LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1937, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Flags were flown at half mast on the public buildings at Greymouth yesterday as a mark of respect to the late Dr. Masaryk, ex-President of the Czechoslovak Republic, whose funeral took place yesterday.

No better value anywhere than at Harley’s the Home Makers, Mackay Street. Blanket values—no advance in price—Buy now.—Advt. In the Magistrate’s Court Greymouth yesterday before Mr. Raymond Ferner S.M., judgment by default was given for Greymouth Motors, Ltd., against W. Kennedy, for £lO 19s lOd, with £2 4s costs.

Large supplies of whitebait are being secured in the South Westland, being mostly placed on the Christchurch market. Early last evening an Air Travel plane arrived at the Greymouth Aerodrome with a large consignment of whitebait, which was forwarded to Christchurch by last evening’s goods train. Post Free, 16/6 pair.—l 7 pairs, size nine, Men’s Chrome Boots; worth 22/6. Satisfaction or money back.— H. Hamer, Kumara. Best value in Westland. —Advt. One case of scarlet fever and one death from the same disease was recorded on the West Coast last week. In the same period there were 13 cases of scarlet fever in Canterbury In addition there were also two cases of tuberculosis in Canterbury, two of erysipelas, one of hydatids, and one of cerebro-spinal ineningitis, a total of nineteen cases for the week. There were three deaths in Canterbury from tuberculosis, one from cerebro-spinal meningitis, and one from hydatids.

All interest at present is centred on the third-Test match at Auckland this week. The item of interest next week will be the Ngahere Tennis Club’s Annual Ball on Saturday, October 2. Black Cat Dance Band.— Advt.

Residents in the southern end of the town were put to much inconvenience last evening with the continual failure of the power supplj in which intermittent breaks took place during the whole evening. The power in the southern end of the town has been supplied from the Westland Power Company since the Grey Power Board’s plant at Kaimata was unable to meet the full load required in its area. It was ascertained last evening that a fault which had developed at Kumara was responsible for the trouble. It is understood that a change over to the Grey Board’s own supply was being made last night with a view to overcoming the difficulty which was apparently due to shortage of water ir the Westland area.

Book your orders for the Xmas Numbers of “The Auckland Weekly”, “Christchurch Press”, “Free Lance”, “Otago Witness”, “Christchurch Star’, and "Tuis Annual” now. Sample sheets to hand show each to be outstanding numbers of merit. Illustrations 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.

Knock! Knock! Who’s there. Willy. Willy who? Willy be at the Ngahere Tennis Club’s Ball on Saturday, October 2?—Advt.

Freight hauled through the Otira tunnel, from Westland to Canterbury, last week, amounted to 13,631 tons, as compared with 1g,112 tons in the corresponding week of last year, and 11,784 tons in 1935. Harley and Co. Ltd., instructed by Mrs F. Cooper will sell the whole of her furniture and effects on the premises, Cowper Street, to-day (Wed.), at 2 p.m.—Advt.

Mary: “I’m having my hair set for next Saturday.” Joan: “Why Saturday 9” Mary: “Because I’m going to the Ball.” Joan: “What Ball?” Mary: “The Ngahere Tennis Club’s Annual Ball on Saturday, October 2.—Advt. 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 1/-, 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 to each Packets of Foreign Stamps 3d, 6d, 9d, 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 'Whatever the critics of Parliamentary broadcasting may have to say, the popularity of the national s>;tions when relaying from Parliament House was clearly demonstrated last evening when a power failure occurred in the southern end of the town. The Minister of Finance and Marketing (Hon. W. Nash) was on the air last night replying to criticisms of the Government’s Guaranteed Price Scheme, and the great interest taken in the Minister’s speech was made apparent by the numerous telephone rings received at the “Argus” office from citizens who complained that they were unable to listen to Mr. Nash. The sole basis of the complaints was that radios were inoperative owing to the power failure, and this fact seemed to concern the public far more than the inconvenience caused by being without lights.

Fibcrkane 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 to 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.

Smoking has been blamed for a whole lot of things (by those who don’t smoke), including stomach troubles. The stomach becomes deranged, there’s dyspepsia, more or less acute, there’s a bad taste in the mouth, there may be gastritis, there’s sure to be mental depression. Life seems hardly worth living. Can tobacco be guilty of causing all these unpleasant symptoms? Yes, if impure it’s quite capable of causing them and others as well. What ought you to do? Why, if your pipe becomes suspect as it often does in such cases, the obvious and commonsense plan is to stop smoking the tobacco you’re accustomed to smoke and change over to something else. What else? Well, how about "toasted?” There’s no purer tobacco manufactured. The toasting eliminates most of its nicotine and it becomes comparatively harmless. There’s no “bite” left in it. And as for enjoyment where’s the tobacco you can get more enjoyment out of than from Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold?—there isn’t any! It isn’t made. —Advt.