LOCAL & GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 14 February 1946, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

All of the New Zealand clubs in Italy have been closed, and also the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo. —P.A.

Goods railed eastwood through the Qtira tunnel last week amounted to 20,135 tons. The tonnage railed_ in the corresponding week of last year was 17,972 tons, and in 1944, 10,359 tons.

Mass will be celebrated on next Sunday, February' 17, at Kokiri, 8 a.m., and at Te Kinga, 10.15 a.m. — Advt.

The Melbourne Cup of 1945 is now showing at the Opera House. A huge crowd watch Rainbird forge on to glorious victory.

A report presented to a meeting of the Blaketown Home and School Association, stated that during the past four years, shows held by the Association have realised the sum of £BOO. At present the balance was £4OO, the remainder having been spent on numerous school amenities, including the learners’ . swimming pool.

At the February meeting of the Greymouth Branch of the National Council of Women, the President, Mrs E. F. Evans, welcomed representatives, extending a special welcome to Mrs Middleton, who succeeds Mrs Ojala as representative of the Salvation Army Home League. Those present were very interested in replies from -Ministers to remits and resolutions sent from the Dominion Conference of N.C.W. The following subjects were chosen for study during 1946: Health, Education, Nationalisation of Arms, and Internationalism. Following a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of Tasman Empire Airways, Limited, held in Sydney, an offer has been submitted to the United Kingdom, Australian and New Zealand Governments, through the Tasman Air Commission, to operate a Pacific service to and from the United States, in conjunction with the present trans-Tasnian, service. The company, announcing this, states its policy is to use British machines as soon as suitable aircraft are available, but meantime Its services would be operated by American machines of Douglas manufacture (Skymaster type). —P.A.

The Master Bakers’ Association announce that, no bread will be baked on Saturday, or on Monday next (Anniversary Day).—Advt.

There were 97 male and 75 female patients admitted to the Grey River Hospital last month, according to the Medical Superintendent’s monthly report. Sixty-eight male-and 48 female patients were discharged during the month, four male and three female patients died, and there were 68 male and 50 female patients remaining in the hospital at the end of the month. During December 74 male and 45 female patients were admitted, 79 males and 66 females were discharged, five males and two females died and there were 43 males and 26 females remaining in the hospital at the end of the month. Twenty-eight babies, including one set of twins, were born during December and 30 during January,

Hundreds of ladies have accepted the fashion bargain opportunity at White’s Bargain Section. Remember there is a real bargain waiting for you.—Advt.

The effect of deer depredations on native bush in the Kopara district, was commented on at yesterday’s meeting of the Westland Catchment Board, by Mr. G. Drayton. He stated that he had been a settler in the area for the past 25 years, and when he first arrived it was impossible to walk through the bush on the flat. He contended that because of Hho action of deer in killing off the bush heavy rain had caused the formation of several rivulets, which in time had washed the trees into the Ahaura River and caused considerable erosion. Similar cases had been reported from other parts of. t'he West Coast and deer had become a constant menace to settlers.

Yesterday, Yvonne, the Royal Malayan tiger at the Wellington Zoo, gave birth to a litter of four cubs. Yvonne was presented to the zoo by Captain R. N. Matthews of India, on behalf of Viscount Galway, and is now eight years old. She had her first litter of five cubs about three years ago. One of the cubs was sent to the Melbourne Zoo. The others are still in Wellington. Of the latest litter, two are males and two females. T'he largest is about 19 inches long, and the smallest fourteen inches. They weigh between 3 and’ 4 lb. Incidentally tigers, unlike lions and cats, are born with their eyes open. The father of the cubs, Prince, is now four years old. He is the biggest tiger in New Zealand.. The curator, Mr. C. J. Cutler, says he probably is the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere. He was bred at the Wellington Zoo. The new cubs area not to be bottle fed, as their brothers and sisters were. They will have to take their chance of survival under the care of their mother.—Press Assn.

When you send your laundry to us it’s in the one parcel, but we don’t wash it that way. There’s no “allin together” methods with > us—all laundry is carefully sorted and washed according to its classification. All laundry is hygienically washed and sterilised in seven different waters. All water is first passed through a Zeolite water softener, which removes all hardness and impurities from the water. Only the finest laundry soap is used, with lux chips for woollens. Our modern methods of washing causes far less wear and tear than the old back-breaking method of rubbing them* on the scrub board. ’Phone 136. Depot: Sam McAra, Mackay Street.—Advt.