LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 8 April 1948, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A man living at Lansdowne, Masterton, has a potato weighing 31b. 5 oz., which he is anxious to enter in the outsize potato championship. The potato, grown from Dakota Red seed, was manured by a local proprietary plant food.

Have you seen Jeff’s new bar ? Empire Hotel, Ross. —Advt.

Agreement with a suggestion by Mr W. M. C. Denham, ex-member for Invercargill, that the Snares Islands should be a sanctuary was expressed yesterday by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, to ensure that, the bird animal, and plant life of the islands be preserved.—P.A.

Mass will be celebrated on next Sunday, April 11, at Kotuku, 8 a.m. and Rotomanu 10 a.m. —Advt.

Advice has been received to th? effect that the Tasman Airways service to Australia has ceased. A Fost Office spokesman states that alternative means of providing overseas mail connections are at present being explored. In the meantime, the public should post as usual, as a chartered Skymaster will run until the weekend. As soon as it is possible to announce firm details of arrangements, the public will be advised ..and the closing times of mails subsequent to the last Skymaster trip will be advertised.

These days it is essential that deliveries be made on lowest possible petrol consumption. Inspect the new Austin “10” Delivery Van at Thos. Baty, Ltd.—Advt.

The Food Rationing Controller, Mr A. J. Costello, has intimated that this month, in accordance with normal practice, everyone is to be given the opportunity c-f transferring butter registrations to another retailer, if so desired. “The open period for such transfers”, said Mr Costello, “is from the 12th to the 23rd of April inclusive, and they may be effected by filling in the form on premises of the new retailer before using coupons Nos. 25 to 27. It is important to note that no transfer may be accepted by a retailer if any of those coupons have already been cancelled by another retailer”'.—Press Assn.

Like having someone else do the dishes. You enjoy a meal a lot more when you know that someone else will wash the dishes. It's the same way with the clothes—you have the same sense of freedom of extra pleasure when you know that your clothes will come back sparkling fresh from the Westland Laundry without hours of wash-day drudgery for you. ’Phone 136 and let us take dredge out of wash-day.—Advt.

A hostel, which will be equal to any of its kind, is being constructed at Ohai to accommodate more than 30 coalminers. It is part of the Government’s plan to attract more men to the mining industry and eventually similar hostels will be erected In other mining centres. The hostel which is expected to be finished by the end of the year, will have an abultion room, with an adequate number of showers, reading, writing and, recreation rooms, lounge, laundry, ironing room, dining room and cafeteria. It is proposed to lay out two tennis courts, also, in the grounds. Already in operation at Ohai and backed by the State is a restaurant where the men are served with their breakfast, lunch and dinner at reasonable rates, and where they may also obtain cut lunches.

Owing to “Beast with Five Fingers” to be screened at the Opera House on Friday, Saturday and Monday being unsuitable for children, a special programme has been arranged for Saturday's matinee, consisting of three newsreels, two comedies, Sportslight, Cinesound Review the N.Z. Film Unit, Serial, Joe Louis v. Joe Walcott Fight. Sports Parade, Broadway Brevity, and “Roaring Guns” (in technicolour).—Advt.