LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 14 September 1937, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

For cycling without a light after sunset Morgan Daniel Baxter was fined 10s with 10s costs in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth yesterday before Mr. Raymond Ferner, S.M. One statutory first offender found on licensed premises after hours was fined 15s with 10s costs, in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth yesterday before Mr. Raymond Ferner S.M. No better value anywhere than at Harley’s the Home Makers, Mackay Street. Blanket values—no advance in price—Buy now.—Advt. “Children, to many people, are out of fastion,” said Dr. Doris Gordon in in address at Napier. “Landlords refuse to let their houses to couples with families, while people on trams oi’ in buses frown if others come in with three or four children. This is where our policy of silence regarding the divine and civic duty of parenthood has landed us. This is what comes of facing the modern age with prudery which would have been becoming in the Victorian era.”

A prevalence of "sleeping sickness among sheep in the Eketahuna district. is reported at present, a number of deaths having occurred after the disease At a meeting of Hie Greymouth Surf Life Saving Club, the offer of Mr. Richardson to donate a shield, to be known as the Smith-Lawry Shield, for competition, was accepted with thanks. Messrs Smith and Lawry wore the founders of the Surf Club. Post Free, 16/6 pair.—l 7 pairs, size nine, Men’s Chrome Boots; worth 22/6. Satisfaction or money back.--11. Hamer, Kumara. Best value in W estland. —-Advt. A Chinese biscuit manufacturer of Hong Kong whose produce goes to every part of China encloses in each tin a printed slip reading in four languages: "Jesus said, 1 am the fit cad of Life," according to the September issue of I lie Church News. This manufacturer lias a drawer full of letters asking for more information ai’out this text, and Io these in<|iiiries a copy of tiie Gospel of St. John is sent.

The impatient salesman will not sell anything. Mr 1,. J. Coxon expressed this opinion in a talk with members of the Canterbury Advertising (mb the other evening. "1 have called on people three hundred to four hundred times in fuvthcr.mee of a sale,” he said. A good stock ol patience was an essential part of the succcsslul salesman's equipment. The development of Civic Square al a cost ol approximately £3.000 will he one of the most important works to be undertaken by the Hastings Borough Council during the current financial year. 'I he scheme pioyidcs for the installation of a fountain to cost, about £BOO. Green peas are now available in Napier to delight the palates of those who are willing to pay for them. Supplies were disposed of in a mart at prices ranging from Is Id Io Is •■d a pound, meeting a ready demand. Ihe first of the new season's asparagus was also on offer, bringing from 2s to 2s lOd a bundle.

Book your orders for the Xmas Numbers of “The Auckland “Christchurch Press", “Free “Otago Witness”, “Christchurch Star , and “Tuis Annual” now. Sample sheets to hand show each to be OU G '■trmding numbers of merit. Ill’istr.-i--tions in black and white and colour of New Zealand Scenic beauty spots, etc Price is 2/- each. Postage extra. From B. Dixon’s Ltd., Tainui Street. •—Advt. For some unknown reason dead schnapper, kahawai, elephant fish and stingray are being washed up on the south beach at Manawatu Heads. Some time ago flounders and river fish were killed in large numbers when flood waters discharged into the Manawatu River from the main dram but in this instance the fish affected are all of the deep-sea variety.

A Southland farmer who recently bought a cow, not previously tested, for 235, is well satisfied with the deal (states the Southland Times). It was stated at the annual meeting of the Otago and Southland Herd-Testing Association that the cow had been tested with the farmer’s herd for the 1936-37 season, and it was found to have produced 6o4() lb of milk, yielding 3251 b. of butterfat in 224 days. “That shows how foolish it is Io sell a cow without testing it,” remarked the secretary (Mr. H. Oswin). He added that it was not the first case of its kind.

The fact that racing in Wanganui is very nearly 90 years old is not generally known, but. there is evidence that‘the Wanganui Jockey Club will soon be setting in train preparations for the celebration of its centenary. In the lawn enclosure at the V.anganui racecourse there may be seen an oak, enclosed in iron railings, with a plaque announcing the fact that tiie tree was planted, to commemorate th fiftieth anniversary of racing in Wanganui The wording, following the dates 1848 and 1898. and the Wanganui Jockey Club Crest, is as follows:— “The oak was planted at the jubilee meeting by Mrs R. C. Earle, wife of tiie prcside.nl, to commemorate the fifieth anniversary of racing in Wanganui—Freeman K. Jackson, secretary and treasurer. —March 1898.” No doubt many patrons of this week's race meeting will evince int«test in the oak, now that attention has been drawn to its existence.

Photograph Albums of the latest styles and in all sizes from 1/- to 8/6 each. Stamp Albums 1/-, 1/6. 2/6, 3/6. 5/6, 7/6. 10/6. to 21/- each Autograph Albums J/-, 1/3. 1/6- 2/-. 2/6. to 5/6 each. Cigarette Card Albums 1/- and 2/- each. Post Card Albums 1/-. 2/-, 2/6 Io ‘J/6 each Packets of Foreign Stamps 3d, 6d, Jd. 1/- to 8/6 each. Large selection of single stamps. Stamp mounts 3d to 8d a packet, at B. Dixon's Ltd., Tainui Street.—Advt.

“The people who invented the boomerang cannot be stupid,” said Mrs. Lily Krug, a German journalist, who passed through Auckland by the Niagara after touring the Northern Territory of Australia. She studied the native people and was entertained at one of the corroborces, or feasts. Their dancing, in which they imitated various animals—the kangaroos, frogs, and others —delightea her. She remarked, smiling, that they would be a great success on rhe stage in Paris or Berlin. “Their make-up was really clever,” she said. “I did not think they were so intelligent.” In contrast with the happiness of the natives, there was the unfortunate lot of the half-castes. “Human justice should do something for them,” she observed. “People should treat them more humanely. I have been all over the world, and it seems to me that the half-castes are the step-children of God.”

Fifteen members of the Grey District Acclimatisation Society, visited Inchbonnie during the week end to inspect the trout traps which have been placed in the tributaries of the lakes in that district. It will be of interest to anglers to learn that in the main trap 75 fish were penned, on the Saturday night. Some hundreds of fish have been examined in the traps during the past three weeks and have been liberated up stream, to continue to the spawning beds. It is apparent that a remarkably late spawning is occurring in this locality and as the opening of the fishing season is only three weeks away, it appears that the Orangipuku. the outlet from Lake Poerua and kindred streams, should not be fished for another month, at least, as there will be a preponderance of spent fish in these streams. The working of the traps was demonstrated by the Ranger (Mr. R. Roigard), also the taking and handling of fish, several, which were too far advanced to be held in I the traps, being stripped.

The opinion that New Zealand's secondary towns and cities weie ahead of those of a corresponding size in Australia was expressed by Mr F. J Nathan, of Palmeston North, in an interview. Warrnambool. for instance, was 100 years old, but. would not impress a New Zealander. “Our good secondary towns arc miles ahead of similar placed over there, ’ Mr Nathan remarked. A gas cooking demonstration will be held next Thursday evening at 7.30 in the Borough Gas Departments Showrooms.—Advt. “I wish we had power to impound the owners instead of the cows,” said Mr. C. M. McCullough, chairman ol the Mount Roskill Road Board, at a meeting of the board the other night when the nuisance caused by cattle straying on roads throughout the district was being discussed. It was decided to inform the ranger that he had Hie whole-hearted support of the board in whatever action he should take.

“There is one thing about this country that a good many of us have a great deal of admiration for, and that is Hie stand taken at Geneva by Mr. W. J. .lordan, your High Commissioner," stated Mr Arthur Henderson, the British M.P., in the course of his address at Palmerston North the other afternoon. The impart ol his remaiks was appreciated by the audience, who accorded the announcement a round of applause. Courtesy on tiie part of motorists was well exemplified in a trip through the Manawatu Gorge the other evening, when (lie weather conditions were most unpleasant. Though many cars were met with, not otic motorist failed Io dim his lights, and practically all slowed down to almost a walking pace on meeting the other. When one motorist stopped on different portions of I tie road, or where there was a quantilv of loose rubble on the surface to’ allow another to pass there was always an appreciative “Thank you!" as the other car went by or an acknowledgment by a touch of the horn.

Among biliiardists, the Maltese have probably the highest amateur standard in the world, according to Mr. Horace Lindrum, the champion cueist. who passed through Auckland recently on his way from Australia to the United States. He said that nearly every player seemed to be able to make a break of at least 50 or 60. and many of them could get into the hundreds. “They are very keen," he added. Still, he thought that England was above all other places in the championship rank and in support given to the game. “It is still the home of billiards,” he remarked.

It is not generally known that Howard Watt, one of the Springbok Rugby forwards, was twelfth man for South Africa against the Australian Test learn at. cricket. He has won fame because of his achievement in bowling D. G. Bradman, the great Australian batsmen —not in a test math. But he bowled Bradman just the same. It happened in Chicago. Mailey’s team was on its goodwill toui - in America, and Watt, then in Chicago, was called upon to play against Mailey’s team. He is a fast bowler and got Bradman’s wicket, clean bowled. Both Watt and T. A. Harris, the Springbok fly-half, who played an outstanding game for South Africa in the second test, have been twelfth men for South Africa at cricket.

■ Fiberkane Lunch Cases 1/-, 1/6 to 2/6. Fiberkane School Book Cases 2/3. 2/6. 3/-. 3/6. 4/6, 5/6 each. Leather School Bags 7/6 to 15/- each. Leather Carrying Bags 8/6 to 14/6 each. Fancy Cloth Carrying Bags 1/9, 2/6 Io 4/6 each. Leather Straps 9d. 1/-, 1/6, 2/- each. Leather Luggage Labels 1/- each. Best values are at B. Dixon's Ltd., Tainui St.—Advt. The last mail from Tonga brought to Mr. N. G. Gribble, officer in charge of the Auckland Youth Employment Committee, a letter of gratitude from the mother of the Tongan lad who recently came to New Zealand seeking his fortune and was placed in employment through the committee. It will be remembered, that the lad was induced to make a short broadcast, and his mother relates how the news of this broadcast was brought to her by a friend, with the result that she and a daughter who had been worrying about how Dick was faring in his first venture into a strange land had the comfort of hearing his voice and. his personal assurance over the air that he was happy and in kind hands

Tlie opinion that one of the first problems facing the proposed National Council of Sport, was that of absorbing the large number of youths, mostly between the ages of 16 and 21, who have left school, and are to be seen "changing round” the city streets at night, was expressed by the president of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association (Mr F. G. Dunn), at a meeting of the council. Reporting on the recent meeting of sports bodies in Wellington to discuss the formation of a National Council of Sport, Mr Dunn said that the question of engaging these youths in some form of recreation was one of the bigest problems to be considered by the council.

"I doubt if the world will have anything to do with gold in its financial system in another 100 years' time,” said Professor B. E. Murphy of Victoria University College, Wellington, in his address on banking and currency at Hastings the other evening. He contended that it was time for the people to “rub the dust from their eyes” as regarded gold as a currency and get rid of what he termed a “gold complex.” The professor agreed that gold was a very good industrial metal indeed, and all the gold that was hoarded up in sealed boxes and transferred from one country to another when the markets were uneasy, or was buried in vaults away under ground, would be put to better use in the manufacture of articles. “As a monetary standard,” he,declared, “gold has outlived its usefulness, and is now a useless thing.”

Advice has been received in Dunedin that the arrangements for the visit of the official party of British bowlers who were to have toured the Dominion next season have fallen through, but so far as is known at present the unofficial party will come as previously arranged. Information is also to hand that a party of Canadians may possibly conduct a tour next summer, and if this proves to be correct the visitors will make Dunedin their port of arrival, as they will be expected there from Melbourne after crossing the Tasman on the Maunganui. The Canadians if they come, will visit the southern cities before extending their tour to the North Island. It is understood that the tour is now under consideration by the interested parties in Canada.