LOCAL & GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 27 August 1946, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Portland cement work near Whangarei is now opening its full four kilns, consequent on arrival of a shipment of West Coast coal. Three kilns had been operating for three weeks past, but previously only two could be kept going. Advice has been received that the child victim of suffocation at Okuru on Friday night, was the son of Mr and Mrs H. Buchanan, of Okuru. Mrs Buchanan was formerly Miss M. McRae, of Ikamatua. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon. Gaining entrance by smashing a window in the Government buildings, Hokitika, thieves had a disappointing haul when they removed the sum of 28s from one of the offices. The incident is presumed to have taken place last Sunday night. A direct inquiry was' made of the Minister of Finance. Mr. Nash, in Wellington, last night as to the authenticity of reports that he has been offered an important post in the United Nations Organisation. Mr. Nash replied: “I have never heard anything about it.” —P.A. Our stocks sell quickly. This week’s special: White Sheets 63 x 108 -30/- pair; 72 x 108—3276 pair. Unbleached: 54 x 90—22/6 pair. All post free from —H. Hamer, Kumara. After having again discussed the shortage of nurses the Dannevirke Hospital Board decided to make representations to the Department of Health through the Hospital Boards’ Association, with a view to obtaining exemption for nurses from the payment of Social Security taxes as a means' of encouraging girls to join the profession. The conference of the Geological Survey Branch of the Department of Scientific and' Industrial Research, which is at present, being conducted at Greymouth will conclude on Monday. At present there are eleven geologists attending the research over which Mr. M. Ongley. of Wellington, is presiding. Various West Coast localities of interest to geologists will be visited during the conference. The selection of Greymouth as the site for the conference was mainly because of the near completion of an intensified programme of mapping and other research work on the West Coast field during the past six years, a report on these studies is now in the course of preparation.

It is not expected that there will be a by-election for Nelson, following the death of Mr H. Atmore, as the general election is only fourteen weeks distant. In 1943 three electorates were for five months or more without representation in Parliament. The deaths occurred some months before the general election that year of Mr F. K. Paikea (Northern Maori), Sir Alfred Ransom (Pahiatua), and Mr J. G. Coates (Kaipara).

On Saturday the last 1900 of the 135,000 New Zealand troops to go on active service, started on their return to the Dominion from Kure, Japan, aboard the Chitral. They are due in Wellington about September 9. A correspondent aboard reported there is general satisfaction with the accommodation, which is f ar from overcrowded. The first day’s meals, were first-class. As the troops lined the rails for a last sight of Japan, they looked more cheerful than their replacements had been when they arrived the previous week. The returning draft is made up of men who left New Zealand with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Reinforcements and came., from Italy to Japan in February.

The Golf Club Ball at Ikamatoo. Is the eleventh of its kind. ! So come along and meet old Ru, But .don’t leave Tim behind. —Advt.

The Spring Flower Show to be held in Greymouth on September 18-19, under the auspices of the Greymouth Horticultural Society, is attracting considerable interest among gardeners in the town, and. the displays already in bloom in many Greymouth gardens augurs well for its success. The National Gladioli Show has its venue at Greymouth this season, and will be held in January, 1947. Th*is show is regarded as one of the premier flower shows of the Dominion, and several National Championships will be contested. Entries are expected from all parts of New Zealand: This season, with air transport more readily available than ever .before, it is expected that full advantage will be made of the service to have blooms arrive on the Coast in the best of condition, without suffering the rigours of other forms of transport. The Greymouth Horticultural Society and school committees are negotiating to hold the display at the Grey Main School, and if this can be arranged a gala day will be held in conjunction with the show to aug, ment school funds.