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Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1940, Page 4

See the new spring hats at Addisons. New season styles for every type. Flowered hats —blooming with femininity! Dashing felts chic tarns in bright spring colours.—Advt.

The fire bell rang out. an alarm of fire yesterday afternoon at 3.25 o’clock, the cause proved to be. a chimney at the rear of the premises formerly known as Heenan’s bootshop, adjoining the Commercial Hotel, in Hovel! Street. The Fire Brigade were very promptly on the scene, but their services were not required. Quite a large crowd gathered in a very few minutes. The premises at present are. occupied by Mr Roberts.

The new Diesel rail-ear, which is expectej to be used on the Midland line, was landed at Lyttelton yesterday by the crane-ship Rapaki. The ear arrived in three parts, the forawrd bogie of six wheels with the engine and transmission gear, weighing 13 tons, the rear bogie, of six tons, and tliesteel body, of 18 tons. The body was placed on the bogies and will be towed to the Addington railway workshops where the car will be completed, painted, and tested.

There will be three trains 3 arriving at Grey to-morrow in the excursion which is being conducted by the Corsair Social Club, the number travelling being about nine hundred. The first train will reach Greymoutli at the eur’y hour of 5.2.5 a.m., the sbeond at 6.30 a.m., and the third at 7 a.m. One train will proceed to liokifika with about four hundred of the excursionists, leaving here at !> a.m. The trains will leave Greymouth on the return journey at the following times:—First, 6 p.m. ; second 7 p.m.; third, 7.30 p.m. This promises, with favourable weather, to be one of the Corsair Club’s most successful outings.

The application by the Nelson and Westland District Gold Dredge and Alluvial Mines Employees’ Union for a new award, to replace one that expired on June 20, was the subject of negotiation in Conciliation Council at Greymouth yesterday. Thirty-three dredging and mining companies in the Nelson and Westland districts were cited as respondents in the application of the employees, for a new award. The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr S. Ritchie) presided, and the assessors for the employees were Messrs F. L. Turley, J. E. Laing, R. Scott, H. Davies, J. Backhand, It. IVngelly, and 1). C. Fan's, and for the empolyers Messrs T. H. Lee, W. J. Radford, D. I. Macdonald, N. 1). Lean's. W. J. Ellis, D. Dennehy, T. Blaekie, and J. W. 'Williamson. The employees in their proposals sought a forty-hour week (the obi aavard provided 48), and a maximum wage level, excluding dredgemnsters, of £1 10s a day as against £1 Is Bd, and a minimum level of £1 7s a day as against 18s ! Sd. Agreement was reached on a number of minor matters and machinery clauses early in the sitting, but there was long discussion on hours and wages; At the conclusion of the sitting it was decided to refer the hours of work, wages, and holidays clauses to the Court of Arbitration,

Entries for the stock sale at Arahura on Monday, appear in this issue.

The. Greymouth Territorial football team play the local volunteer team tins afternoon on Cass Square and will he staying down for the R.S.A. Assembly Dance this evening.

The death is recorded from Christchurch yesterday of Mrs Margaret E. Bergman, wife of Mr F. W. Bergman, and daughter of the late .T. K. McKey of Ross. Deceased was 60 years of age.

A general invitation is extended to all to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hokitika Returned Soldiers Association' at their 21st Birthday Hall in the Soldiers’ Hall next Wednesday evening.

History will repeat itself. Many men will recall tae drab and shoddy clones they were obliged to buy at exorbitant prices during the last war. Wise men will replenish their wardrobes now while quality materials and reasonable prices are still available. Hallenstcins. —Advt.

Regardless of the increasing prices of suiting and everytning that goes into the making of suits, Hallenstcins are prepared to make to your individual measure a first grade suit for only six and a-lialf guineas, £O/16/6. Select your pattern now from our large rango of English and New Zealand materials. Hallenstcins.—Advt.

Air J. O’Brien,M.P., recently made representations to the Government that West Coast farmers procuring potatoes as food for stock, should be granted free railage, and a favourable reply has now boon received. The Director-General of Agriculture, Mr Cockayne, has telegraphed Mr O’Brien as follows:—“Re potatoes, you may inform any inquirers that they can procure free railage for one hundred miles from the point of purchase. This condition applies to all farmers purchasing potatoes between the stations of Palmerston South and Parnassus, on certifying that the potatoes are for stock food. Suggest your constituents should endeavour to purchase at Studholm, or a nearer point in which case they could get one hundred miles free railage on the West Coast line. ] am sending this wire on inst-uctions from the Minister of Agriculture.”

The United Kingdom Manufacturers’ and New Zealand Representatives Association decided at a meeting held in Wellington to apply to the Minister for Customs (the Hon. W. Nash) for an extension of fourth period licenses till June 30, 1931. The licenses,” says a statement issued by the meeting. “the due to expire o-n December 31, hut because of the greatdifficulties under which United Kingdom manufacturers are at present working it was not possible in some cases for goods to he shipped in time to arrive here by that date. An extension, it was felt, woqld he a contribution to the efforts of the United Kingdom to maintain export trade, for which, in "many cases, the home market is Being kept short.” It was decided to ask the Minister to issue them .as early as possible, and to issue them to cover the whole of 1941. and not a- period of six months, as formerly.