Part of Ballantyne’s To Re-open

Grey River Argus, 3 April 1948, Page 4

Part of Ballantyne’s To Re-open

CHRISTCHURCH, April 2 A section of J. J. Ballantyne and Company’s buildings has been renovated and will be open to the public on Monday. It is at the west end of the Cashel street frontage under the tearooms, where fire damage was the lightest Complete renovations have been made to the interior and the frontage and yesterday displays were arranged in the windows. For some days the traffic lights on the corner of Cashel street and Colombo street have been functioning again. They were disconnected when the'xflre occurred on November 18. Trams from the south which since the fire have been stopping at the High Street intersection, this week resumed the normal stopping at Cashel street.

No one likes being soft soaped—much! Ah! But when you think of laundry work —there’s where plenty of soft soaping comes in. The Westland Laundry uses only the finest laundry soap—that’s one of the reasons why our laundry work is so snowy. 'And there’s something else —all water used passes through a Zeolite water softener which removes all hardness and impurities from the water. All clothes are hy.gienically washed and sterilised in seven different waters. ’Phone 136. Depot: Sam McAra, Mackay Street.—Advt.

The annual meeting of the Karoro W.I. was held in March. Mrs Dodd presided over a large attendance. The meeting opened with the Institute Song. Election of officers resulted: — President, Mrs Dodd (re-elected); Mesdames Hazeldine Mosley, BattyJ Rouse, Dunwoodie, Robertson, Trowbridge. Wildermoth. Prizes for monthly competitions:—Bloom, Mesdames Richardson 1; Trowbridge and Bradley 2: Reynolds 3. Flowers in basin, Mesdames Murray 1; Hazeldine 2; Evenden 3. Relish: Mesdames Reynolds 1; Bradley 2; Dunwoodie 3. Peg: Mesdames Richardson 1; Murray 2; Bradley 3. Prizes for yearly competitions were: Bloom. Mrs Bradley; baking Mesdames Robertson and Murray equal: needlework, Mrs Murray. Mrs Dodd presented the prizes to the winners and the cup for best aggregate number of points to Mrs Murray.