LOCAL NEWS

Grey River Argus, 30 August 1948, Page 4

LOCAL NEWS

Three days will be spent in Greymouth by the Wellington Boy’s Institute and its junior band, during .the forthcoming 14 days’ tour of the South Island. The band will be pn Greymouth from January 7 to 10. Restrictions on ships’ draughts imposed by the Grey Harbour Board, owing to the shoaling at the bar, have been lifted. The draught was reduced to 15ft. 6in., but has now been increased to 17ft. 6ins. Christchurch butchers to-day meet local Members of Parliament. to discuss price orders, the trade view being that the Meat Commission recommendations will not meet tne butchers’ difficulty of buying wholesale at prices which do not allow a margin of profit on the fixed retail prices. The official report is that in the tornado at Hamilton and Frankton, 177 houses were damaged and 13 to tallv demolished. More than 300 men were engaged on reconstruction on Saturday, when by 5 p m. the extrn ior work on 112 houses had been completed. These can now be occupied as they are wea^ he / p 5° of ’.^ nieht 26 more houses had been madweatherproof. Within a eie-htv-two of the houses will * competely restored to the original or an improved condition. Have you. seen Jeff’s new bar ? Empire Hotel, Ross.—Advt. Advantage was taken by the Municipal Band of the presence m Greymouth of Mr Gladstone Hill, who visited Greymouth with Derry s Military Band, and during, the war years as conductor of the Air Foice Band, to hold a special rehearsal yesteraay at which Mr Hill conducted twoof his own arrangements. Mr Hill will induct a further rehearsal next Thursday. What’s worse than washing in unsettled weather and dashing in. and out to the lines every time it . That’s easy—washing in sweltering hot weather— standing over a boiling copper and steaming tubs and then out into the boiling sun, while you feel like dropping in your tracks. Well it boils down to this, washing has no place‘in any womans life—the family wash takes a greater toll of energy than many women realise —and it’s not worth it either, when the • Westland Laundry make • such a wonderful iob of your washing. Hundreds of Greymouth women have proved that our service really pays and the work has a professional finish that only a first class laundry can achieve. You can send your most prized linens, etc., to us in perfect confidence. . ’Phone 136. Depot: Sam McAra. The Westland Laundry Ltd. —Advt.

The Auckland L.R.C. is to run full tickets in the Power and Transport Board elections. -The nominees are: Transport Board, Mrs E. R. Wynn, Messrs J. T. Jennings (sitting member), N. Kins. E. R. Williamson, and R. N. Wrathal; Power Board, Mrs M. M. Dreaver (sitting* member), and Mrs E. Morris. Messrs H. F. Gallagher, G. F. I-I. Forsyth, S. V. Glading, Pi P. and F. G. S. Wil- #