LOCAL & GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 12 July 1945, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Mr Ernest Strachan, married, a miner, of Reefton, received injuries to bis left hand necessitating the amputation of two fingers when he was struck bv a falling prop w'hile at work in the Burke’s Creek colliery on Tuesday morning. . Mr H. E. Robinson, a miner, of Reefton, received eye injuries which were not serious. Both were admitted to the Reefton Hospital.

The Minister in charge of the Census and Statistics Department, Hon. W. Nash, announced yesterday that the census will be taken on Tuesday at midnight, September 25. rhe necessary proclamation will be issued at an early date. —Press Assn.

For the 28 days .ended July 7, Austral-New Zealand mining operated for 352 hours, treating 76,000 yards, and producing 928 ounces of bullion.

Mass will be celebrated on next Sunday, July 15, at Tel Kinga, 8 a.m., and Kokiri, 10.15 a.m.—Aavt. A schedule of the Greymouth Harbour Board’s heavy plant, with details of its original cost and the present replacement cost, was presented to the Board last evening by the Engineer (Mr D. S. Kennedy). The plant included power house plant, wharf cranes and equipment, quarry plant, workshop and general plant, diving gear, harbour plant, the tug, the dredge, and other floating plant. The various items were purchased between 1886 and 1944, and their total original cost was £103,924 7s 6d. Mr Kennedy stated that it would cost about £250,000 to purchase similar plant today . However, some of it had reached the end of its useful life. Illustrating the increase jn cost, he said that cranes which had been bought by the Board for £3OOO each would now cost £lO,OOO.

“Swandri” Men’s and O.S. Men’s Huka Plaiding Flannels. Double round neck and shoulders. Lace up fronts, 27/6. each. Post free from H. the committee stood in silence as Hamer, Kumara.—Advt.

The s.s. Kiwitea, which was expected to sail last night with coal for the North Island, did not leave because of the state of the sea on the bar. The m.v. Karu is expected to-day to load coal for Wellington. The s.s. Gabriella is expected to-morrow to load coal and timber for Wellington. The s.s. Kaimai is expected about to-morrow to load coal for the North Island. The s.s. Rata is expected to-morrow night to load coal for Nelson.

Act now! White’s Big Winter Coat Drive ends this Saturday. Hundreds have been made hapoy by.purchasing Fur Coats at the big liberal discount. —White’s Fashion Corner—Advt.

At the July meeting of the Grey branch of the National Council of Women, the President (Mrs E. F. Evans), congratulated Mrs R. Wright on her election to the Runanga Borough Council. She thanked all contributors to the National Council of Women appeal for tinned food for Britain, saying that £23 had been received, as well as a supply; of tinned goods. This was very satisfactory, especially considering that this appeal had followed immediately after the Mayoress’s appeal. Several remits were passed dealing with the reduction of the size of classes in primary? schools, the lifting of the sales tax on children’s' clothes, and the payment of an adequate pension to widowed civilian mothers to enable them to remain at home to take care of their children. Other remits supported by the branch asked that the present New Zealand prison system be thoroughly investigated, that treatment be based on proper classification of prisoners, physical, mental, and psychological, and that immediate provision be made for psycho-therapy as a method of treatment within our penal institutions.

Big reductions on Furs at Truman’s Sale. Your opportunity to save pounds on qualit} 7 Full length coats. Toppers and Boleros of superb and specially selected pelts. Trumans Ltd.—Advt.

During June, 19 vessels aggregating 11,782 tons arrived at Greymouth and twenty vessels aggregating 13,925 tons departed, states the monthly report of the Harbourmaster (Captain H. Moar). This total did not include two naval launches of 60 tons. On June 6, 7 and 8, moderates freshets occurred, which scoured the bar from 11 feet to 14 feet below zero, Or from 21 feet 6 inches to 24 feet 6 inches high water Spring tides. These exceptionally good depths were maintained during the remainder of the month. A total of 1,2931 ship hours —1,193 hours inside and 1001 hours outside —were lost during the month, because of the state of the bar. The longest time lost by anv one ship on any one voyage was lost by the s.s. Omana, which spent 251 hours inside. During the same period; the s.s. Kiwi tea and' the s.s. Kartigi each lost 250 hours inside. Only three vessels lost time outside, the m.v. Storm, which spent 501 hours in the roadstead, losing the most time.

Letters for the United States are having the postage short paid. Apparently many members of the public are not aware that the letter postage rate to the United States of America is three pence for the first half-ounce and one penny for each additional half-ounce. Every week, according to information made available by the Post Office, thousands of letters for that country bearing insufficient postage are posted in NewZealand. In accordance with the international postal procedure, these insufficiently pre-paid letters are surcharged double the amount of the deficient postage, and this surcharge is collected from the addressee. What the recipents have to say when called upon to pay the surcharge can well be imagined. The Post Office therefore urges senders to ensure that their letters (especially for overseas, and particularly for the United States of America) are prepaid at the correct rate of postage. By doing so they will not only lessen the work of the Post Office, but save annoyance and possible embarrassment to the addressees.

No one likes being soft soaped—much! Ah! But when you think of laundry work —there’s where plenty of soft soaping comes in. The Westland Laundry use only the finest laundry soap—with lux chips for blank jAs and woollens —that’s one of the reasons why our laundry work is so snowy. And here’s something else—all water used passes through a Zeolite water softener which removes all hardness and impurities from the water. All clothes are hygenically washed and sterilised in seven different waters. So use the laund'ry service which suits you best—Thrifty, Fully Finished or Bagwash. Phone 136. Depot: Sam McAra, Mackay Street. —Advt.

“It seems evident that the surges coming in from the harbour entrance are becoming more severe, and I attribute this to the past neglect of the wave trap, now reaching a stage where it is almost ineffective,” states the Greymouth Harbour Board Engineer (Mr D. S. kenndy) in his monthly report to the Board. “Until considerable finance and extra labour is .available, it is impossible to undertake these repairs, urgently required. It may, however, be possible _to redesign this wave trap in tlie light of the model experiments.” The heavy surges, which have been occurring in the river was also commented on by the Harbourmaster (Captain H. Moar), who in his monthly report said that on June 26 at 4 a.m. the tug snapped all her head moorings (cable and two wire ropes), swinging on to the lagoon bridge, causing damage to the windows and woodwork on the port side of the wheelhouse. The Kaimiro also carried away her twelveinch manilia back spring. Both accidents were due to a heavy ’ surge in the river, caused by a heavy sea on the bar. Fortunately, no serious damage was done.

The secretary of the Greymouth Patriotic Committee (Mr G. D. Smart) has received from the Union Steam Ship Co. a cheque for £lOO towards the 1944-45 appeal.

Work on the experimental scale model of Greymouth harbour has been pushed ahead and practically all the carpenters’ work is completed, states the monthly report of the Grevmouth Harbour Board Engineer (Mr D. S. Kennedy). The mechanical work is also nearing the finish, and the plumbing and lighting is in hand. It is hoped to make “a start with the testing early in July, but this is dependent on labour being available and no other calls on the workshop' staff for breakdowns.