LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 21 May 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Westport Coal Company has declared an interim dividend of 6d a share, payable on May 31.

1 Sales of pickled pork are permitted Sup till next Tuesday to enable butch- - ers to dispose of the stocks in brine, all other retail purchases of pork 1 being now forbidden.

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

The following is the report for ; April of the Manager of the Munici- | pal Abbatoir (Mr W. Hughes) on stock dealt with: Cows 93, bullocks 111, sheep 351, lambs 146, pigs 114, calves 87. Fees totalled £l5B 8s 7d.

Health is Wealth. Come to Lyceum Hall, Tuesday, at 7.30. Talkie films, health demonstrations, and a play by children. Auspices Health Dept. Admission free.—Advt.

To replace the old worn-out rope, a new main haulage steel rope to serve both the James and the Strong'man mines, is being installed. The new rope is 26,400 feet long, weighs 37i tons and is valued at £5,600. Mr. J Hickling, snr., of Blaketown, caught his foot in the cowcatcher of a slowly moving engine while working on the Greymouth wharf yesterday morning. He also suffered abrasions ;to his right hand and shock. He received medical attention and later returned home.

J For the first time in. four or five months, oranges are on sale in Grey- ) mouth. A small shipment in poor t condition has arrived from the Cook Islands, where a destructive storm has severely reduced the crop. Consignments of lemons appearing at about every 10 days, but the shipments only last a few days. An Amendment to the Social Security and Pensions Emergency Regulations gazetted last night, incorporates permanently a bonus 01 two shillings weekly, for each child in the assessment for family benefit purposes. This is being done to overcome an anomaly in the method ol computing the assessment of the family benefit. —P.A.

Youths attaining the age of 18 years ar e still required to register for the General Reserve, stated an officer of the National Service Department in Greymouth. There seemed to be some misapprehension regarding the regulations, some youths applying at the National Service Department, whereas the Post Office is the conect. place to register.

The purpose of the Amended Stoc>< Diseases Regulations gazetted last night, is to provide a measure ot control over the collection of garbage for pig food, as a precautionary measure against the occurrence of an outbreak of swine fever, or foot and mouth disease. This step, states the Department of Agriculture, is necessary in view of the cjuuntity l of• gailv ane available for disposal as pigieed from the military camps.—P.A.

The report of the Librarians of the Grevmouth Municipal Library (Misses M. L. Cunliffe and M. D. McGlashan), 'for April, presented at last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council stated that the following books have been issued. Country Library Service, 1,330, nonfiction 698, fiction 2,608 (total fie® issue 3,306), rental 62 1. Non-resid-ent subscriptions amounted to ss, and rental of extra books £lO 17s 3d, a total of £ll 2s 3d. Arrangements for painting the downstairs library rooms were left to Cr. J. B. Kent.

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.

The Minister of Civil Defence, Hon. D. Wilson, states that inquiries received by the Civil Defence _ Headquarters indicate that there is some misunderstanding as to what persons are required to enrol in the E.P.S.. in accordance with the .Emergency Reserve Corps Enrolment Order gazetted recently. The Minister said that many persons who. have already enrolled and are serving in the E.P.S'. were taking action to submit a further enrolment, but this wa's not necessary'. Similarly persons Who are serving in' the Home Guard, or the Emergency Fire Service, or anyone actually serving in any branch ot the Armed Forces were not required to enrol.—iP.A.

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 concrete work at the northern breakwater is on a much bigger scale than is generally realised. Up to the present, over 6,000 tons of concrete have been laid down on 8,000 tons of stone' foundation. The projected plan is to have the last 50 yards of the breakwater being solid concrete with an apron of huge concrete blocks weighing from 20 to 80 tons laid "round the base to protect it. Work was 'expected to finish yesterday on a huge 132 ton block of dimensions 20 feet io ng by 10 feet by 8 feet, which is to be placed at the south-western corner as <an anchor block, A recent incident gives some idea of the difficulties attached to ‘the work. In three weeks the sea shifted a massive 80-ton block 20 yards, and it is now firmly bedded in its new position. An Amendment 'to the manufacture of Liquor Emergency Regulations, limiting the amount of sugar that may be used in the manufacture ( of beer to three pounds for every forty’ pounds of malt, and forbidding, the ‘adding )of sugar to any brew after particulars have been taken for duty purposes, whether before or after the beer has left the brewery, were gazetted last night. Commenting on the Amendment, the ActingMinister of Customs, Mr. Nordmeyer, said that, in general, the principle of the regulations, which had now been in force for almost a' year, had achieved their objective in bringing about a reduction in the proof spirit content of beer. Ono or two loopholes had, however, been discovered, whereby the object of the regulations could be departed from, and the present Amendment was designed to cover these.

Reeftdn responded magnificently to its national war savings quota ot £B3. subscribing £6ll 13s 4d; Greymouth, Hokitika, Reefton. and Moana all secured their quota last week. Investments of the remaining offices which show some improvement, were as follow's (deficiencies in parenthesis>;—Runanga £5B IBs (£42 4s); Blackball £24 5s (£27 15s); Kumara £4 (£27); Waiuta £9 (£26); Brunnerton £25 11s (£24 9s); E.oss £l5 Ils 6d (£l6 8s 6d); Ikamatua £1 6s 6d (£l4 13s 6d); Jackson Bay, nil (£12); Otira £2 14s (£ll 6s); Stillwater 14s (£6 6s); Ngahere £3 10s (£5 10s); total U 69 4s (£215 12s).