LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 27 September 1944, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The engine of a goods train due ; to leave Inangaliua at, 1.15 yesterday afternoon became dei'ailed while on the turn-table arid another engine had to be used.ori the train; The service was not disorganised to any appreciable extent.

Members of the inspectorate of the Canterbury Education Board, Messrs A. Lake, J. P. Hawke, R. Dickie ana and Bennett, are conducting their annual examination of country schools in the Grey district. Town schools ori this occasion will not be visited.

When a log roled' on him while he was working in the bush at . Lake Brunner yesterday, Cyril Kennedy, of Ruru, aged 40 years, married, received a crushed left foot, and after being attended by Di’. W. A. Bird, was admitted to the' Grey River Hospital at 3.45 p.m. His condition last evening' ing was reported to be quite satisfactory.

After haying been closed for more than two yea’rs, because of the lack of pupils, the Waiho school has reopened with a roll of nine. To retain a teacher, an average weekly attendance of 85 is required. Miss N. McGrath, of Greymouth, is in charge.

The depth of water on the Grey bar at low water, as shown, in the latest soundings, is 15 feet. This loss of a foot in 'the depth sirice the immediate previous soundings were taken is evidently due to the recently persistent swell. More trouble with the buckets on the dredge has caused an interruption to dredging in the river, and though 5,500 tons of spoil were lifted last week, no work has been done since Friday. It is hoped to resume to-day.

Truman’s Ltd. now present for your approval an outstanding range of Floral Silk Frocks made in very attractive styles. Sizes S.S.W. and S.W. 51/9; W’s. 54/6.—Advt.

At the weekly meeting of the St. Columba Literary arid Debating Clue Sgt. L. B. Phillips, a former President of the Club who was recently in-: valided home from overseas, gave a talk on the experiences of his unit from the end of the Tunisian campaign until the Battle of Cassino. He was accorded a vote of thanks, on the motion of the President (Mr. M. G. Kelly); and Mr. P. O’Farrell.

The Slab Hut Creek Dredge return for the week ending September 22 was 46 ozs from 20,300 yards in 117 hours. The Clutha River dredge last week worked 53 hours and recovered 98 ozs of gold. For the week ended September 23 Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z. Ltd’s dredges recovered 247 J ounces from 68,272 yards in 3471 dredging hours.

We have on display at Trumans Ltd., a new’ line of Floral Silk Frocks, bright and new for Summer wear. Sixes O.S. 54/6; X.O.S. 59/9.—Advt.

The seventy-fith anniversary of St. John’s Presbyterian Church will be celebrated at Greymouth during January. A records and publicity committee has been set up to compile a history of the church, Miss C. Brown being convenor. An evecutive and sub-coniittees were appointed, Messrs K. Fehsenfeld and J. McKenzie being joint secretaries.

Mrs. Gutberlet presided at a meeting of the Brunner Women’s Institute. Mrs. Mahon and Mrs. McSorley. were appointed delegates to the Federation meeting. The balance sheet for soldiers’ parcels was read, arid it was reported that six parcels were dispatched last month. It was decided to invest £lO in the Victory Loan. Mrs. Browning read a very interesting chapter from Pioneer Tales. Competitions resulted:—Child’s knitted article, Mrs. Lockington; bowl ot flowers, Mrs. Gutberlet; Mystery pap cel, Mrs. Mahon.

Are you a visionary ? Our pioneers were visionaries when they came out to settle in a new land. And the Greymouth Progress League has not only the vision to see what might be done, but the will lb exploit the facilities of the Coast for real progress. And those housewives who have used the facilities of the Westland Laundry are visionaries iri their own way. They see wha't a modern, progressive laundry can do for them when it takes the burden of washday drudgery right off their shoulders. The Westland have three special services—Bagwash', Thrifty, Fully Finished, so every need of the community is catered for-—and reasonably, too. ’Phone 136. Depot; 27 Albert Street. —Advt.

Help* is expected oftener from no section of the community than from the members of the nursing profession, who, on their part never fail. On Saturday afternoon next, Greymouth people will have the opportunity of showing their appreciation of that help, when a sale of work will be held at the Grey Hospital grounds in aid of the Nurses’ Memorial Fund and general funds. The Memorial Fund was established after the last war to assist those nurses who become ill, or otherwise in need of assistance, and it has since been an invaluable aid for some hundreds of nurses. The local branch of the Registered Nurses’ Association has secured a very valuable, attractive and useful stock of goods for, .the several stalls on Saturday, including handwork, clothing, produce, flowers, sweets, cakes, etc, while there consequently will be many bargains obtainable. There also will be numerous side-shows, .as well as afternoon tea, music and other diversions too numerous to mention. The nurses look to the I public for a generous response to this most worthy appeal, and, at the same time, they guarantee to treat every patron to a good afternoon's entertainment. It is to be therefore expected that on the one occasion each year it is the subject of an appeal, the Memorial Fund will be acorded solid .and general support.

Judgment for plaintiff by default for £1 5s 2d, with 8s costs, was given in the case A. E. Kilgour v. W. Bishop in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth yesterday. Mr G. G. Chisholm, S.M., presided. Before Mr Chisholm, sitting as Warden in the Warden’s Court, the following applications were granted: William MacDonald, residence site licence, No. 196/02. Ernest Edward Williams, renewal residence site licence. Ngahere Gold Dredging Co., Ltd., 13 applications for ordinary prospecting licences, Mawheranui S.D. W. S. H. Wick, ordinary sea beach claim, Te Miko S.D.— Recommended for consent of the Minister of Mines.

Fiftv-three cases of scarlet fever were notified in Canterbury, and eight oh the West Coa'st last week, compared with 41 in Canterbury and six on the West Coast in the preceding week. Other cases of notifiable disease reported in Canterbury last week were: Tuberculosis 5, puerperal sepsis, hydatids and erysipelas, one each. There were three deaths from tuberculosis and one each from cerbro-spinal meningitis arid\hydatids. Oh the West Coast one case of tuberculosis was notified.

” The, word “cows” appeared tri error, instead of cans, in a paragraph in yesterday’s issue recording tfi e . journment, ori defendant’s application, of a case in which Frederick Alexander Warren, dairyman, Taylorville, was alleged to have misappropriated two milk cans.

Afire which broke out shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday gutted the office at the herrriit'age, Mount Cook, and did a fair amount of damage to an adjacent passageway arid two bedrooms above the office. A howling nor-wester was blowing, arid but,for a great fight put up by the staff under Mr. F. Burtenshaw, engineer, and a former member of the Timaru Fire Brigade, the damage would have been much greater. The staff fought flames for half an hour, when the outbreak was brought under control. Carpets and furniture were somewhat damaged by water, but it is hoped the hostel will be open again by the end of the week.

White’s suggest that you call and see their very exclusive range of fine Millinery. Yes, we guarantee to please you at White’s Fashion Corner.—Advt.

An indication thgit an extension of the aerodrome at Greymouth _ may be carried out at a riot too distant future was contained in a letter received at last evening’s meeting of the Westland District Progress League, from. the Public Works Department. The department stated that the League’s representations in the matter had been passed to the Controller of Civil Aviation, who for some time had been aware of the desirability of improving the ground. He had now called for a survey and estimate of the cost of providing additional runways, and the cost of alternative schemes, which preliminary investigations had indicated might prove more satisfactory. Arrangements were now being made to secure technical data. It was decided to request that when a renort had been prepared it be made available to the League.

What's this? Nearly 50 per cent of smokers in the Old Country being slowly poisoned by nicotine ? That’s what a Harley Street specialist says anyhow, and if it’s true of England it's true of ocher parts of , the world, because tobacco loaded with nicotine is found everywhere, although there is far less evidence of it in New Zealand than m other countries, for most smokers here nowadays smoke “'[basted” which, grown and manufactured within the Dominion, contains less nicotine than any othei tobacco in the world, for the simple reason that the manufacturers’ own toasting process—the only one, remember —so neutralises the nicotine in the leaf that most of it vanishes. There’s no “bite” left in it. Does toasting do anything more than purify? Most assuredly it does ! The peculiarly delicious bouquet of these blends, as well as their unforgettable flavour, are largely due to toasting. Hence the ever-increasing demand for Cut Plug No. 10 CB.ullshead). Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). Pocket Edition, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. There are no tobaccos in the very least like them. —Advt.

Complaints by the Westland District Progress League regarding the collection and closing time for air mails from Greymouth, were replied to by the Chief Postmaster, Mi- M. R. Aldridge, in .a letter to the Council last evening. He stated that the head office to whom the complaints had been referred, had stated that the question was one which directly concerned the air company. If Air Travel (N.Z.) Ltd. decided to call at Greymouth as a regular practice, the Post Office would close mails accordingly. The Post Office had no authority to insist upon- the call being made, and the quantity of mail offer-, ing was very small. It was pointed out by the secretary, Mr J. Saunders that the remedy was in the hands of the business people themselves.