LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 30 September 1949, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last evening, His Excellency the Governor-General, re-opened the Dominion Museum at Wellington Lady Freyberg was present at the ceremony.—Press Assn.

At a recent meeting the New Zealand Peace and Anti-Cbnscription Federation, decided to ask the Government to urge the United Nations to outlaw atomic weapons and other forms of mass destruction.

The Reserve Bank announces that, for fine gold, it will purchase gold coins at the following rates: —Sovereigns £2 18 each; half sovereigns, £1 9s each.

Sale of the Club Hotel, Blackball, at £5500 (a reduction of £250 on the price asked by the vendor, John Dunn) to Douglas Manderson (Runanga), was agreed to at Hokitika this week by the Westland Land Sales Valuation Committee. The hotel, bought four years ago for £4350 had since had renovations to the extent of about £lOOO. It was stated that while the “beer boycott” effected hotel revenue in mining townships, the profit was equal to a valuation Of £5150.

West Coast cattle fetched prices at Addington Market this week as follows. —P. J. Williams (Fox Glacier), 16 steers at £29 2s 6d to £4O 2s 6d, and three cows at £27 2s 6d; Sullivan Bros. (Fox Gacieri 8 heifers at £27 2s 6d to £2B 12s 6d; Mrs R. Adamson (Wataroa), 8 steers at £26 17s 6d to £3O 12s 6d; H. Williams W •; Glacier) four heifers at £25 17s 6d to £29 I°'’ 6d: F.. Wall (Harihari) 8 steers at £2B 7s 6d to £2B 12s 6d.

A favourable start has been given bv the coal miners of Blackball and Dobson for the 1949 health stamp campaign, which begins locally on Monday, by each subscribing 10s for stamps. Each day next week health stamps will be sold at booths in Greymouth by members of the Health Stamp Committee and the Townswomen’s Guild. ■ Seven West Coastchildren are sent every six weeks to the health camp at Glenelg, Christchurch, by the Health Camp Committee, the expense being met by one-third of the revenue from the stamps sold.