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Grey River Argus, 21 April 1911, Page 5

Skaters are reminded that the StarHall will be open for skating tonight.

At the Hokitika races yesterday, Messrs Donnellan Bros.' hordes won four out ol the five gallops.

The Achilles Cycle, is worth every cent you pay for it. It will give you all you 'want in a bike with nothing you don'twant. WADE and Co.

The population of Hokitika is now 2300 as compared with 2242 when the previous census was 'taken. The population of Ross has increased from 072 to 641.

Gee! That's a flyer! Went too fast for you to see the braind! It's a dollar to a wooden nutmeg- that it's The Achilfes. WADE and' Co., Sole Agents. \

Quite a feature of the races at Hokitika yesterday was the performance of the jockey Begbie, who rode the winnino- horse in each of the five gallon*. A record surdv?

What* we don't know about cycles wouldn't fill a thimble.- We've been selling"^cycles- for years and we know a good machine when we sscoop—e oop—n p — that is why you get a. square deal for 'he round sovereign when you come lirro to TnivflTrikf. WA.DTC and Co.

Alex. Lennie is still at the Club.- --* ivt.

The folly of making the second telegraph connection from Westport outward by the same route as that taken by the original lines was evidenced on Tuesday (says the Westport News) when the line was interrupted at Stillwater at midnght, and all messages to Westport hung up at Greymouth until yesterday morning. Had the second line been taken on to Nelson, instead of down the coast, not half these vexatious - interruptions . would probably occur.

The Denniston hockey team on tour will play ilie Grey -Tost and Telegraph learn on Victoria i'ark this afternoon at 3.15 p.m. and the game should De an interesting. one._ The following will represent the P. and T. : — Griffiths, Irving-, liMdy. Roberts, Brown, Ericksen. Kear, Bowater, Parfitt, Kear and O'Reilly. Emergencies: De Berry, Wallace, Heaphy. In the evening the visitors will be entertained at the Victoria Tea Rooms by the combined Trinity and P. and T. teams.

Our new season's ladies paletots and tweed coats for beauty and style, altogether excell our previous showing in these goods, which wo always specialise in. We have just received about ninety or one hundred different coats to select from, direct from the best English m.anu facturers, bought at bedrock prices and- are to be sold at much lovr^r prices than we could do them for :1 bought in the Dominion. We cordi ally invite inspection of our new season's importations. Aitken -•• ' Peters, general drapers, Mackav St. Arfvt.

The Otago Daily Times reports that Mr W. Sutherland, who attends to harbour lights in the lower reaches of Otago Harbour, found two whales of the bottle-nose „ species stranded at the Spit', at Otago Heads on Tuesday morning las.t. The whales — a cow and a calf — were left by the receding .{tide about. 4oo or 500 yards north the.rhole. The cow measured 30 feet in length, and the' tajf about 15 feet. ' \yhen ■♦the 'whales were discovered by Mr Sutherland, at 6 a.m they were alive. They are expected to yield a quantity of oil, and the finder has arranged for the flinching and -trying out of- the blu-b---ber.

The furnishing of a home x-onerailv .entails the expenditure of much time and much money. Xo lessen (he 'vi nier, to assist everyone to make a satisfactory choice and, to furnish economically, Ballantynes hay« fie pared a catalogue of pict.uted carpets, bedsteads and eveiy- .l*t t! ;«ptioi. of soft goods furnishings. J fas will be sent you on request, anil jr.py be the instrument which will ivn y <or time, trouble and money. From it you tell us what you like and we buy it for you; or we send patterns and estimates, taking the whole uVk. Asall purchases are returnable i,l not approved of, country patrons thus shop with the same >± ,-ir.rages as, their city neighbours at BalInntyncs, Christrhurch.— Advt.