LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1944, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Miners 1 Agreement Conference, which has been meeting in Wellington, has been adjourned until May 10 to enable the owners’ representatives to be present. A counle of trucks and a wagon which had left the track in the Greymouth railway station yard w ?^ e yesterday morning restored to tne line.

Fur Coats for to-day and to-mor-row are at White’s. —Advt.

The sum of £25, the profit on the plays presented last month, has been donated by the Greymouth W.K.A. Drama League to the district patriotic fund.

A limited supply of alarm is now available at Sutherland , Tainui Street.—Advt.

A dozen trucks of cattle and fourteen trucks of sheep were last bight railed from the West Coast to canterbury. Four trucks of sheep were sent earlier, and two trucks will be forwarded to-night.

If it rains, read our Advt. We supply all Wet Weather Goods at the best value, in Westland.—H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt,

A recommendation in favour of allowing appeals by four female shop assistants against being directed to work at the Hokitika Mental Hospital has been made by the Greymouth Clerical Workers’ Office anc. Shop Assistant’s Advisory Committee. Twelve men have volunteered for transfer to North Island sawmills, from West Coast mills. The Greymouth Timber Advisory Committee has decided to object to nine of the men going to the North Island. The committee is to give further consideration to a tenth case, and offers no objection .to the transfer of two of the volunteers.

Extensive lacerations of the middle linger sustained by a miner, Thomas Philip, aged 22 years, single, of Blackball, at his work in the Blackball State mine yesterday morning, resulted in his admission to the Grey Hospital yesterday.

Last week national war savings quotas were attained at 198 towns, the same number as in the preceding week. In each of the eighteen postal districts the full district quota was reached, while of the eighteen principal centres sixteen succeeded in obtaining their local allocations. Eight cases of scarlet fever were reported on the West Coast last week. In Canterbury there were fifty-seven cases. Other notifications included three cases of food poisoning, three of septic abortion, two each of tuberculosis and puerperal sepsis, and one each of diphtheria and erysipelas.

Birds by destroying insects and caterpillars are a direct aid ’ n maintaining production, says a correspondence of the Forest and Bird Protection Society. It is only when the prodigious amount of insects consumed by birds is comprehended that their value to the war effort is appreciated.

If gorse takes charge of an area, states a writer in “Forest and Bird’’ it grows very thickly and in from ten to twenty years its mature stage is reached, when it becomes open enough to provide shelter and a good home for birds and allow native trees to germinate which, if all-des-troying fire is prevented, will overgrow and kill the gorse in from 10 to 15 years.

The s.s. Karepo sailed at 7 o’clock and s.s. Poolta at 7.30 last evening with coal for Wellington. The s.s. Kartigi is expected to said this morning with coal for the North Island. The s.s. Titoki was still awaiting coal last evening but is expected to sail this evening for Castlecliff. The s.s. Rata is expected to-night with cement from Tarakohe and is to load coal for Nelson and Tarakohe., The s.s Kaimai is expected to-ni&it to load coal for Wellington.

Soundings taken yesterday afternoon showed tha't the low water depth on the Grey bar is now 15 feet six inches. The Acting Harbourmaster (Captain W. Harle) said last evening that there was a moderate to considerable swell when the tug went out, but the soundings were quite satisfactory and he was satisfied as to their accuracy. There was 24 feet four inches of water on the bar last evening at high water, on which the Karepo and the Poolta sailed.

Mr. John Roberts, President of the North Canterbury Labour Representation Committee was present last evening at the monthly meeting ot the Greymouth Labour Party, ana gave an interesting address, in whicn he referred to a very great increase in the registrations, of electors, it the Labour supporters went to the polls this month, the effect should be a marked improvement in working class representation on local bodies. The meeting was the most largely attended of an v held bv the Branch for many montihs past.

Estates to the value of £694,556 were accepted for administration y the Public Trustee during March, and new business for the twelve months ended March 31 was £6,413,364. Grants of administration made by the Court in favour of the Public Trustee numbered 226 for the month, and during the month 606 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators and lodged for safe custoay, and 440 existing wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators. The Public Trust Office on behalf of living persons holds now 125,347 ’Wills.

To test the suitability of the new site for thei Greymouth Town Clock tentatively decided on by the Borough Council, a wooden dockface nine feet in diameter was erected yesterday on the ridge above the Marist Brothers home in Alexander Street. It is proposed to leave the face up “ week or two ana to have it for a time, at right' angles to its P rese £j position, facing towards Cobden and towards the south end. These will be the three directions which the faces of the clock will face if it is finally erected on this site. lhe dock itself at the Post Office last everting we'nt “on t strike” at 8.3 o’clock, remaining s 0 for the remainder of the evening.

An inquest into the death of Loftus James McVicar, aged 18 years, of Totara Flat, who was swept from his horse into the Upper Grey River, while deer stalking, on Easter Sunday, was concluded before the Coroner, Mr. G. G. Chisholm, S.M., at Ahaura yesterday. Evidence of juemification had been given by William Matthew McVicar, butcher, and William James McVicar, who had found the body in the river on April 15. ine evidence of George O’Malley of Ikamatua, who was with deceased when he fell from his horse, was given yesterday and after evidence had been given by the police as to the search and the subsequent examination of the body a verdict of accidental drowning was returned. Do you think of a laundry as the place where Dad slips in half a dozen collars every week? Surely not, not the Westland anyway. . lhe Westland Laundry is fully equipped 1 with the latest type of machinery, equal to the best in New Zealand, and we guarantee you a service second to none. Yes, we take all the hard work out of washing—you can send anything to us—from your finest linen to blankets, rugs, eiderdowns. We also specialist in washing’ and tinting curtains, drapings, etc One of our most popular services is our No. 2 Thrifty Servicecovering 181bs flat work—perfectly washed, ironed for only 5/-. This works out at approximately 2/6 a week, representing the average household’s fortnightly wash. All clothes are hygienically sterilised. 'Phone 136. Depot: 27 Albert St.— Advt.

The old slogan, “Encourage . Local Industry,” is not seen in print or heard from the platform so frequently as it used to be, simply because local industry is encouraged and that to a most gratifying extent in New Zealand to-day. Workshops and factories are springing up in the various centres of population where goods in everyday demand are turned out equal to anything imported, and in some instances actually better! Tobacco is a case in point. Grown and manufactured within the Dominion, this indispensable commodity for quality is second to none. The raw material is produced under ideal conditions. Climate, soil, highly skilled labour and the most modern methods of manufacture combine to make the six brands, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold and Pocket Edition, the perfect tobacco. One of its extraordinary merits is that it is toasted. That remarkable process (the manufacturers’ own) eliminates the nicotine in the leaf and renders the finished product practically harmless —something that cannot be said of even the finest imported.—Advt.