LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Grey River Argus, 2 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

CHARENTE is a small and beautiful District in France. The finest grapes in the world are grown there, and used by “Merlet’s” iu the production of their famous Three Star Brandy, which is exclusively bottled in Charentc and

exported to Greymouth. All leading Hotels stock “Merlet’s.’’—Supplied by J. I). Lvnch, sole Coneessionare. — Advt.

The Buller representative cricket team, who arrive on Friday at 4 p.m.. will stay at the Post Office Hotel, playing the West Coast reps on Saturday and Sunday.

The A. and P. Association announce in this issue that payment of prizes is now due. Winners are requested to call before Friday evening at the Secretary’s office.

The following have returned their prizes to the recent A. and P. Show:— Mr John Brown (Totara Flat) £4( Mr W. O’Brien (Runanga) £l/13/-, Mr W. R. Kettle, 15/*.

WATCH THE INDIADS GO BY.Alf. White, Agent, Greymouth.—Advt.

For the Karoro Sports there is £5O in prize money for axemen .and a very good meeting is expected. The handicaps are due next. Saturday, but the time for receiving entries has by request been extended till 10 p.m. on Friday.

As tlie award for carpenters and joiners binding upon the Westland industrial district comes into operation during the present month, all tradesmen and machinists concerned are advised to attend the next meeting of the newly-formed Union, which will be held in the Lyceum Hall, Greymouth, at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow.

The Best of Spanish, Italian and French Wines, also Cigars, at Bill Rosenberg’s Twelve-Mile Hotel.-—Advt.

In the annual report of the West Coast Jusitces of the Peace Association it was stated that there are 162 Justices on the Coast, 91 of whom had joined the Association.

Twenty-one steamers with a total tonnage of 13,459, and one auxiliary schooner of 166 tons, entered the port of Greymouth during the month of February, 1927. Outward shipping for the same period was 22 steamers having a net' tonnage of 14,000, and an auxiliary schooner of 166 tons.

Give your children the kind of morning nourishment they need Gransalo wholewheat wafers which contain malt, milk ami olive oil, 1/- per lb. from Abbie ami Ramage, Cobden. —Advt.

In Borough rates the Westport Town Clerk on Monday v collected over £l9OO It is expected that there -will be a l.'it 'rush to-day to pay before the 10 per cent penalty is imposed.

At a meeting of puller Acelimatisa tion Society it was decided to recom mend a close season for opossums 11 the Buller district. It was also decided tc procure 50,000 rainbow trout over from Otago.

Final Clearance Household Drapery Bargains at McGruer's Fire Sale: — Honeycomb Quilts, 8/11 and 10/11; Marcella Quilts 16/6 to 29-6; Binen Finish Twill Sheeting, Single Bed, 1-6 and 1/10, Double Bed 2/2 and 2/6; Unbleached Damask, 1/4 yard; Towels, 1/3 to 3/4 pair. Come early. —Advt.

On Saturday afl crnooii at 2 o’clock, Harleys will submit to public auction at their rooms the contents of a well furnished room, including carpets, bedroom and dining room furniture, sewing machine, linoleums and all kitchen uleusils. This is a chance; to obtain furniture; at price's to suit buyers. Mr 11. E. Holland, M.P., has received the* following letter from the Minister of Railways: “With further reference to the; represent at ions made to you by the settlers in the Oweka district urging the early construction of an approach to the; local railway siding, 1 have to inform you that the matter is now in hand, and it is anticipateel that the work will be completed at an early date. ’ ’

If you intend to have a this winter, now is the time to pk.ee your order with us. We can supply sets from £l5 15/-, £2O, £22 10/-, £27 10/-, £33 to £5O per set, and they include Radiolo, Grebe and King Neutrodyne. We sell for cash or on easy terms, bringing Radio within the reach of every homo, Full particulars sent on request. Our only address is Harleys, Ltd., Licensed Radio Dealers, Grey mouth. — Advt.

A painful accident happened Cobden yesterday afternoon to Mr Len Jarden, who has just opened a fruiterer’s business there. While starting his Ford truck, the crank back-fired, the handle striking Mr Jarden on the wrist, dislocating it. Constable Baird, of Cobden, at once conveyed the sufferer to Greymouth for medical attention, and it will be some little time before he will be able to resume work.

Don’t forget that “Boko” and “Jki” are on the list for the midnight shift at the Wharfies’ Ball on Friday, March 4th, and are due to be operating on the ‘ ‘ schotische ” at this hour.

Have some unbeatable bargains with the. Insurance Companies:—Ladies’ Ribbed Cotton Vests lOd, Ladies’ Art Silk above knee Hose (latest shades) 1/4 and 1/2, Single Bed Sheeting 1/6 yd, Dress Materials 6d and 1/- yd, Infants’ Rubber Feeders 6d.—MsGruer’s Fire Sale, Greymouth, Reefton, and Hokitika.—A d vt.

In 1916 the average mortgage per acre on farm land in New Zealand was £3 9s 7d, and that on city land £491 per acre. Tn 1924, farm mortgages rose to £4 7s 5d and city mortgages to the extraordinary amount of £2024 per

Tn another column. Chairmen of School Committees from Kumara to Totara Flat are advised that school ■hildren will be carried free to Greymouth on the occasion of the visit of the Duke of York—also that at Victoria Park one meal will be provided.

Any person looking for bargains in Mercery, Clothing and Boots, call at “The Mayfair,” Men and Boys’ Wear Specialists, Upper Mawhcra Quay, Telephone No. 59.—Advt.

“Ho I like New Zealand?” asked Mill. W. Trumble, manager of the Melbourne cricket team. “I think New Zealand is what you call it hero, God’s own country beautiful. 1 think there is no place like it, and I always try to send tourists here instead of British Columbia. ‘Get to New Zealand and make the trip through,’ I tell them, ‘and you will find everything you can wish for in sport or scenery.’ Yes, I like all sports myself, and T want to have a go at those swordfish, but I am not prepared for it this time. Mr S. McCulloch, who used to be one of our It*:: ding legislators is coming over shortly with a full kit of gear.”

A belt of pinis iusignis trees at Timaru Park in the vicinity of the Nurses’ Homo, which have weathered the storms of half a century, lost one of their number the other afternoon owing to the severity of a sou’-wester which sprang up shortly before 4.30 p.m. The patients in the isolation ward at the hospital were startled to hear a crash, and to see a mass of foliage falling near their ward. Fortunately the tree fell at an angle and did not reach the ward.

Add these records to your collective : “Hello, Aloha, How Are You?” and “Hi, Ho, the Merrio,” fox trots; “She was Just a Sailor’s Sweetheart,” and “Thanks for the Buggy Ride,“ fox rrot; “That Certain Party,” and “Paddelin’ Madelin Home,” fox trot; “Lonah,” and “Just a Cottage Small,” sung by Frank Munn; “Valencia,” and “Te’ } Me You Love Me,” sung by Franklin Baur; “I Wonder Where My Baby is To-night,” and “I’m Sitting on Top of the World,” fox trots; “Hold Me in Your Arms,” and “You Told Me to go,” sung by Charles Kaley; Brunswick Records; price 5/-, postage extra. Obtainable at A. E. Kilgour’s Gramophone, Piano and Music Shop.—Advt.

Record Breaking Prices—Smashing Fire Sale at McGruer’s. Bargains that cannot again be repeated. Ladies’ Fuji Silk Bloomers 4/11, Fuji Princess Underskirts 8/6, Fuji Nightdresses 8/11. The insurance companies are treating yoU to such bargains.—McGruer’s,

Greymouth, Reefton and Hokitika.— Advt.

Manufacturers are now putting up women ’s stockings in threes instead of pairs, so a cable message informs us, so that a spare stocking may always he available in case one shows signs of “laddering.” The idea has been borrowed from the spare tyre for motor cars. Tyres are apt to get punctured at the most awkward times, and, on a similar principle, laddering occurs when far from home. From the point of view of the manufacturer the spare stocking is so much more profitable than any device to prevent laddering. It is said that an inventor once offered a manufacturer a patent device for preventing laddering, ami that the manufacturer paid a. large sum for the idea in order that he might suppress it.

Have music in your homes. — Full iron frame under damper and overstrung pianos; light & dark oak pianos £B9; Windover £lO7 and £126; Elysian pianos £ll6 We also stock Rogers and Hop kinson Pianos, etc. Any of the above pianos can be purchased on easy terms, £5 deposit.—A. E. Kilgour, Piano, Gramophone, and Music Dealer, Mawhera tQuay.—Advt.

A thoroughly modern private hospital is being erected in Christchurch by the Church of England. It is to be conducted by the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a nursing order, which has its mother house in England. A site ami a large sum of money have lately been donated for the establishment of a convalescent home, which will also be conducted by the order. Mother Margaret, of the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, is at present in Auckland, as the guest of Sister Hannah. Superior of tlx* Order of the Good Shepherd. The Rev. Mother Elizabeth, of the English order, is due in Auckland in a few days’ time, prior to leaving on her return to England. She has been in Christchurch for the jfcisi few weeks, making arrangements the arrival of the nuns who are to comprise the staffs of the two institutions.

Might one. on behalf of the Salvation Army, call on all brewers and vintners and victuallers to do their best to increase the supply of inebriates? One learns on perusal of a London cablegram in an American paper that social life in Britain would be very tame amt drab without the charm of inebriety. Here is the cablegrame: “Inebriates usually have most friendly and charming dispositions. and are also good workers, in the opinion of Commissioner Adelaide Cox. of the Salvation Army. She gave her views in an “address before a medical society. At the same meeting. Dr Helen Boyle testified (hat inebriates were mostly ‘lovable, charming and delightful people’; apart from their one weakness every one o' them was an idealist.” Fur coats, frocks, costumes, suits 9,rd overcoats made to your own individual measurements. Velour coats frocks, silk stockings, in all the newest shades. Edwards for stylish suits and costumes, J. Scott, Threadneedle St.. greymouth, West Coast Representative —Advt. The model of the extinct moa which now adorns* the stairway at the Dominion Farmers’ Institute is achieving some notoriety (says the “Dominion”). It stands about 12ft high, and is a much-travelled bird, for it was on view at the Wembley Exhibition, New Zea land section, and on being returned to the Dominion was shown at the great exhibition in Dunedin. It has now found a permanent home at the Dominion Farmers’ Institute, except when required for exhibition purposes. Naturally it commands a good deal of attention from the numerous visitors to< this building, ami when first installed exhibited signs of moulting. A careful watching revealed that moulting was not the cause of the bare patches which were appearing, but that these were due to the depredations of the public, who. piobably thinking that the feathers, as well as the bones, wore those of the

extinct bird, sought to secure a curio in the way of a moa feather. It will, no doubt, be news to them to learn tljat the feathers are those of the emu, and that it took seven emu skins with f< others complete to make up the model of the moa. Columbia Records.— “Barcelona,” and “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain,” fox trots; “The Good Bad Girl,” and “Looking at the World through Rose Coloured Spectacles.” sung by Vaughn de Leath; “The Floral Dance,” and “I Know of Two Bright Eyes,” sung by Rex Palmer; “Petrushka.” and “That Night in Araby,” fox trots; “Hi, Ho, the Merrio,” and “Bye Bye Blackbird,” fox trots; “The Bells of St. Malo” and “Weymouth Chimes” by Royal Guards Band; “Ukulele Midy,” and “Heebe Jeebes,” by banjo; “Cohen and the Houseboat,” parts 1 and 2; “The Parson at The Sewing Party,” parts 1 and 2; price 5/-. Obtainable at A. E. Kilgour’s G:a..i<»phone and music shop, Ma -.hc... v ->y. Grey mouth. —Advt.

Through the simple process of toast ing its tobacco the modern manufac

turer has been able to effect an enormous improvement in the smoking quality. It is a well-known fact that cooked food is wholesomer ami more digestible than raw food, and the same principle applies to tobacco. We do not eat raw meat or fish or drink raw coffee, why should we smoke raw tobacco? It is wonderful how the flavour

of tobacco can be developed by toasting. Try any of the local brands and you will notice a marked improvement, and what is also important, as a result of the toasting process the tobacco lose, all < ] < ■■/hms properties. Sinok- • ' who sliidv !h- :r health should herefore t i' l this matter their atten lioa* ami avoid -frong foreign tobacos heavily charged with nicotine, they are sure to undermine even the most robust constitution. Not only is tin; local .iri'ih' purer ami more wholesome than m■■ ; of the imported brands, but it is cheaper too. Riverhead Gold is mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength, but if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10.