LOCAL & GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 20 July 1945, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The bus passenger shelter which -is being built in High Street .for the convenience of visitors to the hospital is almost complete and will probably be ready for use this week. Only the painting remains to be finished. The report for June of the manager of the Greymouth municipal abattoir states that during the month the following stock was examined: Cows 54, bullocks 162, sheep 617, lambs 72, pigs 6, and calves 55. Two sheep were condemned*. Fees collected totalled £167 14s Id. Accommodation for a further sixty passengers to Christchurch will oe available to-day. The rail-car bringing a party of returned servicemen to Greymouth, will be coupled with tne usual rail-car, making a double-unit car. It will leave at the usual time. Sparkling Rugby League Football— Canterbury- v. West Coast—at Wingham Park at 2.30 on Sunday.—Advt. A divorce action, Edward Henry Oldham v. Matira Wynne Oldham, on the grounds of desertion, was heard before Mr. Justice Northcroft, in the Supreme Court, at Greymouth yesterday morning. Mr. W. D. Tayior appeared for petitioner, who stated that he was married in August, 1940. There were two children of the marriage. His wife left him on November 21, 1941, and had not returned, though he had several times asked her to do so. Corroborative evidence was given by Edward Alfred Humphries. A decree nisi was granted, to be moved absolute after three months.

During White’s Red Letter Day Sale you can, if you desire, make a lay-by at Red’ Letter Day prices.—Watch the windows—you are certain to find the garment or hat you want. —Advt. There was a record make of gas at the Greymouth Municipal Gasworks last month, according to the monthly report of the manager (Mr A. J. Fairmaid). The output was 5,153,000 cubic feet. The highest output for one day was of 191,000 cubic feet on June 14. On May 30 the make for the day was 205,000 cubic feet. Cash receipts for June were £1351 0s 4d, a decrease of £134 18s, and receipts to June totalled £4lBB 17s lid, an increase of £347 3s 7d on receipts for the corresponding period last year. Wai uta bachelors ask you to come to the town with the gold-paved streets and enjoy their annual Ball on Saturday, July 28, 1945.—Advt. “This Centre has made application for South Island championships to be held in January, 1946,” states the annual report of the President of the West Coast Amateur Swimming Centre (Mr. F. W. Baillie).- “The Westport Club is desirous that this fixture should be staged at Westport, and in view of the keenness and enthusiasm shown by the members of this club, I feel that the Centre should favourably consider their application. It is probable that senior men’s championships will be re-established in 1946, with a consequent increase in interest in competitive swimming.” Cream of Coast . League Footballers matched* against Canterbury Stars at Wingham Park on Sunday. Bus service arranged.—Advt. The frost yesterday morning was the most severe for the week, the air temperature at 9 a.m. being 34 degrees. It was the fifth successive frost experienced at Greymouth.

During June an extensive sewer repair was carried out in Chapel St. by the replacemnet of 32ft of 6in. pipes by pipes 12in. in diameter, the Greymouth Borough Engineer (Mr A. J. Fairmaid) stated' in his monthly report. The sewerage work in Sturge Street has been suspended for the past fortnight in order that the men might be available for the laying of 9in. pipes across Chesterfield St. and the cemetery approach road to further the drainage of the cemetery, the then existing pipe under Chesterfield St. being in a collapsed state and giving rise to a depression on the roadway. Get the white idea! Yes, it’s right to send those “whites” to the Westland' Laundry. The snowy whiteness with which they return will more than please you. And the reason for this snowy whiteness is that all washing is hygienically washed and sterilised and washed in seven different waters. Now you haven’t the time nor the energy to put the washing through seven different waters, so you can see how clean they must be. And then our modern ironing machines make .such a perfect job of ironing—giving , that professional touch which is impossible to obtain at home, no matter how careful you are. Try our No. 2 Thrifty Service. Depot: Sam Me Ara, Mackay St. The Westland Laundry Ltd. —Advt.

The danger of an accident arising from the use of the planks across Sawyer’s Creek in the Chldren’s Park as a bridge- was referred to by Cr. P. Blanchfield at last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Borough Council, and on his motion it was decided to write to the principals of the various schools asking them to tell children to keep away from the spot. Cr. Blanchfield said that he had seen several children running onto the planks, and the vibration caused might easily shake a small child off into the creek. Work on the .McGlashan Memorial Bridge, which is to be built at this spot, is to re-commence soon. The Show of Shows next Wednesday, at Regent Theatre. The biggest thing in concerts yet.—Advt. “Had it not been for the break in the weather towards the end of last week the concrete kerbing and channelling in Shakespeare St. would’ have been completed, about one chain yet remaining to be done,” states the monthly report of the Greymouth Borough Engineer (Mr A. J. Fairmaid). “.Of general works, principal attention was given to repairs and maintenance of tar-sealed surfaces, the greater part of the time being taken up thereby. It become necessary, also, to remove further spoil from the Easson’s hill slip, and in Convent Lane and in Joyce Crescent attention has been given to the road surfaces. The formation of the Newcastle St. footpaVis have been completed, metalling is in progress, and dwarf concrete walls to lend lateral support- to neighbouring structures are being built as required.”

Westland investments in National War Savings last week amounted to £1,164 5s 7d, the weekly quota being £1,063. Runanga returned a surplus of £221 7s 6d over a quota of £lOO. Details from the district offices are as follows:—Runanga, £321 7s 6d, surplus £221 7s 6d; Brunnerton, £62 4s lOd (£l2 4s lOd); Hokitika, £193 (£S); Blackball, £57 0s 9d (£7 0s 9d); Totals: £633 13s id (£248 13s Id). At the following oilices deficiencies were shown: Greymouth, £424 0s 9d, (deficiency £95 19s 3d); Ross, £5 Is (£l9 19s); Kumara, £ll 3s 9d (£l3 16s 3d*); Waiuta, £l6 10s (£8 10s); Reefton, £65 (£8); Otira, £8 17s'(£1 3s). Totals, £530 12s 6d (deficiency £147 7s 6d). Quotas were obtained by all offices except Waiuta. Buses leave McKechnie’s corner for League Match at 1.45 p.m., 2 p.m. and 2.15 p.m. on Sunday. A great crowd and great football.—Advt. The newspaper stand and fileshave been installed in the former magazine room at the Greymouth Municipal Library, states the librarian (Miss J. McLaughlin) in her monthly report. A start has been made on the estaolishing of the junior library in the former newspaper room, 120 children’s books having been acquired to form the nucleus ef the stock. The Country Library Service van recently visited the library and 470 books were changed and 280 re-issued. Together with the four loan collections, the number of books on loan from tne Country Library Service is brought up lo nearly 1,000. The value of mis assistance in supplementing the stock cannot be over-estimated. Thircyfive books have been added to me library’s own stock. Books issued during June were: Country Library Service, 1,398; fiction, 2,094; non-fic-tion, 599; junior 210; rental 807. receipts from subscriptions were £1 10s and from rental and fines £9 13s,