LOCAL & GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 28 August 1946, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Women’s Labour Party dance to be held to-night promises to be an exceptionally entertaining evening. The branch was only recently formed and has made considerable progress since its inauguration. The floor at the Lyceum Hall is an excellent one and there is to be old-time and modern dancing with a savoury supper. There were 320,450 motor-vehicles licensed in New Zealand at the end of the last licensing year, which concluded on June 30 last. This represented an increase of 14,581, or 4.77 per cent, over the number licensed at the end of the previous period. The number of cars licensed was 202,318, representing an increase of 2,002 over last year’s figure' l and commercial vehicles, totalling 101,392, were higher by 10,709. Motor-cycle licences, totalling 16,740, showed an increase of 2870.

In the coming election sitting members' oppose each other in two electorates, Mr C. Carr and Mr J. Acland in Timaru, and Mr. C. M. Williams 1 and Mr. J. T. Watts in Kaiapoi. Two Nationalists are retiring, Messrs. A. Hamilton and W. J. Polson. It is stated Messrs. J. Hodgens (Palmerston North) and P. Neilson (Dunedin Central) will not be standing this time. Our stocks sell quickly. This week’s special: White Sheets 63 x 108 —3O/- pair; 72 x 108—32/6 pair. Unbleached: 54 x 90—22/6 pair. All post free from—H. Hamer, Kumara.

The construction of an additional four houses in the Holland Settlement at Cobden will be commenced this week by Rehabilitation Board trainees, according to advice received yesterday from the Rehabilitation Office at Greymouth. Preparatory work for the buildings, such as the erection of tool shed's etc., is already under way. Twelve trainees under an instructor will be employed on the work. In Geraldine street, Greymouth, six trainees have been making good, progress with two houses for the Housing Department and despite delays caused through adverse weather conditions, are now at the stage where practically onlv inside work remains to be completed. At present, seven men from the Grey 'district .are undergoing theoretical training at the Rehabilitation Carpentry School at. Westnort. and on the completion of four months training, will be available for practical experience in the construction ol new houses in the district.

For the week ended August 24, the Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z.) Ltd., recovered 174" ounces from 80,907 yards in 337 i. dredging hours. The Clutha dredge return was 140 ounces for 121 hours. The yardage for the four weeks ended on Friday was 168,000.

Persons wishing to attend the Bachelors’ Ball at Waiuta on September 7, please contact Mr. C. Rodden at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel before Thursday, September s.—Advt. The number of young people from Samoa who are being trained through Government scholarships in New Zealand schools is now 34. The scheme is being supervised by the officei' for Islands' Education, who helps to select students with the greatest aptitude for administrative work and other skilled occupations. The students are all chosen by competitive examination, and a committee also satisfies itself about their character. They are medically examined before coming to New Zealand. The complete list of scholarships will cost New Zealand about £BOOO, £6340 of which is provided for Samoan children and the remainder has been, granted to Cook and Niue Islands. | The Colonel says the orchestras, Are just two in “numbah,” In Ikamatua on the thirty-first We’ll make this ball a “bumpah.”— Advt. • Land owners should be encouraged by county councils to plant trees in waste areas, the Otorohanga County Council urged at the conference of the New Zealand Counties Association. It was thought also that the Government could supply young trees at a nominal cost, and provide substantial subsidies on wire for fencing the planted areas for the more effective control of noxious weeds. Afforestation was described as vital to New Zealand, and it could create assets from waste areas. A detriment to private afforestation, said one speaker, was that a land owner might put in plantations, and thus obtain no production from the areas used, but on his death the plantation would be heavily valued for death duties.

After the wrestling to-night “Giant Swing” to Steel’s Orchestra at the Lyceum Hall. —Advt.

The Lancaster aircraft Aries which last week established a new record on the flight from England to NewZealand, will be at Wigram for inspection by the public next Monday. Mr J. L. Hay, chairman of the Christchurch Famine Emergency Committee stated the arrangements had’ been made for the official mission of the Aries to be linked with a special week of coupon-saving to make food available for overseas, in which it is hoped to set new records. The Air Departmant had suggested the effort to set new records in cou-pon-saving, in association with the flight record of the Aries, said Mr Hay, and this had’ been warmly endorsed by the Air Ministry in Britain, it was announced.—P.A.

Buses to the Ikamatua Golf Club Ball on Saturday will leave Runanga at 5.15, Greymouth 8.30. and Blackball 8 p.m., returning after the ball. —Advt.

Last week further good progress was recorded towards attainment of the Dominion objective of £6,000,000 in National Savings for the year. Some 286 places attained their individual quotas' for the week; all postal district quotas' were exceeded, and in the Blenheim, Dunedin, Greymouth, Nelson, Oamaru, Timaru, Wanganui and Westport districts all the local areas succeeded in obtaining the stipulated amounts 1 . Over 7000 new National Savings accounts have been opened since April 1 last, of which number the Auckland district has contributed 1927, Wellington 1108, Christchurch 668, and Dunedin 553. Make your debut at the Lvceum Flail to-night. Dancing 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.—Advt. A Christchurch residence for the Governor-General has been offered, by a businessman, on lease to the Christchurch City Council, at a peppercorn rental of Is a year r — —> long as desired, the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews) announced at a meeting of the City Council on Monday. The home was a large one, set in beautiful grounds. Christchurch and the whole of the South Island would benefit through being able to offer a residence to the Governor-General, Mr Andrews continued. Sir Bernard Freyberg had intimated on his first official visit that he was keen to spend as much time as l possible in the South Island. Practically the only expense would be in maintaining the property and in furnishing it to meet the requirements of the Governor-General and his staff. The City Council expressed appreciation of the magnificent offer and decided that the Mayor should make an early visit to Wellington to make arrangements with the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser).

Women’s branch. N.Z.L.P. monthly meeting, Lyceum Hall, 2.15 p.m. today (Wednesday).—Advt. A proposal to erect a large, modern residential hotel which -was to serve tourists and visitors to Auckland, on the site of the present Hotel Cargen, was presented to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, by a deputation representing leading hotel interests. The hotel furnishings' will exceed £350,000. A permit to start building operations in about a year’s time wa' 1 sought. Mr K. B. Myers stated the project was beyond the resources of one organisation. The interests represented. New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., Dominion Breweries, Ltd., Hancock and Company, Ltd., Snd Campbell and Ehrenfried, Ltd., had agreed to pool their resources. The Minister promised to bring the proposal before Cabinet and the Prime Minister at the earliest possible moment.

You may buy a box of matches for a copper, but sometimes you’d give more than that for it—if you could get it. The other day an Auckland hiker tramped, all on his lonesome, to the wilds of the Waitakeres. Presently he sat down on a fallen bluegum, and hungry for-a smoke, pulled out pipe and pouch, only to discover he had no matches! “And so the poor dog had none!” By the way, the best ’baccy when hiking is “toasted,” because, you see, you can smoke pipe after pipe of it. 'without feeling '“fed up,” as you do with so manv brands if you smoke them at all freely. You may get a sore tongue, or find your throat bothering you, or get “nervy.” But toasted never makes your tongue sore, never irritates your throat, never gets your nerves on edge. There are only five brands of the real toasted: Cut Plug No. 10 GBullshead), Navy Cut No. J (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead G°m and Desert Gold; also toasted tailormades. —

An announcement was made by the Minister in Charge of Broadcasting, Hon. F. Jones, in Dunedin, on Mondav night, that the Dominion scheme for extension of the present broadcasting system would include a studio for Rotorua, among other places. Through the wording of the report, it has,been misconstrued by many to mean that these places will eventually possess completely self-contained local stations. From inquiries at Rotorua yesterday, it would seem that the transmitter will be situated in the Waikato district, and will serve, in addition to its l own listeners, the Bay of-Plenty and Rotorua. The present population of Rotorua, which is 7060. said one expert technician, does not warrant the erection of a separate transmitting station. It is obvious that the Minister’s announcement deals with the setting up of a studio in Rotorua which would be connected with a transmitting station by laniline. The same would apply other centres in the same area, and thus* a balanced local programme would :e maintained. The expert considered Matamata would be a suitable location for a transmitting station. —PreSa As'sn.

The August meeting of the Blaketown Women’s Institute was held recently, Mrs. Parmenter presiding. It was decided that in future, evening meetings be held. The roll ca “The Season I Like Best was well responded to, many humourous references being made to the West Coast weather. Mrs. Stewart appealnd to members to assist with the Friends of the Hospital Society, and Mesdames Parmenter and McDowell werp appointed delegates to a special meeting to be held in this connection. During the social half-hour, a “telegram” competition created considerable amusement. Mrs. Longstaff reported on the recent Dominion conference. One new member and a number of visitors were welcomed, and a good service badge was presented to Mrs. Moreland. Competition winners were as follows:' Mat from unravelled wool, Mrs. Marley 1, Mrs. L. Stewart 2; ginger gems, Mesdames Parmenter 1, Herring 2, Moreland 3; leek, Mrs. F. Smith 1.