LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Bitch owned by a Wellington shepherd yesterday gave birth to 14 male pups. The shepherd was forced to destroy most of them. He will keep four or five, which he will allow the bitch to rear.

David Liddell, aged 28, a sawmill worker of Atarau received injuries at work necessitating his admission to the Grey River Hospital yesterday. His condition last night was reported to be satisfactory.

The sixth group of West Coast volunteers for the relief force for the New Zealand occupation forces in Japan will leave Greymouth today for Burnham Camp. They are: F. W. P. McHugh, (Blaketown); P. Brazil (Reefton); C. H. Derry (Greymouth); C. Hewer (Harihari); E. A. Newcombe (Reefton); P. K. M. G. Porter (Reefton); C. C. Wilde (Greymouth).

Two fishing parties in dinghies anchored off Moa Point on Sunday received an unexpected shock when a whale, estimated by one of the fishermen to be about 50 feet long, surfaced a few yards from one of the boats and circled it several times. The parties made hastily for the shore. —P.A.

It is believed trawlers from the Sydney side of the Tasman are just now operating upon a bank over the horizon, and less than fifty miles from this coast. Larger trawlers from this side could doubtless compete with those which travel well over 1000 miles to the bank mentioned.

Indicating that the banks off the West Coast are in early winter prolific for fishermen, one craft the other day netted thirty large groper, besides other fish. If this industry were developed further, it could prove very profitable.

The optimistic statements by the Electricity Controller (Mr F. T. M. Kissell that there had been a decided improvement in the North Island power situation are negativing the economies by consumers and embarrassing boards, said the manager of the Waitemata Power Board (Mr A. Main, yesterday. “The only worthwhile statement, consumers wish to hear from Mr Kissell is that ail restrictions have been lifted,” Mr Main added.

The N.Z. Trotting Association at its meeting on Friday decided to hold over for further discussions with the executive, the Hokitika’s club’s application for registration. Mr Wm. Olliver, said there seemed no justification for registering a club which could procure only 16 horses in the district. The nurses of the Grey Hospital staff on Sunday commemorated in a religious manner, the 127th birthday of Florence Nightingale, whose work at the Crimean War over a century ago earned her the title of “The Lady With the Lamp.” At St. Patrick’s Church in the morning. 24 • nurses attended in their uniforms, whilst 26 nurses in the evening attended the service at the Salvation Army Citadel, where Matron Moffat read from scripture, passages appropriate to the occasion. i