LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 22 December 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Summer solstice of longest day in the southern hemisphere is reckoned to be about to-day, December 22.

Associated Gold Dredges’ returns for the week ended December 18, totalled 100 J ounces from 70,000 yards in 371 dredging hours. The return from Slab Hut Creek dredge for the week ended December 18 was 360 z from 16,800 yards in 112 hours.

Shop early for Christmas. Do your Christmas shopping as early as possible now and early in the day and do it at White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre. —Advt.

Greymouth candidates who secured passes in the examinations for electrical wiremen held in September were G. A. McCracken and J. RO’Donnell, who passed in both the written and practical parts, and T. Ri. McLay, who passed in the practical part.

Xmas Cards. —We have a range of floral designs and plain cards and will print your greeting, name and address at very reasonable rates. Same day service. Call and inspect. “Argus” Job Printing Department.— Advt.

The Mayoress (Mrs F. A. Kitchingham) urges all women kmtteis t knit at least one garment foi W Navy or Air Force during the holi days. There is abundant wool available at the Patriotic Depot The authorities have stressed that the is an urgent need for garments.

This will be our fortieth Xmas in business in Kumara an d f Y e are showing a wide range of Gift Gooos and have marked our la rge stocks ol Drapery, | Mercery, Boots, Shoes and Slippers at the best value in Westland.—H. Hamer, Kumara— Advt.

The New Zealand taxi-drivers' award, issued by the Arbitration Court, reduces weekly hours fiom 60 to 50, with a minimum wage of ib except in specific cases and the rates of remuneration have been increased in accordance with the Court’s first general order of August 9, 1940.

It’s wonderful having people to stay over the holidays—but you can t get away from the fact that extra guests make extra washing. Now, don’t get completely fagged out OX trying to cope with all the extia work—send your washing to the Westland Laundry Ltd. Use their No. 2 Thrifty Service—ss is all you pay for 18 lb. flat work washed, dried and ironed—you can cram a good fortnight’s wash into 18 lbs.— it’s wonderful —it’s cheap —only the ■finest laundry soap is used. Ana send your blankets and down quilts too, they’ll come back to you better than you can ever do them yourself—and they’re washed in Lux. ’Phone 136 now. Depot, 27 Albert Street. —Advt. <

In their monthly advices to their suppliers the New Zealand Cooperative Pig Marketing Association state that for the season ending November 27, a total of 310,375 calves for a hooks weight of 9,496,313 lbs. hooks Weight were handled on behalf of 71 bobby calf pools, of which 10 were in the South Island. This compares with 65 pools for a total of 309,000 calves handled last year. The current season it is stated showed a fall in the. average hooks weight with a corresponding increase in the percentage of calves condemned. Of the gross surplus for distribution, amounting to £184,937, advance payments have already been made amounting to £56,462. Final payments representing the balance, or £128,475, to some 23.000 individual suppliers, are now, in the course of preparation, and will reach producers as early as possible. The payments to individual pool members on calves above th,e minimum weight range from an average of 10s 8d to 15s lOd at the gate, which on last year’s results represents a considerable improvement.

The Alexander Turnbull Library has completed the cataloguing of an Esperanto collection donated, through the New Zealand Esperanto Association, by Mr George Gordon, of Christchurch, a Fellow of the British Esperanto Association. Mr Bertram Potts, who arranged the transaction, states that the works consist of first editions, many of them long since out of print. Not only are there translations from many languages, but original books from famous writers in the international auxiliary language movement. In addition to the Bibie, translations include works by Shakespeare, Gogol, Goethe. Dickens, Hans Anderson, Moliere, Dante, Ibanez, Homer, Turgenev, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Upton Sinclair and modern writers of many lands. 'Anthologies includes famous writers of the Swiss, Belgian, Swedish, Hungarian and Estonian peoples. Esperanto dictionaries of all kinds are included, embracing such specialized subjects as architecture, chemistry, science, aeronautics, medicine, mathematics, radio and philosophy, together with grammatical works, and magazines, all in the international auxiliary language. In the George- Gordon Esperanto collection ■ are original manuscripts in Esperanto from Mr Gordon’s own pen, embracing such authors as Dickens. Trollope, Hawthorne, Poe and Walter Scott.

S.S. Gabriella, with coal for Napier, S.S. Poolta, with coal for Wellington, and Miramar,-and S.S. Holmlea, with coal for Picton, will sail this morning if the bar is favourable. S.S. Kartigi, which arrived yesterday morning to load coal for Wellington, should sail to-day if the bar is favourable. S.S. Karepo arrived yesterday morning to load coal for the North Island and will complete loading at Westport. S.S. Titoki is expected to-morrow night to load coal for Wanganui. S.S. Rata is expected on December 31, to load coal for Nelson and Tarakohe.

“What quantity of tobacco do you smoke a week?” That was the question nut to its readers by a popular Manchester weekly. Many r esP°™L ed and from their replies it appear ed’that cigarette smokers got through from 30 to 300 cigarettes during the seven days, while pipe Sl ?° k^ ls C ° d sumed from two ounces to a p of “weed” in the same period. A doctor wrote to the edlt °’; n ??Z ing considered the latter n d cessive. Perhaps it is. But it all de pends on the tobacco and the per centage of nicotine in it. Happi y, Maorilanders don’t have to W'°*Tabout nicotine. Our incomparable New Zealand brands, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish Navy Cut No 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold and Pocket Edition,, are practically free . from the poison thanks to, “toasting. That magical process (the manufacturers own) renders these famous blends safe for even the immoderate smoker. Pure, sweet, fragrant and comforting, money cannot buy better! Their popularity is demonstrated by the ever-increasing demand foi* them. From one end of the Dominion to the other they are appreciated by smokers everywhere.—Advt.