LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Slab-Hut dredge return for week ending May 15 was 112ozs from 16,500 yards in ill ’’hours.

The case of infantile paralysis recently reported from Ashburton, that of a woman aged 26 years, has proved fatal. A suspected case of a boy of 4 years from Spotswood, has not yet been diagnosed as positive.

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

The following are the Rugby fixtures for Saturday next: —Senior: Star-United v. Blaketown, Park No. 1, 3 p.m. (J. Bell); Cobden v. Hokitika, at Hokitika; Third grade: Celtic v. Technical, Tech, ground, 1.30 p.m. (R. Longstaff); .Cobden v. Blaketown, Park No. 1, 1.30 p.m. (N. Eggleton).

Ten youths in the 18-19 year group, who have lodged their own applications, two men from a local unit and three who have been selected by liaison officers of the Forestry Department, have been released from the military forces to undertake work in the West Coast sawmilling industry.

The Combined Churches will conduct the Patriotic Shop to-morrow (Friday). Help the Churches in their effort for this’ worthy cause. Bring and buy—Advt.

A milk producer on the Taieri raised a laugh at the sitting of the City Milk Supply Commission when he was giving evidence regarding pioduction costs on a dairy farm. He summed up his opinion of the life of a milk producer by saying in somewhat mournful tones: “Sometimes I look out my front door and reckon that if I had a few barbed wires up I’d be in a concentration camp.”

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

. Anthony Inwood, a miner, married, of Blaketown, suffered severe lacerations of the skull and concussion when he was struck bv a fall of stone at the New Point E Co-operative Coal Mine at, Dunollie yesterday. After being attended by Dr. Ongley, of Runanga. he was admitted to the Grey River Hospital, where his condition last night was reported to be fair.

Sergeant-Major A. C. Hulme, V.C., Corporal Gane, and A.C. I. Prior, returned men from Crete, were welcomed by the Mayor of Greymouth (Mr. F. A. Kitchingham) at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, and were met by members of the Grey R.S.A. at a function last ■evening. They stated yesterday that they greatly appreciated the wel-' come that had been given them and the hospitality that they had received on the West Coast.

When charged in the Magistrates Court in Christchurch with riding a bicvcle at night witnout a light, a youth said his lamp usually worked all right, but a bump would put it out. It went out just before he was caught by a policeman. He produced the lamp in Court, and proceeded to show Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., just how a bump would put it out. He switched the light on and gave the 'lamp a knock with his hand. He gave it several more knocks, but still the bright light remained. “Bad luck,” said the magistrate with a smile. “I suppose this is only time it won t work. Costs only.”

A statement that, owing to .a revision of lhe military programme, ad-

ditional loom space for the weaving of essential civilian clothes should be made available during the current

six months is made by the Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in a letter to a North Island draper. Efforts have been made, Mr Sullivan writes, to release through the normal trading channels a greater quantity of navy and grev flannel for school wear. This supply, together with civilian flannels being manufactured by the New Zealand mills, should meet demands for the present year. A source of supply is also being sought in Australia. In order to study the ,coal and gold mining methods used on the West Coast, a party of nine mining students from the Otago School of Mines have been making a tour of Lhe West Coast. The visit, which included an inspection of the Blackwater quartz mine at Waiuta, the Grey River Dredge at Ikamatua, the Strongman State coal mine, and the Kanieri Gold Dredge, culminated in a reunion of former mining students. It is hoped that the tour and the reunion will become an annual feature in t,*ie mining engineering course. Mr L Hunter, lecturer in mining and surveying at the School, was in charge of the party. The students have all taken work in the mines for the rest of their vacation.

One anti-aircraft battery in the, Northern Military District which has a large personnel of members of the Women’s Army _ Auxiliary Corps has provided the women with facilities for learning and practising hairdressing. The course comes under the Army Education and Welfare Service, which has procured the services of an Auckland hairdresser, who visits the station once a week. A hut has been specially fitted up with equipment. The annual conference of the New Zealand Technical School Teachers’ Association passed a remit asking the Education Department to take steps to stop the present practice of the Labour Department which enabled parents to obtain certificates authorising the employment of children under 14 years of age. One delegate said she knew of two children who had passed the sixth standard at 12 years, and on inquiries she found that the truant officer had no control over them because they had their school leaving certificates. In one case a mother asked for an employment certificate for her girl of 13, who had passed the sixth standard and whom she wanted put into a factory.

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.

Few people outside of the movement itself know that Esperanto has already been fully investigated and tested .in many ways and in many different countries, said Sergeant Pilot Nelson Hill, president of the Karori Esperanto Society, at a meeting of the Society recently. Perhaps the most, exhaustive of these tests was conducted bv the British Association for' the Advancement of Sciences which, in 1919, commenced an investigation into languages suitable for international use. and in 1924 submitted Esperanto as its choice. This alone, h e said, should convince the few non-progressive and obstinate peonle who even to-day in some parts of New Zealand were still to be found opposing the international language.

The rapid development of secondary industries in New Zealand, a development intensified ry the war, would impose new tasks on the country’s educational system, and particularly on! the technical schools, said the Minister of Education (Mr. Mason) when addressing the conference of Technical School teachers in Well-, ington recently. But, he confined, it should be understood that technical school education was not regarded as purely utilitarian in contrast to other cultural education. The technical schools, which went back 60 years to their origin, represented a progressive change in the Dominion’s education system, and the more other schools could embody their general principles the better for education. The purpose of technical schools was not primarily to prepare their pupils for trade, but to give them a broad cultural education. At the same time, education that was not connected with real life became essentially unreal. West Coast entrants are having numerous successes in the various Competitions in the South Island. At the Christchurch -Competitions Festival, Betty Glen, formerly of the Coast, was placed first in the Sean Triubhais, 13 and under 16 years and Billy Boyle, of Kaiata, was placed third being only 2 points behind Miss Glen. In the character recital, 8 and tinder 12, Evelyn Kiely (Greymouth) was placed third. In the dancing section of the Nelson Society’s festival, Audrey Ward, of Runanga, won the Etta Banks Cup in the open national section and the Scottish Society Cup for the HighDancing Championship. At the Westport Competitions Society, which after a lapse of several years, held a two day festival, concluding last evening, there were three Greymouth judges officiating: Miss M. Trott (dancing), Mr. E. R. Moss (vocal, instrumental and bands), and Mr R. T. Bush (elocution). Flora Mon« (Rewanub gave an excellent performance ”to win the Irish Jig, Sword Dance, Skipping Dance, and the Highland Fling.

Commenting on the appearance of the now rare white heron at Medbury, North Canterbury, Mr Edgar T Stead the well-known ornithologist, said that the only known nesting colony in New Zealand at piesent was in the neighbourhood of Okarito, between Okarito and mouth of .the Wataroa River, lhe nesting season would start about September and the birds would stay in the vicinity till February or March, when they would begin to distribute themselves over the countryside in their winter quarters. It was these birds going to winter quarters which were usually reported from various parts of the country, and the heron reported -at Medbury, if it did not winter there, would be on its way to its usual quarters. It was probable that the herons had their individual winter locations to which they would return, unless disturbed, for a number of years. These herons were the New Zealand form of a bird of almost universal distribution through the world. They were, he said, plentiful in New Zealand until the big colony at Okarito was shot out. They were now protected, and at the present time there were probably from 30 to 50 pairs.