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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1917, Page 2

The fuperal of the late Mr David fc Walker takes place to-morrow afternoon . at 2.45 o’clock, 'j - . v * - The arnual meeting of the Ranieri Rifle Club will be held at Ranieri on Saturday evening. A notice to ex-m9mbers of the Ist Westland Territorials, Cadets and National Rsserve Unpaars in this i - • ■ ' <vissue. A Juvenile Dance will be hold in the j Drill Shod this evening, commencing at 7.30 p.m.. Good music and floor; proceeds in aid ®f Returned Soldiers’ As--1 sociatibn.—Advt. ■ To-morrow at 11 a.m. Messrs Pollock and Bevan will sell in the mart on be--1 half of Mrs Bernhardt, freehold sections wi.h a substantial six roomed residence thereon at corner of Park and Sewell streets. At Rimu to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock Messrs Pollock and Bsvan will sell by auction on the premi es at Rimu in the es'ataof the late Mr Wm Brandt, residence site with five roomed cottage and also freehold.sections at Okarito. } AY la»t night’s me3ticg of tho Greymeuth Borough Connoil on the moti n of Conncillor Paifitt it was decided that the Mayor’s honorarium be fixed at the same as nsnel—£loo per annum—Argns, It was mentioned at yesterday's meeting of the G<ey Ha-pital & Charilable Aid Board that the salary paid each month to some of the employees at the Hospital was not snffic : ent to bay one pa rof boots at the preeeDt prices ruling.—Argns. Owing to tho lack of shipping, the export companies in Canterbury have reduced the price for all classes of stock for export, which in turn has caused a considerable drop in all the New Zealand markets. At Addington on Wednesday there was a considerable drop in beef .values, and a further decline is supplies in sight being considerable. The Greymouth Abattoirs report showed that the number of animals examined for tffiTmonth of April was as follows .—Cows 21, bullocks 114, sheep 573 N lambs 66, pigs 12, calves 10. One cow,'one bullock and one sheep were condemned. The fee 9 for the month totalled £9O 9/9. At the adjourned inquest concur jing the death of Ivy Myrtle Rooke, who was rua over by a train at W ad- - dingto”, the fol’owing verdict was returned: — ‘That the decaased met her death accidentally by Joeing run over by a railway engine at Waddingtjn on May 10, and that no blame is? attachable to ihe driver of the tram, who did everything possib’e to avert the accident.”

The chairman of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting yesterday, in the coarse of a discussion on salaries, mentioned that the levies for the year just ended, alcmg with the Government subsidy, amounted to £5230, and this year the amount required would be £7OOO, estimating the Government subsidy at 19/3, as against 20/3 last year. The redaction was on acojunt of the -decrease in population. If the salaries were tube increased, .said the chairmao, the amount of laviee, /would not exceed last year. At the beginning of Isc year the Board had a deficiency of £1250, but he was pleased to state that this bad been reduced by £IOOO, and ibis year's levy should be ample to carry on with. The ino-eaae all round in salaries, if adop'ed, will amonct to £lB5 a year.—Grey Argus, ■ *

The inaugural ball of the Westland Beturned Soldiers’ Association trok place in the .Drill Shed last evening, and proved au unqualified success from every point of view. There was a very large attendance, the floor being fully occupied

and was m capable order, while splendid music was supplied by the Overseas Orohestra, consisting of Misses naly, Hatch, Messrs Gibbons, Nalder, Barb trop, Boss (2) aud Dawson, and by Misses Jacobs, Heenau and Breeze, Mrs Houston and Mr Lawn. -The ladies of the Overseas Club had charge of the refreshments and there was full aad plenty,

of a high quality, which were dme fu l justice to. The committee of management with Mr A. VViolhouse as Secretary are to be eomp'imeniei oa the success of their efforts, which should add substantially to the funds of theAssocia. tion. To-night a juvenile bll will be held iu the Drill Shed, commencing at 7.30 p.m, For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Never fails. 1/6, 2/G. Ooe only aud only one pure spirit WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS. For.Ohrooie Chest Complaints Woods

Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6, 2/6. The cable news n this issue aj

oredi'ed to the “ rimes" has appeared in that journal, but rnly where expressly stated' ia such no./* the editorial opinion cf the "Times.” WOLFE’S SCHN APPS is invariable to the traveller,

This morning Warden , Hutchison dealt with the following :—J. R. Dann (Mr Wells) for dam—Adjourned. Bernhard Bros (Mr Sellers) surrender of titles. —Accepted. There has been no noticeable abatement of tho diphtheria epidemic in Christchurch yet. Since May Ist, 20 cases have been notified, while' during the previous seven days the number was 22 It is still distributed over a very wide area in North Canterbury, and as far south as Burnham.

An unusual natural phenomenon for Auckland was noticeable in the sky about 12 o’clock on Friday night in a display of the Aurora Australis, the southern equivalent of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. The display, corresponding with the description'of auroral rays, as distinct from auroral arcs at the period cover"e<| practically the whole southern sky. Broad bands of light, quite distinctly aefiuad, streamed across the sky, radiating from an arc some distance above the horizon. The greater portion of the display had faded by 12 30 a.m, but in the south-eastern sector of the sky, nearer the light of the moon, the rays persisted, showing more brightly than elsewhere. « -

The death occurred at Dunedin on Wednesday of Oap f ain Wiip am Blagdon. The deceased wits- known throughout the length aud of New Zealand as a fire brigade man had been a fa roi iar figure at every demonstration and conference held in the Dominion for years past. Before coming to New Zaa. land (over forty years ago) he was a member of the Plymouth Fire Brigade, when he held the position of call boy. no .vas a prominent figure in connection with the United Fire Brigadei Association of New Zealand and held, the twenty-five years’ service gold star. Altogether he had over thirty-two years’ service as a fireman. The leading spirit for more than 60 years-WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS '