LOCAL NEWS

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1948, Page 4

LOCAL NEWS

Believed to have been thrown out with discarded surgical dressings, a radium needle, valued at £25, was lost at New Plymouth hospital last Wednesday. With the assistance of a special radium.' detector, flown from Canterbury University College, the only one in New Zealand, the needle was recovered in ashes of the hospital’s incinerator on Saturday afternoon. It was not damaged.—Press Assn. The annual meeting of the Kumara Cricket Club was held last night. Officers elected were: —W. Benyon, president; F. Fitzgerald, secretary; W. Bell, club captain; R. James and H Webster, club delegates. Have you seen. Jeff's new bar ? Empire Hotel, Ross. —Advt. . Members are reminded of the monthly meeting of the Greymouth branch of the N.Z.L.P., to be held tomorrow in the Lyceum Hall, at 7.45 p.m. Conversation between two housewives recently overheard in Greymouth: “John said when things got back to normal he would buy me a washing machine, but I told him I would never go back to doing my own washing, even with a washing machine, as I was more than satisfied with the Westland Laundry. I’d sooner put the money towards something else.” Second housewife: “Yes, they do the clothes up' beautifully and it’s a reasonable service, too. I sent my blankets last week and they are wonderful. So soft and fluffy, no more home washing for me.” Yes, join the hundreds of satisfied housewives who use our laundry service regularly. 'Phone 136. Depot: Sam McAra, "Mackay Street. —Advt. Valued at £l,OOO 160 wristlet watches were pillaged from a package received from Switzerland by a Christchurch firm last we/TThe case was one of five consigned to the firm and is the only one to have been, received. Pillaging was stated to have reached scandalous proportions, and serious losses rad been experienced by jewellers in Wellington. The worst aspect of the matter was that many of the watches are being imported for returned soldiers wno have started: in business.