LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 8 June 1944, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Beautiful smart full length Fur Coats from IGgns. at White’s Fashion Corner.—Advt,

For tlie week ended last Saturday Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z.) Ltd’s, dredges recovered 122?- ounces from G 4.233 yards of material secured in 2761 dredging hours. The Gillespie’s Beach return was 23 ounces 3 dwps. from 16,500 yards of material secured in 129 hours. The Clut'ha dredge lieturn was 66 ounces for 80 hours’ dredging. ! Douglas Gibson, aged 17, a trucker was injured while at his work ffi the Wallsend mine yesterday afternoon. tie was attended to by Dr K. Kent, and taken to the Grey River Hospital, where his condition last night was stated to be satisfactory. His injury consists of a suspected fracture of the pelvis, and. it is understood that this was received .when he was caught between two trucks.

The main road to the East Coast by way of the Otira Gorge is still closed and likely to remain so for a few r days, and conditions on the Lewis Pass road make it absolutely essential that cars using that route should be fitted with chains. The passengers of the car which was reported missing for some time on the road between Arthur’s Pass and Christchurch, and which was found near Castle Hill, were discovered sheltering.

Yesterday morning was the coldest recorded in Grevmouth for nearly three years. The 9 a.m. reading at the s s ~nal stafon wa's 32 degrees, compared with 31 degrees at the same time on July 'l, 1941. On the morning of July 2, last year the temperature fell as low as 33 degrees. At noon yesterday the reading was 35 degrees and at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. it was 40 degrees, the temperature ■dropping again to 365 degrees at midnight.