LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 5 July 1944, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Work-at the Liverpool State mine w.as resumed yesterday the stoppage on Monday. The Faparoa mine which was also idle on Monday resumed.

Coats at White’s are always good value, but during • the special Coat Drive every garment, becomes a real bargain. White’s, the Home of Fashions. —Advt.

The Rangatira will make a special sailing from Lyttelton to Wellington on Sunday evening, and intending passengers should make early application.

Men! We are sending post free Fancy Sox, Plain Sox, Wollen Sox, Ribbed Sox, 2/6 per pair. Post your order urgent to H. Hamer, Kumara. —Advt. ■

The s.s. Rata sailed yesterday morning with coal for Nelson and Tarakohe and is expected back on, Fndav to load for return. The s.s. Titoki sailed yesterdav with coal for Miramar. The s.s. Pakura sailed at 9.35 o’clock last evening, with coal for Wellington.

A careful inspection of vehicle and drivers’ licenses is to be made by Inspector J. R. Ramsay, Transport Department. throughout the West Coast next week. Special care will be taken to see that all new stickers are fixed to the left nand corner of the windscreen.

The largest number of scarlet fever cases which have occurred on the West Coast in a week for some time Avere notified last week. The total was 16. In Canterbury there were five deaths and six notifications of tuberculosis, four notifications of malaria and one each of erysipelas and diphtheria, there being one death from the latter.

In view of a lack of response locally to the proposed scheme for providing domestic help in homes, about forty married women without children will be required to report for interview at the District Manpower Office, this afternoon and to-morrow afternoon. Those considered available for this type of work will subsequently receive directions. Directees have the right of appeal. A flow of oil at a depth of over 1,600 feet was obtained last week, during boring operations to test the coalfield at the Liverpool State mine. Though at first only a small amount was evident, the quantity has gradually increased, although the oil is of too heavy a nature to flow freely. Special apparatus is on the way to Greymouth from the North Island to measure the extent and the source of the seepage.

At a sitting on Monday at Hokitika of the Westland Land Sales Committee. the following applications were granted: F. B. Wright, as assignee in estate of L. P. Gooch, to P. Davidson, part-Section 812. town of Hokitika, price £45; F. B. Wright, as assignee in estate of L. P. Gooch, to E. R. Perry, Res. site. 505, town of Hokitika, consideration £500; F. B. Wright, as assignee in estate of L. P. Gooch, to S. V. Gooch. Section 801, town of Hokitika, price £6lO.

It was decided at the monthly meeting of the Ngahere Women’s Institute that soldiers’ parcels be despatched this month. The competition resulted as follows: Mrs. Thornton 1, Mrs. Armstrong 2, Mesdames Myers and Sheehan highly commended. Donations are to be sent to the Red Cross and to the West Coast Federation. July’s competition is a jar of mixed pickles. The hostesses were Mesdames McGuire and Sheehan. The motto for the month is: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

“D, Day” explained. The origins of the te«m are to be found in the military Alphabet adopted by the Americans in the last war. “W Day” explained. The day on which all wise women send their washing to the Westland Laundry. There’s a service to meet all needs—Bagwash, Thrifty, Fully Finished. We are also expert launderers of blankets, rugs, eiderdown and specialise in washing and tinting curtains .and hangings. Eliminate the back-aching drudgery of the weekly wash. Try our No. 2 Thrifty Service—lBlb flat work completely laundered" for 5/-. This represents the average household’s fortnightly wash and works out at approximately 2/6 a week, it’s great value. ’Phone 136. Depot: 27 Albert Street—Advt.

Gold returns from West Coast dredges for the month of June are as follows: Barrytown dredge ran 453 hours and treated 198,000 yards for a return of 548 ounces. Kanieri Dredge' ran 471 hours and treated 173,000 yards for a return of 1,722 ounces. Arahura dredge ran 503 hours and treated 235,000 yards for a return of 1,268 ounces. Associated Gold Dredges for the week ended July 1, recovered 94i ounces from 43,113 yards in 2751 hours’ dredging. Undergoing repairs, Atarau dredge; worked onlv half the week. The Gillespie's Beach return was 59 ounces, secured in 124 hours from 15,000 yards. The Clutha dredge return was 131 ounces in 98 hours.

“Home, Sweet Home!” Make up the fire and throw a log or two on it, with a bright little kettle singing merrily on the hob. On the small table set out the Scotch, the lemon, loaf-sugai’ and sundries. Draw your easiest easy chair up to the blaze, light your pipe or cigarette, lean well back, open your book —and you’re in for a good time even if you are “all on your lonesome.” What should you load your pipe with, or make your cigarette of ? Well, for the pipe there’s nothing like Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). But if you like something milder there’s Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), or Cavendish (the sporting mixture). Should you prefer cigarettes, roll your own with Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, or Pocket Edition. You can’t get anything so good if you pay double the money for it. The six brands of this splendid tobacco contain so little nicotine (being tosted) that you can smoke them for hours without burning your tongue or irritating your throat. There’s no “bite” in toasted! —Advt.

Two hundred and fifty-two towns attained their quotas of National War Savings. Not only is this twenty-tive more than for the previous week, but it is the highest number recorded m any week since the Third Liberty Loan, last year. All the principal centres were successful, and in each oi the eighteen postal districts the full district quota was reached. An outstanding feature of the week was the success recorded in the Dunedin, Greymouth, Oamaru, Timaru and Westport districts, in which all places attained their local objectives. Additions to the list of places which have already attained their full year's quota are Dunedin City, Bannockburn, Mosgiel, Roxburgh and Waikouaiti in the Dunedin district; Darfield, in the Christchurch district; Kumara in the Greymouth district: and Mangaweka, in the Wanganui district. The Dunedin district, which has. now reached jts full annual quota, is the first district to achieve this distinction.

The Country Library Service volumes in the Greymouth Municipal Librarv are at present being changed by Mr’.' A. E. Mercer, travelling officer of the service. Mr. Mercer arrived yesterday from Hokitika, and after completing his work here to-day, will go on to Runanga. Of the new issue of 750 volumes, 384 are re-issues of books at present on loan to the library, 149 are new books sent in advance from headquarters, and 217 are being issued from the van. There are 500 non-fiction and 250 fiction volumes. Mr. Mercer is being assisted by Miss M. L. McGlashan, actingChief Librarian of the Greymouth Library.

At last evening’s meeting .of the Grey Main School committee, presided over by Mr. W. D. Taylor, advice was received that Kennedy„Bros., Ltd. had agreed to the committee’s request that the school time bus service be run as far as Morley’s Road, Paroa and it was stated that application was being made for permission to run the extended ’service. It was decided to call at an early date a meeting of parents from the south end of the town to discuss the possibility of building a" school for classes up to Standard 1 on the Education Boards reserve in Joyce Avenue. The committee decided to take action similar to that taken by other committees inasking the Minister of Education for an increase in the capitation grant.

A unique ceremony for the West Coast will be held in Greymouth this afternoon, taking the form of the presentation of a war trophy to the Marist Brothers’ School, when the Mayor Mr. F. A. Kitchingham will preside and at which the public is invited to be present. The trophy is the gilt sword of an officer of the Japanese Army, which was captured in the South-western Pacific campaign, on the island of Nissan, by (t force of New Zealand soldiers, one of whom, (Private Pat Beban, of Greymouth, was killed in action. His comrades decided that the sword should be presented to the school at which Private Beban was educated, and two of the members of his company are visiting .Greymouth in order to make the presentation.