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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1917, Page 2

Tho Success Dredge washed up yesterday for a return of 65 o/.s. 6 dwt. for he. week. Tenders are invited in this issue for he erection of a church at IVataroa. -Huns etc. cit‘n he seen at Messrs Pa teron Michel and Go’s office, and tenders •losp on Friday July 27th. with Rev. I. W. Monaghan, Ross. The Jane sails for Okuru to-night, A-ea.ther permiltting, having received an urgent call for medical assistance for a child seriously ill. A trained nurso has been asked to accompany th. vessel to attend the sufferer on the reurn journey.

Tickets for the Orchestral concert are now on sale, and ns a first, class' programme is ijn preparation there should be a ready demand for seats. For this reason dress circle stats should be booked without delay. The vocalists will include Miss Edna Perry, Miss McLean of Hokitika an® Miss Hannan and Mr. A. E. King of Greymouth.

Mr. George Ward of Coal Street, Reeftan has received; a cable from his sister that his brother James has been lolled in the recent battle the young man having enlisted with tho Austral ian Forces. It is only a week ago that Mr. Ward received advice of the death of his brother Harry who was killed in the same engagement. Mr Greville, editor of the “Dairyman,” stated at. a Palmers ten North meeting that he had been informed that Butter was being sold in Auckland at 13d por pound. There were over 200,000 boxes of butter in store that could not lie shipped. Tliis fact accounted evidlently for the price he had quoted. Pollard’s Pictures last evening ai the Princess Theavro provided a specially interesting programme. “Gloria’s Romance” was continued and proved an attractive one Billie Burke showing to advantage. Ther© was a fine Gazette and then “The Hon Algy” filled the rest of t-he bill. This was a prettily presented! drama full of fine dressing and with a very human story running through it, the .finale being a decidedly satisfying one.

The Euchro . Tournament at the Overseas last night drew a fair at--bondanbo and- an dnjoyablo evening resulted. The prisw winners wero Mrs. Foddorson and Miss Carley; Messrs Stickles and Parkinson. The next gathering under the auspices of the Overseas will bo held at the 'Town Hall on Thursday, 25th. inst. the night following the send off to the 92nd. reinforcements. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. I/n, and 2/6 There’s life and vigour in every drink of STEVENS’ HEALTH SALT—the salt that sweetens life. Not a nauseous medicine, but a pleasant refreshing beverage. 2s stores and chemists. Adyt.

Have you heard the good news? Colds fly before N.AZOL —th* ready-fpr-use and money-saving remedy. Keep NAZOL handy. Sixty doses 1/6.

Messrs J. Bailantyne and Co notify a special sale bargain in blouses. It is stat«l (says tbe Wairarapa Daily Times”) that some of tbe butter being retailed in Masterton just at present has been hold in cold store for two years past, and therefore should not bo described as fresh.

A private in F Company, 28th Reinforcements, found guilty by District Court Martial at Trentham Camp of disobeying a lawful command given by his superior officer, has boon sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for six months.

The death is reported by oablo from Bombay of the Hon Dadabhai Nooroji, L.L.D. He was the first Indian member of Parliament and the first Indian professor in India of mathematics end natural philosophy. He was a noted writer, and prominent in Indian Government affairs.

A Christchurch soldier, writing from ‘'■Somewhere in France,” under date March 12, says:—“We are having « very cold time here, and I long for the New Zealand climate again. We are well equipped for th e winter weather, but even so, we feel the cold intensely. I do not mind the trench life; it "oes not try one as much as the marches from post to post with the full pack u,p. They are quit 0 beyond a joke. My last march was quite a picnic of ten miles, as the packs went sent on by motor lorry, and we carried only equipment, arms and ammunition- I have now learned what the desolation canoed'by war really means, as lam billeted in a city at the back of the trenches, which had been severely bombarded. The havoc wrought by the big guns must be. seen to be realised. I saw the city of Messina in ruins about a week after the great . earthquake, and the damage don© 'by tbe big gu n s here forcibly reminded me of that scene.” Wo havo some attractive lines ui Eider-down Quilts; low prices and pretty designs. Just what you requiro for tha cold weather. —Misses Addison. —Advt. “Xo Rubbing” Laundry Help is our special favourite for washing silks, muslins, prints, woollens and mechanics’ overalls spotlessly clean without rubbing or injury to the hands or fabric. We give the famous Thinker Note Rook free with every Is. packet of “Xo Rubbing.”—Advt. Call and se© th o special reductions made in Ladies* Tweed Coats and in Winter Millinery at Misses Addisons; —Advt. Xo Rubbing” Laundry Help, popularly known as the nbolifiher of washboard slavery is what "'e recommend for washing woollens, muslins, overalls etc.. We give The Thinker note hook free with every Is packet of “Xo Rubbing Paterson. Mieliel and Co..—Advt. NAZOL is known everywhere as the ready-for-use and money-saving re medy for coughs and colds. Acts like a charm. Sixty doses 1/6.