LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Goods traffic eastwards through the Otira Tunnel in the week ended last Saturday totalled 15,322 tons, compared with 13,800 in the corresponding period of 1942 and 15.761 m 1941

Advice from Cromwell states that for the 26 days ended May. 15, Aus--I‘tral—New Zealand Mining operated 1447 hours, treating 271,000 yards, i and producing 443 ounces of refined ; bullion. —P.A. National War Savings flags are again flying at all post offices, an indication of quota successes in all districts. Individual towns, including all the main centres, attaining quotas last week totalled 180. For > the last seven weeks no fewer than < seventy-seven towns succeeded in attaining, or exceeding their quotas.

Results of the basketball matches played at Greymouth last Saturday are as follows: —First grade: Tech Old Girls A 14 v. Convent Old Girls A 9; Runanga A 30 v. St. Mary’s A 2; Second grade: Tech Old Girls B 10 v. Runanga B 10, draw; Grev R Hospital Nurses 17 v. Convent Old Girls C nil; Paroa 18 v. St. Mary’s B 8; Convent Old Girls 8 19 v. Tech B 13; United A 19 v. United B 4.

Good Khaki Wool. 2-ounce skeins 1/6. (Makes up beautifully.—H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt.

Infectious diseases notified in Canterbury during the week ended on Monday were; Scarlet fever, 1; tuberculosis, 7; septic abortion, 3; hydatids, 1- cerebro-spinal meningitis, 1; puerperal hyrexia, 1; infantile paralysis, 2. There were two deaths from tuberculosis during the week. No infectious diseases were notified from the West Coast. The cases of infantile paralysis were a woman, aged 26 years, from Ashburton, and a child, 17 months old from Timaru.

Call and see the new selection of Winter Coats at White’s Fashion Corner. Remember our experts see that each and every garment is just right.—Advt.

Speaking at a meeting of the- social science section of the Royal society of New Zealand, Mr. Nash, New Zealand Minister to Washington, said he thought the greatest controversy over the Atlantic Charter would centre in three words, “victors and vanquished.” Were the 200,000,000 or so enemv people to be allowed into the post-war settlement? He- telt that if not war would come again. “I do not think that there are any inherently superior people in the world,”' said Mr Nash. He had met Fijians in a recent visit who were the equals of any Maori or any white. It would take us a long while to get down to that idea, and to avoid the exploitation of other peoples. “God never sent any man into this country to work for another who does not work, and we have got to apply that to 'the peoples of the world,” he added.

You would not go to the Club or take your wife to the pictures with bow yangs on your trousers. Well, why wear your suits with those baggy knees when you can have those smart tailored lines and knife-like crease by having them sponged and pressed by experts, and then again it saves you the extra expense of having them cleaned so often. Phone 136 and that smart appearance that donates personal pride in your wearing apparel will be yours. Westland Laundry Ltd., Gresson Street, Depot 27 Albert Street.—Advt.

The experimental Carpentry Training Centre at Ohinemutu established by the Auxiliary Workers’ Training Council at the request of the Rehabilitation Board for the training of Maori ex-servicemen' as carpenters shows promise of being as successful as the Government Training Centres established in other parts of the Dominion for the training of pakehas, states an offi- . cial report. The Rotorua Training Centre which was opened just over a month ago in the Maori Arts and Crafts Building at Ohinemutu placed at the disposal of the Rehabilitation Board by the Arawa Trust provides for the training of twelve men at a time. When the present class passes out of the Training Centre in .approximately three months’ time for the second part of their training on the actual erection of houses, a 'further twelve men will be taken into the Training Centre and applications for this second class are now being received by the Rehabilitation Officer at the National Service Department.

In a recent Adelaide breach of promise case, it transpired that the engagement was broken off by the lady because her intended (a bitter foe of the weed) objected to her smoking. She told him laughingly that when a man didn’t smoke it was usually because he couldn’t. It was then that he lost his temper and decided to ad,opt the rather unusual course of sueing her for breach. An unsympatlietic jury awarded him nominal damages. But the girl was right. Many men have tried to smoke and failed. They overlooked the fact that the best tobacco for the novice to start with is a very mild aromatic, such as Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold, two of our five famous New Zealand toasted brands. The toasting practically eliminates the nicotine so that even a beginner can enjoy a smoke! The other three brands are Navy Cut No. 3, Pocket Edition and Cut Plug No. 10. All five tobaccos are quite harmless. They vary in strength troin very mild to “full.” AU iare renowned for flavour and bouquet.—Advt.

The Grey County Patriotic Fund now stands at £613 Os 2d. Recent donations are acknowledged as follows: Nelson Creek Committee £6 Ils; W. T. Larkin, Rotomanu £1 Is; E. Armstrong, Inchbonnie £1 Is; A. C. Kilpatrick, Boddytown £1; Gordon B. Saunders, Coal Creek £8 8s; A. Lezard, Coal Creek £2 2s; Mrs A. N. Meade. Karoro £2; Misses Craig, Matai £5; Misses Craig Matai (Soldiers’ Parcels) £2; H. G. Carter, Kamaka £5; W." A. Palmer, Ahaura £2; Barrytown Sub-Committee £8 16s 3d; L. C. B. Coulson, Paroa 10s; Mrs Muir, Blackball 4s 6d; Mrs E. A. Wilson, South Beach £1; “M. C.” £3; Mrs Fairhall, Boddytown £1; J. J. Maughan, Junr., Inchbonnie 10s; Briandale Collieries Ltd. £2 2s; Blackball Creek G. Dredging Employees £1; Mrs M. Ryder, Inchbonnie 10s; Mr H. Hodgkinson £3; Mackley’s Estate, Waipuna £25; Barrytown Sub-Com-mittee £l5 17s lid; Barrytown Gold D. Employees (61-66) £2 2s; Kopara Sawmill Employees £2 2s lOd; Hahn Bros’. Sawmill ‘Employees £7 10s; Ngahere Gold D., Ltd., £lO 10s; Williams and Party, Runanga £2 2s; Mr Leonard. Totara Flat £1; Mrs Armstrong, Inchbonnie 10s/; Barrytown Sub-Committee £6 12s; County Shop Day 30/4/43 £153 10s; Ballance—raffles £3B 6s 6d, ‘

An excellent crop of Soya beans has been grown in his garden by a Herne Bay Auckland resident. After various experiments, he found that the bean requires considerable sun heat to enable it to mature, and the best results were obtained by sowing the seed in November. While seed sown in January germinated freely, the plants did not bear so well, and the beans did not ripen.

Blood donations in Auckland’s public and privatel hospitals one day last week, when the services of 15 donors were obtained through the St. John Ambulance Association, established what is believed to be a New Zealand record for one day. The Auckland average is between 80 and 100 donors a month, although the public hospital’s requirements for last week were 40. The extra cases on that day were needed for serum.

The view that many of the industries started during the war were uneconomic and had no future was expressed by Mr. S. Leathern in an address to the Auckland branch of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand recently. Mr. Leathern said it would pay to scrap them and concentrate on selected industries which could be placed on a sound basis within a reasonable time The Atlantic Charter was a challenge to the people to put theii industrial, house in order.

On behalf o£ a prisoner who was before the Supreme Court at land recently, his counsel pleaded that his parents had been divorced when he was three years off age, and his early life had been unfortunate. “I have often thought,” said My. Justice Callan, “that the quantity. of divorce that happens in this country does deprive a grfeat number of children of proper conditions of home life and discipline. Really, the problem is so great that, if the Courts were to begin to. relax punishment, on the products of such a system—well, there would he no punishing.”

The private sale of office equipment, including typewriters, can now only be made with the authority of the Factory Controller, according to the Office Control Notice, recently issued. Persons having equipment for sale must furnish the Controller with full written details. This does not apply however, where equipment is sold to authorised office equipment dealers, of whom there is one in Greymouth. The articles concerned are: Typewriters, duplicators, accounting and book-keeping machines, cash registers, addressingmachines, calculating machines, adding, subtracting and listing machines. and time-recording machines.