LOCAL NEWS

Grey River Argus, 19 October 1948, Page 4

LOCAL NEWS

True bills were returned by the Grand Jury in respect of all fifteen indictments presented to it at the opening of the criminal session at the Supreme Court, Wellington, before Mr. Justice Cornish yesterday.—P.A.

A fine of 10s was imposed on David John Skelton, by Messrs J. H. North and W. J. H. Watson, J.P.’s, in the Greymouth Police Court yesterday, for driving a car without a warrant of fitness.

With a quota for Greymouth of £1325, the Health stamps are selling well. To date £9Ol worth, including £22 in Greymouth and £33 in the district have been sold. The quota must be sold by Christmas.

On Thursday through the enterprise of an Invercargill shearing contractor, Air A. W. Garvie, a party of Australian shearers will leave Sydney by a specially-chartered Sunderland fiying-boat for Auckland. They will be under contract to Mr Garvie to shear 170,000 sheep.

Sawn rimu, white pine and silver beech totalling 1,212,000 board leet, were taken from Greymouth by the Matthew Flinders which sailed ioi Australia yesterday. This constitutes a record fof the port in the postwar period. The record cargo of timber from the port was 1,300,000 board feet taken by the Omana in 1923.

Have you seen Jeff’s now bar? Empire Hotel, Ross. —Advt.

An improvement in the Greymouth bar conditions yesterday morning, enabled three ships to leave. They were the Matthew Flinders, Kaimai and Omana. The two which entered port on Sunday to join the Kartigi were the Gabriella and the Rata.

All 26 trucks which were derailed near Blackball a fortnight ago, were removed from the scene during the week-end. They were placed on 13 U.B. waggons and railed to Addington workshops yesterday evening. Some are beyond repair. Arrangements have been made for the disposal oi the coal which was tipped on the permanent way as a result oi the smash.

Late yesterday morning some oi the largest catches or whitebait this season were made in the Grey River. One fisherman on the Cobden side netted almost 100 pints before 1 p.m. Yesterday’s run was so much better than any previously this year as to raise hopes of good catches for several days to come.

Carrying a record coal cargo of 3,410 tons the Union Steam Ship Company’s collier, the s.s. Omana, sailed yesterday morning for Auckland. The cargo comprises over 700 tons of first-class steaming coal for the Auckland ferry company, while the remainder is destined for the Municipal gas works. This is reported to be the biggest shipment of coal in recent years to have left Greymouth for Auckland and the cargo was supplied by the State coal mines in the Grey Valley. The Omana was a day late in sailing because of heavy seas on the bar.

Monday night conversation in Greymouth home. Husband: “There’s good pictures on to-night, what about coming ? But I suppose you’re too tired—it’s wash day.” Wife —“No— I’ve turned over a new leaf—l’ve sent all my washing to the Westland laundry. I’m tired of being tired on wash day.” What a wise decision. Washday fatigue gets you. And it’s not worth it when our service costs so little. ’Phone 136. Depot Sam McAra. —Advt.