LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 16 July 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

All overseas personnel, whether on furlough or discharged, are entitled to receive a special license from the local Oil Fuel Controller, allocating them ten gallons of benzine.

For good looks and good value there’s no place like White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre. —Advt.

Flags were flown at half-mast on public buildings in Greymouth yesterday in honour of the late General Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister, whose funeral took place at Newark (Nottingham).

The report for June of the manager of the Grevmouth Municipal Abbatoir (Mr. W. Hughes) stated that the following stock was dealt with: cows 67, bullocks 151, sheep 438, lambs 24. pies 12, calves 59. One cow was condemned. Fees collected amounted to £134 5s 6d.

We have three only Men’s Tweed Overcoats, sizes 4, 5 & 6. £3/10/each. Post Free.—H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt. Exemption from payment of license fees for self-propelled mowers and for any tractor or traction engine or trailer used exclusively for the maintenance of sport, recreation, or education grounds is provided by an amendment, gazetted last evening, to the Motor Vehicles (special types) Regulations, 1937. This provision follows a recent magisterial ruling that as the regulations stood, such vehicles were liable for license fees. Value in Fur Coats at Truman’s. Warmth and style in these superior N.Z. Fur Coats that are all so reasonably priced from 11 gns. Newest styles in full length. Priced at 11 guineas.—Advt.

Last night’s Gazette contains a notice by the Government statistician that the wartime- price index as at June 15 1943, (on the base that December 15, 1942, equals one thousand) was one thousand. This figure indicates that after seasonal adjustment -has been made in respect of certain commodities, the prices ot which are subject to seasonal movement, the general level of prices or commodities etc. included in the wartime price index was the same as June 15, 1943, as at December la. 1942.

View 1 now the big reductions in Winter Millinery at Truman’s. Many snappy .and sporty styles in al good winter shades. Velours, wool and fur felts styled to flatter both young and old, and all priced now to clear from 6/11.- —Advt. A formal resolution that a dispute existing between it and the Grey Hospital Board and other Hospital Boards be referred to the Conciliation Council for settlement -was made at a special meeting at Greymouth last evening of the Westland Hotel, Restaurant and Related Trades Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers. The Union passed the resolution by virtue of its .being a branch of the Federated Hotel, Restaurant and Related Trades Employees’ Industrial Association of Workers, which is concerned with the Dominion hospital workers’ dispute.

A number of New Zealand girls have married United States servicemen, and the question has been raised whether they will have the right, to vote at the general election. "If they were British subjects before marriage their nationality has not been changed by marriage, therefore, it is stated, they have the right to vote as long as they are 21 years of age or over, and have the necessary residential qualification. They should, however, notify the registrar of electors of the change of name. It was explained last May by the Minister of Internal Affairs that according to the Um led States law, marriage does not confer citizenship upon a foreign wife, consequently, a British woman marrying a United States citizen retains her- British nationality and travels on a British passport.---P.A.

The librarians of the Greymouth Municipal Library (Misses M. L. Cunliffe and M. D. McGlashan) report that during June 1217 Country Library Service volumes were issued. There was a total free issue of .3,646 volumes (fiction 2,895-, non-fiction 751), and 711 rental volumes were taken out. Registrations totalled 56. Cash receipts were £1 from non-re-sident subscriptions and £l6 4s from the rental of extra books.

Seven appliances valued at £236 7s 6d were fixed during the month, states the report for June of the Manager of the Municipal Gas Works. There were no extensions to the reticulation system, but consumers’ services accounted for 246 ft. of one-inch pipe. Receipts for June amounted to £1,631 4s 9d. an increase of £62 10s 3d on receipts for June last year. Total receipts to June were £4,477 7s 7d. an increase of £778 16s on the figures for the corresponding period last. year.

The Liverpool mine, which was idle yesterday, will work as usual to-day. Yesterday’s stoppage arose from a shortage of caps and_wedges used’ in timbering the working places This was discussed at a meeting of the men yesterday morning. It is . understood that an ample supply will be available to-day. The meeting yesterday also dismissed requests made by the Armed Forces Appeal Board for explanations from men who have lost time, and this matter will be considered by a mass meeting of the men on Sunday.

Topping news at Truman’s! Millinery now smashed to clear. All ready-to-wears and models in many snappy and casual styles. All heavily reduced to clear. Grouped and priced from 6/11. —Asvt. Although more B class rubber was released recently for retreading automobile tyres, there is still no great demand for retreads. The general opinion seems to have been that the retreading rubber was so inferior :n quality that a retread was not worth the trouble. Although not of course as durable as new tyres, a local garage proprietor advises that the B class rubber is of quite good quality and should prove satisfactory tor ordinary wear. This proprietor also states that’the long delay in retreading tyres •is flue not so much to the rubber situation but to 'the desperate shortage of manpower at the retreading plants. The demand for new t.v,ies, however, greatly exceeds the supply.

The street on the north side of the Town Belt North running between Alexander and Tainui Sticets, is to be renamed Ngarimu Sticet honour of the late Lieutenant mu, the first Maori to be awai elect the Victoria Cross. J his c vision "as reached by the Greymouth Boiough Council last evening. In sug ri estii the change, the Mayor (Mi. M • Kitchingham), said that it was desnable to get rid of the puzzling name of the Town Belt North, which was the boundary of the southern free hold portion of the town, where t e earlv surveyors intended that tne town should be built. . Ngarimu was a name that, could not be tarnished. The street’ on the other side of the belt could be renamed later CiHarker suggested that it might, be named after Cantam Sam UC' VC The Mayor agreed that mac would be a suitable name. There’s no need to suffer the tortures of a Gestapo victim through having to stand over the wash-tub. What with being unable to get help in the home Mother’s domestic worries have certainly grown. Guarding vour health these days is an obligation not. only to yourself and your family but to the country s War Effort. Doctors and nurses are needed in the Armed Forces, hospitals are crowded, throwing a big strain on the present staffs. Take advantage of our modern Laundry Service. Make a convenience of us, that s what we are here for, to relieve you of that Wash-day worry and help you to retain your good health.— Westland Laundry Ltd. ’Phone 106. Depot: 2? Albert Street.—Advt.