LOCAL & GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1945, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

"It should not be necessary for the Rehabilitation Department to go and fight to get a few taxi licenses,” said the Minister of Rehabilitation (Mr. Skinner) at the opening of the U.S.A, conference at Wellington yesterday in reference to the prospects for exservicemen in the transport industry. "I think there is room in transport for hundreds and hundreds of exservicemen and it should not be necessary to have to fight for every one,” he added. —P.A.

Hon. A MtLagan and Mr. H. Benney (Under-Secretary for Mines) visited Dobson and Blackball yesterday, discussing a number of matters with the Miners’ Union executive and representatives of the State mines at each place. They will visit Dobson again this morning. Mr. McLagan will leave later for Christchurch and Mr. Benney for Reefton and Westport.

The s.s. Kiwitea is expected to sail this morning with coal for Auckland. The s.s. Rata is expected this evening to load coal for Castlecliff. The s.s. Kaimai is expected tq-morrow morning to load coal for Wellington. The m.v. Gael is expected to-morrow with cargo from Wellington. The s.s. Holmlea is expected about Friday to load coal for Picton.

Railwaymen! Llamys. The worker’s friend—the genuine article—-double-breast, long sleeves and belt. All sizes. 60/-. Post free from H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt.

Before Mr F. W. Shallcrass, J.P.. and a jury comprising Messrs F. Costelloe, J. Mundy, M. O’Neill, and W. G. White, an inquest concerning the death of Mr William Mason, aged 67, of Cobden, who was found dead on the Rapahoe beach on Monday afternoon, was opened at Greymouth _ yesterday. After evidence of identification had been given by William Mason, junr., proceedings were adjourned sine die.

Assumed to have rolled off a lorry, two live shells, each weighing 100 pounds, have been lost in transit between Taiaroa Heads and the Dunedin railway siding. Although they are live, they have been plugged, but. could be dangerous to any person tampering with them. The authorities are particularly concerned lest children should find the shells and play with them.

' W. J. Dunlop and Son, opticians, Christchurch.—Mr C. W. Dunlop, 5.D.0., N.Z., and his Caravan Consulting Room will visit intending clients in Greymouth to-d’ay (Wed.)-, Kumara, to-morrow (Thursday), on receipt of letters making appointments c/o. local P.O. —Advt.

The Slab Hut Creek dredge return for the week ended June 15 was on oz from 19,890 yards in 117 hours. For the week ended June 16 the dredges of Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z.). Ltd., recovered 73 ounces from 41,u00 yards in 231 dredging hours, there was no wash-up from Atarau, due to overhaul. Clutha River return was 161 ounces for 91 hours. Gillespies Beach return was 16 ounces lOdwt. from 12,133 yards in 1.33 hours,

Miss Mary Anderson, J.P., who witn Mr ft. O. Henry, J.F., presided over a civil sitting of the Magistrates Court at Greymouth yesterday, was probably the first woman J'ustice of the Peace to sit on the Bench in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases: Grey Electric Power Board v. L. H. W. Gibbins, £3 15s Gd, costs £1 5s 6d; Grey County Council v. Thomas Edgar Furlong, £7 13s, costs £1 12s 6d.

Ten cases of scarlet fever were notified on the West Coast last week, as well as sixteen cases in Canterbury. Other notifications of infectious diseases in Canterbury were: diptheria 3, tuberculosis 6, puerperal sepsis 2, eclampsia 1, and hydatids 3. One case of tuberculosis was also recoiled from the West Coast. .

Another Bargain Parcel: A pair of good Nap Trousers and 2 pairs heavy Woollen Sox; the lot £l. Post free 'from H. Hamer, Kumara.—Advt.

The former West Coast representative cricketer, W. A. Meates, playing for Infantry Training Depot against a camp headquarters eleven in the Middle East took five wickets for 45 in 12 eight-ball overs in a recent match. J. Lamason (Wellington), and W. Hayward (Rangitikei keeper), were two of the betterknown players in the headquarters team.

A suggestion that inquiries should be made about Russian experiments in the electrification of the soil ,to influence plant growth was made at the meeting of the Ashburton Power Board by Mr. H. J. Crothers. He said that he had noticed in a New Zealand publication that fruit was being ripened in Russia at low temperatures in the off season. In view of the interest of the Russian Government in the electric tractor invented by the board’s engineer-sec-retary (Mr. H. G. Kemp) Mr. Crothers thought that* Mr. Kemp might make inquiries about electrification of the soil in Russia. Because of irrigation in the Ashburton County it might have great possibilities. Mr. Kemp said that he received information on that and other subjects in journals from Russia, but the difficulty was- to get the articles translated into English. He added that heating the soil by electricity had been done for some time, but it was usually confined to hot houses. It would be difficult to apply its use to extensive areas. The chairman (Mr. E. F. Nicoll) and Mr. Kemp were requested to ask the Russian Government to have some of its publications relating to the use of electricity in agricultural development printed in English.

White’s Fur Coats defy the barber winds. Comfort .and style guaranteed for £l6/10/- at White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre. —Advt.

“The ability to prepare sensible reclamation work in New Zealand has permitted the return to combat ot equipment which was neither available from new sources nor repairable from existing sources anywhere else in the world,” states a letter from Lieutenant Colonel L. W. Nickerson, United States Marine Corps, . which has been released by the Minister qi Supply and Munitions (Mr Sullivan). “The 'quality of the work performed by apprentice-trained artisans for the United States Marine Corps in New Zealand has been unequalled elsewhere in the world. In the two ami a-half years of New Zealand operations we have handled sunnlies valued at approximately. 75.000,000 dollars. Our reclamation from junk to completely rebuilt products has averaged about 600,000 dollars a month. We have maintained a careful record of our operations, and our average cos,l in reclamation, including overhead, is shown to be 25 per cent, of United States value. Our work has been accomplished by commercial contract and in our own shops, and we can only view’ the results with amazement. Our aim has been to avoid waste of material and manpower, and I believe your subordinates will agree that our percentage of reclamation has been high, and that waste has been almost nil'.’ Such material as we passed as scrap w'aste or surplus lias been declared to the Wav Assets Realisation Board for disposition in New' Zealand.”

' “Westward Ho!” Charles Kingsley’s famous story, contains one of the finest tributes to the virtue of tobacco’ ever recorded. “When all things were made” (he writes) "none was better than tobacco to be a lone man’s companion, a bachelor’s friend, a hungry man’s food, a. sad man’s cordial, a wakeful man’s sleep, a chilly man’s fire. There’s no herb like it under the canopy of heaven!” Yes, tobacco’s all that—and' more —when it’s good!— i.e., pure, fragrant, comforting and consoling, and as harmless as science and expert handling can make it. And the perfect tobacco is here, in New Zealand, at our .very doors. Ah! You’ve “guessed it at once!” Yes, its “toasted’,” as renowned for flavour and bouquet .as it is for the small amount o£ nicotine it contains! Toasting works wonders. Here are the six genuine toasted brands: Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Pocket Edition Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold and Cavendish; also Riverhead and Desert Gold tailormades. All toasted, and no sore throat, no cough!—Advt.