yet reached the final stages. Two adult oases of infantile paralysis were reported in Canterbury, on Wednesday. The case of a young woman sufferer, aged 26, from White Rock, in the Rangiora district, was diagnosed as positive. The other case was that of a young woman, aged 2L from the Cashmere district. There have been n 0 further notifications of infantile paralysis in Greymouth, and the condition of the patient from Blaketown is satisfactory-. Two cases of cerebra spinal meningitis—both children from '.Runanga, aged lour and two years—have been admitted to the Grey River Hospital. Though formerly intended to come into operation on April 1, the bread standard specifications will not now be enforced till May 3. This was reported to the annual conference in Wellington of the -New Zealand Master Bakers and Pastrycooks’ Association The industry is at present going into the matter. White, brown, wholemeal, Vienna, starch-reduced and germ breads will be manufactured as usual, but it was stated that there is a possibility of restrictions being placed on the production of certain other special breads. The weight of 'the standard 21b loaf will not be altered.

The Marines are coming! Will your table linens do you credit? Every hostess knows there’s more to a “company dinner” than just food. How about your table linens? Are they a fitting background for your finest china and silver? To be confident of their perfection entrust them, to our professional care for impeccable whiteness and smooth lustrous finish. Send us those gay coloured luncheon cloths,; we wiill keep the colours sparkling and the paterns clear. And let us do the worrying about guests who overturn the gravy, so you can really enjoy your role of hostess.—Westland Laundry Ltd. ’Phone 136. Depot: 27 Albert Street.—Advt.

Lieutenant F. Bower described the extension of the Army Education Scheme to Home Guardsmen at a gathering of men from the Grey district organised by the Independent Company unit o n Wednesday night. The facilities offered by the Education Department were explained by Mr. W. M. Stewart. Principal of the Greymouth Technical High School and representative of the Reginonal Committee. He said that nine local men were taking such courses as book-keeping and typewriting, home carpentry, and electrical and gas welding. Correspondence courses in subjects which included signwriting and showcard writing and training as stock inspectors would begin next month, and the help of local tradesmen was being sought. A talk on the history of Westland was given by Mr. E. L. Kehoe and a film was shown illustrating the work of the independent: Company since its inception, including the departure of the first trained draft to leave the West Coast for camp. Lieutenant D. McGill of the Home Guard at Christchurch, and the Company’s own orchestra, gave musical items.